Choice of Happiness Week #4

 Week #3 ~ Choice of Happiness 2025

Step #2~ Vocabulary Review #1

Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review #1

 

Alright now...

Another quick vocabulary check…

1.     #1, #2, #3, & #4, please

#1 ~ "shoshin suru" ~ get promoted ~ got promoted

#2 ~ "shoshin" ~ a promotion

#3 ~ “yakimochi wo yaku / shitto suru” ~ jealous

#4 ~ “urayamu” ~ envy

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

2.     #5, #6, & #7, please

#5 ~ “Karera wa kanojo ni shitto shite ita” ~

*They were jealous of her

#6 ~ “Kanojo no dōryō wa kanojo o urayanda” ~

*Her co-workers envied her

*Her co-colleagues envied her

#7 ~ “Kanojo wa tatta 30-sai na noni shōshin shita” ~

*She was promoted even though she was only 30

*She got promoted to chief even though she was just 30

*She got promoted to chief even though she was in her early 30s

*She got promoted to chief even though she was in her early 30s

*She was only 30 years old but she got promoted

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

1.     #8, #9, #10, & #11, please

#8 ~ “gaikoku” ~ a foreign country

#9 ~ “gaikoku jijn” ~ a foreigner

#10 ~ “gaisha” ~ a foreign car

#11 ~ “Kanojo wa totemo yūfuku datta node, gaisha to u~ōtāfuronto no apāto o motte imashita” ~

*She was so rich that she had a foreign car and a waterfront apartment

*She was so rich that she had a foreign car and a waterfront condo

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

#12, #13, & #14, please

2.     Another quick check

#12 ~ “sumimasen ki wo tsukemasu” ~

I’m sorry, I’ll be more careful

#13 ~ “Sumimasen…nidotomo shinai” ~

I’m sorry, I will never do that again.

I’m sorry, it will never happen again

#14 ~ “Sumimasen…nidotomo shinai you ni ki wo tsukemasu” ~

I’m sorry, I will be careful never to do that again

I’m sorry, I will be careful not to do that again

I’m sorry, I will be careful never to make the same mistake again

(If needed: Please make a note)

Step #6 ~ Vocabulary Page #2

Alright now…

1.     We go back to our review and…

#15 ~ “jyama suru” ~ #1 ~ bother ~ bothered ~ bothered

#2 ~ disturb ~ disturbed ~ disturbed

#3 ~ interrupt ~ interrupted ~ interrupted

#4 ~ in the way

#5 ~ interfere ~ interfered

(If needed: Please make a note)