Nihongo Journey

While my Japanese progress this month has been a little slow, I’ve still been working steadily towards my goal. I’ve made it to sentence number 2440.
I’ve been reading some intermediate grammar books and picking out some good example sentences when I find them. There are some annoying aspects to this book I’m reading which include [...]

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Example Japanese sentences 十二
金魚のフン
きんぎょ　の　フン　＝　 This refers to the annoying hangers-on to a beautiful or important person. Literally “gold fish excrement” hanging on… 爆笑
競争は激しいけど,
きょうしょう　は　はげしい　けど。。。　＝　”The competition is fierce but….”
漢字は中国から来ました
かんじ　は　ちゅうごく　から　きました　＝　”Kanji came from China”
大人になったら板前になりたい
おとな　に　なったら、　いたまえ　に　なりたい　＝　”When I grow up, I want to become a chef”

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