#polyglot study

hello!

im paige, 24 and native English speaker

Yes! My favourite! Tongue twisters! The first one I heard it in the anime Pandora hearts.

赤唇、青唇、唇。

あかくちびる、あおくちびる、ちびる。

Red lips, blue lips, lips.

But, I heard a version of this in it.

あかちびギル、あおちびギル、ちびギル。

Red little Gil, blue little Gil, little Gil.

And, both of them are funny to me, especially because in Japanese a tongue twister is supposed to be said two times. The second is a little bit hard.

裏庭には二羽、庭にはニ羽鶏がいる。

うらにわにはにわ、にわにはにわにわとりがいる。

There are two chickens in the backyard and two chickens in the front yard.

✺ ~しかない

- have no other choice; forms using the verb in its dictionary form

Examples:

・できるまで、やるしかない。

You have to try it until you make it.

・私にはとても無理な仕事だったので、断るしかなかった。

I had to refuse because I thought it'll be very unreasonable job for me.

1. 知らぬが仏

Translates as “Not knowing is Buddha.” And its English equivalent is “Ignorance is bliss”, where Buddha is equivalent of bliss.

2. 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず

✺ 懸命 • けんめい • eagerness, earnestness, risking one's life

✺ ぬくもり • warmth

✺ かざす • to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

✺ 迷う • まよう• to give into temptation, to lose control of oneself; to lose one's way

✺ 霞む • かすむ • to grow hazy, to be misty; to get blurry; to be overshadowed