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Learn Japanese with Anime - You Know The Basics of Combat? It’s A Preemptive Strike

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Learn Japanese with Anime - You Know The Basics of Combat? It’s A Preemptive Strike

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In this video we’re going to analyse Faye Valentine’s quote from Cowboy Bebop.

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Analysis

を知ってる following a noun means “to know” something and the noun is 戦いの基本 meaning “the basics of combat”. 

知ってる is the shortened version of 知っている. It consists of te-form of the verb 知る meaning “to get to know” and いる, which describes an ongoing state resulting from the earlier action. So you get to know something (知る) and the state of knowing continues (知っている) as the result. It’s the same logic as 持つ (to grab) and 持っている (to have), 壊れる (to break) and 壊れている (broken). 

Here is an important tip about 知っている. The negative form of 持っている and 壊れている are respectively 持っていない (don’t have) and 壊れていない (not broken) but the negative form of 知っている is 知らない (don’t know). You will never say 知っていない.

先制攻撃 means “a preemptive strike” and the sentence ending particle よ is used when telling new information to someone. There is usually だ after a noun but it can be omitted in order to make it sound feminine, which is often used in anime.

Sentences

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Faye Valentine’s Quote

You know the basics of combat? It’s a preemptive strike.

知ってる (to know)

I ran into someone I know at the convenience store.
Please tell me everything you know.
Do you know how to make Japanese curry?

NOTE

The difference between 知しる and わかる:

  • 知しる is a dynamic verb, which describes an action meaning “to get to know or get the information”. It’s a transitive verb so it takes the particle を.
  • わかる is a stative verb, which itself describes a state of being. It means “to be able to understand or figure out”. It’s an intransitive verb so it takes the particle が. 
✔︎ この漢字を知ってる? – Do you know this kanji?
✔︎ この漢字がわかる? – Can you understand this kanji?

 

✔︎ この人何歳か知ってる? – Do you know how old this person is?
✔︎ この人何歳かわかる? – Can you figure out how old this person is? (Can you guess?)

 

✖︎ よく考えれば知るよ – You’ll get the information if you think hard.
✔︎ よく考えればわかるよ – You’ll be able to figure it out if you think hard.

 

✖︎ 彼の電話番号はわかるけど、今はちょっと知らない – I can figure out his phone number, but I don’t know it now.
✔︎ 彼の電話番号は知ってるけど、今はちょっとわからない – I have (the information of) his phone number but I can’t tell you now (I need to get my address book).

 

✖︎ 説明を聞いても知らない – I can’t get the information even with your explanation.
✔︎ 説明を聞いてもわからない – I can’t understand even with your explanation.

Sentence Ending Particle よ in Female Speech

That’s right, I am Sailor Moon.
It’s not good to be in such a rush.
That hair style is very lovely.
NOTE

It sounds feminine when よ is directly attached to a noun or na-adjective without だ. When it’s attached to a verb or i-adjective, it doesn’t sound feminine. e.g. おいしいよ is used both in male and female speech.

Vocabulary

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au
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to meet (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
aseru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be in a hurry
karee
noun
  1. curry (esp. Japanese curry)
kihon
noun, no adjective
  1. basis; foundation
kudasai
expression
  1. please (do for me) (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-)
konbini
noun
  1. convenience store
shiru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to know
suteki
na adjective
  1. lovely; fantastic
senseikougeki
noun
  1. preemptive attack
zenbu
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. all; entire
sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
tatakau
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to do battle (against) (esp. 戦う)
  2. to fight (esp. 闘う)
tsukurikata
noun
  1. way of making
nihon
noun
  1. Japan
battari
adverb, adverb taking the to particle
  1. with a clash
  2. unexpectedly (meeting someone)
  3. suddenly (ending)
hanasu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to speak

Kanji

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Stroke Count
2 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. person
Readings
Kun'yomi: ひと、-と、-り。
On'yomi: ニン、ジン。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings
Kun'yomi: -か、-び、ひ。
On'yomi: ジツ、ニチ。
Stroke Count
5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings
Kun'yomi: もと。
On'yomi: ホン。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings
Kun'yomi: さき、ま.ず。
On'yomi: セン。
Stroke Count
13 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. tale, talk
Readings
Kun'yomi: はな.す、はなし。
On'yomi: ワ、エ、カ。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. direction, person, alternative
Readings
Kun'yomi: かた、まさ、-かた、-がた。
On'yomi: ホウ。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings
Kun'yomi: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる。
On'yomi: エ、ケ、カイ。
Stroke Count
7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. make, production, prepare, build
Readings
Kun'yomi: つく.る、づくり、つく.り、づく.り、な.す、くり、まさか、あり、つくり、つくる、とも、なお、なり、ふか、-づく.り。
On'yomi: サク、サ、サッ。
Stroke Count
7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. private, I, me
Readings
Kun'yomi: わたくし、わたし、わたくし.する、わし、ひそ.か。
On'yomi: シ。
Stroke Count
8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. know, wisdom
Readings
Kun'yomi: し.る、し.らせる。
On'yomi: チ。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
Readings
Kun'yomi: すべ.て、まった.く。
On'yomi: ゼン、セン。
Stroke Count
8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. system, law, rule
Readings
On'yomi: セ、セイ。
Stroke Count
11 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Readings
Kun'yomi: へ、べ、-べ。
On'yomi: フ、ブ、ホ。
Stroke Count
13 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. war, battle, match
Readings
Kun'yomi: いくさ、たたか.う、おのの.く、そよぐ、わなな.く。
On'yomi: セン。
Stroke Count
14 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. hair of the head
Readings
Kun'yomi: かみ、ひげ、がた。
On'yomi: ホチ、ハツ。
Stroke Count
9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. mould, type, model
Readings
Kun'yomi: かた、がた、-がた。
On'yomi: ギョウ、ケイ。

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