ごめんなさい + 許して下さい。 ( = Gomennasai+Yurushite kudasai.) How to apologize in Japanese

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:maggie-small: 「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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という ( = toiu ) + こと/と/わけ/もの/のに ( = koto/to/wake/mono/noni) ,etc.

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🐶「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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Slang: アバウト & 細かい ( = Abauto & Komakai) + Some Twitter words

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「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?”

:maggie-small: 「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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頻度 ( = hindo) Frequency

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🙄「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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How to use「 もんか」「もんだ」「(だ)なんて」( = monka / monda/ (da)nante)

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 🙄「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.”

🤔「そういうもんかなあ…」

= Souiu mon ka naa..

= “I wonder if it is true…”

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April Fool Special Lesson

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「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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謙遜 ( = kenson) : How to sound more humble in Japanese!

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「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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