Category Archives: Mirai 1-107
Miyajima, Hiroshima
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Towards the entrance of Meiji Jingu in Tokyo
Outside Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Before Toshogu
502 Good Bad いい だめ
いい ＝ 良い ＝ good
だめ ＝ ダメ ＝ bad/socially unacceptable
Please don’t do it, because it makes it unpleasant for everyone else.
There is a word わるい, but it means bad/nasty
502 May I ? もいいですか？
This is an interesting pattern. One asks for permission, and permission is normally given. The answer is therefore はい or ええ.
In English something interesting has happened: instead of asking for permission, we tend to ask if we are able to do something/if we have the ability to do something. We ask in spoken every-day language, “can I have a drink, please?”, although we mean “may I have a drink, please?”
In Japanese this mistake is not made. Don’t ask anyone if they think that you have the ability or skill to go to the toilet – they will either burst out into laughter, or they will look for a nurse. May I go, please?
The pattern is：
the ～て form of the verb plus もいいです.
“… Not just now, boys…
Maybe we can all go later?!”
Shrine 神社 じんじゃ
Miyajima 宮島 みやじま
Miyajima 宮島 みやじま
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