Japanese Lessons with Maggie

Mini Lessons

Daily Japanese lesson!

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逆ギレ=gyakugire

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Hi everyone! 元気？= Genki? How are you doing?
Today's colloquial word is
逆ギレ= gyaku gire

Remember キレる = kireru is to "snap" at someone
(I taught you マジギレ = majigire = to snap at someone "seriously" , to get furious)

逆 ( = gyaku) means "reverse", "counter", "contra"

So 逆ギレ = gyaku gire is a word to used to describe getting angry instead of apologizing when you do something wrong and someone points out your mistake or get mad at you.

Let's look at the picture.

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From the pic.

「マギー先生、またスペルが違ってるよ！」
=Maggie sensei, mata superu ga chigatteruyo!
=Maggie Sensei, I found another typos!

「じゃあ自分でやったら!」
= Jaa jibun de yattara?
= Then do it yourself!

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So someone pointed out typos in Maggie's lessons again.
Usually I should apologize immediately, but I was in a very bad mood and snapped at that person.
To describe this we say,
マギーは逆ギレした。 =Maggie wa gyakugire shita.

短気 = tanki = short tempered people tend to 逆ギレする(=gyakugire suru)

Ex. 注意をしたら逆ギレされた。
=Chuui wo shitara gyakugire sareta.
=When I warned him/her, he/she got mad at me. (Implying that instead of apologizing to me, he/she snapped at me.)

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I know there are tons of typos and mistakes in my tweets and blog. So what!

57 Responses to “Mini Lessons”

Maggie on September 1st, 2010

@ダンsan
もちろん、覚えていましたよ！またいつでもわからないことがあったら聞いて下さいね。
ダン on September 1st, 2010

さすがまっぎー先生ですね～
まだ私のことを覚えていますか。
覚えてくれて嬉しいです★
私に日本語を教えてくれて、ほんとうにありがとうございます！
Maggie on August 31st, 2010

@ダンさん
久しぶり！！！元気でしたか？
A) “If you mess with him, then you mess with me” →B) If you mess with him, then I will mess with you. ではないですか？
だったら「彼に手を出したらただじゃおかない。」になります。
ダン on August 31st, 2010

こんにちは、まっぎー先生！
私はダンで、ベトナム人です。
まっぎー先生のサイトはとても役に立ちます。
今英語と日本語を勉強しています。
ちょっとききたいことがあるんですが。。。
How to say “If you mess with him, then you mess with me” in Japanese?
Thanks in advanced！ありがとうございます！
Maggie on August 28th, 2010

@tremault

Thank you for approving typos! Great! In that case, I will keep challenging your brain
tremault on August 28th, 2010

I think typo’s are great. they force me to use my brain. it makes me better at language
Maggie on August 23rd, 2010

@tremault

Thank you for your comments!!
1) Gomi: How interesting!!! It is very clever to use different colors for each trash.
2) ~demo :　Right! でも=demo has a meaning as “but” “however” as well. 私でも分かります →Haha! You used it so naturally!