One Japanese phrase every day! (・∀・)/ イイネ!! No.24 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 : お前が死んでも何も変わらない。だが、お前が生きて、変わるものもある** **Phonetic: Omae ga shindemo nanimo kawaranai. Daga, omae gai kite, kawaru mono mo aru.** **Eng: Nothing changes although you die. But there are things that change if you live.** **(I have learned everything important in my life from animation/manga)** The phrase may sound a bit cold and unsympathetic, but it has a true meaning that “I want you to live!” behind the phrase. If there are any friends and acquaintances who face some difficulties and want to give up their lives, this phrase may help them. Live! █―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█ **Vocabulary** お前(おまえ)**omae**: pronoun; you (reffering to an equal or inferiror) が, **ga**: particle; indicates sentence subject 死ぬ(しぬ)**shinu**: verb; to die, to pass away でも, **demo**, conjunction; but, however, though, nevertheless, still, yet, even 何も(なにも)**nanimo**: adverb; nothing (with neg. verb), not any, and everything else 変わらない(かわらない)**kawaranai**: verb in negative form; not to change, not to be transformed, not to be altered, not to vary だが, **daga**: conjunction; but, however, 生きて(いきて)**ikite**: verb; to live, to exist 変わる(かわる)**kawaru**: verb; to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary もの, **mono**: noun; thing, object, article, stuff, も, **mo**: particle; too, also, in addition, as well, ある, **aru**: verb; to be, to exist, to live █―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█ **Which anime/manga is the phrase from?** Saiyuki
**Who said the phrase?** Genjo Sanzo **Who is Genjo Sanzo?** **Genjo Sanzo**, the 31st of China *(玄奘三蔵, Genjō Sanzō)* is one of the main characters of Saiyuki. A Buddhist priest/monk, he is the one who brought the four together to travel to the west under command of the Three Aspects and the Goddess of Mercy. From his leadership derives the group's common nickname of Sanzo Party ("Sanzo's group" or "Sanzo-ikkou"). **(Fandom)** https://saiyuki.fandom.com/wiki/Sanbutsushin https://saiyuki.fandom.com/wiki/Kanzeon_Bosatsu https://saiyuki.fandom.com/wiki/Sanzo_Party **Who wrote and illustrated?** **Kazuya Minekura** **References** Saiyuki (manga) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiyuki_(manga) Kazuya Minekura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuya_Minekura Genjo Sanzo https://saiyuki.fandom.com/wiki/Genjo_Sanzo
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