100 free anime phrases in Japanese

What's inside

• Greetings and reactions34 lines like ただいま, おかえり, いただきます, お疲れ様, すごい, まじで?, やばい and まさか, with a key to the casual, polite, rough and rude tags.
• Battle and friendship行くぞ, 任せて, 諦めない, 逃げろ! and 覚悟しろ, then the warm lines: 大丈夫?, 心配した, 一緒に行こう and 約束だ.
• Everyday lines20 things characters say at home and at school, like お腹すいた, 分かった, ちょっと待って, どうしたの? and しょうがない.
• How characters address peopleさん, くん, ちゃん, 様, 先輩, 先生, お兄ちゃん and お姉ちゃん, what it means to drop the suffix, and the rough words for you: お前, あんた and 貴様.
• PracticeTen lines to cover and recall, plus a note on why anime speech is louder and rougher than everyday Japanese.

How to use it

1. Learn hiragana first. The verb forms and sentence endings guides help you see why each line looks the way it does.
2. Read a page out loud, a few lines at a time, and notice the tags.
3. Cover the right side of the practice page and say each line from the English.
4. Watch an anime with Kitsumi and listen for the same lines.

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