day 7oh, really?
unit 1 · feelings & opinionsoh, really?
React like a Japanese speaker (oh!, oh no!, no way, not at all), say what seems to be true (～ようだ) and ask “what on earth?” (一体).
today’s words
- あっ · ah! oh! (sudden)
- いや · no; well (casual)
- いえ · no (modest, polite)
- おや · oh? (mild surprise)
- まあ · well; oh my!
- はあ · yes; huh? (hesitant)
- ノー · no (as an answer)
- しまった · oh no! (I messed up)
- とんでもない · not at all!; outrageous
- ほんと · really, true (casual)
- なんで · why (casual)
- なんとか · somehow, one way or another
- なんでも · anything, whatever
- どうしても · no matter what; just can't
- どうか · please (earnestly); somehow
- きちんと · neatly, properly
- 一体 いったい · what on earth, … ever
- そっと · quietly, gently
- じっと · still, intently (without moving)
- ぼんやり · absent-mindedly, vaguely
sentences
- おや、誰か来たようだ。 · Oh? Someone seems to be here.
- トム君は、疲れているようです。 · Tom seems to be tired.
- 外には、誰もいないようです。 · There doesn't seem to be anyone outside.
- 一体、何があったの？ · What on earth happened?
- まあ、きれい！ · Oh, how lovely!