Friday, 19 February 2010

Catching Japanese

Catching Japanese

やばい yabai (dangerous)
ぶつ butsu (Buddha)

Thursday, 18 February 2010

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)

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

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)