Common Japanese Words from Real Videos

perfectnoun, na-adjective

絶対出ましたよ。ツッコんで、こうツッコミながら、完全ボケになる相性かなんだろうIt definitely came out. While tsukkomi-ing, like this, maybe it's compatibility where I become the full boke

timenoun, adverb

でそれでいいのかというふうなことを見直し始めたような社会がそういう時期でいろいろと取材しましたけど、まあ例えばのごand so, society started to rethink whether that was okay, and it was a time like that, so I covered various things, but for example, the...

vegetablenoun

やってます。でこれでちょっと塩して十分ぐらい置いとくと水分が表面出てくるのでその水分を拭き取ってから調理してきます。なんでその間にちょっと野菜切ろうかなI'm doing it. And with this, if you add salt and let it sit for about 10 minutes, moisture will come out on the surface, so I'll wipe that moisture off before cooking. So in the meantime, I'll cut the vegetables

universitynoun

でそのあと大学4年間行きましたThen I went to university for four years

recipenoun

形ですね。あと最後はあちらの確認です。ねそういうのをまとめた本もありますからね。だからレシピも大切なんですけどこう五感で覚えないダメshape. And finally, checking the taste. There is a book that summarizes those things. So, recipes are important, but you have to learn with your five senses.

periodnoun

まあそれ以外の取材であと大統領選以外の取材でニューヨーク時代Well, other than that, and other than the presidential election coverage, during your time in New York,

accidentnoun

沈没して乗っていた実習生たちが亡くなったという痛ましい事故でしたけどその時にcausing it to sink and resulting in the tragic loss of the trainees on board. At that time,

(one's) lifenoun

もたくさんいるんですけど、こう仕事をしていたりとかさ、その人にその人の人生が始まってるからなかなかできないわけよ。次の後輩が。でもこのままだと寂しいですもんね。めちゃくちゃ寂しいです。家ももったいないし、めっちゃスペース空いてるしThere are lots of guys too, but they're working and stuff, and each person has their own life started, so it's hard to get one. A next kohai. But it'd be lonely like this, right. It's super lonely. The house is a waste too, there's so much empty space

enjoymentnoun, na-adjective

仲良くなれるといいかなと思います。やばくないですか。やばいですね。すごい楽しみです。さっそく下へ降りたいと思います。行ってみましょう。というわけで間もなく到着すると思いますLike Mitchy

cold (e.g. weather)i-adjective

秋の夜は少し寒いですAutumn nights are a little cold.

weathernoun

もういつでもえこれでもうで二週の天気を持ってる。マジanytime, wait, this already has two weeks of weather. Seriously

painfuli-adjective

カールでないこれ。お久しぶりです。辛いThis isn't Karl. Long time no see. It's spicy.

at that timenoun, adverb

覚えているそういう日でしたね。そうですね。そうですね。秋場さん何でやってらっしゃいました。私ですね当時実はのマサコ様のwhat they were doing. That's right. That's right. Akiba-san, what were you doing? At the time, actually, Princess Masako's

schoolnoun

バスケとかバスケはやってました。なんか学校でやったりとかありましたけど。うんうんうんうん。うまそうだねI played basketball, like basketball. I played it at school and stuff. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. You look good at it.

Okinawa (city, prefecture)noun

はございますので質問があればお願いいたします。NHKモリです。よろしくお願いします。沖縄知事選挙について伺いますI have some remarks, so please feel free to ask questions. This is Mori from NHK. Thank you. I would like to ask about the Okinawa gubernatorial election.

realitynoun, adverb

私も実際毎日使っていますI actually use it every day too.

kanjinoun

ぜひチェックしてくださいねじゃあまず着物の漢字を見てみましょうPlease check it out. Now, first, let's look at the kanji for kimono.

enoughnoun, suru verb, na-adjective, adverb

嬉しいしミッチーはもっと有名になるじゃないですか。もう十分有名。そうなんですhappy, and Mitchy will become even more famous, right. He's already famous enough. That's right

it seems thatexpression

インスタだけ交換するっていうのが今は多いみたいですit seems more common now to only exchange Instagram

spiritnoun

カレーライスと食べる気まんまんですfully intending to eat it with curry rice.

Osaka (city, prefecture)noun

大阪とか奈良とか大きな町で着物をレンタルすることができますOsaka, or Nara, you can rent kimonos in big cities.

eventnoun

成人式は二十歳のイベントです。成人式でThe Coming of Age Ceremony is an event for 20-year-olds. At the ceremony,

whenpronoun

ですけど。やだやだやだやだやだ。いつ全然出てこない。どうですか。はい。座ってる時間はいNo, no, no, no, no. He never shows up at all. How about it. Yes. The time I'm sitting, yes.

unexpectednoun, na-adjective, adverb

でまあ避難する人たちがたくさんいますけれども、割となんかこうゆったりしたような湿度で皆さんね歩いてるのがちょっと意外だったですけれどもand there were many people evacuating, but I was a bit surprised that everyone was walking at a relatively relaxed pace.

originnoun

お母さんの一生懸命がお父さんの笑顔の元なんだよ。情熱のMom's hard work is the source of Dad's smile. A passion's

cabinet ministernoun

このほか岸田経済財政担当大臣の続投が有力でBesides this, it is likely that Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy Kishida will continue in his post,

occurrencenoun, suru verb

気象庁は正午過ぎにカムチャツカ半島付近で発生した地震についてThe Japan Meteorological Agency has apologized for overestimating the scale of the earthquake that occurred near the Kamchatka Peninsula shortly after noon,

to breakverb

ヘビか。はいヘビがあります。象はなさそうですね。これさ地形壊していくとなるとコングも結構重要なのでSnake? Yes there's Snake. Looks like no Elephant. Since we'll be breaking terrain, Kong is pretty important too, so

to have a goverb, expression

なんか5分間でアドリブでお芝居するみたいな。それはめっちゃ面白。嫌いと思われました。やってみますかlike doing improv acting for 5 minutes. That was super interesting. I thought you hated it. Shall we try it

expressionnoun, suru verb

やはり最初はあの事故という表現ですよねAt first, you used the expression 'accident', right?

to be surprisedsuru verb, pre-noun adjectival, adverb

びっくりですよね着物にはいろいろな種類がありますBut today, I won't explain difficult words. Kimonos have

methodnoun

今日話したのはLINEでのクーポン獲得方法とかa train car selection app for transfers,

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)noun

熊でそうなんだが。さとさと一瞬。このってんかなIt looks like there might be bears. Just for a moment. I wonder if this is it.

president (of a country)noun

プーチン大統領がいかに追い詰められているかを示していると述べましたstated that it shows how cornered President Putin is.

atmospherenoun

ニューヨークの雰囲気ってどんな感じだったですか。あの私はあの2000年に赴任してまあ3年間の任期なんですけれども、ちょうどどんなかで経験実施って起きたんですよwas the atmosphere in New York like? I was assigned there in 2000 for a three-year term, and the incident happened right in the middle of it.

mannoun

けどなかなかさほらもう俺の年になるとさやっぱり出会いも少ないわけじゃん男自体がねBut at my age, you know, there aren't many encounters, with guys themselves

worrynoun, suru verb, na-adjective

があります。大変心配でます。ゲ馬近I am very worried. Near the scene

storynoun

お話伺って現場で見たこと感じたことなどを詳しく聞いていこうと思いますabout what they saw and felt at the scene.

(doing) togethernoun, adverb

とか。はいはいはいはい。なんでめっちゃ一緒だもん。共通点ありますねこれ。ありますねand stuff. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. So we're totally the same. We have something in common. We do.

light (i.e. not heavy)i-adjective

とした活用します。背中側ですね。赤みが多いの方は軽く燻製になっています。どうぞよろしくusing the fish. The back side. The leaner red meat side is lightly smoked. Please enjoy

eventnoun

行ったときにまあ事件が起きたという感じでしたけど加島さんも台風対応だったんです。そうでしたね前の日台風ででthat's when the incident happened. Kashima-san, were you also handling the typhoon coverage? That's right. The day before, there was a typhoon, and

to sit (down)verb

ですけど。やだやだやだやだやだ。いつ全然出てこない。どうですか。はい。座ってる時間はいNo, no, no, no, no. He never shows up at all. How about it. Yes. The time I'm sitting, yes.

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government)noun, suru verb

出席回数が少ないとして来られる高い地総理ですがPrime Minister Kishida is criticized for having few attendance days,

to wantverb

政府に基地の早期変換の実現を求めると主張したほかand in addition to advocating that the government realize the early return of the base,

that waypronoun

でででででで。今度はそっちだよね行きたいのは。これワープしてもいいけどな。ワープするか。残り20秒なんでAnd and and and and and. Next it's that way, right, where I want to go. I could warp here though. Should I warp. 20 seconds left so

foreignnoun

海外でみんなが使っているアプリとThe app that everyone uses overseas and

coffeenoun

あったかいコーヒーが美味しいくなる季節だね。だけどねこじたのでちょっと寒します。うーんIt's a season where hot coffee becomes delicious. But I have a cat's tongue, so I'll cool it down a bit. Hmm.

to talkverb

んですけど。何話ダンスの奈良のMC。はい。あのミッチが喋る人を彼と知ったりとかabout it. What episode, the Nara MC for dance. Yes. That thing where Mitch knows the person who talks.

failurenoun, suru verb

私は例えば栗で作りました。カボチャで作って失敗しましたとかねFor example, I made it with chestnuts. I failed when I made it with pumpkin, etc.

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition)noun

今回は今期放送中の新アニメ世界最強の魔女始めましたという作品についていろいろ話していきたいと思いますThis time I'd like to talk about the new anime airing this season, I Became the World's Strongest Witch

occasionallyadverb

ね。すごく本格的でしたし、たまに贅沢してright? It was very authentic, and sometimes we splurge

one daynoun, adverb

教習所通ってた。そっか。今とまた増強がね。そうですそうです。でキャンセル待ちずっと一日。教習所のwas going to driving school. I see. Now it's expanded again. Yes yes. And waiting for cancellations all day. At the driving school

that is to saynoun, adverb

着ていましたつまり衣装では下着でしただからthe current kimono

immediatelyadverb

すぐに調合してしまうます。今回のポイントはゆっくりお肉とこれサツマイモを同化させることによってevaporate immediately. The point this time is to slowly caramelize the meat and the sweet potatoes...

Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures)noun

となった関東Kanto region

momnoun, adverb

パックのまま馴染ませるもうあと洗い物洗いたくないですよねゆっくり火を入れることによって蒸し炒めになるお肉とサツマイモを同化させる白だしだけでLet it marinate right in the pack, you don't want to do more dishes, right? By heating it slowly, it becomes steamed and stir-fried, assimilating the meat and sweet potato with just white dashi.

to come alongverb, expression

四十代の父親とやってきた中学一年の少年ですA first-year junior high school boy who came with his father in his forties.

expectationnoun, suru verb

緊急地震速報を発表したものの、地震の規模を過大に予想していたとして謝罪しましたfor which it had issued an Earthquake Early Warning.

to mixverb

炊くときに海老酢です。お出汁もだから見てごらん。炊き上がったときに混ぜると綺麗なご飯と美味しい出汁がついくんだwhen cooking, it's shrimp vinegar. Look at the dashi too. When it's cooked and you mix it, the beautiful rice and delicious dashi will combine.

so farexpression

します。ええ現職の馬場議員氏は国のテーマの変更について反対をしていますか。ええ自民党の西村委員長は昨晩の記者の質問についてこれまで県としてうまくいかず国に質問台で対立していたとおめでました。ええ政府も同様の認識なのかお答えしたいと思います。また今回の結果をみて県の構設を了承する国Does the incumbent, Mr. Baba, oppose the change in the national government's theme? Last night, LDP Chairman Nishimura mentioned in response to reporters' questions that things had not gone well for the prefecture so far and that there had been confrontation with the national government. I would like to ask if the government shares this recognition. Also, looking at the results this time, regarding the national government's approval of the prefecture's construction plan,

pleasesuru verb, adverb

最高じゃん、もう。はじめ氏です。あ、というとね、はい、どうぞ。お邪魔しますThis is awesome. It's Hajime. So, yes, come in. Excuse me for intruding.

is that so?expression

もう始発生きたったんですか。ああそうかHas it already been that long? Oh, I see.

practicenoun, suru verb

特にリスニングの練習におすすめの動画なので、ぜひ最後までご覧くださいIt is especially recommended for listening practice, so please watch until the end.

exactlyadverb

マジで使い道ないよな。ちょうど余ってますよね。そこ余ってたこれ。ミッチってカラフルだとですか。カラフルなんだSeriously no use for it. It was just leftover, right. That was leftover, this. Mitch, do you like colorful things? It's colorful

to stop (moving)verb

このパンクが美味しい。止まらないこれ。豚肉との相性と力強い味でThis balance is delicious. I can't stop. With the compatibility with pork and the strong flavor,

to eatverb

お笑いの方が好きかもしれない。いいじゃないですか。お前も食うかI might like comedy more. That's fine, isn't it. You eat too

to stand (up)verb

改めて自分がレポートした場所に立ってみたい。あるいはグラノゼルがどうなっているso I've started to feel like I want to stand in the places I reported from again. Or see what Ground Zero is like now.

to be decidedverb

伝わってしましたね。あそれ別に別に来ること決まってないという決まってなかったです。すごいもう情報すぐまつきだ。はいはい。確かに喋ってたのミッチがみたいな。えやっとIt got through. Ah, that wasn't decided separately, that coming wasn't decided. Amazing, information spreads so fast. Yes, yes. Certainly Mitch was talking about it. Finally.

smartphonenoun

その場でスマホ同士で送金をしますand send money between smartphones on the spot

fundamentalna-adjective

うちの家族は基本的にかなりクールですMy family is basically quite cool

almostadverb

が少し出てきたと思うよね。でおそらくもうほぼほぼこれで砕けたのであとはまあどこまで詰めるかっていうところだと思います。しょっぱさが足りないのでI think it's starting to come out a bit. And it's probably almost all broken down by now, so after this it's just a matter of how far to reduce it. It needs a bit more saltiness, so

greennoun

子供たちが一気に緑になって色素が全部お湯にええよもたぶんねThe children suddenly turned green and all the pigments are probably in the hot water.

whyadverb

もうね人は、なぜだにね、なぜだにPeople, why, why

previouslyadverb

か。先にFirst,

enterprisenoun

訴状を通じて、日本政府の謝罪と企業の賠償を期待していますThrough this lawsuit, we hope for an apology from the Japanese government and compensation from the companies.

Nagoya (city)noun

まあテロ後の飛行機がちょっと怖かったもんですからまあ車で名古屋の滝とか行ったりですねなるほどですWell, after the terror attacks, I was a bit scared of flying, so we drove to places like Niagara Falls.

correspondence (to)noun, suru verb

防空対応を難しくする狙いがあると分析していますthe aim is to make air defense responses more difficult.

dislikingnoun, na-adjective

どうでしたうちの食。いやめちゃ調子良かったです。ありがとうございました。絶対ですあれ。普段から食べれるとね。いやそうなんですよHow was our food? No, it was really good. Thank you very much. That one is definitely it. If I could eat it regularly. Yeah, that's right

guestnoun

ご飯、ごぼう目視するとお客さん見るじゃないですか。パカって開いたら揚げたてのカマ焼きの天ぷらです。目の前に載せてごま油とRice, when customers see the burdock root, they look, right? When you open it, it's freshly fried eel collar tempura. Place it in front of them, and with sesame oil and

from nowadverb

平安時代は今から千年ぐらい前です昔偉い人がwore this costume

whether one likes it or notexpression

だと思いたい。いやでも俺ガッツよ今日は本当に本気でちょっとI want to think so. But I'm serious today, I'm really going to seriously

to run awayverb

ダダっとの通りですね。煙がありました。その瞬間ですね。人々は発のこちら方に逃げました。煙が追ってくるような状況でした。元気かなり困らせますIt was like a rumble. There was smoke. At that moment, people fled in this direction. It was a situation where the smoke was chasing us. It's quite chaotic.

after allnoun, adverb

で結局亡くなった方々は全部合わせて三千人くらいということですIn the end, the total number of people who died was around 3,000.

to be carefulverb, expression

やっぱり野菜とかねお米とか果物とかそういうのに収穫に対してまあ気をつけなきゃいけないよまあ収穫も近いですからね今They had to be careful about the harvest of vegetables, rice, and fruits, and since the harvest is near now,

understandingnoun, suru verb

ただ貧困の本当の意味っては日本人にはやっぱりちょっと理解していないのかなっていうね気がしました。うんbut I felt that perhaps Japanese people don't quite understand the true meaning of poverty. Yeah.

scenerynoun

こっからはこの外のああなるほどエレベーターみたいな景色がすごい。あ、綺麗From here, outside, ah I see, like an elevator, the view is amazing. Ah, beautiful

youngi-adjective

ね若い人のなかでも知らないっていうかねあのまああの歴史の出来事として知っているけれどもリアルにはね知らないという方もねいらっしゃると思うんですけどもAmong younger people, some may not know about it, or they know it as a historical event but don't have a real sense of it.

hugei-adjective

細かく刻んだ紅ショウガも売ってますけどね。僕はもうそれよりもっと細かくしたいんですよ。こっからするとね、あれはでかい。正しいThey sell finely chopped red pickled ginger, but I want to chop it even finer than that. From here, that one is big. Correct,

winternoun, adverb

今年の冬にマラタン食べたいですI want to eat malatang this winter.

everyonenoun, pronoun, adverb

やっぱり人と話してみないとわからないこともたくさんあるんだなって改めて思ったそんな時間でしたit was a time when I realized anew that there are many things you don't understand unless you talk to people.

operation (of a machine)noun, suru verb

忙しいから大変そう。ええだからキャンセル待ちで行くしかない。やばい。教習所車運転中に行ったときに、予約が全然空いてなかった。はいはいはい。一昨年のけど、一昨年のその四月から十月ぐらいの間でYou must be busy so it sounds tough. Yeah, so I have no choice but to go on the waiting list. Oh no. When I went while driving to driving school, there were no reservations at all. Yeah yeah yeah. From two years ago, but between around April to October two years ago

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)noun

としか聞こえない犬の鳴き声だってis how a dog's bark sounds,

to advanceverb

参議院とも連携しながら進めていただけるのではないかとI think he will be able to proceed while coordinating with the House of Councillors.

suddennoun, na-adjective

急にできそうって言われるできそうめっちゃなんかできそうな感じが全然Suddenly being told you look like you can do it, you really look like you can do it, totally like you can do it, not at all.

to pushverb

ちょっとこう添えて。髪の毛じゃないんですけどその髪が入ってるのを表現したんです。なるほど。なるほど。そうですね。これ押してがあってI garnished it a bit like that. It's not hair, but I expressed that hair being in there. I see. I see. Right. There's this push and

plentifullynoun, na-adjective, adverb

花ざんしをたっぷり乗けてサクサクサクサクサクサクうなぎとごぼうの天バラですよplenty of sansho pepper, crispy, crispy, crispy, crispy, crispy, it's eel and burdock tempura rice.

to pullverb

キャラの表情がゴロゴロ変わったりねデフォルメされた可愛らしい姿になったりとかリアクションを大げさに描いてね面白さをギャグとして面白く引きcharacters' expressions change constantly, they turn into deformed cute forms, reactions are exaggerated to draw out the humor as gags

to learnverb

日本語これから初めて学ぶ人のための本ですがa book for people who are about to learn Japanese for the first time, but

supermarketnoun, pre-noun adjectival

まあ毎回ちょっとまあ僕の無茶ぶりをあの叶えていただいております。はい。しかもまあ大体こう一時間ぐらいでスーパーで買える食材でhis technique as the head of the Homemade Ramen Research Group who can make authentic ramen is being tested, or

toiletnoun

今回みたいな冠水の姿は初めてトイレ使いにくくなるまでなって今まで見たことないThis is the first time I've seen flooding like this; it's gotten to the point where the toilet is hard to use, I've never seen anything like it before.