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These are just the Japanese dialogues taken from podcast #06 “Useful Classroom Japanese Phrases”
In this podcast, Asuka and I teach you some useful classroom Japanese phrases so you can interact with your teacher and understand more. We teach you how to ask questions about vocabulary and sentences. In fact, I wish I had known all this when I started to study Japanese in Tokyo all those years ago. It would have helped me learn vocabulary a lot more quickly.
We also teach you how to speak in a respectful way to your Sensei. And of course you can catch up with the rest of our random banter about what’s been going on with Asuka and I recently.
Japanese |
Pronunciation |
English |
先生 |
Sensei |
Teacher |
ちょっと |
Chotto |
A little |
質問 |
Shitsumon |
Question |
どうぞ |
Dōzo |
Please go ahead |
…てどういう意味ですか |
…te dō iu imi desu ka |
What does … mean? |
…という意味です。 |
…to iu imi desu |
It means… |
…でどんな文章が作るんですか? |
…de donna bunshō ga tsukurun desu ka |
What kind of sentence can you make with… |
食事 |
Shokuji |
Food |
残す |
Nokosu |
To leave something |
彼女 |
Kanojo |
Girlfriend |
振る |
Furu |
To shake / to dump someone |
使える |
Tsukaeru |
To be able to use something |
君 |
Kimi |
You (casual) |
指輪 |
Yubiwa |
Ring |
Main Dialog 1 (Japanese)
Student: |
先生、ちょっと質問があります。 |
Sensei, chotto shitsumon ga arimasu. |
Teacher: |
はい、どうぞ。 |
Hai dōzo. |
Student: |
「もったいない」ってどういう意味ですか? |
Mottainai tte dō iu imi desu ka. |
Teacher: |
それはtoo good to wasteという意味です。 |
Sore wa too good to waste to iu imi desu. |
Student: |
「もったいない」で、どんな文章が作れるんですか? |
Mottainai de donna bunshō ga tsukurun desu ka. |
Teacher: |
食事を残すなんてもったいない。 |
Shokuji o nokosu nante mottainai. |
Student: |
そのように使うんですね。わかりました。ありがとうございます。 |
Sono yō ni tsukaun desu ne. Wakarimashita. Arigatō gozaimasu. |
Main Dialog (English)
Student: |
(Teacher) Could I just ask a question? |
Teacher: |
Yes, go ahead. |
Student: |
What does “Mottainai” mean? |
Teacher: |
“Mottainai” means too good to waste. |
Student: |
How do you use “Mottainai” in a sentence? |
Teacher: |
Leaving food is a waste (mottainai). |
Student: |
That’s how you use it! I understand. Thank you. |
Random Phrase – Mottainai – It’s a waste
Here are some extra examples of this week’s random phrase which is “Mottainai” which means it’s such a waste.
1) 彼女を振ったなんてもったいない!
Kanojo futta nante mottainai
It was such a shame (waste) that you dumped your girlfriend!
2) もう新しいパソコン買うの?もったいないな、まだ使えるのに。
mō atarashii pasokon kau no. mottainai na, mada tsukaeru noni.
You’re buying a new PC already? That’s a waste, you can still use the old one.
3) 君にその指輪はもったいないよ。
Kimi ni sono yubiwa mottainai yo
That ring is wasted on you.
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