day 63a trip to remember
unit 8 · travel & the citya trip to remember
Talk about memories and impressions of a trip (charm, atmosphere, comfort, boredom, luck), and say what you used to do (～たものだ).
today’s words
- 思い出 おもいで · memory (of the past)
- 記念 きねん · commemoration, souvenir (記念に: as a keepsake)
- 見事 みごと · splendid, superb
- 豪華 ごうか · luxurious, gorgeous
- 快適 かいてき · comfortable, pleasant
- 貴重 きちょう · precious, valuable
- 魅力 みりょく · charm, appeal
- 雰囲気 ふんいき · atmosphere, mood
- 印象 いんしょう · impression
- 感動 かんどう · being moved, deep emotion
- 感心 かんしん · admiration, being impressed
- 退屈 たいくつ · boring; boredom
- 飽きる あきる · to get tired of, get bored with
- 気に入る きにいる · to like, be pleased with
- 好み このみ · taste, liking
- 好む このむ · to like, prefer (formal)
- 冒険 ぼうけん · adventure
- 偶然 ぐうぜん · chance, coincidence; by chance
- たまたま · by chance, happen to
- ばったり · (meet) unexpectedly, bump into
sentences
- 子供の時、よくこの川で泳いだものだ。 · When I was a child, I often used to swim in this river.
- 学生の時は、よく徹夜したものだ。 · As a student, I used to stay up all night all the time.
- 毎日同じ料理だと、飽きてしまう。 · If it's the same food every day, you get tired of it.
- 会議は長くて、退屈だった。 · The meeting was long and boring.
- トムの日本語には、感心した。 · I was impressed by Tom's Japanese.