We have several ways to say “in the blink of an eye” in Japanese. 瞬きをする間もなく、… まばたき を する ま も なく、…mabataki wo suru ma mo naku, … This is the closest one to “in the blink of an eye”. 瞬き(まばたき・mabataki) means a blink. Exact translation will be “There is even no time to blink”. まばたき …
Japanese Verb, To Wipe, ふく or ぬぐう?
Both 拭く(ふく) and 拭う(ぬぐう) means to wipe something, however there is a nuance. Cases both of them work 汗を拭く 汗を拭う to wipe sweat 涙を拭く 涙を拭う to wipe tears 汚れを拭く 汚れを拭う to wipe filth In case of both 拭く(ふく) and 拭う(ぬぐう)work, 拭く(ふく) sounds better, like you are a well educated person. On the other hand, 拭う(ぬぐう) sounds …
Close call in Japanese
The key phrase is あぶない (abunai) which is い adjective, and I assume you have learnt it as ‘dangerous‘. Translation into English will be changed depending on the tense. Let’s take a look together! Present tense 危ない! あぶないabunai watch out! Past tense 危なかった! あぶなかったABUNAKATTA it was a close call. Vulgar way 危ねっ あぶねっAbune (‘e’ at …
Learn Japanese with Guilty by Tohoshinki
With this song, you can learn some “dark” expressions and vocabulary which I hardly teach students during face-to-face lesson! Hope you enjoy it! Lyrics *details below Hey, you know what I mean?Let me know, let me knowLet me know, come on ならくのそこへと しずんでゆく たいよう Oh why? 奈落の底へと 沈んでゆく太陽 すべてが ゆめだと つきつけるやみ 全てが *幻想(ゆめ)だと 突き付ける闇 I can’t believe you let me down なみだが いみしたものは 涙が 意味したものは …
Japanese Calendar Dates
Japanese Order Japanese writing order for the dates and details will be as below; → 年・月・日・曜日・時・分・秒 ねん・がつ・にち・ようび・じ・ふん・びょう Year/Month/Date/Day of the week/o’clock/minute/second big scale > small YEAR / ANNÉE MONTHS / MOIS DATES / JOURS じゅういち にち 11 日… counter for the normal dates are にち (nichi). Below dates are special ones. Everything except on the picture …