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October 26, 2017

致命的 Fatal

致命的 (ちめいてき)

fatal

致命的
chi mei teki
Fatal

致 chi to do, bring about
命 mei life
的 teki suffix for forming adjectives from nouns

一致 icchi - agreement [A]
命 inochi - life [B]
命令 mei rei - command [B]
一時的 ichi ji teki - momentary, fleeting [A]
具体的 gu tai teki - concretely (not abstract) [I]

Without his glasses, Bernard never knew what hit him.

SUGGESTED USAGE:

シンディーへの印象(いんしょう)をよくするためにバーナードはめがねをはずしたので、致命的(ちめいてき)(あやま)りをおかしました。

shindi- e no inshou o yoku suru tame ni ba-na-do wa megane o hazushita node, chimeiteki na ayamari o okashimashita.
Removing his glasses to impress Cindy, Bernard made a fatal mistake.

  • シンディー shindi - Cindy [Since there is no native sound in Japanese for DY, you make a small ィ after the デ to get the sound.]
  • へ e - to
  • 印象をよくするために inshou o yoku suru tame ni - in order to make a good impression [印象 (impress); ために (in order to)
  • バーナード ba-na-do - Our hero, Bernard
  • めがね megane - (eye) glasses
  • はずした hazushita - removed (glasses)
  • ので node - therefore
  • 誤り ayamari - mistake (In this case a big mistake)
  • おかしました okashimashita - to commit (mistake; crime...)

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