未確認飛行物体 Unidentified Flying Object

未確認飛行物体 Unidentified Flying Object

未確認飛行物体

Unidentified Flying Object



The word:

Closer look at the kanji:

B = Beginner | I = Intermediate
| A = Advanced

未確認飛行物体
mi kaku nin hi kou buttai

Unidentified Flying Object

確認 kaku nin to confirm

未確認 mi kaku nin unconfirmed

飛行 hi kou aviation

物体 buttai object


確認書 kaku nin sho – certificate [A]

未来 mi rai – future [B]
UFO UFO – Meaning is same, but pronunciation is different [You Foe] [B]

Crashed!


SUGGESTED USAGE:

鳥か?未確認飛行物体か?いや、ただのスーパーマンだ。
tori ka? mikakuninhikoubuttai ka? iya tada no su-pa-man da.

Is it a bird? Is it an Unidentified Flying Object? Nah, its just Superman.

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

鳥か tori ka – a bird? You can think of the か ka as a question mark, but here is is used to compare things to see what it is. Maybe it should be translated, Could it be a…

いや iya – no informal

ただ tada – just, only
スーパーマン su-pa-man – Superman
da – to be informal form of desu


 

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