Monday, 17 December 2012

Japanese phrase of the day - 第46回衆院選

Japanese phrase of the day

Elections were recently held in Japan, so today's new phrase is about election.

第46回衆院選は16日午後8時には投票が締め切られ、即日開票される。



だいよんじゅうろっか しゅういんせん じゅうろくにち ごご はち とうひょう  
 しめきら そくじつ かいひょう れる



New Vocabulary -

衆院選 - しゅういんせん
Election of the House of Representatives

投票 とうひょう

Ballot, cast ballots, poll, vote

締め切るーしめきる
Close, end



一攫千金 (いっかくせんきん)

一攫千金 (いっかくせんきん)

Get rich quick, making a fortune at one stroke, a bonanza, to get rich quick, to hit the jackpot, fast money,
get-rich-quick

example -

一攫千金の方法なんてありません。
There is no such thing as a way to get rich quick.

Sunday, 16 December 2012

完全無欠(かんぜんむけつ)

完全無欠(かんぜんむけつ)

Absolute, perfect,  faultless, flawless,
absoluteness, impeccability, no faults

example -
  
完全無欠の人(かんぜんむけつのひと)
Miss Perfect
Mrs. Perfect
Ms. Perfect


決して完全無欠な本ではない (けっしてかんぜんむけつではない)
be far from a perfect book

千客万来(せんきゃくばんらい)

千客万来(せんきゃくばんらい)

a thousand customers coming ten thousand times
to have one visitor after another, to have an interminable succession of visitors.

example

千客万来
have so many [a succession of] visitors

試行錯誤 (しこうさくご)

試行錯誤 (しこうさくご)

It is a very good yojijukugo, it means

Trial and error
Trial-and-error method

some examples can be, 
  

試行錯誤から学ぶ (しこうさくごからまなぶ)
learn through trial and error.  

試行錯誤の結果として(しこうさくごのけっけとして)
as the result of trial and error

試行錯誤の繰り返し (しこうさくごのくりかえし)
process of trial and error
repetition of trial and error

Saturday, 15 December 2012

オークション

オークション

 

The word means Auction.

 Simple katakana words are amazing if learnt in explicit way, but sometimes very difficult, have little difference in nuance. 

 

other related words may be

 

オークションサイト an auction site

入札 (にゅうさつ) a bid, tender. The verb will be 入札する。

落札 (らくさつ)a closing bid, a successful bid.

 

  

日本型食生活【にほんがたしょくせいかつ】

日本型食生活【にほんがたしょくせいかつ】

Used to denote the Japanese eating habits, where rice is the main dish and seafood, meat, vegetables etc are eaten as side dishes.