★　leg(s) In Japanese Is 脚 (あし – Ashi). ★　foot/feet In Japanese Is Also Pronounced あし

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!

Reading in your target language just got so much easier

This cool little website, called readlang, allows you to upload your book, in your target language, from epub form into their website, right? And you just read your book from there. When you don’t know a word, what do you do? Do you go to google dot com and type in that word? Nope. You fucking click it. And it tells you the word. 

I am currently reading the 100 (this is the book that the tv show came from) and I can already tell reading this way is so much easier. I highly suggest making an account. It’s free, and works for more than 80 languages!

Japanese Vocab 10月28日

問題 (もんだい) question, problem

この問題用紙は、全部で31ページあります。

This question booklet has 31 pages.

聞く (きく) to ask

先生に聞きましょう

Let’s ask our teacher.

Keep reading

In Japanese we don’t say “I’m just going to stay home tonight” we say “今夜は家でゴロゴロしてる (konya wa ie de gorogoro shiteru)” meaning “Tonight I’m just going to roll around at home” and … #same

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GENKI I: LESSON 3 NOTES

whoo. this lesson was long and hard. it took me around 12 hours over 4 days. most of the time was spent in the grammar section trying to understand all the particles that were thrown at you this lesson. nevertheless, i persevered and finished the workbook a few hours ago. this lesson also started giving kanji, which added extra time. i really love using jisho.org to look up kanji meanings and the stroke order. the interface is very nice and i highly recommend it! onward to lesson 4! how was your guys’ week?

genki lesson 3/12 countdown to JLPT N5 exam on dec. 3rd - 77 days

German da-compound words

(english to german)

1. Above that - darüber

2. Through that - dadurch

3. Around that - darum

4. Out of that - daraus

5. With that - damit

6. After that - danach

7. For that - dafür

8. From that - davon

9. Against that - dagegen

10. In that - darin

11. Under that- darunter

12. Next to that - daneben

13. Behind that - dahinter

14. On that - darauf

今日の昼食は、中華料理店で食べて、すごい美味しかったよ！ Today, we ate lunch at a Chinese restaurant and it was delicious!

あと漢字の読み練習した。 After, I practiced reading kanji.

最近、日がどんどん短くなってきて、なんだかちょっと悲しいよね。 Lately, the days are getting shorter and shorter, somehow it’s a little sad.

あなたの住んでいる所は、今何時に日が暮れるか？ Where you live, at what time does the sun sets?

The obsolete English -k suffix is my new favourite thing (source). It’s also the same -k that derives “hark, hearken” from “hear”. 

Japanese Vocabulary : Using your phone in Japanese

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This list is not complete, I will update it from time to time when I can ! Please note that I’m using a Samsung Galaxy S7 and  there might be slight differences depending on the phone you have.

I will not put the terms written in katakana, as 1) you should know them 2) their meaning is usally easy to guess since most of the time they’re english words.

PS : If you’re learning French, note that there are quite a few words / expressions that are abbreviated ! 

PS2 : Also note that I put my phone back in English and French to get the best translations, but some words are “computer terms” so please check before using them in another context :)

I hope this will be useful :) 

Cette liste n’est pas complète, je la mettrai à jour quand je pourrai! Prenez en compte le fait que j’utilise un Samsung Galaxy S7, donc il se peut qu’il y ait quelques différences avec d’autres téléphones.

Je ne mettrai pas les termes écrits en katakana : 1) vous devriez les connaître 2) si vous comprenez l’anglais leur sens est normalement simple à trouver, sinon il suffit d’aller chercher la signification (ce qui est bien plus facile que de chercher des kanjis qu’on ne connait pas…) 

PS : J’ai remis mon téléphone en anglais et en français pour avoir la meilleure traduction, mais faîtes attention car certains mots sont des termes réservés à l’électronique et pourraient ne pas fonctionner dans un autre contexte ! 

ロックを解除(かいじょ)するには、スワイプしてください : Swipe screen to unlock / Faîtes glisser votre doigt sur l’écran pour déverrouiller.

機内(きない)モード : Airplane mode / Mode hors-ligne

省電力(しょうでんりょく) : Power saving / Eco. énergie

縦画面(たてがめん) : Portrait / Portrait 

自動回転(じどうかいてん) : Auto rotate / Rotation auto. 

位置情報(いちじょうほう) : Location / Position

全(すべ)て消去(しょうきょ) : Clear all / Effac. tout

通知設定(つうちせってい) : Notification setting / Param. notif. 

電卓 (でんたく) : Calculator / Calculatrice

翻訳 (ほんやく) Translate / Traduction 

連絡先 (れんらくさき) Contacts / Contacts

時計 (とけい) Clock / Horloge

電話 (でんわ) Phone / Téléphone

予約 (よやく) Schedule (a message) / Programmer (un message)

削除 (さくじょ) Delete / Supprimer 

画像 (がぞう) Pictures / Photos 

検索 (けんさく) Search / Rechercher 

編集(へんしゅう) Edit / Modifier 

全てを朗読(ろうどく)にする Mark all as read / Tout marquer comme lu 

保護(ほご)メッセージ Locked messages / Messages verrouillés 

お問(と)い合(あ)わせ Contact us / Nous contacter 

履歴(りれき) Recents / Récents

作成(さくせい) Compose / Rédiger 

番号 (ばんごう) Number / Numéro

入力 (にゅうりょく) Enter (a text) / Rédiger 

共有 (きゅうゆう) Share / Partager 

追加 (ついか) Add / Ajouter 

非表示 (ひひょうじ) Hide / Masquer 

貼(は)り付(つ)け Paste / Coller 

作 (さく) Notes / Notes (Tumblr, Instagram…)  

保存 (ほぞん) Save / Enregistrer

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