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日本人(にっぽんじん)男性(だんせい)女性(じょせい)(はな)(かた)(ちが)いについて、特徴(とくちょう)やイメージを解説(かいせつ)するエピソードです。

This episode explains the differences in speaking styles and images between Japanese men and women.
249 words
(みな)さんこんにちは!Bite size Japaneseのレイラです。

(みな)さん

N4
n
all; everyone; everybody

こんにちは

N5
int
hello; good day; good afternoon(は is pronounced as わ)

N5
prt
indicates possessive(occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
prt
nominalizes verbs and adjectives

N5

イラ

N5
n
scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)

です

N5
cop, cop-da
be; is(plain copula)
今日(きょう)のエピソードでは、

今日(きょう)

N5
n, adv
today; this day
n, adv
these days; recently; nowadays

N5
prt
indicates possessive(occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
prt
nominalizes verbs and adjectives

エピソード

N3
n
episode; anecdote; vignette
n
episode

N5
cop, cop-da
be; is(plain copula)

N5
prt
indicates sentence topic(pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
prt
indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
日本人(にっぽんじん)男性(だんせい)女性(じょせい)(はな)(かた)(ちが)

()(ほん)(じん)

N4
n
Japanese person

N5
prt
indicates possessive(occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
prt
nominalizes verbs and adjectives

(だん)(せい)

N4
n, adj-no
man; male
adj-no, n
masculine gender

N5
prt, conj
if; when
prt, conj
and

(じょ)(せい)

N4
n, adj-no
woman; female
n, adj-no
feminine gender

(はな)(かた)

N4
n
way of talking; speaking style

(ちが)

N3
v5u, vi
to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
v5u, vi
to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
これを(みな)さんに(つた)えたいと(おも)っています。

これ

N5
pn
this; this one(indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)
pn
this person(usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)

N5
prt
indicates direct object of action
prt
indicates subject of causative expression

(みな)さん

N4
n
all; everyone; everybody

N5
prt
at (place, time); in; on; during
prt
to (direction, state); toward; into

(つた)

N4
vt, v1
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath

たい

N5
suffix
want to... / would like to...

N5
prt, conj
if; when
prt, conj
and

(おも)って

N3
v5u, vt
to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon(想う has connotations of heart-felt)
v5u, vt
to think (of doing); to plan (to do)

います

N5
suffix
indicates continuing action (to be ...ing)
日本語(にほんご)では、男性(だんせい)女性(じょせい)(はな)(かた)って

()(ほん)()

N4
n
Japanese (language)

N5
cop, cop-da
be; is(plain copula)

N5
prt
indicates sentence topic(pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
prt
indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)

(だん)(せい)

N4
n, adj-no
man; male
adj-no, n
masculine gender

N5
prt, conj
if; when
prt, conj
and

(じょ)(せい)

N4
n, adj-no
woman; female
n, adj-no
feminine gender

N5
prt
indicates possessive(occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
prt
nominalizes verbs and adjectives

(はな)(かた)

N4
n
way of talking; speaking style

って

N5
prt
you said; he said; she said; they said(casual quoting particle)
prt
even if(after a verb in the past tense)
文法(ぶんぽう)もそんなに(ちが)わないし

(ぶん)(ぽう)

N4
n
grammar

N5
prt
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
prt
both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)(as AもBも)

そんなに

N5
adv
so much; so; like that

(ちが)わない

N3
v5u, vi
to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
v5u, vi
to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

N2
suffix
makes a verb from a noun
使(つか)言葉(ことば)も、そんなに(ちが)わないんですが、

使(つか)

N4
v5u, vt
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
v5u, vt
to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate

(こと)()

N5
n
language; dialect
n
word; phrase; expression; term

N5
prt
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
prt
both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)(as AもBも)

そんなに

N5
adv
so much; so; like that

(ちが)わない

N3
v5u, vi
to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
v5u, vi
to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

N5
int
yes; yeah; uh huh
int
huh?; what?

ですが

N5
conj
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
やっぱり男性(だんせい)らしい(はな)(かた)

やっぱり

N4
adv
as expected; sure enough; just as one thought
adv
after all (is said and done); in the end; as one would expect; in any case

(だん)(せい)

N4
n, adj-no
man; male
adj-no, n
masculine gender

らしい

N4
adj-i, aux-adj
seeming ...; appearing ...(expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)
suf, adj-i
-ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...(after a noun, adverb or adj. stem)

(はな)(かた)

N4
n
way of talking; speaking style

N5
prt, conj
if; when
prt, conj
and
女性(じょせい)らしい(はな)(かた)のイメージって、

(じょ)(せい)らしい

N2
adj-i
feminine; womanly; female

(はな)(かた)

N4
n
way of talking; speaking style

N5
prt
indicates possessive(occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
prt
nominalizes verbs and adjectives

イメージ

N3
n, vs, vt
image (in one's mind); impression; imagining; mental image; (forming a) mental picture
n
(computer) image

って

N5
prt
you said; he said; she said; they said(casual quoting particle)
prt
even if(after a verb in the past tense)
全然(ぜんぜん)(ちが)うんですね。

(ぜん)(ぜん)

N4
adv
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest(with neg. sentence)
adv
wholly; entirely; completely; totally(neg. context, e.g. 全然反対)

うん

N5
int
yes; yeah; uh huh
int
hum; hmmm; well; erm; huh?

です

N5
cop, cop-da
be; is(plain copula)

N5
prt
right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think?(at sentence end; used as a request for confirmation or agreement)
int
hey; say; listen; look; come on