Kanji Level Check | MLC Japanese Language School in Tokyo
I’m around 1000-1100!
Check to see how you’re doing ❤️
Actually I can “understand” more than that due to the Chinese helping me, but I only ticked the boxes where I really know how to read/pronounce the word.
They both mean work, but 勤める is like a specific case of 働く.
More general of work, paid or unpaid.
毎日働くのは大変だ。
It’s tough to work every day.
彼はよく働く人だ。
He is a hardworking person.
Almost always used with a specific company, organization, government office, etc. Often followed by the particle に to indicate the place of employment.
私は銀行に勤めています。
I am employed at a bank.
この会社に10年勤めています。
I have been working for this company for 10 years.
So if you 勤める somewhere, you are also 働く there.
Found that this nuance is quite interesting and would like to make a note of it.
話し合いだけでこの問題を解決できる。
This problem can be solved just by discussion.
This implies the problem can be solved other ways, but we can simply do it with discussion alone.
話し合いでだけこの問題を解決できる。
It is only by means of discussion that this problem can be solved.
This implies that solving the problem in other ways is meaningless.
だけで is used more commonly as でだけ has a strong exclusivity which people may use when they want to put the emphasis on ONLY BY DOING….
When I first learned about になる it was about “to become” like
医者になります。
Become a doctor.
But today I saw this sentence:
中古品として購入したものになります。
It was purchased as a second-hand item.
So I tried searching Noun + なります without much luck until I found:
So it’s just a polite way for noun + です. It is often used by store clerks.
Instead of saying: コーヒーです。
They’ll say: コーヒーになります。
Here’s your coffee.
I think it’s time to write down this phrase and I always ask my Japanese teacher in English and I should stop.
Sentence structure:
For example for asking: What’s the difference between 勤める and 働く?
It’s meowbrown’s 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳 (April 10th)
Reminding me to post more as well 💖
As always, the nuance in Japanese needs me to document this down.
A: 今日、パスタ食べに行かない？
B: うーん、パスタか… 。昨日も食べたんだよね。
A: そっかー。
[A immediately understands and acknowledges B’s reason for not wanting pasta (ate it yesterday).]
B: じゃあ、和食は？OOOの定食、美味しいらしいよ。
A: 和食か… 。ちょっと高いんだよね、あそこ…
B: あ、そうだった？ランチは手頃な値段って聞いたけど。
A: たしかに、ランチなら大丈夫かも。夜は高いけど。
[A initially hesitates about Japanese food due to price. B provides new info (lunch is cheaper). A uses “たしかに” to agree with B’s point about “lunch price” specifically, shifting from initial price concern to accepting lunch as an option.]
B: よかった。じゃあ、和食にする？
A: まあね、和食もいいね。たまには。
[A agrees to Japanese food, but “まあね” and “たまには (tama ni wa – once in a while)” show subtle agreement. It’s acceptable, but not a passionate “YES! Japanese food!”.]
B: うん、そうしよう。
Its original form is:
では、また会いましょうね
well then… see you again
So it becomes:
じゃね or じゃあね
I didn’t expect Ariana to speak Japanese 😮
私の絶対領域はとてもセクシーです。
There’s a Wikipedia entry for 絶対領域 too.
Here’s the Wikipedia link, as the link preview feels a little NSFW 😱
Feels like a useful phrase, but I probably don’t know how to make this sentence from scratch, so I might as well write it down 😅
なかったことにしてくれない？
In this sentence, there is a hidden item, like spilling the juice or an “oopsie” is the thing that we want to treat as なかったこと (the thing that didn’t happen).
The literal translation would be:
Treat it (the oopsie) as something that didn’t happen, could you please do it for me?
The context I heard this in was A and B almost had a one-night stand.
A: 昨日の夜のこと…
B: なかったことにしてくれない？