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 [...]

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12 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Japanese SRS sentences #3

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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08 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Japanese SRS sentences #2

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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07 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Japanese SRS sentences #1

Every so often I’ll be throwing some of the SRS sentences or phrases I’m using for my 10,000 sentences project on this blog. You are free to use them. Each entry comes from native Japanese sources as to use authentic language. I won’t be breaking down each word or using romaji. I recommend using rikaichan [...]

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