Japanese Hobby

JALUP flashcards, the best thing since Genki

2019-03-15T18:24:00.000-07:00

I recently discovered the website Japanese level up by a guy named Adam. It has been around for a few years but I never gave it the attention it deserved. Which really was a mistake. Apart from lots of motivational articles and road lines on what to expect of your Japanese studies (which are a little hit and miss) he did some fantastic flashcards for learning Japanese.

Each level (beginner, intermediate, expert, master) consists of 1000 cards. And after the beginner level, each card is entirely in Japanese. I haven’t encountered that J-J approach for learning new vocab in any other pack before. Sure, it’s heavily inspired by the website All-Japanese-all-the-time but to make professional, voiced cards in J-J available is a novum for me.

Starting from the ground up each flashcard is introducing one new item that you learn and only consists of previously learned items otherwise.

That way you always know that you need to be fully able to understand each part of a card. Regardless if it’s about grammar or vocab. I’m currently starting from scratch again and bought the beginner pack. Through iTunes. I have been searching for an “effortless” way to brush up on my Japanese. Something that allows me to have a daily study routine on the side that isn’t very time-consuming but still effective and versatile. It’s difficult to find something like that. It’s either just vocab or just grammar or just Kanji.

What Adam’s cards are doing so right is that mix of grammar and vocab. And his approach to teaching real-life Japanese. Not just the polite basics and short forms that you find everywhere but a little “slang” in between. And the great part is that you can just “touch” each part of a sentence to directly go to the card where you learned that specific item. Be it a gramaticall term or vocab.

Everything you learn, you learn as part of a whole sentence. And everything you learn is practical Japanese. Stuff you actually will encounter again.

Apart from using the cards themselves with a build in SRS, there are also stories available and the function to listen to all the cards you learned. I’m always thinking that when I finally have a car of my own (ideally with Carplay) I can just start the app and listen to all the stuff I went through on my daily commute. Ok, I could do this on my daily commute by bike as well but I’d rather stick to my podcasts for now.

Adam launched his new iOS / Android Apps last summer, which are fully voiced (with a very lovely Japanese voice as well). It all started with pre-made Anki decks but the new App versions (after a little intermezzo with an online version called JALUP-Next) are much more convenient.

I really love these cards, they are just so well made and definitely worth the price, which is a little steep (130€ for a 1000 cards). But they are pure quality and alongside Genki (which is still great to have for the grammar taught in the decks) it’s a perfect pair. The grammar points introduced in the beginner deck are even more or less in the same order as in the Genki textbooks so you can easily get a more in-depth explanation if you need one (of course there are countless online resources but I still think nothing beats a good textbook as a resource).

So here comes my suggestion:
Go through the JALUP beginner deck and make yourself notes for each grammar point that you’re struggling with or which just is a tad too complex to be grasped from the flashcard alone. Practice it with the flashcard of the beginner deck but make sure to just get a little more background knowledge with Genki.

What I always recommend: Take notes for yourself.

Write the key points down for yourself in your own words and maybe even include a picture/screenshot/scan from the resource that helped you to understand it in the first place. That way you’re building a near little reference book for yourself and you’ll be learning much much faster. At least for me, it’s the worth the effort.

The App I’m currently using for note taking:

I’m using Agenda, a wonderfully designed note-taking app for iOS and OSX. There is always Bear and the built-in Apple Notes App (I can always only speak for the Apple eco-system, sorry) but Agenda has been my go-to notes App since October.

It looks amazing, it allows you to make beautiful lists and the styling with different paragraphs and finally the ability to include images makes it the perfect tool for me. After all, it doesn’t hurt that the styling is heavily inspired by Things (another App I really love for my daily workflow and really helps me to focus on the things that matter).

In the end, it doesn’t matter what you use the only thing that counts is that you’re taking notes for yourself. Not for everything and just a few words and maybe a picture of the example sentences or the conjugation are more than enough. That way you can quickly look things up in a very comprised and effective way.

Just head over to Adam’s website Japanese-level-up or just download the App and give it a try. The first 100 cards of each deck are free and should give you a pretty good idea what the whole system is all about.

It’s how everything started for me as well and after finishing the first bunch I decided to take to plunge and just invest in my Japanese. I know 130€ is steep, I was struggling as well, but these cards are really so well made and efficient that they are worth every penny. And when do you have the possibility to directly get in touch with the author of your textbook?

Like always please let me know your thoughts in the comments. Would love to hear from JALUP veterans and their journey.

Is Wanikani worth the effort for learning Kanji? A re-evaluation

2019-03-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

Learning Japanese is a time-intensive task and you often have to re-evaluate where you want to focus on. Do you want to improve your conversational skills, build a good vocab foundation or work on your reading skills and Kanji knowledge. I’ve written about WaniKani on more than a few instances and use it since 2012. It’s even part of my Japanese self-study guide. But lately, I began to question the website and their way of teaching the Kanji.

Everything began with WaniKani’s introduction of new radicals. For those who don’t know: A Kanji is made up out of several (or just one) little symbols. You think about a fitting image for each radical and make a story for yourself that you can easily relate to. The further you go the more complex are the Kanji you’re learning and the stories as well.

The whole idea with that radical approach isn’t new and was first introduced by James Heisig’s fantastic book “Remembering the Kanji”. The one I actually started with myself. Just that book and my Anki deck. WaniKani is doing everything for you. The radical names, the stories and because everybody has such a different background I never really liked most of their radical names. And that’s where the convenience of WaniKani becomes a problem.

I don’t like their radical names. You can always change the stories about each Kanji and just write them as a little note under each card but you can’t change the radical names. And even writing your own stories on the note section is not really convenient because it’s just barely visible when doing your reviews. And it’s not intended to be used like this as well. I may work for many but it didn’t really work for me because the stories just became more and more abstruse the further I came.

Now on to the second problem: The time it takes to finish WaniKani. Like I previously wrote you have to be wary about how you spend your study time. You can’t do everything at once and of course, you want to see some results. If you don’t have the feeling of making real progress you’ll quickly lose interest and will probably quit.

Good things take time and it’s always better to study slowly and consistently instead of just rushing through the content. But WaniKani is taking hours over hours to teach you words which you probably won’t use. And when you actually encounter them in the wild you’ll probably have more than a few instances where you can remember the basic meaning you learned but it just doesn’t make any sense in that sentence.

My problems with WaniKani

WaniKani is full of Japanese vocab consisting of the newly taught Kanji. A good idea so that you can instantly practice what you just learned.

But how useful is learning vocabulary out of context? Not very much in my opinion. Yes, WaniKani has some sample sentences in the notes but I would really prefer to learn whole sentences instead. Or maybe an idea: Be presented with a whole sentence and you just have to input (that’s how WK works) the underlined word.

The vocab you learn is not always the most useful. Its main purpose is to improve your Kanji reading so that you can instantly use that newly learned Kanji and put your reading skills to the test. And while you’re at it you can learn the different readings as well. But never forget that this is all part of your study time. Which is limited. So maybe doing the Heisig approach where you just learn a meaning for each Kanji so that you can safely recognize it and in a second step when you’re studying vocab you learn the readings automatically.

After spending a good amount of time with WaniKani I have a few problems with it:

- You need lots of time because you’re learning lots of Kanji and even more vocab of dubious practicality (which is more or less intended, I know).
- The second quarrel is with their whole system: It works for many, yes, but I still think that making your own radicals and stories is the way to go. Because of triceratops, grain and yeah geoduck.
- And the third one about time: I feel their SRS intervals are too intense. Something like 4h, 8h 23h, 47h. Answering the same item correctly four times in a row until you hit a two-day space.

Tofugu is a great website and taking the idea behind Remembering the Kanji and wrapping it up into a neat little pre-made package for the Internet-generation was a great idea. But for someone who has to be time efficient it’s not the best choice.

There is just way too much filler around your core incentive. Which is to learn the Kanji. I’m not working with a computer and my work days don’t allow me to check WaniKani in between. I need something which allows me to just study for 20 minutes in the morning with a coffee next to me and maybe dedicate a few minutes in the evening as well. But that has to be enough.

What I’ll do after graduating in the summer

I’ll start with Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji again. That book I bought 7 years ago and a new Anki deck. I want to start fresh, from the ground up. With my own mnemonics and stories. Maybe I’ll use it alongside The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Course which is another great way to learn the Kanji and is offering example sentences as well (which really is a must). More about all that in the summer when I’ll start again from scratch but I know for sure that WaniKani is just not perfect for me.

I want a simple approach where I’m making all the cards myself Just checking the deck each morning and then be finished with it. No silly vocab but real-world immersion afterward. With a manga here and there, Japanese magazines, Japanese podcasts, and Twitter accounts.

What’s your approach to learning Kanji? I know not everybody is using WaniKani and I’d love to get some tips. Maybe there are even some great pre-made Anki decks which you can then customize to your liking.

～といい, -to-ii - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-15T05:05:00.000-07:00

to ii といい means literally "if [something then] good." It's used to say something would be good if it happened, or if it were. It's the combination of the conditional particle to と, plus the ii いい.

Don't mistake this for to iimasu といいます, which means "[something] is called [something]," or "my name is [something]."

Manga: "

Assassination Classroom

," Ansatsu Kyoushitsu 暗殺教室 (Chapter 1)

Grammar

Basically, whatever comes before the conditional particle to と is the condition: it's what needs to be true. And if it's true, then it's "good," it's ii いい.

yuushou suru to ii 優勝するといい
If victorious: good.

In English, we'd naturally translate this with an "would be." For example:

It would be good if victorious.
It would be good if you won.

In a way, it can be similar to yokatta, meaning "was good," is the past form of ii. When -te-yokatta shows up, sometimes it's a regretful way to refer to a hypothetical scenario that didn't happen, but would have been good if it had happened.

yuushou shite yokatta
優勝してよかった

It's good thing I won. (because I did win.)
It would have been good if I had won. (but unfortunately I didn't win.)

When to ii is used after a verb, it can be interpreted in two ways depending on context:

The speaker is simply stating what he wishes would happen.
The speaker is advising someone that if they did something that would be good.

The pattern to ii can also be used with i-adjectives. For example:

tanoshii to ii 楽しいといい
If fun: good.

With da だ before to と. This happens because the na な after na-adjectives is an attributive copula, and you need something in the predicative before to と, hence you use the predicative copula da だ.

shiawase na jinsei
幸せな人生
Happy life.
shiawase na jinsei da to ii
幸せな人生だといい
If is happy life: good.
It would be good if it were a happy life.
It would be good if [he led] a happy life.

jinsei 人生
Life. (noun.)

shiawase da to ii
幸せだといい
If is happy: good.
It would be good if it were happy.
It would be good if [he] were happy.

shiawase 幸せ
Happy. (na-adjective.)

Beware that when to ii といい comes right after a noun without the copula, it's a nominal conjugation (ren'youkei form) of the verb iu いう, "to say," coming after the quoting particle to と instead. For example:

kore ga jinsei to ii
これが人生といい
Calling this "life." (i.e. this is called life.)
(act of) calling this "life."
Tanaka to iimasu 田中といいます
[I'm] Tanaka.
[I'm] called Tanaka.

iimasu いいます
Polite form of iu いう, which is the masu suffix attached to the ren'youkei.

da to ii na だといいな

The phrase da to ii na だといいな is sometimes used as an expression to say "it would be good if that happened," or "I wish that would be the case," or something like that.

Literally, it's the predicative copula da だ, plus the conditional particle to と, plus the i-adjective ii いい, plus the sentence-ending particle na な. We've already covered the first three things in this article, so what's important is this na な.

This particle has the nuance of "I think?" It's used when the speaker is expressing his opinion or conclusion about something.

This is slightly different from saying da to ii ne だといいね. Although similar to na な, the ne ね particle is more strongly about asking for agreement of the listener.

One difference is that you may see da to ii na written in thought bubbles, when a character is thinking alone about something that would be good, but da to ii ne requires a listener.

da to ii na どといいな
[That'd be] good, I think.

I hope you agree with me.

da to ii ne だといいね
[That'd be] good, wouldn't it?

Come on, nod or something!

Examples

殺せるといいですねぇ

Manga: "

Assassination Classroom

," Ansatsu Kyoushitsu 暗殺教室 (Chapter 1)

Context: a tentacle monster destroys the moon and will destroy the Earth next year unless his class of assassin students manage to kill him before then.
koroseru to ii desu nee
殺せるといいですねぇ
If able to kill: good.

It would be good if you managed to kill me, don't you think?
koroseru 殺せる
Able to kill.
(potential form of...)
korosu 殺す
To kill.

sotsugyou made ni
卒業までに
Until graduation. (i.e. within one year.)

宿に泊まるといい

Game:

Dragon Quest IV

, Doragon Kuesto Foo ドラゴンクエストＩＶ

Raian-dono. tatakai de kizu tsuitara
machi ni modori yado ni tomaru to ii.
「ライアンどの。たたかいで　キズついたら
まちにもどり　やどに　とまるといい。
Ryan-dono, if [you] get injured in battle
it's good if [you] return to town and stay at an inn.

In classic JRPGs, sleeping at an inn heals injuries. So it's good for you to go there and get the damage healed.

In Japanese,といい means literally "if [something then] good." It's used to say something would be good if it happened, or if it were. It's the combination of the conditional particleと, plus the i-adjective いい.Don't mistake this forといいます, which means "[something] is called [something]," or "my name is [something]."Basically, whatever comes before the conditional particleと is the condition: it's what needs to be true. And if it's true, then it's "good," it'sいい.In English, we'd naturally translate this with an "would be." For example:In a way, it can be similar to how -te-yokatta ～てよかった works . The word, meaning "was good," is the past form of. Whenshows up,it's a regretful way to refer to a hypothetical scenario that didn't happen, but would have been good if it had happened.Whenis used after a verb, it can be interpreted in two ways depending on context:The patterncan also be used with-adjectives. For example:With na-adjectives and nouns, you use the copulaだ beforeと. This happens because theな after-adjectives is an attributive copula, and you need something in the predicative beforeと, hence you use the predicative copulaだ.Beware that whenといい comes right after a noun without the copula, it's a nominal conjugation (form) of the verbいう, "to say," coming after the quoting particleと instead. For example:The phraseだといいな is sometimes used as an expression to say "it would be good if that happened," or "I wish that would be the case," or something like that.Literally, it's the predicative copulaだ, plus the conditional particleと, plus the-adjectiveいい, plus the sentence-ending particleな. We've already covered the first three things in this article, so what's important is thisな.This particle has the nuance of "I think?" It's used when the speaker is expressing his opinion or conclusion about something.This is slightly different from sayingだといいね. Although similar toな, theね particle is more strongly about asking for agreement of the listener.One difference is that you may seewritten in thought bubbles, when a character is thinking alone about something that would be good, butrequires a listener.

～するがいい, -suru ga ii - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-14T07:36:00.000-07:00

suru ga ii するがいい, or any verb plus ga ii, means literally "it's better to do [something]."

In anime, however, it's pretty much always used by evil-looking characters who're full of themselves to pretentiously tell someone "do this, I allow you to do," a permission, or "it's better you do so," which sounds like an order.

In either case, ga ii is often not translated to English at all.

Manga:

Gabriel DropOut

, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 3)

Explanation

The reason why suru ga ii can sound like either a permission or an order to do something comes from the fact that the ii いい means literally "good."

suru ga ii するがいい
To do is good.

It means a permission because it's the answer to the following question:

To do is bad?
No.
To do is good. (you're allowed to do it, it's okay.)

And it sounds like an order because of its opposite:

To do is good.
Therefore:
To not do is bad. (you don't want to not do it.)
There'll be consequences.
Do it... or else!!!

In this latter case, since not doing it is bad, doing it is "better" than not doing it. That is: "you better do it."

Note however, that suru ga ii isn't normal Japanese, it's evil anime character Japanese. For reference, let's see a verb with ga ii compared to more normal ways to say that "verb is good:"

miru ga ii 見るがいい
To look is good.
It's better you look. (or else!!)
I allow you to look. (and you should.)
Look. (what else needs to be said?)
miru to ii 見るといい
If look: good.
It's good if you look. (not telling you that you should, but it's good if it happens.)
mireba ii 見ればいい
If look: good.
It's good if you look. (and maybe you should, because, why haven't you looked yet?)
mitara ii 見たらいい
If looked: good.
It's better if you looked. (that could also not happen, though.)
mita hou ga ii 見た方がいい
The way [in which you] look is good.
It'd be better if you looked. (this is an advice.)

And there's other ways to tell someone to do something as an order, a command:

miro 見ろ
See.

Imperative form.

minasai 見なさい
See.

nasai form, tends to be used by female characters instead.

mite 見て
See.

te-form. Doesn't sound as assertive as the forms above.

Furthermore, by modern Japanese grammar, suru ga ii するがいい sounds kind of wrong. That's because normally you can't use a case marking particle, such as ga が, right in front of a verb, or clause. It must go after a noun.

See above how suru hou ga ii has the noun hou between suru and ga. The verb suru, and whatever comes before suru, becomes a hou:

The way [in which you] do [it] is good.
...hou ga ii ～方がいい
The way... is good.

If we were to use the most generic nominalizer Japanese has to offer, we'd end up with this:

suru no ga ii するのがいい
Doing is good.

Which is a much more normal phrase and doesn't have the evil-sounding nuance of suru ga ii.

To explain why this happens first we need to get why suru ga ii is used even though grammatically it doesn't fit.

It's old Japanese. It's an old way of saying. From older times. When, maybe, it made more sense grammatically. Nevertheless it's still used today, specially in period pieces and anime.

Note that, also in the same old Japanese, the word yoi よい was used instead of ii いい. For example:

hanasu ga yoi 話すがよい
To speak is good.

You may speak.
I allow you to speak.
I allow thee to speak.

saru ga yoi 去るがよい
To leave is good.

You may leave.

suru ga yoi するがよい
To do is good.
shinu ga yoi 死ぬがよい
To die is good.

It's better if you die.
You've disgraced your honor.
Your ancestors.
Shame on u.
Commit sūdoku 数独.

korosu ga yoi 殺すがよい
To kill is good.

You may kill him.
In fact, KILL HIM, KILL THAT DUDE!!!

So now we have the two components needed to understand why suru ga ii is used by evil-looking villains in anime.

First off, it's because, being either permission or order, it ends up sounding like both. So the evil guy sounds like he's doing a favor, being a benevolent superior being, allowing good stuff to happen, even though in practice he's pretentiously ordering stuff.

The second reason is because it comes from old times. This is just like how the word

If the character is anachronistic, a time-travelling feudal lord, or maybe the anime is actually set in the past, in a samurai era, then they'll naturally use it. If it's not anachronistic, then they're just mimicking the nobles of the time, or may he's a who has seen too many samurai anime and is trying to sound cool.

Examples

For reference, some examples of evil characters using suru ga ii and verb ga ii in manga.

恐怖するがいい

Let's start with the evilest one.

Manga:

Gabriel DropOut

, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 3)

ahahaha'
アハハハっ
*evil demon maniac laugh*
watashi wa jigoku no shihaisha ni naru mono
私は地獄の支配者になるもの
I'm the person [who] will become the ruler of Hell.
Kurumizawa Satanikia Makudoweru
胡桃沢=サタニキア=マクドウェル
Kurumizawa Satanichia McDowell.

= is used to separate katakana words in names sometimes, just like the middle dot ・.

kono yo no ashiki koto wa
watashi no tame ni aru'!!
この世の悪しきことは私のためにあるっ！！
The evil things of this world exist [just] for me!!
ningen-domo!!
人間ども！！
Humans!!

domo is a pluralizing suffix that implies inferiority, being humble toward oneself but derogatory toward others. (in this case, the demon girl thinks humans are inferior to her.)
It's like saying "you lot" in a bad way, for example.

watashi ni ononoki
kyoufu suru ga ii!!
私におののき恐怖するがいい！！
[Shiver in fear before me!!]

Literally: to tremble and fear me is good.
ononoku 慄く
To tremble. To shake. (in fear.)

蒸発するがいい

Manga: Houshin Engi 封神演義 (Chapter 2)

Context: evil guy attacks Taikoubou, the main character.
iwa wo mo tokasu honoo de
jouhatsu suru ga ii!!
岩をも融かす炎で蒸発するがいい！！
With this flame [that] even melts boulders, evaporate!!
Taikoubou!!!
太公望！！！
(character name.)

吸い込むがいい

Manga: Houshin Engi 封神演義 (Chapter 4)

Context: all according to the keikaku.
sou
そう
[That's right.]
dokuka no kona yo!!
毒蛾の粉よ！！
[It's] poisonous moth powder.
saa
さあ
[Come on.]
karada ga
kusare-ochiru made
haifu no oku ni
sui-komu ga ii!!
体が腐れ落ちるまで配布の奥に吸い込むがいい！！
Until [your] body rots and drops,
breathe [it] into the depths of [your] lungs!!

哀願してくるがいい

An important reminder that not every time suru ga ii is used it's by an evil demon doing evil things. Sometimes it's just an awfully pretentious character who's full of pride and looks down at other people.

Manga: Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai ~Tensai-Tachi no Ren'ai Zunousen~ かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～ (Chapter 1)

kuku...
くく･･･
*chuckle*
sassato さっさと
Already.

As in: do the following thing already.
Hurry up and...

sono
kanpeki-na ojousama no
kamen wo kuzushi
その完璧なお嬢様の仮面を崩し
Destroy that mask of perfect rich girl.

ojousama お嬢様
Daughter.
Rich girl. (daughter of a rich family.)
kuzusu 崩す
Destroy. (by crumbling, falling apart. Not with a hammer or something.)
i.e. ruin the facade of being a perfect girl, stop putting on appearances, etc.

sekimen shi-nagara
ore ni aigan shite
kuru ga ii.
赤面しながら俺に哀願してくるがいい
While blushing, come supplicate me.

TL note: supplicate means beg.
sekimen 赤面
Red face. (literally.)
Blushing.
shi-nagara しながら
While doing. (the verb suru plus nagara.)
shite-kuru してくる
Come do. (the verb suru plus the auxiliary verb kuru.)

kaichou...
会長･･･
[Student] council president...
oshitai moushi agete orimasu......
おしたい申し上げております･･････
[I luv u.]

No, really.
This is a confession spoken in some polite keigo.
oshitai moushi agete orimasu
お慕い申し上げております
[I'm] saying to you: [I] love [you].
o- お～
Polite prefix.
shitau 慕う
To yearn for [someone]. To adore. To love dearly.
mousu 申す
To say.
ageru あげる
[To do] for [someone].
[To do] to [someone].
(auxiliary verb.)
oru おる
To be.
-masu ～ます
Polite suffix.

いいこと, ii-koto - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-13T14:23:00.000-07:00

ii koto いいこと means literally a "good thing," but it's also used, in female speech, as an interjection to call somebody's attention before telling them something.

It's also spelled ii koto いい事, 良いこと, 良い事, 好いこと, or 好い事. A variant is yoi koto よいこと, よい事.

Manga: Rozen Maiden (chapter 9)

Normal Usage

The phrase ii-koto いいこと is the ii いい, "good," plus the nominalizer koto こと, also spelled koto 事, "thing." It normally means, as you'd expect, "good thing."

kore wa ii koto da
これはいいことだ
This is a good thing.

It can be used, for example, to talk about good things happening (or not):

nanka ii koto nai kana?
なんかいいことないかな？
Like, is there nothing good?

Why nothing good happens?

ii koto ippai
いいこといっぱい
Lots of good things.
ii koto ga okoru
いいことが起こる
Good things happen.
nanika ii koto demo atta no ka?
なにかいいことでもあったのか？
Has something good happened [or something]?

Is that why you're so happy?

Manga: Doraemon ドラえもん (Chapter 1)

nodoka na
oshougatsu da naa
のどかなお正月だなあ
[It's such a] peaceful New Year, [isn't it?]
kotoshi wa
ii koto ga
arisou da.
今年はいいことがありそうだ。
This year it seems good things will happen.

Narrator: this year good things wouldn't, in fact, happen.

It can also be used when you do something good:

ii koto wo shita いいことをした
[I] did a good thing.
[I] did something good.

Or when you say or hear something good. In the latter case, generally something you wanted to hear, something interesting.

ii koto iu ne いいこと言うね
[You] say a good thing.
[You] say something good.

Well said!

ii koto kiita いいこと聞いた
[I] heard a good thing.
[I] heard something good.
[I] heard something [interesting].

I see, I see, very interesting. Very interesting, I say!

Manga: Black Lagoon (Chapter 8)

Context: Two-Hands succinctly elaborates her argument against the notion of which the appearance and/or background history pertaining to a firearm is of any importance.
hitotsu ii koto oseete yaru yo.
一ついいことおせえてやるよ。
[I'll] teach one good thing.

Let me teach you something good.
oseete is a distortion of oshiete.
hitotsu ii koto oshiete yaru yo,
一ついいこと教えてやるよ。
yaru やる
An auxiliary verb meaning "to do for you" here. Similar to ageru.

konna mon wa na,
こんなもんはな、
This sorta thing, [you see],

The furigana dots are for emphasis.
konna mono こんなもの
This sort of thing.

utete atarya ii-n-da yo.
撃てて当たりゃいいんだよ。
[If you] shoot and [it] hits, [it's] good.

That's enough.
utete atareba ii 撃てて当てればいい
Good if shoot and hit.

Usage in Female Speech

Sometimes, ii koto いいこと appears at the start of sentences and is used to call somebody's attention before saying something, similar to how ano ne あのね would be used.

This usage is female speech, or "female language," joseigo 女性語, so it's likely you'll only ever see female characters using ii koto like this.

Manga: Rozen Maiden (chapter 9)

Context: Shinku explains how proxy battle-based anime plots work to a main character who just got himself into a proxy battle-based anime plot via magic contract.
ii koto?
いいこと？
(interjection.)

Just pretend it means "let me tell you something good," or "do you want to hear something good?" or "do you know what's good?" Or something like that, except it's not used before telling someone something good, it's just used to call their attention.

tatakau tame niwa
chikara ga iru no yo
戦うためには力が要るのよ
In order to fight, power is necessary.

To fight, I need power. (no. wai.)

demo
dooru tantai dewa
utsuwa ni suginai
でもドール単体では器にすぎない
But a doll alone doesn't exceed a vessel.

However, a doll is but a vessel.
I'm nothing more than a vessel.

(insert some half-baked anime logic required to shoehorn a middle school kid protagonist into a violent poltergeistic killer doll battle royale here.)

Warui Koto 悪いこと

The phrase warui koto 悪いこと means "bad thing," it's the antonym of ii koto, having

kore wa warui koto da これは悪いことだ
This is a bad thing.
warui koto wo shita 悪いことをした
[I] did a bad thing.
[I] did something bad.
warui koto wo shite wa ikenai
悪いことをしてはいけない
warui koto shicha ikenai
悪いことしちゃいけない
Doing bad things is no go. (literally.)
Doing bad things is bad.
[You] shouldn't do bad things.

In Japanese,いいこと means literally a "good thing," but it's also used, in female speech, as an interjection to call somebody's attention before telling them something.It's also spelledいい事, 良いこと, 良い事, 好いこと, or 好い事. A variant isよいこと, よい事.The phraseいいこと is the i-adjective いい, "good," plus the nominalizerこと, also spelled事, "thing." It normally means, as you'd expect, "good thing."It can be used, for example, to talk about good things happening (or not):It can also be used when you do something good:Or when you say or hear something good. In the latter case, generally something you wanted to hear, something interesting.Sometimes,いいこと appears at the start of sentences and is used to call somebody's attention before saying something, similar to howあのね would be used.This usage is female speech, or "female language,"女性語, so it's likely you'll only ever see female characters usinglike this.The phrase悪いこと means "bad thing," it's the antonym of, having warui 悪い , "bad," as the adjective instead.

仲がいい, Naka ga ii - Meaning in Japanese

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naka ga ii 仲がいい means somebody is in good terms with somebody else, that they're friends, colleagues, that they have a "good relationship." Literally, it's the word naka 仲, "relationship," plus the ii いい, "good," so it means "relationship is good."

It's also spelled naka ga ii 仲がいい. A synonymous variant is naka ga yoi 仲がよい. The homonym naka ga ii 中がいい means "inside is good" instead.

Usage

The word naka 仲 literally means "relationship," but in English when we say "relationship" it always sounds like we're talking about romantic relationships, which isn't what this word is about.

The word naka is a much more generic term for relationship. Just like the word

Manga: Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. 古見さんは、コミュ症です。 (Chapter 10)

Context: a childhood friend of Tadano wants to be called on first-name basis.
sono "Osana-san" tte iu no
yamete kure yo.
その「長名さん」っていうのやめてくれよ。
Please stop with that "Osana-san."

Stop calling me "Osana-san"

boku to Tadano no naka janai ka.
ボクと只野の仲じゃないか。
It's mine and Tadano's relationship, isn't it?

It's our relationship, isn't it?
Osana-san means they don't have a cold, distant, family-name basis relationship, they have an intimate, friendly, first-name basis relationship.

pyoko-pyoko
ピョコピョコ
*[hair] bounce bounce* (mimetic word.)
mukashi mitai ni
"Najimi" tte
yonde kure.
昔みたいに「なじみ」って呼んでくれ。
Like old times, call me "Najimi."

So when naka ga ii is used, it just means two people don't hate each other. It can mean they're good colleagues, buddies. It can mean they're good friends. It can even imply two people are dating. It's just... their relationship is good. That's all.

Sometimes, in anime, you'll see naka ga ii used when two characters are actually fighting, but not in a kung-fu fighting way, more like in a "you !" way. Maybe they're rivals. Maybe there's a involved.

Anyway, it's kind of a trope to have a bystander make fun of their love-hate rom-com relationship by saying they don't hate each other when they wish they did.

naka ga ii na 仲がいいな
The relationship is good, huh!

I see you're in good terms!

naka ii na 仲いいな
(abbreviation of the above.)

Naka ga Warui 仲が悪い

The phrase naka ga warui 仲が悪い means two people hate each other, that they're in bad terms, that they had a fight over something and they're angry with each other. Literally, it means "relationship is bad," since

A synonymous variant is:

naka ga warii 仲が悪ぃ

Sometimes the negative forms of the respective adjectives are used instead:

naka ga yokunai 仲がよくない
[Their] relationship isn't good.
naka ga warukunai 仲が悪くない
[Their] relationship isn't bad.

Grammar

Since naka ga ii 仲がいい already has naka 仲 as the subject marked by the ga が particle, in order to elaborate whose relationship is good or bad we use the topic marking particle wa は instead. For example:

futari wa naka ga ii 二人は仲がいい
About two people: relationship is good.
As for the two of them, the relationship is good.
Their relationship is good.
futari wa naka ga warui 二人は仲が悪い
About two people: relationship is bad.
As for the two of them, the relationship is bad.
Their relationship is bad.

Note that even though it translates to "their" in the end it's not literally a possessive, you simply may choose to interpret it as a possessive.

In fact, you can actually turn it into a

futari no naka ga ii 二人の仲がいい
The two people's relationship is good.
Their relationship is good.
futari no naka ga warui 二人の仲が悪い
The two people's relationship is bad.
Their relationship is bad.

Naka ga Yokatta 仲が良かった

The phrase naka ga yokatta 仲が良かった means that "the relationship was good." Literally conjugated to the past. This sort of phrase is often used regrettably, like when two people were in good terms before, but now they've broken up.

ano futari wa anna ni naka ga yokatta noni
あの二人はあんなに仲が良かったのに
About those two people: even though the relationship was that good.
Even though those two were in such good terms.

noni のに
Sometimes expresses regret, lament, frustration, when shows up at the end of the phrase.

naka ga warukatta kedo ima wa naka ga ii
仲が悪かったけど今は仲がいい
The relationship was bad but now the relationship is good.

Naka no ii 仲のいい

When the phrase naka ga ii 仲がいい is an adjective for a noun, it technically becomes a ga が.

naka ga ii hito 仲がいい人
naka no ii hito 仲のいい人
naka ga ii ko 仲がいい子
naka no ii ko 仲のいい子
A person [whose] relationship is good.
A person with whom you have a good relationship.
naka ga warui hito 仲が悪い人
naka no warui hito 仲の悪い人
naka ga warui ko 仲が悪い子
naka no warui ko 仲の悪い子
A person [whose] relationship is bad.
A person with whom you have a bad relationship.

Naka Yoshi 仲良し

Another way to say two people are amicable to each other is naka yoshi 仲良し. This ii いい. An example:

minna naka yoshi みんな仲良し
Everybody relationship good.
Everybody is in good terms.
We're all friends.
ano futari wa naka yoshi あの二人は仲良し
About those two: good relationship.
Those two are friends.

The word can also be turned into a

naka yoshi na tomodachi 仲良しな友達
Friends [with whom your] relationship is good.
Friends [whose] relationship is good.
naka yoshi na fuufu 仲良しな夫婦
A husband and wife [whose] relationship is good.
A husband and wife [with whom your] relationship is good.

Naka ga Yosasou 仲が良さそう

The phrase naka ga yosasou 仲が良さそう means "it seems the relationship is good." It's used when it looks like two people have a good relationship. You aren't asserting they have one, you're just saying what it looks like.

naka ga yosasou da 仲が良さそうだ
It seems it's a good relationship.
[You two] seem to be good friends.
naka ga warusou da 仲が悪そうだ
It seems it's a bad relationship.
[Those two] seem to have had a fight.

Like any word with the sou suffix attached to it, na-adjective, in which case it turns the phrase into a relative clause, which lets we switch ga が by no の.

naka ga yosasou na kappuru
仲が良さそうなカップル
naka no yosasou na kappuru
仲の良さそうなカップル
A couple [whose] relationship seems good.
naka ga warusou na kappuru
仲が悪そうなカップル
naka no warusou na kappuru
仲の悪そうなカップル
A couple [whose] relationship seems bad.

Naka Yoku 仲良く

The phrase naka yoku 仲良く has ii いい in its adverbial form,

Naka Yoku Naru 仲良くなる

First, naka yoku naru 仲良くなる, which means "to become so the relationship is good." Or, in other words, "to become in good terms," "to become amicable," "to become friends," and so on.

The verb "to become," naru なる may also be conjugated:

naka yoku natta 仲良くなった
Became so the relationship was good.
Became a good relationship.
They became friends.
naka yoku naritai 仲良くなりたい
Want to become a good relationship.
I want to be friends with [you].

If the relationship became bad recently:
I want to fix our relationship, our friendship, etc.

naka waruku naru 仲悪くなる
To become so the relationship is bad.
To become a bad relationship.
They stop being friends.
They have a fight.
They break up.
naka waruku natta 仲悪くなった
Became so the relationship was bad.
Became a bad relationship.
They stopped being friends.
They had a fight.
They broke up.

Naka Yoku Suru 仲良くする

Second, naka yoku suru 仲良くする, which means "to make it a good relationship." Basically,, it's same thing as naka yoku naru, except that with naru we're simply stating the fact that it becomes, or became, so, with suru we're expressing our motivation to make it become so.

We'll do it. We'll make it so.

naka yoku suru 仲良くする
To make so the relationship is good.
To make it become a good relationship.
To become friends. (deliberately.)
To make peace.
naka yoku shita 仲良くした
Made so the relationship was good.
Became a good relationship.
Became friends.
Made piece.
naka yoku shitai 仲良くしたい
Want to make so the relationship is good.
I want to become friends [with you].
I want to make peace.
naka yoku shite kudasai 仲良くして下さい
Please become friends.
Please make peace, [you two].
Please [don't fight].
naka yoku shite hoshii 仲良くしてほしい
I want [you] to be friends [with him].
I want [you] to make peace [with him].
naka yoku shiro 仲良くしろ
naka yoku shinasai 仲良くしなさい
MAKE PEACE ALREADY.

>: C
Imperative form.

naka yoku shitenai 仲良くしてない
Haven't made peace [yet].

Naka Naori 仲直り

The phrase naka naori 仲直り means "fixing relationship." It's from the verb naoru 直る, "to fix," in the sense of making it the way it was before. So these two phrases mean the same thing:

naka yoku suru 仲良くする
naka naori suru 仲直りする
To make peace.

Naka Tagai 仲違い

On the other hand we have naka tagai 仲違い, meaning "souring relationship." It's from the verb tagau 違う, meaning "to discord with." Note that it's homonym with chigau 違う, "to differ," but it's not the same verb. Anyway, these two phrases mean the same thing:

naka waruku suru 仲悪くする
naka tagai suru 仲違いする
Become so the relationship is bad.
To have a fight with.
To stop being friends.
To break up with.

Expression for "Sex"

Sometimes, the phrases naka yoshi 仲良し and naka yoku suru 仲良くする can mean "to have sex with."

You know how it goes: make peace, not war, make love, not war, make love. I mean, "make love."

It's basically the same thing. The phrase naka yoshi is a way of saying the thing without saying the thing used by people who don't want to say the thing but want to say the thing, get it?

Of course, naka yoshi doesn't literally mean "to have sex," it's just an expression. Other terms for the act would be:

seikou 性交
Sexual intercourse.
seikoui 性行為
Sexual act.
sekkusu セックス
Sex.
ecchi suru エッチする
To do H.

Seriously. That's what it says. Literally.
It's a slang.

Some people, in fact, hate the use of naka yoshi in this way, and prefer any of the above instead.

On top of that, some people may simply not get what you mean by naka yoshi when you say it. Specially in anime, where characters are awfully dull.

Manga: Ubu Ubu Fuufu うぶうぶふうふ (Chapter 1)

Context: not that it helps, but this is supposed to be a "husband and wife," fuufu. The husband had said he wanted to have a good relationship with their child, who's a baby (held by the wife out of frame).
ano ne
あのね
[Well, you see...]

Used to call someone's attention before talking.

a' atashi to mo
naka yoku...
shite hoshii
kana... tte
あっあたしとも　なかよく･･･して欲しいかな･･･って
[I was thinking] I want you to [have] a good relationship [with me], too.

TL Note: "a good relationship" means "sex."

wa'
わっ
Wah.
iza iu to
nanka tereru
いざ言うとなんかテレる
[After] saying [it I] feel sort of embarrassed.
Chika-chan to... e?
ちかちゃんと･･･え？
With [you,] eh?

Chika is her name.

naka yoku......te
なかよく･･････て
"A good relationship......"
betsu ni
kenka toka
shitenai yo ne?
別にケンカとかしてないよね？
[It's not like] we've [had] a fight or anything, right?

In case you ever wondered "would this harem anime main character remain so completely dull and ignorant of the girls' advances were him not a high school boy," this is your answer.

In Japanese,仲がいい means somebody is in good terms with somebody else, that they're friends, colleagues, that they have a "good relationship." Literally, it's the word仲, "relationship," plus the i-adjective いい, "good," so it means "relationship is good."It's also spelled仲がいい. A synonymous variant is仲がよい. The homonym中がいい means "inside is good" instead.The word仲 literally means "relationship," but in English when we say "relationship" it always sounds like we're talking about romantic relationships, which isn't what this word is about.The wordis a much more generic term for relationship. Just like the word nakama 仲間 sounds like it's about friends but it isn't, it's about a much more generic sort of relationship.So whenis used, it just means two people don't hate each other. It can mean they're good colleagues, buddies. It can mean they're good friends. It can even imply two people are dating. It's just... their relationship is good. That's all.Sometimes, in anime, you'll seeused when two characters are actually fighting, but not in a kung-fu fighting way, more like in a "you!" way. Maybe they're rivals. Maybe there's ainvolved.Anyway, it's kind of a trope to have a bystander make fun of their love-hate rom-com relationship by saying they don't hate each other when they wish they did.The phrase仲が悪い means two people hate each other, that they're in bad terms, that they had a fight over something and they're angry with each other. Literally, it means "relationship is bad," since warui 悪い , means "bad."A synonymous variant is:Sometimes the negative forms of the respective adjectives are used instead:Since仲がいい already has仲 as the subject marked by theが particle, in order to elaborate whose relationship is good or bad we use the topic marking particleは instead. For example:Note that even though it translates to "their" in the end it's not literally a possessive, you simply may choose to interpret it as a possessive.In fact, you can actually turn it into a possessive no-adjective so it becomes closer to English, but this usage is less common than just using the topic marker.The phrase仲が良かった means that "the relationship was good." Literally conjugated to the past. This sort of phrase is often used regrettably, like when two people were in good terms before, but now they've broken up.When the phrase仲がいい is an adjective for a noun, it technically becomes a relative clause , since it has its own case marking particle, theが. Because it's a relative clause, the ga が particle may be replaced by the subject marking particle no の Another way to say two people are amicable to each other is仲良し. This yoshi 良し usually means "alright," but it's technically a predicative form of an older form ofいい. An example:The word can also be turned into a na-adjective The phrase仲が良さそう means "it seems the relationship is good." It's used when it looks like two people have a good relationship. You aren't asserting they have one, you're just saying what it looks like.Like any word with thesuffix attached to it, yosasou 良さそう can become a-adjective, in which case it turns the phrase into a relative clause, which lets we switchが byの.The phrase仲良く hasいい in its adverbial form, yoku 良く , which means it modifies a verb instead of qualifying a noun. In this form, it's normally used in two specific ways:First,仲良くなる, which means "to become so the relationship is good." Or, in other words, "to become in good terms," "to become amicable," "to become friends," and so on.The verb "to become,"なる may also be conjugated:Second,仲良くする, which means "to make it a good relationship." Basically,, it's same thing as, except that withwe're simply stating the fact that it becomes, or became, so, withwe're expressing our motivation to make it become so.We'llit. We'll make it so.The phrase仲直り means "fixing relationship." It's from the verb直る, "to fix," in the sense of making it the way it was before. So these two phrases mean the same thing:On the other hand we have仲違い, meaning "souring relationship." It's from the verb違う, meaning "to discord with." Note that it's homonym with違う, "to differ," but it's not the same verb. Anyway, these two phrases mean the same thing:Sometimes, the phrases仲良し and仲良くする can mean "to have sex with."You know how it goes: make peace, not war, make love, not war, make love. I mean, "make love."It's basically the same thing. The phraseis a way of saying the thing without saying the thing used by people who don't want to say the thing but want to say the thing, get it?Of course,doesn't literally mean "to have sex," it's just an expression. Other terms for the act would be:Some people, in fact, hate the use ofin this way, and prefer any of the above instead.On top of that, some people may simply not get what you mean bywhen you say it. Specially in anime, where characters are awfully dull.

運がいい, Un ga ii - Meaning in Japanese

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un ga ii 運がいい means someone is "lucky," that they have "good luck." Literally, un 運 means "luck" and the ii いい means "good," but the phrase grammatically means "luck is good" rather than "good luck."

It's also spelled un ga ii 運が良い. A synonymous variant is un ga yoi 運がよい.

Usage

The phrase un ga ii 運がいい is normally used when someone is "lucky" for winning something, or "lucky" for avoiding a tragedy, just like you'd use it in English. In a sense, it resembles more of an expression:

un ga ii! 運がいい！
[You're] lucky!

Because something good just happened.

Un ga Warui 運が悪い

The phrase un ga warui 運が悪い means "luck is bad," "bad luck," "unlucky," literally the antonym of un ga ii, because ii いい.

Depending on how it's used, it can also be translated as "too bad for you," "sucks to be you," that's unfortunate," and so on.

A synonymous variant is:

un ga warii 運が悪ぃ

Grammar

Since un 運 is marked as the subject of the sentence with the particle ga が, to elaborate whose luck is good or bad you'd need a topic, marked by the topic marking particle wa は. For example:

omae wa un ga ii お前は運がいい
As for you, luck is good.
About you: luck is good.
You're lucky.
omae wa un ga warui お前は運が悪い
As for you, luck is bad.
About you: luck is bad.
You're unlucky.

Un ga Yokatta 運が良かった

Sometimes, when speaking of past events, the phrase un ga yokatta 運が良かった, "luck was good," is used instead. This particularly happens when someone was involved in an accident or something very bad, but his luck was good so he manage to miraculously survive with minor injuries, etc.

kare wa un ga yokatta 彼は運が良かった
As for him, luck was good.
He was lucky.

Narrowly avoided death.

kare wa un ga warukatta 彼は運が悪かった
As for him, luck was bad.
He was unlucky.

He ended up in the worst possible situation.

Un no ii 運のいい

When the phrase un ga ii 運がいい is used as an adjective for a noun, it becomes a ga が.

un ga ii hito 運がいい人
un no ii hito 運のいい人
un ga ii ko 運がいい子
un no ii ko 運のいい子
A person [whose] luck is good.
A lucky person.
un ga warui hito 運が悪い人
un no warui hito 運の悪い人
un ga warui ko 運が悪い子
un no warui ko 運の悪い子
A person [whose] luck is bad.
An unlucky person.

Un no Yosa 運の良さ

The phrase un no yosa 運の良さ refers to how lucky someone is. Literally, it's un 運 turning into a sa-form, "-ness" form, of ii いい.

un no 運の
Luck's.
yosa 良さ
Good-ness.
un no yosa 運の良さ
The good-ness of the luck.
How good the luck is.
How lucky [you are].
un no warusa 運の悪さ
The bad-ness of the luck.
How bad the luck is.
How unlucky [you are].

In some Japanese RPGs, for example, you may see un no yosa 運の良さ as an alternative term for the LCK stat.

In Japanese,運がいい means someone is "lucky," that they have "good luck." Literally,運 means "luck" and the i-adjective いい means "good," but the phrase grammatically means "luck is good" rather than "good luck."It's also spelled運が良い. A synonymous variant is運がよい.The phrase運がいい is normally used when someone is "lucky" for winning something, or "lucky" for avoiding a tragedy, just like you'd use it in English. In a sense, it resembles more of an expression:The phrase運が悪い means "luck is bad," "bad luck," "unlucky," literally the antonym of, because warui 悪い is the antonym ofいい.Depending on how it's used, it can also be translated as "too bad for you," "sucks to be you," that's unfortunate," and so on.A synonymous variant is:Since運 is marked as the subject of the sentence with the particleが, to elaborate whose luck is good or bad you'd need a topic, marked by the topic marking particleは. For example:Sometimes, when speaking of past events, the phrase運が良かった, "luck was good," is used instead. This particularly happens when someone was involved in an accident or something very bad, but his luckgood so he manage to miraculously survive with minor injuries, etc.When the phrase運がいい is used as an adjective for a noun, it becomes a relative clause , since it's got case marking particle, theが. Because it's a relative clause, the ga が can be replaced by the subject marking particle no の The phrase運の良さ refers to how lucky someone is. Literally, it's運 turning into a possessive no-adjective for the word yosa 良さ , which is the-form, "-ness" form, ofいい.In some Japanese, for example, you may see運の良さ as an alternative term for thestat.

頭がいい, Atama ga ii - Meaning in Japanese

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Body Parts in Japanese - Vocabulary

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Karada 身体

The word "body" in Japanese is karada 体, also written karada 身体. This kanji 体 means "body" and shows up in many body-related words. Take a look:

jintai 人体
Human body

hito 人
Person.

nikutai 肉体
Flesh. Body of meat.

niku 肉
Meat.
nikutai kaizou-bu 肉体改造部
Body improvement club. (from Mob Psycho 100.)

taikei 体型
Body shape

kata 型
Model.

taiiku 体育
Physical exercise.

sodatsu 育つ
To raise. To up-bring.

taichou 体長
Height. Body length.

nagai 長い
Long.

taion 体温
Body temperature.

atatakai 温かい
Warm.

Mi 身

There's also another word for body, mi 身, but it's used a little differently.

First off, mi 身 is used more to talk about my body or your body and not just any body like karada. For example, if in anime a character is able to possess other people's bodies he would say kono karada この体 to say "this body," but never kono mi この身.

Another example is the phrase mi no hodo wo shirazu 身の程を知らず, literally "not knowing the limits of the body," which actually means "not knowing your social standing." That is, it's used when a character acts wrongly before a king or imperor.

Head and Face Parts

Well then, let's start talking about the names of body parts now. Starting with the "head", atama 頭 and going down..

atama 頭
Head
kami 髪
Hair
kao 顔
Face.

Often used to talk about facial expressions.

men 面
Face.

Often used to talk about honor, "to save face," etc.

hitai 額
Forehead
mayu 眉
Eyebrow. (area.)
mayuge 眉毛
Eyebrow. (hair.)

ke 毛
Hair. Fur.

me 目
Eye.
kousai 虹彩
Iris.
hana 鼻
Nose.

hana 花
Flower. (homonym.)

kuchi 口
Mouth.
kutibiru 唇
Lips.
ha 歯
Teeth.
kiba 牙
Animal fangs.
shita 舌
Tongue.

shita 下
Below. Down. Under. (homonym.)

mimi 耳
Ear.
hoo 頬
Cheeks.
kubi 首
Neck.

Also means to be "fired" from a job. Probably comes from death by hanging or some other form of execution involving the neck.

Upper Body Parts

Next are the names of the parts of the "upper body," or joutai 上体 in Japanese. This is the same kanji as in the word ue 上 which means "up."

(do not mistake joutai 上体 with joutai 状態 which means "circumstances")

kata 肩
Shoulder.
ude 腕
Arm.
hiji 肘
Elbow.
tekubi 手首
Wrist.
te 手
Hand.
te no hira 掌
te no hira 手のひら
te no uchi 手の内
Palm.
te no kou 手の甲
Back of the hand.
yubi 指
Finger.
tsume 爪
Nail. Fingernail. Toenail.
mune 胸
Chest.
oppai おっぱい
Boobs!
hara 腹
ohara お腹
Stomach. Abdomen.
heso 臍
Bellybutton
se 背
senaka 背中
Back. (body part.)

mae 前
Back. (in time.)
ushiro 後ろ
Behind. (something.)
ato 後
After. (in time.)
Behind. (someone, following them, going "after" them.)

Lower Body Parts

Going deeper lower, the parts of the "lower body" or katai 下体.

(do not mistake katai 下体 with katai 固い which means "hard", "solid")

shiri 尻
oshiri お尻
Butt.
shippo 尻尾
Animal tail.
momo 股
futomomo 太もも
Thighs.
hiza 膝
Knee.
sune 脛
Shank.
mukouzune 向うずね
Shin.
fukurabagi 脹脛
Calf. Calves.
ashi 脚
Leg.
ashikubi 足首
Ankle. (area around leg, right before the foot)
kurubushi 踝
Ankle (referring to the joint.)
ashi 足
Feet.
yubi 指
ashiyubi 足指
ashi no yubi 足の指
Toes.
ashi no kou 足の甲
Top of the foot.
ashi no ura 足の裏
Sole.

ura 裏
Reverse side. (often refers to something hidden from view, like when you have a figurehead in an organization and the real boss is controlling everything from the unseen shadows, from the ura.)

Sides of the Body

Interrupting the list for an important note! You have two hands, two eyes, two ears, two legs and two feet (I hope). How to talk about only the left part of the body of only the right part?

It's easy. Just use the words migi 右 and hidari 左 which mean "left" and "right". The "left hand" would be hidari te 左手, and the right foot would be migi ashi 右の足.

Sometimes you want to talk about both sides of your body. For this case, there are the words ryou te 両手, "both hands", and ryou ashi 両足, "both legs/feet".

What about only one side? That's kata te 片手 and kata ashi 片足, which would means "only one hand" and "only one leg. These words usually shows up in anime when a character is so strong he says he'll defeat someone else with just only hand, or when other characters try to stop one character from recklessly doing a thing because he only hand one hand.

This kata 片 is only used when you have both sides of a thing. It doesn't mean merely "only".

Insides of the Body

Continuing, the words for the insides of the body, or tainai 体内.

naizou 内蔵
Internal organs
hone 骨
Bone.
hifu 皮膚
Skin. (technical term.)

hada 肌
Skin. (general term, often used in idioms.)

nou 脳
nouzui 脳髄
Brains.
nou-miso 脳味噌
Innards of the brain.

Often used by characters to say "get this inside your brain!" When calling other characters dumb.
miso 味噌
Fermented soybeans, and innards of things that resemble it.
miso-shiro 味噌汁
Soup of miso.

medama 目玉
Eyeball.
nodo 喉
Throat.
i 胃
Stomach.

Yes, that's just a single i.

shinzou 心臓
Heart. (real)

kodou 鼓動
Palpitation.

kokoro 心
Heart (of love, etc.)

dokidoki ドキドキ
*thump thump*

hai 肺
Lung.
kanzou 肝臓
Liver.
suizou 膵臓
Pancreas.

Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai
君の膵臓をたべたい
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. (actual name of an anime movie.)

daichou 大腸
Large intestine.
shouchou 小腸
Small intestine.

Yep, that's about it. Now you got enough knowledge about body parts' names that you could start selling body parts like in Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji 逆境無頼カイジ with all this vocabulary you've learned about anatomy, or kaibougaku 解剖学.

Characters in anime are people just like everybody else, as such, they have human bodies with its human body parts. Obviously, the Japanese language has words for these human body parts, and here are they.

いい度胸, ii-dokyou - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-10T09:32:00.000-07:00

ii-dokyou いい度胸 is generally used to say someone has "dared" to go against someone else, or had the "nerve" to do something.

Usage

Literally, ii dokyou いい度胸 is a phrase combining the ii いい, "good," with the word for "bravery," dokyou 度胸.

If we were being honest, telling someone they have an ii dokyou would mean they're "brave." That they have courage. It would be a compliment.

But often the character saying this stuff isn't being honest. He's a villain, a bad guy, in some position of authority. So ii dokyou is more like commenting on the courage someone has to have to dare defy you. The nerve they must have to challenge you.

ore-sama wo ____ towa ii dokyou da
俺様を〇〇とはいい度胸だ
To have done ____ to me, [you] have some nerve!
ore-sama wo mushi suru to wa, ii dokyou da
俺様を無視するとはいい度胸だ
To have ignored me, [you] have some nerve!
[You] must have some nerve to ignore me.
kono ore wo mataseru towa ii dokyou da
この俺を待たせるとはいい度胸だ
To have made me wait, that's some nerve!

mataseru 待たせる
To make wait.
(causative form of...)
matsu 待つ
To wait.

ii dokyou shiteru いい度胸してる

The phrase ii dokyou shiteru いい度胸してる means basically someone's having an ii dokyou, someone's having a "good courage," a "nerve," to challenge you. It's an abbreviation.

ii dokyou shiteru いい度胸してる
ii dokyou shiteriru いい度胸している
ii dokyou wo shiteiru いい度胸をしている

shiteiru is suru in the te-iru form.

ii dokyou janeeka いい度胸じゃねぇか

The phrase ii dokyou janee ka いい度胸じゃねぇか means literally "[that's] a good courage,

ii dokyou janee ka いい度胸じゃねぇか
ii dokyou janai ka いい度胸じゃないか
ii dokyou dewanai ka いい度胸ではないか

Sometimes you have noの instead of ka か as doubt particle:

ii dokyou janee no いい度胸じゃねぇの
ii dokyou janai no いい度胸じゃないの

All these phrases mean the same thing.

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いい加減, ii-kagen - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-09T16:10:00.000-08:00

ii-kagen いい加減 means literally that something is at a "good degree." However, most of the time, in anime, you'll see it as ii kagen ni shiro いい加減にしろ and phrases alike, which mean "STOP DOING THAT >:(", "CUT IT OUT!!!", "GIVE IT A REST" and so on.

Manga:

Zatch Bell!

/ Konjiki no Gasshu!! 金色のガッシュ!! (Chapter 5)

Literal Meaning

Let's start with the literal meaning of ii kagen いい加減. It's the combination of two words:

ii いい
Good. (i-adjective.)
kagen 加減
Degree. (noun.)

Note that "degree" is a rather ambiguous word. To clarify, kagen 加減, is written with

kuwawaru 加わる
To add.
heru 減る
To decrease.

We can kagen is about "adding and decreasing." That is, it's a "degree" in the sense we can rise and lower, make stronger or weaker. So it's about finding a balance between plus and minus or determining an extent.

Even so, kagen is still pretty vague.

Since we have the adjective for "good" before it, an ii kagen いい加減 is literally a "good degree." Like:

ii-kagen no ondo いい加減の温度
A temperature of good degree.

Let's assume for a moment that:
Warmer is ka 加, "add," and:
Colder is gen 減, "decrease."
Thus, a good kagen 加減 is a good balance of warm and cold, add and decrease.

This "balance/degree" kagen isn't to be confused with a "degree" of temperature, like Celsius, which is do 度 instead.

san-juu do
３０度
30 degrees.

Anyway, when kagen is used we can presume it means either of these five things:

We found something that's at the perfect degree, at a "good degree."
The degree of something has risen until it's become a "good degree."
Or maybe it's beyond a "good degree."
The degree has lowered until it's become a "good degree."
Or maybe it's under a "good degree."

As you might imagine, this article is mostly about the third situation: something is beyond a good degree—someone said too much, did too much—so it must get some gen 減 on that kagen 加減 to make it an ii-kagen いい加減.

ii Kagen ni Shiro! いい加減にしろ！

The phrase ii kagen ni shiro いい加減にしろ means "stop doing that!" or "cut it out!" or "give it a rest!" and so on. It's used when a character is angry at another for overstepping some boundary, saying too much, fooling around too much, doing something too much, and so on.

This phrase can be used in all sorts of situations. If characters are fooling around in class instead of studying, or if somebody's friends, or

ii kagen ni shiro, omae-ra!
いい加減にしろ　お前ら！
Stop fooling around, you guys!

STAHP!

On the other side, if a villain is doing something evil, like humiliating the character's friend with words, or bullying someone, or beating a someone to a pulp, and so on, you may also see a:

ii kagen ni shiro, kisama!
いい加減にしろ　貴様！
CUT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!!!

Although, if the characters are not some fantasy adventurer samurai-pirate-ninja something, they probably won't use the word kisama. If they're delinquents in high school, you may see:

ii kagen ni shiro, temee!
いい加減にしろてめぇ！
(same meaning.)

Or any other word that works as

Explanation

Anyway, to explain how the phrase ii kagen ni shiro works, first we need to understand what ii kagen ni suru means. That's because shiro しろ is the imperative conjugation of suru する.

ni suru にする
To make it so it's [somehow].
ii kagen ni suru いい加減にする
To make it so it's a good degree.

But how do we get from "to make it so it's a good degree" (literally) to "stop doing that" (interpretation)?

It's very simple: if someone is doing something too much, they're doing it at a bad degree. Thus, telling them to make it a "good degree" means they should do it less. In other words, it's telling them to stop.

Remember: kagen 加減 is "degree" in the "add-and-decrease" sense. So if someone added to much, to get a good kagen you need to decrease.

Variants

In Japanese, ni shiro にしろ is but one way to create an imperative, an order, a command. There are other ways to tell people to "cut it out," including:

ii-kagen ni shite
いい加減にして
(te-form as imperative.)
ii-kagen ni shite-kure
いい加減にしてくれ
Stop doing that, for my sake, okay?
(te-form plus kureru くれる auxiliary verb, translated to "for me," basically.)
ii-kagen ni shinasai
いい加減にしなさい
(nasai form. Basically a more polite way of saying. In anime, you may see guys using shiro while girls use shinasai.)

Some examples:

Manga:

Zatch Bell!

/ Konjiki no Gasshu!! 金色のガッシュ!! (Chapter 5)

Context: rightful wrath.
ii-kagen ni shi-yagare, kono yarou!!!
いい加減にしやがれ、この野郎！！！
CUT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!!!

yagaru やがる
Auxiliary verb. Usually means that someone had the nerve to do something, but in this form, shi-yagare, it's synonymous with shiro, shinasai, except more angry.

Manga:

Gabriel DropOut

, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 5)

Context: Vignette learns the harsh realities of doing group projects.
anta-ra ii-kagen ni shinasai yo'!!
アンタらいい加減にしなさいよっ！！
You [two], stop it already!!
mendou mi-kirenai tte!!
面倒見きれないって！！
I can't take care of all the trouble you make!!

mendou 面倒
Trouble.
mendou wo miru
面倒を見る
To see trouble.
To take care of trouble.
To take care of someone, which is trouble, in the sense of it may cause trouble to you to do it.
-kiru ～きる
Completely. (auxiliary verb.)
mendou wo mi-kiru
面倒を見きる
To completely take care.
mendou wo mi-kireru
面倒を見きれる
To be able to completely take care.
(potential form.)
mendou wo mi-kirenai
面倒を見きれない
To not be able to completely take care.
(negative potential form.)
Vignette can't handle all this trouble.

"Stop Doing That"

You've probably figured this out already, but ii-kagen ni shiro doesn't mean literally "stop doing that." For reference, "stop doing that" in Japanese is generally:

yamero! やめろ！
yamenasai! やめなさい！
Stop [doing that]!
sore wo yamero それをやめろ
sore wo yamenasai それをやめなさい
Stop that!
Stop [doing] that!

sore wo tomero! それを止めろ！
Stop that! (physically stop something from moving, as opposed to give up doing something.)

"Cut It Out"

Likewise, ii-kagen ni shiro doesn't mean literally "to cut it out." To say "to cut it out" in Japanese you'd need an auxiliary verb, like:

kiru 切る
To cut.
kiri-nuku 切り抜く
To cut and extract.

shashin wo kiri-nuku
写真を切り抜く
To cut-and-extract a photo.
To make a cutout of a photo. (e.g. in Photoshop.)

kiri-toru 切り取る
To cut and take.

hana wo kiri-toru
花を切り取る
To cut-and-take a flower.
To cut out a flower and take it with you.

"Give It a Rest"

And of course, ii-kagen ni shiro doesn't mean "to give it a rest" either. To say "to give it a rest" in Japanese you'd just say the verb "to rest" in the causative imperative form:

yasumu 休む
To rest.
yasumaseru 休ませる
To let rest.
yasumasero 休ませろ
To let rest. (imperative.)
uma wo yasumasero 馬を休ませろ
Let the horses rest.

They're tired, the poor things!

ii-kagen ni いい加減に

Sometimes, ii-kagen ni いい加減に is used to say basically the same thing as ii-kagen ni shiro, or rather, as ii-kagen ni shite.

That's because ii-kagen ni usually comes before what the speaker is supposed to be doing. So it translates more or less to "come on, stop it already and..." or something similar.

For example:

ii-kagen ni denwa dero
いい加減に電話出ろ
For the love of God, answer the phone [already].

denwa ni deru 電話に出る
To answer the phone.
In this phrase, the speaker wants the listener to "answer the phone."
So what ii-kagen ni refers to is actually the habit of the listener of "not answering the phone."
sore wo yamero それをやめろ
Stop [doing] that. (stop not answering the phone!)

It makes more sense when we look at it more literally:

ii-kagen ni shite
denwa dero
いい加減にして
電話でろ
Make it a good degree, and
answer the phone.

Stop fooling around, and
answer the phone.

ii-kagen Alone

Sometimes, ii-kagen いい加減 is used alone and it means basically the same thing as ii-kagen ni.

Manga: Holy Land (Chapter 46)

Context: a guy leaves the hospital after being hospitalized after a street fight. A nurse gives him advice.
ii-kagen
yankii nante yamete
majime ni yarinasai
いいかげん不良なんてヤメてマジメにやりなさい
For crying out loud, stop being a delinquent and do it seriously.

yankii ヤンキー
A common slang for "delinquent," from "yankee," is a gikun reading for furyou 不良, which also means "delinquent."
She assumes he's a delinquent since he was in a fight.

dakara yankii janai ttsuu no
だから不良じゃないっつーの
Like I said [already], I'm not a delinquent.

ii-kagen na いい加減な

The phrase ii-kagen na いい加減な would be ii-kagen used as an adjective. Technically, it's replacing the adverbial copula ni に by the adjectival copula na な. See:

This usage is particularly interesting because it highlights how ii-kagen has become an expression detached from its original meaning.

By its literal meaning, ii-kagen na mean something is at a "good degree." But since ii-kagen ni and the rest is often used when something should be made into a good degree, that is, when something is NOT already at a good degree, ii-kagen na ends up meaning the opposite of what it literally means.

To elaborate:

ii-kagen na ondo いい加減な温度
A temperature [that's] at a good degree.

This is the literal meaning.
na な and no の can both be classified as adjectival copulas, so sometimes you can switch one for the other with nouns. See How No-adjectives Work for details.

ii-kagen na hanashi いい加減な話
A conversation [that's too much].
A conversation [that's not at a good degree].
A conversation [you should stop].
A story [that's nonsense, full of rumors, lies, etc.]

This is literally the opposite of the literal meaning!!!

In the latter case, because if someone is saying too much you'd tell them to keep it at an ii-kagen—that is: to drop it, to stop it—somehow, probably because Japanese hates you, the phrase ii-kagen na can mean that something is "too much" and should stop, rather than it already is at a "good degree."

Pitch Accent

Note that, although these two ii-kagen are written the same way, they're usually pronounced differently.

When the ii-kagen genuinely means "good," the ii starts with a high pitch. When it means something bad, the opposite happens: it starts in a lower pitch and ends in a higher pitch.

To have an idea, just imagine how this is pronounced:

kore ga ii! sugoku iiii'!
これがいい！すごくいいぃーっ！
This is good! Very gooood!

If it's pronounced like that, it's probably the "good" sense. Of course, it's easier to just tell from context.

Anyway, from there the word ii-kagen goes even further: it can be used to a number of things that should "stop" and fix themselves. For example, it can be used toward something that's been done "half-assed," and should be fixed.

ii-kagen na ondo いい加減な温度

High-to-low pitch of ii:
Perfect temperature.
Good temperature.
Low-to-high pitch of ii:
Awful temperature.
Half-assed temperature. (regulate it right!)

ii-kagen na Hito いい加減な人

The word ii-kagen can also refer to people who have a bad attitude and you'd like them to stop with that.

ii-kagen na otoko いい加減な男
ii-kagen na dansei いい加減な男性
A man who is (not) ii-kagen.

A man who's no good, specially as a romantic interest.
A man with habits you'd rather he stopped.
A man who goes after other women besides his girlfriend,
A man to whom you'd say: ii-kagen ni shiro

ii-kagen na hito いい加減な人
(same thing but "person" instead of "man.")

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But sinceand the rest is often used when something should be made into a good degree, that is, when something is NOT already at a good degree,ends up meaning the opposite of what it literally means.To elaborate:In the latter case, because if someone is saying too much you'd tell them to keep it at an—that is: to drop it, to stop it—somehow, probably because Japanese hates you, the phrasecan mean that something is "too much" and should stop, rather than it already is at a "good degree."Note that, although these twoare written the same way, they're usuallyWhen thegenuinely means "good," thestarts with a high pitch. When it means something bad, the opposite happens: it starts in a lower pitch and ends in a higher pitch.To have an idea, just imagine how this is pronounced:If it's pronounced like that, it's probably the "good" sense. Of course, it's easier to just tell from context.Anyway, from there the wordgoes even further: it can be used to a number of things that should "stop" and fix themselves. For example, it can be used toward something that's been done "half-assed," and should be fixed.The wordcan also refer to people who have a bad attitude and you'd like them to stop with that.

カッコつけて, Kakko-tsukete - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-09T05:48:00.000-08:00

kakko-tsukete カッコつけて means "to show off," to try to look "cool,"

Variants

The word kakko-tsukete has a bunch of variants which you may encounter that mean basically the same thing:

kakko-tsuke
かっこつけ, カッコつけ
kakko-tsukete
かっこつけて, カッコつけて, かっこ付けて, カッコ付けて
kakko wo tsukete
かっこをつけて, カッコをつけて, かっこを付けて, カッコを付けて
kakkou tsukete
格好つけて, 格好付けて
kakkou wo tsukete
格好をつけて, 格好を付けて

Plus, kakko-tsukete is conjugated to the te-form, the dictionary form would be:

kakko-tsukeru
かっこつける, カッコつける, かっこ付ける, カッコ付ける
kakko wo tsukeru
かっこをつける, カッコをつける, かっこを付ける, カッコを付ける
kakkou tsukeru
格好つける,格好付ける
kakkou wo tsukeru
格好をつける, 格好を付ける

And sometimes you see this other, shorter noun form, which refers to the act of kakko-tsukeru'ing:

kakko-tsuke
かっこつけ, カッコつけ, かっこ付け, カッコ付け
kakkou tsuke
格好つけ, 格好付け

Now if you're wondering why in Kamisama's name are there so many ways to write the same single word in Japanese, the answer is simple: it's because Japanese hates you.

Or rather, it's because kakko-tsukete カッコつけて is the abbreviation of te-form of the verb tsukeru 付ける, "to attach." Literally "to attach [a good] appearance [to yourself]" so you can impress others.

But kakko カッコ can be spelled with katakana, or it can be spelled with hiragana, as kakko かっこ, and the verb tsukeru 付ける is often spelled without kanji, as tsukeru 付ける. Also, since "appearance" is the object to the verb "to attach," it needs the object marking particle wo を, kakkou wo tsukeru 格好をつける, but that gets frequently omitted in the abbreviated form: kakko-tsukeru カッコつける.

Usage

Regardless of spelling and brevity choice, what matters if how kakko-tsukete カッコつけて is used in Japanese.

Often, it's in a bad meaning.

To elaborate: kakko-tsukeru カッコつける means to put up on a good appearance in order to impress someone else. To try to look cool. To act cool. Sometimes, to act in an admirable way. To try to be kakkoii. And surely, trying to give someone a good impression of you can't be bad, right?

Manga: "

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

," JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 (Chapter 317)

Context: a father does something cool in front of his son.
nyari...
ニャリ･･･
*[son] smiles [approvingly]* (mimetic word.)
kakko-tsuketakatta-n-ja yo
カッコつけたかったんじゃよ
[I] wanted to look cool.

Past tai-form.

omae no mae de
おまえの前で
In front of you.

I wanted to impress you.
omae お前
You.
mae 前
Front. Forward.
Before. (in time.)

What happens though, is that the word kakko-tsukete is often used in the "show off" sense when showing off doesn't work well.

You tried to look cool, but... why? Why are you doing this? What's the point? Who are you trying to impress?
You tried to look cool, but... it didn't work at all. You look lame. It's embarrassing just to look at you.
You tried to look cool, but... it backfired. Like you were walking a girl back home at night bragging about how "alert" you are and how you'd defend her should anything happen and then you hit your head against a lamp post.

In other words, although kakko-tsukete is about trying to look kakkoii, the word is often used when someone ends up looking "lame," dasai ダサい, instead.

Grammatically, kakko-tsukete is the te-form of kakko-tsukeru, which means it's normally used to connect the fact you tried to show off to something in consequence of it. For example:

kakko-tsukete shinda
カッコつけて死んだ
Tried to show off and died.

Died trying to show off.
Tried to show off by doing something cool, and because of that, died.

kakko-tsukete "____" toka itte
カッコつけて「〇〇」とか言って
Tried to show off, and said "something," and...

"Something" is whatever they bragged about.
Example:
kakko-tsukete "itsunomo" toka itte
カッコつけて『いつもの』とか言って
Tried to show off by saying "the usual." (when ordering something from an establishment, as if they're a regular, important client worthy of his orders being remembered by the staff working everyday there with dozens of clients.)

ima sara kakko-tsukete dou suru?
いまさらカッコつけてどうする？
Now, [you] tried to show off, [then] do what?

What are you going to do trying to show off at this point?
What are you planning to do showing off now?
ima sara いまさら
Now, after all that happened. Implying it's too late for that.
dou suru どうする
What are you going to do? What do you intend to do? Used to ask what in the world is someone planning doing something.

The te-form can also be used to refer to something someone has done when it comes at the end of the sentence:

yowai kuse-ni kakko-tsukete
弱いくせにカッコつけて
In spite of being weak, shows off.

You're trying to show off even though you're a wimp.

Lastly, the te-form can also be used in an imperative way, to tell someone to do the verb, in this case, to kakko-tsukete:

ki wo tsukete ne
気をつけてね
Be careful, okay?
kakko-tsukete ne
カッコつけてね
Try to look cool, okay?

Conjugation

For reference, how to conjugate kakko-tsukete, or rather, kakko-tsukeru:

kakko-tsukeru カッコつける
To show off. To try to look cool. To try to impress someone.
kakko-tsuketa カッコつけた
Showed off. Tried to look cool.

Past form.

kakko-tsukenai カッコつけない
To not show off. To not try to look cool.

Negative form.

kakko-tsukenaktta カッコつけなかった
Did not show off.

Note that kakko-tsukete can't be the verb of a

kakko-tsukeru toki wa...
カッコつける時は･･･
The time [when you] show off...

When showing off... (you should do this, etc.)

kakko-tsukenai hito wa kakkoii
カッコつけない人はカッコいい
A person [that] doesn't show off is cool.

People who don't try to act cool are cool.
Because if you're cool you don't need to try to look cool, you just are.
Likewise, any man who must say "I am the King" is no true king.

Besides these, there are also more complex conjugations, like:

kakko-tsukenaide
カッコつけないで
Don't try to act cool.

Please.
I'm not impressed.

kiakko-tsuketai
カッコつけたい
I want to show off.
kakko-tsukete-hoshii
カッコつけてほしい
[I] want [you] to show off.
kakko-tsukete-kurenai
カッコつけてくれない
[He] doesn't show off [for me].
kakko-tsukezu
カッコつけず
Without trying to look cool.
Without showing off.
kakko-tsukete-mo muda da
カッコつけても無駄だ
Even if you try to look cool, it's futile.
Trying to show off won't work.

Kakko-tsuketeru カッコつけてる

The word kakko-tsuketeru カッコつけてる is an abbreviation of kakko-tsuketeiru カッコつけている, which is an abbreviation of kakkou-tsuketeiru 格好つけている, which is an abbreviation of kakkou wo tsuketeiru 格好を付けている, which basically means it's the te-iru form of kakko-tsukete.

kakko-tsuketeru tsumori
カッコつけてるつもり
The intention [which is] trying to show off.

Are you intending to show off?
Are you trying to show off?
I mean, what's that supposed to be? Is that supposed to look cool?

Nani Kakko-tsukete-n-no? 何カッコつけてんの？

Sometimes, when someone tries to look cool in anime, someone who's not impressed by it will say:

nani kakko-tsukete-n-no?
なにカッコつけてんの？
Why are you trying to look cool?
Why are you showing off?
Who are you trying to impress?
Who do you think you are, showing off like that?

And so on.

Because this is a rather weird phrase, I think it's worth explaining what's going on here:

nani 何
What?

Often used as an expression doubt.

n-no んの
Contraction of:
ru-no るの

So all these phrases mean the same thing:

kakko-tsukete-n-no
カッコつけてんの
kakko-tsuketeru no
カッコつけてるの
kakko-tsuketeiru no
カッコつけているの

So the phrase was the word nani, plus kakko-tsukete in the te-iru form, plus the no の at the end which you'll find in sentences expressing doubt:

nani suru no?
何するの？
What will [you] do?

What are you going to do?

Kakko-tsuke カッコつけ

The conjugation kakko-tsuke カッコつけ is a noun form of kakko-tsukete. A noun referring to act of showing off. The way it's commonly used, however, is in compound words created by attaching suffixes to it:

kakko-tsuke-kata
カッコつけ方
Way of showing off.

How one shows off.

kakko-tsuke-sugi
カッコつけすぎ
Shown off too much.

Trying too hard.
sugiru 過ぎる
To exceed.

Kakko-tsuke-yagatte カッコつけやがって

The word kakko-tsuke-yagatte カッコつけやがって means "to have the nerve of showing off." It's kakko-tsuke plus the auxiliary verb yagaru やがる, which is used when the speaker is angry at someone else for doing something.

It say "have the nerve of" but it's often not translated as such. You'd probably use an expletive instead: "damn him for showing off!"

Also, in manga sometimes you have situations like, somebody's parent went to save someone and died in the process. The orphaned child, frustrated, may use the phrase to say his parent tried to be a hero and died. Of course, that doesn't mean his parent was "trying" to show off, it's just the perspective of the character.

かっこいい, Kakkoii - Meaning in Japanese

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kakkoii かっこいい means "good-looking." It's generally used toward things and people who "look good," in various ways, such as looking "cool," "impressive," "stylish," "fashionable," "admirable," and so on.

Variants of the word include: kakkoii カッコイイ, kakko-ii カッコいい, かっこ良い, kakko-yoi かっこよい, kakkou-ii 格好いい, 格好良い, kakkou-yoi 格好よい, and kakkee かっけえ, かっけぇ, かっけー.

Usage

"Cool"

Generally speaking, kakkoii かっこいい is used toward cool things and people who do cool things. Basically anything you find in shounen anime: guns, swords, robots, giant robots, giant guns, giant swords, ninja, samurai, pirates, etc. are kakkoii.

Since kakkoii かっこいい is an adjective, it can come before nouns to say it's a "cool" thing. For example:

kakkoii robotto かっこいいロボット
A cool robot..
kakkoii katana かっこいい刀
A cool sword.
kakkoii namae かっこいい名前
A cool name.
kakkoii kyara かっこいいキャラ
kakkoii kyarakutaa かっこいいキャラクター
A cool character.

Of an anime, manga, fiction, etc.
Doesn't mean "cool personality."

And of course:

kakkoii serifu かっこいい台詞
A cool line. (line as in something you say, line of dialogue.)
kakkoii koto wo iu かっこいいをを言う
To say a cool thing.
To say [something] cool.

Like:

ore no nakama wa zettai korosase ya shinaai yo!
オレの仲間は絶対殺させやしなーいよ！
Absolutely won't let [you] kill my [friends]!

I'll never let my friends be killed!
—Kakashi, from Naruto.

mou daijoubu! WATASHI GA KITA
もう大丈夫！私が来た
[It's] now alright! I came.

It's alright now! I'm here.
—All Might, from Boku no Hero Academia.

daga kotowaru! だが断る！
But [I] refuse!

—Kishibe Rohan, from Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken.

ore ga omae ni katenai nante koto wa
ore ga ichiban yoku wakatteru-n-da-yoo'......!!
sore demo yaru shika nai-n-da
ore shika inai-n-da
kateru katenai janaku
koko de ore wa omae ni tachi-mukawanakucha ikenai-n-da!
俺がお前に勝てないなんてことは
俺が一番わかってるんだよぉっ･･････！！
それでもやるしかないんだ
俺しかいないんだ
勝てる勝てないじゃなく
ここで俺はお前に立ち向かわなくちゃいけないんだ！
That I can't defeat you,
I'm the one that knows that the most well.
Even so I have to do it.
There's nobody here but me.
Whether I can win or I can't win doesn't matter.
What matters is that here, I must stand against you.

—Mumen Rider, from One Punch Man.

"To Look Cool"

Sometimes, kakkoii かっこいい ends up being translated as "looks cool," that is, as a verb, despite the fact that kakkoii is an i-adjective, not a verb.

Manga:

Gabriel DropOut

, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 13)

Context: a girl strikes a pose with a gun in hand.
dou?
どう？
How is it? (literally.)

How does it look?
How do I look?

dou tte nani ga?
どうってなにが？
How is what?

How is it? What [are you talking about.] (literally.)

kakkoii ka
douka ni
kimatteru desho!!
カッコいいかどうかに決まってるでしょ！！
[I'm talking about] whether it [looks] cool or not, obviously!!

ni kimaru に決まる
To decide [something]. (literally.)
For something to be decided, settled, set-in-stone, for it to be obviously, of course so.

mendokusee na!!
めんどくせぇな！！
What a pain in the ass, aren't you!!

The other girl doesn't feel like answering this sorta stuff.
mendou kusai 面倒くさい
Smelling of trouble. To seem like trouble. To look like a pain.

"Good-Looking"

Literally, kakkoii かっこいい is the word i-adjective ii いい, "good," so it means "good-looking," just like

But "to look good" is rather vague. It's important to know what kind of "good" does kakkoii mean.

Basically, kakko-ii is the antonym of "lame," which is literally kakkoii. Of course, that doesn't mean you need to be a badass like Michael L. Jackson to be kakkoii, you can be kakkoii for a lot of reasons.

"Good Impression"

Besides being used to say "cool," kakkoii is used more generally to say the appearance of something leaves a "good impression."

This "appearance" can be how it looks like, but also how it sounds like, how someone behaves like, and so on. So long as it leaves a favorable impression, it's kakkoii.

"Fashionable"

Thus, kakkoii can be used toward clothes, outfits, if said clothes leave a good impression: if they're fashionable, if someone is well-dressed.

kakkoii fuku かっこいい服
Good-looking clothes.
Clothes that leave a good impression.
Fashionable clothes.
Stylish clothes.
kakkoii kuruma かっこいい車
Good-looking car.
Car that leaves a good impression.
Fashionable car.
Stylish car.

"Attractive"

Another way kakkoii is normally used is to talk about the physical appearance of people: attractiveness leaves a good impression.

kakkoii otoko かっこいい男
A good-looking man.
An impressively looking man.
A handsome man.
kakkoii onna かっこいい女
A good-looking woman.
An impressively looking woman.
A handsome woman?

Oddly, you don't usually call women handsome in English, but the idea is more-or-less the same.

"Admirable"

Sometimes, doing a good act of kindness, or saying the morally right thing, can leave a good impression to someone. Since it leaves a good impression, it makes you kakkoii. In this sense, kakkoii would better be translated as "admirable."

Kakkoii Tokoro かっこいい所

The phrase kakkoii tokoro カッコいい所 means literally a "good-looking spot." It's often used when you want to show someone yourself in a "good-looking situation," in order to impression them. When you want to show what's impressive about you.

It's also spelled kakkoii toko かっこいいトコ.

kakkoii tokoro wo miseru
かっこいい所を見せる
kakkoii toko wo miseru
カッコいいトコを見せる
To show a good-looking spot.

To (try to) impress someone by doing something impressive.
To show a part of [you] that's impressive.
To show off by doing something cool, impressive, admirable, etc.

This can happen, for example, when guys try to win sports matches or fight delinquents in order to show off to a girl, or when a father tries to show he's a "cool dad" and impress their child by doing something, and so on.

Similar Words

Although kakkoii can be translated as "cool," it only means someone or something that has a cool appearance. Other words can be translated as "cool" when "cool" means something else.

suzushii 涼しい
Cool. (wind.)
Refreshing. (juice.)
kuuru クール
Cool. Calm. Composed. (e.g. a kuudere クーデレ.)

Likewise, although kakkoii can be translated as "looks good," there are other words which can be translated like that:

yoku dekiteiru よく出来ている
[It looks good.]
[It looks] well made.
yoku dekita よく出来た
[It looks good.]
Well done.
genki sou desu 元気そうです
[He looks good.]
[He seems well.]
[He seems to be in good health.]
iketeru イケてる
[He looks good.]

Slang used in the "well-dressed" or "stylish" sense only.
And only toward people.

Sarcastic Usage

The word kakkoii カッコいい isn't always used with honesty, sometimes it's used sarcastically, in order to mock someone.

This could happen between a group of friends to playfully embarrass someone, but in anime it most often happens when a villain or bad guy mocks the hero by saying stuff like:

kakkoii na
カッコいいな
[You're] cool, huh?

Oh, wow, you're so cool, doing heroic stuff like that.
You think you're the good guy, don't you?
Hey, look, we've got a "hero" here!

The word kakko-tsukete カッコつけて , used someone "tries to look cool," is also used in criticizing tone with certain frequency.

Conjugation

Since kakkoii カッコいい is a compound word that ends in an i-adjective, it can be inflected like an i-adjective:

kakkoyokatta
かっこよかった
[That] was cool.
[You] were cool.
kakkoyokunai
かっこよくない
[That] isn't cool.
[You] aren't cool.
kakkoyoku naritai
かっこよくなりたい
[I] want to become cool.

かっこ悪い, Kakkowarui - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-07T22:53:00.000-08:00

kakkowarui かっこ悪い means "lame." It's used when someone, something they wear, or something they do, is "uncool," or "un-stylish," "or un-fashioable", or leaves a bad impression in general.

Variants include kakko-warui カッコ悪い, kakko-warii かっこkakkou-warui 格好悪い.

Usage

Literally, kakkowarui かっこ悪い is the word i-adjective

The way kakkowarui is used, however, is to refer to things that give a "bad impression," because they're lame, or toward people that look very bad in a certain moment, because they just did something lame.

kakkowarui! かっこ悪い！
[It's] lame!
[You look] lame!
[You look] uncool!
[You look] pathetic!

Anyway, the point is that kakkowarui stuff makes people think less of you, in a sense, because you're lame, or because you just lost face. So normally you don't want to be kakkowarui.

You want to be kakkoii かっこいい, the antonym of kakkowarui.

Sometimes, kakkowarui is used to say you should refrain from doing something because it looks lame. Because cool kids don't do that.

ijime wa kakkowarui
いじめはカッコ悪い
Bullying is lame.

Cool kids don't bully others.

Note that kakkowarui can be translated as "looks lame," but it's not a verb, it's an adjective: "bad-looking."

kakkowarui hito かっこ悪い人
Bad-looking person.
Lame person.

This isn't a person who's "lame" in the sense they're old and say lame things that spoil the youths' fun, like "don't play with a ball indoors," etc.
It's used toward a person who looks lame, because of their appearance, or because they just did something that gave others a bad impression of them.
You don't want to be next to this person, people will think you're kakkowarui too.

kakkowarui fuku かっこ悪い服
Bad-looking clothes.
Lame clothes.

You have no sense for clothes or fashion.
You don't want to wear these clothes, they're kakkowarui.

kakkowarui kuruma かっこ悪い車
Bad-looking car.
Lame car.

You have no sense for cars.

Since warui is an i-adjective, kakkowarui is inflected as such:

kakkowarukatta
かっこ悪かった
Was lame.

That was lame.
Jesus, that was so lame.

ore wa kakkowarukatta
俺はかっこ悪かった
I was lame.

Sorry, I did something that gave you a very bad impression of me.
Normally I'm cooler than that.

kakko warukunai!
かっこ悪くない！
[It] isn't lame!
[You] aren't lame!

You're cool!
I don't think less of you because of that.
Example: a guy fought a thief to protect a girl and lost. He thinks he's kakkowarui for losing and she'll think less of him. She says he's not kakkowarui, because she wouldn't think less of him for fighting to protect her, that's kakkoii, even if he lost.

kakkowarukutemoii!
かっこ悪くてもいい！
It's alright even if you're lame!

I'll accept you regardless!
Abbreviation of kakkou, kakko, plus warui, conjugated to te-form, kute, plus mo particle, plus auxiliary adjective ii.
-temo-ii ～てもいい
It's alright/okay/fine even if...

kakkowaruku mieru
かっこ悪く見える
To look lame. (literally.)
To be seen as lame.

kakkowaruku かっこ悪く
Adverbial form. Modifies verbs, such as mieru 見える, "to be seen [as lame]," "to appear [lame]."

Note that sometimes other words are used instead of kakkowarui, like:

dasai ダサい
Lame.

Refers to style. Clothes, cars, etc. Not fashionable. Ugly.
Wearing something dasai makes you look kakkowarui.

otonagenai 大人気ない
No air of adult.

Not behaving like an adult. Behaving like a child. Being immature.
Being otonagenai makes you look kakkowarui.

nasakenai 情けない
Pathetic.

Unworthy of:
nasake 情け
Pity. Sympathy.

Kakkowarui Tokoro かっこ悪い所

In Japanese, kakkowarui tokoro かっこ悪い所 means "a situation in which [you] look lame," or "a side [of you] which is lame." It's sometimes abbreviated as kakkowarui toko かっこ悪いトコ.

Note that tokoro 所 is hard to translate because it's not a normal noun, it's a nominalizer. That is, tokoro doesn't refer to a tangible thing by itself like other nouns do. It's always used after a qualifier or in a context in which you can figure out what sort of tokoro it is. Grammatically, it's similar to koto 事.

To have a better idea, let's see an example:

Manga: The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. / Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan 斉木楠雄のΨ難 (Chapter 84)

Context: Kaidou and Saiki are surrounded by delinquents who want their lunch money. Saiki is an ESPer and can read what Kaidou is thinking. Saiki's own thoughts are in rectangular boxes.
ora saifu
doko da yo...?
オラ財布どこだよ･･･？
[Come on,] where's [your] wallet...?
gui'
グイッ
*suddenly pulling or pushing.* (mimetic word, see kabekui kabedon for reference.)
ya... yaba-sugiru ze
koitsu-ra...
や･･･ヤバ過ぎるぜコイツ等
[It's] too [dangerous], these [guys]...
nande konna koto ni...
なんでこんな事に･･･
Why [it turned out] like this...

konna koto ni naru
こんな事になる
To become so [it's] like this thing.
To become like this. To turn out like this.

shikamo yori ni yotte Saiki to
iru toki ni...
しかもよりによって斉木と居る時に･･･
[And worst of all just] when [I'm] with Saiki.

shikamo しかも
On top of that. Furthermore.
yori ni yotte よりによって
Just when. Of all times it could happen, it happened just when...
In the worst timing, case.

ku'...
くっ･･･
*frustrated noise*
Saiki sae inakereba...
sugu ni harau noni!
斉木さえ居なければ･･･すぐに払うのに！
If only Saiki wasn't here... [I'd] pay right away!

noni のに
Even though. (sometimes used in frustration for not being able to do something, like in this case.)
Even though [I'd pay if Saiki wasn't here].

harau-n-kai
払うんかい
[You'd] pay?

This is Saiki's thought, retort.

daga Saiki no mae de
kakko-warii tokoro miseru wake niwa
ikanee...!
だが斉木の前でカッコ悪ィ所見せる訳にはいかねェ･･･！
However, in front of Saiki showing a lame spot won't go.

But I mustn't let Saiki see a lame side of me.
But I can't look lame in front of Saiki.
But I can't let Saiki have a bad impression me.
But I can't let Saiki think I'm lame.
wake niwa ikanai 訳にはいかない
Means a choice "won't go," "won't do." Can't be chosen. Is unthinkable. You can't allow yourself to do it. (e.g. to look lame in front of Saiki.)

yatte yaru ze!!
やってやるぜ！！
[I'm gonna do it]!!

This is the normal verb yaru, plus the auxiliary verb yaru.
It's basically shite-ageru してあげる, except it's used in a completely different way.

mo... mottenee yo!!
も･･･持ってねェよ！！
[I] d... don't have it!!

He's talking about the wallet, in case you lost track.

omae no kakkowarui tokoro wa minukiteru zo
お前のカッコ悪い所は見抜きてるぞ
[I've] seen through your lame side.

Saiki is thinking Kaidou trying to look cool, or rather, not lame, is futile, because he can read thoughts and has already seen through Kaidou's farce.

References

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悪ぃ, 悪ィ, ワリぃ, ワリィ, わりぃ, Warii - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-07T13:08:00.000-08:00

warii 悪ぃ means "sorry" or "my bad" most of the time. It's also spelled 悪ィ, わりぃ, ワリィ, etc. It's a relaxed pronunciation of warui means warii means too.

Manga: Holy Land (chapter 1)

Nuance

In manga, characters that used warii 悪ぃ tend to be guys, delinquents, gang members, etc. Since it's colloquial speech, it's not used by more refined characters.

To have a better idea of how the word is used creatively:

Of course, you don't need to be part of an album called "Ghetto Love" to use warii. In reality, more average-looking, non-delinquent-looking guys use it. It's just that in anime and manga the usage tends to be toward delinquent types.

Although both warui and warii can mean "sorry," it's not literally an apology, it's an admission of fault: "I did something bad." Since you're admitting you're wrong, it implies you're apologizing.

Most of the time, warui and warii have the same meaning as suman すまん and gomen ごめん, which are informal versions of sumimasen すみません or gomen nasai ごめんなさい.

But in some cases, warui and warii might sound too weak of an apology for the gravity of the situation. For example: if by accident someone ended up in the hospital, you don't say "oops, my bad." You give a proper apology

Likewise, if a character says warii in a grave situation, other characters may get mad at him for not apologizing properly.

Spelling

Although warui 悪い and warii 悪ぃ look similar they're spelled differently: the relaxed warii is has a :

悪い (warui)
悪ぃ (warii)

To avoid confusion, authors generally kana in katakana:

ワリィ (warii in katakana.)
ワリぃ (mixed variant.)
悪ィ (warii in kanji with small i ィ in katakana.)

Examples

Although warii often shows up in the "sorry" meaning alone. It's interchangeable with warui. For example:

悪ィ

Manga: Holy Land (chapter 1)

Context: speaker mistakes someone for someone else.
warii...
悪ィ･･･
[Sorry]...
hito-chigai!
人違い！
[Wrong] person!

Literally "different person," as in, different from the one the speaker thought it was.

ワリぃ

Manga: Gintama 銀魂 (chapter 9)

Context: Hijikata's boss lost to the main character. He went for revenge. Lost too.
warii
Kondou-san
ワリぃ
近藤さん
[Sorry,] Kondou-san.
ore mo
makechimatta yo
俺も負けちまったよ
I also ended up losing.

ワリィワリィ

Manga: Holy Land (chapter 6)

Context: guys leave girls behind because the plot is more important.
moo~~~~
もォ～～
(expression of frustration)

Come on!
Really?
Are you serious?
etc.

bakaa!!
バカァ！！
[You] idiot!!
warii warii
ワリィワリィ
[Sorry, sorry].
mata kondo na'!
また今度なっ！
[See ya, later, 'kay!]

kondo 今度
Next time. (literally "this time." I'm not even joking. It means this time but means next time. This is just your friendly occasional reminder that Japanese hates you.)

kakkou 格好 means the "appearance" of something, but in the sense of "how it looks" to you or to other people. In anime, it's often used to talk about how someone is dressed, specially if it's a weird outfit.

The word kakkou can also mean the "state," "situation" something is in when qualified by an adjective, and it can mean "suitable" when turned into an adjective. Sometimes, it's abbreviated to

Manga:

Gabriel DropOut

, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 20)

"Appearance"

The most common usage of kakkou 格好 is to talk about someone's appearance. Note, however, that kakkou isn't used to talk about their physical appearance, or their sudden appearance (or disappearance).

The word kakkou is used to talk about how their "external appearance," gaiken 外見, more specifically, the "form," sugata 姿, that they look at the moment. So it's used to talk about what they're wearing, for example.

hade-na kakkou de dekakeru
派手な格好で出かける
To leave [home] with a showy appearance.

To leave home dressed in a flashy outfit. Gaudy.

In anime kakkou is usually used in a bad sense, like:

Manga:

Gabriel DropOut

, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 20)

Context: a girl suddenly finds herself in a reindeer costume.
u...
う･･･
Uh...
watashi wa nande
konna kakkou wo...!!
私はなんでこんな格好を･･･！！
Why I, this sort of appearance...!!

Why am I [dressed] like this...!!
konna kakkou wo suru こんな格好をする
To make this sort of appearance.
To dress up like this.

But the word kakkou isn't limited to outfits.

A difference between sugata 姿 and kakkou 格好 is that when sugata is used toward people, it normally refers to their outfit or how they look in the outfit they're wearing, but kakkou just means how someone looks in general.

So, for example, if a bucket of paint fell on you, nobody would call that a sugata, but they would say "what's up with that kakkou?" Why do you look like that, with paint all over you?

Furthermore, kakkou 格好 can be used toward things, too, to talk about the appearance of an object. Or even to talk about actions, how it looks when someone does something.

kami no kakkou wo naosu
髪の格好を直す
To fix the appearance of the hair.
To fix the shape of the hair.
To fix the hair. (so it looks the way it was before.)
hen-na kakkou no boushi
変な格好の帽子
A hat of weird appearance.
A weird-looking hat.
aruku kakkou ga omoshiroi
歩く格好がおもしろい
The appearance of walking is funny.
The way [he] walks is funny.

Kakkou wo Suru 格好をする

When kakkou 格好 comes before the verb suru する, it means "to make one's appearance [like this]" where "like this" is the kakkou. This often means "to dress up like" or "to put on an outfit," thereby changing your appearance. For example:

naguru kakkou wo suru
殴る格好をする
To make it the appearance of hitting.

To make yourself look like you're going to hit someone.
To make a hitting pose. Like with your fists up and going to strike.
But not to actually hit anybody, just look like you're going to hit.
naguru 殴る
To hit.

dansei ga josei no kakkou wo suru
男性が女性の格好をする
Men make it a woman's appearance. (literally.)

Men dressing up like women. (what it means in English.)
josei no kakkou 女性の格好
A woman's appearance.
Which looks like a woman.
Men will make it so that their kakkou is a josei no kakkou, i.e. that their appearance is a woman's appearance, that they look like a woman. This is also known as:
josou 女装
Crossdressing. (wearing "female clothes," literally.)

Kono Kakkou, Sono Kakkou, Ano Kakkou この格好, その格好, あの格好

When the noun kakkou 格好 is used with the pronouns kakkou. The exact way someone is looking.

kono kakkou この格好
This appearance.
This way how [it] looks. The way [I'm] looking.
sono kakkou その格好
That appearance. (near.)
The way how [you're] looking.
ano kakkou あの格好
That appearance. (not near.)
The way how [I] looked in the past.
The way how [you] looked the other day.
The way how [he's] looking.
dono kakkou? どの格好？
Which appearance?
Which way of looking?

A few examples:

kono kakkou wa hazukashii
この格好は恥ずかしい
This appearance is embarrassing.
This [outfit] is embarrassing.

Who would wear this?

sono kakkou de deru
その格好で出る
To leave in that [outfit].
To enter the stage in that [outfit].

This could mean to leave home, etc. in that outfit.
Or to enter a stage, like in theater, in that outfit.
Or maybe even to enter a stage in the sense of going to fight monsters in that outfit.
Because deru 出る means a lot of things.

Konna Kakkou, Sonna Kakkou, Anna Kakkou こんな格好, そんな格好, あんな格好

When kakkou 格好 comes after

That is, the difference between kono kakkou この格好 and konna kakkou こんな格好 is that kono kakkou refers to the exact look—"with this kakkou I'm wearing right now nobody will notice I'm an elf"—while konna kakkou means "this sort of" or "like this," it means there's something about the look, that another look would also have, for example: "why do I look like this? Wearing this weird outfit." Any weird outfit would be equally problematic.

konna kakkou こんな格好
This kind of appearance.
Looking like this. This way. Which is [bad]. (or good, maybe.)
sonna kakkou そんな格好
That kind of appearance. (near)
Looking like that. That way.
The way you're looking like.
anna kakkou あんな格好
That kind of appearance. (not ear.)
Looking like that. That way.
The way he's looking like.
The way it looked like (in the past).
donna kakkou? どんな格好？
What kind of appearance?
What sort of look?

An example:

sonna kakkou de samukunai no?
そんな格好で寒くないの？
With that sort of appearance, isn't it cold?

Aren't you cold in that sort of outfit?
Aren't you cold wearing something like that?
The "sort of" refers to the fact the outfit doesn't seem warm. Any non-warm-looking outfit would raise the same question.

Kakkou-ii 格好いい, Kakkou-warui 格好悪い

When kakkou 格好 comes before the ii いい, and "bad," kakkou 格好 is abbreviated to kakko カッコ in these words:

kakkou-ii 格好いい (格好良い)
kakkou-yoi 格好よい
kakko-ii かっこいい (カッコいい)
kakko-yoi かっこよい
Good-looking.
Leaving a good impression.
Cool.
Stylish.
Fashionable.
Admirable.
kakkou-warui 格好悪い
kakko-warui かっこ悪い (カッコ悪い)
kakko-warii かっこ悪ぃ
Bad-looking.
Leaving a bad impression.
Lame.
Uncool.
Pathetic.

"Situation"

The word kakkou 格好 can also mean "situation," the "state" or "condition" in which something is in. This is similar to the word joutai 状態, except that kakkou is used when things end up in a certain way, in a certain form, in a certain state, and when this happens it comes after an

kaigi wa chuudan sareta kakkou ni natteiru
会議は中断された格好になっている
It's becoming so [it's] a state [in which] the conference was suspended.

The conference was suspended, is the situation it became.
The conference was suspended, is how it turned out.
kaigi wa chuudan sareta
会議は中断された
The conference was suspended.
The phrase above was a relative clause qualifying kakkou:
kaigi wa chuudan sareta kakkou
会議は中断された格好

"Suitable"

Another way kakkou 格好 is used is to say "suitable." This happens when kakkou is used as a tekitou 適当 and fusawashii 相応しい.

kakkou-na nedan 格好の場所
kakkou-na basho 格好な場所
tekitou-na basho 適当な場所
fusawashii basho 相応しい場所
Suitable place.
A good place (for doing something).

The difference between kakkou-na and tekitou-na is that tekitou can mean "anything that's good enough." In other words, tekitou usually means "suitable" in the sense of "whatever. It works," The bare minimum. While kakkou means one suitable, proper place. In the good sense.

tekitou-na basho 適当な場所
Whatever place you think is good. (do it there.)

Just park it wherever. So long as you can park it it's good.

kakkou-na basho 格好な場所
This is a good place for doing it.

This is a great place to park. It's under a shade. It's close. Nobody else is parked around. Good place to park, I say.

The difference between kakkou-na and fusawashii is that fusawashii usually means something is "suitable" in the sense that it's worthy of something else. Sometimes this can mean that the something else is very good, like a king, for example, and it requires something as good and magnanimous as it. Other times it means it's bad, and fusawashii is something as bad as it.

fusawashii basho 相応しい場所
A place that suits what we're going to do.
A place that suits him.
A place that suits him, the king. A very good place.
A place that suits him, that scum. A very bad place.

恰好 vs. 格好

The word kakkou 恰好 is the same thing as kakkou 格好. It's just the

The reason this happens is because kakkou 格好 was originally written as kakkou 恰好, it started being written as kakkou 格好 instead after the Japanese language reform which occurred after the war.

For context: in the reform, the Japanese government chose around 2000 common kanji which it deemed essential, called the Touyou Kanji 当用漢字, "present-use kanji."

Such kanji would be learned and taught in school, and everybody—journals, books, manga, TV, etc.—would have to refrain from using less common kanji which weren't included in those 2000.

恰 was one of those uncommon kanji.

Since the media couldn't write 恰 anymore, they had to write kakkou as either kakkou かっ好, mixing hiragana and kanji, which looks like an orthographic aberration, or they'd have to replace 恰 with a touyou kanji, which is easier.

They replaced 恰 with 格, and that's why kakkou can be written in two ways:

格好
The modern way.
恰好
The original way.

Since 格 was chosen because it sounded like 恰, that makes kakkou an

Furthermore, the Touyou Kanji was replaced by the more modern kanji." But 恰 isn't in a Jouyou Kanji either so it's really not used anymore.

For reference, some other words that had 恰:

choudo 丁度 (恰度)
Exactly. Precisely. Perfectly.

Just what I needed!

atakamo あたかも (恰も)
As if.

Just like if.

As you can see, the

Indeed, the original meaning of kakkou 恰好 was the "suitable" one. The meanings regarding appearance of things came later.

atakamo yoshi
恰も好し
As if good.

好し instead of 良し means it's "good" in the sense of "preferable."

choudo yoi
ちょうどよい
Precisely good.

Just the way I want.

カッコ, Kakko - Meaning in Japanese

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kakko カッコ means either "appearance" or "parenthesis." In the former case, it's also spelled kakko かっこ and found in compound words.

"Appearance"

To begin with, kakko カッコ can be the abbreviation of

Manga: School Rumble (Chapter 16)

Context: Tenma devises a plan to confess to Karasuma.
kokuhaku dai-sakusen ~sono go~
告白大作戦～その５～
Great Confession Strategy: 5th [Iteration].

sono go その５
Its five. (i.e. there were other 4 great confession strategies.)

imeeji wa koto da!
イメージはことだ
The impression is [important]!

wa koto da
はことだ
...is the thing. Is what matters. Is important.

kujaku no hane
くじゃくの羽
Peafowl feathers.
doon to butsukaru
ドーンとぶつかる
Bump against [with force.]

doon ドーン
Boom. (onomatopoeia, bump against with enough force to make a sound.)

Karasuma-kun 烏丸くん
(victim target.)
kiken na basho
キケンな場所
Dangerous place.

Plus a drawing of a school.

gakkou no okujou?
学校の屋上？
The school's rooftop?
...nanka chigau-n-da-yo-na~~
･･･なんか違うんだよな～～
...there's something wrong, isn't there~~

"Something is different, isn't it?"
chigau 違う
To differ. (e.g. from what's right, therefore "to be wrong.")

aa mou yameyame!
あーもうやめやめ！
Ah! [I give up!]

mou もう
(expression of frustration.)
yameru やめる
To give up. (×2)

konna kakko shite
kokuhaku suru ko nante
iru wake
nai jan
こんなカッコして告白するコなんているわけないじゃん
[Someone] who [puts on an outfit] like this and goes confess [can't possibly exist, right]?

kakko shite カッコして
kakkou wo shite 格好をして
"To make it so the appearance is in a way."
To make one's appearance in a way.
To put on an outfit. (thereby changing one's appearance.)

bakabakashii! バカバカしい！
[This is stupid!]

Kakkoii, Kakkowarui カッコいい, カッコ悪い

The way this kakko カッコ is more frequently used is in the compound words

These words are, of course, abbreviations of kakkou-ii 格好良い and kakkou-warui 格好悪い.

Literally, they mean "good-looking" and "bad-looking" respectively, because ii いい means "good" and warui 悪い means "bad."

A word which works similarly is

Kakko-tsukete カッコつけて

Another word in which kakko カッコ appears is in

"Parenthesis"

Lastly, kakko カッコ can also mean maru-kakko 丸括弧, which are used in Japanese internet slangs:

In Japanese,カッコ means either "appearance" or "parenthesis." In the former case, it's also spelledかっこ and found in compound words.To begin with,カッコ can be the abbreviation of kakkou 格好 , which means "appearance."The way thisカッコ is more frequently used is in the compound words kakkoii カッコいい , which means someone or something looks "cool," "impressive," "admirable," and kakkowarui カッコ悪い which means "lame."These words are, of course, abbreviations of格好良い and格好悪い.Literally, they mean "good-looking" and "bad-looking" respectively, becauseいい means "good" and悪い means "bad."A word which works similarly is kimochi 気持ち , "feeling," which's part of kimochi-ii 気持ちいい , "feels good," and kimochi-warui 気持ち悪い , "feels bad."Another word in whichカッコ appears is in kakko-tsukete カッコつけて . This one means "to try to look look," or "to show off."Lastly,カッコ can also mean "parentheses," kakko 括弧 . Specially the round parentheses, （）,丸括弧, which are used in Japanese internet slangs:

キモい, Kimoi - Meaning in Japanese

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kimoi キモい means "unpleasant," or "gross," or "disgusting," or "creepy," or "cringey," or "disturbing," etc. It's a slang, an abbreviation of kimochi warui means kimoi means too, so just check that article instead.

Manga:

Gabriel DropOut

, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 12)

Usage

Because kimoi キモい is a slang, in anime and manga it tends to be used by more trendy characters than the generic bland personality main character, or the introverted main character, or the good Samaritan main character, etc.

When used as a reaction to something gross, it's sometimes shortened further:

kimo'! キモっ！
kimo! キモ！
Gross!

Sometimes, kimoi is used to call someone gross. It's a recurring scenario for a bunch of trendy girls to call a nerdy guy kimoi and stuff like that.

kimoi otaku キモいオタク
Disgusting nerd.
kimo-ota キモオタ
(abbreviation of the above.)
kimoi ossan キモいオッサン
Disgusting old man.

Note that kimoi doesn't literally means "gross." It's an abbreviation of kimochi warui, so it can be anything that makes you "feel bad," anything that's "unpleasant."

Manga:

Gabriel DropOut

, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 12)

Context: Satania had asked Vignette to tell about something that happened in the past, but in the middle of the story she asked to stop.
nani?
なに？
What [is it]?
hanase tte
itte oite
nanda kedo
話せって言っておいてなんだけど
[I know I] told [you] to "tell [the story]" but
gomen
ごめん
Sorry.
kimoi!!
キモイ！！
It's cringey!!
jaa hanasu no yameru?
じゃあ話すのやめる？
Then [should I] stop telling?
iya
kiku kedo'
いや聞くけどっ
No, [I'll] listen regardless.

Kimokatta キモかった

Despite being a slangy abbreviation, kimoi キモい is technically an i-adjective, and it can be inflected as such.

For example, kimokatta キモかった means the same thing as kimochi warukatta 気持ち悪かった: that something was kimochi warui, or kimoi, in the past.

Manga:

Gabriel DropOut

, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 12)

aaaa
あーーー
Aaah
kimokatta
キモかった
[That] was cringey.
watashi sono kuukan
zettai muri da wa
私その空間絶対無理だわ
I, that space, absolutely impossible.

i.e. I wouldn't be able to handle it being in that space. (being there amidst the cringey-ness.)

Another example:

kyou hiru-goro
今日昼頃
Today, around noon.
wari to kimoku josei ni nanpa wo shita ue
割とキモく女性にナンパをした上
On top of hitting on girls in a rather creepy [way]
rojou de bakusui wo shita to shite
路上で爆睡をしたとして
[Crashed and] slept on the street.
"michi no ue de netari
onna no ko ni koe wo kaketari
shitara ikenai-n-da-yo zai" no yougi de
「道の上で寝たり
女の子に声をかけたり
したらいけないんだよ罪」の容疑で
On the suspicion of "the crime of
sleeping on the street and
talking to girls,
[stuff that you shouldn't do.]"
jishou yuuryou bukken
自称優良物件
Self-proclaimed excellent [marriage material].
Hirata Nanami yougisha ga taiho saremashita.
ヒラタナナミ容疑者が逮捕されました。
Suspect Hirata Nanami was apprehended.
yougisha wa
"kimokatta no wa mitomeru kedo
watashi datte
kawaii onna no ko to oshaberi shitai~
shita~shitai~shitai~shitai~
yada yada yada..."
nado to kyoujutsu shite-ori.
容疑者は
「キモかったのは認めるけど
私だって
可愛い女の子とおしゃべりしたい～
したい～したい～したい～したい～
やだやだやだ･･･」
などと供述しており
[In the] testimony, the suspect [said]
"I admit it was creepy
but even I
want to talk with cute girls~
I want to~I want to~I want to~I want to~
*insert whining here*"
[and things like that].
yougi wo mitometeiru toiu koto desu.
容疑を認めているということです。
[Meaning that he's] admitting the suspicion.
—Beesu Rain Yatteru? Shou
ベースラインやってる？笑
Are [you] on baseLINE? Lol.
Can I Friend You On Bassbook? Lol.
Song by Camellia, album 4orce! released in 2018.

LINE is an app for instant messaging.
Yes, these are actual lyrics from the song.

In Japanese,キモい means "unpleasant," or "gross," or "disgusting," or "creepy," or "cringey," or "disturbing," etc. It's a slang, an abbreviation of kimochi warui 気持ち悪い . Basically everything thatmeansmeans too, so just check that article instead.Becauseキモい is a slang, in anime and manga it tends to be used by more trendy characters than the generic bland personality main character, or the introverted main character, or the good Samaritan main character, etc.When used as a reaction to something gross, it's sometimes shortened further:Sometimes,is used to call someone gross. It's a recurring scenario for a bunch of trendy girls to call a nerdy guyand stuff like that.Note thatdoesn't literally means "gross." It's an abbreviation of, so it can be anything that makes you "feel bad," anything that's "unpleasant."Despite being a slangy abbreviation,キモい is technically an-adjective, and it can be inflected as such.For example,キモかった means the same thing as気持ち悪かった: that something, orAnother example:

気持ち悪い, Kimochi Warui - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-05T00:12:00.000-08:00

kimochi warui 気持ち悪い, means literally "of bad feeling," or "unpleasant." It's an expression used when something "feels bad," like when it's gross, creepy, disgusting, cringey, or simply when you don't feel well about it. Grammatically, it's an

Sometimes, kimochi warui is abbreviated to

And for the love of all that's holy do not search for 気持ち悪い on Google images. You don't want to do it. Trust me.

Manga:

Goblin Slayer

, Goburin Sureyaa ゴブリンスレイヤー (Chapter 6)

Grammar

The word kimochi warui 気持ち悪い means that something "feels bad." Literally, it's the word for "feeling,"

The antonym, "feels good," is ii いい, "good," is the antonym of "bad," warui 悪い.

Note, however, that kimochi warui isn't a verb, "to feel bad," it's that feels bad." Grammatically, kimochi warui is closer to "unpleasant" in English, but in practice it has the sense of "feels gross" or "feels creepy" most of the time.

Furthermore, from an English perspective, it's weird for an adjective to be alone in a sentence. Normally you don't say "fast," you say "it's fast." This is called a "dummy it." kimochi warui is said alone in Japanese.

kimochi warui! 気持ち悪い！
[It's] bad-feeling!
[It's] unpleasant!
[It's] gross!
[It's] creepy!
[It's] disgusting!
[It's] cringey!
[It feels bad]!

Usage

For reference, some examples of things that are kimochi warui 気持ち悪い.

"Gross"

Manga:

Goblin Slayer

, Goburin Sureyaa ゴブリンスレイヤー (Chapter 6)

Context: you get used to it.
uee...
うぇぇ･･･
Eeeeugh...
kusai...
臭い･･･
[It] stinks... (another adjective that gets translated like a verb.)
kimochi warui yoo...
気持ちわるいよぉ･･･
[This is] gross...

"Creepy"

Manga: Doraemon ドラえもん (Chapter 1)

Context: Nobita hears a voice telling him things.
dare da,
hen-na koto
iu yatsu wa.
だれだ、へんなこというやつは。
Who is it, the one [who] says weird things?
dete-koi'
出てこいっ。
[Show yourself]!

dete-koi 出て来い
(imperative form of.)
dete-kuru 出て来る
To leave and come. (i.e. to leave wherever they're hiding and come face Nobita.)

.........dare mo inai.
･････････だれもいない。
.........there's nobody [here].
kimochi warui naa.
気持ち悪いなあ。
[This is] unpleasant, uh.
[This is] creepy, uh.

"Disturbing"

Manga: Gintama 銀魂 (Chapter 20)

Context: ⊂(◉ ө ◉)⊃
nanda sore
kimochi waru!!
なんだそれ気持ちワル！！
What's that, [it's] disturbing!!

Conjugation

Since kimochi warui 気持ち悪い ends in an i-adjective, it can be inflected like an i-adjective.

Kimochi Warukatta 気持ち悪かった

The word kimochi warukatta 気持ちkimochi warui in the past.

Kimochi Warukunai 気持ち悪くない

The word kimochi warukunai 気持ち悪くない is the negative inflection: doesn't feel bad," "isn't unpleasant," "isn't gross," "isn't creepy," "isn't disturbing."

This is often used when someone calls something kimochi warui, and then the speaker, who has a... uh... *cough* peculiar *cough cough* taste, denies that it's kimochi warui.

Manga: Gintama 銀魂 (Chapter 20)

kimochi warukunai!
Erizabesu da
気持ち悪くない！エリザベスだ
[It's] not disturbing! It's Elizabeth.
tantai de miru to
soo demo nee ga
単体で見るとそーでもねーが
If [you] look at it separately it's not so but

soo demo nee そーでもねー
sou demo nai そうでもない
It's not like that.

omae to setto ni naru to
kimochi warii yo
お前とセットになると気持ちワリーよ
[when] it's in [accompanied by] you it's gross.
tteiuka
omae ga
kimochi warui!
っていうかお前が気持ち悪い！
Or rather you are gross!

Kimochi Waruku 気持ち悪く

The word kimochi waruku 気持ち悪く is the adverbial form of kimochi warui, which means it modifies verbs, actions, not nouns.

Although, most of the time it's used with the verb naru なる, "to become."

kimochi waruku naru
気持ち悪くなる
To become [so it's] unpleasant.
kimochi waruku natta
気持ち悪くなった
To have become [so it's] unpleasant.

i.e. "now it's starting to feel gross," and so on.

Kimochi Warukute 気持ち悪くて

The word kimochi warukute 気持ち悪くて is the te-form of kimochi warui. It's often used to say that something is so or something happens because it's kimochi warui. For example:

kimochi warukute haita
気持ち悪くて吐いた
[It's] gross [so I] vomited.
[I] felt bad [so I] vomited.

haku 吐く
To vomit.

kimochi warukute hakisou
気持ち悪くて吐きそう
[I] feel bad [so it] seems [I will] vomit.
It's so gross I feel I'm going to vomit.
I feel so bad I feel I'm going to vomit.

hakisou 吐きそう
To seem like [I] will vomit.
(haku 吐く plus sou そう suffix.)

kimochi warukute nerenai
気持ち悪くて寝れない
[It] feels bad [so I] can't sleep.
I'm not feeling well so I can't sleep.

nerenai 寝れない
(negative potential of)
neru 寝る
To sleep.

Conversely, when you have something in the te-form connected to kimochi warui, it usually explains why it's kimochi warui:

nurukute kimochiwarui
温くて気持ち悪い
It's lukewarm and gross.
It's gross [because] it's lukewarm.

nurui 温い
Lukewarm. (i-adjective.)

nurunuru de kimochi warui
ヌルヌルで気持ち悪い
It's slimy and gross.
It's gross [because] it's slimy.

nurunuru ヌルヌル
Slimy. Slippery. (na-adjective and mimetic word.)

tabesugite kimochi warui
食べすぎて気持ち悪い
[I] ate too much [now I] feel bad.

tabe-sugiru 食べ過ぎる
To eat too much.
taberu 食べる
To eat.
sugiru 過ぎる
To surpass. (normal verb.)
To do it too much. (auxiliary verb.)

In Japanese,気持ち悪い, means literally "of bad feeling," or "unpleasant." It's an expression used when something "feels bad," like when it's gross, creepy, disgusting, cringey, or simply when you don't feel well about it. Grammatically, it's an i-adjective Sometimes,is abbreviated to kimoi キモい And for the love of all that's holy do not search for 気持ち悪い on Google images. You don't want to do it. Trust me.The word気持ち悪い means that something "feels bad." Literally, it's the word for "feeling," kimochi 気持ち , plus "bad," warui 悪い The antonym, "feels good," is kimochi-ii 気持ちいい , sinceいい, "good," is the antonym of "bad,"悪い.Note, however, thatisn't a verb, "feel bad," it's adjective , "feels bad." Grammatically,is closer to "unpleasant" in English, but in practice it has the sense of "feels gross" or "feels creepy" most of the time.Furthermore, from an English perspective, it's weird for an adjective to be alone in a sentence. Normally you don't say "fast," you say "'s fast." This is called a "dummy it." There's no "it" in Japanese , which is whyis said alone in Japanese.For reference, some examples of things that are気持ち悪い.Since気持ち悪い ends in an-adjective, it can be inflected like an-adjective.The word気持ち悪かった is the past inflection: "felt bad," "was unpleasant," "was gross," "isn't creepy," "was disturbing." That is, it refers to something that wasin the past.The word気持ち悪くない is the negative inflection: doesn't feel bad," "isn't unpleasant," "isn't gross," "isn't creepy," "isn't disturbing."This is often used when someone calls something, and then the speaker, who has a... uh... *cough* peculiar *cough cough* taste, denies that it'sThe word気持ち悪く is the adverbial form of kimochi warui, which means it modifies verbs, actions, not nouns.Although, most of the time it's used with the verbなる, "to become."The word気持ち悪くて is the te-form of. It's often used to say that something is so or something happens because it's. For example:Conversely, when you have something in the-form connected to, it usually explains why it's

気持ちいい, Kimochi-ii - Meaning in Japanese

2019-03-04T12:51:00.000-08:00

kimochi-ii 気持ちいい means literally "of good feeling," or less literally "pleasant." It's an expression used when something "feels good," like rain, for example, but grammatically it's classified as an

The word is also spelled kimochi-ii 気持ち良い, and kimichi-yoi 気持ちよい is a synonymous variant.

Manga:

Kids on the Slope

, Sakamichi no Apollon 坂道のアポロン (Chapter 2)

Grammar

The word kimochi-ii 気持ちいい means that something "feels good." Literally, it's the word for "feeling," ii いい.

The antonym, "feels bad," is ii いい.

Note, however, that kimochi-ii isn't a verb, "to feel good," it's that feels good." Grammatically, kimochi-ii is closer to "pleasant" in English, but in practice it translates to "feels good" most of the time.

Furthermore, from an English perspective, it's weird for an adjective to be alone in a sentence. Normally you don't say "fast," you say "it's fast." This is called a "dummy it." kimochi-ii is said alone in Japanese.

kimochi-ii! 気持ちいい！
[It's] good-feeling!
[It's] pleasant!
[It feels good]!

Usage

For reference, some examples of things that are kimochi-ii 気持ちいい.

Here with kimochi-ii in the predicative:

ame ga kimochi-ii
雨が気持ちいい
The rain is pleasant.
The rain [feels good].
massaaji ga kimochi-ii
マッサージが気持ちいい
The message is pleasant.
The massage [feels good].
kaze ga kimochi-ii
風が気持ちいい
The wind is pleasant.
The wind [feels good].

And here with kimochi-ii in the attributive:

kimochi-ii uta 気持ちいい歌
A pleasant song.
A pleasant music.
kimochi-ii oto 気持ちいい音
A pleasant sound.

Sometimes it's connected after the te-form of another adjective. For example:

tsumetai 冷たい
Cold.
tsumetakute kimochi-ii
冷たくて気持ちいい
Cold and pleasant.

Something that's cold to the touch, and touching it feels good.

Note that something that "tastes good" is oishii 美味しい, not kimochi-ii.

Conjugation

Since kimochi-ii is an i-adjective, it can be conjugated like an i-adjective.

Kimochi-yokatta 気持ちよかった

The word kimochi-yokatta 気持ち

Manga:

Kids on the Slope

, Sakamichi no Apollon 坂道のアポロン (Chapter 2)

karada ni ataru ame wa
体に当たる雨は
The rain [that] hit [my] body.
omotteta yori
思ってたより
More than [I] thought.
zutto
ずっと
(intensifier.)
kimochi-yokatta-n-da
気持ちよかったんだ
Felt good.
Stringed together:

The rain [that] hit [my] body
felt much better
than [I] had thought.

Kimochi-yokunai 気持ちよくない

The word kimochi-yokunai 気持ち

And kimochi-yokunakatta 気持ちよくなかった means "didn't feel good." It's past negative.

Kimochi-yoku 気持ちよく

The word kimochi-yoku 気持ちkimochi-ii. It's used before a verb, when you're doing something that feels good to do.

Manga: Doraemon ドラえもん (Chapter 10)

e wo kaiteiru no.
絵をかいているの。
Are [you] drawing a picture?
うん、
Yes,
hisashiburi ni
久しぶりに
For the first time in a while
kimochi-yoku
kaketa.
気持ちよくかけた。
[I] was able to draw feeling good.

i.e. for the first time in a while, he was able to enjoy himself drawing.
kaketa 描けた
Was able to draw.
(past form of.)
kakeru 描ける
To be able to draw.
(potential form of.)
kaku 描く
To draw.

Kimochi-yosa 気持ちよさ

The word kimochi-yosa 気持ちsa-form of kimochi-ii, which is the "-ness form." It means "good-feeling-ness," or "how good it feels."

kono kimochi-yosa
この気持ちよさ
This good-feeling-ness. (that I'm feeling.)
How good it feels [now].

Kimochi-yosasou 気持ちよさそう

The word kimochi-yosasou 気持ちkimochi-ii plus the sou suffix, which means "seems," so "seeming it's pleasant," or "seeming it feels good."

kimochi-yosasou
気持ちよさそう
[That] looks like [it] feels good.
kimochi-yosasou na kao
気持ちよさそうな顔
A face [that] looks like [it] feels good. (e.g. your expression under a kimochi-ii rain.)

In Japanese,気持ちいい means literally "of good feeling," or less literally "pleasant." It's an expression used when something "feels good," like rain, for example, but grammatically it's classified as an i-adjective The word is also spelled気持ち良い, and気持ちよい is a synonymous variant.The word気持ちいい means that something "feels good." Literally, it's the word for "feeling," kimochi 気持ち , plus "good,"いい.The antonym, "feels bad," is kimochi warui 気持ち悪い , since warui 悪い , "bad," is the antonym of "good,"いい.Note, however, thatisn't a verb, "feel good," it's adjective , "feels good." Grammatically,is closer to "pleasant" in English, but in practice it translates to "feels good" most of the time.Furthermore, from an English perspective, it's weird for an adjective to be alone in a sentence. Normally you don't say "fast," you say "'s fast." This is called a "dummy it." There's no "it" in Japanese , which is whyis said alone in Japanese.For reference, some examples of things that are気持ちいい.Here within the predicative:And here within the attributive:Sometimes it's connected after the te-form of another adjective. For example:Note that something that "tastes good" is美味しい, notSinceis an-adjective, it can be conjugated like an-adjective.The word気持ちよかった means "felt good." In the past.The word気持ちよくない means "doesn't feel good." It's negative.And気持ちよくなかった means "didn't feel good." It's past negative.The word気持ちよく is the adverbial form of. It's used before a verb, when you're doing something that feels good to do.The word気持ちよさ is the-form of, which is the "-ness form." It means "good-feeling-ness," or "how good it feels."The word気持ちよさそう is the wordplus thesuffix, which means "seems," so "seeming it's pleasant," or "seeming it feels good."

Warui Slime Janai yo 悪いスライムじゃないよ

2019-03-04T00:50:00.000-08:00

warui slime janai yo, or rather, warui suraimu janai yo 悪いスライムじゃないよ, meaning "[I'm] not a bad slime," comes from the RPG series Dragon Quest: it's a catch-phrase used used by NPC slimes to tell the player they aren't going to fight him.

Game:

Dragon Quest IV

, Doragon Kuesto Foo ドラゴンクエストＩＶ

Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken

I'm only posting about it because the phrase was recently used in that slime anime.

Anime: Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken 転生したらスライムだった件 (episode 6)

hajimemashite
はじめまして
[Nice to meet you.]
ore wa suraimu no Rimuru
俺はスライムのリムル
I'm Rimuru, the slime.

suraimu no Rimuru
This is an apposition. (see No-Adjectives.)

warui suraimu janai yo
悪いスライムじゃないよ
[I'm] not a bad slime, [you see!]

This was an obvious reference to the Dragon Quest series that may have escaped a lot of people that never played the game.

Origin

In case you didn't know about it, Dragon Quest was originally a classic Japanese RPG with random battles, and slimes were one of the first monsters you fought against. Although pretty weak, they were monsters, so they were your enemies.

Starting with Dragon Quest IV, released on Nintendo in 1990, slimes could be found around towns and villages as NPCs, rather than just as enemies in random battles. Such slimes could be talked with, rather than fought against, and the catch-phrase was probably used to indicate they weren't going to fight the player like the other, bad slimes.

They were good, peaceful slimes. Supposedly.

The first instance of the phrase was in the 4th chapter of Dragon Quest IV, in the Koomizu-mura コーミズ村, or "Kievs" village. It's shown below:

Game:

Dragon Quest IV

, Doragon Kuesto Foo ドラゴンクエストＩＶ

*"ijimenaide kure yo~.
boku wa warui suraimu janai yo.
＊「いじめないでくれよー。
ボクは　わるいスライムじゃないよ。
pls no bully,
I'm not a bad slime.

ijimeru いじめる
To pick on. To bully. To be cruel to.

Menu:
komando コマンド
Command.
hanasu, jumon
話す, 呪文
Talk, spell (cast heal, etc.).
tsuyosa dougu
強さ, 道具
Strength (stats), tools (items).
soubi, sakusen
装備, 作戦
Equipment, strategy (reorder party members).
tobira, shiraberu
扉, 調べる
Door (opens a door adjacent to you), investigate (opens chests under you for some reason).

And yes, you actually got THREE different commands—talk, door, investigate—to do stuff where a normal RPG would have only one command that does any of the three depending on what is in front of you.

The brief window on the bottom right is the name of the characters, their HP and MP.
Minea ミネア
Maanya マーニャ

In the English version of Dragon Quest IV, called Dragon Warrior IV, the following translation was shown instead:

Don't hurt me! I'm not a bad Slime!

For reference, this is what a slime looked in battle:

Game:

Dragon Quest IV

, Doragon Kuesto Foo ドラゴンクエストＩＶ

Aian アイアン
(character name.)
kougeki 攻撃
Attack. (this doesn't work sometimes.)
nigeru 逃げる
Escape. (this never works.)
bougyo 防御
Defend. (who uses this lol.)
dougu 道具
Tool. (items, also known as yakusou 薬草, "healing herbs." Practically useless after you get a healer in your nakama.)

As you may suspect, using the adjective warui hito 悪い人, "bad person," or warui yatsu 悪いヤツ, "bad guy." This warui suraimu phrase just follows the same format.

Manga: Yotsuba to! よつばと！

sono hito wa
warui hito kamo
shirenai zo
その人は
悪い人かも
しれないぞ
That person might be a bad person.

References

【ボク　わるいスライムじゃないよ。】 - wikiwiki.jp/dqdic3rd/, accessed 2019-01-21.
Dragon Warrior IV Speeches - rulerofevil2k via gamefaqs.gamespot.com, accessed 2019-01-22.
Source for official English translation. Note that it's full of spoilers, so only check it if you don't have absolutely any plans on ever playing Dragon Quest IV. Although, to be honest, I really don't recommend playing it, because it's a mind-boggling grind fest that will leave you wondering how did an entire generation of gamers survive the NES era without getting their brains fried. Seriously, you have to start from level 1 over and over? And sometimes you can't walk 10 steps without getting into 5 random battles? It's like there are zubats everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Just go toward a direction and keep pressing the same choice button incessantly, wishing all these stupid monsters die already so you can get out of the cave, or tower, or whatever. It really drives you insane. 0/10 I actually got a headache. It took 20 hours to get to chapter 4. I'm not even joking: the whole weekend. If that slime was on chapter 5 I would've actually given up before I got to see it. Go play Chrono Trigger or Terranigma or something on SNES instead. Don't touch NES RPGs. They're evil.

The phrase, or rather,悪いスライムじゃないよ, meaning "[I'm] not a bad slime," comes from theseries Dragon Quest: it's a catch-phrase used used byslimes to tell the player they aren't going to fight him.I'm only posting about it because the phrase was recently used in thatslime anime.This was an obvious reference to the Dragon Quest series that may have escaped a lot of people that never played the game.In case you didn't know about it, Dragon Quest was originally a classic Japanese RPG with random battles, and slimes were one of the first monsters you fought against. Although pretty weak, they were monsters, so they were your enemies.Starting with Dragon Quest IV, released on Nintendo in 1990, slimes could be found around towns and villages as NPCs, rather than just as enemies in random battles. Such slimes could be talked with, rather than fought against, and the catch-phrase was probably used to indicate they weren't going to fight the player like the other, bad slimes.They were good, peaceful slimes. Supposedly.The first instance of the phrase was in the 4th chapter of Dragon Quest IV, in theコーミズ村, or "Kievs" village. It's shown below:In the English version of Dragon Quest IV, called Dragon Warrior IV, the following translation was shown instead:For reference, this is what a slime looked in battle:As you may suspect, using the adjective warui 悪い , "bad," before nouns that refer to people implies they're morally bad, just like in English. Normally, though, you'll see it in the form of悪い人, "bad person," or悪いヤツ, "bad guy." Thisphrase just follows the same format.

Relative Clauses in Japanese

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neko ga shaberu 猫が喋る
The cat talks.

shaberu 喋る
To talk. (a verb.)

shaberu neko 喋る猫
The cat [that] talks

...that talks:
A relative clause.

In the example above, we aren't talking about any one cat. We're talking about the cat that talks, the talking cat, specifically.

In Japanese, relative clauses are called rentai-shuushoku-setsu 連体修飾節, "prenominal modifying clause," since they're clauses that come before nouns to modify them.

English Relative Pronouns

In English, relative clauses and relative pronouns go hand in hand. Not every time, but a lot of time a relative clause is introduced by a relative pronoun. The most common relative pronouns are: that, who, whose, whom, and which.

The cat that speaks.
The cat who speaks.
The cat which speaks.
The cat whose abilities include speaking.
The cat whom you're speaking to.

That, Which, Who

A cool thing about the relative pronouns "that," "which," and "who," is that they're kind of nuanced: depending on the relative pronoun used, and how they're used, it affects what the phrase means.

The cat that speaks.

Restrictive clause.
We have, like, a hundred cats, and we're restricting the scope to that one cat that speaks.

The cat who speaks.

We're treating the cat as a person.
We wouldn't say "the chair who's missing a foot," because chairs are inanimate things.

The cat, who speaks, stayed quiet.

This a non-essential relative clause.
It adds information about the cat, but we can remove it.
The cat stayed quiet.

The cat which speaks.

Often the same thing as the cat that speaks.
Sometimes implies you're choosing between two or more cats. Which one? The one which speaks.

And that's cool and all, but: Japanese doesn't have relative pronouns.

Yep.

Japanese doesn't have relative pronouns.

All the nuance of English relative pronouns is lost in Japanese. Because Japanese puts literally nothing between the noun and its relative clause:

shaberu (literally nothing) neko 喋る猫
shaberu neko 喋る猫
The cat [that] speaks.
The cat [who] speaks.
The cat [which] speaks.

Therefore, we can't say for sure the word is "that," "who," or "which" in Japanese, because those literally aren't words in Japanese. We're just making up words for the translation that weren't said in Japanese so the translation makes sense in the English grammar syntax.

Further yet, we are [assuming] the Japanese phrase means one thing which it hasn't literally or explicitly said.

Of course, a good translator would spend a few seconds figuring out which is the right relative pronoun. But I assume your career isn't translating Japanese, from manga, anime, songs, tweets, etc. to English. So my advice is to not care and focus on understanding the phrases in Japanese.

Whose

We use the relative pronoun "whose" to describe something by something it has. Japanese doesn't have the relative pronoun "whose" either. You literally got to figure out whether we're talking about something that's part of something else or not. Which, to be honest, isn't that hard.

shippo ga shiroi desu しっぽが白いです
Tail is white.
shippo ga shiroi しっぽが白い
Tail [is] white.
shippo ga shiroi neko しっぽが白い猫
Cat [whose] tail [is] white.
shippo no shiroi neko しっぽの白い猫
(...same as above.)

Not every time you have a phrase in the pattern above the translation will get a "[whose]." For example:

shippo ga nai しっぽがない
Tail [is] non-existent.
[There is] no tail.
shippo ga nai neko しっぽがない猫
shippo no nai neko しっぽのない猫
Cat [without] tail.

Furthermore, we can have a phrase without a relative clause in Japanese that, in English, becomes a relative clause introduced by [whose]. This specially happens when you have the genitive case, with

shiroi shippo 白いしっぽ
White tail.
shiroi shippo no neko 白いしっぽの猫
White-tail cat. (literally.)
Cat [whose] tail [is] white. (naturally.)

Whom

We use the relative pronoun "whom" when describing something by an action done upon the thing. Japanese doesn't have "whom" either. What gets translated as "whom" is normally a relative clause with a transitive verb missing an object (which would be marked by wo を or ni に.)

For example:

ninja ga hito wo koroshita 忍者が人を殺した
The ninja killed a person.
ninja ga koroshita 忍者が殺した
The ninja killed (someone or something.)
ninja ga koroshita hito 忍者が殺した人
ninja no koroshita hito 忍者の殺した人
The person [whom] the ninja killed.

ninja ga neko ni ninjutsu wo oshieta 忍者が猫に忍術を教えた
The ninja taught the cat ninja-arts.
ninja ga ninjutsu wo oshieta 忍者が忍術を教えた
The ninja taught ninja-arts. (to whom?)
ninja ga ninjutsu wo oshieta neko 忍者が忍術を教えた猫
The cat [whom] the ninja taught ninja-arts.

Again, this pattern won't necessarily translate to "whom" either, because, to begin with, using "whom" in English is rather unusual and has some pretty restrict requirements.

ninja ga neko ni oshieta 忍者が猫に教えた
The ninja taught the cat. (what?)
ninja ga neko ni oshieta ninjutsu 忍者が猫に教えた忍術
The ninja-arts [which] the ninja taught the cat.

You don't say "the ninja-arts [whom]" 'cause ninja-arts ain't people.

sakka ga shousetsu wo kaita 作家が小説を書いた
The author wrote a novel.
sakka ga kaita shousetsu 作家が書いた小説
sakka no kaita shousetsu 作家の書いた小説
The novel [which] the author wrote.

Relative Adverbs

Relative adverbs are just like relative pronouns, except they aren't pronouns, they're adverbs. Such relative adverbs are: where, when, why, how, etc.

The day when it rained money.
The place where it rained money.
The reason why it rained money.
The way how it rained money.

As you've probably guessed already, Japanese doesn't have relative adverbs. You just connect stuff directly. Again.

kane ga futte-kita 金が降ってきた
Money came [down] raining.
Money rained.
[It] rained money.
kane ga futte-kita hi 金が降ってきた日
Day [when] money rained.
kane ga futte-kita basho 金が降ってきた場所
Place [where] money rained.
kane ga futte-kita riyuu 金が降ってきた理由
Reason [why] money rained.
kane ga futte-ktia houhou 金が降ってきた方法
Method [how] money rained.

So Japanese doesn't have relative pronouns or relative adverbs, however, it does have relative clauses, a.k.a. adjective clauses, which we use to modify nouns.

Wildcard Nouns

The relative pronouns and relative adverbs, which Japanese doesn't have, exist in English for a reason: they mean stuff. Without them, Japanese must put all that meaning somewhere else, and that place would be: in nouns.

If you've been learning Japanese for some time you've probably already met a noun or two which holds certain mysterious, mystical properties. The way they're translated makes you question whether they're actually nouns or all the Japanese dictionaries in the world are trolling you.

For example:

terebi wo miru toki wa heya wo akaruku shite hanarete mite kudasai
テレビを見るときは部屋を明るくして離れて見てください
When watching TV, keep the room well-lit and don't watch from too close.

Why is toki とき, a noun that means literally "time," translated as "when" up there? Is "when" even a noun. *checks dictionary* No! It's not! It's an "adverb" and "conjunction!"

The reason for this is that, if we translate literally, we get this monstrosity:

Time [in which you] watch TV: make the room lit and distantiate and watch, please.

Some other examples of these weird nouns that are always used with relative clauses or other kinds of adjectives are:

tada no shikabane no you da
ただのしかばねのようだ
The appearance of a mere corpse.
It seems to be just a corpse.
shinda you da
死んだようだ
The appearance [that it] died.
It seems [it] died.

kimi no tame nara nandemo shimasu!
君のためならなんでもします！
If [it's for] your sake [I'll do] anything!
I'll do anything for you!
katsu tame nara nandemo suru
勝つためならなんでもする
If [it's for] the sake [which is] to win [I'll do] anything.
To win [I'll] do anything.

kigaeteru toko mirareta
着替えてるとこ見られた
kigaeteru tokoro mirareta
着替えてるところ見られた
The event [in which I was] changing clothes was seen.
[I] was seen [while] changing clothes.

mita koto nai
見たことない
The case [in which] [I] saw [it] [is] nonexistent.
[I] have never seen it.

Nomenclature

The nomenclature of such nouns is kind of complicated.

A "dependent noun" is a noun that doesn't make sense alone, and must always come after an adjective, including relative clauses, like the above. For example, can you use toko as the first thing in a phrase? Err... no...? Probably not? I don't know. I guess not. Could be wrong though.

And therein lies a problem: you can't say a noun is a "dependent noun" unless you're 100% certain it's always dependent. So some people call them "auxiliary nouns" instead.

Linguistically, they've also been called "light nouns," due to their lack of semantic meaning compared to their syntactical properties, and "nominalizers," since they're mostly used to turn verb phrases into noun phrases instead.

Nominalizers

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This preference means they tend to use nominalizers to turn their disliked verb phrases into the superior noun phrases they like so much. Even when it's apparently totally unnecessary.

shinda! 知らない！
[It] died!
(a verb phrase)
shinda mon! 死んだもん！
shinda mono! 死んだもの！
[It] died!
(a noun phrase, since it ends with a noun.)

mon もん
A nominalizer, adds literally zero meaning.
Often used by children, so I suppose it adds nuance.
Comes from mono もの, also a nominalizer.
da mon だもん
desu mono ですもの
Also contain this nominalizer.

Furthermore, this preference is probably the root of why there are so many nominalizers in Japanese.

That is, in English we like to use relative pronouns and relative adverbs to introduce relative clauses. Pretty much all relative clauses could be introduced with "in which," but that doesn't sound meaningful enough, so we have a plethora of different pronouns and adverbs, each with its own nuance, to meaningfully introduce the relative clauses: that, which, whose, where, when, how, etc.

In Japanese, no の is the most basic, most meaningless nominalizer, and the less used too. Because people prefer to use more meaningful nominalizers that add nuance to the phrase: koto, toko, tokoro, mono, toki, etc.

tatakatteiru no wo mita
戦っているのを見た
[I] saw the fighting.
tatakatteiru toko wo mita
戦っているとこを見た
[I] saw the event [in which there was] fighting.
[I] spotted the fighting.
[I] spotted [you] fighting.
[I] saw [you while you were] fighting!

Grammar

Basic Usage

The basic way to use relative clauses in Japanese is to simply add the noun after a stand-alone clause.

neteiru 寝ている
[To be] sleeping.
neteiru hito 寝ている人
Person [that is] sleeping.
Sleeping person. Sleeping people.

taiyou no te wo motsu 太陽の手を持つ
To have solar hands.

motsu 持つ
To hold (in hands.)
To have.

taiyou no te wo motsu shounen 太陽の手を持つ少年
The boy [who] has solar hands.
The boy [that] has solar hands.
The boy [with] solar hands.

Note above how "have solar hands" became "has solar hands" in the relative clause in English, despite the relative clause staying the same in Japanese. This is another trivial detail that you shouldn't worry about.

With Verb in Non-Past Form

Japanese only has two times: past and non-past. If the verb of the relative clause is in non-past, it can either mean the action "happens," i.e. "is happening," or "will happen." This is used when we want to describe a noun by something it does. For example:

nagareru 流れる
To flow. To stream. To run (liquid.)
nagareru mizu 流れる水
Water [that] flows. Water [that] streams. Water [that] runs.

If it's a water that runs, then it runs, even now.
Since it's constantly running, we can also say it's:
Running water.
But that's normally what we call about water in houses, so...
Streaming water. Flowing water.

kieru 消える
To disappear.
kieru tatwuu 消えるタトゥー
A tattoo [that] disappears.

Obviously, the tattoo doesn't appear and disappear constantly.
It disappears once, then it's gone.
So kieru, in this case, is something that "will happen."
"A tattoo [that] will disappear (after a while.)"

With Verb in Past Form

If the verb is in past form, it's a lot more simple: we're describing the noun by something it has done, in the past:

nagareta mizu 流れた水
Water [that] has flowed.

Implying it no longer flows.

kieta tatwuu 消えたタトゥー
Tattoo [that] disappeared.

Implying it was there once, now it's gone.

You'll see that it's more common to use verbs in relative clauses in past form than in non-past form.

That's because non-past describes the nature of a thing. What that thing does, normally. That's fine to describe something new or of specific nature, like a "flying car," but usually you want to describe—or rather, specify—something by an event which occurred it in the past, e.g. "the car I bought."

With Verb in Negative Form

If the verb is in the negative form, as one would expect, it means something doesn't happen, isn't happening, or will not happen in the non-past, or hasn't happened in the past.

As always, the negative form is created by using the nakatta なかった.

kienai tatwuu 消えないタトゥー
Tattoo [that] does not disappear.
Tattoo [that] will not disappear.

Yep. It's permanent.

kienakatta tatwuu 消えなかったタトゥー
Tattoo [that] did not disappear.

Uh... wait, does this mean it should have disappeared, but did not?
Yeah, that sounds like trouble.
That sounds bad.

With Verb in Tai Form

When a verb is in the -tai ～たい auxiliary, also called desiderative mood, it means "[you] want to do (the verb.)" In a relative clause, it mean "[you] want to do (the verb) with (the noun.)"

For example:

yaru やる
To do.
yaritai やりたい
Want to do.
yaritai koto やりたいこと
Something [that I] want to do.
yaritai geemu やりたいゲーム
A game [that I] want to do.
A game [that I] want to play.

tabetai 食べたい
Want to eat.
tabetai mono 食べたいもの
Something [that I] want to eat.

mitai anime 見たいアニメ
An anime [that I] want to see.

The tai auxiliary can be inflected like an i-adjective, to past, negative, past negative, etc. These also work in relative clauses:

mitakatta anime 見たかったアニメ
Anime [that I] wanted to see.
mitakunai anime 見たくないアニメ
Anime [that I] do not want to see.
mitakunakatta anime 見たくなかったアニメ
Anime [that I] did not want to see.

With Verb in Potential Form

When the verb of the relative clause is in potential form, it means something that can happen. Or, in the potential past, could have happened.

katsu 勝つ
To win.
kateru 勝てる
To be able to win.
kateru aite 勝てる相手
An adversary [which I] can win [against.]
kateta aite na-no-ni maketa 勝てた相手なのに負けた
[It was] an adversary [which I] could win [against,] despite this, [I] lost.

In anime, a remarkable way this shows up is when a character says he will use anything and anybody he can to achieve a goal. For example:

tsukaeru koma wo subete tsukau 使えるコマをすべて使う
Use all pieces [that] can be used.
uteru te wo subete utsu 打てる手をすべて打つ
Deal all hands [that] can be dealt.

Of course, this works in the negative too:

yomu 読む
To read.
yomeru kanji 読める漢字
Kanji [that I] can read.
yomenai kanji 読めない漢字
Kanji [that I] can't read.
yomenakatta kanji 読めなかった漢字
Kanji [that I] couldn't read.

taosu 倒す
To defeat.
taoseru 倒せる
To be able to defeat.
taoseru teki 倒せる敵
Enemy [which I] can defeat.
Vincible enemy.
taosenai teki 倒せない敵
Enemy [which I] can't defeat.
Invincible enemy.

Ga が Becoming No の in Relative Clause

In relative clauses, when you have a subject, sometimes the subject-marking particle ga が can become no の instead. For example:

kane ga aru 金がある
Money exists.
[There is] money.
[To have] money.

kane is the subject marked by ga.

kane ga aru hito 金がある人
kane no aru hito 金のある人
Person [who has] money.

Such change makes the relative phrase look like a no-adjective: it's a relative clause.

In Na-Adjective Clauses

Note that, technically, ga for no. For example, we can have a phrase like this:

Manga: Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san からかい上手の高木さん

Context: Nishikata uses frog.
douda----!!
どうだーー！！
[How's this!!]
kaeru no nigate na joshi wa ooi to kiku
カエルの苦手な女子は多いと聞く
[You] hear that there are many girls [to whom] frogs are hard-to-handle!
[Everyone says that] lots of girls hate frogs!

What's happening above is that we have this clause:

kaeru ga nigate da カエルが苦手だ
Frogs are hard-to-handle.

nigate 苦手
Hard-to-handle. (literally.)
Generally it means to someone something is "hard to handle," as a single-word adjective.
It could be they don't like it. Because it's disgusting, or annoying, etc.
They hate it.
[I hate frogs.]

First, the predicative copula da だ is replaced by the attributive copula na な.

kaeru ga nigate na カエルが苦手な

This turns the predicative clause into an attributive clause. An "attributive clause" is just another name for an "adjective clause" or "relative clause."

Since it's a relative clause now, you can put it before a noun, just like any other relative clause.

kaeru ga nigate na joshi カエルが苦手な女子

And since it's a relative clause, we can replace the subject-marking ga が by no の.

kaeru no nigate na joshi カエルの苦手な女子
Girls [to whom] frogs are hard-to-handle.
Girls [who] hate frogs.

To reiterate: the verb of the relative clause above is na な. That doesn't look like a verb at all, but technically it's a verb. It's just like how da だ is a copula, a copulative verb. Since na な is also a copula, it's also a copulative verb.

The trick here is that normally you'd use the same verb in a relative clause that you'd use elsewhere. But with copulas, you use da だ in the predicative clause, and na な in the relative clause. Once you get that, it all makes sense.

Passive Form and Transitiveness

It's important to pay attention to the transitiveness of the verb of the relative clause. That's because, normally, you'll want an intransitive verb, not a transitive one.

With a transitive verb, you have an agent, who does the action, and a patient, who receives the action. In other words: you have two arguments.

If you put a transitive verb before a noun, that noun becomes one of those two arguments. But that means there's also another argument somewhere, explicit or implicit, and that might cause confusion.

殺した人 vs. 殺された人

To understand this better, let's see an example:

korosu 殺す
To kill.

Transitive: subject kills object.

kare ga hito wo koroshita 彼が人を殺した
He killed a person.

Who killed?
kare
So kare = agent.
Killed whom?
hito
So hito = patient.

kare ga koroshita hito 彼が殺した人
kare no koroshita hito 彼の殺した人
Person [that] he killed.

Notice above how hito is the patient of the verb korosu, even when being modified by a relative clause. If hito is the patient, who is the agent doing the killing? That's clearly kare, as it's also the subject, marked by the particles ga or no, and the subject is normally the agent.

But here's what happens if we remove kare from the phrase:

koroshita hito 殺した人
Person [that I] killed.

Whoa whoa whoa. Wait a second there. I didn't kill nobody. Why does that phrase implies I did something like that?

Well, that's because: the relative clause is missing the subject. When we don't have a subject in Japanese we normally assume the subject is the speaker, which is I. For example, if we remove hito from the phrase above, we get:

koroshita 殺した
[I] killed.

The only way to avoid jail time confusion is to use a verb that's intransitive. In this case, it would be the passive conjugation of korosu.

korosareru 殺される
To be killed.
Will be killed.

Who will be killed?
[implicit]
Since we have no explicit subject, we assume it's the speaker, "I."
"[I] will be killed."
korosareru!!! tasukete!!!
殺される！！！助けて！！！
[I'm] gonna be killed!!! Help [me]!!!

hito ga korosareta 人が殺された
A person was killed.
korosareta hito 殺された人
Person [that] was killed.

As you can see above, when we have a verb conjugated to its passive form, the clause becomes in passive voice, so the subject (marked by ga が) becomes the patient instead of the agent, the one whom someone killed rather than the one who kills.

殺された人が殺した人を殺す

Normally, one would assume the implicit subject is the speaker, however, there are cases that doesn't happen. For example:

korosareta hito ga koroshita hito wo korosu
殺された人が殺した人を殺す
The person [who] was killed kills the person [who] killed.

In the phrase above, koroshita hito refers to the hito who koroshita the korosareta hito, i.e. someone was killed, someone killed, and koroshita hito refers to the one who killed, not the one being killed.

koroshita hito 殺した人
Person [that] [I, or someone,] killed. (normally.)
Person [that] killed [someone]. (this case.)

彼に殺された人

In Japanese, the agent in a passive voice sentence is marked by the particle ni に. This works both in predicative and attributive (relative clauses).

hito ga kare ni korosareta 人が彼に殺された
Person was killed by him.
People were killed by him.
kare ni korosareta hito 彼に殺された人
Person [that] was killed by him.
People [that] were killed by him.

家族を殺された人

In relative clauses, sometimes the wo を particle is used with a verb in the passive form so to avoid implying the noun the relative clause modifies is the agent of that clause.

This can be a bit confusing because in the predicative form it would look like we have two patients:

X wo koroshita ◯を殺した
Killed X.

X is marked as the direct object.
So X is the patient.

X ga korosareta ◯が殺された
X was killed.

X is marked as the subject.
The verb is in passive form.
The voice is passive.
So X is the patient.

X ga Y wo korosareta ◯が△を殺された

X is subject in the passive voice, so it's the patient.
Y is marked by wo, so it's the direct object, so it's the patient.
We have two patients???

What happens is that Japanese grammar isn't as clear-cut as you'd wish it were.

Traditionally, a clause has a subject, and everything else is the predicate. Since half of the time this "predicate" contains a verb, it's easy to assume the subject must be an argument for that verb in some way. That is, the subject must be either doing the action, or having the action done upon it.

Clearly, that's not the case here. Here, the ga が subject-marker feels closer to the topic-marker wa は, and the subject feels closer to a topic. What's said about a "topic," by the way, is called the "comment." So:

kare ga kazoku wo koroshita 彼が家族を殺した
He killed the family.
He killed [his] family.

In active voice, the subject is the agent.

kare ga kazoku wo korosareta 彼が家族を殺された
About him: family was killed.
[His] family was killed.

In passive voice, with a direct object marked by wo を, the subject isn't the agent.
It simply becomes so that the predicate is something said about the subject.

Since it works like that in the predicative, it follows that it'd work like that in the attributive, with a relative clause:

kazoku wo koroshita hito 家族を殺した人
A person [that] killed [their] family.
kazoku wo korosareta hito 家族を殺された人
A person [who had a] family [that someone] killed.
A person [whose] family was killed.

To make matters more complicated, you can even include the agent explicitly with the ni に particle.

shujinkou ga ninja ni kazoku wo korosareta
主人公が忍者に家族を殺された
About the main-character: [his] family was killed by ninjas.
ninja ni kazoku wo korosareta shujinkou
忍者に家族を殺された主人公
Main-character [whose] family was killed by ninjas.

With Verb in Causative Form

When the verb of the relative clause is in the causative, it should mean someone has forced or let someone else do something.

The causative is always transitive. That's because if you (subject) die, that's intransitive, there's no object for the verb "to die." But if you (subject) force/make/let someone (object) die, then we have both subject and object. Any intransitive verb becomes transitive in the causative.

As we've already seen, when we have a transitive verb in the relative clause, the noun the relative clauses modified is assumed to be the object of the verb. So:

shinu 死ぬ
To die.
shinaseru 死なせる
To let (someone) die.
To force (someone) to die.
neko wo shinaseta 猫を死なせた
[I] let the cat die.

i.e. [I] didn't do enough to protect the cat!
The car ran all over him!
He's in another world now.
With a harem of 72 cat-girls, probably.

shinaseta neko 死なせた猫
Cat [whom I] let die.

Practically Causative Verbs

A number of verbs which you wouldn't say are conjugated to their causative forms are, in practice, the causative version of other verbs.

In these cases, again, pay attention to the transitiveness of the verb that's used. Since the transitive may imply the speaker has taken part in the action.

nigeru 逃げる
To run away. To escape.
nigasu 逃がす
To let run away. To Escape.
nigeta teki 逃げた敵
The enemy [who] escaped.
nigashita teki 逃した敵
The enemy [whom I] allowed escape.

You allowed enemies to escape with your incompetence!!! Commit sudoku!!!

miru 見る
To see.
miseru 見せる
To show. To force/make/let see.
mita mono 見たもの
Something [that I] saw.
miseta mono 見せたもの
Something [that I] showed [to someone.]
Something [that someone] showed [to me].

The choice between the above can change the meaning of a phrase from "what do you think about what you saw" to "what do you think about what I showed you."

Causative Ambiguities

When a transitive verb is turned into causative, there's an added argument to the equation: the object from the non-causative verb. That is, when you see, you see something, so there's an object. If you show someone, you're showing someone something else.

In Japanese, it's grammatically ambiguous which argument exactly noun the relative clause modifies refers to. You have to guess from context. Added to that, sometimes the noun can be the subject too. So there's a lot of guessing going on.

miseta hito 見せた人

The person [who] showed [something to me.]
The person [to whom I] showed [something.]
The person [that I] showed [to someone.]
The person [that someone] showed [to me.]

Furthermore, the noun doesn't even need to actually be an argument of the verb. The noun could refer to the time, place, reason, method, etc. of the action.

miseta shunkan 見せた瞬間
The moment [when someone] showed [something to someone else.]

But none of this is as hard as it seems. After all, it's more likely a thing is being shown than a person is being shown. So miseta hito probably means the hito showed something, or was shown something, rather than the hito itself was shown to someone else.

Conversely, if the noun is a thing, it's more likely it's being shown than it's showing or being shown to.

miseta mono 見せたもの

The thing [which] showed [something to me.]
Probably not.
The thing [to which I] showed [something.]
Nope.
The thing [which I] showed [to someone else.]
Probably yes.
The thing [which someone] showed [to me.]
Yep.

When the phrase is longer than two words, a lot of these ambiguities vanish.

sainou wo miseta hito 才能を見せた人
Person [who] showed talent.
kare ni miseta mono 彼に見せたもの
The thing [I] showed to him.
kare ga miseta mono 彼が見せたもの
The thing he showed [to me].

With Personal Pronouns

Relative clauses can come before personal pronouns in Japanese, just like any other adjective can. This can be a bit surprising from an English perspective, but it kinda works just fine. See:

ganbaru 頑張る
To try one's best. To put effort in something. To persevere.
ganbatteiru 頑張っている
To be trying one's best. (te-iru form.)
kanojo ga ganbatteiru 彼女が頑張っている
She's trying her best.
ganbatteiru kanojo wo mita 頑張っている彼女を見た
[I] saw her [while she was] trying her best.

iu 言う
To say. To tell.
iwareru 言われる
To be told. (passive.)
iwaretai 言われたい
To want to be told. (passive tai form.)
iwaretakunai 言われたくない
To not want to be told. (negative passive tai form.)
nigeta omae ni iwaretakunai 逃げたお前に言われたくない
[I] don't want to be told [this] by you [who] escaped.

yomigaeru 蘇る
To resurrect. (intransitive.)
yomigaeraseru 蘇らせる
To make [someone] resurrect. (causative.)
To revive [someone].
shinda ore wo yomigaeraseta 死んだ俺を蘇らせた
Revived me [who had] died

Wa は in Relative Clauses

You don't use the wa は particle in relative clauses. However, there's a couple of things worth noting.

dewanai ではない

The wa は can show up as part of dewanai ではない that comes after a dewanai has a contrastive nuance, the non-nuanced denai is sometimes used instead.

baka denai hito 馬鹿でない人
baka dewanai hito 馬鹿ではない人
A person [that] is not stupid.

In Adverbial Clauses

The wa は can also show up in an adverbial clause. But adverbial clauses aren't relative clauses; they're a different kind of subordinate clause.

erufu wa mimi wa nagai エルフは耳は長い
As for elves, their ears [are] long.

The phrase above can have either of the following implications:

The elves, unlike other races, have long ears.
The ears of elves, unlike other body parts, are long.

Safe to assume above we're talking about the first case, not the second.

After the Relative Clause

Although the wa は doesn't show up in the relative clauses themselves, they do often show up right after the noun the relative clause modifies. For example:

ganbatteiru hito wa kakkoii!
頑張っている人はかっこいい！
People [who] try [their] best [are] cool!

With Beki べき

Sometimes a relative clause ends with the auxiliary beki べき rather than a verb. This beki adds the meaning of something that should happen, should be done, should be, etc.

kimi ga iru beki basho 君がいるべき場所
The place [where] you should be.
yaru beki koto やるべきこと
nasu beki koto なすべきこと
suru beki koto するべきこと
Thing [that someone] should do.
What must be done. What I must do. What I have to do.

Nested Relative Clauses

Like in English, Japanese relative clauses can contain other relative clauses. That is, you can qualify a noun with a relative clause that contains a noun qualified by another relative clause. For example:

{mitai} anime 見たいアニメ
Anime {that I want to watch}.
{{mitai} anime wo miru} jikan 見たいアニメを見る時間
Time {in which I watch anime {that I want to watch.}}
{{mitai} anime wo miru} jikan ga nai!! 見たいアニメを見る時間がない！！
I don't have time {to watch the anime {I want to watch!!}}

Relative clauses can also be nested with other kinds of adjectives.

hito no tamashii 人の魂
A person's soul.
The soul of a person.
shinda hito no tamashii 死んだ人の魂
The soul of a person [that] died.

shiroi hana 白い花
White flower.
hajimete mita shiroi hana deshita 初めて見た白い花でした
[It] was the white flower [that I] first saw.

An important thing about nested relative clauses, or rather, clauses in general, is that things such as subject, direct object, etc. are syntactically limited to one per clause. This means you can have two object-marking wo を particles in the same clause, but in different clauses it's alright.

jibun wo shinjiru kokoro wo motte
自分を信じる心を持って
Have a heart [that] believes in yourself.
(i.e. have faith in yourself.)

"Oneself" is object for "to trust."
"The heart that trusts oneself" is object for "to have."

Grammatically, you can nest as many as you want, but since it turns the phrase into a mess, both in Japanese and in English, people generally don't keep nesting relative clauses like Matryoshka dolls.

nezumi wo kutta
neko wo kutta
inu wo kutta
ネズミを食った
猫を食った
犬を食った
ate the dog [that]
ate the cat [that]
ate the rat.

Cheat Sheet

For reference, a cheat sheet.

Examples

Some more examples of relative clauses in Japanese.

inaka de yaru koto nai
田舎でやることない
In the countryside, there's no thing [that you] do.
There's nothing to do in the countryside.

tsumaranai つまらない！
[It's] boring!

jibun ga yatta koto wo oboetenai
自分がやったことを覚えてない
Doesn't remember the thing [that] oneself did.
I don't remember what I have done.

kioku soushitsu! 記憶喪失！
Amnesia!

yaritai koto ippai aru
やりたいこといっぱいある
There is a lot of things [that I] want to do.
I want to do lots of things.

tanoshii~~ たのしい～～
Fun~~

yaru beki koto やるべきこと
Thing [that I] should do.
yareru koto やれること
Thing [that I] can do.

watashi-tachi ga dekiru koto
私達ができること
The things [that] we can do.
Let's do everything we can to help the main-character!

kikitai koto 聴きたいこと
Something [I] want to ask. (hear.)
shiritai koto 知りたいこと
Something [I] want to know.
kiku koto nado nanimo nai
shiritai koto wa shitteiru.
聞くことなどなにもない
知りたいことは知っている。
There's nothing [I] want to ask.
What [I] want to know [I already] know.
— Balalaika, from manga Black Lagoon.

aisuru hito 愛する人
Person [whom I] love.
Person [that] loves.
jiakn wo ayatsuru nouryoku 時間を操る能力
The ability [that is] manipulating time.
The ability to manipulate time.

sukuwareta inochi 救われた命
Life [that was] saved.
ushinawareta inochi 失われた命
Life [that was] lost.

nigeru tsumori 逃げるつもり
The intent [that is] escaping.
The intent to escape. Intending to escape.
He's trying to run away!
nani wo suru tsumori? 何をするつもり？
The intent [that is] doing what?
What do you intend to do?
What do you plan to do?
What are you gonna do?

ikiru tame ni tatakau 生きるために戦う
To fight for the sake [that is] living.
To fight in order to live.

kare wa shinda hazu da! 彼は死んだはずだ！
As for him, [it's] the expectation [that he] died!
He's supposed to have died!
He's supposed to be dead!
kare wa shinda wake da 彼は死んだわけだ
As for him, [it's] the conclusion [that he] died.
Thus he died. Because of all that he died.
kare ga shinda riyuu 彼が死んだ理由
The reason [why] he died.
Why he died.

ore no doriru wa ten wo tsuku doriru da!!!
俺のドリルは天を着くドリルだ！！！
My drill is a drill [that] pierces the heavens!!!

Rama ni Natta Ou-sama
ラマになった王様
The King [that] Became a Llama.

kimi ga nozonda sekai 君が望んだ世界
The world [that] you wished for.
kimi ga eranda michi 君が選んだ道
The path [that] you chose.
te ni ireta chikara 手に入れた力
The power [that] entered [my] hand.
The power [that I] obtained.
kaita tegami 書いた手紙
Letter [which I] wrote.
mitsuketa mono 見つけた物
Thing [which I] found.

kamisama ga inai nichiyoubi 神様がいない日曜日
Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi 神様のいない日曜日
Sunday [in which] God Isn't.
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi 僕だけがいない街
The Town [where] Only I'm Not.
Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?
問題児たちが異世界から来るそうですよ?
[It's] the appearance [that] problem children are coming from another world.
It Appears Problem Children are Coming From Another World.
Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
ゼロから始める異世界生活
Another World Life [that someone] Starts From Zero.

nemuru toki 眠るとき
Time [when you] sleep.
When [you] sleep.
When sleeping.
nemuru mae 眠る前
Before [the time when you] sleep.
Before [you] sleep.
Before sleeping.
nemuru ato 眠る後
After [the time when you] sleep.
After [you] sleep.
After sleeping.
nemuru shunkan 眠る瞬間
The instant [in which you] sleep.
nemuru totan 眠る途端
The exact moment [when] you sleep.
nemuru koro 眠るころ
Around the time [when you] sleep.

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warui 悪い would be literally "bad." It's an warui and its inflections have other meanings and usage, like to say "sorry," to say somebody is at "fault," to ask what's "wrong" about something, and so on.

Since it can be pretty hard to tell which meaning exactly you're facing in any given phrase, I recommend you to read the whole article to familiarize yourself with all the ways warui can be used, rather than just reading a few sections.

In Japanese, meaning of悪い would be literally "bad." It's an i-adjective . Note, however, that a lot of timesand its inflections have other meanings and usage, like to say "sorry," to say somebody is at "fault," to ask what's "wrong" about something, and so on.Since it can be pretty hard to tell which meaning exactly you're facing in any given phrase, I recommend you to read the whole article to familiarize yourself with all the wayscan be used, rather than just reading a few sections.

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～といい, -to-ii - Meaning in Japanese

Grammar

da to ii na だといいな

Examples

殺せるといいですねぇ

宿に泊まるといい

～するがいい, -suru ga ii - Meaning in Japanese

Explanation

Examples

恐怖するがいい

蒸発するがいい

吸い込むがいい

哀願してくるがいい

Further Reading

References

いいこと, ii-koto - Meaning in Japanese

Normal Usage

Usage in Female Speech

Warui Koto 悪いこと

仲がいい, Naka ga ii - Meaning in Japanese

Usage

Naka ga Warui 仲が悪い

Grammar

Naka ga Yokatta 仲が良かった

Naka no ii 仲のいい

Naka Yoshi 仲良し

Naka ga Yosasou 仲が良さそう

Naka Yoku 仲良く

Naka Yoku Naru 仲良くなる

Naka Yoku Suru 仲良くする

Naka Naori 仲直り

Naka Tagai 仲違い

Expression for "Sex"

運がいい, Un ga ii - Meaning in Japanese

Usage

Un ga Warui 運が悪い

Grammar

Un ga Yokatta 運が良かった

Un no ii 運のいい

Un no Yosa 運の良さ

頭がいい, Atama ga ii - Meaning in Japanese

Body Parts in Japanese - Vocabulary

Karada 身体

Mi 身

Head and Face Parts

Upper Body Parts

Lower Body Parts

Sides of the Body

Insides of the Body

いい度胸, ii-dokyou - Meaning in Japanese

Usage

ii dokyou shiteru いい度胸してる

ii dokyou janeeka いい度胸じゃねぇか

いい加減, ii-kagen - Meaning in Japanese

Literal Meaning

ii Kagen ni Shiro! いい加減にしろ！

Explanation

Variants

"Stop Doing That"

"Cut It Out"

"Give It a Rest"

ii-kagen ni いい加減に

ii-kagen Alone

ii-kagen na いい加減な

Pitch Accent

ii-kagen na Hito いい加減な人

カッコつけて, Kakko-tsukete - Meaning in Japanese

Variants

Usage

Conjugation

Kakko-tsuketeru カッコつけてる

Nani Kakko-tsukete-n-no? 何カッコつけてんの？

Kakko-tsuke カッコつけ

Kakko-tsuke-yagatte カッコつけやがって