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Grammar, JLPT N4

V + やすい & V + にくい ( = V + yasui & V + nikui)

August 24, 2013 46 Comments
nikui yasui

「これお箸では食べにくいよ!」

= Kore ohashi de wa tabenikui yo!

= It is hard to eat this with chopsticks.

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Grammar, JLPT N3

V + きれない ( = kirenai) & V + きる ( = kiru)

August 22, 2013 46 Comments
kirenai
「お弁当を食べるのが待ちきれません!」
= Obentou wo taberu no ga machikiremasen!
= I can’t wait to eat my boxed lunch!!
「そんなに一人で食べきれないでしょ。」
= Sonnani hitori de tabekirenai desho.
=I bet you can’t eat all that yourself.
 
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Grammar

How to use の ( = no) : one ( indefinite pronoun)

July 17, 2013 41 Comments

how to use no

「どのおもちゃで遊ぶ?」

= Dono omocha de asobu?

= Which toy do you want to play with?

「ブタのか、お寿司ので遊ぶ!」

= Butano ka osushi no de asobu

=I will play either with the pig one or the sushi one!

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Grammar, JLPT N3

How to use ばかり ( = bakari)

July 2, 2013 89 Comments

bakari

🐶「お腹すいた…」

= おなかすいた…

= Onaka suita…

= I’m hungry…

😌「さっき、食べたばかりじゃない。」

= さっき、たべたばかりじゃない。

= Sakki tabeta bakarijanai.

= But you just ate, you know.

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Grammar, JLPT N3

V + たて ( = tate)

June 28, 2013 34 Comments
yakitate
「このパン焼きたてだよ!」
 
= Kono pan  yakitate dayo!
 
= This bread is freshly baked.
 
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Grammar, JLPT N4

〜ながら ( = nagara)

June 26, 2013 53 Comments
nagara
「ねえ、見て!マギー先生、寝ながら仕事をしているよ。」
 
= Nee mite! Maggie Sensei nenagara shigoto wo shiteiruyo.
 
= Hey, look! Maggie Sensei is working while sleeping!
 
 
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Colloquial/Slang, Grammar

How to use 〜じゃない ( = janai) & 〜んじゃない ( = ~ njanai)

February 13, 2013 132 Comments

「犬がアカデミー賞を取ったっていいんじゃない?」

= Inu ga akademiishou wo tottatte iinjanai?

= It’s perfectly OK if a dog wins an Academy award, right?

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Grammar, JLPT N4, JLPT N5

〜たい & がる ( = ~ tai & garu) and 〜がり ( = ~gari)

January 15, 2013 82 Comments

「寒っ!!」

= Samu!!

= Coooold!!

「早くストーブにあたりたい…」

= Hayaku sutoubu ni ataritai…

= I want to get in front of the heater asap.

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Grammar, JLPT N4

How to use はず ( = hazu)

November 14, 2012 101 Comments

 

「今年の秋までにはカレができるはずだったのに…」

= Kotoshi no aki made niwa kare ga dekiru hazu datta noni…

= I was supposed to be able to get a boyfriend by this autumn…

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Grammar, JLPT N3

How to use 程 = ほど= hodo

October 10, 2012 208 Comments

「彼のこと、忘れようとすればするほど、思い出しちゃう…」

= Kare no koto wasureyou to sureba suruhodo, omoidashichau.

= The more I try to forget about him, the more I remember him….

 

 

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