Saturday, April 3, 2010

Useful phrases for visitors of Kyoto

Two-thirds of SHK's bloggers are currently in Kyoto, and the remaining third is jealous. But in the spirit of solidarity, I'll give some short, handy expressions I've heard during the past few days, listening to a large number of Beginners' lessons on the japanesepod101.com Web site.
I selected these words or short phrases specifically for practical use in conversations: you can easily put into any sentence or even often say them on their own. They're also in romaji just to make it easier. Groeten uit Amsterdam!
kakkoicool
maji desu ka?Are you serious?
muriimpossible
dameabsolutely not, no way
saikouthe best, great
yapparijust as I thought/I knew it!
kedobut, however, use as 'ga'.
subarashiifantastic, breathtaking
X ga ippaifull of X
X ga hitsuyou desuI need X
mochironof course, obviously
kochira kososame here!
gojuushinplace of origin, where you're from
ryoukaigot it!, I understand
yossha!all right then!
usoThat's a lie! Get out of here! You're kidding!
kittosurely
tatoebafor example
hotondomostly
zettai (ni)absolutely, unconditionally
tonikakuanyway, anyhow
tondemonaioutrageous, offensive, bullshit

1 comment:

  1. Arigatou ne!
    We should be collecting these here, but we're still dumbstruck! I'm taking 'kanji of the day' photos just for you Mathijs. Wish us luck for the level-check test tomorrow. I'll try to impress my exam comitee by throwing a couple of these at them :-D

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