Lesson 158 尊敬・敬意を表す動詞ーrespect, worship, admire, look up to

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans,

Dialogue

① 〜 the symbols on this stone tablet make up words?【 make up の意味 】
👉 make up – これは「〜を構成する」というフレーズ。

② Yes, these are definitely letters.【 definitely の意味 】
👉さあ、definitely「絶対に、明らかに」という表現。

③ They represent sounds, rather than whole words or ideas.【 represent の意味 】
👉そして、represent これは「記号などを表す」という動詞。

④ Could it refer to the statue we found?【 refer to の意味 】
👉 refer to 〜 これは「〜を示す」というフレーズ。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s sentences ：But they clearly respected her as an important figure.

Roza
▶︎ All right, guys. Well, it’s time for our “Pronuncaition Polish.”
Here’s today’s sentence.
・But they clearly respected her as an important figure.
・But they clearly respected her as an important figure.

All right.
Here we’ll be going over the weakened “h” and the disappearing “t”,
and some linking right there.
So let’s get into it.
Repeat after me.
respected her, respected her
important, important
important figure

All right.
Now let’s have some linking.
respected her as an important figure, respected her as an important figure

All right.
Are you ready for the full sentence?
Here we go!

・But they clearly respected her as an important figure.

OK. One last time at natural speed.
・But they clearly respected her as an important figure.

Look at you go!
You’re doing excellent.

Ending

Roza
▶︎ Sensei, you know I really look up to you.

Onishi
▶︎ Oh, thank you.

Onishi
▶︎ David, I always look up to you.

David
▶︎ Oh, what a coincidence! I look down on both of you!

Onishi
▶︎ Oh, please don’t.

Words and Phrases

① see 〜 through (to the end)
👉〜を最後までやり遂げる

これで、Lesson 158 は終了。