使う使う。I'll use it, I'll use it.
鳥山さん、この時計使う?Toriyama-san, do you want to use this watch?
ああ、僕時計してないから使わせてもらおうかな。Ah, I'm not wearing a watch so let me borrow it.
使っていいよ。You can use it.
汚ねえな。It's dirty.
汚ねえ時計だな。What a dirty watch.
汚いんじゃなくて昔から使ってるから愛情がこもってるんだよ。It's not dirty, I've used it for a long time so it's full of love.
使い込んでるんだね。It's well-worn.
そうそうそうそう。Yeah yeah yeah yeah.
使い込んでるからいい時計だよ。It's a good watch because it's well-worn.
ああ、で僕の帽子使う?Ah, and do you want to use my hat?
使わない。I won't use it.
臭いもん。It stinks.
最後いつ洗った?When was the last time you washed it?
二年前。Two years ago.
二年前か。Two years ago, huh.
使い込んでるからね。It's well-worn, you know.
使い込みが半端ないね。It's extremely worn in.
これは返すね。あ、I'll give this back. Ah,
使わない。I won't use it.
使わない使わない。I won't, I won't.
使いたくない。I don't want to use it.
使いたくないやそんなの。I don't want to use something like that.
使って欲しかったな。I wanted you to use it.
俺宮崎さんって。I mean, Miyazaki-san.
あれ会社やってるよね。He runs a company, right?
あ会社持ってるよ。Yeah, he owns a company.
うん。Yeah.
人は使ってるの。Does he employ people?
人はいっぱい使ってる。He employs a lot of people.
え何人ぐらい使ってる?Huh, about how many people does he employ?
五十五人。Fifty-five people.
大きい会社なんだね。That's a big company.
そうなんだよ。That's right.
たくさん人を使うことによって会社が大きくなる。The company grows by employing lots of people.
すごいね。That's amazing.
でしょ。Right?
僕はね会社一人。I, you know, my company is just me alone.
あ一人なんだ。Oh, you're alone.
そう誰も人を使ってないのよ。Yeah, I don't employ anyone.
じゃ使ってあげようか。Then shall I employ you?
あ僕を。Ah, me?
うんうん。Yeah yeah.
じゃぜひ使ってもらおうかな僕。Then I'd love for you to employ me.
使い回すよ。I'll use you over and over.
使い。Use...
私を。Me.
いい?Is that okay?
いいよ。It's fine.
使い回すよ。I'll use you over and over.
うん。Yeah.
何もできないけどいい。I can't do anything, but that's fine.
うん。Yeah.
一応ねあの。Well, you know.
電動の工具とか使えるよ。I can use electric tools and such.
電動工具?Power tools?
うん。Yeah.
何の会社かわかんないけど。I don't know what kind of company it is, though.
ああ。Ah.
あのパソコンを使うんだ。You use a computer there.
パソコンか。A computer, huh.
パソコンを使って仕事をする。I do work using a computer.
これがうちの会社。This is my company.
パソコンは使ったことないです。I've never used a computer.
ないのか。You haven't, huh.
触れない。I can't touch one.
じゃあパソコンが使えるようになったら、また来てよ。Well then, once you learn to use a computer, come again.
わかりました。Understood.
頼むね。I'm counting on you.
はい。Yes.
掴む。Grab.
掴む。Grab.
鳥山さん、はい。Mr. Toriyama, yes.
この前さ、宝くじを買ったんだよ。お、The other day, I bought a lottery ticket. Oh,
宝くじを買ったんだ。You bought a lottery ticket.
そう。Yeah.
そしたら、百万円当たってさ、宝くじを買ったら百万円当たったの。Then, I won one million yen, I bought a lottery ticket and won one million yen.
夢を掴んだよ。I grabbed my dream.
わあ、すごいね。Wow, that's amazing.
それは掴んだね。You really grabbed it.
僕の夢を掴んじゃったんだよね。I ended up grabbing my dream.
うん。Yeah.
え、その百万円でどこに行くの?So, where are you going with that one million yen?
この百万円で?With this one million yen?
うん。Yeah.
北海道に旅行に行くんだ。I'm going on a trip to Hokkaido.
北海道に行くんだ。You're going to Hokkaido.
うん。Yeah.
北海道に行くのが夢だったから、夢を掴みに行こうかな。Going to Hokkaido was my dream, so I thought I'd go grab my dream.
ああ、いいね。Ah, nice.
うん。Yeah.
鳥山さんはなんか最近掴んだ?Did you grab anything recently, Toriyama-san?
そうだね。Let's see.
え、何掴もうかな?あ、Hmm, what should I grab? Ah,
でも昔さ、野球やってたよね。ま、But you used to play baseball, right. Well,
野球はやってた。I did play baseball.
野球ってこうバットを掴むじゃん。In baseball you grab the bat like this, right.
まあ、掴むというか。Well, grab, or rather.
持つ。Hold.
これは掴む。This is grabbing.
ああ。Ah.
ただほらバットの掴み方。Just, you know, how to grip the bat.
ああ。Ah.
知らないから教えてほしいな。I don't know it, so I want you to teach me.
あバットの使い方。Ah, how to use the bat.
掴み方。How to grip.
掴み方ね。How to grip, huh.
このThis
こう。Like this.
なるほどね。I see.
こうこうか。Like this, like this, huh.
こうやって掴むんだ。So you grip it like this.
そう。Right.
やっぱ指をこうやって掴むよね。You grip it with your fingers like this, right.
こうやって掴むんだ。So you grip it like this.
ああなるほどね。Ah, I see.
わかりやすいわ。That's easy to understand.
これが掴む。This is gripping.
おお。Oh.
野球で夢は掴まなかったね。I didn't grasp my dream in baseball.
野球で夢を掴むのは難しいよ。Grasping your dream in baseball is hard.
あきらめちゃった?Did you give up on it?
あきらめちゃったね。Yeah, I gave up.
そっか。I see.
まあね野球で夢を掴むのって一握りだもんね。Well, only a handful grasp their dream in baseball.
そうだね一握り。Yeah, a handful.
うん。Yeah.
こんぐらい。あ、About this much. Ah,
とにかく、百万円を掴んだ話だったんだ。Anyway, it was a story about grabbing a million yen.
そうか。I see.
いい話だったよ、そうでしょう。It was a good story, right.
疲れる。I'm tired.
疲れるね。Yeah, it's tiring.
いや、なんかさ、今日ずっと仕事してるんだけど。No, like, I've been working all day today.
ずっと仕事してるんだ。You've been working all this time.
なんか疲れてきた。I'm kind of getting tired.
それは疲れるよ。That would tire you out.
日本人はさ、仕事しすぎだよね。Japanese people, you know, work too much.
うん。Yeah.
昨日から寝てなくてさ、やっぱ寝ないと疲れるね。I haven't slept since yesterday, and without sleep you get tired.
疲れが取れないでしょ。The fatigue won't go away, right.
疲れが取れない。The fatigue won't go away.
僕はね、仕事じゃなくて、やっぱ結婚生活が疲れる。For me, it's not work, it's married life that's tiring.
おお、結婚生活が疲れるんだ。Oh, married life is tiring.
そう。Yeah.
でも結婚って幸せじゃないの?But isn't marriage supposed to be happy?
結婚は幸せじゃないよ。あ、Marriage isn't happy. Ah,
そうなんだ。Is that so.
じゃあ疲れるね。Then it's tiring.
結婚はね、疲れるの。Marriage, you know, is tiring.
鳥山さんって子供いたよね。Mr. Toriyama has kids, right?
子供いるよ。Yeah, he has kids.
子供を育てるのは疲れる。Raising kids is exhausting.
子供を育てるのはもちろん疲れるよ。あ、Raising kids is of course exhausting. Oh,
子供疲れるね。Kids are exhausting.
子供は疲れるでしょ。Kids are tiring, right?
だって遊ばなきゃいけないじゃん。Because you have to play with them.
そっか。I see.
子供も疲れるかな。I wonder if kids get tired too.
子供はね、疲れないんだよこれ。Kids, you know, they don't get tired.
子供は疲れないんだ。Kids don't get tired, huh.
これを疲れ知らずっていうよね。That's what they call tireless.
疲れ知らず。Tireless.
そんな言葉言ったことないよ。I've never said that word before.
疲れ知らずだね。Tireless, huh.
まあとにかく仕事はしすぎに注意だね。Anyway, be careful not to work too much.
そうだね。Yeah, that's right.
疲れちゃうから。Because you'll get tired.
勉強もしすぎると疲れちゃうよ。Studying too much will tire you out too.
ああ、目が疲れる。Ah, my eyes get tired.
そう目が疲れる。Yeah, eyes get tired.
ああ、目疲れ。Ah, eye strain.
目疲れ。Eye strain.
疲れちゃうよね。It really wears you out.
本当に本当に。Really, really.
付き合う。Come with me.
付き合う。Come with me.
うんうんうん。Yeah yeah yeah.
昨日ね、はい。Yesterday, you know, yes.
彼女と付き合ったんだ。I started dating my girlfriend.
ええ。Yeah.
昨日彼女と付き合えたんだ。I finally got together with my girlfriend yesterday.
そう。Right.
ずっと好きだった女の子がいて、ようやく付き合うことになったんだよ。There was a girl I liked for a long time, and we finally started dating.
何回も何回も告白してたよね。You confessed to her over and over, right?
そう。Yeah.
でね、彼女になってから初めてのデートに行くんだよ。And now I'm going on our first date since she became my girlfriend.
へえ。Wow.
付き合ってくんない?Won't you come with me?
一緒に?Together?
うん。Yeah.
でも彼女。But my girlfriend.
さに。To her.
彼女と二人でデートでしょ?It's a date just the two of us with my girlfriend, right?
やっぱ緊張するから、鳥山さんも付き合ってもらえたら助かるなって。I'm nervous after all, so it'd help if you, Mr. Toriyama, could come along.
いや付き合ってもいいけど、彼女と僕初めてだよ。I don't mind coming, but it's my first time meeting her.
会うの。Meeting her.
うん。Yeah.
さすがに気まずいよ、それは。That would be awkward, for sure.
でも鳥山さんはさ、誰とでも会話できる人じゃん。But Mr. Toriyama, you're someone who can talk to anyone.
だから付き合いいいじゃない。So it's good that we're dating, right?
でもせっかく付き合ったんだったら、二人で行った方がいいよ。But since we went through the trouble of getting together, it's better if the two of us go.
そっか。I see.
だって次ね、振られたらさ。Because next time, if I get dumped,
彼女と付き合うかわかんないよ。I don't know if I'll date a girlfriend.
新しい彼女。A new girlfriend.
まあそうだね。Well, that's true.
僕初めて付き合った彼女だからこれはなくしたくないな。She's the first girlfriend I've ever had, so I don't want to lose this.
彼女趣味はあるの?Does your girlfriend have hobbies?
趣味?Hobbies?
趣味?Hobbies?
趣味はね釣り。あ、My hobby is fishing. Oh,
釣りか。あ、Fishing, huh. Oh,
じゃ釣りに付き合ってあげればいいじゃん。Then you should just go fishing with her.
釣りデート。A fishing date.
そうそうそう。Yeah, yeah, yeah.
釣りデートだったらまあ付き合ってあげてもいいかな。If it's a fishing date, I guess I wouldn't mind going along.
やっぱ彼女のやっぱそういうところに寄り添ってあげること、付き合ってあげることが大事だと思うんだよね。I think it's important to be there for her like that, to go along with her interests.
釣りの道具って持ってる?Do you have fishing gear?
持ってない。あ、I don't. Oh,
本当?Really?
買いに行くの付き合ってくれない?Won't you come with me to go buy some?
いいよ。Sure.
僕道具なくてさ。I don't have any gear.
これでしょ?This, right?
そう。Yeah.
これ買いに行くの付き合ってる?Will you come with me to buy this?
知ってる知ってる。I know, I know.
付き合ってくれる?Will you come with me?
じゃあ行こうか。Then shall we go?
わかるものは釣り?What you know is fishing?
釣り、うん。Fishing, yeah.
もしもし。あ、Hello. Oh,
もしもし。Hello.
着いた?あ、Did you arrive? Oh,
もう少しで着くよ。I'll be there in a bit.
あれだよ。It's that place.
あと5分。Five more minutes.
焼肉屋さんのところだよ。It's at the yakiniku restaurant.
焼肉屋さんのところだよね。It's at the yakiniku restaurant, right?
うん。あ、Yeah. Oh,
もう少しで着くから。I'll be there in a bit.
え、今どこら辺?あ、Huh, where are you now? Oh,
今ねあの床屋さんの前。あ、Right now, in front of that barbershop. Oh,
床屋に着いたの。I arrived at the barber.
今床屋に着いて。あ、I'm at the barber now. Oh,
じゃあ近い近い。Then it's close, close.
髪切ってるから。I'm getting my hair cut.
髪切ってんの?You're getting your hair cut?
うん。Yeah.
うん。Yeah.
だから髪切った後に、だからもうちょっとで着く。あ、So after I got my hair cut, so I'm almost there. Ah,
了解。あ、Got it. Ah,
ごめん。Sorry.
あとね。And also.
うん。Yeah.
俺今電車なんだけど。あ、I'm on the train right now. Ah,
電車?Train?
あのね、電車がちょっと遅れてて、着くのが2時間後。あ、Well, the train is running a bit late, arriving in 2 hours. Ah,
2時間後に着くの?You'll arrive in 2 hours?
うん。Yeah.
全然着かないじゃん。You're not arriving at all then.
早く出たんだけどね。I left early though.
多分僕の方が早く着くな。I'll probably get there earlier.
うん、なるほど。Yeah, I see.
うん。Yeah.
着いたら俺待ってるから。I'll be waiting when you arrive.
うん。Yeah.
ゆっくり来てよ。Take your time coming.
ああ、ゆっくり来ていいの?Ah, is it okay to take my time?
うん。Yeah.
急がないでいいよ。No need to hurry.
二時間かかるよ。It takes two hours.
着くのに。To arrive.
いいよいいよ。It's fine, it's fine.
ただ着く前に電話して。Just call me before you arrive.
わかった。Got it.
うん。Yeah.
じゃ着いたら連絡します。Then I'll contact you when I arrive.
着いたら。When I arrive.
うん。Yeah.
着く前ね。Before you arrive, okay.
はい。Yes.
着く前に。Before arriving.
着く前。Before arriving.
着く前に電話して。Call me before you arrive.
着く前ね。Before you arrive, okay.
前ね。Before, okay.
うん。Yeah.
わかりました。Understood.
はい。Yes.
じゃね。See you then.
はい。Yes.
作る。Make it.
作る。Make it.
うん。Yeah.
おとり山さん。はいはい。Mr. Otori-san. Yes yes.
何作ってるの?What are you making?
私はですね。As for me.
うん。Yeah.
今Right now,
お城を作っています。I'm building a castle.
お城を作ってるの?You're building a castle?
あれ粘土?Is that clay?
プラスチック?Plastic?
あ、プラモデルって、お、プラモデルです。Ah, a plastic model, oh, it's a plastic model.
プラモデルでお城を作ってるんだ。You're building a castle with a plastic model.
名古屋城。Nagoya Castle.
名古屋城。Nagoya Castle.
はい。Yes.
まあ、作るのが好きだから。Well, because I like making things.
うん。Yeah.
やっぱものづくりが得意。I'm good at making stuff, after all.
へえ、僕も作りたいな。Wow, I want to make one too.
ええ、いや、まあ、宮崎さんはね。Well, no, I mean, Miyazaki-san, you know.
友達から作った方がいいと思う。あ、I think you should make friends first. Uh,
プラモデルより前に友達を作った方がいい?Make friends before plastic models?
うん。Yeah.
友達がいないでしょ。You don't have any friends, right?
鳥山さんは友達じゃないの?Isn't Toriyama-san your friend?
うん、ギリだね、ギリ。Yeah, barely, barely.
ギリギリ友達。あ、Barely friends. Uh,
でも友達ギリ。But barely friends.
ええ、じゃあ新しく友達を作ろうかな。Well, then maybe I'll make new friends.
そう、だから友達はいっぱい作った方がいいと思う。Yeah, so I think you should make lots of friends.
うん、でも作り方がわかんないんだよね。Yeah, but I don't know how to make them.
ああ、そっかそっかそっか、作り方教えてよ。Oh, I see, I see, I see, tell me how to make them.
うん、作り方、友達を作る方法、やっぱ笑顔を作る必要があるね。Yeah, how to make them, how to make friends, you need to make a smile after all.
笑顔を作る。Make a smile.
笑顔を作る。Make a smile.
うんって、うん、うん。Yeah, like, yeah, yeah.
気持ち悪いねThat's creepy.
。え、. Huh,
笑顔の方がいいんでしょ?A smile is better, right?
そう、笑顔を作る。Yeah, make a smile.
笑顔作ってどうするの?Make a smile and then what?
笑顔作って、こんにちはって言って出て。Make a smile, say hello, and go out.
こんにちは。Hello.
気持ち悪いじゃん、作り笑顔って。That's creepy, a fake smile.
友達になってくれる人がいるかもしれないよ。There might be someone who'll be your friend.
おお。Oh.
でも外国人の友達は作ってみたいね。But I'd like to make foreign friends.
ああ、確かにね。Ah, that's true.
うん。Yeah.
僕もいろんな国の友達が欲しい。I want friends from different countries too.
そうだよね。Right.
作り方教えて。Tell me how to make them.
うん。Yeah.
やっぱ笑顔。A smile, after all.
笑顔だね。A smile, yeah.
そうか。あ、I see. Oh,
そうだ。That's right.
来月ね新しい会社も作るんだ。Next month I'm going to start a new company.
え鳥山さんが会社を作るの?Eh, Toriyama-san is starting a company?
そう会社を作る。Yes, starting a company.
すごいじゃん。That's amazing.
で会社の中でいろんなチームを作って。And make various teams inside the company.
ほうほうほうね。Oh oh oh, I see.
開発チームも作って。Make a development team too.
うん。Yeah.
営業チームも作って。Yeah.
うん。Yeah.
あとはねいろいろないろいろなチーム。And also, you know, various different teams.
ああチームを作るんだ。Ah, you're making teams.
そうです。That's right.
やっぱチームを作るのが好きなんだね。You really do love making teams, huh.
そうよ。That's right.
うん。Yeah.
そっか。I see.
プラモデル作るのも好きだもんね。You like building plastic models too, right.
はい。Yes.
ああいいね。Ah, nice.
僕も今度作らせてよ。Let me build one with you next time.
いいよ。Sure.
やっぱ夢は大きくね。Dreams should be big, after all.
夢は大きく掴みたいから掴みたいからね。I want to grab big dreams, grab them, you know.
伝える伝える鳥山さん明日はい明日のご飯。Tell him, tell him, Toriyama-san, tomorrow, yes, tomorrow's dinner.
急に行けなくなっちゃってさ、うん、ごめん、用事が用事ができちゃって、だからあの田中も来るんでしょ?田中I suddenly can't go, yeah, sorry, something came up, something came up, so Tanaka's coming too, right? Tanaka
も来るよ。is coming too.
今日は田中によろしくねって伝えといてよ。Tell Tanaka I said hi today.
楽しみにしてたよ。I was looking forward to it.
ね、ただ行けなくなったって伝えてくれる?Hey, can you just tell him I can't go?
いやまあ伝えるは伝えるけど、でも自分から伝えれば連絡先知らないの?Well, I'll tell him, but why don't you tell him yourself, don't you know his contact?
ないの?You don't have it?
友達いないもんね。You don't have friends, after all.
そうそう友達じゃないけど、確かに確かに。Right right, we're not friends, but exactly, exactly.
ただほらごめんねって言いたいから伝えてほしい。But look, I want to say sorry, so I want you to tell him.
こうやってまあ伝わってると思うよでもかなどうせ来ないだろうなって。Like this, well, I think it's already gotten through, but like, he probably won't come anyway.
ああそっち?Ah, that way?
うんどうせ宮崎来ないでしょ?Yeah, Miyazaki won't come anyway, right?
あもう伝わってる?Ah, it's already gotten through?
いつもそう言ってた。He always said that.
じゃあ伝える必要はないってこと?So that means there's no need to tell him?
そうだね田中もそんな。That's right, Tanaka is also like that.
仲良くないしね。We're not close anyway.
まあでも伝えたかったな。Well, but I wanted to tell him.
うん。Yeah.
まずやっぱ自分の彼女に愛を伝えることが大事だと思う。First of all, I think it's important to convey love to your own girlfriend.
愛を伝える?Convey love?
うん。Yeah.
だって彼女とデートでしょ。I mean, it's a date with her, right?
まあ明日デート。Well, the date is tomorrow.
うん。Yeah.
ちゃんと好きって伝えないと。You have to properly tell her you like her.
好きだよって伝えた方がいいの。You should tell her you like her.
もちろん。Of course.
そうなんだ。I see.
でもその伝えるのってさ難しくない?But isn't telling her like that hard?
恥ずかしいじゃん。It's embarrassing.
恥ずかしいね。It is embarrassing.
恥ずかしいけど、そこは自信を持って、満を持して。It's embarrassing, but there you have to be confident, fully prepared.
難しい言葉だね。That's a difficult phrase.
今難しい言葉を伝えたの?Did you just use a difficult phrase?
そう。Yeah.
満を持して。Fully prepared.
どういう意味ですか?What does that mean?
ああ、分かんない。Ah, I don't know.
自信を持ってみたいなね。Like, with confidence.
そんな感じ?Something like that?
完璧みたいな。Like perfect.
変な会話やめて。Stop this weird conversation.
伝わんないから。Because it's not getting across.
まあ、伝わってるよね、みんな。Well, everyone gets it, right?
うん、僕らはユーチューブでみんなに日本語を伝えているから。Yeah, we teach Japanese to everyone on YouTube.
確かに伝えてますね。We certainly do teach it.
伝わってないかもね。Maybe it's not getting across.
伝わってない人もいるけど、うん、いいか、いいよ、伝わる時だけでいいよ。Some people don't get it, but yeah, whatever, it's fine, it's enough if it gets across sometimes.
伝わってほしい。I want it to get across.
はい、そんな願いを込めて次行きます。Yes, with that wish in mind, let's move on.
つまずく、To stumble,
つまずく。あ、To stumble. Oh,
どうしたの?あ、What happened? Oh,
つまずいちゃった。I just stumbled.
つまずいた。あ、I stumbled. Oh,
じゃあ今つまずいたよね。So you just stumbled now.
今つまずいた。I just stumbled now.
今そこに段差があるから危ないなと思ったけど。I thought it was dangerous because there's a step there.
いや、最近つまずきっぱなしだよ。No, I've been stumbling constantly lately.
つまずきっぱなし。あ、Stumbling constantly. Oh,
人生も何もかも。あ、My life and everything. Oh,
全部つまずいてる。あ、Everything is stumbling. Oh,
本当に。Really.
僕もさ、奥さんとよく喧嘩するんだよ。I also fight with my wife a lot.
うんだからもう仲がつまずいちゃって。Yeah, so our relationship has stumbled.
あー仲がつまずいちゃってね。Ah, your relationship has stumbled.
ね、関係がつまずいてる。Right, the relationship is stumbling.
一回さつまずくとさ、いいことないで。Once you stumble, nothing good comes of it.
一回つまずくと起き上がれないんだよね。Once you stumble, you can't get back up.
だから足元には気をつけたい。So I want to watch my step.
で最近ね僕目を怪我しちゃって。And recently I injured my eye.
目を怪我したの?Did you hurt your eye?
そう。Yeah.
目を怪我して目が悪いの。Yeah. I hurt my eye and my eyesight is bad.
うんうんうん。Uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh.
目が悪いからもう本当によくつまずく。Because my eyes are bad I really trip all the time.
あーちょっとした段差でさよく見ないと危ないね。Ah, with just a small step, if you don't look carefully it's dangerous.
そこのおばあちゃんもさっきつまずいてたもん。That grandma over there just tripped too.
でしょ?Right?
うん危なかったよ。Yeah, it was dangerous.
本当に。Really.
勉強もつまずくしね。I stumble with studying too.
日本語勉強つまずかないように。So you don't stumble with studying Japanese.
やっぱ一番どう日本語でつまずくところってどこ?あ、So where's the part you stumble on most in Japanese? Ah,
日本語勉強で一番つまずくところは漢字。The part I stumble on most studying Japanese is kanji.
そう、漢字。Right, kanji.
あとは敬語、敬語。And then keigo, keigo.
うん、あとはあれだね、がとかのとか。Yeah, and also that, like ga and toka.
うん、接続詞。Yeah, conjunctions.
そうだね。That's right.
うん、オノマトペとか。あ、Yeah, like onomatopoeia. Ah,
オノマトペ。Onomatopoeia.
うん、いろいろつまずくところあるけど頑張ろう。Yeah, there are lots of places to stumble, but let's do our best.
英語でつまずくところどこ?あ、Where do you stumble in English? Ah,
英語勉強でつまずくところ。Places you stumble studying English.
それはやっぱり単語の数、覚えられない。That's definitely the number of words, I can't memorize them.
僕あれつまずいたよ、エックスがつく単語。あ、I stumbled on that, words with an X. Ah,
最初にエックスね。X at the start.
そう、エクスパンドとか。あ、Right, like expand. Ah,
エクスパンションとかエクスペンシブとかね。Like expansion and expensive.
そうそう、エックスが多い、多い。Right right, lots of X's, lots.
エックス、エックスが。X, the X.
うん、エグジットとか。Yeah, like exit.
そう。Right.
ねえねえねえ、本当に。Hey hey hey, really.
はい、はい、つねる、つねる。Yes, yes, pinch, pinch.
うん、つねるってどこつねるの?Yeah, where do you pinch when you say pinch?
いや、昨日ね、奥さんとイチャイチャしてたのよ。あ、No, yesterday, I was being lovey-dovey with my wife. Ah,
はい。Yes.
奥さんとイチャイチャしたのね。I was being lovey-dovey with my wife.
そう、イチャイチャキュッキュッキュッキュッ。Yeah, lovey-dovey, squeeze squeeze squeeze squeeze.
そうで、イチャイチャする前に僕がね、ここつねったの。あ、So, before getting lovey-dovey, I pinched here. Ah,
痛っ。Ouch.
優しくだよ。Gently though.
つねってさ、ねえねえって。I pinched and was like, hey hey.
そしたらイチャイチャできた。あ、Then we could get lovey-dovey. Ah,
いいですね。That's nice.
じゃあ僕もいいですか。Then can I do it too.
どうぞ。Go ahead.
昨日奥さんと、Yesterday with my wife,
まあイチャイチャはしてないんですけど、Well, we weren't being lovey-dovey, but,
まあ奥さんが寝てて、奥さんが寝てて、寝てて、で僕はWell, my wife was sleeping, my wife was sleeping, sleeping, and I
上からこうってつねったんですよ。あ、pinched like this from above. Uh,
何かをね、二つのスイッチ、スイッチをスイッチオン、えってつねった、つねったんですよ。You know, two switches, I switched on the switches, I pinched, I pinched them.
つねったらめっちゃめっちゃ怒られましたね。あ、When I pinched, I got scolded so, so badly. Uh,
怒られるんだ。You get scolded.
こうやって乗っかって。Climbing on like this.
それは怒られるよ。Of course you'd get scolded for that.
怒られます。You'd get scolded.
やっぱね、スイッチは勝手につねっちゃいけないんだよ。After all, you mustn't pinch switches on your own.
許可をもらわないと。You have to get permission.
何の話してます?What are we talking about?
え、Huh,
何の話?What are we talking about?
スイッチの話。About switches.
スイッチです。Switches.
スイッチの。About switches.
もうスイッチの話なの?It's already about switches?
スイッチはちゃんと聞いてからつねるんだよ。You have to ask properly before you pinch a switch.
聞いてからね。After asking.
そのちなみにこうつねるで他にどこつねります?By the way, besides pinching like this, where else do you pinch?
まあよく聞くのはここつねるとかじゃん。Well, what you often hear is pinching here and stuff.
うん。Yeah.
じゃもうこれ以外。So, other than this.
それ以外につねるっていう言葉ないんじゃない?Isn't there no other use of the word pinch besides that?
うん。Yeah.
例えば、うん。For example, yeah.
ペンチとかでさ、うん。With pliers and stuff, yeah.
ペンチとかでこういう細いところ、うんうん。With pliers, like these thin parts, yeah yeah.
こういうところつねる。Pinching places like this.
ああ、ちょっと違うな。Ah, that's a bit different.
つねるってなんかギュッてイメージだね。Pinch has like a squeezing image.
そうだね。ギュッThat's right. Squeeze
ってこういうイメージ。It's this kind of image.
つねる。Pinch.
うん。Yeah.
つねる。Pinch.
つねる。Pinch.
で使い方としてはたまにこれ本当かなって夢みたいって思うときあるじゃん。And as for usage, sometimes you think, is this really true, like a dream, right?
ああ。Ah.
えこれ本当え夢でしょ?Huh, is this really, huh, it's a dream, right?
百万円当たったってときにこうやって自分をつねるよね。When you win a million yen, you pinch yourself like this.
うん。Yeah.
え本当夢かな?Huh, is it really a dream?
夢かな?Is it a dream?
で痛かったら夢じゃない。And if it hurts, it's not a dream.
ああ確かに。Ah, exactly.
こういう使い方もあるけどこうやってやる人はいないね。There's also this kind of usage, but no one does it like this.
いないね。No one does.
うん。Yeah.
漫画で見るよね。You see it in manga.
まこれはつねるだね。Well, this is pinching.
つねるでこうやってたらひねるねじるとか。Pinching, like if you do it this way, you twist it, wring it.
うん。Yeah.
はいそんな感じです。Yes, that's how it is.
次はね。Next is.
つながるつながる鳥山さんさっき話していたあの女の人って誰?Next. Connect, connect — Toriyama-san, who was that woman you were talking about earlier?
あけみちゃん、あけみちゃんって言うんだ。Akemi-chan, her name is Akemi-chan.
うん。Yeah.
僕もちょっとつながりたいな。ああ、I want to connect a little too. Ah,
あけみちゃんね。Akemi-chan.
あけみちゃんとつながりたいから、ちょっとうまくやってくれない?I want to connect with Akemi-chan, so could you set it up for me?
あけみちゃんとね。With Akemi-chan.
うん。Yeah.
ま僕がつながったのは最近なんだけど。Well, I only connected with her recently.
うん、最近つながったんだ。Yeah, I connected recently.
そう。つ、Right. Con-
大変だよあけみちゃん。Akemi-chan is a handful.
なんで?Why?
ああ。Ah.
つながりたいよ。I want to connect.
だって可愛いの。Because she's cute.
可愛いでしょ。She's cute, right.
あけみちゃんとつながるにはやっぱある程度のお金ないと。お、To connect with Akemi-chan, you need a certain amount of money. Oh,
お金?Money?
お金。Money.
つながるにはお金が必要なの。You need money to connect.
そう。Right.
え、なんで?で、Huh, why? So,
できるよ。You can do it.
できる?I can?
つながれる。You can connect.
つながれる?I can connect?
お金があると。If you have money.
もっと深い意味でつながれるよ。あ、You can connect in a deeper way. Ah,
そうなんだ。Is that so.
うん。Yeah.
いくら出す?How much will you pay?
え、でも一万円ぐらいかな。Huh, well, maybe around ten thousand yen.
1万円だったらつながれるか、つながれない?With 10,000 yen, can I connect or not?
え、もうあれだよ、しっかりつながる。いHuh, with that, you'll connect solidly. I-
1万円で5万円だね。5With 10,000 yen, it's 50,000 yen. 5-
万円でしっかりつながれる。With 50,000 yen you can connect solidly.
しっかりつながって、ねじれるかな?If we connect solidly, can I twist it?
つねることもできる。You can pinch too.
つねるのはスイッチ起こんなければね。Pinching is fine as long as it doesn't trigger the switch.
ああ、いや、つながりたいな。5Ah, no, I want to connect. For 5-
万円で。10,000 yen.
うん、まずは電話番号だけでもつながりたいな。あ、Yeah, first I just want to connect, even just the phone number. Ah,
まあいいよ。Well, that's fine.
それはそれはつなげてくれる?Will you connect me then?
それはつなげるよ。あ、I can connect you. Oh,
つなげられる?Can you connect me?
うん。ま、Yeah. Well,
でも僕ね、結構友達に、なんだろ、そういう遊びたい女の子いっぱいいるから。But you know, I have quite a lot of, like, girls who want to have fun among my friends.
うんうん。Yeah yeah.
そのつながりが多いのよ、僕。あ、I have a lot of those connections. Oh,
女の子のつながりが多いんだ。You have a lot of connections with girls.
そう。あ、Right. Oh,
いいな。Nice.
誰がいい?Who do you want?
えー、でも最初はあけみちゃんかな。Uh, but at first maybe Akemi-chan.
あけみちゃん、うん、あけみちゃんは高いよ。Akemi-chan, yeah, Akemi-chan is expensive.
あけみちゃん高い。Akemi-chan is expensive.
で、最初は安いのから行こうかな。So, at first let's start with a cheap one.
うん、安いのすごいね。Yeah, a cheap one is great.
安いのっていうの、女の人。By cheap, I mean the woman.
安いのからつなげてよ。あ、Connect me with a cheap one. Oh,
安いの、うん、安いの五千円ぐらい。A cheap one, yeah, a cheap one is about five thousand yen.
五千円から、うん、払うよ。From five thousand yen, yeah, I'll pay.
つな、つながれちゃうよ。I can get connected.
逆につなぎたい。Actually I want to connect them.
はい、お疲れ様でした。Okay, good work.
お疲れ様でした。Good work.
今日はつから始まる動詞十個やりました。Today we did ten verbs starting with tsu.
そうですね。That's right.
これは日常会話でもよく使うし、ぜひみんなに覚えてもらいたい動詞です。These are often used in daily conversation, and I want everyone to learn these verbs.
うん、もしほら知っている単語で文を作るとかね。Yeah, like making sentences with words you know.
うん。Yeah.
作るでもいろんな使い方がありますから、作る、作れる、作ったらとか。あ、Even 'to make' has many uses, like make, can make, if you make, and so on. Oh,
そうね、使い回しはいっぱいあるね。Right, there are lots of ways to use it.
それもいろいろ勉強してみましょう。Let's study those various things too.
はい、では最後に宮崎さんからちょっと難しいつから始まる単語、積む。Yes, then finally from Mr. Miyazaki, a slightly difficult word starting with tsu, 'to pile up'.
積む、意外と簡単かな。To pile up, surprisingly maybe easy.
簡単そうでなかなか使う場面はちょっと少ないかもしれない。It seems easy but there may not be many situations to use it.
宮崎さんはさ、やっぱあのいろんな経験を積んできたでしょう。Mr. Miyazaki, you've accumulated a lot of various experiences, right.
いや、かなりね、もう経験値はすごい。No, quite a lot, my experience points are amazing.
すごい。Amazing.
え、何の仕事をしてるんですか。Um, what kind of work do you do?
仕事、トラックの運転手。あ、Work, truck driver. Oh,
トラックの運転手ね。Truck driver, I see.
もう20年やってるからすごい経験を積んでるよ。I've been doing it for 20 years so I've accumulated amazing experience.
やっぱりトラックに荷物を積むときっていうのはなんかコツがあるんですか。あ、When loading luggage onto the truck, is there some trick to it. Oh,
もちろん腰を使わないことだね。Of course, it's not using your lower back.
だね。Right.
ああ腰を使わない。Ah, not using the lower back.
腰を使って積むと腰が痛くなっちゃうから。If you load using your lower back, your back will hurt.
確かに。True.
やっぱね力を入れずに全身で積むことだね。You should load with your whole body without forcing it.
ああ。Ah.
うん。Yeah.
はいということで。Okay, so.
はい。Yes.
これが積むねこれの意味が分かった人はコメントしてみましょう。This is gonna pile up. If you got what this means, leave a comment.
うん。Yeah.
なんかね今日使った単語で例題を作ってみたりすると楽しいかもしれません。It might be fun to try making example sentences using the words we used today.
例文ね。Example sentences, huh.
例なんつった。What did you say, examples of what?
例題って言った。I said example problems.
例文。Example sentences.
例文は作ってみましょう。Let's try making example sentences.
はい。Yes.
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言いたいこと?Anything I want to say?
えどうぞ。Uh, go ahead.
え?Huh?
お先にどうぞ。After you.
ないですないです。No, nothing, nothing.
僕もないない。I don't either, no.
はい。Yes.
もういいです。That's enough already.
うん。Yeah.
じゃあまた次の動画でお会いしましょう。Well then, see you in the next video.
どうぞ。Go ahead.
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