--- In [email protected], music mahesh
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> konnichiwa minasan,
>
> dare ka tsugi no kotoba no imi o setsumei shite
> kudasaimasenka. rei mo dashite kudasai.
>
> 1. aji mo sokke mo nai
It means "no taste, no colorfulness, no decoration, no interesting
or alluring quality at all". It can be said of tastless foods,
plain things (e.g. book or WEB page designs, rooms), people's stand-
offish attitudes or words, etc. See the examples:
-kono pan wa aji mo sokke mo nai ne. (This bread has no taste at
all.)
-kanojo ni raburetaa o dashitara, aji mo sokke mo nai henji ga
kaette kita. (I wrote her a love lettter and I received this really
stand-offish reply.)
> 2. omoi ukaberu
This means "to imagine, think of, or picture an image in your mind".
Example:
-"natsu" to kiite omoi ukaberu mono wa nan desuka? (What do you
think of when you hear the word "summer"?)
> 3. jitsu wa
One uses this to tell something new (and often surprising). The
English equivalents are "in fact; as a matter of fact; to tell the
truth".
-"nee, uchi no shachoo chotto okashiku nai?" "jitsu wa watashi mo
sou omotte ita no." ("Don't you think our boss is a bit weird?" "As
a matter of fact, I do.")
Sorry, but that's all for now.
Nokori wa tabun ashita mata setumei shimasu.
Kamui
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