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😾Mad Kenma Using "Nakama" Makes You 😭Cry, "Bob Cut" and "Man Bun" in Japanese -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

Author
Tai
Published
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Episode Link
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/haikyuu-japanese/episodes/Mad-Kenma-Using-Nakama-Makes-You-Cry--Bob-Cut-and-Man-Bun-in-Japanese--Learn-Japanese-with-Haikyuu-eqdqj3

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【That Funny Moment】


Exhausted banana-eating Kenma getting mad


Kenma uses the word 仲間(なかま)here, which is used to call "a group of people who share the same goal". 


This is kinda like "friend + teammate" ("comrades"...?) and Kenma using this word hits different and bye




【Today's Vocabs】


執着(しゅうちゃく):persistence, obsession


執念(しゅうねん):persistence


こだわり:obsession, pursuit


信念(しんねん):belief, principle


信条(しんじょう):creed, principle




【Quiz】Level: ★


Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.


岩(いわ)ちゃんは俺(おれ)__お母(かあ)ちゃんですか?


-は


-の


-に


-と


Answer:の


Are you (Iwa-chan) my mommy or what?


-は: as for, speaking of


-の: ~'s, of 


-に: at, in, on (location of existence)


-と: and, with


*お母ちゃん is a baby-ish way to say "mother"




【Cultural-ish Insight】


Goshiki's bob cut hairstyle is referred to as おかっぱ in Japanese. The origin is the legendary creature kappa's (河童) head.  It doesn't look so close but it's because the referred hairstyle changed over time.


The "bun" hairstyle is called お団子(だんご)in Japanese, which literally means "a dumpling", and Asahi's "man-bun" is also called this way. 



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