bunkatsu suru, 分割 (ぶんかつ) する--to divide, split
I thought this was a pretty cool example. I'd never seen them separate the train cars before. The splitting up starts at about 2 minutes into the video.
In the video below, someone is showing us how to split a PDF file.
I just
think it's nice that people go through the trouble of videoing and
posting stuff like this, which I'm sure is helpful to some.
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bunseki suru, 分析 (ぶんせき) する--to analyze, break down
To tell the truth, I have no idea what he's talking about--I watched for about 20 seconds and moved on. But even without comprehending his presentation, I thought that the visual alone might help in remembering this word.
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chikoku suru, 遅刻 (ちこく) する--to be late, tardy
This one just made me laugh. Gorilla Man is definitely running behind schedule. . .
For beginner to perhaps intermediate-level students, Japanese words, phrases, and expressions, as learned by an American living in Tokyo. . Some of it I absorbed from my surroundings--slang, abbreviated terms, or new katakana-ized words that have recently entered the Japanese language. Some words are straight-up conventional vocabulary that I've found helpful to know, either in the classroom (where I taught English) or in everyday life, and some words just make me smile.
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