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かっこいい／かわいい熟語のリスト A list of cool/cute Japanese compound words

別腹（べつばら）→ (n.) having room for dessert even if one is full (lit. extra stomach)

口寂しい（くちさびしい）→ (n.) the feeling of wanting to put something in one’s mouth (lit. mouth + lonely)

食い違い（くいちがい）→ (n.) diverging or conflicting opinions (lit. eating + different)

食い倒れ（くいだおれ）→ (n.) getting into debt by extravagance in food (lit. eating + bad debt/collapse)

寝酒（ねさけ）→ (n.) night cap ⭐︎☽ (lit. sleep + alcohol)

昼寝（ひるね）→ (n.) siesta, nap (lit. daytime + sleep)

寝坊（ねぼう）→ (n.) late riser, sleepyhead (lit. sleep + someone who~)

朝寝（あさね）→ (n./–suru v.) sleeping late in the morning (lit. morning + sleep)

早起き（はやおき）→ (n.) early riser (lit. early + wake up)

歩き回る（あるきまわる）→ (v.) walking about (lit. walk + turn)

水遊び（みずあそび）→ (n.) splashing about (lit. water + play)

長話（ながはなし）→ (n.) a long talk (lit. talk + long)

話々（はなしばなし）→ (n.) small talk (lit. talk + talk)

昔話（むかしばなし）→ (n.) legends, old tales, reminiscence (lit. olden days + talk)

心強い（こころずよい）→ (–i adj.) reassuring, heartening (lit. heart + strong)

猫好き（ねこずき）→ (n.) cat lover (lit. cat + like)

猫舌（ねこじた）→ (n.) dislike of hot drinks or food (lit. cat + tongue)

積ん読（つんどく）→ (n./–suru v.) buying books and not reading them (lit. pile up/stack + read)

忘れ物（わすれもの）→ (n.) something you left behind, forgot (lit. forgot + thing)

蛇足（だそく）→ (n.) useless addition, redundancy (lit. snake + legs)  ˉ̶̡̭̭ ( ´͈ ᗨ `͈ ) ˉ̶̡̭̭

こんな感じ。

(after six)

always itching to look at memories, theirs and strangers’ waiting for the lights to wake before the dark curtain falls they hardly say their thanks and their sorry here never leave shapes of their absence, just their leftover warmth

Peace of mind.

_DSC0093 by Kevin Ho

Using すぎます・すぎる (too, too much)

Have you ever overdone it? Maybe you’re like me and eat too much pizza. Here’s how you can tell your friends about it in Japanese. 

formula: stem of な-adjective/ stem of い-adjective/ conjunctive form of verb + すぎます・すぎる

stem of い-adjective = word without い

明るい (akarui) →　明る (akaru)

優しい (yasashii)　→　優し (yasashi) 

高い (takai) 　→　高 (taka) 

stem of な-adjective = word without the copula

きれいです (kirei desu)　→　きれい (kirei)

有名です (yuumei desu) 　→　有名 (yuumei) 

便利です (benri desu) 　→　便利  (benri) 

conj. form of verbs = the verb without ます

食べます (tabemasu)　→　食べ (tabe) 

飲みます (nomimasu) 　→　飲み (nomi)

行きます (ikimasu)　→　行き (iki) 

Here are some examples of すぎます in action 

1.)  この本は難しすぎます。(kono hon wa muzukashi sugimasu) -> This book is too difficult. 

2.)東京の映画館は高すぎる。(tookyoo no eigakan wa takasugiru) -> Tokyo movie theatre’s are too expensive. 

3.) このブラウスはちょっと派手すぎますね。 (kono burausu wa chotto hade sugimasu ne) -> This blouse is a little too showy, isn’t it? 

4.)今のアパートは不便すぎますから、新しいアパートを探しています。(ima no apaato wa fuben sugimasu kara, atarashii apaato wo sagashite imasu) -> The current apartment is too inconvenient, so I’m looking for a new one. 

5.)日曜日はお昼まで寝ました。ちょっと寝すぎました。(nichiyoubi wa ohiru made nemashita. Chotto nesugimashita) -> Yesterday I slept until noon. I slept a little too much. 

6.)昨日ビールを飲みすぎましたから、今日はお酒は飲みません。(kinou biiru wo nomisugimashita kara, kyou wa osake wa nomimasen.) -> Yesterday I drank too much beer, so today I will not drink alcohol. 

7.)ノドヨドはいつもピザを食べすぎる。(nodoyodo wa itsumo piza wo tabesugiru) -> Nodoyodo is always eating too much pizza. 

A small list of verbs! Tomorrow I will post a note sheet for conjugating verbs. For now, just remember that ます is present tense when dealing with verbs. 

lifehack: whenever someone asks me to say something in a language I'm learning, I literally just translate the phrase "I don't know what you want me to say so I hope this is enough"

気 Expressions

気 (き/ki) is a word that means “spirit” or “mood,” but it is used in many different expressions.  Here are some of the expressions:

気に入り (ki ni iri)  =  favorite

気に入る (ki ni iru)  =  to be pleased with

気にする (ki ni suru)  =  to mind, worry, care about

気にするな！(ki ni suru na)  =  Don’t worry about it!

気に掛ける (ki ni kakeru)  =  to way on one’s mind, to trouble one’s heart

気になる (ki ni naru)  =  to worry, be anxious, uneasy

気に障る (ki ni sawaru)  =  to offend

気に座る (ki ni suwaru)  =  to hurt one’s feelings

気に留める (ki ni tomeru)  =  to heep in mind, give heed to, pay attention to

気を付ける (ki wo tsukeru)  =  to be careful, take care

気をつかう (ki wo tsukau)  =  to pay attention to another’s needs

気を悪くする (ki wo waruku suru)  =  to take offense at, feel hurt

気を許す (ki wo yurusu)  =  to let one’s guard down

気を散らす (ki wo chirasu)  =  to distract a person’s attention

気を取られる (ki wo torareru)  =  to have one’s attention caught, to be preoccupied with

気を静める (ki wo shizumeru)  =  to calm feelings, compose oneself

気を配る (ki wo kubaru)  =  to pay attentnion, be watchful

As you can see, these expressions that use 気 often have to do with one’s feelings or mood (and many of them are very similar).  So, I’ll say to everyone today:

みんな、気を付けてください！

Everyone, take care!