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by Jay Rubin
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How to Sound Intelligent in Japanese: A Vocabulary Builder (Kodansha's Children's Classics) by Charles De Wolf |
by Akihiko Yonekawa
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With this book you can learn to say that you like someone, love someone, respect someone, have a thing for someone, have a crush on someone, still carry a torch for someone, have no feelings either way for someone, or wouldn't give someone the time of day. You can tease a friend about their new relationship, talk about children or parents, vent anger or express sympathy. You can learn many different ways to thank a person or to respond to a compliment, and the specific attitude that each conveys.
All entries are defined and then amplified with two or three sample sentences. The naturalness of the sentences keeps the reading interesting, and makes it easier to gain not only passive understanding but the confidence to start using these phrases right away in conversation.
Impress your boss, charm your neighbor, apologize to a co-worker. This handy guide will be welcomed by anyone hoping to make Japanese friends and influence Japanese people.
Previous published in the Power Japanese series under the same title.
In the book entries also appear in Japanese script, but we give them here only in romanization (without the original macrons) for those who computers are not Japanese friendly. All entries have full-fledged sample sentences in the book, often with literal translations of the entries.
suki = like, to fond of, love (can be used in an extremely wide range of situations)
ki ga aru = to be interested in
tokimeku / mune [kokoro] o tokimekasu = to be thrilled, to be excited, to feel one's heart leap with joy or anticipation
dokidoki suru = to feel one's pulse race with anxiety, fear, anticipation, etc.
omou / omoi o yoseru = to feel something for, to have [someone] on one's mind, to be hung up on, to have feelings for
akogareru = to be infatuated with, to be attracted to, to dream of, to aspire to shitau = to long for, to idolize, to adore
kataomoi = unrequited love, one-sided love
misomeru = to feel, on first meeting, that someone is just the person you've been looking for
horeru = to fall in love
hitome-bore = love at first sight
hatsukoi = first love, puppy love
koi = love (with a least a slight sexual nuance)
koigokoro = feelings of love
koi no yokan = a sense, on first meeting, that something is going to evolve into love
koi ni ochiru = to fall in love
koi kogareru = to go crazy [with love] over, to like [someone] so much it drives you nuts
ren'ai = romantic and sexual love, a love affair
koibito = a lover, lovers
ryo-omoi = equal fondness [for each other], love that is reciprocated
ayashii / kusai = suspicious / smelly (terms used to tease or gossip about a pair who seem to be just a bit more intimate than other people, implying that they've secretly got something going)
oyasukunai = another way of teasing or gossiping about someone one suspects of romantic envolvement
oiraku no koi = a love that comes along when one is old
ai suru = to love
aijo = love, warmth, affection
ai wa oshimi naku ataeru = to love without restraint or bounds, to give everything for love
jun'ai = true love, pure, romantic love
ai ga areba toshi no sa nante = "If there's love, what's a little age difference?" (Often used to play down an age difference that one actually considers embarrassing.)
soshi-soai = to love and be loved back, to be in love [with one another]
kon'yaku suru = to become engaged [to be married]
kekkon suru = to marry, to wed
aisai-ka = a husband who really loves his wife
koi nyobo = a woman one married for love, and whom one still loves --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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