お開き = ohiraki + 開く＝ひらく＋あく, 開ける = ひらける・あける
-new lesson!
「そろそろお開きにしましょう！」
= Sorosoro ohiraki ni shimashou!
=Let’s finish the party now.
「えっ！？ケーキは？」
= Eh!? Keiki wa?
= What!? What about these cakes?
Request Lesson わけではない & わけがない = Wake dewa nai & Wake ga nai
「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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〜納め=~osame + Super Basic Words Part 5 (Twitter lesson follow up)
「これで今年は仕事納めです！」
= Kore de kotoshi wa shigoto osame desu!
= This is the last work of the year.
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Request Lesson : それで & だから(=sorede & dakara)
「ねえ、私、１００グラムもやせたんだよ♪」
= Nee watashi hyaku guramu mo yasetandayo♪
= Hey, I lost “HUNDRED” grams!
「だからどうしたの？」
= Dakara doushita no?
= So what?
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「昨日、道で一万円拾ったの。」
= Kinou michi de ichimanen hirotta no.
= I picked up 10,000 yen on the street yesterday.
「それでどうしたの？」
= Sorede doushita no?
= And what did you do? / And what happened?
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Super Basic Words Review (Twitter follow up lesson) Part 4
「これ勉強したら遊んであげる！」
= Kore benkyou shitara asonde ageru.
= I will play with you after you study this!
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Business!? 経費(keihi) & 自腹(jibara) + 領収書(ryoushuusho)（=jibara & keihi + ryōshūsho)
「このおもちゃ、経費で買ってくれる？」
= Kono omocha keihi de katte kureru?
= Can you buy me this toy using the company expense account?
「自腹でお願いします。」
= Jibara de onegai shimasu.
= Please pay for it out of your own pocket.
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Request : 気にする vs 気になる = kinisuru vs kininaru
「またでぶって言われた…」
= Mata debu tte iwareta…
= Somebody called me I am fat again…
「先生、あまり気にしないで下さい。」
= Sensei, amari kinishinaide kudasai.
= Don’t worry about it so much, Teach.
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「最近、ニノのことが気になる…」
= Saikin Nino no koto ga kininaru…
= Recently I think about Nino often…/ I kind of like Nino now.
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りゃ(あ）& じゃ(あ） =rya(a) & ja(a) – Casual contraction
「ねむ〜い！」
= Nemuuui!
= I’m soooo sleepy!
「じゃあ、もう寝りゃいいじゃない!」
= Jaa mou nerya iijanai!
= Then why don’t you go to bed already!
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“〜らしい”(=rashii) ＋Bonus song lesson♪「どんなときも」=Donna toki mo
「先生、失恋したらしいよ…」
= Sensei shitsuren shitarashiiyo.
= I heard Sensei has a broken heart.
「マギーらしくないよ！元気だして！」
= That’s not like you, Maggie. Keep your chin up!
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(Slang) ノリ (= nori) & ノる (= noru) ♪
「みんな、ノってる？」
= Minna notteru?
=Are we having fun? / Are you ready to rock?
「先生ノリノリですね！」
= Sensei norinori desune!
= You are hyped up, Sensei!
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