Hooked, tickets, winning
Collocations, Stage 3chunk 20 of 23Hobbies, sport & games
What comes up once a hobby takes hold: being into something right now, managing to get tickets for a concert or game, and a match won or lost.
- geemu ni hamarube hooked on games; be really into games
- shiai ni katsuwin a match
- shiai ni makerulose a match
- chiketto o toruget hold of tickets
Mix-ups geemu ni hamaru and shiai ni katsu both take ni where English uses 'into' or a direct object, never o. chiketto o toru keeps o, and its toru means securing them (toreta! = I got them), not buying (katta) or being given them (moratta).
geemu ni hamaru
polite geemu ni hamarimasube hooked on games; be really into games
ゲームにハマる ゲームにはまる ゲームにハマります
verbhamaru ハマるfit snugly into, get stuck in; hence get hooked on
trap English has no verb for being into something, so learners fall back on suki desu. suki is fine but only says you like it in general; for a current craze natives say X ni hamatteru, with ni, never o.
Use it for what you are into right now. It is almost always hamatteru (am hooked), as in saikin X ni hamatteru; hamatta means got hooked. It works with any hobby.
saikin kono geemu ni hamatteru
I'm hooked on this game lately.
最近このゲームにハマってる
saikin kono geemu ni hamattemasu
I've been hooked on this game lately.
最近このゲームにハマってます
Colloquial but mainstream (dictionaries mark this sense as slang, and the katakana shows it): fine in casual and friendly polite talk; in a formal setting say X ni kyoumi ga arimasu. Milder: X ni kyoumi ga aru (interested in). Stronger: X ni muchuu ni natteru (completely absorbed in). hamatta also means got stuck: juutai ni hamatta (got stuck in traffic).
Same verb: dorama (TV dramas), anime (anime), manga (comics), kyanpu (camping)Main list: suki (Stage 2)
shiai ni katsu
polite shiai ni kachimasuwin a match
試合に勝つ しあいにかつ 試合に勝ちます
verbkatsu 勝つwin; beat (both the contest and the opponent take ni)typical 3% of shiai
trap Not shiai o katsu: English 'win the game' takes an object, but Japanese wins at it with ni. shiai de katsu (win in the match) is also fine. The same ni marks who you beat: Kankoku ni katta = we beat Korea (not Kankoku o).
Use it about any match or game you played or watched. It is mostly past tense (katta, or kateta for managed to win). In speech the match is usually said first as the topic and katta stands alone (kinou no shiai, katta yo). Keep ni when the match follows straight on: shiai ni katta.
kinou no shiai, katta yo
We won yesterday's match.
昨日の試合、勝ったよ
kinou no shiai ni kachimashita yo
We won yesterday's match.
昨日の試合に勝ちましたよ
English 'win' is wider: win a prize = shou o morau / toru; win the lottery = takarakuji ga ataru.
Same verb: shoubu (contest), janken (rock-paper-scissors), geemu (game), aite (opponent)Learn alongside: shiai ni makeru
shiai ni makeru
polite shiai ni makemasulose a match
試合に負ける しあいにまける 試合に負けます
verbmakeru 負けるlose a contest; be beatentypical 2% of shiai
trap Not shiai o nakusu: nakusu is losing an object. A contest is makeru with ni, never o; shiai de makeru is also fine. The same ni marks who beat you: Kankoku ni maketa = we lost to Korea.
It is mostly past tense: maketa, or makechatta (lost, sadly; makechaimashita among colleagues). In speech the match is usually said first as the topic (kinou no shiai, makechatta), and the team goes unsaid. Otherwise keep ni: shiai ni maketa.
kinou no shiai, makechatta
Ugh, we lost yesterday's match.
昨日の試合、負けちゃった
kinou no shiai ni makemashita
We lost yesterday's match.
昨日の試合に負けました
Same verb: shoubu (contest), janken (rock-paper-scissors), geemu (game), aite (opponent)Learn alongside: shiai ni katsu
chiketto o toru
polite chiketto o torimasuget hold of tickets
チケットを取る チケットをとる チケットを取ります
verbtoru 取るtake; also get hold of, secure (seats, bookings, rooms)typical 5% of chiketto
trap Not chiketto o morau, which means someone gave them to you: tickets you secure yourself are toru (kau, buy, is also fine), and 'I got them!' is toreta! (casually also getto shita!).
Said about securing tickets for concerts, games, flights or the shinkansen, often ones that sell out. You hear the can-form toreru most, which takes ga (usually dropped in speech): chiketto toreta! (got them!), torenakatta (couldn't get any).
raibu no chiketto toreta!
I got tickets for the concert!
ライブのチケット取れた！
raibu no chiketto ga toremashita!
I got tickets for the concert!
ライブのチケットが取れました！
kippu is a train ticket (kippu o kau); for the shinkansen you hear both. chiketto covers concerts, games, flights and anything booked online.
Same verb: seki (seats: ii seki toreta), hoteru (hotel room), yado (place to stay), yoyaku (booking)Main list: toru (Stage 4), kau (Stage 3), morau (Stage 2), -eru / -rareru (Stage 2)