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熱がある。 Netsu ga aru.

I have a fever.

下痢をしている。 Geri o shite iru.

I have diarrhea.

咳が出ます。 Seki ga demasu.

I have a cough.

頭痛がします。 Zutsū ga shimasu.

I have a headache.

めまいがします。 Memai ga shimasu.

I feel dizzy.

風邪を引いた。 Kaze o hiita.

I caught a cold.

背中が痛い。 Senaka ga itai.

My back hurts.

首が痛い。 Kubi ga itai.

I’ve got a pain in my neck.

肌がかゆい。 Hada ga kayui.

My skin itches.

歯が痛い。 Ha ga itai.

I have a toothache.

指から血が出ている。 Yubi kara chi ga dete iru.

My finger’s bleeding.

お腹が痛い。 Onaka ga itai.

I have a stomach ache.

目が乾燥している。 Me ga kansō shite iru.

My eyes are dry.

胸がきつい。 Mune ga kitsui.

My chest feels tight.

ひどい片頭痛がする。 Hidoi henzutsū ga suru.

I have a severe migraine.

肩が痛い。 Kata ga itai.

My shoulders hurt.

目が充血している。 Me ga jūketsu shite iru.

My eyes are bloodshot.

寒気がする。 Samuke ga suru.

I have chills.

鼻がつまっている。 Hana ga tsumatte iru.

My nose is stuffy.

関節が痛い。 Kansetsu ga itai.

My joints are aching.

筋肉痛だ。 Kinniku-tsū da.

My muscles are sore.

のどが痛い。 Nodo ga itai.

I have a sore throat.

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Could you possibly help me understand the difference between 助けて「たすけて」 and 守る「まもる」? Is 助けて more 'help me' where 守る is more 'I'll help you?'

I can see where you would think that if you encountered them in the wild, but the verbs 助ける and 守る actually have pretty different meanings:

助ける means “help” or “save” or “rescue”. Someone is struggling, and you do something to help them out of that situation or make things easier for them. You can use it for saving someone from actual danger, or just for helping them out with bland everyday things so they don’t have to do all the work.

守る means “protect” or “defend”. You’re watching over this person/thing and making sure nothing bad happens to them. Sometimes you can even “protect” abstract concepts, like ルールを守る “follow the rules” or 約束を守る “keep a promise” (because you’re upholding/defending the rules or the promise you made.)

I guess my basic sense of it is that 助ける is generally for when the bad or overwhelming thing is already happening to them and you make it better, but 守る can also be used for preventing it from happening in the first place. So you’ve probably seen 助けて！ as a way to yell “Help me!” and 守る as a way to say “I won’t let anything bad happen to you” but you could also, say, offer to help someone else with 助ける.

I don't wanna shut down this blog...

BUT I'M SO BUSY!! >.< If anyone's interested, I'd love some help. You've seen the format and all that good stuff; just prove to me that you know Japanese (as we do have folks come and ask for translations from time to time)!

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Hey, I was wondering if you could answer this question. If I want to say 'My hobbies are reading books, watching movies and fishing.' Do you know how I should say it? I know that 'My hobby is ...' is 私の趣味は。。。ことです。 but do you perhaps know how to sum different hobbies up? Thank you!

Hello!

Since all of your hobbies involve verbs, I would suggest using the ーり form. So for the hobbies you’re listing, for example, reading books, watching movies, and fishing, the sentence would become:

私の趣味は本を読んだり、映画を見たり、魚を釣りしたりです。

You could also use ーとか, or や (they're the same; や is a bit less casual) but then everything would have to be in noun form. Which means adding ーこと or や to the plain form of each verb. For example:

私の趣味は本を読むこととか、映画をみることとか、魚を釣りすることです。

私の趣味は本を読むことや、映画をみることや、魚を釣りすることです。

But both imply that you have more hobbies than you’re listing. ーとか also sounds a bit more clunky than the previous example. You could always replace ーとか or や with ーと, which would give you a “complete” list. (It would also give you a lot of とs, too, though!)

Hope this helps!

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政府ー Government

今日の言葉: 政府 (せいふ) // Today’s Word: seifu

Noun.

例文: 政府が汚職で、あまりビックリがないよ。// Example Sentence: It’s not exactly a surprise that the government’s corrupt.

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did you ever discuss 『なんか』『ながら』and『なんて』because I have trouble understanding their meaning in a sentence.

Here goes!

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As suggested by ebonwinged-nova, here you guys go!

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For なんて, there's a really nice explanation on tumblr blog facets-and-rainbows ( post/126875911740/did-you-ever-discuss-なんかながらandなんてbecause-i ). It helped me a lot in trying to wrap my head around it.

Thank you ebonwinged-nova! I’ll post this to my page, and I’ll go see if I can’t reblog the post itself!

hanabi-wannabe said: なんて still confuses me I don’t think it will ever fully make sense to me ;_;

| Don’t worry hanabi-wannabe! なんて is REALLY complicated. I still don’t have the hang of it. When I was doing this post, I found out that there are multiple uses for なんて in addition to the one I used as the word of the day. In case it will help, I find this website to be really useful when I’m doing research on Japanese online:

http://maggiesensei.com/2013/09/02/how-to-use-%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%A6nante/

The above link is for なんて. Here’s a link to the general site:

http://maggiesensei.com/

I hope you find these links useful. I certainly do!

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なんてー (Questioning Emphasis)

今日の言葉: なんて // Today’s Word: nante Adv. 例文: なんてバカな人、おまえ！// Example Sentence: What a stupid person you are!

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めちゃくちゃー Messy

今日の言葉: めちゃくちゃ // Today’s Word: messy

Adj.

例文: 髪がめちゃくちゃ！// Example Sentence: My hair is such a mess!