Archive | January, 2010

31 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Japanese SRS sentences #8

Time for more Japanese spaced repetition sentences. Huzzah! …..hurray?…..guys?
野菜をたくさん食べることが大切です
やさい を たくさん たべる こと が たいせつ です。 = ”Eating a lot of vegetables is important.”
絵空事ばかりだ
えそらごと ばかり だ = ”It’s just a pipe-dream.” I like this one because it’s a good demonstration of how cool the kanji can be. The kanji 絵 means “picture.” 空 means “sky.” 事 means “thing.” So put it together and it would literally be “The [...]

Continue Reading

Tags:

28 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Japanese SRS sentences #7

Here are today’s SRS example sentences. These are some I found while looking through websites for information about Japanese food. People love discussing what they’ve been eating and cooking in their blogs.
オキアミ油はコレステロール値を下げますか?
オキアミ ゆ は コレステロール ち を さげます か?= ”Does Krill oil lower cholesterol levels?”
昔の日本食が健康に良い
むかし の にほんしょく が けんこう に よい = ”In the old days, Japanese food was good for your health.”
飲みながら話し合った
のみ ながら はなしあった = ”While drinking, we talked together.”
エビでタイを釣る
エビ で タイ を つる = This is an [...]

Continue Reading

Tags: ,

24 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Japanese SRS sentences #6

科学の進歩は素晴らしい
かがく の しんぽ は すばらしい = ”The progress of science is magnificent.”
立派な医者になった
りっぱな いしゃ に なった = ”(someone) became a splendid doctor”
浴びるように酒を飲む
あびる ように さけ を のむ = “to drink like a fish” if you were to translate by idiom. A direct translation would be something like “to drink like your bathing in it.”
あなたの名字は何ですか
あなた の みょうじ は なん です か = ”What is you surname?” For some reason I’ve been learning Japanese for about a year now and this was the [...]

Continue Reading

Tags:

21 January 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Japanese SRS sentences #5

Here are today’s free Japanese SRS (spaced repetition system) sentences. Enjoy.
蝶のように舞、蜂のように刺す!
ちょう の よう に まい、 はち の よう に さす! = ”Dance like a butterfly, sting like a bee!” This was a fun one for me to learn, and as such, it stuck into my memory almost instantly. Leave a comment if you know of any fun phrases/sayings like this.
日本語で表示する
にほんご で ひょうじ する = ”Display in Japanese. ” This one is [...]

Continue Reading

Tags: ,