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nemo's getting back into it. Wish him luck!

Having a break!

Hmm..

1-10

Let’s count (and wrirte in Kanji):

一　いち
二　に
三　さん
四　し
五　ご
六　ろく
七　しち
八　はち
九　きゅう
十　じゅう

Kanji-a-day 上

Kanji-a-day 上

shou/jou/ agaru/ageru – up, above

Catching Japanese

Catching Japanese

やばい yabai (dangerous)
ぶつ butsu (Buddha)

Word Power - はやい hayai

Word Power

はやい　早い、速い　hayai (quick, fast, hasty, brisk)
はやいはなしが 早い話が　hayaihanashiga (in short, in a nutcshell, to cut a long story short)
Ex. hayai hanashi ga kare wa kubi ninattanoda. (To cut a long story short he was fired.)
はやいこよ　早い事　hayaikoto (quickly)
はやいところ　早い所　hayaitokoro (promptly)
はやいものかち　早い者勝ち　hayaimonokachi (first come, first served)

Travel - じさぼけ jisaboke

Travel

じさぼけ 時差ぼけ jisaboke (jet-lag)
Ex. jisaboke de tsurai. (I’ve got a bad case of jet-lag.)
Also, ジェットラグ jettoragu (jet-lag)

buruburu ぶるぶる, gatagata がたがた

Onomatopoeia can be simply defined as words which imitate sounds such as bang, whack, ding or pop in English. But in Japanese, it gets a bit complicated.

Basically, there are two types – giango ぎあんご (voice/sound) words and gitaigo ぎたいご (action/emotion) words.

I love these words because they are funny to say and easy to remember.

Here are a few:

dokidoki どきどき　= if one’s feeling nervous, as if one’s heart is throbbing
kirakira きらきら　= sparkling like seeing fireworks
giragira ぎらぎら　= shining, glittering like gold
pikapika ぴかぴか　= flashing
buruburu ぶるぶる　= shaking like in cold weather
gatagata がたがた　= shaking excessively

Giving praises

Praises

ナイス　naisu (nice)
がんばってね　ganbatte ne (good luck)
やったね　yatta ne (yes!)
すごいね　sugoi ne (great!)
すばらしい　subarashii (fantastic)
グッド　guddo (good)

Happy New Year!

Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu. 明けましておめでとうございます｡

There many ways to say 'Happy New Year' in Japanese. Here is a simple and most frequent phrase used.