Both やめる and とめる means to stop something, however there is a nuance. 止める（やめる） やめる means “to stop a behavior or action”. This can be translated to “to quit” as well. 止める（とめる） とめる means “to stop a movement”. Quiz 1. If you want to stop smoking, how do you say it in Japanese? 2. Let’s …
In English, both あける and ひらく mean “to open”. In some cases, we can use both of them for the same object. However it is not every time. There is a slight nuance between them. 開ける（あける） あける means “to open”, but at the same time, it implies something can go through because it is open. …
We cannot translate it by a word. Depending on the sentence, we need to change it. Let’s see with example sentences. 一日ずつ いちにちずつichinichi zutsu どうぶつの森は、日にちを変えないで一日ずつやりましょう！doubutsunomori wa, hinichi wo kaenaide ichinichi zutsu yarimashou! You should play Animal Crossing day by day without changing the dates. 一日ずつ。(しっかりと生きて行こう！)ichinichi zutsu. (shikkarito ikiteikou!)*inside the parenthesis is an implication. One day …
Hi there, It is Harupaka! You do not need to use those, however, it is worth to know since a lot of anime characters use those vocabulary. So do I. 対義語 A pair of antonyms １．強い → つえぇ（ついぇぇ） 弱い → よえぇ（ようぇぇ） ２．大きい → でっか！ 小さい → ちいせぇ ３．多い → 多っ！ 少ない → すくねぇ ４．暑い → あちぃ 寒い → さみぃ ５．暖かい → あたたけぇ *涼しい ６．熱い → あちぃ 冷たい → つめてぇ ７．温かい → あたたけぇ *温い → ぬりぃ ８．厚い → あちぃ 薄い ９．濃い → こ！ 薄い 10．美味しい → うめっ！ 不味い → まじぃ 11．長い → なげぇ …
無くす（なくす） This なくす is used when we lose something tangible. 財布を無くす lose a wallet 鍵をなくす lose a key ペンを無くす lose a pen 亡くす（なくす） This なくす is used when we lose someone. *This is a transitive verb. Always someone who is deceased is the object in the sentence and I is the subject. 去年、母を亡くした。 I lost …
