Week #8 ~ Choice of Happiness 2025
Step #2~ Vocabulary
Sounds good now…
We take a look over here and …
Please read
Any/no + hikakukyu (any longer / no bigger nado)
Alright
now
Please
read the first 2 sentences….
#1 ~ I’ve waited long enough. I’m
not waiting any longer
(Kore ijyou matsuki wa nai)
#2 ~ We expected their
house to be very big, but It’s no bigger than ours.
(Karera no ie ha totemo okiito omotteita
ga, watashi ga ie hodo de wa nai)
Sounds
good now…
Please
read the last 2….
#3 ~ Yesterday you said you felt sick.
Do you feel any better today?
(Kinou ha
guai ga warui to itteimashita ne.
Kyou wa genki ga sukoshi
ha ii desu ka?)
#4 ~ This hotel is better
than the other one, and it’s no more expensive.
OK
now…
(Change picture #5)
These ones
in English, please…
1. #1, & #2, please
#1 ~ “mou /
kore ijyou” ~ #1 ~ any longer
#2 ~ anymore
#2 ~ “mou
benkyou dekinai” ~ #1 ~ I can’t study any
longer
#2 ~ I can’t study anymore
(If needed: Please make a note)
OK
now…
(Change picture #20)
Alright now...
How about these ones...
2. #3, & #4, please
#3
~ “Sore ijō ōkikunai / sore yori okikunai” ~ #1 ~ no bigger
#2 ~ not any bigger
#4 ~ “Heya wa kurōzetto
yori okiku nakatta” ~
*The room was no
bigger than a closet
*The room wasn’t any
bigger than a closet
(If needed: Please make a note)
OK
now…
Alright now...
How about these ones...
3. #5, & #6, please
#5
~ “Sore ijō
muzukashi / sore yori okikunai” ~
#1 ~ no more difficult
#2 ~ not any more
difficult
#1 ~ no harder
#2 ~ not any
harder
#6 ~ “Kono
tesuto wa kyounen no yori muzukashikunai” ~
*This test is no more difficult than last year's
*This test is not any more difficult than the last year's
*This test is no harder than last year's
*This test is not any harder than the last year's
(If needed: Please make a note)
Sounds good now…
4. #7, & #8, please
#7 ~ “8-ji yori osoku naranai you ni owarasenakereba narimasen” ~
*We must finish no
later than 8 o'clock.
*We must not finish any
later than 8 o'clock.
*We must finish by 8
o'clock at the latest.
#8 ~ “Matteiru no wa mo akiteiru.
Kore ijyou mo matteinai”
*I’m tired of
waiting.
*I’m sick of
waiting.
I’m not waiting any
longer.
I can't wait any
longer.
(If needed: Please make a note)
Ok now…
How about the 5th one…
#9 ~ “Kyō wa kōtsū
wa toku ni hidoku nai.
Itsumo yori kondeinai.” ~
*The traffic isn’t particularly bad today.
*It’s no busier than usual.
*The roads are no busier than usual.
*It isn’t any busier than usual
#10 ~ “Kare wa hontou ni ii shigoto o shite
kuremashita.
Watashi wa kore ijou umaku wa dekinakatta deshou.”
~
*He did a really
good job.
*I couldn’t
have done any better.
*I couldn’t
have done it any better.
*I couldn’t
have done it any better
than him.
(If needed:
Please make a note)
Ok now…
The last 2,
please....
6. #11, & #12, please
#11
~ Watahan wa
subarashī desu.
Nedan wa hoka no dokoyorimotakakuarimasen.
*Watahan is great.
*Watahan is
a wonderful shop
*Watahan is an excellent store
*The prices are no more expensive than
anywhere else.
*The prices aren’t any more expensive than anywhere
else.
*The prices aren’t any more expensive than
other store.
*The prices are no higher than
other stores.
#12 ~ “Sukoshi okurete mōshi wake arimasen ga,
Kore yori hayaku koreru koto ga dekimasen deshita.”
*I’m sorry I’m a little late, but I couldn’t
get here any faster.
*I’m sorry I’m a little late, but I couldn’t
get here any earlier.
*I’m sorry for being a little late, but I
couldn’t get here any earlier.
(If needed: Please make a note)
Sounds
good now…
(Change picture #7)
Please turn your
papers over and...
7.
#13, #14, & #15, please
#13 ~ “~wo
shinaide” ~ *Don’t…
*Don’t do…
#14 ~ “Anata ni ~wo shite
hoshikunai” ~ *I wish you wouldn’t
*I wish you wouldn’t do that
#15 ~ “Son'na ni negatibu ni
naranaide.” ~
*Don’t be so negative
*Please don’t be so negative
(If needed:
Please make a note)
Sounds
good and...
The
last 2....
8.
#16, & #17, please
#16 ~ “Son'na ni negatibu ni
naranaide hoshī.” ~
*I wish you wouldn’t be so negative
#17
~ “Watashi no heya ni kate ni hairanaide
kudasai” ~
*Don’t go into my room without asking me
*Don’t go into my room without my permission
*I wish you wouldn’t go in my room without asking
*I wish you wouldn’t go into my room without asking me
*I wish you wouldn’t enter my room without asking me
*I wish you wouldn’t come into my room without asking
(If needed:
Please make a note)
