COO eC CUM UR ong j JAPANESE POP CULTURE & LANGUAGE LEARNINGvocabulary summary From Kaji Rvitsuke no Gi, p. 17 gaime-sho Foreign Ministry wea iagare sow disiefdstast for atin political] minster GER ineiwake buizancfcouble ‘ten opinion =¢ ‘sdoroku te surprscsnocked a einvesolutiondccides LES ¢thiharala forawhie vt poles RZ —aishokw suru retirresign [fom a job) iron Srcoue ts jun peeparaons tcuranuke cary through was wakarere Separatebrek up (7) sagas, eeeorRepescreics From Garcia-kun, p. 42 tuchiba psito/standpoin exorn teat [someone 4 meal viet benefivintrest shaky religion Senkyo election ini tocanine ado ducement smonoshirt Kreredgeable fovaku ampaten promise jah information tssat absolutely Fronone ‘hakai society see! prturtance veda inateveness eri cg tanaprcnth inetiaion From Hana no Kakari-cho, p. 66 itomin wore seit cura etertuin client Kankake Tecling Kosaiti npense acount mura viage shusse suru socced/advance hash brdse omoide remembrance dere road stat fraprancelsmell Sebi sure sit fowsori secrlly tren sre svinan election ate ine infare Infrsisctare Somtel suru Respect.) mmakasers Ieaerenut someone] inijime insersblefwretched foto no individu tridaski sale kotumin isenry tezema cramped mmotiome dese essonablfess Iikkose tmovarelocate ‘tron jusdsound argument femere seat enjitswtehi——_tealiaie METS yal sue prepare felt system BETS Kivosuke ly ighly salshin promotion SOT S Shira suru preparelget ready taigi oblecatsefidead FET ETS — docodesury rac nervous ‘shih Consciousness sido stutomatic fatakn teform tn) dnnat suru guiefshow the way foshe-tels comerative ae ainghacreaible jivicka deregulation denro fireplace foraers replytespond fawobart no leabercovered ‘han shite consent throughout fen ceiling ‘wrobara lobal yume ‘ream ‘hiten perspective Difment thee sesh Joshi Common sense | hashitagane —— smallehange thabera speak | sizer runlee ‘ameqe i | eve rererestion BOUGNS —bansukerarery be bit with | otis rooftop Be ada top ofconvenation | From Kariage-kun, p. 82 ahha app acuplsppor ‘taku home Kereudan eur ecide tater build =) fenkyo-ten campaign staegy ik uke floor sachs ment (n> ist mencett trea Saisha-teki ni imately am shinkye new bore andan Aecisionudgment ae fave wall lirayameshii ——_envcnsenviable Ee fore mnyway tonswcen sddenlyhmerpecedly | Cody dettat Nighage Imecurashii———ratfamual Bic Judetare penal older The Vocabulary Sammars i token from material appearing tn this issue of Magali. 1° nor always possible give He complete range of meanings fora word inh limited space our” definions” are bused an the usage ofthe word ina parteulay st Mangain $3Garcia-kun by ‘173% / Takeuchi Akira seo 42 Margain 1 Gonzales: #2 C{NS 2S, Ogome twrere mara rtorme ‘ PAT Boe te okanagan Tera) gd (colog) “If you're treating, I'd like onkaisu.” (P12) ‘gostei tbe fe form of opore (reat (someone) food mea”) and kurer her the te form of a er implies the ation done 008 Tr the sper by ‘Seacone elsein this eas bythe listener ("you") ara makes i cond tional: gore kareru nara = "i you're resting i's your teat. tonata isa Breed, deepefepork cll, ‘orp ie used to expres choicepreerence,“tpefefl an Friend: ©8..775 0 se Ut Demo, watashi no shaky wa Be ines eiion a for Boog exon OST, nik wa” taberarena dese few aoe eaten Bat in my religion we ean’t eat meat:* (PL3) taerarenat ithe negative form of aberarere tbe potential canbe able 16°) form of tahens ea") Na desis somets a alternate fra For the PLY negative forms aver maven but here ts a non-ative speaker ‘ror forthe explanatory maiden: A native speaker would probly sy faberarenaim des in this station because he's explaining” why Gonzales suggestifeques i problem for hm, Noren: fist Washoku Japanese-style Food KLE TLE BR A DS Dau. Ore mi kameoe ga aru Mgt Vw Ta een gab) xe titat's OK, Thave an idea.” (PL2) ayes Geocarese! “Gonzales!” in the broadest categriation of food in Japan, ashok Capanesesiyle food”) contrasts with 0 yoshoku ("Western/Europeat-tye Toad) 3nd DIEHL Chaka rn (Chinese fod). " fave an idea Gonzales: 470 Wes a, onan nomad ne “By the Way. for just this guy. a fonts without the meat.” “By the way, hold the meat on this guy's tonkars (PL2) ano ne is often used o get the listener's attention, citer when ist speaking torhimvr (excuse me"). oF when wanting to draw hister attention fticular pint by the waynes”) kif moun orm the ver ny amkin” “remove” so mk dks min “without mestGarcia-kun by tA | Takeuchi Akira ih arg iogh ub uli in apa in 193 by Feta, ny ag mt > ASemL I aie D at en ‘©Takcoch Ake. Al ight ese Man 0} gm 3. igo) ay mean 2°and ui what it means” (PL2) Garcia: 7 ~. tok) CH a, ih” Monoohi desu Gites.) agowtegeatie are (log) ‘“Fimm. You sure know a lot!" (PL3) ‘+ stating out with in implies hei just Finishing up én explanation. * Saat the end ofa sentence in informal spooch gives authoriaive or Satisfied emphasis I usually takes the place of da/desu ("fare and i's ‘monly masculine tse + ha sa rather tentativefuncerai hal yes"), here serving as vague acknowledgement that be hss heard what the ther person said~though he may not have understood i Man AA ik HM Ha oe Nikon x josh da ara Japan 36 fe infomation sity hecneo Bee Motes shmadn = ran de mo shistena to naka atresia Seothing fgent know oct ae “Japan fs an information society, soi you don’t know verything, you're an auteast an’s an informatie welkinformed you're an outcast?” ( ns “Aba.” (PL) + shitena a contraction of shite ina, negaive of shite iru AO") from sir (some to knowéind out”). To alicr a non-pos verb can make inditonal ifwhen" meaning. aka eer to o's “ingroup” and hacue is fom hacurera "come ‘ff offbecome detached fron”). Nakama-hazire ni nar san expression {or "be shanmeowiracized by the groups takamarhacure nt sur means “shunfostracie someone rom the group: and akumuhacure refers to the person ho is Being shannedlowracized = "outcast Garcia: Ee, LDL TRAUAL TS ACTH Ja ‘Giaite iret sites mesa ha? iat casthon why hemi are doing (expan) “hen wh are ou ding the homes ting?” La) + doshie i an informal nace, “why?” re not Man: +L A WR) ot OR Ore ga monoshiri da te hen Pb knowlcigeste Sr ns) gat (bh) HE MBG ALK dare mo shiran da ‘Because no one knows that I know so much.” (PL2) Garcia, na ‘Ahaa." (PL) ses collogial equivalent ofthe quaative 10 i, which marks the com- plete thousheseatence ore ga monoshir da 1 am knowledgetble") the Spesitic content of low (its thing"™hee referring toa “act). ~ fi bio =the fact that ~ "50 re ga mono date Koto = "the fat that 1 damn Knowledgeable O'marks this the direct abject shirana, are me followed by 3 negative verb mean "no one [oe the con gatve form of shira an shite ra (know) 50 dare mo Margain 49+ Gavela-kun Huere 2 Mangaino Garcia: Bo! Arc? fee “Ouch! Kotani: 89, i LCD Hore sudan shitora har (it inaenvens ar oie one 230 2B Ok tha way becomes expan) (mph) . "Sc, become’ that way because you're adn "See, that’s what happens when you're ‘yudan.” (PL2) + ctu! ig shortened from the adjective atau shoe's ‘ne of several forms ofthe word wsed san exclamation of pin when one is burned Acalded + a's often used 1 cll person's attention io something, Tike “persiookeavatch, + sudan means "inattentivenesvearclescoesshunguardedess” And yada site sa contraction of yan sate ru, form duedan sur Ce inatentivelcarelss” of “have one's guard own") Garcia; 79 1 Hana-va flower sop Florist On Apron: Kotani Go tmubere ne sive tu Recartal fain) “Uh-huh. You need to be more careful.” «Lay On Card: 6% In Memoriam represents lowing one's breath out tirah rounded ps: pally W's sigh of elie or fatigue whew") i rnkere ie the-teform of Ko tse take credo ctu the-te fro aver soften wean informa equ gene command. ils ean seer to 8 shop orto the person/people run ting iso anya canbe «+ thekanji fk trom $8.2 somae 3) aonaemnno Coflering nites tha the coifring the dead. She is apparctly repuring ana sent fora funeral rela BOT, WEA oe Ano.” yuan te Gres. inveness foe Su Bek CT He aria int desu ha? ‘Met kindof meaning sh SFxcuse me, but what does yudan mean?” (PL3) am Sune instruction Manual + ana (ora shor an hesitation wor similar to “ubbvum.” It's offen used (o et someone"s attention, essentially like wexcute me ~ ues a colloquial quotative form equivalent to ~ 1 no sea (a5 for what is called ~"). When fe (Or tno Wa) follows s noun,’ often equivalent othe topic marker we Castor) + dia in ces a (li. what kind of meaning is it”) is the ‘vay to ask "what docs k mean’ To ask the meaning of ‘Specific word, tart by stating that wor asthe opi,“ Owner FEE oc Fuchai te koto day {ratentivenes gio), tng (emp) “PLD fii prefix For making nega ‘ove = intention! Inatentvenessheedlesnes.” + freer wa olla yun aent of the quote to Ku door = telat deat be tnd da somence imple Gants: p04, 5030 o< i pha “ne $e) nian aie Ej} Be ee te Sein | i de iat Stat kindof meaning ie ‘xcuse me, bul what does fucka mean?” (PLS) ad Hanava Conenker, Joi) Lek ok BEE @ Ukkari shite ne koto da_yo, “It means being wkkari.” (PL2) ibsentminded” mas. ter. an art stern sa contation of thar shite fa (5 inatentvelabseniindsd), 7 Gana: 30m) ce oe — ‘Ukkari shiteru tte ee ee e309 ame eh a dou mt dw a? Setintr manag“ : “What doct ig dar mean?” (PL3) [E]betvery boy: iam LB Oe CH Perens Set ney ae A gh Sit'means being yudan." (PL3) again 45chewky Halse ay - jis ks 55 MangaynTite: i Kakari-cho: + hati a rsp, obedient hai yes #0 {EI = hana, “HoweredMoveryonerng” suse to ean "ie beatae ~:* Hana m0 __Kakar-cha > hala istypiclyasarson of la (scion) in apace corporate soca ed wcrpoossabscien chet" “cha va sine meaning “ealeeadeso karen sub sction chet ‘The Glorious Kakari-cho * B. oe pages MIR LI8 io Kini tone osotatsama Dae shina. ar tit hon len Cm bj) will emern (espn atend with me command) "Say, I'm entertaining some cients tonight. | want you to go along.” (PL2) Az | EB tT Hal De, dochira de? 2S_anlao which director at "Yes sit- So, at what place [will we be entertaining)?” “Yessir. And where will we be going?” (PL2) ‘imi san informal word fo "you" generally used only by males when addressing equals or suborinatesunirs. tok refers oa person's “Yorespeta kilts)” buto-tolul-sama sa word for “steadyfavored customer.” ‘seaat is a noun referring to the enetsnmeat of business clients, and Seta suru isis verb form, he uses the explanatory m da because he's in effect explaining Why he has come total to Kakat-cho. _doseli written wih kan meaning "same sea" reers to wo Or more people taking seats atthe same meeting: adding suru takes ita verb, “tend with [Someone at meeting” Dasel sht-s the stem form of dase suru, andthe suffix tanae sttaces tothe stem form of 4 verb to make a trong, authoritarian command expressing assent tolcompiance with a requestor command. * de atthe begining of a sentence is short forthe conjunctive phrase sore de ("as esl of thavihat beng the case/since Kakari [5] Kakarich itis so" ~"sofand 50") “bigshot who can eat blowfish.” + somke shichata is a cmtracton of sonkei shite shinai, trom the Yer smet suru ("espect/gun respect for), SAmarte ater thee form ofa ver can imply the action was involumtary/pontancous ‘rake adver fo of erai worthy of respecVimportant’);naranal isthe negative form of anu (“become") and ‘dng o makes t condisona, “if (you dont become” or unless You Become” nd taberenci the negative form of {aberera(vaahbe able to eat”) era naranai to taberenai = “ett [it uness you become impantana bigshol.” ‘Mangal 73[i] +Souna” FX: 7571) Hora Flutter (effect of inserted fir flutering out of newspaper onto table) Ad: BRE wopay sell a Charstka ‘manson Uridesk-chd Sie splendidanurios marsoncondo on stemat Ultra-Luxury Condominiums On Sale Now ‘+ manshon, foo the English “mansion.” refers toa high-lass apartment house or condominium in Japanese. nu sl), -deshi tom das (pat o) and the combination uvidasht sa noun meaning “puting ow tha suffin ct means "duringfin the midst oi the Sate of" uidashicha =" the midst of Being sold” —~ ow on sae" [E]Kakarkeno: 2. 5% 6 THE EGot L, Hotta Na,” uchi_mo tezxema ni natia shi, Witkosw ka? yey cars ipa Barc BG y, Since this place is getting cram ‘we should move.” (PL2) + nd (masculine) oF né (feminine) atthe beginning of a sentence isto get the listener's attention, like “sayfheyflook here! ‘you know” or lke calling the person's name. + chi can simply be a generic term for "howse” butin many contexts it specifically means “our house.” ‘+ tezema (na) ="erampediconfined/oo smal [in space)"; mata is the plain/abrupt past form of naru (“become”) 0 ‘ezema ni narta = “became/has become cramped.” ‘+ Shi marks the preceding asthe causeTeason for what follows—here, the reason for his suggestion that they move. 1 hikkow means to "movelrelocate” one's residence or place of business; ka makes ita question, “shall we move?"—in this case with the fecling of “perhaps we should.” El Wie 25 ak, SOT “OR MARIE D8 Oo BIA RAED Bob since width bane te ili ech ni somigwe Sen colin Steet "Oe Mat A tit eatin wae mag) ‘Spars he ae ive ma bouse that neds 3 roo: piss dneia chen bah, and ile.” “Maybe soled be nce have a place thats at least 2DK with viet and bath." (3) onc evpreses agreemensonfimation (yesh st") 1 RIES SAESSACRT TS ted peak of assem gol or condo you woud ike chee when ‘Sones mare del oes ota «Set aa tung then eich, exept in ally fay hoses sly impli nen: he nab aac stmt tenseser ams ne aso grr Ta emma mene seine theo whch ce ede pe nae na rar pron dung ey: ser ‘Sma ater eer cio once lem cots ing om cee keting scemmoasons bse ean nh Engl when aking of amen of scfm a fam be Eg), May salad aly ce opr spate > Sanne antes mus cur oe pat cee ee ort nt apron oy hate own tls han some or panes eens mex hr ia te of th al SI nie pet sos ening san mean “host” “yooh” tals nt“my ours” 1 Naat ot em mr Chere [E]Koarishe £1. ofS WALD eye) TA Tos, feu Trio Je, Mouton 9 an ERI right, then, pack some lunches. Let's go look at a onda.” (PL3) + ash or ysis ninety form ffs (g00UOK, fen used to inuodoce ttemens declaring hat one has {ids or abut, soe spec aon «Sofas the bp command or of supper": o to mr bento Toi as its rec bet has ‘een omted ri otan ued vo cnpasaecommandurequstsseggestionnn cogil pee [EB] Wile BAM OTC IY be dB OP we conte “te Endo lane tra mo? Ser exit Sy ‘Sa? eae expan 2's) Yor hou to fay, Gears Duda he have the money?” (PL2) + amas a contaton of eat 00") apanese women pic te matt ade heir stands the way rah Speaking women wc “car” «+ ROMEEISET iog a acon widow any retcnceeserconcsr, x hog weet mont natal hin in the tant whe ie spe is some ese inact called fi, Avs ry hoffe «Ta iart orkine sth pico semenc, hs bon etd tn ofen cel speech 1 uug Tefesion win coplagary nos very onmonnintoma pec, eapcy anny female pater ancien, Mangan 75no Kakari-cho EOBR + Hane cma» he ea 76 MangainKakari-chd: ho, FREE & RRA. + (re, Keg mo saa sere ‘ego pee sake prepa = ‘Scver mind that. Tel the children fo pet ready, too.” (PL2) z-2 nor Be.” koko nano? siacrman? here cxpin) the place?” (PL2) be mr TET RT Se Te ka? Odoved suru na EeeOK (7 don thegerouiehcaed, Now listen. Don't act nervous.” (PL2) Bo. Bah FTF, Hora jlo doa da ertk somatic Joor Z ‘i (hurnfbuzz. of automatic door opening) Ein, Age ( ‘0 mise hare Aig torch "howe "Show us the top floor” “We want to see the unit on the top floor.” (PL2) SHA UILET. Govannat leashimase (hon rade wil do “Twill guide you" “Right this way, please.” (PLA) TU i Ave wa? fe nee What's that?” (PL2) me WM naz ot. Bahan 39 hamera Elie preveston pene eames “it's surveillance camera. 1 kara (iterally “because I's OK/Fine”) is an expression for “at's OK/never min” shia sazer sth abrupt command form of shitaku saseru the Causative (makelle) frm of shit suru prepare/et ready") {ka stray the question “sit OK,” butts also used tnhen beginning admoniionslinsiructions like “listen heeft up” ‘hood suru can refer either to being nerousifghtened, ‘eto showing one's nervousness one's behavior [Na makes an abrupt negative commandfpeekiition, 0 (advo suru na = "ont bet nervous.” sora is wed cal x person's tention to vomething, Tike “berfob/sechwatc.” sali means *ighesttop” and kai efers “ors Stores" ofa building: sata = "top Noo” Indtete the te form of misera ("show"). and kur after (he te form of a verb makes a equest OF enile command, "To it, please /do it), wil you?” Re: ‘goesting/commanding with te kare is masculine; females ‘Mould ad an honorific oto make t-te odure, oF use st {he =f form by set [go-anna tashinasu i 8 PLA humble equivalent of anna bra the way"). A PLA humble ver shows ‘respect forthe Tistener by humbling the speaker's action stating just a topic + wa as fr") with the intonation ofa {qestion asks very generally about the statusieondtion? faturedentiyet of the tem. + the salfix 97 tshed 0 annum mens “forfor the pur pose of.” dened (“lampight)foday has something ofan old-fash- foned sound: referring to 2 chandelier (Japanese: ‘handeria) as der betrays how far Kakar-chi Is out of his league. Bro eR MR BRE (EB% ATA, + iminformal siuations, the emphatic particle yo Ky nena, dare yo.—Besa_ ni ta mitgi,” ‘By ell can Function ay desu vo arf (Ketan Jour epics Gaseniph) gouney vila came ‘hike Be" emp). expecially in Female speech “Ooooh, it's a fireplace, dear I fel like we've come toa + ‘country villa” (PL2) ZARG TORK WIE Simmani ky na thatnach (quel ef igh) dot SDon‘tooh and ahh so much.” (PL2) Bo Ro OAT BE tami mokaraudy wa rigid oru a Can) ciel tage Shr ‘ates ‘Sei wesc the commoners have thei a ing strong.” (PL2) BL ob ec ESA Ceo CRD ET. Kage a mice onacuke ni nate ormare fore as forall erisbed "Eh ble comes completely uraisied” (212) RIOD 1% by Kowaborino isu ne. leahercovered cha irceotog) “SThese chairs are covered with real leather.” (PL2) BITBS be (cai) a isthe plainfabrop past form of kur (Ceome") sn mitt aera ver implies that's the way i appearlscems/leel.” + tami isan archaic word for “the peoplelthe com- ‘moners™ Lamado is an archaic word for “kitchen SovelTnepit” + igo ors equivalent to ngiwatte iru is basy! busing with activity"), from nigiwar (become ‘sy/baling”). Ina effort wo sound important and ‘wealthy. Kakasi-ch® allades to 4 famous poor ibuted to Sth-seatury emperor Nintoka, who, Climbing 10 the top of a tower and noticing the absence of cookfie mck ising fom is subject" ‘homes, realized tat the people were poot and foot. Tess Taking pity on them, be abolished all freed Tabor for 3 year, aftr which he gazed across his Manga 77