（55）「思う」と「思います」

How to use "思う/思います"<Is Japanese really difficult? (Part.55)>(A) <When it rained yesterday, you were the area.>"昨日は、雨が降ったと思います。or 雨が降っていたと思います。" is wrong.You have to say "昨日は、雨が降りました。or 雨が降っていました。" because "思います" means "I don't know if it rained yesterday or not" in this case.(B) <When you got 100 o…

（54）「どっち」「どちら」「どれ」「どの」

I'll explain the usage of "どっち", "どちら", "どれ", and "どの" to you.<Is Japanese really difficult? (Part.54)>(A) どっち(B) どちら(C) どれ(D) どの(1) You can use "どっち", "どちら" for two things, and "どれ", "どの" for three or more things.For example, there are an apple and an orange on the table.(one apple and one orange)Y…

（53）「ない」と「ありません」

ou must use these forms "ない/ありません...etc" after this word " ...しか".<Is Japanese really difficult? (Part.53)>・僕は500円しか持っています。・大学入試まで1週間しか残っています。・パーティには彼しか来ました。・この町にはスーパーはなくて、コンビニしかあります。・彼に会うチャンスは、明日しかあります。・日本に旅行したとき、大阪にしか行きました。All of the sentences are wrong.I'll give you the correct sentences.・僕は500円し…

（52）健康診断と人間ドック

Both "健康診断(けんこうしんだん)" and "人間ドック（にんげんどっく）" mean "a checkup".<Is Japanese so difficult? (Part.52)>There is a slight nuance of the difference between them.The flowing list is the test items.健康診断：height, weight, a abdominal circumference, an eyesight, an x-raya blood pressure, a blood test. an urinalys…

（51）病院、診療所、医院、クリニックの違い

A difference between 病院(びょういん), 診療所(しんりょうじょ), 医院(いいん) and クリニック.<Is Japanese so difficult? (Part.51)>I'm going to have a checkup called "人間ドック" in three weeks.Usually, A checkup is translated "健康診断（けんこうしんだん）" in Japanese.I want to explain the difference between the four Japanese word(病院/診療所/医院/クリニック…

英会話は直訳をやめるとうまくいく！（ニック・ウィリアムソン著）を早速見てきました。

本日、ユーチューブでも大人気のニック・ウィリアムソンさんの 「英会話は直訳をやめるとうまくいく」 の発売日だったので早速本屋で見てきました。 英会話は直訳をやめるとうまくいく！[音声DL付] 作者:ニック・ウィリアムソン アルク Amazon 読んだ感想は、とても良い本でした。 ただひとつ言えることは、ニックさんの下記2つの本を 持っているなら買わなくていいかなと思います。 話せる英文法 ネイティブの生きたフレーズで31のエッセンスが脳に染み込む 作者:ニック・ウィリアムソン SBクリエイティブ Amazon A4一枚英語勉強法 見るだけで英語ペラペラになる 作者:ニック・ウィリアムソン SB…

（50）マジック

Have you heard of this word "マジック"?マジック has two meanings in Japanese.One is "magic" and the other is "a permanent marker".Most Japanese people use this as a general term for a permanent marker.Actually, this topic is similar to the post that I wrote about a glue. japanese-library.hatenablog.com "マジッ…

（49）接着剤とセメダイン

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（48）いつ、何時？

What time? or when ? on twitter.<Is Japanese really difficult? (Part.48)>I came across an interesting Japanese word "何時" on a website.The website explains someone's twitter post.This is the dialogue.A: 沖縄行かない?B: あり。何時？Something felt wrong about the word "何時" because A suggested a trip to Okinawa and…

（47）よそう

Are you familiar with the Japanese-language expression "よそう（yosou）"? It is a basic Japanese word.(1)予想（よそう）=an expectation/a prediction.(2)ご飯をよそう=To put rice into a bowl.(3)会うのは、よそう=Let's not see somebody (Additional) I should have explained the detail of (2)(2)ご飯をよそう=To put rice into a bowl.We use …

（46）はい？

I've been swamped with work for two weeks.That made me work late and get home around midnight, so I took a taxi three times in two weeks.I used to catch a taxi easily near my company.There is a place where taxies are available. It's not a taxi stand, but two or more taxies were there.I found it diff…

（45）「ただいま」と「おかえり」

I read an interesting article/manga on a website yesterday.A husband, who is from France and can speak Japanese, asks his Japanese wife to send him a picture she took yesterday.She said "はっ！ただいま" with a saluting emoji.He was confused and said "お、おかえり".Can you tell why he was confused?Maybe, a lot of…

おもしろい挨拶

First of all, do you know what these words "朝(asa)" ,"昼(hiru)" ,"夕方(yuugata)", "夜，晩(yoru,ban)" and "夜中(yonaka)" mean?(A)朝 means the period of time from 4 a.m to 10 a.m.(B)昼 means the period of time from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.(C)夕方 means the period of time from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.(D)夜 and 晩 mean the period o…

（44）注射を打つ

Who got a shot?/注射をうつCovid-19 vaccine are now available by appointment in my area.How about you?We often use this phrase "注射（ちゅうしゃ）をうつ" .It literally means "you give someone an injection", but almost everyone uses it in a way that means "you get a shot".I'll give you an example.If you are a patient(…

（43）となりの駅

”となりの駅” means "a next station". I sometime use this phrase, but I think it might be a strange phrase.Here, there are three stations A, B and C.(A⇔B⇔C)If I was at/in/around the A station, となりの駅 means B station.I sometimes use the phrase in spite of I'm not at/in/around the station like in the company…

（42）「花が散る」の「散る」は花によって使い訳が必要

“To wither” has many faces in Japanese. 散る、こぼれる、落ちる、しぼむ、崩れる、舞うThese Japanese words mean “to wither”, it depends on the flower though.There are a lot of expressions :-0Many people who study Japanese have already have known another meaning.(Is "the other s meanings" or "other meanings" better?) We usu…

（41）青森の方言「つづ」について

つづ, A Tsugaru Dialect word, with many meanings.I haven't heard ofつづand it's Tsugaru Dialect, so I've never said it before.つづ means soil, governor, cheese, a pipe, father and milk/breast.I listened to the pronunciation on a video, but I couldn't hear the difference.I'm Japanese, but there are a lot o…

（40）という訳で。ということで。

Two YouTubers were talking about Japanese and English on YouTube yesterday.One is from Japan and the other is from America.They can speak Japanese and English fluently.The Japanese person said "there is an interesting phrase, という訳で/ということで in Japan".You might have already heard this somewhere, like i…

（39）「やったな」の使い方

The news said "Lawson, one of Japanese convenience stores, have updated the packet of their foods again".There used to be a picture of the food on them, but it has changed into only the name of the food.Many customers have complained that they sometimes buy the wrong food because the looks are very …

（38）～し始める

How to Use "～し始める"し始める = To start doing something.読み始めた, 泳ぎ始めた, 歩き始めた...etc私は、4歳の時から新聞を読み始めた=I started reading a paper when I was four years old.Do not say "～して始める".It means "to do and start doing something".If you said "私は、4歳の時から新聞を読んで始めた".That sounds like you read a paper and then started doing so…