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5-minute Japanese Class by Hitomi Hirayama
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masu

(verb) ho-dai

One of my friends invited me out for dinner, saying, "Pole-san, sushi no tabe-ho-dai, The expression "___ho-dai" means (All you can ___/as much as you'd like)
sake no nomi-ho-dai, jikan wa mu-se-gen dakara iko- yo!" (Mr. Pole, there is a "as much as you'd like." For example,
restaurant that offers a sushi "tabe-ho-dai," sake "nomi-ho-dai" and the time is "mu- there is an "utai-ho-dai" system at The number of verbs the phrase can apply to is limited.
se-gen," so let's go there!). I didn't understand what "tabe-ho-dai," "nomi-ho-dai," "mu- karaoke bars, which means, "all-you-
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se-gen" meant, but I decided to go with him. When I got there, I could not believe it! All can-sing." The other expression of "mu- All you can eat All you can ride All you can sing
I paid was ¥ 2,000, but I could eat as much sushi as I liked, and I could drink as much as se- gen" means "unlimited." Let me
食べ ます 放題 乗り ます 放題 歌い ます 放題
I wanted, and we could stay there as long as we wanted. Gee, I was stuffed, and I really show you some other prefixes, rather tabe masu ho-dai nori masu ho-dai utai masu ho-dai
liked the system. Ms. Hirayama, could you teach me similar words? than "mu-."

1) You can buy an "all-day ride pass" at Disneyland.

■ When one of these characters is added to a ■ Which one of the kanji in the center appropriately changes the Japanese word? ディズニーランドには 一日   
word, its meaning is changed completely. Disneyland niwa ichi-nichi all you can ride
broadcast realize grant; issue planned
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→ rerun → realize again → reissue → unplanned の チケット が あります。
-less/un- e.g., conscious unconscious no ticket ga arimasu
放送 認識 交付 計画
無 意識
いしき
無意識
むいしき
ほう そう
ho-so-
にんしき
ninshiki
こうふ
ko-fu
けい かく
ke-kaku
2) For ¥500, we can sing as many songs as we like
for two hours at the karaoke bar, so let's go!
む
mu ishiki mu-ishiki あの店 は ２時間 500円 で            
interest regular ano mise wa ni-jikan go-hyaku en de all you can sing
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→ indifference not yet → irregular
new e.g., regime new regime ですよ。行きましょう！
規則
新 政権 新政権
関心 -less/un-
未 new
desu yo ikimasho-

無
かん しん き そく
しん
shin
せいけん
se-ken
しんせいけん
shin-se-ken
kanshin
む
み
mi 新 kisoku 3) The restaurant offers an "all-you-can-eat lunch" for
¥1,000, but the dinner is expensive.
common sense しん meaning
3 mu 10 ランチタイムは          で 1,000円です。
→ nonsense shin → meaningless
not yet e.g., legal age under legal age lunch time wa all you can eat de sen en desu
常識 意味
未 成年 未成年 じょう しき
un-/non
い み
でも 夜 は 高い です。
demo yoru wa takai desu
み せいねん みせいねん jo-shiki non-/un- imi
mi-se-nen
se-nen
不 非
mi
re-
stability taxable ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ bonus question ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊
再
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un-/non e.g., sanitary unsanitary → insecurity → tax-free
ふ ひ By putting the prefixes『未』『新』or『再』in the square

不 衛生
えいせい
不衛生
ふえいせい
安定
あん てい
fu
さい
sai
hi 課税
か ぜい
box, try to make a Japanese word that corresponds to
4), 5) and 6).
ふ ante- kaze-
fu e-sei fu-e-sei
5
solve
6
participation 7
record
8
connection 結婚 → 婚
re- e.g., start restart → unsolved → nonparticipation → new record → no connection kekkon kon

再 スタート 再スタート 解決
かい けつ
参加
さん か
記録
き ろく
関係
かん けい
4 ) Single (not yet married)
さい start さい 5 ) Remarried
kaiketsu sanka kiroku kanke-
sai sai-start 6 ) Newlywed
Answers
non-/un- e.g., productive unproductive 1 rerun 再放送 (sai-ho-so-) 6 nonparticipation 不参加 (fu-sanka) 11 irregularity 不規則 (fu-kisoku)

非
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unplanned 無計画 (mu-ke-kaku)
生産的 非生産的 indifference 無関心 (mu-kanshin) new record 新記録 (shin-kiroku)
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3 nonsense 非常識 (hi-jo-shiki) 8 no connection 無関係 (mu-kanke-) 13 reissue 再交付 (sai-ko-fu) 1)→ 2 2)→ 3 3)→ 1 4) 未婚 5) 再婚 6) 新婚
せいさんてき ひせいさんてき 4 insecurity 不安定 (fu-ante-) 9 tax-free 非課税 (hi-kaze-) 14 realize again 再認識 (sai-ninshiki) mi-kon sai-kon shin-kon
ひ
se-santeki hi-se-santeki
unsolved 未解決 (mi-kaiketsu) meaningless 無意味 (mu-imi)
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hi
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