Sunday, July 12, 2009

Nico Nico Douga July 12, 2009 Beginner to Advanced.

Beginner English:
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1. I'm embarrassed.
2. I'm embarrassed of my Japanese.
3. I'm embarrassed for you.
4. How embarrassing!
5. I'm an embarrassment to my family.
PDA=public display of affection
6. Enough with the PDA! You're embarrassing me.
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6. (stronger) I'm ashamed of ~.
7. I was mortified.
(非常に恥ずかしいと思う)
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In the news:
1. to go green
Gundam goes green
to become
environmentally
friendly
2. to spike sb's drink
U.S. Embassy issues
new warning over
drink-spiking in Roppongi
to become/fall unconscious
3. to nab sb
to catch sb
to capture sb
to arrest sb
to seize sb
8 nabbed for
fabricating alien
registration cards
to fabricate
=to make st up
to forge=
to make a fake st
to counterfeit=
to make a fake st
bogus=fake
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Two women attacked by man with umbrella in Shinjuku

Tuesday 07th July, 09:53 AM JST
TOKYO —Two women in their 20s were assaulted by a man wielding an umbrella on Monday in Shinjuku, and police believe the attacks were committed by the same man, who remains at large.
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to wield st=
to hold st as a weapon
to be assaulted
=to be attacked
to commit st=
to do a crime
to remain at large
=to not be arrested yet
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The first woman was in a FamilyMart convenience store at around 11 a.m. when she noticed some water dripping on her from behind. When she turned around in surprise, a man holding an umbrella shrieked in a loud voice and hit her on her shoulder with the umbrella before running off, police said.
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A few minutes later at a pedestrian crossing about 300 meters from the convenience store, another woman crossing the street was suddenly called out to by a man passing her, and when she turned around, she was hit on the nose by an umbrella. She dropped to the ground and the man ran off in the direction from which he came.
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a pedestian=a walking person
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The man has been described as being about 170 centimeters tall, of medium build and in his 20s or 30s. He was wearing a white or light-green shirt and blue jeans, and his hair was messy.
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medium build=average size

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