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My Tokyo Traveblogue - Day 1
Intermediate Lesson
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Translation
Day 1
Agnes Murakami Alright, I gotta go or Ill be late for the train.
Yamabiko #52, 12:47 departure headed for Tokyo, will soon depart from track 3.
Agnes Murakami Living alone in Tokyo. I wonder if Ill be alright. But I just cant end my life in the
countryside of Fukushima. Come on, I made up my mind. I gotta give it a try. You can
do this, Agnes!
Mitsuo Yokota Hmm, the 6th row, second from the right. Ah, right here. Excuse me.
Agnes Murakami Oh, yes.
Mitsuo Yokota Hmm, a trip on a train is always nice. Well young lady, where are you headed with such
a big bag?
Agnes Murakami To Tokyo. Im going to look for a job.
Mitsuo Yokota What kind of job?
Agnes Murakami A graphic designer.
Mitsuo Yokota Thats nice. You gotta try everything while youre young.
Agnes Murakami Well, Im not that young. J ust to let you know.
Mitsuo Yokota Hahaha, everyone looks like a child to me... when you get to this age.
Agnes Murakami My name is Agnes Murakami.
Mitsuo Yokota You are so polite even though you are still so young. Where are my manners. Im Mit-
suo Yokota.
Agnes Murakami How do you do.
Mitsuo Yokota How do you do. Agnes, that is one unique name.
Agnes Murakami Yes, my mom is Filipino.
Mitsuo Yokota I see.
Agnes Murakami But, to tell you the truth, its just because my dad is such a big fan of Agnes Chan.
Mitsuo Yokota Agnes Chan? Haha, thats good. Im a big fan, too. Well, there must be someting to our
meeting. If you ever need any help in Tokyo, just contact me any time. This is my card.
Agnes Murakami Thank you very much.
Agnes Murakami Alright, my life is beginning. Im a little worried, but I gotta try. Oh, and that gentle-
man turned out to be a president of a big company. This must be a good sign.
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Todays lesson expands on ways of introducing oneself. After reviewing the previously taught self intro-
duction pattern (see chart below), we introduce a pattern of self introduction using the J apanese verb iu - to
say. This pattern provides the basis for an extremely polite self introduction used in business and formal
situations. This introduction includes humble language (kensongo or kenfgo), which is used when de-
scribing ones actions or the actions of a person in ones in-group to others such as customers in business.
Humble language tends to imply that ones actions are taking place in order to assist the other person.
Here let us quickly recap the ways to introduce oneself. Please notice that while the translation doesnt
change Ior the fnal construction, the politeness level is much higher than the previous two patterns.
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Hajimemashite. Watashi wa Yamaguchi Chigusa desu. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
How do you do? I am Chigusa Yamaguchi. Please be kind to me.
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Hajimemashite. Watashi wa Yamaguchi Chigusa to iimasu. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
How do you do? I am Chigusa Yamaguchi. Please be kind to me.
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Hafimemashite. Watashi wa Yamaguchi Chigusa to mshimasu. Yoroshiku onegai itashimasu.
How do you do? I am Chigusa Yamaguchi. Please be kind to me.
Dictionary Form Humble language (kensongo or )
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gurafkkudezain graphic designer

f`' "`' mezurashii unusual
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kigy enterprise
1{. 1`. ojsan daughter, young lady
`` '`` daifan huge fan
j| '. chsen challenge
` ` hitorigurashi living along
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Todays second grammar point is the phrase wake niwa ikanai, which indicates that someone cannot do
something due to outside Iactors or infuence. It is appended to verbs in their plain Iorm, and in such cases,
when it Iollows verbs in their plain aIfrmative Iorm, it is oIten translated as 'can`t very well ~~. As can
be seen in the chart below.
Formation
V.plain +wake niwa ikanai
Verb + wake niwa ikanai English
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yameru
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yameru wake niwa ikanai
cant very well quit
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akirameru
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akirameru wake niwa ikanai
cant very well give up
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-te shimau, and jau is a contraction of -de shimau. See the chart below.
Plain form Spoken Contraction
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