Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 3

36 7. What does ‘ ikemen ’ mean? 8. What does ‘ yabai ’ mean? 9. What does ‘ dentouteki ’ mean in English? 10. What does ‘ enryo ’ mean in English? D. Act in Japanese 1. At a restaurant, ask a waiter a) if smoking is prohibited here; b) what this (description on the menu) mean. 2. You’ve been shown a sample product. Ask if you can take a picture. 3. You are in a park. Check if a) pets, b) drinks, c) bicycles are prohibited. 4. Politely ask visitors to refrain from taking pictures here. 5. As a host, offer your guests food and drinks. Tell your guests not to hesitate and help themselves. As a guest, be polite and hesitate from helping yourself. After being urged, accept politely. 会話３ Mrs. Yamamoto explains recycling. Yamamoto: Sore wa sutete wa ikemasen yo. それは、捨 す ててはいけませんよ。 You shouldn’t throw those away. Michael: Kono bin ya kan mo? このビンや缶 かん も？ Do you mean these bottles and cans, too? Yamamoto: Onaji desu. Mottainai deshou? 同 おな じです。もったいないでしょう？ Same. It would be wasteful, wouldn’t it? Michael: Nan de mo risaikuru-suru n desu nee. 何 なん でもリサイクルするんですねえ。 You recycle everything, don’t you? Vocabulary suteru すてる 捨てる throw away, discard ikenai いけない won’t do; bad; mustn’t do sutete wa ikenai すててはいけない 捨てては行けない should not throw away bin びん ビン bottle; jar kan かん 缶 can ＋ petto botoru ペットボトル plastic bottle ＋ gomi ごみ trash ＋ gomibako ごみばこ ゴミ箱 trash can onaji おなじ 同じ same (a noun: no no or na is required to modify a noun: onaji namae ‘ same name’)