Lesson 21 Flashcards
think
おもいます
思います
“Oh! More ideas!” → When you think, more ideas come to your mind.
say
いいます
言います
“I must say something.”
be enough, be sufficient
たります
足ります
“Tari” sounds like “tarun” (young in Nepali), and a young person often says, “That’s enough!”
win
かちます
勝ちます
“Catch the trophy!” → Winning means catching the victory.
lose, be beaten
まけます
負けます
“Make a mistake, lose the game.”
[a festival] be held, take place
あります[おまつりが～]
“A re! Festival cha ni!” (आ रे! चाडपर्व छ नि!)
be useful
やくにたちます
役に立ちます
“Yak (an animal) carrying loads is very useful!”
wasteful
むだ[な]
無駄[な]
“Muda sounds like ‘mud’ – wasting resources is like throwing them in mud.”
inconvenient
ふべん[な]
不便[な]
“Food vending (fuben) machine is broken – inconvenient!”
the same
おなじ
同じ
“Oh! No change!”
awful, great (expresses astonishment or admiration)
すごい
凶い
“Sue goes wild when excited!”
prime minister
しゅしょう
首相
“Shoe show – Prime Minister goes to important events in fancy shoes!”
president
だいとうりょう
大統領
“Die to rule – presidents rule nations.”
politics
せいじ
政治
“Say ‘G’ (G for government).”
news
ニュース
“New things happening!”
speech (～を します: make a speech)
スピーチ
game, match
しあい
試合
“She eyes the trophy!”
side job (～を します: work part time)
アルバイト
“All right, bite into work!”
opinion
いけん
意見
“I can express my opinion.”
talk, speech, what one says, story (～を します: talk, tell a story)
［お］はなし
［お］話
“Hana speaks a lot.”
humor
ユーモア
“Sounds like ‘humor’.”
design
デザイン
“Sounds like ‘design’.”
transportation, traffic
こうつう
交通
“Coats too? Carrying them needs transport!”
rush hour
ラッシュ
“Rush!”
recently, these days
さいきん
最近
“Sai-king (psychic) predicts recent events.”
probably, perhaps, maybe
たぶん
多分
“Tabun – maybe it’s correct.”
surely
きっと
“Kit to survive – surely useful.”
really
ほんとうに
本当に
“Honest truth.”
not so much (used with negatives)
そんなに
“Son, not that much!”
about ~, concerning ~
～について
“Need to cite the topic.”
There is no other choice. / It can’t be helped.
しかたがありません。
仕方がありません。
“She cut a deal – no other choice.”
It’s been a long time (since I last saw you). / Long time no see.
しばらくですね。
暫くですね。
“She borrowed luck for a long time.”
How about drinking ~ or something?
～でものみませんか。
～でも飲みませんか。
“Demo drink?”
I’ve got to watch it.
みないと…
見ないと…
“Me, night watching!”
of course
もちろん
“Mochi (rice cake) is of course delicious!”
