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島流し Banishment
Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 18:11
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島流し Banishment / exile to a desert island |
 The word: |
 Closer look at the kanji: |
 B = Beginner | I = Intermediate | A = Advanced |
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島流し |
島 shima - island [B] 半島 han tou - peninsula [I] 無人島 mu jin tou - unpopulated island [A] 国際交流 koku sai kou ryuu - international exchange [I] 流れ星 nagare boshi - falling star, shooting star [A] |
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  Henry's ecstatic joy soon turned to sorrow when he learned there was no Pokey or Cal-Pis. |
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SUGGESTED USAGE: 宝くじがあたったヘンリーの賞品は、ラッキーなことに島流しだった。 |
ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:
宝くじ takara kuji - lottery
あたった atatta - won, hit simple past of 当たる ataru
ヘンリ henri - Henry foreign names are always written in katakana
賞品 shou hin - prize prize money is 賞金 shou kin
ラッキな rakki na - lucky most foreign words that act as adjectives are na adjectives.
こと koto - thing, matter lucky thing
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