首相

首相 (しゅしょう)
Shushou
Prime Minister


ダウニング街１０番地は英国首相公邸の別称。
Dauningu gai juu banchi wa, eigoku shushou koutei no besshou.
No. 10 Downing street is another name for the official residence of the British Prime Minister.

親密

親密
shinmitsu

親密にならない。
Shinmitsu ni naranai.
Not to become close/intimate.

= Keeping a distance.

あくび

あくび

-> 悪日 unlucky day

or

-> 欠伸 yawning and stretching

彼はあくびをした
He yawned.

女体盛り

女体盛り
Nyotaimori
The practice of serving and eating sushi/sashimi off a nake woman's body.

*Very crazy, couldn't believe it when I first read it, really scary and disturbing! (At least for me)

津波

津波
Tsu.nami
Tidal wave

その津波が来るのを見てすごい勢いで走った。
Sono tsunami ga kuru no o mite sugoi ikioide hashitta.
Seeing that tidal wave comes, we ran with mighty strength.

*I did not recognize this Kanji means tsunami when I was reading the Japanese article....

挨拶

挨拶
Aisatsu
Greetings

新年ご挨拶
Shinnen goaisatsu
New Year's Greeting.

格好いい

格好いい (かっこいい)
Kakkoii

*I just really want to post this picture of my cat when he was young. He has this cool, bad-boy, rebellious look whenever I woke him up from his nap. He is actually a super mellow, smart and fun kitty who does not claw or bite. His nickname was Big Gold (his smaller brother was Small Gold) back then because I did not want to give him a real name and that's just the description of him. I had to play "cold hearted" since I did not want to get too attached to him making it hard for myself to give him (and the rest) up for adoption at the SPCA... but parting was just too difficult so he is now my Bagel (BG). I also kept his tiny sister, nicknamed Baby Black who is now my Bebe (BB).


(L) This is how he likes to sleep. Goofy kitty. 間抜け(まぬけ)猫 (^o^)
(R) This is Bebe hiding inside a grocery bag. ビビちゃん は超恥ずかしい猫です。


This is him playing in the yard one last time before being a full-time house cat.

松竹梅

松竹梅 (しょうちくばい)
shou chiku bai
High, middle and low ranking
(Pine, bamboo, plum)

It's also the name of a famous Japanese sake.
It's also a common theme on eating utensils.

ひき肉

Hiki niku
Minced (ground) meat

ひき肉の料理
Hikiniku no ryoori

浮世絵

浮世絵 (うきよえ)
Ukiyoe
Color print of everyday life in the Edo period

江戸時代の庶民の風俗を描いた絵です。
Edo jidai no shomin no fuuzoku o egaitai e desu.
Pictures depicting the cultures of common people in the Edo period.

酢

酢 (す)
Su
Vinegar

黒酢で調味。
Kokusu de choumi.
Use black vinegar to season.

新登場

新登場 (しんとうじょう)
Shintoujou
Something newly introduced to the market

この新登場の製品は信頼性の高いセキュアな、効率的な無線LAN環境を提供します。
Kono shintoujou no seihin wa shinraisei no takai sekuana, kouritsu teki na musen LAN o kankyou o teikyou shimasu.
These newly released products provide reliably high secured, and very efficient wireless LAN environment.

If you use any of the above products in your ネットワーク, it just might give an illusion of having your favorite ラップトップ upgraded!

包丁

包丁 (ほうちょう)
Houchou
Kitchen knife, cooking knife, chef's knife

Came across this word today and completely could not guess what it is...

和包丁と洋包丁の2種類があります。
Wa houchou to you houchou no ni shurui ga arimasu.
Japanese chef's knife and Western Chef's knife are the two types there are.

溶ける

溶ける
tokeru
Melt, dissolve

昼頃には雪は溶けてしまいました。
Hiru goro ni wa yuki wa tokete shimaimashita.
At around noon, the snow melts and went away.

昨日の積もってた雪、朝には溶けてきました。
Saku jitsu no seki motteta yuki, asa ni wa tokete kimashita.
The snow accumulated yesterday, in the morning it's melted.

長い冬が終わり、雪が溶け、春が来ました。
Nagai fuyu ga owari, yuki ga toke, haru ga kimashita.
Long winter is over, snow has melted, spring has come.

*The picture actually shows icicles (氷柱, つらら or ひょうちゅう) not snow.

母の日

今年の母の日は5月8日。
Kotoshi no haha no hi wa go gatsu yooka.
This year's Mother's Day is on May 8th.

母の日のプレゼントには何がいいでしょうか？
What kind of Mother's Day present will be good?

赤いカーネーションはありきたりすぎ。
The red carnation (flower) is too common.

在り来たり (arikitari) すぎ
Too common, ordinary

痩せる

痩せる (やせる)
Yaseru
To become thin

2週間で2kg痩せます! 食事と運動、全メニュー公開。
Nishuukan de 2kg yasemasu! Shokudo to undou, zen menuu koukai.
In 2 weeks, I am thin(ner) by 2kg! Reveal to all the menu on meal and exercise.

In this April 27th issue of Anan, it has these interesting headlines:

男たちはぷよぷよも好き!
Otokotachi wa puyopuyo mo suki!
Men being chubby is also being liked!(?!) Hmmm...

DNAであなたの肥満原因を解明!
DNA de anata no himan genin o kaimei!
Explain your reason for being chubby/obese with DNA!

好調な

好調な (こうちょうな)
kouchou na
Something is favorable/in good shape

売れ行き好調なアップル製品
Ureyuki kouchouna appuru seihin
Apple product sales is in good shape (strong demand).

米アップルコンピュータはiPodとiMacファミリーの好調な売れ行きで530%の増益
Bei appuru konbyuuta wa iPod to iMac famirii no kouchouna ureyuki de gohyaku sanjuu paasento no zoueki
American Apple Computer's iPod and iMac family series' show favorable demand with 530% increase in profit

嬉しい

嬉しい / うれしい
Ureshii
Happy, glad

本当に嬉しい。
Hondoni ureshii.
I am truly happy.

走り書き

走り書き
Hashirigaki
Scribble (noun)

紙に走り書き
Scribble on paper

今日のe走り書き
Kyoo no e hashirigaki
Today's (electronic) scribble (scribble on the Internet)

地味に

じみに
Jimi ni
Simple/plain

地味にがんばって (ください / います / るな～)。
Jimini ganbatte kudasai / imasu / runa~
(Jiminy, please try your best!)

Saw this many times... does it mean "simply to try one's best?"

今日ビリちゃんは非常に精力的だった

ほら! 雪白い足があります。
Look! It has snowwhite feet (snowshoes).

今日ビリちゃんは非常に精力的だった, もし私に彼をIchiro 51と呼ぶほうがいいと思っています。
Billy-chan was very energetic today, I am thinking maybe I should call him Ichiro 51.

でもさ、猫缶 (食べ物) が好きじゃない。全然(ぜんぜん)食べませでした。
But it does not like can cat food. It did not eat any at all.

私の庭で３匹仔猫発見

ここに2匹がある, 見るか? だれが飼うことができますか。
Here are 2 of them, can you see? Who can adopt them?



I hope they don't try to drink the pool water. :-(
プールの水を飲んではいけない!
(Do not drink the pool water!)

ビリちゃん

This is a picture I took at dusk. It is not a scary kitty, it was just my camera flash...

ミニちゃん

This is the shy one, always hide behind the bushes. But he is extremely smart. He is the first one to drink the water I left out there and it came out to play with "little billy" when I am not watching. He is quick to hide whenever I am about to go to the yard. This is not a good picture of it because it is sleeping.

There is another one just like this one but that one runs really fast to the back of the shed and I could not take a picture of it. That little sprinter is the tiniest of 3 and extremely shy. It has been meowing for it's mommy (a small skinny completely black cat) all afternoon. They are too tiny to climb up the fence to join their mom.... so they are stuck at my yard for the time being. The mom is skinny and I wonder if she could carry her young.... The dad showed once and then was never to be found..... The dad has the same look as this kitty.

ねむい猫

It is SO sleepy... and probably hungry too... :-( I don't live in that house yet so I have nothing to feed them. :-( I will try to stop by maybe tomorrow to bring them something... :-( I don't want to grow attached to them..... :-(((((