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SS23: Escalator Etiquette

27 Kanji
Kana
Formal Romanization
English
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Vocabulary 3
Grammar Points 4
 
  

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Kanji

 
    
  
 !" 
 # $ %&'  ( # 
 ) *,+  - . /" 0 
% &' (
 12   34 
 + 56 7- 

Kana

 
8 9   :6 
:6 ; &  
8 9 +<+!" 
 # =  >? & 44 
( # 
:6 ; & )7+  - @6 7A " BC ? & (
8 9 12  =  <4 
:6 + 56 7- 
2
Formal Romanization
Esukar FD FE G
Ayako Chotto, Masato, dame da yo.
Masato N? Nani ga ya.
Ayako TFH FI FJ H FK L FM FN O FL FP FQ FI FN FR FD FE G FS T WU XV FK FN WR XV FY FN FM N WS V FE FN FE FP Q FS FT Z
Masato Nani o iuto n nen. Kansai-jin wa migigawa ni tatsu n ya.
Ayako Hora, hito ga kita.
Masato Urusai nen.

English

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Escalator

Ayako Hey, Masato, you can't do that!

Masato Huh? What are you talking about?
Ayako In Tokyo we stand on the left side of the escalator.
Masato What are you talking about? Kansai people stand on the
right side.
Ayako Look, people are coming.
Masato Shut up!

Vocabulary

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Kanji  
Kana Romaji English

0   
B C   dame
esukar FD FE G
useless, no good
escalator
$. %/ = @>6 7 ? migi
hidarigawa
right hand side
left (hand) side
kansai Kansai
(south-western half
of Japan, including
'( 4 ( Osaka)

35 = 5 tatsu

hito
to stand
person, people
3 + 56 7 + 56 7 kuru to come
urusai noisy, loud,
annoying; Adj(i)

Vocabulary Sample Sentences


  ) 7:  I'll use the escalator.
 # DF0 EFG& TEFPFQF IFNW8 V FN>FPF:QFZ
Esukar
There's a bookstore to the right of the
8 #  # nomigi
Hanaya
 " ni! honya @  ga arimasu. florist.
What's that person's name?
6 7 nonamae
+ 5hito
Ano " 7wa! nan desu ka. I hate loud music.
Urusai ongaku wa kirai desu.

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Grammar Points

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 75 #   O  FM WU V F U XV P FS FT E FR FL N  X J FN FP WI XV FS
Y F FM FU FN E FN FR L FJ FT Q FP FN WJ XV FS Y F
O FQFE

Today, we introduce the expression of "Nani o itte iru no da
(
means "How can you say that?", "What are you talking about?" or "Are you out of
your mind?" When you object to what the other person has just said or you think
it is silly, you can use this expression.

In today's dialog, we have "Nani o iu ten nen (

 ) ,* + - 
  O  FM WU V F U XV P FE FU L
)7
5 
  
same phrase in the Osaka dialect. If it is said in the standard Japanese, it
#   XV P P FTFFI FL S FN P n
da (
   XV S FE FU
L F FN FP FQ N  F FT S F FL FR FP FN WE XV FT FS Z
would be "Nani o itte'ru n da. ( No da (

So, in today's dialog, Masato totally disagreed Ayako's  ) ,

*
saying + 
that  
- 
"Esukar 

 DFEFGSFT
hidarigawa ni tatsu no" and he used "Nani o iu ten nen ( EFT
express his strong objection.

Expression:
 ) *
75 # XF
Nani o itte iru no da (n da).
How can you say that?/Are you out of mind?"

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Examples:

Japanese 6   )  47  English

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"Dad, I want to quit the company."

  

"How the heck can you say that? You've
just started working."
"O-tousan, boku, kaisha o yametai n da."
"Nani o itte ru n da. Mada haitta bakari
 ! ) 4 7 
da zo."  
) *
75 #    ;9 " 6 -

 
"We want to do a wedding alone."
"What the heck are you talking about?

"Futari dake de kekkonshiki o I'll never accept it.
shitai n da."
"Nani o itte iru no da. Sonna koto wa
yurusanee!+ ) 7 4 7   
 ) *
 5    ; @  4 A
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"I want to learn playing the piano
; 7 @ 

& 
' 
( !
$ 

again."
)
"What the heck are you talking about?
"MWH V F WU XV FK
T WVXFN FS T T FS FN FR WN XV FE WN V S FK N FI FL FK FT Z  You didn't practice at all."
"Nani o itte ru n da. Zenzen renshu
shinakatta ja nai ka."

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