Saturday, May 10, 2025

Choice of Happiness Week #11

 

Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review

 


OK now…



1.     Please read this one…..

Hikaku-kyū no mae ni tsukaeru goku

 

OK now…



These ones in English, please…

2.     #1, & # 2, please

Big Difference

#1 ~ “~yori zuibun” ~ #1 ~ much

                                     #2 ~ a lot

#3 ~ far

#4 ~ way

Small Difference

#2 ~ “~yori sukoshi” ~ #1 ~ a bit

                                      #2 ~ a little

 #3 ~ slightly

 #4 ~ not much

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now…

Alright now...

How about the next 2...

3.     #3, & #4, please

#3 ~ Fāmāzumāketto no kakaku wa sūpāmāketto no kakaku yori zutto yasui desu.” ~

*The prices at farmer’s markets are much cheaper than prices at supermarkets

*The prices at farmer’s markets are much cheaper than the prices at supermarkets

*The prices at the farmer’s markets are much cheaper than at the supermarket

*The prices at the farmer’s markets are way cheaper than supermarket prices.

*The prices at the farmer’s markets are much better than those at supermarkets

*The price of a farmer’s market is much better than a supermarket

*The price of a farmer’s market is a lot cheaper than a supermarket

#4 ~ Atarashī moderu wa mae no yori mo sukoshi ōku no sutorējisupēsu ga aru” ~

*The new models have slightly more storage space than the previous ones.

*The new models have slightly more storage space than the old ones.

*The new model has slightly more storage space than the previous ones.

*The new model has a little more storage space than the previous ones.

*The new models have a bit more storage space than the previous ones.

*The new models have slightly more storage space than before

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #3 ~ Get + adj = change

 

OK now…


1.     Please read this one…..

Hikaku-kyū and hikaku-kyū' wa,`masumasu' to iu renzoku-tekina henka o arawasu.

 

Alright now…

How about the next 2….

2.     #5, & #6, please

#5 ~ “kanzei” ~ tariff

#6 ~ “Daitōryō no kangae wa masumasu okashiku natte kiteiru” ~

*The president’s ideas have been getting crazier and crazier

*The president’s ideas are getting crazier and crazier

*The president’s ideas are getting stranger and stranger

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

3.     #7, & #8, please

#7 ~ “seisan” ~ production

#8 ~ “Kanzei no sei de seisan kosuto wa masumasu takaku natte kuru” ~

*Production costs are going to get higher and higher because of

the tariffs.

*Production costs will get more and more expensive because of

tariffs.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

4.     #9, #10, #11, #12, & #13, please

#9 ~ “Yosoku kanō na” ~ predictable

#10 ~ “Yosoku fukanō na” ~ unpredictable

#11 ~ “toshi suru” ~ invest

#12 ~ “toshika” ~ investor




#13 ~ “Daitōryō ga masumasu yosoku fukanō ni natte kiteiru nano de,

tōshi-ka-tachi wa dou shitara ii ka wakaranai.” ~

*Investors don’t know what to do because the president has been

getting more and more unpredictable.

*Investors don’t know what to do because the president is

getting more and more unpredictable.

*Investors don’t know what they should do because the president

has been getting more and more unpredictable.

*The president is getting more and more unpredictable and so

investors don't know what they should do

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #4 ~ Any / no + comparative

 

OK now…


5.     Please read this one…..

Any / no + Hikakukyu (any longer / no bigger nado)

 

OK now…

These ones in English, please…

6.     #14, & #15, please

#14 ~ “sore ijō hirokunai / sore yori hirokunai” ~

    #1 ~ not any more spacious

    #2 ~ no more spacious

#15 ~ “Atarashī apāto wa mae no apāto yori hirokunai” ~

#1 ~ My new apartment isn't any more spacious than

    my last apartment

My new apartment isn't any more spacious than the old one

My new apartment isn't any more spacious than my old one

My new apartment isn't any more spacious than my previous one

  #2 ~ My new apartment no more spacious than my last apartment

My new apartment no more spacious than my last apartment

My new apartment no more spacious than before

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

8.     #16, & # 17, please

#16 ~ “Nani wo itteru no?” ~ What are you talking about?

#17 ~ “Nani ga iitai no? ~ What are you saying?

*What do you want to say?

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

10.#18, & # 19, please

#18 ~ “Nani wo itta no? ~ What did you say?

#19 ~ “Iu no wa kantan da yo!” ~ That’s easy for you to say

That’s easy to say

(If needed:  Please make a note)


Sounds good now…

12.#20, & #21, please

#20 ~ “Doushite so iwanakatta no? ~ Why didn’t you say so?

#21 ~ “Dosei sou deshou” ~ If you say so

(If needed:  Please make a note)

                                                             

Alright and…

The last 2, please….

14.#22, & # 23, please

#22 ~ “Dou iu imi? ~ What do you mean?

*What does it mean?

#23 ~ “Nan de sou itta no? ~ Why did you say that?

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 


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