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July 21, 2025 10 mins

🎌How This Episode Will Improve Your Japanese!

🎯 Make Your Japanese Sound More Natural

  • From: "This building is tall" → To: "This building's height is 100 meters"
  • From: "She is kind" → To: "I'm grateful for her kindness"
  • Change simple adjectives into more natural Japanese expressions!

🎯 Talk Better in Daily Life

  • At the hair salon: Understand "Is this pressure okay?" (tsuyosa wa kono gurai de yoroshii desu ka)
  • About food: Say "I was moved by this dish's deliciousness"
  • About travel: Express "I was healed by the mountain's quietness"

🎯 Learn the Difference Between sa and mi

  • amasa (measurable sweetness) vs amami (sweet taste you feel)
  • itasa (level of pain) vs itami (pain feeling in body and heart)
  • Sound like a natural Japanese speaker!

📈 Perfect For:

  • JLPT N5-N3 learners who want to improve
  • People who want to use vocabulary and grammar they already know in real conversations
  • Anyone who wants effective Japanese learning tips in 10-minute weekly lessons

📚 More Resources:

  • Episode Scripts: patreon.com/mikisensei_welc
  • Official Website: https://www.welcjp.com
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/welcjapanese/
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(00:01):
こ ん に ち は、 ウ ェ ル ク の ミ キ で す。 I am a National Research for
Japanese language instructor andspecializing teaching Japanese
to global corporate employees 日 本 は 今、 暑 さ が 厳 し い で す か ら、 日 本
に 旅 行 に 来 る 人 は 体 調 に 気 を つ け て く だ さ い ね。
Japanese experience and severe heat right now、 so people

(00:23):
travelling to Japan should take up their house。
暑 さ is heat。 Today we are exploring A
Japanese grammar pattern that transformsed ejectives into
nouns adding sub two ejective stems this pattern allows you to
express A degree or level of qualities like height heat

(00:44):
difficulty or importance by adding sub two ejective stems by
the end of the receptor you re understand how to create these
now forms from both E ejectives and now ejectives。
And you learn about related pattern using ME、 and how IT
differs from SAP で は 始 め ま し ょ う。

(01:07):
the pattern of adding SAP to ejective stems transforms
ejectives into nouns that express the degree level or
quality of something when you add SAP to an ejective stem you
create A noun that represents that particular quality or
characteristic。 First let's、 explore how to

(01:28):
create the SA form from E ejectives、 for E ejectives you
remove、 the final E and Ed。 SA for example、 takai meaning
high or expensive becomes takasameaning height or expense、 oeci

(01:52):
meaning delicious becomes oecisa。
Meaning、 deliciousness、 熱 い。 meaning hot becomes 暑 さ。
meaning、 heat、 or hotness other、common examples include 重 い、
meaning、 heavy、 which、 becomes 重さ、 meaning weight、 長 い meaning

(02:20):
long、 which、 becomes 長 さ、 meaning lengths。
And 強 い meaning、 strong、 which、 becomes 強 さ meaning、 strings。
you can use this now forms in sentences like こ の ビ ル の 高 さ は

(02:40):
100m で す。 meaning、 the height of this
building is one hundred meters or こ の 料 理 の 美 味 し さ に 感 動 し ま し
た。 meaning。
I was moved by the deliciousnessof this dish next for now

(03:00):
objectives。 you will move na da、 or this、
and AT SA directly to the objectives them for example、
gangki、 meaning、 healthy、 or energetic becomes gang kisa、
meaning、 vigor、 or energy level。大 切、 meaning important becomes 大

(03:28):
切 さ、 meaning importance、 benly meaning convenient becomes 便 利
さ、 Manning convenience、 other common examples include 簡 単。
meaning、 simple、 which becomes 簡単 さ。

(03:51):
meaning simplicity。 複 雑。
Manning、 complex、 which? becomes 複 雑 sub Manning
complexity and shizuka、 Manning、quiet、 which、 becomes shizuka
sub Manning、 quietness、 you can use these incentances like。

(04:18):
健 康 の 大 切 さ が よ く わ か り ま し た。 I came to understand well。
the importance of health or こ の 機 械 の 便 利 さ に び っ く り し ま し た。
meaning、 I was surprised by the convenience of this machine。

(04:39):
the adjective stem Plus Sir patchen is particularly useful
in several context first when talking about size。
Weight、 or other physical qualities that have numbers、 you
can say、 机 の 高 さ を 測 っ て く だ さ い。

(04:59):
meaning、 please measures、 the height of the desk or 荷 物 の 重 さ
は ど の く ら い で す か? meaning、 how much does A luggage
way literally what is A weight of the luggage?
second? When talking about your failings

(05:20):
or opinions about some things qualities for example。
彼 女 の 優 し さ に 感 謝 し て い ま す。 meaning、 I'm、 grateful for her
kindness or こ の 問 題 の 複 雑 さ が わ か り ま し た。
meaning、 I understood、 the complexity of this problem third

(05:46):
when comparing things。 You can say。
こ の 二 つ の リ ン ゴ の 甘 さ を 比 べ て み ま し ょ う。
meaning let's compare the sweetness of these two apples
there's A related pattern using ME instead of that's worse on

(06:06):
the standing。 briefly some objectives can take
ME to create nouns such AS 甘 い。 meaning sweet becoming 甘 み。
Meaning、 switness、 痛 い、 meaning、painful、 becoming、 痛 み、 meaning、

(06:27):
pain、 温 か い、 meaning、 warm、 becoming、 温 か み、 worms and 苦 し い
meaning difficult or painful、 becoming 苦 し み、 meaning、
suffering。 However、 there are differences

(06:50):
between saw and ME forms for example、 both amasa and amami
come from amai、 but they have different meetings、 amasa refers
to how much sweetness something has like the amount of sugar in
A drink amami refers to the sweet taste that you fail when

(07:13):
eating。 Similarly both itasa and 痛 み
come from 痛 い but itasa refers to how strong the pain is like
measuring pain on the scale fromone to ten while 痛 み refers to
the feeling of pain that you experience in your body and

(07:34):
heart importantly you cannot freely create ME forms from any
objective like you can with sub forms while you can
systematically AT。 To most ejectives ME forms can
only be used with specific ejectives that have been used
for A long time and have become established in the language you

(07:56):
can not create Words like shizuka ME from shizuka or
oishimi from oishi this would sound A natural and incorrect。
Let's practice translating theseEnglish sentences into Japanese
using the adjective stem Plus sub pattern I'll give you the

(08:17):
English sentence then post for you to think about IT、 and then
share the Japanese translation one I was surprised by the
difficulty of this exam こ の 試 験 の 難 し さ に 驚 き ま し た。

(08:40):
こ の 試 験 の 難 し さ に 驚 き ま し た。 to please tell ME the length and
depths of this pool こ の プ ー ル の 長 さ と 深 さ を 教 え て く だ さ い。

(09:05):
こ の プ ー ル の 長 さ と 深 さ を 教 え て く だ さ い。
Three I was held by the quietness of the mountains 山 の 静
か さ に 癒 さ れ ま し た。 山 の 静 か さ に 癒 さ れ ま し た。

(09:36):
that's offer today's episode。 美 容 院 で シ ャ ン プ ー し て も ら う 時、 強
さ は こ の ぐ ら い で よ ろ し い で す か と 聞 か れ ま し た。
ど う い う 意 味 で す か? そ う で す ね。
is this level of pressure OK と いう 意 味 で す。

(09:58):
で は、 就 職 面 接 job interview で あ なた の 強 み は 何 で す か?
と 聞 か れ た ら、 そ れ は ど う い う 意 味 でし ょ う か?
そ う で す ね、 what are your strength?
と い う 意 味 で す。 今 日 も 日 本 語 キ ャ ン デ ィ を 聞 い て い

(10:19):
た だ い て あ り が と う ご ざ い ま し た。 ペ イ ト リ オ ン で エ ピ ソ ー ド の ス ク リ
プ ト を 確 認 し て く だ さ い ね。 ス ポ テ ィ フ ァ イ で コ メ ン ト を お 待 ち
し て い ま す。 お 疲 れ 様 で し た。
ま た 次 の エ ピ ソ ー ド で お 会 い し ま し ょ う。
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