Archive for February, 2006
#20 Getting a haircut in Japanese
In this lesson we learn some useful phrases to get a haircut in Japanese.
You can download show #20 here and the PDF show notes here.
SHOW NOTES AND TRANSCRIPT
1.
a) いらっしゃいませ、今日はどうなさいますか。
b) 五分刈りにしてもらえますか。
a) G.I. Janeみたいのね
b) そうなんじゃなくてダウンタウンのまっちゃんみたいので
a) Irasshaimase, kyou wa dou nasaimasu ka?
b) Gobugari ni shite moraemasu?
a) G.I. Jane mitai no ne
b) Sou nan ja nakute downtown no macchan mitai node
a) Welcome, what would you like today?
b) Can you give me a 5mm cut with the clippers?
a) Like G.I. Jane?
b) No exactly, more like Macchan off “Downtown”
2.
a) 今日はどうされますか
b) 毛先だけカットして欲しいですけど
a) じゃ、今の髪型を変えなくていいんですよね
b) はい、そうです。
a) kyou wa dou saremasu ka
b) kesake dake cut shite hoshii desu kedo
a) jai ima no kamigata wo kaenakute iin desu yo ne
b) hai sou desu
a) What would you like today?
b) Just a trim please
a) So, you don’t want me to change your hairstyle?
b) Yes, that’s right
Other hairstyles
パーマ当てたい
paama atetai
丸坊主
marubouzu
丸刈り
marugari
© Alex Brooke, Learn Japanese pod 2009
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