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1. My background - I have degree in Child English education in Japan. - I had worked in a Japanese company, and also service and sales in several industries for in total 6years in Japan. 2. My service - If you are shy you can use voice call, but I'll talk to you with video so that at least you can see how I pronounce/write a word and speak sentences. - If you have a text book we will follow. But since we are learning together I'll make sure to give you lots of real Japanese so that you won't only learn the *About my lesson* Since there are many Japanese studying materials teaching you "text book Japanese", I'd like to take this opportunity as teaching you Real-Life-Japanese! Following are what I can offer you during my lesson. 1. Conversation for all levels. *Topic will be up to your demands! -For beginners, we can start with basic and essential conversations based on your interests. This can be anything from a topic you are learning to things you like. -For intermediate and advanced level students, I'll check A) if your Japanese is not the "text book Japanese" and B) speaking weird Japanese which Japanese people actually don't use while we talk. -For someone who is hoping/going to work in Japan, we can practice appropriate Japanese in business and business manners in Japan. 2. Building your vocabulary. -For all levels, when learning vocabularies it's great to know many situations when you can actually use the word/ sentence. I'll give you at least 5 sentences using the word/ sentence you are leaning so that you can imagine and remember the appropriate way of using it. Also during giving you various sentences you can learn other words/sentences at the same time. -If you are preparing for a Japanese exam, basically I did what I wrote just above when I was tutoring a student for her N1 level(hardest one) in JLPT. And she successfully passed her exam!! Those 2 will be essential parts of my lesson!
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    兄=brother は=is まじめ=diligent* なわりに=(but) considering (his diligence) 成績=(his) grades/records/results が=are 悪い=bad *まじめ in this sentence is talking about his attitude about STUDYING. and also this is his characteristic!! So 兄はまじめなわりに成績が悪い is (my/someone's) brother is diligent but considering his diligence (his) grades are bad. after "わりに" , you put sentence which is kind of surprising considering what you just said before "わりに". like this "わりに" <(he) gets bad grades.> Your sentence 兄はまじめに勉強したけど成績が悪かった is different meaning. 兄=brother は=(you don't need to translate.it's just connecting who did what) まじめに=seriously 勉強した=studied けど=but 成績=grades が悪かった= was bad. (my/someone's) brother studied seriously but (his) grades were bad. Since you used past tense for verbs, also used the word まじめに as an Adverb, this sentence is specifically talking about the one exam he just had. The original sentence 兄はまじめなわりに成績が悪い is current form, and talking about his diligent characteristic and the fact that the results/grades/scores are unfortunate. similar example. あのレストランは高いわりにサービスが悪い。 あの=that レストラン=restaurant は=is 高い=expensive わりに=(but) considering (the price) サービスが=(their) service is 悪い=bad P.S. I love Sheldon!
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    November 11, 2015
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    Antonioさんのアンサーの通りだと思います。 私はカナダに住んでいてあまり日本のメディアを見ません。 この前日本に帰って友達と遊んでいるときに Forever21の事を英語の発音ではなく、 日本人ぽくカタカナで言ったつもりですが めちゃくちゃ笑われました。 理由は"21"をカタカナ風に読むと トゥウェンティーワンなのですが 私はトゥウェニーワンと英語に近い読みたかを 無理やりカタカナ風に言ったからです。 日本ではテレビ、雑誌、インターネットで フォーエバー トゥウェンティーワンとして紹介されていて Forever21はカタカナでフォーエバー トゥウェンティーワンです。 このように、新しいブランドや商品なども基本的にメディアがカタカナ語を発信していると思います。 カテゴリーやエゴイズムはもともと外来語ですが、普段の生活でよく使われていたり、テレビやインターネットでもよく見る言葉なので、もうそのまま「カテゴリー」「エゴイズム」と言う言葉として浸透しているので特に覚えにくいわけではありません。
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    November 10, 2015
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    「七転び八起き」 （七転び/ななころび/nanakorobi、八起き/やおき/yaoki） Direct translation= falling down 7 times, standing up 8 times. English = Always rising after a fall And this one is for shy Japanese people I guess. 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥 聞く(きく=asking)は(=is)一時(いちじ=juat a moment)の(=of)恥(はじ=shame/embarrassment)、聞かぬ(きかぬ=not asking)は(=is)一生(いっしょう=whole life)の(=of)恥(はじ=shame) Direct translation= Asking a question is a shame for a moment, but not asking your question is a shame of your whole life. English = You may feel shy to ask a question, but that's just for a moment. If you don't ask your question, you may figure it out by yourself and it could be wrong and you may end up misunderstanding about it for the rest of your life, which is more embarrassing. And I'm a shy Japanese, so I tell this to myself when I hesitate to ask a question.
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    November 10, 2015
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    ～れた 潰れた is simply something is being crushed. ボールが当たって箱が潰れた。 (because) a ball hit (it), (the) box was crushed. ～された 潰された is being crushed because of someone else(not you). 娘に箱を潰された。 (my) daughter crushed (the) box. So when you want to tell the reason why something was crushed is because of someone else, you can use 潰された. another common way of useing 潰れた is "went bankrupt". あの会社が潰れた。 That company went bankrupt. あの会社はヤクザに潰された。 That company went out of business because of Yakuza.
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    November 10, 2015
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    A) 教科書を持ってきてくださいね。毎日使いますから。 Please bring your textbook, because we use it every day as Jokin said is equal to B) 毎日使いますから教科書を持ってきてくださいね。 because (we) use (it) everyday, please bring your text book. To me dividing this sentence in two like A) and adding 毎日使いますから (because we use it every day) as a second sentence is trying to make you understand it's important. I usually say B). but if I'm telling this to japanese learners, to make it clear I may say A). Same thing with the other word　ので (same meaning as から) かぞくのしゃしんを持ってきてくださいね。明日じゅぎょうで使うので。 Please bring (your) family picture, because (we) use (it) in (our) class tomorrow. is equal to 明日じゅぎょうで使うのでかぞくのしゃしんを持ってきてくださいね。 because (we) use (it) in tomorrow class, please bring (your) family picture. ので sounds more polite, から sounds more casual.
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    November 10, 2015
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    If you are looking for "I missed you/ I've missed you" in a Romantic way, *also if you are going to see her/his(in case) face when you are telling this sentence* 会いたかったよ。（あいたかったよ。） or 会えなくてさみしかったよ。（あえなくてさみしかったよ） as selly san answerd would be good. Direct translation for these are "I really wanted to see you", "I was sad not seeing you." so this sentence doesn't work in text. Only works when you see their face in person or video calling. other two, 恋しかったよ（こいしかったよ） and 恋しく思っていたよ（こいしくおもっていたよ）sounds very cheesy and weird to me. It's typical way of non Japanese ppl trying to say I missed/I've missed you in Japanese. I can swear my Japanese guy friends never used this sentences. Also if you want to speak natural and casual Japanese, you better don't say "you" as 君（きみ）. People I can imagine using 君（きみ） for "you" are 1. Boss (men, not young) talking to other younger staff. 2. Prince. 3. Anime characters. 4. Foreigners. Also maybe you already know but in Japanese we often omit saying "you". If you want to say "you", then you can say their name. I missed you/ I've missed you in not a romantic way, like when I talk to my friend who I haven't seen/talked lately I would say "久しぶり！！"（ひさしぶり） which is actually long time no see in Japanese, but my friend knows that I missed her just by saying 久しぶり. Japanese people understand each other without saying things straight. In my opinion tho, I think "I miss you" is not common expression in Japanese. I'd say things like "I was thinking about you all day"(=because I missed you) instead. "I've been thinking about you" ○○(name) のことずっと考えてたよ。（考えてたよ/かんがえてたよ） is natural, and you can use it in text!
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    November 10, 2015
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    Carol as Spanish name, it would be カロル. and since it's not a Japanese name you should write it in Katakana which I just wrote :)
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    November 10, 2015
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    umm I don't know if there is a slang for it, since not many people have that in Japan compare to other western countries. So if I say stretched earlobes in Japanese it would be 拡張ピアス(かくちょう ピアス/kakuchou piasu). 拡張(かくちょう /kakuchou=enlarged)ピアス(piasu= pierce). Or ホールピアス(hooru piasu) ホール(hooru＝hole)ピアス(piasu= pierce).
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    November 6, 2015
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    Oops, I should have post my answer here, not at comment. My pleasure! good luck with your Japanese!
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    November 6, 2015
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    '名詞 ＋ は' is simply 'noun = something' '名詞 ＋ とは' is when we talk about the definition of the noun. example with 牛乳（ぎゅうにゅう/gyuunyuu=milk from *specifically* a cow） A)'名詞 ＋ は' 牛乳は白いです＝milk is white. 牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう/gyuunyuu=milk from *specifically* a cow) は(is) 白いです(しろいです/shiroidesu=white) B)'名詞 ＋ とは' 牛乳とは牛の乳です＝milk is (the definition of) draw milk from a cow. 牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう/gyuunyuu=milk from *specifically* a cow) とは(is the definition of) 牛の(うしの/ushi no=cow's) 乳です(ちちです/chichi desu=milk)
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    November 6, 2015
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