Nihongo Journey

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 [...]

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Here are a few SRS sentences I’ve added in the last couple of days. Once again, I focused on sentences with Japanese food vocabulary within them.
押し寿司を作った
おしずし　を　つくった　＝　I made sushi-rice
鯛とヒラメの姿造り
タイ　と　ヒラメ　の　すがたづくり　＝　sea bream and flounder whole-fish sashimi
魚肉ソーセージを買った
ぎょにく　ソーセージ　を　かった　＝　I bought some fish meat sausage.
ごちそうさまでした = Phrase said after meals. Basically means “thanks for a great meal.”

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While mining sentences today, I focused a lot on cooking and food vocabulary. In the Japanese media there tends to be a lot of shows that focus on cooking food and especially on tasting foods where emphatic resounding おいしいs and うまいs can be heard. They’ll often have Japanese celebrities tasting foods on these shows. Comedy [...]

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