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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, 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 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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JLPT N3, Mini Lesson from No.124, Vocabulary

わざわざ = wazawaza

June 30, 2012 38 Comments

「えっ!?わざわざ来たのにゆかり留守なの?」

= Eh!? Wazawaza kita noni Yukari rusu nano?

= What? I came here all the way but Yukari is not here (at home) ?

なんだ…

= Nanda…

= Oh well…

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Grammar, JLPT N3

Direct & Indirect speech &って ( = tte)

May 7, 2012 173 Comments

「マギーってフラダンス踊れるの?」

= Maggie tte furadansu odoreru no?

= Can you hula dance, Maggie?

「ダンスは下手だって聞いたよ。」

= Dansu wa hetadatte kiita yo.

= I heard you are not a good dancer.

「踊れるってば!」

= Odorerutteba!

= I’m telling you! I can dance!

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Grammar, JLPT N3

わけではない & わけがない ( = Wake dewa nai & Wake ga nai )

January 13, 2012 146 Comments

「もう一週間も彼から連絡がないの。」

= Mou ishuukan mo kare kara rennraku ga nai no.

= He hasn’t contacted me for over a week now!

「まだふられたわけではないじゃない。」

= Mada furareta wake dewa nai janai .

= But that doesn’t mean you’ve been dumped yet.

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Grammar, JLPT N3, Vocabulary

位 = くらい/ぐらい ( = kurai / gurai)

January 26, 2011 101 Comments

「みんな、どのくらい私のこと好き?」

= Minna donokurai watashi no koto suki?

= How much does everyone love me?

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Colloquial/Slang, Grammar, JLPT N3

〜なきゃ&〜なくちゃ ( = ~nakya & ~ nakucha) suffixes

November 20, 2010 110 Comments

「マギーもっと痩せなきゃモテないよ!」

= Maggie motto yasenakya motenai yo!

= Maggie, you won’t attract anybody if you don’t lose weight.

「ダイエットしなくちゃ!」

= Daietto shinakucha!

= You have to go on a diet.

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JLPT N3, Vocabulary

〜的 ( = てき = 〜teki)

September 28, 2010 37 Comments

teki

「私、ちょっと知的にみえるでしょ!」

= Watashi chotto chiteki ni mieru desho!

= I look a bit intelligent, right?

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