(written notice) Wet paint. Do not touch. ‘Attaches to the stem of a verb and expresses the meaning “has just been V." The range of verbs that can be used with this expression is limited. (xX) BA&TOA. /A freshly read book. (OC) BAILY OA, /A book I've just read. [ee] Lee asa ) a: ba Bb trance. /1 don't want to go to school today. BGI? FSR AVL? Zhe Ceiba bt / What? You don't want to go? I won't allow you to say such a thing. 5B bs F:BLSAMBVAR. “Children: You're the one who's to blame, Dad. a5 tx ras MME? FF -KROTAS, / Father: What? Just try and say that one jore time! aneagous © cae Q) KB BRA CHa o HAT ISN Y PwBTE ES. /A heavy snow warning has been issued, so the trip’s been canceled, I hear, This expression is rougher than 722°C. Used by men. s[EoT] 2 [eeu] () A: BAGH See i on EFL. / By now, everyone should have evacuated to a safe place. " ee SEV wot, MAS / Thope so. But Tm worried. ee ass . @) a: Hittites, Hautiure Ake / He's cautious, so he won't drive dangerously. ota) B Rewind, RE Lae, 7 Uhope not. I wonder if he'll really be all right. (3) A: PUB veo tcoz Ler ied x POLETE./ Tim sure the kids, too, will be very happy with this gift. B: KEV. / certainly hope so, Used at the beginning of a sentence in conversa- tion, Means the same as T372EVW». Followed by af, FILE, or ITE and expresses the meaning “I hope that is the situation.” HZELVV9 and FIKREWUAFE are also used, [eEQST) : pai a () A: CHB CSR, / This is entirely his fault. B: KEvot, Hocu ane fikcs DIFIBUDRVEDF. / Even so, we can't just abandon him in his time of trouble, can we? Q) A: CbSb RAE DRUATELS/We don't have enough people, either. B Htvot, KotH eetLs 3. / But we can't just leave things as they are, can we? Sameas 25HEV9T and HA HEWIT. EPS EWOT) [hea] 2 @ & LRLONI ehiocet: eae ORES EDS DORA. / Even if 'd known the truth, my feelings wouldn't have changed. RERFESCHPORELO MEERLD MCTILVATRV_/ Even a child has to take responsibility for what he or she has Q done. . ae TEREAELAIMEDIED, RRM VUE / It doesn't matter where I live, as long as my family is there. Co) RERRGEOENLEL CORAL Henze ca, / 1 wouldn't want to GBdoa job like that for all the money in the world. Means “even supposing that, even if...” KER is followed by expressions of concession, such as ‘T 4, Lb, RETST and ELT. fEb3ES in GQ)isthe written language equivalent of fEA7EE Lt. (eeale] es a Wy BCLES. HERA it H ya-Aeeen covet. / For beverages, we have coffee, tea, soft drinks, and so on. ) BAMoTC RERKY EX SFRERCELOIREAA OCU Bo /In Japanese, there are many loan words, such as pan (bread), doa (door), rajio (radio), and so on. : ore @) DDBCFELLS, ERT APEZTCHT A / If you want to spend some time relaxing, how about a hot spring or something? @ a: COCAMEA AAR. KHER ROIFSVESOLERAVL. / Yhaven't been getting enough exer- cise lately. But I have no time to play sports, and no money either. bEbSMIMTEK CH, KERN KERB REE CED SUS SCL. / Even if you don't make a special effort to go somewhere, you 2 can do all sorts of things, like stop using the bus and start walking to the train station, . Baeoey RERELOBHAOX EALGFSE, Y (£512%%. / Supposing that X in this equation is 2, then Y will be 5. sh 2OtA be (6) RERIGES 1A SSELZG, fT (flvzev9?_/ Say that there's a hundred million yen here, right now. What would you want to use it for? REREIR PicthaRarearnne BoUCELET A, S35 HSL Ray sek ae tam, Hkovbensc eat BASNSTLED, / Suppose that all the drinking water were gradually disap- pearing from the earth. What would we do 7 in that case? Desalinating sea water would naturally be one thing to consider. Used to give a concrete example of something introduced previously. When the example is hy- Pothetical, as in (5) and (6), 7: 2d is followed by an expression such as EFSE or ELH, te ae ong 2 KE ERI WAT BOE HT. / It's definite that a large hotel will be built near here. . ts Sanna B: KESSL, COM ORE LAD DHLNEAA. / In that case, the employment rate in this town may go up. o2)2 mk de ees (2) Az ARATERAS 10 BENS ATSAREF CFo/Apparently the flight has been delayed by ten hours. an ph B: EEFSE. MOM VLSLEKLS %o / That means he'll be coming back tomorrow. Essentially the same as HEHE. TFKEFS & is also used. kegs) 1 HCC aR T VAR BOUL LCF. / Ws definite that a large hotel will be built near here. cts B: HE FHL, COMORIAN EA BmoLAEEAda. / In that case,