April 28, 2010 in Japanese culture, Slang, Vocabulary
「今日は名古屋名物をご紹介します!」
(=Kyou wa Nagoya meibutsu wo goshoukai shimasu!)
Today, I’m going to tell you about a well-known Nagoyan speciality.
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April 24, 2010 in Grammar
「皆さん、今日は私の誕生日だというのにケーキもないのですか？」
(=Minasan kyou wa watashi no tanjoubi da to iu noni keiki mo naino desu ka?)
“It’s my birthday today, everyone! But you don’t even have a cake for me???”
「先生、ケーキというケーキはさっきみんな食べたじゃないですか！」
(=Sensei, keiki to iu keiki wa sakki minna tabeta ja nai desu ka!)
“Miss, but you just ate all the cakes we had!”
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April 18, 2010 in Slang
「日本なう!」(=Nihon nau!)
(Twitter lingo) meaning “I’m in <JAPAN> right now!”
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:o 「右と左、どっちが欲しい？」
(=Migi to hidari docchi ga hoshii?)
“Which one do you want? The Right one or the left one?”
「右！！３ミリ位長いから…」
（=Migi!! Sanmiri gurai nagai kara…)
“The right one! ‘Cause it’s about 3mm longer….”
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April 15, 2010 in Vocabulary
:mad: 「さっき食べたばかりじゃない！一日に何回食べたらいいの!」
(=Sakki tabeta bakarija nai! Ichinichi ni nankai tabetara iino!)
“You just ate! How many time a day do you need to eat?”
「一日５(or 五）食じゃ足りないよ！」
(=Ichinichi goshoku ja tarinaiyo!)
“Just five meals a day is not enough!”
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April 8, 2010 in Grammar, Sentence pattern
waa 「たった、８ヶ月でこのブログが終わりだなんて誰が信じると思うの？」
(=Tatta hachikagetsu de kono burogu ga owarida nante dare ga shinjiru to omou no?)
“Who would believe that this blog would finish in just eight months.”
「でも、人って案外と信じるもんだよ。」
(=Demo hitotte angai to shinnjiru mon dayo.)
“But more than you imagine, people are supposed to believe it.”
!nemui! 「そういうもんかなあ…」
(=Souiu mon ka naa..)
“I wonder if it is true…”
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April 1, 2010 in Vocabulary
「せっかく来てくれましたが、今日でこのブログは終わります。短い間でしたが有り難う！」
(=Sekkaku kite kuremashitaga kyou de kono burogu wa owarimasu. Mijikai aida deshitaga arigatou!)
Thank you for visiting this site but today is the last day for the blog.
I know it was a short period of time, but thank you so much (for your support)!
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