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Meowbrown

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Language learning notebook for polyglots.

よりによって

Came across this in some anime that I don’t remember.

  • 偏偏、好死不死
  • of all things/people/places, it just has to happen now

よりによって旅行の当日に熱が出るなんて…

I feel like it might be hard for me to “use” this phrase when I speak, so changing it to something I’m more familiar with:

せっかくの旅行なのに、熱が出ちゃった。

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改める vs. 改まる

Kinda wish tumblr have a spoiler feature so I can cover up the hiragana.

改める(あらためる)

  • 他動詞

規則を改める。To revise the rules.

改まる(あらたまる)

  • 自動詞

規則が改まる。The rules are revised.

Words On Single

最近、対面のグループレッスンを受け始めました!
I started taking in-person group classes last week!

And I noticed that I can understand what the teacher said (the class is 90% taught in Japanese), but am having a hard time with my writing, so I need to start practicing writing more (too much typing).

  • おひとり様
  • おひとり様生活
  • 独身貴族
  • ソロ活 had typo in my notes, it’s just doing something alone

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A Love Too Captivating

たまらないのは恋なのか

As I’m prepping for N2, I’ve started watching anime without subtitles to improve my listening, so these words probably don’t have too much of a connection, but just capturing what I heard from the anime.

堪らない たまらない meaning Irresistible

  • 俺のことを庇った
    庇う(かばう)- protect, defend, stand up for someone
  • 馴れ馴れ(なれなれ)しくすんな
    stop acting like we’re buddies, 少跟我裝熟
    馴れ馴れしい – overly friendly, cheeky
    すんな – rude way to say するな
    ヤンキー likes to talk like this
  • 普通、引くだろう?
    一般人通常都會退縮吧?(你這傢伙是怎麼回事?)
    Normal people would back off by now (what’s wrong with this dude)…
    引く(ひく)put off by someone’s bad behavior, grossed out, 感到反感
  • 親しくもねぇだろう
    親しい(したしい)- close, intimate
  • よくねぇつってんだろう
    つって as a very colloquial contraction of って言って
    つってんだろう == って言っているんだろ
  • 首を突っ込む(くびをつっこむ)
    插手、多管閒事
    poke your nose in
  • なんで切り離さないんだよ
    切り離す – 斷絕關係、拒絕往來, cut me loose
  • 突き放す つきはなす
    push away
  • キリがねぇ
    沒完沒了, there’s no end to this (annoyed)
  • 目障り めざわり
    眼中釘 eyesore
  • 近寄りたい ちかよりたい
    近寄る get close

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