jimrin in Texas is doing 38 things including…

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Was trying to use Twitter for capturing vocabulary 11 months ago

but I haven’t found a good way to search Twitter for the Japanese words, so I’ve resorted to using Google Reader to capture feeds. Since Twitter requires authenticated feeds and Google Reader does not, I then had to resort to using http://www.freemyfeed.com. However, I recently changed my Twitter password which means my old feed (with the old password) is not usable anymore and I had to create a new feed from http://www.freemyfeed.com. The end result is the I’ve lost the vocabulary words I had in Google reader before the password change. I’ll log them here just so that I won’t lose them:

  • 坊主になる (ぼうずになる) shaves one’s head, literally become a monk
  • (tongue-twister) 坊主が屏風に上手に坊主の絵を描いた。(ぼうずがびょうぶにじょうずにぼうずのえをかいた。)
  • 悪夢 (あくむ) bad dream


New things I've learned 2 years ago

I saw someone else do this for another foreign language, and it looked like a good idea. I should post new things I learn, so I can be sure I remember them.

Vocabulary
tsumekiri爪切り【つめきり】nail clippers
shibakari wo suru芝刈【しばかり】to mow the lawn
neagari shimasu値上がり【ねあがりto increase in price
kuwashii詳しい【くわしい】detailed
shousai na詳細【しょうさい】detailed
shousaijouhou詳細情報【しょうさいじょうほう】detailed information
kamiza上座【かみざ】seat of honor (best seat position)
kamiza ni sueru上座に据える【かみざにすえる】to give seat of honor
shimoza下座【しもざ】lowest seat position
ii(o)nedanいい(あ)値段【いい(あ)ねだん】expensive
tegoro na (o)nedan手頃な(あ)値段【てごろな(あ)値段】reasonable price
choudo ii (gurai no) (o)nedanちょうどいい(ぐらいの)(あ)値段【ちょうどいい(ぐらいの)(あ)値段】reasonable price
manzaishi漫才師【まんざいし】person who does manzai
atsukamashii厚かましい【あつかましい】immodest
tsubureru潰れる【つぶれる】to go out of business
tsubsu潰す【つぶす】to smash, to make bankrupt
nikibi面皰【にきび】pimple
assariあっさりplain, bland, not greasy
sappariさっぱりplain, clean
atama ga saeru頭がさえる【あたまがさえる】intelligent
ude ga saeru腕がさえる【うでがさえる】skilled
tensai天才【てんさい】genius
saidai最大【さいだい】greatest, maximum
nazo【なぞ】enigma
angou暗号【あんごう】code, password
gussuri(to)ぐっすり()sound asleep (adv)
dassou suru脱走する【だっそうする】to escape
hakadoru捗る【はかどる】to make progress
susumu進む【すすむ】to make progress
bereebouベレー帽【ベレーぼう】beret
yakyuubou野球帽【やきゅうぼう】baseball cap
gatsu gatsuがつがつgreedily (eg, used with eating)
nageru投げる【なげる】to throw
yuuryou有料【ゆうりょう】charge, opposite of muryou
bessou別荘【べっそう】second house
Food
fukujindsuke福神漬け【ふくじんづけ】red pickles used to garnish curry
benishouga紅生姜【べにしょうが】red pickled ginger
myouga茗荷【みょうが】type of ginger
shiro ae白和 【しろあえ】silk tofu mixed with vegetables
musuta-do tsubuマスタード粒【マスタードつぶ】mustard seed
Counters
hitotsubu, futatsubu一粒【ひとつぶ】counter for grains (of rice, etc)
Slang/Kansaiben
honaほな“ja”
hondaraほんだら“soushitara
ee nedanええ値段【ええねだん】expensive
Expressions
dilemma ni ochiruジレンマに陥る【ジレンマにおちいる】to be in a dilemma
dilemma kara nukedasuジレンマにから抜け出す【ジレンマからぬけだす】get out of a dilemma
nishi muku samurai西向く侍【にしむくさむらい】saying to help remember which months of the year does not have 31 days… 2-4-6-9-11
Words should know
rakugo落語【らくご】traditional Japanese comic story telling
manzai漫才【まんざい】comedy done by duo, usually in Kansaiben
kowasu壊す【こわす】to break
kowareru壊す【こわす】to be broken
soroban算盤【そろばん】abacus
nigeru逃げる【にげる】to escape
muryou無量【むりょう】free of charge


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