Nico Nico Douga Oct. 26, 2009 Mixed Class

What happened to your finger?
It looks like it hurt.

That looks like it must have been painful.
That looks like it must have hurt.

I hit my finger.
I hit my ~.
I broke my ~.
X I broke the bone in my thumb.
I broke my thumb.

My pinky finger is bruised.
My pinky finger is black and blue.

I smashed my finger. < I smashed in my finger.
I crushed my finger.

I was crushed (by the news).=I was very disappointed.

I was smashed. (drunk)

to hit on sb
I hit on her.=I tried to make a romantic move on her.(ナンパ)

I have a crush on her.=I like her.

That play was a hit/smash/smash-hit!=That play was a big success!

Time to hit the books.
Did you ~ your flight?
book

Time to hit the sack/hay.
He got ~ for being late to work.
sacked


You hit the nail right on the head.
That’s exactly right!
You ~ it.
nailed

He nailed you.=He hit you.

Nico Nico Douga Oct. 22, 2009 Advanced

It's a living.=Good answer when someone asks you if you like your job.
A: Do you like your job?
B: It's a living!

to make a life for oneself = to have a life
He made a life for himself in America.
She made a life for herself as a singer.

to make a living = to have a job that pays the bills
She can't make a living on her salary.
He made a living as a musician.

a lifesaver=sb who is very helpful
You're a lifesaver!

to bet one's life on st
You can bet your life on it.

a fact of life
It's a fact of life.

a matter of life and death
It's a matter of life and death.

to get a new lease on life = to be refreshed, to feel reborn
I survived the car accident. I feel like a got a new lease on life!

all walks of life=from all over the world, all ages, etc.

People from all walks of life enjoy the park.
People from all walks of life live there.

to be larger than life
He's larger than life.=He's got a loud personality.

for the life of me = stressor
I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this.

Get a life!=Mind your own business.
Stop asking such nosy questions! Get a life!

You have no life!=Your life is meaningless!

to scare the life out of sb = to scare sb very much
You scared the life out of me!

to hang on for near life = to hang on with all my might=to hang on with all one's strength
I hung on for near life, but I fell off the boat.

Nico Nico Douga Oct. 18, 2009 Beg-Advanced/Mixed Class

Oct. 18
I have fall allergies.
My allergies are acting up.
My bad knee is acting up.
My son is acting up.
He is behaving badly.

Did you get your hair cut?
Did you get a haircut?
Did you cut your hair?
I used hair clippers.

“ring idioms!”
結婚指輪 = a wedding ring

電話して。= Give me a ring.
That reminds me of something. = That rings a bell.
I’m ready to pay . = Ring it up.
My ears are ringing.
Where are you going to spend the New Year Eve?
Where are you going to ring in the New Year?
We’ll ring in the New Year in New York.
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Basic News
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The flu is going around.
You should get a flu shot.
You should get a vaccination.

There is not enough to go around.

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to commit suicide
suicidal

He was possessed.
He was possessed by lust for fame.

apparently

Is anyone else suffering from fall allergies.

He was IN the newspaper yesterday.

to abuse (verb)

Nico Nico Douga Oct. 16, 2009 Beg-Advanced/Mixed Class

One of my students is
pregnant, so let’s learn
words related to pregnancies!
First... she did not mean to get pregnant.
She got ~ up.
knocked
He knocked her up.
He got her pregnant.

She is getting married
because she is pregnant.

She’s having a shotgun wedding.
It was a shotgun marriage.

a wedding ring
a wedding cake

adjective of marriage?
marital

They are having marital problems.

She has a ~ in the oven.
bun


She is eating for ~.
She is eating for two.

What are some 症状 of pregnancies?
She has morning sickness.
She feels bloated.
Her feet are swollen.
She has a craving
　for strange food.
to crave st=to want st very badly

She is constipated.
She has constipation.
constipation <--> diarrhea
She is moody.
She has mood swings.

menopause menopause

She has hot flashes.

hemorrhoids　

I was very surprised.
I was shocked.
I was astonished.
I was stunned.
I was flabbergasted.


I was speechless.
I was at a loss for words.

I was at a loss. (I didn’t know what to do.)

I lost my voice.

Nico Nico Douga Oct. 14, 2009

I have a job. I am ~.
I have a job. I am employed.

I lost my job. I am ~.
I lost my job. I am unemployed.

Another word for boss is ~.
Another word for boss is employer.

Another word for worker is ~.
Another word for worker is employee.

If you have no job, you should go to the ~ office.

If you have no job, you should go to the unemployment office.

I lost my job. I receive money from the government.
I am ~ unemployment.
I am on unemployment.

福祉 in English is welfare.

He has no job now.
He is ~ jobs.

He has no girlfriend now.
He is between girlfriends.

He is employed as a ~.
You should employ your charm!
She employed her beauty.

He will never get a job.
He is ~.

He will never get a job.
He is unemployable.

I have a job.
I am employed.

I am employed by Action.

I lost my job. I receive
money from the government.
I am ~ welfare.
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The following were added later.
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I am on welfare.
I am on unemployment benefits.
I am on unemployment.
I’m getting unemployment.
I put it ~ my VISA.

He has no job now.
He is ~ jobs.
He is looking for a job.
He is between jobs.

Nico Nico Douga Oct. 14, 2009

I have a job.
I am ~.
I have a job.
I am employed.

I lost my job.
I am ~.
I lost my job.
I am unemployed.

Another word
for boss is ~.
Another word for
boss is employer.

Another word for
worker is ~.
Another word for
worker is employee.

If you have no job, you
should go to the ~ office.

If you have no job,
you should go to the
unemployment office.


I lost my job. I receive
money from the government.
I am ~ unemployment.
I am on unemployment.

福祉 in English
is welfare.

He has no job now.
He is ~ jobs.

He has no girlfriend now.
He is between girlfriends.


He is employed as a ~.
You should employ your charm!
She employed her beauty.

He will never get a job.
He is ~.

He will never get a job.
He is unemployable.

Mixed Nico Nico Class Oct. 11, 2009

Obama ~ the Nobel Peace Prize!

Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize!
Do you think he d~ it?
I think he deserved it.
I don’t think he deserved it.
I don't know if he deserved it or not.
[Another/Other] person
should have gotten it.
Another person should
have gotten it.

My allergies are
acting up today.
My allergies are giving
me trouble today.
Do you have fall allergies.
I agree ~ the committee’s decision.
with
I disagree ~ with the committee’s decision.
with

I agree/disagree with you.

stunned
I was stunned at the decision.


I wonder how they decided ~ Obama?

to decide to verb
to decide on noun
選ぶ

TIME magazine said the Nobel
should go to Nuclear Weapons.
I decided ~ quit my job.
I decided ~ red.
red / redden
white / whiten
black / blacken
blue / make blue or color blue
X 大丈夫=bless you
Everyone must be out of town.

Oct. 8, 2009

nasty
a) dirty
Your fingernails are nasty!
b) perverted
Stop being so nasty!
Your mind is in the gutter!
c) serious
He has a nasty cut on his arm.

to have one's mind in the gutter=to think of sexual things

He has a ~ track mind.
He has a one track mind.

Did you hear about ~?
Have you been following the ~ story?

That’s gross!
Grow up!
Act your age?
How old are you?

Have you heard about the new ~?

tornado

Anybody hurt?
Was anybody hurt?

Ibaragi 県=Ibaragi Prefecture

devastating

Have you been following the divorce story?

to dust: to clean


to dust st off and use it

I better dust off some of my old English books and study!

I need to dust off my guitar and practice.

I’m going to dust off my
snowboard and hit the slopes.

to hit st

He bit the dust.
=He died.

dry as dust = boring

Eat my dust!=Haha!
I am going faster than you!

I’m going to kick
your butt/ass.

creepy

Nico Nico Douga Oct. 5, 2009 Beginner's Class

What are some bad habits?
How long would you like to live?
Until what age would you like to live?
I would like to live to be ~.
I hope I make it to ~.
I would like to break the Guiness World Record.
100 years= a century
to make it to ...=to reach
I can't make it to the party.

a centurian

What are some bad habits.
v-ing is a bad habit.
N is a bad habit.
Getting up late...
Eating too much.
Eating between meals...
Youtube is a bad habit.
Smoking is a bad habit.
Drinking is a bad habit.
Not exercising is a bad habit.
Staying up late is a bad habit.
Drugs are a bad habit.
Taking drugs is a bad habit.
Gambling is a bad habit.

The following are not good.
These are bad habits.

I was reading an article in
the newspaper today about...

I read an article in
the newspaper today about...

X I read a newspaper about....
The habits that age you most quickly
The culprits that will most quickly age you and negatively affect your health are:
1. Poor diet
2. Lack of exercise
3. Stress and worry
4. Exhaustion
5. Unhappiness
6. Lack of love
7. Toxic overload = pollution
8. Blockages and
congestion of the
transportation highways
within our bodies.

~ overload = too much of ~
1. Drink more water.
2. Eat smart.
3. Restore with regular rest
Get 7 to 8 hours of quality
sleep every night.
4. Take the stairs
5. Manage your stress.
6. Detoxify your surroundings.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Oct. 4, 2009

Words that came up during the lesson Oct. 4, 2009
http://www.maggiesensei.com

http://maggiesensei.blog61.fc2.com/

I’m so out of it.
a) I don’t know what is happening in some TV show or some sport.
b) I am bouke!

Ex-Finance Minister
Nakagawa found dead
at Tokyo home

What was he best known for?
He was infamous for being drunk at a press conference.

What message do you
have for his family?

Why do you think he died?
a) He had a heart attack.
b) He committed suicide.
c) He died of old age.
d) He died of stress.
e) I suspect an accidental overdose.
f) I have no idea.

Do you think he committed suicide?

to commit + crime

to kill sb
to commit murder

Tokyo lost the race to
host the 2016 Olympics.
Tokyo did not get chosen
for the Olympics

"Tokyo's bid lacked passion,
it didn't capture the voters'
hearts," said Munehiko Harada,
sports sciences professor
at Waseda University.

How do you feel?
a) I’m disappointed.
b) I’m devastated!
c) I don’t really care.
d) I couldn’t care less.


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Oct. 4, 2009年10月4日
裸体の
nude
naked

in the nude


裸体画
a nude = a nude picture = a nude photo = a nude drawing

裸像
a nude statue

裸足
bare feet
He was walking in his bare feet.


素手
bare hands
He killed the lion with his bare hands.


家具のない部屋
a bare room
The room was bare.

裸地
the bare ground
He slept on the bare ground.

〔望遠鏡や顕微鏡｛
けんびきょう｝
を使わない〕
肉眼

the bare eye
bare eyes
It’s too small to see
with the bare eye.
It’s too small to see
with the naked eye.


それが本音なのかもしれない.
That's probably the naked truth.
That's probably the bare-faced truth.
That's probably the bare-naked truth.

That may be.... That might be.... That is probably...


厚かましい
［ずうずうしい・
見え透いた］うそ
a bare faced lie
a bold-faced lie
a shameless lie
a big fat lie
a flat out lie
a downright lie

厚かましいうそつき
a bare-faced liar
真っ赤な
真っ赤なうそ
a big fat lie
a flat out lie
a downright lie

Don't tell a lie. Don't lie.

罪のないうそを言う
a white lie
a harmless lie

人を傷つけるような
［中傷的な］うそ
a hurtful lie

Nico Nico Oct. 1, 2009 Lesson

These are words that came up during the Oct. 1st lesson.
湿気=humid
蒸し暑い=muggy
It is humid/muggy.


river
liver
low
row
law
raw
a draft beer
They serve Heinekin on tap.

What do you have on tap?

Are you pregnant?
She is preggers.
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remember
remind
memory
1. ~ me again?
2. I can’t ~.
3. I have a bad ~.
4. My ~ is going.

4. My memory

1. Remind me again?
2. I can’t remember / recall.
3. I have a bad memory.
4. My memory going.
=I am losing my memory.

My ~ is going?

My eyesight is going.
My looks are going.

He's just a memory.

懐かしい=That brings back memories.

That reminds me.

senile
I think I'm going senile.
I must be going senile.
spaced out / spacey
Ah, those were the good old days.

Intermediate-Advanced Nico Nico Douga Oct. 1, 2009

Today's class was hard!
to divorce st
He divorced her.
to get divorced.
Ex. He got divorced.

to marry sb. Ex: He married her.

X He married with her.

He got married.
He got married to her.

alimony

to pay alimony

to pay alimony

He pays her $1,000 a month alimony.

to get custody

to get custody of a child

to get sole custody of a child

to get shared custody of a child

The judge awarded the father sole custody.

American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help
Thursday 01st October, 02:11 PM JST
FRANKLIN, Tenn — An American father arrested in Japan for snatching his children
had tried for a year to persuade a judge in Tennessee that his ex-wife was likely to flee the U.S. with them, divorce records said.

to snatch=to grab quickly
to persuade=説得する=to talk sb into doing st
to convince=to make sb believe what you believe
to flee=to run away

In Japan courts favor the mothers.

The documents obtained Wednesday outline Christopher Savoie’s attempts
to restrict his ex-wife’s ability to travel with their 8-year-old son and
6-year-old daughter, and her unhappiness with living in this Nashville suburb.

Savoie, 38, was arrested Monday as he tried to enter the U.S. Consulate
in Fukuoka with his children, the latest twist in a case that underscores
long-standing disputes over Japan’s traditional favoritism toward mothers
in custody battles. Police said he had grabbed the kids as they walked
with their mother to their new school in the southern Japanese city.

a custody battle = a fight for children between parents

an embassy>a consulate

That movie has a great twist in the ending.

to underscore=to show clearly

long-standing = existing for a long time

a dispute=a disagreement, an argument, a quarrel, a fight

a very controversial topic

to hinder=to stop or to make less effective

Alcohol hinders your driving.

abduction

to abduct sb

to abuse sb=虐待する

Tokyo has argued that the Hague Convention could hinder its ability to shield Japanese women and their children fleeing abusive foreign husbands.

to hinder=to stop or make it difficult to do st
to shield=to protect
to flee=to run away from
abusive=those who abuse/虐待する