難攻不落の要塞 Impregnable Fortress

難攻不落の要塞 impregnable fortress

The word:	Closer look at the kanji:	B = Beginner | I = Intermediate | A = Advanced
難攻不落の要塞 nan kou fu raku no you sai impregnable fortress	難 nan difficult, hard 攻 kou attack 不 fu non, negative, bad 落 raku fall, drop 要塞 you sai fortress, a stronghold	避難 hi nan - to take refuge, evacuate, run for cover [A] 攻撃 kou geki - attack, an offense [I] 不公平 fu kou hei - unfairness, injustice [I] 落ちる ochiru - to fall, drop [B] サルも木から落ちる saru mo ki kara ochiru - Even monkeys fall from trees (J Proverb - no ones perfect) [I]

Actually... I had a key.

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SUGGESTED USAGE: ブーさんは、難攻不落の要塞を建てたつもりだったが、それはわらで作ってあったので、狼に簡単に吹き飛ばされてしまった。 bu-san wa nan kou fu raku no you sai o tateta tsumori datta ga, sore wa wara de tsukutte atta node, ookami ni kantan ni fuki tobasarete shimatta. Mr. Bu intended to create an impregnable fortress, but the straw house he built was easily blown down by the big, bad wolf.

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

ブーさん bu-san - Mr. Bu- BU is the sound pigs make to Japanese ears
建てたつもり tateta tsumori - intended to build TSUMORI means a show of intent
だったが datta ga - was... but, DATTA is the simple past of DESU; GA is a contrasting but
それは sore wa - as for that means as for everything just mentioned
わら wara - straw
で de - by means of it was made WITH straw
作ってあったので tsukutte atta node - because it was made the NODE means because of this situation the following occured...
狼に ookami ni - for the wolf the NI here is used to direct the attention to the wolf
簡単に kantan ni - easily the NI makes this an adverb and not just easy
吹き飛ばされてしまった fuki tobasarete shimatta - was unfortunately blown down 吹き飛ばされて is made up of two words 吹く to blow and 飛ばす to fly, together they mean blow down.

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Quick lesson: Examples of using the に to make an adverb form out of some adjective would be: 簡単 kantan - easy Add に 簡単に kantan ni easily 急 kyuu sudden 急に kyuu ni - suddenly 楽 raku - easy (this one is similar to kantan, but also implies comfort in doing something) 楽に raku ni - easily 静か shizuka - quiet 静かに shizuka ni - quietly I read the に is added to adjectives imported from China. For other adjectives you make the く form: よく出来ました。 yoku dekimashita. (You did well)