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    Archive for October, 2011

    Oct201126

    Yukari

    10

    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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    Oct201120

    Yukari

    23

    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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    Oct201114

    Yukari

    17

    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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    Oct201108

    Yukari

    10

    “〜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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    Oct201101

    Yukari

    21

    (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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