November 6, 2012 in Beginners, Sentence pattern, useful phrases
「毎日、一言私のこともほめてみて下さい。」
= Mainichi hitokoto watashi no koto mo homete mite kudasai.
= Please try to give me one compliment every day.
!ase! 「先生は、花よりも美しいです。」
= Sensei wa hanayori mo utsukushii desu.
= You are more beautiful than flowers, Sensei!
August 17, 2012 in Japanese culture, Practical, Travel Japanese, useful phrases, Vocabulary
「ご予約は何名様ですか？。」
= Goyoyaku wa nanmei sama desu ka?
= How many people in your party?
「4匹です！」
= Yonhiki desu.
= Four “dogs” !
June 12, 2012 in useful phrases, Vocabulary
「どうして食べないの？」
= Doushite tabenai no?
= How come you’re not eating?
「一応、ダイエットしているから….」
= Ichiou daietto shiteirukara…
= I am sort of on a diet…
December 26, 2010 in Japanese culture, useful phrases
「これで年越しの準備はばっちり！」
= Korede toshikoshi no junbi wa bacchiri!
= Now I am all set to ring out the old year (and ring in the new year).
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December 22, 2010 in useful phrases
「クリスマスは私にお任せ下さい！」
= Kurisumasu wa watashi ni omakase kudasai.
= You can count on me for Christmas!
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August 14, 2010 in useful phrases
「カレシが逃げたのは私が美しすぎたからよね。」
=Kareshi ga nigeta no wa watashi ga utsukushi sugita kara yone.
=The reason why he left me was because I was too beautiful…
「それとも私がモテすぎたせいかなあ。」
=Sore tomo watashi ga motesugita sei kanaa.
=Or maybe it is because I was too popular with the boys…
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June 1, 2010 in useful phrases
愛しています。(=Aishite imasu.) I love you.
「ねえ、私のこと愛してる？」
(=Nee watashi no koto aishiteru?)
Hey, do you love me?
「好き？嫌い？はっきりして！」
(=Suki? Kirai? Hakkiri shite!)
Do you like me or not? Which is it?!
愛してる=Aishiteru=I love you!
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May 18, 2010 in Practical, useful phrases
「みんな、いつもこのサイトに来てくれて有り難う！」
Minna itsumo kono saito ni kite kurete arigatou!
Thank you, everyone, for always coming to this site!
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May 18, 2010 in Formal Japanese, Japanese culture, useful phrases
「ゆかりのおやつも食べちゃいました…。ごめんね。」
Yukari no oyatsu mo tabechaimashita. Gomenne…
“I ate Yukari’s snack as well. Sorry! “
Yukari :「えっ！？許さない！」
Eh? Yurusanai!
“What!? I won’t forgive you!”
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March 30, 2010 in Japanese culture, useful phrases
:razz: 「マギー先生って本当に頭がいいですよね。」
(=Maggie sensei tte hontou ni atama ga ii desu yone!)
“Miss Maggie, I think you are really smart.”
「いいえ、私なんてまだまだです。アインシュタインに比べたら…」
(=Iie watashinante madamada desu. Ainshutain ni kurabetara…)
“No way! Far from it. I mean, compared to Einstein….”
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