Ax Nihongo

Thursday, November 01, 2012

Dame

駄目(dame) - Japanese
Damage - English
Dommage - Français

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

万病の元 → Pandora box
百薬の長 → Elixir

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人のふり見て我がふり直せ ;《諺》
One man's fault is another's lesson.

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

七八

七転八倒
七転八起

this two idioms are fun are somehow related :)
and this one from とっとちゃん

七重の膝
八重に折って、宜しくお願いします。

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

some pronunciation tips

take 互換性 gokansei
and 強姦精 goukansei
don't ask me about the meaning...
the first just don't stress the go and a little stress on kan
the second stress on gou and no stress on kan
- / - / - -
go kan sei vs gou kan sei

insteresting stuff:
Let's chase the king.
王を追おう
o wo oou

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Monday, October 30, 2006

-tically and -teki ni

It just come across me that -tically is very similar with -teki ni

take automatically and 自動的に jidou teki ni

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発泡スチロール -> styrofoam
foam -> 発泡
スチロール -> styro

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

例外発音

御神酒 → おみき
御御御付け→ おみおつけ

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Today's expression

こういう現実があり、
with this fact,

では、次に話題に移りましょう。。。
then let's move on the next topic

ということで、
that means,

要するに
In other words,

先の話に戻りまして
back to earlier discussion

泳ぎの名人でもおぼれることがある。/《諺》河童の川流れ
(Even) The best swimmer sometimes gets drowned

Homer sometimes nods
ホメロスでも、ときには居眠りをする。
弘法も筆のあやまり。