Monday, October 24, 2022

Kyou Kare Week #23

 

 

Step #2 ~ Regular Vocabulary Check

(You can spend minutes on this section)

 


Alright now…

We will start this week with another quick vocabulary check…

1.     #1, & #2, please…

#1 ~ “kikoeru” ~ #1 ~ hear

#2 ~ heard

#3 ~heard

#2 ~ “ushi no mure” ~ a herd of cows

 

Ok and...

#3, please…

#3 ~ “Ushi no mure wo kita koto ga arimasu ka?” ~

*Have you heard of a herd of cows?

*Have you ever heard of a herd of cows?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

How about the next ones...

2.     #4, #5, #6, & #7, please…

#4 ~ "meneki no" ~ immune

#5 ~ "meneki" ~ immunity

#6 ~ "menekiryoku" ~ immune system

#7 ~ “shuudan meneki” ~ herd immunity (3rd time)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok…now…

How about…

3.     #8, #9, #10, & #11, please…

#8~ “shouganai” ~ #1 ~ That’s life

#2 ~ C’est la vie

#3 ~ It is what it is

#9~ “shikata ga nai” ~It can’t be helped

#10 ~ “Sonna mon da” ~ That’s the way the cookie crumbles

#11~ “Sore wa jinsei da” ~That’s the life

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Ok…now…

4.     Do you remember…#12, #13, & #14?

#12 ~ “Totemo kyukutsu na kukan” ~

*There is not enough space to swing a cat

*There is no space to swing a cat

*There is not enough room to swing a cat

#13 ~ "Himitsu wo morasu" ~Let the cat out of the bag

#14 ~ “doshaburi” ~ It's raining cats & dogs

                 raining cats & dogs

 (If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Ok and…

We have 1 new cat idiom…

5.     What is “Ken en no naka”…in English, please…

#15 ~ “Ken en no naka” ~ Fight like cats and dogs (New)

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Alright …now…

We take a look in the dictionary and…

6.     What does it say?

*It says “to have arguments all the time”

Alright and…

7.     Please read the example?

*As kids we used to fight like cats and dog.

 


OK now…

We take a look on the other side and…

How about the next 2 words….

8.     #16, & #17…please...

#16 ~ “zannen nagara” ~ unfortunately

#17 ~ “kouunnimo” ~ #1 ~ luckily

#2 ~ fortunately

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

9.     #18, #19, & #20, please

#18 ~ “noumiso” ~ brain

#19 ~ “haisuiko” ~ drain

#20 ~ “haisuiro” ~ drainage

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok and...

How about this new one…

10.What is "Zunou ryushutsu"... in English, please...?

#21 ~ “Zunou ryushutsu” ~ brain drain

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

How about these ones….?

11.#22, & #23, please

#22 ~ “Suwa” ~ Suwa city

#23 ~ “gesuido” ~ sewer

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

12.#24, & #25, please

#24 ~ “suppai” ~ sour

#25 ~ “gesui” ~ sewage

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

13.#26, #27, & #28, please

#26 ~ “nagareru” ~ flow

#27 ~ “nomisugi” ~ over drink

#28 ~ “afureru” ~ overflow

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

14.#29, #30, & #31, please

#29 ~ “kozui” ~ flood

#30 ~ “shinsuisuru / hanran suru” ~ flood

#31 ~ “nagasareru” ~ #1~ wash away

#2 ~ carry away

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Alright now...

This one is really long time no see…

15.What is sonaeru… in English, please….

#32 ~ “sonaeru” ~ brace

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

On Friday, October 11 / 2019

16.What WAS Japan bracing for?

*Japan was bracing for a typhoon

*Japan was bracing for Typhoon 19

*Japan was bracing for Typhoon Hagibis

 

Sounds good now…

We take a look over here…and please read…

#1~ Japan is bracing itself for the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis

#2 ~ Japan is bracing for its worst typhoon in decades

#3 ~ Japan is bracing for what is expected to be the most powerful storm in decades

 

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