日本語 notes・11月05日🎇

  • 実は　vs　実際に
    • 実は – 相手が知らない事実や、意外な事実を打ち明けるとき
    • 実際に – 一般的なイメージや予想とは異なる、現実の状況を説明するときに使います。
      • They are a bit samey to me…actually…
  • 絨毯・じゅうたん carpet
  • 速攻・そっこう　すぐに
  • 他殺　vs　殺人
    • 他殺　death caused by another person
    • 殺人　murder
  • この期に及んで・このごにおよんで = 物事がここまで進んでしまった今になって、まだ〜するのか、という非難やあきれた気持ちを表す表現です。
  • お得意様　vs　常連客
    • お得意様 valued customer (敬意を込める)
    • 常連客 a regular
  • I don’t want to ruin it for you = ネタバレしたくない
  • 口論になり、弾みでひどいことを言ってしまった。(その場の勢いや偶然のきっかけで、思いがけない行動をしてしまうこと)

I’m on to the last two episodes of the programme now! It’s taking me forever because I don’t really watch TV. I wish they had a Japanese version of Question Time or Four in a Bed. ...

Invested + Curious

I feel like I solved the puzzle! Or parts of it. I also feel like I’m going a bit crazy but at the same time I don’t think so. I usually have quite decent intuition. I didn’t solve the main part of the puzzle for a long time, years actually, close to ten. Then eventually I realised. Adding to that a strange Instagram account, certain phrases, actions or words dropped here and there. Just enough crumbs if people were to look, and I am looking. My interest has been piqued and I’m invested. I love stuff like this. Did you ...

21.10.26

On RC’s Lore project, he has a post that he’d written sometime asking women if they have any idea of how proud their dad is of them and I read it and thought, yeah, I’m well aware, that’s the problem. ...

告白－25年目の秘密－・25 Years of You

Would you rather be with someone who has loved you from afar for 25 years or with someone you kind of get on with, like a sort of friend but more like an acquaintance? It’s two extremes in this programme. Let me give you more details.

Option 1:
Not only does Mr 25 Years know everything about you, but he has organised his entire life around you to the extent of going to the same middle school, high school and university. BUT THEN, also doing the same course as you at uni and entering the same company as you (the ...