Let’s learn a Japanese phrase from anime/manga every day! (・∀・)イイネ!!
I pick up a Japanese phrase from anime/manga (almost) every day to learn Japanese with you all!
I hope this (almost) every-day update post will help you get motivated to learn Japanese.
Today´s phrase is:
Jpn : みんなが休んでる時にやらなきゃ、いつまでたっても一軍にはいけねーっスから。。。。
Phonetic: Minna ga yasunderu tokini yaranakya itsumade tattemo ichigun niha ikene ssukara.
Eng: I have to do it when everyone is resting ... (otherwise) I can't go to the first team forever ...
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Vocabulary
みんな, minna: adverb; all, everyone, everybody
が, ga: particle; indicates sentence subject
休んでる(やすんでる)yasunderu: verb; to rest, to have a day off, to retire, to sleep
時(とき)toki: noun; time, hour, moment
に, ni: particle; at (place, time), in, on, during
やる, yaru: verb; to do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study
いつまで, itsumade: adverb; forever, for good, eternally, as long as one likes,
たっても, tattemo: verb; to pass (of time), to elapse
一軍(いちぐん)ichigun: noun; first string, first team
には, niwa: particle; for (in regard to), in order to
行けない(いけない)ikenai(いけねーっす)ikenessu: verb in negative form; to go, to move, to head (towards), to be transported
から, kara: follows verbs, adjectives; because, since
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Which anime/manga is the phrase from?
Ace of Diamond
Who said the phrase?
Eijun Sawamura
Who is Eijun Sawamura
He is a fictional character which is created by Yuji Terajima. Eijun is a left-handed pitcher who has extremely erratic throwing motions. His body is naturally flexible with supple joints, allowing him to immediately change the pitch’s direction.
Who wrote and illustrated?
Yuji Terajima
References
Ace of Diamond
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Diamond
List of Ace of Diamond characters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ace_of_Diamond_characters#Eijun_Sawamura
Yuji Terajima
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Terajima
I think it is read as "itsumade" not itumade in romaji. There's no particle "tu" in both hiragana and katakana, though.