means place/bus/thing is booked for private, in Mandarin we say 包場 for place or 包車 for tour buses.
compact kanji spelling; common on signs, websites, booking pages, notices, etc.
本日貸切 – might say this on the restaurant sign
本日は貸切です。
Private event today / Closed to the public for a private booking.
I saw it written like this today, so making a note that this is an alternative spelling, but I feel I see 貸切 more often
I encountered くすり指 today and I felt very confused so I went and looked it up. Apparently it’s the means the ring finger and I think it’s the most confusing one since I don’t have the cultural background.
Went ahead and learned all five fingers, I like 中指 the most, sooooo straightforward 🤣
I was looking for an ice rink near my house. At first, I used 近いアイスリンク, but then 近くのアイスリンク also came to mind, so I decided to look up the difference.
focuses on the distance: something “is close”
近い is especially useful when we mention what it is close to or when we compare distances:
家から近いアイスリンク
an ice rink close to my house
一番近い店
the closest shop
something is located nearby or in the surrounding area
When we simply mean “something nearby,” 近くの is probably more common and natural.
家の近くのアイスリンク
an ice rink near my house
Actually this was the one that I wanted to use cuz the interface is much more cleaner and easy to understand. I just couldn’t find it when I tried Googling for it yesterday.
Recently I found this site where you can type the Japanese lyrics for the songs. Key is to not stare at the romaji when typing, stare at either the Japanese (with Kanji) or the pure hiragana and type.
Level 1 is already pretty challenging for me:
I have another post talking about ほど, but here the usage is different.
Here is the sentence I encountered:
知れば知るほど胸が苦しくなる。
The more I know (about it/them), the more my heart aches.
Some more examples:
日本語は知れば知るほど面白いと思います。
I think the more I learn about Japanese, the more interesting it becomes.
食べれば食べるほど太る。
The more I eat, the more weight I gain.
Due to it being the 10th anniversary, right now we can watch ユーリ!!! on ICE for free for 30 days, and I’m my challenge is to understand everything without subtitles!
So probably recent posts will be around stuff I learnt in the anime.
Here is also a post in Japanese I want to read:
Made a mistake during class this week that I just want someone to be kind without a 対象 to be kind towards to, then I should use 優しくいる.
to act kindly toward someone
→ more concrete / action-focused
弟に優しくする。
I treat my younger brother kindly.
to remain/be kind as a state or attitude
→ more abstract / emotional / poetic / self-reflective
どんな時でも優しくいたい。
I want to stay kind no matter what.
ALTAnd another one that is related is 眼を覚ます, which means to wake up.
目を覚ましたけど、まだ目を開けたくなかった。
I woke up, but I didn’t want to open my eyes yet.
I noticed that in my lesson notes this has shown up three times and still yesterday when I encountered:
彼氏のふりしてくれるの本当にありがたい。
Thank you for pretending to be my boyfriend.
Felt like I’ve forgotten this enough times that I need to write it down here!
い-adj
知らないふりをする
pretend not to know
Verb plain form
寝ているふりをする
pretend to be sleeping
な-adj
大丈夫なふりをする
pretend to be okay
Noun
友達のふりをする
pretend to b a friend
本当は悲しいけど、大丈夫なふりをする。
I’m actually sad, but I pretend I’m okay.