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Kaho(香歩)
Japanese
Jun 14, 2019
政治についていろいろ話しました。 とても興味深いトピックですね。 次話すときのために、勉強しておきます!
Kaho(香歩)
Japanese
Jun 14, 2019
日本を端から端まで縦断したらどのくらいかかるかとか話しました。 今、検索履歴で出てきて面白かったです。 あと、オノマトペについても話しました。
Kaho(香歩)
Japanese
May 23, 2019
いつもとても難しい日本語の勉強をしています。 私はちゃんと、質問に答えられているかな? もっと安くで行けるコンサートが近くであるといいですね！
Kaho(香歩)
Japanese
May 16, 2019
次の授業で、だじゃれ披露してください;) ありがとうございました。
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  • Answered
    It means that something is certain/for sure/absolute. It's mostly used in 2 situations, 1: As a strong "yes" in response to a request. 2: To show that we believe something will 100% happen. EX. A: Can you help me with my homework? B: Sure thing! A: I think we'll lose a lot of money if we bet on the horse race. B: But horse number 5 has won almost every race lately! We should bet on him, it's a sure thing.
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    June 6, 2019
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    「みんさい」の意味 誰かの話を聞いたら「みんさい」と聞きました。「彼女に話してみんさい」だったかな。言った人は広島出身だったと思うから、普通の言葉じゃないかな。教えてください。
    June 6, 2019
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  • Answered
    it means to take attention away from someone who deserves or wants it. ex. I passed my medical school exam
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    June 6, 2019
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    it means to take attention away from someone who deserves or wants it. ex. I passed my medical school exam, but my sister stole my thunder when she told everyone she was pregnant. (I wanted to get attention for doing something great, but at the same time my sister did something that got all the attention, and I got none.)
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    June 6, 2019
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  • Posted
    甘酒について アメリカに帰国してからたまにいろんな日本の食べ物や商品を買って欲しいです。ここでそんな物を見つけるのは難しいけど、普段は努力したらできます。でも、甘酒を見つけられないです。別に好きではないけど、日本に住んだ時、よく自転車に乗って山の方への坂道を走って休憩したい時、しばらく下りてレストランで甘酒を飲みました。特に寒くて雨が降った日に飲むといい感じでした。今まで甘酒のことをすっかり考えなかったけど春になて日本から帰国してから初めて自転車に乗りました。甘酒を飲みたいです。
    April 21, 2019
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  • Corrected

    Introduce myself

    This is the first entry in italki, so I want to introduce myself first.
    I have been living in the US for one year and I am going to stay here for one more year.
    I am currently working as a visiting research scientist in a university.

    Now, I've almost gotten used to life in the US but it was really tough in the first couple of months when I first came here.
    That is because of the difficulty of  to talking to native speakers in English and cultural differences.
    Talking to native speakers was much more difficult than I had expected.
    Even though I had studied English and had practiced talking to English speakers when I was in Japan, I was not able to catch 100% of what native speakers was talking were saying 100% .

    Now my English skill is has slowly improved (I hope) but I want to be more fluent in English.
    That brought me to be here.

    I'm glad you're getting use to the US ^ ^
    The biggest problems were just tense changes.
    Let me know if you would like an explanation of any of the corrections.

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    April 21, 2019
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    The Japanese potato chips

    The Calbee Potato Chips Seaweed ＆ salt seaweed & salt flavored Calbee potato chips are a long-selling very well known chips snack with classic Japanese classic nori seaweed flavor. They are well blended with unique spices with that have the umami flavor from nori seaweed. Once you try them, you'll know why this flavor has been so popular for so long in Japan!

    For more my drawing, check out my Instagram page!
    www.instagram.com/meguislearning/
    @meguislearning


    Most of these corrections are just to make it sound more natural, your grammar is good. Here are a few brief notes.

    1. When describing a flavored food we usually say " X flavored Y" especially when the flavor is complicated or unusual. The flavor should always come first though. "Seaweed and salt Calbee  potato chips" would also be okay.

    2. "well known chips" is okay, but is very specific. We'd usually say a well known "snack" or "treat" because it sounds more impressive. Think of it like if I said I make the best bacon flavored almond milk lattes in the world. It doesn't sound impressive because no one makes them. Saying "chips" makes it more specific and feel less exciting, which is the opposite of what "very well know" feels like, so it sounds unnatural.

    3. "Classic Japanese nori seaweed flavor" sounds more natural.
    Classic Japanese nori seaweed flavor - A seaweed flavor that is traditional to Japan.
    Japanese Classic nori seaweed flavor - The Japanese version of the traditional seaweed flavor we all know.
    This is a bit hard to explain, but maybe looking at how it's built helps?

    Nori Seaweed flavor ------- Classic Nori Seaweed flavor ------------------ Japanese Classic nori seaweed flavor

    Nori Seaweed flavor ------- Japanese Nori Seaweed flavor  ---------------- Classic Japanese nori seaweed flavor

    4. I changed your second "with" to "that have" just because having "with" twice really quickly sounds unnatural and a little confusing.


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    April 20, 2019
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  • Commented

    名前：セフ　（「セス」が普通の言い方だと思うけど、「セフ」のほうが好きです。どっちでもいいです。）

    歳：29

    なぜ日本語を勉強します：仕事のために日本に住んだのに、日本語をあまり話しませんでした。日本に引っ越しする前に自分で勉強したので、聞くのと読むのレベルが会話と書くのより高いです。上司と話す時に上司が日本語で話して私が英語で話します。皆がそんな話し方がおかしいと言っていた。また仕事をしに日本に行くと思うので、今回は出発する前にちゃんと勉強したいと思っています。

    どのぐらい日本語を勉強しました：7年ぐらいけど、ほとんど書いたことと話したことがありません。

    Name: Seth

    Age: 29

    Why are you learning Japanese?: I used to live in Japan for work and I might be going back soon. Before leaving for Japan I studied a lot, but I did so by myself so my listening and reading is much much better than anything else. My boss would speak Japanese to me and I'd speak English back. We both were better at hearing our second language than speaking it so we understood each other well, but everyone thought it was really weird. I want to study properly before heading back.

    How much Japanese do you know?: I feel like I can catch about 90% in any normal situation, but technical situations can be incomprehensible. I know most N2 grammar, but never utilize it. I feel like my vocabulary is weak, or that I always use the wrong words. My production skills are so far below my receptive that it's frustrating. People would often think I didn't understand them because I couldn't verbally respond appropriately. I usually have to just act on what people told me, which would get my by, but made me feel cold/rude.

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    April 19, 2019
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  • Posted
    「Sleep No More」という芝居について 先々週、ニューヨークにいる間に「Sleep No More」という芝居を観て素晴らしい経験になりました。普通の芝居ではありません。ステージの代わりに5階のホテルで芝居が演じられます。着いたところにホテルのスタッフが観客に真っ暗の廊下に入らせてあげます。手探りでゆっくり進んでジャズのバーを見つけます。ここで観客が仮面をもらわれて食事と飲み物が注文できます。ホテルの全体で芝居が演じられるので、いつでもバーに戻って休憩できます。自由でホテルを歩きながら演技者が見えて手紙を拾って読めてベッドに座れます。でも、バーの外で仮面をつかなくていけなくて話すのはだめです。演技者も話さないので、英語が分からなくても楽しいと思います。それで、ニューヨークに行ったら「Sleep No More」を観てください。楽しいです。
    April 19, 2019
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  • Corrected

    KitKat

    KitKats are chocolate-covered wafer bars from the UK and it's one of my favorite chocolate snacks.   OR
    A KitKat is a chocolate-covered wafer bar from the UK and it's one of my favorite chocolate snacks.


    Since there are many Japanesey flavors, I really felt like drawing one. At this moment, I have a roasted green tea flavor one at home. I really wanna try wasabi, cheesecake and Japanese sake flavors!

            - "wanna" is super casual. We usually only use it on cellphones or in some kind of text message, like on Line.
    It's something we say often, but don't write much.
    But, if you know that, and it was intentional, it's okay.

    From what I've tried so far, I like the black kitkat the most.


    If you are interested in my drawing, check out my instagram page!
    www.instagram.com/meguislearning/
    @meguislearning

    You're drawings are super cute! Excellent English.

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    April 17, 2019
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