Japanese vocab with Yuzuru - Day 2
Another interesting topic is Yuzuruâs mentality towards challenges and overcoming his limits. So here we have 3 of my favourite words that Yuzuru mentions a lot:
1. éćąïŒăăăŁăăăïœgyak-kyou): adversity
What he said after his disappointing performance at NHK 2014 (x at 0:36):
Y: éćąăć«ăăăăȘăïŒăăăŁăăăăăăăăăăȘăïœgyak-kyou ga ki-rai-ja-nai) - I donât hate adversity/hardships
(such a precious gif here cause I like this quote and remembered every word he said but it took forever to find the original video >___<)
2. ææŠïŒăĄăăăăïœchou-sen): to challenge, try, or attempt something
This is actually a very common word, I donât know about others in Team Japan but at least both Yuzuru and Shoma use this word when talking about their plan before the season/a competition a lot.
3. èȘČéĄïŒăă ă | ka-dai): problem, challenge (many meanings but Yuzuru mainly uses this meaning)
A short scene from an interview with Matsuoka-san after NHK 2014 where he was talking about the challenges he faced after recovering from COC2014 (x):
M: èȘČéĄăć„œăă§ăăïŒ(ăă ăăăăă§ăă ?ïœka-dai, su-ki desu-ka?)  Â
Y: èȘČéĄăć€§ć„œăă§ăă(ăă ăăă ăăăă§ăïœka-dai, dai-su-ki desu)     Â
which can be translated to
M:Â Do you like challenges?
Y: I love challenges.
He further explained:âBecause, once youâve overcome that (challenge), thereâs definitely gonna be something âhigherâ, right? And then thereâs something even higher than that one.â #quotes-everywhere #foodforthought
1. I try to find a sample video for the words so you can try to listen and familiarize yourself with how itâs pronounced and put into sentences (the gifs are just there as backup in case the vid links are broken in the future). So do help yourself with some high-quality quotes with a made-in-Sendai stamp :)))
2. I include the (hiragana reading | romanized reading) next to each word. If you are not familiar with the Japanese alphabet, check out how to read hiragana here as itâll be very useful :D
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