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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kagami - mirror

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 28
/kagami

kagami

Word

鏡かがみkagami

Meaning

mirror

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

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Usages of kagami

玄関げんかん　の　鏡かがみ　を　見みて　から、　学校がっこう　に　出でかけます。genkan no kagami o mite kara, gakkou ni dekakemasu.

I look in the mirror at the entrance and then leave for school.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

朝あさ　髪かみ　を　鏡かがみ　の　前まえ　で　直なおす　と、　少すこし　自信じしん　が　出でます。asa kami o kagami no mae de naosu to, sukoshi jishin ga demasu.

When I fix my hair in front of the mirror in the morning, I feel a bit more confident.

面接めんせつ　の　前まえ　に、　歯はブラシ　を　使つかって　歯は　を　きれい　に　して、　鏡かがみ　の　前まえ　で　深呼吸しんこきゅう　を　する　と　少すこし　自信じしん　が　出でます。mensetsu no mae ni, haburashi o tsukatte ha o kirei ni shite, kagami no mae de shinkokyuu o suru to sukoshi jishin ga demasu.

Before an interview, if I clean my teeth with a toothbrush and take a deep breath in front of the mirror, I feel a bit more confident.

洗面所せんめんじょ　の　鏡かがみ　の　前まえ　で　髪かみ　を　直なおして　いる　と、　妹いもうと　が　「早はやく　して」　と　言いった。senmenjo no kagami no mae de kami o naoshite iru to, imouto ga 「hayaku shite」 to itta.

While I was fixing my hair in front of the washroom mirror, my younger sister said, “Hurry up.”

証明写真しょうめいしゃしん　を　撮とる　前まえ　に、　鏡かがみ　で　髪かみ　を　少すこし　直なおした。shoumeishashin o toru mae ni, kagami de kami o sukoshi naoshita.

Before taking an ID photo, I fixed my hair a little in the mirror.

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