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Learn Hardcore Japanese: yukkuri - slowly

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 13
/yukkuri

yukkuri

Word

ゆっくりyukkuri

Meaning

slowly

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of yukkuri

休日きゅうじつ　に　友達ともだち　と　一緒いっしょ　に　市場いちば　を　ゆっくり　歩あるく。kyuujitsu ni tomodachi to issho ni ichiba o yukkuri aruku.

On holidays I walk slowly through the market with a friend.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

ゆっくり　話はなして　ください。yukkuri hanashite kudasai.

Please speak slowly.

まず　冷つめたい　水みず　と　熱あつい　お茶ちゃ　を　用意よういして、　それで　ゆっくり　話はなそう。mazu tsumetai mizu to atsui ocha o youishite, sorede yukkuri hanasou.

First prepare cold water and hot tea, and then let’s talk at ease.

もう　一度いちど　ゆっくり　話はなして　ください。mou ichido yukkuri hanashite kudasai.

Please speak slowly once more.

上司じょうし　は　部下ぶか　に、　まず　ゆっくり　話はなす　よう　に　言いって　くれました。joushi wa buka ni, mazu yukkuri hanasu you ni itte kuremashita.

My boss kindly told his subordinate to speak slowly at first.

私わたし　は　窓側まどがわ　の　席せき　に　座すわって、　ソファ　みたい　に　ゆっくり　くつろぎながら　ドラマ　を　見みるの　が　好すき　だ。watashi wa madogawa no seki ni suwatte, sofa mitai ni yukkuri kutsuroginagara dorama o miruno ga suki da.

I like to sit in the window seat and watch dramas while relaxing as if I were on a sofa.

もう少すこし　ゆっくり　話はなして　ください。mousukoshi yukkuri hanashite kudasai.

Please speak a little more slowly.

朝あさ　は　まだ　晴はれて　いなかった　ので、　ぬれた　道みち　で　滑すべらない　よう　に　ゆっくり　歩あるいた。asa wa mada harete inakatta node, nureta michi de suberanai you ni yukkuri aruita.

It still hadn’t cleared up in the morning, so I walked slowly so I wouldn’t slip on the wet road.

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