Let’s learn Japanese with a comedy drama by 東京03 (Tokyo Zero San).

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On this page, you can learn Japanese words you can use in a daily conversation with a comedy drama by 東京03 (Tokyo Zero San).

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Sentences

The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.

  • 人生を楽しみたかったら、
  • 時には人の視線を無視する勇気も必要なんだよ。

You can find them in the official video below.

せんせい
せんせい

Let’s have a look at the expression more carefully. Scroll down please.

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人生を楽しみたかったら、

Meaning: if you want to enjoy your life,
  • 人生(じん・せい/ji n se i)means ‘life’ or ‘life span’.
  • を (wo) is an object marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
  • 楽しみ(たの・しみ/ta no shi mi) is originally 楽しむ(たの・しむ/ta no shi mu)which means ‘to enjoy’.
  • たかった (ta ka t ta) is originally たい which means ‘want to’.
  • ら (ra) means ‘if’.

楽しみたかったら

  • 楽しみ = to enjoy
  • たかった = want to
  • ら = if

That is why, 楽しみたかったら means ‘if you want to enjoy’

たい (to express your desire)

  • You need Stem Form in front of たい.
  • 楽しみ is Stem Form of 楽しむ.

Conjunction ら

  • You need Plain Past Positive Form (or たForm) in front of ら.
  • たかった is Plain Past Positive Form of たい.
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時には人の視線を無視する勇気も必要なんだよ。

Meaning: you sometimes need to be courageous enough to ignore what they say
  • 時には(とき・には/to ki ni wa)means ‘sometimes’

sometimes

時々(とき・どき/to ki do ki)is a common word for ‘sometimes’.

視線(し・せん/shi se n)

It literally means a line of sight. It often means ‘how people see you’ in many contexts.

Ex: 私は人の視線を気にする(worried about how people see me)

  • を (wo) is an object marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
  • 無視する(む・し・する/mu shi su ru)means ‘to ignore’.
  • 勇気(ゆう・き/yu u ki)means ‘courage’
  • も (mo) means ‘too’.
  • 必要(ひつ・よう/hi tsu yo o)means ‘need’.
  • なんだよ is the same as です, but more casual.

なんだよ

  • なんだよ consists of なんだ + よ.
  • なんだ is Plain Form of なんです.
  • よ is a sentence ending particle, which is used to make the sentence sound softer.
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