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Learn Japanese with Anime - Want To Try Dying Once?

In this video we’re going to analyse Ai Enma’s quote from Hell Girl (Jigoku Shoujo).

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Analysis

いっぺん means “one time”. You might know 一回 or 一度 which also means “one time”. They are interchangeable most of the time but いっぺん is more casual and colloquial. So you can also say 一回 or 一度死んでみる? but with いっぺん it sounds like dying is a very casual and easy thing which makes her sound more cruel.

But there are differences between them. いっぺん and 一度 can also be used as emphasis. On the other hand, 一回 is simply used for number of times. 

Also, いっぺん and 一度 followed by the particle に means “all at once” or “at the same time”. In this case, you don’t usually use 一回. 

死んでみる means “try dying”. The grammar formation is te-form of the verb plus みる and it means “try doing something”. For example, 食べてみる (try eating), 飲んでみる(try drinking), 聞いてみる(try listening), 見てみる(try looking), 読んでみる(try reading), 書いてみる(try writing). Please note that this みる always written in hiragana is different to the verb 見る meaning “to look”. Also, this phrase in a question is used for making suggestions.

Sentences

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Ai Enma’s Quote

Want to try dying once?

いっぺん/一度/一回 (one time/once)

Can I hit you once?
Please call me once you arrive at the station.
Say it one more time!

いっぺん/一度 (emphasis)

I want to try that thrill ride just once.
Please come visit us once.

一回 (number of times)

One person can only challenge this game once.
With five stamps, you can draw a raffle once.

いっぺんに/一度に (all at once, at the same time)

Please don’t ask me many things all at once.
I’m so unlucky that such bad things happened to me all at once.

Verb Te-Form + みる (try …ing)

It looks very difficult, but I will try taking the JLPT N1.
I’m not sure if I can do it, but I will try my best.
This sake is delicious. Do you want to try some?

Vocabulary

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asobu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
ano
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
ichido
noun, adverb
  1. one time
ichidoni
adverb
  1. all at once
ikkai
noun, adverb
  1. one time
ippen
noun, adverb
  1. once; one time
ippenni
adverb
  1. at the same time
ukeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to take (a test)
okiru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents)
katashi
'ku' adjective (archaic)
  1. difficult
ganbaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to do one's best
kiku
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to ask (聴く is used in legal and official contexts)
kudasai
expression
  1. please (do for me) (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-)
kuru
kuru verb, intransitive verb
  1. to come (spatially or temporally)

Kanji

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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。
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2 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. person
Readings
Kun'yomi: ひと、-と、-り。
On'yomi: ニン、ジン。
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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。
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4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. five
Readings
Kun'yomi: いつ、いつ.つ。
On'yomi: ゴ。
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4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings
Kun'yomi: わ.け、わ.かつ、わ.かる、わ.ける、わ.かれる。
On'yomi: ブ、フン、ブン。
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4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings
Kun'yomi: -か、-び、ひ。
On'yomi: ジツ、ニチ。
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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。
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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。
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13 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. tale, talk
Readings
Kun'yomi: はな.す、はなし。
On'yomi: ワ、エ、カ。
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13 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. electricity
Readings
Kun'yomi: いなずま。
On'yomi: デン、テン。
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14 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. hear, ask, listen
Readings
Kun'yomi: き.く、き.こえる。
On'yomi: ブン、モン。
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6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. death, die
Readings
Kun'yomi: し.ぬ、ころ.す、し.に-。
On'yomi: シ。
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7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. say
Readings
Kun'yomi: い.う、こと。
On'yomi: ゴン、ゲン。
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9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
Readings
Kun'yomi: -た.い、たび。
On'yomi: ト、ド、タク。
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10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. rouse, wake up, get up
Readings
Kun'yomi: お.きる、お.こす、お.こる、おこ.す、た.つ。
On'yomi: コ、キ。
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11 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Readings
Kun'yomi: わる.い、にく.む、いずく.にか、いずく.んぞ、-にく.い、あ.し、ああ、わる-、にく.い、いずくに、いずくんぞ。
On'yomi: アク、アク、オ。
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12 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
Readings
Kun'yomi: き.る、き.せる、つ.く、つ.ける、ぎ、-ぎ、-き.せ。
On'yomi: ジャク、チャク。
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12 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. drink, smoke, take
Readings
Kun'yomi: の.む、の.み、-の.み。
On'yomi: オン、イン。
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14 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. station
Readings
Kun'yomi: うまや。
On'yomi: ヤク、エキ。
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4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
Readings
Kun'yomi: -び.き、ひ.き、ひ.く、ひ.き-、ひ.ける。
On'yomi: イン。

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