お開き = ohiraki + 開く＝ひらく＋あく, 開ける = ひらける・あける
「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?
Archive for 'Vocabulary'
〜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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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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Super Basic Words Review Lesson Part 3 (Twitter lesson follow up)
「毎日、一つ一つ積み重ねです。」
= Mainichi hitotsu hitotsu tsumikasane desu.
= You need to build things up one by one everyday.
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(Colloquial) 真逆= まぎゃく= magyaku + Other “contrary” words!
「僕、小顔でしょ♪」
= Boku kogao desho!
= I have a small face, don’t I?
「わっ！マギー先生の顔デカッ！」
= Wah! Maggie sensei no kao deká!
= Wow! Maggie Sensei’s face is huge!
ふん！
= Fun!
= Huh!
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Super Basic Words Review Part 2 （From Twitter lessons)
「毎日、一語つぶやいてるよ！」
= Mainichi ichigo tsubuyaiteruyo!
= I have been tweeting one word per day!
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寝る(=neru) VS 眠る(=nemuru) + Sleep related expressions
「ああ彼のことを考えると眠れないわ。」
=Ah..kare no koto wo kangaeru to nemurenai wa.
= Ah…I can’t sleep if I think of him.
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熱い VS 暑い & 暖かいVS 温かい (Request Lesson)
「今日、暑い？暖かい？」
= Kyou atsui? Atatakai?
= Is it hot today or warm?
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