重：重い（=omoi)

「お帰りなさい！ご飯にする？おやつ？それともお風呂？」

(=Okaerinasai! Gohan ni suru? Oyatsu? Soretomo ofuro?)

“Hi hon, Do you wanna have dinner first? A snack? How about a bath?”

「これ、み〜んなあなたの為に買って来たのよ。」

(=Kore, mi~nna anata no tame ni katte kita noyo!)

“I bought all of these just for you!”

「君は重たいんだよ！」

(=Kimi wa omotain dayo!)

“You do too much for me!”

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「〜っぽい」~ish/-like (Video Follow Up)

「私、色っぽい？」 (=Watashi, iroppoi?)

Am I sexy?

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Today’s Kanji is “気” (=ki) !!

「マギーには気を使うなあ…」

Maggie ni wa kiwo tsukau naa..

♦Maggie makes me nervous so I have to be attentive towards her…

♦I really have to watch my step around Maggie. (Because I don’t want to make her angry.)

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Additional Lesson “Enryo no katamari!”

「う〜ん、食べたい！ラス１食べたい！」 (Uun rasu ichi tabetai!)

“Oh~~I want the last piece!”

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Body Parts in Japanese Part 2

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