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SIMPLE JAPANESE

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難
nan difficult, hard
避難
hi nan - to take refuge, evacuate, run for cover [A]
æ”»
kou attack
不
fu non, negative, bad
不公平
fu kou hei - unfairness, injustice [I]
落
raku fall, drop
落ちる
ochiru - to fall, drop [B]
要塞
you sai fortress, a stronghold
サルも木から落ちる
saru mo ki kara ochiru - Even monkeys fall from trees (J Proverb - no ones perfect) [I]
難攻不落の要塞
nan kou fu raku no you sai
impregnable fortress
建てたつもり
tateta tsumori - intended to build TSUMORI means a show of intent
だったが
datta ga - was... but, DATTA is the simple past of DESU; GA is a contrasting but
それは
sore wa - as for that means as for everything just mentioned
わら
wara - straw
で
de - by means of it was made WITH straw
作ってあったので
tsukutte atta node - because it was made the NODE means because of this situation the following occured...
狼に
ookami ni - for the wolf the NI here is used to direct the attention to the wolf
簡単に
kantan ni - easily
吹き飛ばされてしまった
fuki tobasarete shimatta - was unfortunately blown down 吹き飛ばされて is made up of two words 吹く to blow and 飛ばす to fly, together they mean blow down.
ブーさんは、難攻不落の要塞を建てたつもりだったが、それはわらで作ってあったので、狼に簡単に吹き飛ばされてしまった。
bu-san wa nan kou fu raku no you sai o tateta tsumori datta ga, sore wa wara de tsukutte atta node, ookami ni kantan ni fuki tobasarete shimatta.
Mr. Bu intended to create an impregnable fortress, but the straw house he built was easily blown down by the big, bad wolf.
に
to make an adverb form out of some adjective
簡単
kantan - easy
欥
kyuu sudden
欥に
kyuu ni - suddenly
楽
raku - easy (this one is similar to kantan, but also implies comfort in doing something)
楽に
raku ni - easily
静か
shizuka - quiet
静かに
shizuka ni - quietly
に is added to adjectives imported from China. For other adjectives you make the く form:
よく出来ました。
yoku dekimashita. (You did well)
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