Japanese vocabulary: Personality – 40 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

バカだな、俺。

I'm such a fool.

りくちゃん、やさしい！！

Riku, you're so kind!!

温度と湿度を慎重に管理し、二日間、ただ待った。

Carefully managing the temperature and humidity, he just waited for two days.

しかし船長は礼儀正しく、手を差し伸べた。

However, the captain was polite and reached out his hand.

花さん、俺の不注意で本当にすみません

Hana-san, I am truly sorry for my carelessness.

でも、会いに行く勇気がありませんでした。

But she did not have the courage to go and meet him.

本当に才能があります。

He really has talent.

えらい

Good job.

教科書通りの知識を教え、進路指導に追われ、生徒の個性を評価するのではなく、型にはめることに必死になっていた。

Teaching knowledge straight from the textbook, being overwhelmed by career counseling, Instead of valuing my students' individuality, I had been desperately trying to force them into a mold.

列車は山を出て、暗い平野の中を走った。健司は窓の外を見ていた。誰かのいたずらだったかもしれない。でも、確かめることはもうできなかった。

The train left the mountains and ran through the dark plains. Kenji watched the scenery outside the window. It might have been someone's prank. But there was no way to confirm it anymore.

祖父も口数は少ないが誠実な人で、二人の間には穏やかな信頼があったと沙智子は信じていた。

Her grandfather was also a quiet but sincere man, and that there had been a calm trust between them was what Sachiko believed.

意地を張っているわけでもなく、ただ、どう言葉をかけていいかわからなかった。

It wasn't that she was being stubborn, she simply didn't know what to say.

「俺には不器用で直接言えないけど、好きな道に進んでくれたのがうれしい」って、そう言っていました。

"I'm clumsy and can't say it to him directly, but I'm happy he followed the path he loves," he said, he was saying that.

その光景は、まるで運命の選別を行う冷徹な儀式のようだった。

That sight was just like a cold-hearted ritual carrying out the selection of destiny.

それ以来、ふたりの間では年に数回のそっけないメッセージが交わされるだけだった。

Since then, between the two of them a few curt messages a year were all that was exchanged.

あの...うん...怒ろうとしてたんだけど...なんか...写真見たら...お母さん、ミルク苦しまなかった？眠ってるみたいだった？...あいつほんと甘えん坊だったから...最期、お母さんのそばにいられてよかったと思う...うん...ありがとう

Um... yeah... I was about to get angry, but... somehow... when I saw the photo... Mom, didn't Milk suffer? Did she look like she was sleeping?... That one was really clingy/spoiled... At the end, I think it was good that she could be by Mom's side... Yeah... thank you

北岳の頂上から見下ろす甲府盆地の広がり、間ノ岳の広大な山頂台地、農鳥小屋の無愛想な小屋番のおじさんが淹れてくれた温かいコーヒー——すべてが鮮やかで、日常の職員室とは完全に別の世界だった。

The expanse of the Kofu Basin looking down from the summit of Mount Kita, the vast summit plateau of Mount Aino, the gruff hut keeper at Nōtori Hut the warm coffee he brewed for me— Everything was vivid, and it was a completely different world from the everyday staff room.

しかし、展覧会に女の名で応募すると、審査員の反応は常に冷淡だった。

However, when she applied to exhibitions under a woman's name, the judges' reactions were always cold.

健一郎と記された最後の手紙を読み、真由は父をただの臆病者とは呼べない気がした。

Reading the final letter signed 'Kenichiro', Mayu felt that she could not call her father a mere coward.

神々の視線が突き刺さる中、綱代の神は毅然として続けた。

While the gazes of the gods pierced through him, the god of Ajiro continued resolutely.

若い住人たちは「気難しい人だ」と噂していたし、京子自身も、引っ越してきてから二年が経つのに、まともな会話をしたことがなかった。

The younger residents whispered that she was a 'difficult person,' Kyoko herself, despite having lived here for two years, had never had a proper conversation.

口下手な人だったので。

Since he was a man of few words.

花は正直に話しました。

Hana spoke honestly.

浩志のお父さん、昔から口数が少ない人だったもんな。

Hiroshi's dad, he's always been a man of few words.

でも、もうふざけて絵は描かない

But, no more joking around while drawing paintings

解き方の癖も違う

The problem-solving habits are also different.

彼は畳に手をついて頭を下げ、珍しくも遠慮がちな声で言った。

He placed his hands on the tatami, bowed, and said in a rare, hesitant voice.

先生の人柄を考えると、私たちのお金に手をつけたとは思えない。

Considering the teacher's personality, I can't believe he would touch our money.

師匠の若い頃の名だと後で知ったが、そのとき澄江はただ、その文字が持つ凛とした力強さに強く惹かれた。

She later learned it was her master's name from his youth, but At that moment, Sumie simply... She was deeply drawn to the dignified strength of those characters.

デリカシーなかった😅

I had no tact/delicacy.

俺もいい！！

Me too!!

浩志のお父さん、昔から口数が少ない人だったもんな。

Hiroshi's dad, he's always been a man of few words.

そう！あいつ絶対最初は知らんふりするんだよな笑

Right! That guy definitely at first pretends not to know me lol

海沿いの単調な景色が続き、強い海風がランナーの体力を容赦なく奪うことから、「魔の四区」と恐れられている。

The monotonous scenery along the coast continues, and because the strong sea breeze relentlessly robs runners of their physical strength, it is feared as the 'Demonic Fourth Section'.

「今の会社にいたほうが安心や」「母さんは、いつも僕の夢を笑うね」「笑ってへんよ。

"You would be safer staying at your current company." "Mom, you always laugh at my dreams, don't you?" “I’m not laughing.

はいちゃんと記録に残したくて悪いことには使いません

Yes I want to leave a proper record and I won't use it for anything bad.

通帳の後ろに挟まれていた便箋には、弱い人間ゆえに逃げたという後悔と、使い道はお前が決めていいという娘への思いが綴られていた。

On the stationery tucked into the back of the bankbook, there was the regret of having run away because he was a weak human, saying that I could decide how to use it his feelings for his daughter had been recorded.

健二くんのご家族に失礼なこと、わかってます。

I know it's rude to Kenji's family.

田中さんはとても静かな人です。

Mr. Tanaka is a very quiet person.

お母さんもさっきから「凛は大丈夫か」ってうるさくて😂

Mom has been nagging me for a while asking if Rin is okay 😂