[NijiVocab 2] 14-24
Finally another post!! I'm trying to catch up to my Twitter posts. I'm also figuring out the least-cluttering way to order the contents of Tumblr posts;; Feel free to give me some tips if you have any haha
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Link to the clip is here โ
๏ฝใ ใฉ ใใใฅใใ / ่ใใใฅใใ ไปๆนใใชใ ใใผใฟใใ ๆฅ้จใฉใผใกใณใใณใณใฝใก โ ๅฎๆ ใฌใใใช โ ็ซถใ ไบบ่บซไบๆ ๏ฝใใใชใ ๏ฝใใ ใใงใฌใฎใ้ใใ ่ๅพๅพใ ไธ่ฝ โ ไธใใ โ ๅฑๆ โ ๆฏใใ ่กจ่จใใ ๏ฝใกใใ โ ๆๆฌฒ โ ใใชใญใฃใช ็ฝๆปใใใใซใใ ไผผใฆ้ใชใ ๅคงๅๅฉ ไธๅๆจ็ถฟ ๆดพ ใใใใใฆ็นฐใไธใใ โ ็ฎก่ฝ โ ไบๅ ใซใณใใณใฐใๆงใใ ๅ ใใฏใฟใผในใใใ ่ทณใณ็ฎฑ ใขใใผใซ ใใฉใใฐ ๏ฝใชใใกใใใใชใ โ ๆป่ก ้ณ็ฌฆ ๆฐใใชใ
Disclaimer
Please take my explanations with a grain of salt. I'm still learning as well, and I simply hope my ramblings will be an interesting way to make vocabulary stick more easily. Actual dictionary websites will always give more accurate descriptions, so it's recommended to check them if you're not a casual learner.
0:10 ๏ฝใ ใฉ: acting as if a... ่่ใใใใผใใฐใใๅ ่ผฉใ ใฉใๅงใใใ > Uh oh, now he's acting like a senpai. The kanji for this is ้ข, but never really used in this context.
0:30 ๏ฝใฅใใ: hard to... ่่ใใไฟบใใชใใโฆๅฃฐใใใฅใใใใ > It's also... kinda hard for me to reach out. 37:30 ่่ใใ้ณ่ใใใฅใใใฃใใใงใใกใใฃใจใคใคใใณใๅคใใพใใใ > It was hard to hear with, so I changed my earphones. Usage similar ๏ฝใใใ from the previous post, but with opposite meaning!
1:45 ไปๆนใใชใ: it cannot be helped ่่ใใใใใผใชใใงใใใ ๏ผใใใใใชใใงใใ๏ผไปๆนใใชใใงใใ I wanted to point out that you can speak so fast that ใใใใใชใ becomes shortened to ใใใผใชใ...
2:25 ใใผใฟใใ: not being concerned by/involved in ๅถใใรรใฎ้จๅๅใใ๏ผๅใใใฎใญ๏ผใ > Do you know what the XX part is? You do, right? ่่ใใใจใใใทใใใฎๅไบบใงใใใ > ...And, the four from Splare. ๅถใใใใผใฟใใใใใใฃใฆใ > Stop acting like it has nothing to do with you. In other words, stop "avoiding" the question, stop "refusing to touch upon" the topic, stop "not touching" it... so "no touch." It's interesting how the "no" here has more of the meaning "to not want to," instead of "to not be allowed," which is what it would be in English.
3:07 ๆฅ้จใใณใณใฝใก: Glass noodles, Consommรฉ Foods that are common in Japan, but I personally have never heard of! I do know glass noodles, just not that they're called "spring rain" (which is very pretty). Consommรฉ is French, and I'm still not exactly sure what it tastes like... It's called "French broth" in Mandarin;;
4:20 ๅฎๆ: religion ไธๆฉใใไธ็ๅพๆใใใใชใๆๅงใใซไฝใใๅงใใ๏ผใ > If you were to take over the world, where would you start? ๅถใใๅฎๆใใ > Religion. ่่ใใๅฎๆใ ใญใใ > Religion, right?
4:40 ใฌใใใช: a lot, a great deal, properly, fully ไธๆฉใใใฒใผใ ใฎไธ็ใซๅ ฅใใจใใใใใฉใฎไธ็ใใใ๏ผใ > If you could enter a game's world, which would you choose? ๅถใใๆฆใใใใใฌใใใชใ > I want to fight. A lot. I'm not really satisfied with this translation. Somehow, ใฌใใใชsounds like a lot more than just "a lot"... I remember this word by thinking the pronuncation sounds like "guts," and it's "doing so much that your guts are going to spill out." It works!
4:45 ็ซถใ: to compete, to contest ๅถใใใ ใใใ็งๅ ด็ฉ่ชใใ > [following the above] So, Harvest Moon. ่่ใใใฉใ๏ผ็งๅ ด็ฉ่ชใฎโฆใฉใใงๆฆใฃใฆใใฎ๏ผ่ชฐใจ็ซถใฃใฆใใฎใ > Where in Harvest Moon...? Where are you fighting? Who are you fighting with? There are actually two words used for fighting here. ๆฆใgives more of an impression of physically fighting, to wage war, like Eren saying ๆฆใ๏ผMeanwhile, ็ซถใis just competing things in general, such as grades and elections.
5:15 ไบบ่บซไบๆ : accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.) ่่ใใใใชใซใจใใคใใใใ > [Entering the world of] Mario Kart would be insane. ๅถใใๆฎ้ใซไบบ่บซไบๆ ใ ใใใญใ > It'd just be traffic accidents all over the place. I was really bothered that this word for "accident" specifies people getting hurt, but the words "traffic accident" in English would be anything from minor bumps to cars exploding...? I feel that the punchline is slightly weakened if I take out the dying part. "Imagine Mario Kart IRL. The accidents would go crazy" compared to "Imagine Mario Kart IRL. People would drop dead like flies"... My interpretation might not be accurate, though...!!!
5:45 ใใงใฌใฎใ้ใใ: Choregi dressing, perilla leaf dressing I am not well-versed in the vocabulary of salad dressings.
6:45 ่ๅพๅพ: old-old-age ไธๆฉใใๆๅผทใฎ่ๅพใฎๆฎใใใฏใฉใใชๆใ๏ผใ > What's the best way to spend elderly life? ่่ใใไบบ้ใชใๅทๅใจใใใใชใ๏ผใ > For humans, you freeze them, right? ๅถใใ่ๅพใฃใฆใใใโฆ่ๅพๅพใใใชใ๏ผใ > That's not elderly life... Isn't that too elderly? ่ๅพ, word by word, is "old-after", and Kanae is asking, "Rather than old-after, isn't that more like, old-after-after?" The original is a bit funnier. Kuzuha's sentence is literally, "If it's humans, it's freezing, right?" Without any omissions, which happens a lot in Japanese, the full sentence is: "Different from vampires which are already immortal, humans are preserved through freezing or something, right?" My subtitle almost makes it sound like he's going to freeze some random humans he has on hand, but obviously, based on context, that isn't what's going on. Unless?
8:05 ไธ่ฝ: all-purpose, almighty ่่ใใไธ่ฝใ ใใญใๆ้ๆญขใใใฎใฏใ > It is pretty useful to stop time. ๅถใใๅ จใฆใซใใใฆใไฝใงใใงใใใงใใใ > It can do anything in any way, right? ไธ่ฝ, word by word, is ten-thousand-abilities, AKA invincible. ...Invincible is the word I should've used!!! I wanted something a little more colloquial than almighty. It's already been two months since I posted the clip, though...
9:40 ไธใใ: to lower ไบๆจใใใฉใคใใผไธๅนด็ฎใฎ่ชๅใธใไปใฎ่ชๅใใไธ่จ้ใใชใใฐ๏ผใ > A message you'd tell yourself during your first year of being a liver? ๅถใใใใฎใพใพใง่ฏใใใใ > You're fine the way you are. ่่ใใๆๅบฆไธใใใใ > Lower your mouse sensitivity. Something confusing about verbs is that there are ไปๅ่ฉ(transitive) and ่ชๅ่ฉ(intransitive) verbs. For example, ๆถใ and ๆถใใ both mean "turning off a light", but the former is for "doing the action of turning off a light", while the latter is "light turning off on its own". If someone turned off the lights in your room, you'd say that they ๆถใ the light; if there was a sudden blackout and the lights flickered off, you'd say the lights ๆถใใ(incorrect conjugation for comprehensibility). The sentence structures when using these verbs are a little different, too. ไธใใ is a transitive verb, and the intransitive version is ไธใใ. Kuzuha ไธใใ the sensitivity; the sensitivity is ไธใใ.
11:40 ๅฑๆ: leading, foremost ๅถใใๅใ้ๆฟใ ใใฉๅคงไธๅคซ๏ผใ > We're pretty intense though, is that okay? ่่ใใใซใใใใ้ๆฟๆดพ๏ผใ > Nijisanji intense side? ่่ใใใฉใใ๏ผๅฑๆใฎๆ นๆใใใชใ๏ผใ > How? Aren't we the leading gloomy ones? ่่ใใ้ๆฟๆดพใฏใใตใพใใจใใ ใใใใ > The intense ones are ROFMAO or something. Another example sentence for this word can be found around 14:23 of this clip. Here's the transcription: ่่ใใๆ ผๅฅฝ่ฏใใชใ๏ผใใฆใซใ > Howl's really cool, isn't he? ๅถใใๅฑๆใฎๆ ผๅฅฝ่ฏใใใใใใ > He's like, the leading coolness[of Ghibli characters]. Personally, I like Haku more.
12:49 ๆฏใใ: to be frightened of ่ธๅ ใใไฝๅ้ ๅปใพใงๅ ใ ใจใงใใพใใใใ > How many minutes are you able to be late without shame? ๅถใใ้ ๅปใใใฃใฆๆฏใใๅฟ ่ฆใฏใชใใใ > There's no need to be afraid of running late. ๅถใใใชใใชใ้ ๅปใใใจใใใใจใฏๅคใใใชใใฎใ ใใใใ > After all, it won't change the fact that you ran late. ๅถใใๅ ใ ใจ่ฌใใใใ > Apologize boldly. Although it's not the word I highlighted for this card, ๅคใใis an intransitive verb, and ๅคใใis the transitive one. The fact you ran late won't ๅคใใ, even if you can try to ๅคใใ that.
13:13 ่กจ่จใใ: variation in spelling, inconsistency in spelling ๅถใใไบๅ้ ใใฃใฆๆธใใฆใใใใ > It says, "five minutes late." ่่ใใใใ่กจ่จใใใ ใใ > That's just mispelling [so it doesn't count as being late]. I feel like I understand this concept in theory, but not actually. The joke Kuzuha's making here is that the ้ from ้ ๅป and ้ ใ is read differently, but that still doesn't help me understand the punchline... Nothing to teach here, just listing another thing that I might've not translated well. Hopefully I'll understand this joke when I look back at this in a year or so!
13:55 ๏ฝใกใใ: to do something accidentally ๅถใใๅฟใใกใใใใ ใใญใไธๅๆข่ชญใใใใฎใฃใฆใใใฎๅพใ > It's easy to forget them once you've read them once. ใกใใis a less formal way of sayingใฆใใพใ! It's used really often. You won't stop noticing it if you look out for it. ๅฟใใกใใฃใใ้ ๅปใใกใใใๅ จ้จ้ฃในใกใใฃใใๆญปใใใใฃใ๏ผall use this.
15:00 ๆๆฌฒ: motivated, ambitious ่ธๅ ใใใไบใใซๅฐๆฌใใฆใใใจใใใๆใใฆใใ ใใ๏ผใ > Please tell me something you respect about each other! ๅถใใๅ จใฆใใ > Everything. ่่ใใใพใใๆๆฌฒ็ใ ใชใจใฏโฆใ > Well, I do think that he's pretty ambitious... ๆฌฒ means "the desire to". ้ฃๆฌฒ, food desire, means appetite. ๆงๆฌฒ, sex desire, means... sexual desire. Yeah.
16:09 ่งฃๅๅบฆ: how well one understands a person or thing ๅค็ใใใใคใใใใใใใใผใพใใใซใชใใใใจๆใฃใฆใใใใ > She wants to become a "career woman" one day. ่่ใใใฒใใใชใ ใใ่งฃๅๅบฆใไฝใใใงใใใ > In hiragana. She's not very locked in. / Doesn't sound like she knows what she's doing. / That's hard to imagine. (etc.) This one is really hard to explain, so I'll keep looking for similar examples...!
16:15 ใใชใญใฃใช: a superwoman ๅถใใใญใฃใชใขใฆใผใใณใฃใฆไฝใชใฎ๏ผไปไบใใไบบ๏ผใ > What's a career woman? Someone who works? ่่ใใใใชใญใฃใชใใ > A superwoman. Apparently, ใใชใญใฃใช stands for ใใชใใชๅใใญใฃใชใขใฆใผใใณ, so "a career woman who works a TON"? Dictionaries say that superwoman can mean an exceptional woman, so I went with that, but I don't know if English speakers even say that nowadays. It reminds me of that picture book that says all mothers are superwoman. Which is true.
18:20 ็ฝๆปใใใใซใใ: Shirataki, Konnyaku Shirataki is a type of translucent, gelatinous Japanese noodles... that basically sounds like harusame!? It seems that harusame is dry, and shirataki is wet. And shirataki is made FROM konnyaku... Since they're talking about oden ingredients, shirataki are the noodle-tied-into-bowties, and konnyaku are slabs of jelly. Excuse the vague description I thought of from searching up images on Google.
18:50 ไผผใฆ้ใชใ: similar but different ่่ใใใใผใฉใฏ๏ผใตใฉใใณใใผ๏ผใใฌใคใฏใใ > How about Dola? Is she a salamander? No, she's a drake, huh. ่่ใใใกใใฃใจไผผใฆ้ใชใใใฎใใ > A little similar but different. I searched up drake and only got images of the rapper. He's canadian!? Asexual drake...
19:45 ๅคงๅๅฉ: improvisation one-liners ๅๆฒณใใใใใชๅธ่ก้ฌผใฏๅซใ ใใฉใใชๅธ่ก้ฌผ๏ผใ > I hate these types of vampires. Which types? ๅถใใใใใใฃใฆๅคงๅๅฉใ่ณชๅใงๅบใใฆใใใฎใ > Stop sending prompts in these questions. The definition "quiz-like (TV) comedy segment in which participants improvise one-liners based on a given theme" is much more clearer than "prompt," but it was the best word I could think of! Japanese variety shows really like that kind of stuff, huh.
21:50 ไธๅๆจ็ถฟ: Ittan-momen(one bolt of cotton) Floating white cloths. That choke people. Japanese folklore! There are a few yokai I've heard of, but this isn't one of them.
22:50 ๆดพ: group ็ซๅฑๆทใใ็ฌๆดพใงใใ๏ผ็ซๆดพใงใใ๏ผใ > Are you a dog person? Or a cat person? There's no English word, but you hear this a lot in both Japanese in Mandarin(pai, 4th tone). For any kind of "pick a side between these two" situation, you'd use it: kinoko/takenoko, cereal before/after milk, etc.
23:40 ใใใใใฆ, ็นฐใไธใใ: narrowly / to move up in rank or order ่่ใใใพใใใชใผใใผใฃใฝใไบบใไธไบบใใใชใใ > To think that there isn't a single leader-like person at all. ่่ใใใใใใใฆ็นฐใไธใใใงใชใผใใผใ ใใญใ > She was narrowly promoted to leader, right?
24:30 ็ฎก่ฝ: jurisdiction ็ใใใฉใคใใงใฎใใใใใญใกใใผใบใไผๆใใฆใปใใ๏ผใ > I'd like you to teach me a cute pose to strike during a live! ่่ใใใกใใฃใจใใ็ฎก่ฝๅคใชใใงใใ > That's a little outside of my jurisdiction. ๅถใใใใใใชใ๏ฝใ > I dunno~
25:00 ไบๅ: reserve, spare ็ใใไธ่งใใงใณใใคไฝๅฃใง้ฃในใใพใใ๏ผ๏ผ๏ผใ > How many bites can you finish a triangle choco pie in!!! ่่ใใไธใไบใไธใๅใไบโฆไบๅใงๅ ญใ > One, two, three, four, five... and just in case, six. We've been starting to get Japan-core-McDonalds-specials in Taiwan recently, and I got to eat a triangle pie for the first time the other day. It would probably take me about eight to ten bites to finish, especially because the filling kept dripping out and was a bit of a hassle to eat. This is the same "reserve" from the "reserve course" in Danganronpa!! ไบๅๅญฆ็งใฎๆฅๅใใ๏ผ
26:10 ใซใณใใณใฐ, ๆงใใ: cheating on exams / to be in preparation for, to be in waiting for ็ใใใซใณใใณใฐใฃใฆใใใใจใใใพใใ๏ผใใใใใฐใฉใใชๆนๆณใๆใใฆใใ ใใใ > Have you ever cheated on tests before? If you have, please teach me some tips. ่่ใใไฝใๆงใใฆใ๏ผใในใใ| > What? Are you studying for something? / Do you have a test coming up? ๆงใใ also means to hold back, to take notes, and to be in a close relationship? ๆง usually means "control" in mandarin, so I was confused at first. Kanji really can mean anything, huh.
27:25 ๅ: traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml(rice) ็ฏ ๅฎฎใใไปใพใงไธ้ฃใงใ็ฑณใฏไฝๅ้ฃในใใใจใใใพใใ๏ผ็ฏ ๅฎฎใฏไธ้ฃไธๅใพใงใชใ็ต้จใใใพใใใ > How much go of rice was the most you've eaten up until now? Shinomiya has eating 3 go in one meal before.
28:05 ใใฏใฟใผในใใใ: Doctor's orders ่่ใใใใใใฏใฟใผในใใใใใใใใซใ > Don't do that. Doctor's orders. Very confused if this is a meme or an actual saying.
29:30 ่ทณใณ็ฎฑ: vaulting box I just wanted to comment that it seems vaulting boxes aren't a thing in most English-speaking countries! It seems that it's something only gymnasts learn to use. Which means not everyone had to attempt and fail to jump over boxes in front of the whole class as a P.E. requirement...? :/
30:45 ็ถๆ : condition ๅ็ฌใใใญใใๅงซ็ถๆ ๏ผใใฃใกใๅฏใฆใใพใ๏ผใใๆใๅบใๆนๆณใๆใใฆใใ ใใใ > Please teach me how to break free from the sleeping beauty condition(falling asleep a lot) ่่ใใใใ๏ฝใใทใใโฆๅพ ใฃใฆใใใๅใใกใโฆ๏ผใ > Wow, Splare... I've been waiting for you...! ๅถใใไฝใใใญใใๅงซ็ถๆ ใฃใฆใ่ตทใใ๏ผใ > The hell is a sleeping beauty condition? Wake up!
31:25 ๏ฝใชใใกใใใใชใ: need to ~ ๅถใใในใญใซใใใฏใใใๅซใชใใ ใใญใ > I don't like the skill book. ๅถใใๅทฆๆใซๆใฃใฆใชใใกใใใใชใใใใใ > Because you need to hold it in your left hand, right? ใชใใฆใฏใใใชใis the full form of this. There are a million ways to say "need" that I'll get into some other time(because I don't remember them either haha).
32:30 ๆป่ก: waterfall training ๅ็ฌใใใใทใใใซใใฃใฆใปใใไผ็ปใฏ๏ผใ > Any projects you'd like Splare to do? ่่ใใๆป่กใใใฃใฑ้ซๆ ก็ใชใใงใไธๅโฆใ > Waterfall training. Since you're high schoolers, just once... ๅถใใ้ซๆ ก็ใฎๆใซใๆป่กใใฃใฆใใคใกใผใธใใ๏ผใ > You think high schoolers go waterfall training?
33:10 ้ณ็ฌฆ: musical note ่่ใใใชใใ้ณ็ฌฆใคใใฆใใใชใใใใใฎใใชใ > There are music notes. Does that mean something? Onpu is also the name of the purple one in Ojamajo Doremi โช
33:40 ๆฐใใชใ: go through many experiences ๅ็ฌใใใใฉใผๅ ๆใฎไปๆนใๆใใฆใใ ใใใใ > Please teach me how to overcome horror. ่่ใใๆฐใใชใใ > Get through them. Check here for more explanations. In this context, it means that you should play a lot of horror to get over it. Like exposure therapy!! EXPOSURE THERAPY!!! Maybe I should've written that instead!!!!!
37:10 ๏ฝใใใป๏ฝใชใ: potential and negative forms ่ฑ็ฑ ใใๅพ่ผฉใจไบไบบใง่กใใๅ ดๆใฎใฉใคใณใฏใฉใใพใง๏ผใ > Where's the furthest you'd go with a kouhai? ่่ใใใฉใใงใ่กใใใใฉใใฉใใซใ่กใใชใใญใใ > I could go anywhere, but I won't go anywhere. ๅถใใใฉใใซใ่กใใชใใใฉใใงใ่กใใใใ > I won't go anywhere. I could do anywhere, though. I think this is a nice example explaining the difference between "can" and "will".
I'm getting a lot of work done because there's no school for a week! By the time I'm posting this, the break is probably already over, though... Tomodachi Life next week. (๏พ๏ฝฅะด๏ฝฅ)๏พ
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