day 12giggles and grumbles

giggles and grumbles

Describe sounds, movements and moods with sound-picture words, talk about teasing and misunderstandings, and complain with くせに (even though…).

today’s words

• どきどき · heart pounding (nervous or excited)
• どっと · all at once, in a burst
• にこにこ · smiling happily
• のろのろ · slowly, sluggishly
• ぴかぴか · sparkling, shiny
• ぴたり · suddenly (stopping); exactly
• ぶつぶつ · grumbling, muttering
• ふわふわ · soft and fluffy
• まごまご · flustered, at a loss
• しいん · dead silent
• はきはき · clearly, briskly (speaking)
• 預かる あずかる · to look after, to keep (for someone)
• 言い出す いいだす · to start saying, to bring up
• 打ち消す うちけす · to deny, to cancel out
• 応ずる おうずる · to respond to, to accept (written)
• おどかす · to startle, to scare (as a joke)
• 驚かす おどろかす · to surprise, to amaze
• 回答 かいとう · a reply, an answer (to a question or survey)
• からかう · to tease, to make fun of
• 勘違い かんちがい · a misunderstanding, a wrong idea (勘違いする)

sentences

• 知っているくせに、教えてくれない。 · He knows, and he still won't tell me.
• 自分もよく遅れるくせに、人には文句を言う。 · He's often late himself, and yet he complains about everyone else.
• バスがのろのろ走るので、弟はぶつぶつ言っていた。 · The bus was crawling along, so my brother kept grumbling.
• せっせと洗った車は、ぴかぴかになった。 · After all our hard scrubbing, the car was sparkling.
• このパンは、ふわふわでたまらない。 · This bread is so soft and fluffy, I can't resist it.