Archive for the ‘Japanese’ Category
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
I'm a big Google fan and I really like Google Docs. I like being able to easily access all of my documents whether I'm at home, at work, on the road, etc. One thing I use Google docs for frequently is keeping Japanese vocabulary lists. But I've always ...
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
I recently used the word "nau" なう as a "phrase of the day" on Twitter. I said that it is a trendy word often used in Japanese tweets to refer to what a person is doing right "now." I had a request for some examples so I am posting them ...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
This weeks manga clip is from ツヨシもっとしっかりしなさい (Tsuyoshi motto shikkari shinasai) and demonstrates the use of the idiom "nagai me de miru." Literally, this can be translated as "look with a long eye" but in English, we would say, "look at it long term."
In this scene, Tsuyoshi's friend Kane is ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
In this scene from the manga Toripan（とりぱん）, Nanko（なん子）and her friend are walking past a place they used to work, debating the severity of the previous night's wind. Nanko suddenly stops and notices that something doesn't look quite right.
Japanese:
...この道昨日とは何かが違うような
何だろうこの違和感...
English: [Click To Show/Hide]
This road looks different than it did yesterday.
Hmm, what's out ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
In this scene from the manga President Shima Kosaku, Shima Kosaku and his secretary Keiko Kanagawa are riding in a taxi after having just arrived in Moscow on a business trip. (Dialog reads from right of scene to left).
Japanese:
社長今日の夕食はグルジア料理です （神奈川恵子）食べることばっかりだなキミは （島耕作）
English Translation: [Click To Show/Hide]
We'll be having Georgian cuisine for ...
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