Lesson 21 Flashcards

1
Q

think

A

おもいます

思います

“Oh! More ideas!” → When you think, more ideas come to your mind.

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2
Q

say

A

いいます

言います

“I must say something.”

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3
Q

be enough, be sufficient

A

たります

足ります

“Tari” sounds like “tarun” (young in Nepali), and a young person often says, “That’s enough!”

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4
Q

win

A

かちます

勝ちます

“Catch the trophy!” → Winning means catching the victory.

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5
Q

lose, be beaten

A

まけます

負けます

“Make a mistake, lose the game.”

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6
Q

[a festival] be held, take place

A

あります[おまつりが~]

“A re! Festival cha ni!” (आ रे! चाडपर्व छ नि!)

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7
Q

be useful

A

やくにたちます

役に立ちます

“Yak (an animal) carrying loads is very useful!”

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8
Q

wasteful

A

むだ[な]

無駄[な]

“Muda sounds like ‘mud’ – wasting resources is like throwing them in mud.”

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9
Q

inconvenient

A

ふべん[な]

不便[な]

“Food vending (fuben) machine is broken – inconvenient!”

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10
Q

the same

A

おなじ

同じ

“Oh! No change!”

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11
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awful, great (expresses astonishment or admiration)

A

すごい

凶い

“Sue goes wild when excited!”

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12
Q

prime minister

A

しゅしょう

首相

“Shoe show – Prime Minister goes to important events in fancy shoes!”

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13
Q

president

A

だいとうりょう

大統領

“Die to rule – presidents rule nations.”

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14
Q

politics

A

せいじ

政治

“Say ‘G’ (G for government).”

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15
Q

news

A

ニュース

“New things happening!”

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16
Q

speech (~を します: make a speech)

A

スピーチ

17
Q

game, match

A

しあい

試合

“She eyes the trophy!”

18
Q

side job (~を します: work part time)

A

アルバイト

“All right, bite into work!”

19
Q

opinion

A

いけん

意見

“I can express my opinion.”

20
Q

talk, speech, what one says, story (~を します: talk, tell a story)

A

[お]はなし

[お]話

“Hana speaks a lot.”

21
Q

humor

A

ユーモア

“Sounds like ‘humor’.”

22
Q

design

A

デザイン

“Sounds like ‘design’.”

23
Q

transportation, traffic

A

こうつう

交通

“Coats too? Carrying them needs transport!”

24
Q

rush hour

A

ラッシュ

“Rush!”

25
recently, these days
さいきん | 最近 ## Footnote "Sai-king (psychic) predicts recent events."
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probably, perhaps, maybe
たぶん | 多分 ## Footnote "Tabun – maybe it's correct."
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surely
きっと ## Footnote "Kit to survive – surely useful."
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really
ほんとうに | 本当に ## Footnote "Honest truth."
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not so much (used with negatives)
そんなに ## Footnote "Son, not that much!"
30
about ~, concerning ~
~について ## Footnote "Need to cite the topic."
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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。 ## Footnote "She cut a deal – no other choice."
32
It's been a long time (since I last saw you). / Long time no see.
しばらくですね。 (Alternative) ひさしぶりですね。 | 暫くですね。 ## Footnote "She borrowed luck for a long time."
33
How about drinking ~ or something?
~でものみませんか。 | ~でも飲みませんか。 ## Footnote "Demo drink?"
34
I've got to watch it.
みないと… | 見ないと… ## Footnote "Me, night watching!"
35
of course
もちろん ## Footnote "Mochi (rice cake) is of course delicious!"