Vještica (plural: vještice)

majo

魔（ま）女（じょ）

- Voljela bih da mogu letjeti na metli kao vještica! (female)
- majo no youni houki de tobetara ii noni!
- 魔女のようにほうきで飛べたらいいのに！
- I wish I could fly on a broom like a witch!

- Dvije vještice žive u lijepoj kući napravljenoj od kolačića.
- futari no majo ga, kawaii okashi no ie ni sunde imasu.
- 二人の魔女が、かわいいお菓子の家に住んでいます。
- Two witches live in the pretty house made of sweets.

Vocabulary:
metla (plural: metle) ほうき (houki) - broom
letjeti/letiti 飛ぶ（とぶ, tobu） - to fly
kolačić (plural: kolačići) お菓子（おかし, okashi） - sweets, cookies, cakes, candy
kuća (plural: kuće) 家（いえ, ie）- house
živjeti 住む（すむ, sumu） - to live
lijep, lijepa, lijepo かわいい（kawaii）、綺麗な（きれいな, kirei na） - pretty

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Džudo

juudou

柔（じゅう）道（どう）

- Idemo na treninge džuda nakon škole.
- boku tachi wa houkago, juudou wo naratte imasu.
- 僕たちは放課後、柔道を習っています。
- We are taking judo lessons after school.

- Čitam knjigu o džudu.
- watashi wa juudou no hon wo yonde imasu.
- 私は柔道の本を読んでいます。
- I'm reading a book on judo.

- Vježbam džudo svaki dan.
- watashi wa juudou no renshuu wo mainichi yarimasu.
- 私は柔道の練習を毎日やります。
- I practice judo every day.

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Kreda (plural: krede)

chooku

チョーク

- Kredom je nacrtala srce na pločniku.
- kanojo wa chooku de hodou ni haato wo kaki mashita.
- 彼女はチョークで歩道にハートを描きました。
- She drew a heart in chalk on the sidewalk.

Vocabulary:
pločnik (plural: pločnici) 歩道（ほどう, hodou） - sidewalk
srce (plural: srca) ハート（haato） - heart

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Oblik (plural: oblici)

katachi

形（かたち）

- Izrezali smo različite oblike od tijesta.
- watashi tachi wa kiji kara iroirona katachi wo kirinuki mashita.
- 私たちは生地からいろいろな形を切り抜きました。
- We cut out various shapes from the dough.

Vocabulary:
izrezati (perfective) 切る（きる, kiru） - to cut
rezati (imperfective) 切る（きる, kiru） - to cut
različit, različita, različito いろいろな (iroirona) - various

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Lasta (plural: laste)

tsubame

燕 （つばめ、ツバメ）

- Pronašli smo gnijezdo lasta pod strehom.
- watashi tachi wa nokishita ni tsubame no su wo mitsuke mashita.
- 私たちは軒下に燕の巣を見つけました。
- We found a nest of swallows under the eaves.

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Labud (plural: labudovi)

hakuchou

白（はく）鳥（ちょう）

- Ovog jutra sam slušao/slušala "Labuđe jezero" od Tchaikovskog.
- kesa, Chaikofusukii no "Hakuchou no mizu'umi" wo kiki mashita.
- 今朝、チャイコフスキーの 「白鳥の湖」を聞きました。
- [ I ] listened to Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" this morning.

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Puran (plural: purani) - turkey, male turkey
Pura (plural: pure) - female turkey

shichimenchou

七（しち）面（めん）鳥（ちょう）

- Nikad nisam vidio/vidila divlje purane u Japanu.
- watashi wa yasei no shichimenchou wo nihon de wa mita koto ga ari masen.
- 私は野生の七面鳥を日本では見たことがありません。
- I have never seen wild turkeys in Japan.

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Roda (plural: rode)

kounotori

コウノトリ、こうのとり

- Rode stoje na svome velikom gnijezdu.
- kounotori tachi ga ookina su no ue ni tatte imasu.
- コウノトリたちが大きな巣の上に立っています。
- The storks are standing on their big nest.

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Vez (plural: vezovi)

shishuu


- Moj kostim ima svakakve vrste vezova na sebi.
- watashi no ishou ni wa iroirona shishuu ga hodokosarete imasu.
- 私の衣装にはいろいろな刺繍が施されています。
- My costume has all kinds of embroidery on it.

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Pomoći, Pomagati (verb)
Pomoć (noun)

tetsudau (verb)
手（て）伝（つだ）う

tetsudai　(noun)
手（て）伝（つだ）い

-Pomoći ću ti (Vam).
-otetsudai shimasu yo.
-お手伝いしますよ。
-I'll help you.

-Mogu li ti (Vam) pomoći?
-otetsudai shimashou ka?
-お手伝いしましょうか？
-May I help you?

-Hoćeš li mi pomoći?
-tetsudatte moraemasu ka?
-手伝ってもらえますか？
-Will you help me?

-Naravno.
-mochiron desu.
-もちろんです。
-Of course.

- Hvala ti na pomoći.
- tetsudatte kurete arigatou.
- 手伝ってくれてありがとう。
- Thank you for your help.

(Photo loc.: Japan)

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Rak (plural: rakovi)

kani

蟹（かに）、カニ

- Jutros sam vidio raka kako hoda po plaži.
- watashi wa kesa kani ga hamabe wo aruite iru no wo mimashita.
- 私は今朝カニが浜辺を歩いているのを見ました。
- I saw a crab walking on the beach this morning.

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Zeleni fazan

kiji

雉（キジ）

- Zeleni fazan je nacionalna ptica Japana.
- kiji wa nippon no kokuchou desu.
- キジは日本の国鳥です。
- The green pheasant is the national bird of Japan.

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Enlarge the photo to read the page:
「ぶるるん　ぶるるん。」
「は～い、　タクシー。」
「き～っ。おきゃくさん　どちらまで？」
「きらきらのはらへ　いって　ください。」
「はい、わかりました。ぶるる　ぶるるん。」
ふたりが　たのしく　あそんで　いるので、
じゃじゃまるは　おもしろく　ありません。
「よ～し、おいらだって。」
と、どこかへ　いって　しまいました。

"Vrmmmm vrmmm."
"Hej, taksi."
"Screech! Gospodine/gospođo, gdje idete?"
"Molim vas, odvezite me do Kirakara polja."
"U redu, gospodine/gospođo. Vrmm vrmmm."
Jajamaru nije sretan jer se dvoje sretno igra.
"Okej, onda, i ja ću (se igrati)" , on reče i ode (negdje).

"Vrmmm vrmmm."
"Hey, taxi."
"Screech! Sir/madam, where to?"
"Please take me to the Kirakira field."
"Yes, sir/madam. (lit.: Yes, I understand.) Vrmm vrmmm."
Jajamaru isn't happy because the two are having fun (lit.: playing happily).
"Okay then, me too (= I'll have some fun too)," he said, and then left [for somewhere].

*Jajamaru is a bully.

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Patka - duck, female duck
Patak - male duck
Pače - duckling

ahiru

アヒル、あひる

- "Ružno pače" je napisao Andersen.
- "minikui ahiru no ko" wa anderusen ga kaki mashita.
- "みにくいアヒルの子" はアンデルセンが書きました。
- "The Ugly Duckling" was written by Andersen.

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Fotoaparat (plural: fotoaparati)

kamera

カメラ

- Kad god idem van, ponesem svoj fotoaparat.
- soto ni deru toki wa itsumo kamera wo motte iki masu.
- 外に出るときはいつもカメラを持って行きます。
- Whenever I go out, I bring my camera with me.

Vocabulary:
aparat 装置（そうち, souchi） - a device*
Camera is also called 写真機（しゃしんき, shashinki） in Japanese, which literally means a photo-device.
*uređaj - a device (more commonly used in Croatian)

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Pozor

chuui

注（ちゅう）意（い）

- Pozor! Velika stijena iznad tvoje glave!
- chuui! zujou ni ganseki ari!
- 注意！頭上に岩石あり！
- Attention! Big rock above your head!

Scanjack in the distance Originally uploaded by David Andersson

Keikoku! Originally uploaded by Nuigurumi

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Opasnost (plural: opasnosti) - noun

kiken

危（き）険（けん）

- Opasnost je blizu!
- kiken ga sematte imasu!
- 危険が迫っています！
- Danger is near!

- Opasnost! Budite pažljivi!
- kiken desu! ki wo tsukete!
- 危険です！気を付けて！
- Danger! Be careful!

opasnost od rusenja Originally uploaded by bojana.ljubisic

危険 Originally uploaded by hokuto_su

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Kasetna bomba (plural: kasetne bombe)

kurasutaa-bakudan

クラスター爆（ばく）弾（だん）

- Mi podržavamo zabranu kasetnih bombi!
- watashi tachi wa kurasutaa-bakudan no zenmen kinshi ni sandou shimasu!
- 私たちはクラスター爆弾の全面禁止に賛同します！
- We support the ban on cluster bombs!

Info:

• Cluster Munition Coalition, Stop Cluster Munitions
• http://www.clusterbombs.org/
  
• クローズアップ２００８：クラスター爆弾禁止条約　日本に決断迫る肉声（毎日新聞）
• 来日したセルビア人のブラニスラブ・カペタノビッチさん (Mr. Branislav Kapetanović) (AFPBB News)
  

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Palačinka* (plural: palačinke)

kureepu

クレープ

- Volim palačinke sa jagodama.
- watashi wa ichigo no kureepu ga suki desu.
- 私は苺のクレープが好きです。
- I like crepes with strawberries.

*Palačinka literally means a pancake, but it's actually a rolled/folded crepe.

Vocabulary:
jagoda (plural: jagode) 苺 （いちご, ichigo) - strawberry

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Grliti (v.) to hug, imperfective
Zagrliti (v.) to hug, perfective

dakishimeru

抱（だ）き締（し）める

- Zagrlio je moju malu sestru čvrsto.
- kare wa watashi no imouto wo shikkari to dakishime mashita.
- 彼は私の妹をしっかりと抱き締めました。
- He hugged my little sister tightly.

Posted on 4/26/2008 :: 0 comments  
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Zalediti (verb)

kooru

凍（こお）る

- Njegov automobil se zaledio za cestu!
- kare no kuruma ga michi ni koori tsuki mashita!
- 彼の車が道に凍りつきました！
- His car froze to the street!

- Zaledili smo vrećicu jagoda u zamrzivaču.
- watashi tachi wa ichigo wo hitofukuro, reitouko de koorase mashita.
- 私たちは苺を一袋、冷凍庫で凍らせました。
- We froze a bag of strawberries in the freezer.

Vocabulary:
automobil (plural: automobili) 車(くるま, kuruma) - car
led 氷（こおり, koori） - ice
jagoda (plural: jagode) 苺（いちご, ichigo） - strawberry

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Snjeguljica

shirayukihime

白（しら）雪（ゆき）姫（ひめ）


- Upoznao / upoznala sam Snjeguljicu u Disneyland-u!
- watashi wa dizuniirando de shirayukihime ni aimashita!
- 私はディズニーランドで白雪姫に会いました！
- I met Snow White at Disneyland!

- Snjeguljica je stvarno bila bijela kao snijeg.
- shirayukihime wa hontouni yuki no you ni shirokatta desu.
- 白雪姫は本当に雪のように白かったです。
- Snow White was really as white as snow.

cf.
白 = white
雪 = snow
姫 = princess

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Žaba (plural: žabe) - frog (in general)
žabac (plural: žapci) - male frog

kaeru

蛙（かえる）、カエル

- Nadam se da žaba neće pasti sa lista!
- sono kaeru ga happa kara ochinai koto wo negatte imasu!
- その蛙が葉っぱから落ちないことを願っています！
- I hope the frog won't fall off the leaf!

Vocabulary:
list (plural: listovi) 葉っぱ(はっぱ, happa) - leaf

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WC (pronounced "vee-tzee" ヴェーツェー）, Toalet, Nužnik

toire, otearai*

トイレ, お手洗い*

- Smijem li koristiti WC?
- otearai wo okari shitemo iidesu ka?
- お手洗いをお借りしてもいいですか？
- May I use the bathroom?

*お手洗い sounds politer than トイレ.

Posted on 3/31/2008 :: 0 comments  
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Kupatilo (plural: kupatila)

basuruumu, yokushitsu

バスルーム、浴室

- Gdje je Goran? U kupatilu.


In Japan, the toilet and the bathtub are generally not in the same room.

Vocabulary:
take a bath
take a shower
open-air bath
bathtub
public bath house
hot spring bath

Posted on 3/30/2008 :: 0 comments  
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