Lesson 84 便利フレーズ　まさか

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. Sensei, a pun? Seriously?

Dialogue

① I just got an email from the tournament organizers. 【 tournament organizers の意味 】
👉 tournament organizers これは「大会主催者」というわけですね。

② That’s so rare …【 rare の意味 】
👉さあ、rare という単語が出てきましたね。「珍しい」という形容詞です。

③ What matters is how you bounce back. 【 what matters と bounce back の意味 】
👉さあ、What matters これは「重要なのは」という、セットフレーズと考えていいでしょう。
そして、bounce back これは「立ち直る – 跳ね返る」というわけです。

④ Still, that really sucks.【 That sucks. の意味と使い方 】
👉さあ、That really sucks. really は強調ですから、That sucks. という形。
これは、「〜は最悪、〜がっかりです」という表現ですね。非常によく使われますよ。
David▶︎Ah 〜, but please be careful. This phrase carries unfiltered emotions.
So we don’t use it in formal situations.
Roza ▶︎That’s right. It’s commonly used in the casual intenses or between friends.

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：I just got an email from the tounament organizers.

Roza
▶︎ Well, you know what you’re going to do now?
You’re gonna practice your pronunciation! Yeah!
OK.
Here’s today’s sentence.
・I just got an email from the tounament organizers.
・I just got an email from the tounament organizers.

All right.
We have quite a few points to cover.
So let’s go through them one by one.
We’ll start with “just.”
The /t/ is very weak.
just, just
I just

All right.
Let’s move on to “got an email.”
got an email
I just got an email

Great.
Now “from”
Hear the /ə/ sound.
/ə/, /ə/
from, from
I just got an email from

OK.
And now let’s go to “tournament.”
tournament
tournament organizers
・I just got an email from tournament organizers.

Great.
Now let’s do the full sentence at natural speed.
・I just got an email from tournament organizers.

One more time.
・I just got an email from tournament organizers.

There were a few long words in the sentence.
So If it was a little difficult, don’t worry about it.
You’ll get it just fine.
Excellent work.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ 日本語でのお知らせでした。

Words and Phrases

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これで、Lesson 84 は終了。