Someone gets a visit and assumes the visitor came because they were worried about them.
全然大丈夫
I'm totally fine.
Textbook全然問題ありません。Textbooks pair "全然" with negatives ("全然問題ない"); here it modifies positive "大丈夫": "totally fine."
Stage forms this act uses in the library, and how often.
Someone gets a visit and assumes the visitor came because they were worried about them.
I'm totally fine.
Textbook全然問題ありません。Textbooks pair "全然" with negatives ("全然問題ない"); here it modifies positive "大丈夫": "totally fine."
Someone presents a trial batch of mushrooms they made, and the other person takes a close look.
It's a bad-looking color, isn't it?
Textbook良くない色をしていますよね。Not a real negative: "〜じゃないですか" points out something obvious, like "〜ですよね". "色をしている" also drops "を" and "い" ("色してる").
One performer lists dangerous moments they lived through, like being surrounded by ten gang members in LA.
Culture note Gindaco is a popular Japanese chain that sells takoyaki (fried octopus balls).
Well, that's impressive.
Textbookそれはすごいですね。"それは" fuses into "そりゃ" ("れは"→"りゃ"); Kansai adds emphatic "わ" instead of polite "ですね".