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Back to SearchBeginning Japanese Phrases 173: ～のが好き like doing ~; like to do ~
Episode 183
私(わたし)の母(はは)は、洗濯(せんたく)をするのが好(す)きだと言(い)います。
I | ‘s | mother | as for | laundry | direct object marker | do |like to | copula | quotation marker | say …
1 year, 9 months ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases 172: ∼のが下手be not good at ~; be bad at ~; be poor at ~
Episode 182
私(わたし)の弟(おとうと)は絵(え)を描(か)くのがとても下手(へた)です。
my| brother | as for | picture; drawing| direct object marker | draw | topic marker | very | is not good at
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1 year, 9 months ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases 171:～か… ~ or … ; either ~ or …
Episode 181
今日(きょう)のランチは、カレーかうどんを食(た)べたい。
today| ‘s | lunch | as for | curry | or | udon | (direct object marker) | eat | want
I feel like eating curry or udon f…
1 year, 10 months ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases 170: まだ～していない haven’t done ~ yet
Episode 180
私(わたし)はまだあの映画(えいが)を見(み)ていません。
I | as for | yet | the | movie | direct object marker | haven’t seen
I haven’t seen the movie yet.
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1 year, 10 months ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases 169: ∼のが好き to love to do ~/ like to do ~
Episode 179
私(わたし)の兄(あに)は登山(とざん)をするのが好(す)きです。
my| brother | as for | direct object | mountain climbing | loves
My brother loves mountain climbing.
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1 year, 10 months ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases 168: ∼のが上手 be good at ~
Episode 178
私(わたし)の母(はは)は歌(うた)を歌(うた)うのが上手(じょうず)です。
my| mother | as for | song | (direct object marker) | to sing | is good at
My mother is good at singing.
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1 year, 10 months ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases 167: ∼なくてもいい don’t have to ~; it’s ok if not to do ~
Episode 177
明日(あした)は学校(がっこう)がないので、早(はや)く起(お)きなくてもいいです。
Tomorrow | as for | school | (subject marker) |not | because | early | wake up |don’t have to
I don’t have…
1 year, 10 months ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases 166: ∼ないでください please don’t ~ (polite way in requesting not to do something
Episode 176
食(た)べながら話(はな)さないでください。
eat | while | talk | not | please
Please don’t talk while eating; Please don’t talk with your mouth full.
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2 years ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases 165: ∼ませんか won’t you ~ ?; shall we ~ ?
Episode 175
今度(こんど)の週末(しゅうまつ)に映画(えいが)を見(み)に行(い)きませんか？
Next; this | ‘s | weekend |on| movie | (direct object marker) | see | to (see) |won’t you
Would you like to…
2 years ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases 164: ∼方がいい it’s better to be ~
Episode 174
寒(さむ)い日(ひ)は一日中家(いちにちじゅういえ)の中(なか)にいる方(ほう)がいい。
Cold day | as for | all day |house| inside of | at| to be | subject marker| good
On a cold day, it’s bet…
2 years, 1 month ago