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い しゅういんせん は じゅうろくにち ごご はち じに は とうひょう が
しめきられ、 そくじつ かいひょう される。
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
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Monday, 17 December 2012
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.
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
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
千客万来だ
have so many [a succession of] visitors
a thousand customers coming ten thousand times
to have one visitor after another, to have an interminable succession of visitors.
example
千客万来だ
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
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.
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