You’re stranded in Tokyo. Not enough cash for a hotel. Where do you stay? Two Japanese businessmen decide to stay at a manga kissa, a manga cafe. Similar to an internet cafe, but you can Japanese anime, manga, magazines and even massage chairs! Gomi-san recommends Nana and “Nekomura-san”, two famous Japanese manga.
We’ll review our Japanese grammatical expressions using the -masu stem + yasui, -masu stem + nikui, -masu stem + sugiru.

Stranded without a ride home in Tokyo? No problem, you can stay at a mankitsu. What’s that? Why, it’s a manga cafe, of course! You can read manga, play video games, watch Japanese anime and movies and get unlimited free soft drinks. There are massage chairs and showers!
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Our grammar point is an important one. We’ll look at how to use the Japanese suffix -nikui to change words into the meaning “it’s difficult to do…”

Category: Beginner Lessons (S3) | 9 Comments »
Grammar: nikui, sugiru, yasui | Function: expressing likes and dislikes | Topic: anime, business, business in Japan, cafe, dislikes, internet cafe, jobs, likes, manga, manga cafe, work, working, workplace in Japan | Politeness Level: casual, Polite
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