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Learn Japanese with Anime - I Feel Like A Smoke

In this video we’re going to analyse Bunta’s quote from Initial D (anime scene edited).

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Analysis

ちょっと: Many people know ちょっと means “a little bit” such as 日本語がちょっと話せる meaning “I can speak a little Japanese“. But this ちょっと is used to express the speaker does something casually without much thought or doesn’t want to bother explaining something. There is no direct English translation for that but maybe you can express it with “just”.

タバコ means “cigarette”. The particle を is used to indicate the direct object of the following verb. 吸い is a stem of the masu-form, 吸います usually used with タバコ to mean “to smoke”.

たくなった is the past tense of たくなる. たく comes from たい meaning ”to want to do something” and なる means “to become” or “to reach a certain state”. It follows a stem of a verb masu-form and it means “to become or to start wanting to do something“. So Bunta let go of the steering wheel because he just started wanting to smoke.

Sentences

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Bunta’s Quote

I feel like a smoke.

ちょっと (used to express the speaker does something casually without much thought/doesn’t want to bother explaining something)

I found that there was no milk so I’ll just go grab it.
I just have something to do, so please excuse me.
“You are already dead!” … I just wanted to say it.

Stem of Masu-Form + たくなる (to become/start wanting to do something)

When I go to a bookstore, I feel like going to the toilet (become wanting to go to the toilet).
I suddenly felt like seeing friends.
I had a car accident which made me not want to drive ever again.

Note

ラーメンが食べたい or ラーメンを食べたい??? – It depends on what you want to emphasise.

  • If you want to emphasise that RAMEN is something that you want to eat – ラーメンが食べたい
  • If you want to emphasise the action “TO EAT ramen” – ラーメンを食べたい

So when you crave some specific food like ramen, ラーメンが食べたい is commonly used because you don’t want anything else but ramen. But they are mostly interchangeable.

However, you can only use を when the action and object are connected strongly (fixed phrases). For example:

    ✔︎お金を貯めたい ✖︎お金が貯めたい (to save money)
    ✔︎お金を借りたい ✖︎お金が借りたい (to borrow money)
    ✔︎仕事を辞めたい ✖︎仕事が辞めたい (to quit a job)
    ✔︎約束を守りたい ✖︎約束が守りたい (to keep a promise)

 

Vocabulary

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au
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to meet (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
aru
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to have
iku
godan verb (iku/yuku), intransitive verb
  1. to go
unten
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. driving
omae
pronoun
  1. you (formerly honorific, now oft. derog. in ref. to an equal or inferior)
kau
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to buy (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
kara
particle
  1. because (follows verbs, adjectives)
kyuuni
adverb
  1. suddenly
gyuunyuu
noun
  1. (cow's) milk
kuru
kuru verb, intransitive verb
  1. to come (spatially or temporally)
koutsuujiko
noun
  1. traffic accident
shitsureishimasu
expression
  1. excuse me
shinu
godan verb, irregular nu verb, intransitive verb
  1. to die
suu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to smoke
tabako
noun
  1. tobacco; cigarette
chotto
adverb
  1. a little
  2. somewhat

Kanji

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Stroke Count
2 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. two, two radical (no.2)
Readings
Kun'yomi: ふた、ふた.つ、ふたた.び。
On'yomi: ニ、ジ。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. friend
Readings
Kun'yomi: とも、う、ど、すけ、ゆ、ゆう。
On'yomi: ユウ、ウ、イウ。
Stroke Count
5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings
Kun'yomi: もと。
On'yomi: ホン。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. going, journey
Readings
Kun'yomi: い.く、ゆ.く、おこな.う、おこな.い、C、-い.き、-ゆ.き、-いき、-ゆき、おこ.なう。
On'yomi: C、A、ゴウ、コウ、アン、ヒン、A、ギョウ。
Stroke Count
7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. come, due, next, cause, become
Readings
Kun'yomi: く.る、き、こ、き.たす、き.たる、きた.す、きた.る。
On'yomi: ライ、タイ。
Stroke Count
9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. in front, before
Readings
Kun'yomi: まえ、さき、-まえ。
On'yomi: ゼン、セン。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. cow
Readings
Kun'yomi: うし。
On'yomi: ゴ、グ、ギュウ。
Stroke Count
5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings
Kun'yomi: もち.いる。
On'yomi: ユウ、ヨウ。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings
Kun'yomi: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる。
On'yomi: エ、ケ、カイ。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. death, die
Readings
Kun'yomi: し.ぬ、ころ.す、し.に-。
On'yomi: シ。
Stroke Count
7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. say
Readings
Kun'yomi: い.う、こと。
On'yomi: ゴン、ゲン。
Stroke Count
8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings
Kun'yomi: こと、つか.う、つか.える。
On'yomi: ジ、シ、ズ。
Stroke Count
9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Readings
Kun'yomi: や、た。
On'yomi: オク。
Stroke Count
9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
Readings
Kun'yomi: -た.い、たび。
On'yomi: ト、ド、タク。
Stroke Count
9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
Readings
Kun'yomi: いそ.ぐ、いそ.ぎ。
On'yomi: コウ、キュウ。
Stroke Count
10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings
Kun'yomi: とお.る、とお.す、かよ.う、どおり、どうし、どお.し、とお.し、どお.り、とお.り、みち、とん、-とお.り、-どお.し、-どお.り。
On'yomi: ツウ、ツ、トウ。
Stroke Count
11 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. revolve, turn around, change
Readings
Kun'yomi: ころ.がす、ころ.がる、ころ.げる、ころ.ぶ、うたた、うつ.る、くるり、まろ.ぶ、くる.めく。
On'yomi: テン。
Stroke Count
12 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. buy
Readings
Kun'yomi: か.う。
On'yomi: メ、バイ。
Stroke Count
12 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
Readings
Kun'yomi: はこ.ぶ。
On'yomi: ウン。
Stroke Count
5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
Readings
Kun'yomi: うしな.う、う.せる。
On'yomi: シチ、シツ。

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