Showing posts with label Studying Japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Studying Japanese. Show all posts

Monday, September 12, 2011

Expressing Your Feelings in Japanese Part 1

By learning the 気 idioms, you're learning 2 words for the price of 1. You can study not only the literal meaning of the 気 partner word, but also the idiomatic meaning when used with 気.

You probably already know what 気 means, right? It means feeling, mind, sensation. It's the "ki" in genki. Now look at how many of your feelings you can express by learning its idiomatic expressions.

The "気 が’s”

ある  to have       気がある to be interested in
ちる  to scatter     気が散る to be distracted
はれる   to clear     気が晴れる to feel relieved
はりつめる to stretch     気が張り詰める to be fully alert
はやい   fast     気が早い to be hasty
ひける  to pull back    気が引ける to feel ashamed
めいる  to go down     気が滅入る to get depressed
おおきい big      気が大きい to be generous
おもい    heavy    気が重い to be depressing
すすまない to not proceed  気が進まない to not be in the mood for
たっている  standing    気が立っている to be on edge
つく    to become aware  気がつく to be attentive

The "気 に’s”

なる  to become      気になる to feel uneasy
さわる   to interfere    気に障る to offend
する   to do     気にする to do
やむ   to be sick     気に病む to be worried


The  "気 を’s”

吐く   to spew, throw up  気を吐く to be elated
ひく   to pull      気を引く to attract
くさらす to rot     気を腐らす to be depressed
おとす  to drop     気を落とす to be disappointed
ゆるす  to trust     気を許す to let one's guard down

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Summer Kanji--Part 1


夏natsu-summer
熱netsu-heat, temperature, fever
祭日saijitsu-festival day, holiday
虫-mushi-insect
酎ハイ-chuhai-delicious drink

蒸し暑いmushi atsui-humid
果物kudamono-fruit
梅ume-plum
梅干し-umeboshi-pickled plum
梅酒umeshu-Plum liquor

休みyasumi-vacation
先輩sempai-elders
扇風機-sempuki-electric fan
石けん-sekken-soap
滝-taki-waterfall

誕生日-tanjobi-birthday
乾いた-kawaita-dry
酒-sake-sake
泳ぐ-oyogu-swim
大井川-Oigawa-Oi River

お祭り-omatsuri-festival
蜘蛛-kumo-spider
蚊-ka-mosquito
花火-hanabi-fireworks
泉-izumi-fountain, spring

地獄-jigoku-hell, inferno
乾くkawaku-feels dry
風-kaze-wind
季節kisetsu-season
公園-koen-park

富士山Fuji san-Mt. Fuji
沖縄-Okinawa
下田-Shimoda
自慢jiman-pride
東京Tokyo

神社jinja-Shinto Shrine
実験-jikken-experiment
人事移動jinji-idou---personal changes
凍るkouru-to freeze, to be frozen
海umi--sea

裸体ratai-nakedness (の)naked
冷却する-raikyaku suru-to cool
冷水reisui-cold water
冷凍する-freeze, refrigerate
冷蔵庫reizouko-refrigerator

お空ozora-sky
運動-undou-sports, exercise
氷-kouri-ice
波nami-wave
暑さ-atsusa-hot weather