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Learn Japanese with Anime - Papa Is A Huge Liar...But He’s A Cool Liar! (Spy x Family)

In this video, we’re going to analyse Anya Forger’s quote from Spy x Family (スパイファミリー).

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Analysis

ちちものすごいうそつき

ちち (noun) is used when Ayna addresses Loid Forger as “Papa”.

Actually it’s not normal to call your father ちち(ちち) as it’s the word used to refer to your father in formal speech. She also calls her mother はは(はは) which is the word used in formal speech too. Normally, in casual speech, people call their father and mother ()(とう)()() and ()(かあ)()(), or some people call them ()() and ()().

However, Anya often speaks Japanese incorrectly as her language is not fully developed, which makes her sound silly but funny and cute. So, for Anya, ちち and はは are only used as nicknames like “Papa” and “Mama”.

Also, ちち and はは are usually written in kanji, but in the original comics, Anya’s lines are written mostly in hiragana, which expresses her immaturity and cuteness as well.

()()()()() (adjective) is used to emphasise the great amount or degree of something. In this case, it modifies うそ(うそ)()() meaning “liar” so ものすごいうそつき means “huge liar”. You can also say すごいうそつき but ものすごい can express more immense and greater amount than すごい.

So the first sentence ちちものすごいうそつき means “Papa is a huge liar”.

でも、かっこいいうそつき

()() (conjunction) means “but” used at the beginning of a sentence.

()()()()() (adjective) means “cool”, “good-looking“, “handsome“, “stylish“, and so on. It’s used not only to express attractive looking, but also actions or behaviours that people admire. In this case, they have to leave the apartment because of her, but he lied that it’s because of a poisonous snake so that she wouldn’t have to blame herself, which is kind, smart and cool.

So the second sentence でもかっこいいうそつき means “But (he’s) a cool liar”.

Note

The noun うそつき comes from the “object + verb” 「うそ(うそ)()()()」 (to tell a lie).

Some nouns are made from the “object + verb” such as;

  • (かね)()() (rich person) – (かね)()() (to have money)
  • (さけ)()() (drinker) – (さけ)()() (to drink alcohol)
  • ()(ども)(だま)() (childish trick) – ()(ども)(だま)() (to trick children)

Sentences

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Anya Forger’s Quote

Papa is a huge liar. But he's a cool liar!

父/母 (my father/my mother)

I admire wonderful married couples like my father and mother.
My father always listens to what my mother says.
When I was a child, my mother was kind, and my father was strict.

ものすごい (emphasises the great amount or degree of something)

It takes me forever to make a sentence in Japanese.
I was overwhelmed by the great number of people.
I was awakened by the extreme sound this morning.

ものすごい is an adjective that modifies the following noun and ものすごく is an adverb that modifies the following adjective or verb. But nowadays, ものすごい is also used as an adverb especially between youths.

ものすごかっこいい!

It’s super cool!

* It’s supposed to be ものすご as かっこいい is an adjective, but it’s widely accepted to use ものすごい. The same applies to すごく/すごい.

I want to become a cool woman like her.
Businessmen going to work with coffee in one hand is cool.
My dad who cherishes his family more than anything else is the coolest man in the world.

Vocabulary

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akogareru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to admire
attou
suru verb, noun
  1. to overwhelm (someone with emotion) (usu. in the passive as 圧倒される)
iukotowokiku
expression, godan verb
  1. to listen to what someone says
usotsuki
noun, na adjective
  1. liar
oto
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. sound; noise
otousan
noun
  1. father
otoko
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. man; male
onna
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. female; woman (can be blunt when used alone)
kakaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
kazoku
noun, no adjective
  1. family
katate
noun, no adjective
  1. one hand
kakkoii
i adjective (yoi/ii)
  1. attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool
kanojo
pronoun
  1. she

Kanji

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11 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. time, about, toward
Readings
Kun'yomi: ころ、ごろ、しばら.く、ころも。
On'yomi: キョウ、ケイ。
Stroke Count
14 Strokes
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English Meaning
  1. lie, falsehood
Readings
Kun'yomi: ふ.く、うそ。
On'yomi: コ、キョ。
Stroke Count
1 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. one, one radical (no.1)
Readings
Kun'yomi: ひと、ひと.つ、はじめ、てん、かづ、かつ、いる、まこと、かず、おさむ、か、かた、くに、さね、すすむ、たか、ただ、ち、のぶ、はじむ、ひ、ひじ、ひで、ひとし、まさし、もと、もろ、ひと-。
On'yomi: イチ、イツ。
Stroke Count
2 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. person
Readings
Kun'yomi: ひと、-と、-り。
On'yomi: ニン、ジン。
Stroke Count
3 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. large, big
Readings
Kun'yomi: おお、おお.きい、おお.いに、もと、まさる、ひろし、はじめ、とも、たかし、おう、わ、うふ、-おお.いに、おお-。
On'yomi: ダイ、ダ、タイ、タ。
Stroke Count
3 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. woman, female
Readings
Kun'yomi: おんな、め、をとめ、むすめ、なんじ。
On'yomi: ニョウ、ニョ、ジョ。
Stroke Count
3 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings
Kun'yomi: こ、ね、-こ。
On'yomi: ス、シ、ツ。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. now
Readings
Kun'yomi: いま。
On'yomi: コン、キン。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings
Kun'yomi: -か、-び、ひ。
On'yomi: ジツ、ニチ。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. father
Readings
Kun'yomi: ちち。
On'yomi: ホ、フ、ブ。
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
5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. mama, mother
Readings
Kun'yomi: はは、も。
On'yomi: ボ、ム、モ、ボウ。
Stroke Count
7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. what
Readings
Kun'yomi: なに、なん、あが、なに.の、なん.の、なん.ぞ、いず.れ、なに-、なん-。
On'yomi: ガ、カ。
Stroke Count
7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. male
Readings
Kun'yomi: おとこ、お、み。
On'yomi: ナン、ダン。
Stroke Count
10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. time, hour
Readings
Kun'yomi: とき、-どき。
On'yomi: ジ、シ。
Stroke Count
12 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. interval, space
Readings
Kun'yomi: あいだ、ま、あい。
On'yomi: ケン、カン。
Stroke Count
14 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. hear, ask, listen
Readings
Kun'yomi: き.く、き.こえる。
On'yomi: ブン、モン。
Stroke Count
14 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. word, speech, language
Readings
Kun'yomi: かた.る、かた.らう。
On'yomi: ゴ、ギョ。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. hand
Readings
Kun'yomi: -て、て、た-、て-。
On'yomi: ズ、シュ。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings
Kun'yomi: ふみ、あや。
On'yomi: モン、ブン。

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