Long-term health
Collocations, Stage 4chunk 7 of 25Body & health
Health beyond today's symptoms: what's good for you, getting older, quitting smoking and allergies.
- karada ni iigood for you, healthy
- toshi o toruget older, age
- tabako o yameruquit smoking
- arerugii ga arube allergic (to something)
Mix-ups karada ni ii keeps its ni even in casual talk. Getting older is toshi o toru, not furuku naru. tabako o yameru uses the same yameru as quitting a job (kaisha o yameru). An allergy is something you have: ebi no arerugii ga aru.
karada ni ii
polite karada ni ii desugood for you, healthy
体にいい からだにいい 体にいいです
adjectiveii いいgood; with ni, good fortypical 4% of karada
trap Not kore wa kenkou desu: kenkou describes a person's health, so food or habits that are good for you are karada ni ii (kenkou ni ii also works). Kenkouteki na shokuji (a healthy diet) and herushii (light, healthy food) are fine too.
Said of food, drinks, sleep and habits: yasai wa karada ni ii. The opposite karada ni warui is just as common (tabako, yofukashi), and since ii conjugates from yoi, the softer negative is karada ni yokunai. Ni is kept even in casual speech.
yasai mo tabete. karada ni ii kara.
Have some vegetables too. They're good for you.
野菜も食べて。体にいいから。
yasai mo tabete kudasai. karada ni ii desu kara.
Please have some vegetables too. They're good for you.
野菜も食べてください。体にいいですから。
Okarada ni ki o tsukete kudasai (take care of yourself) is the stock sign-off with karada; casually, karada ni ki o tsukete ne.
Same adjective: hada (skin), me (eyes), kenkou (health), kankyou (the environment)Main list: ii (Stage 1), warui (Stage 1), genki (Stage 3), ki o tsukeru (Stage 2)
toshi o toru
polite toshi o torimasuget older, age
年を取る としをとる 年を取ります
verbtoru 取るtake, get; with years, take them ontypical 15% of toshi
trap Not furuku naru, which is for things: people take on years, toshi o toru, and 'I'm getting old' is the past, toshi totta.
Mostly said in the past for how you feel now: toshi totta naa (I'm getting old). The generic toshi o toru to... (as you get older...) is also common, and toshi totteru means someone is elderly. O often drops in casual talk (toshi totta) but is usually kept in toshi o toru to...
aa, toshi totta naa. sugu tsukareru.
Man, I'm getting old. I get tired so fast.
ああ、年取ったなあ。すぐ疲れる。
watashi mo toshi o torimashita yo. sugu tsukarete shimau n desu.
I've gotten old too. I get tired so easily now.
私も年を取りましたよ。すぐ疲れてしまうんです。
Keep apart from toshi ga ue (older than someone); otoshiyori is the polite word for the elderly. Mou toshi da kara (I'm not as young as I was) is the everyday shorthand you'll hear alongside toshi totta.
Main list: toru (Stage 4), -ku naru / -ni naru (Stage 4)
tabako o yameru
polite tabako o yamemasuquit smoking
タバコをやめる タバコをやめます
verbyameru やめるstop, give up (a habit, an activity); quitting a job is the same-sounding yameru (辞める), as in kaisha o yamerutypical 7% of tabako
trap English 'stop smoking' pulls toward tomeru, which is stopping a machine or a person (kuruma o tomeru). A habit you give up is yameru: tabako yameta.
Heard as news, tabako yameta (I've quit), or advice, tabako yameta hou ga ii yo. Wa is common for contrast (tabako wa yameta), and osake o yameru works the same way.
tabako, kyonen yameta n da.
I quit smoking last year.
タバコ、去年やめたんだ。
tabako wa kyonen yamemashita.
I gave up smoking last year.
タバコは去年やめました。
Kin'en-chuu (I'm off cigarettes for now) is the other everyday phrase; kin'en on a sign means no smoking.
Same verb: osake (drinking), yofukashi (staying up late), geemu (gaming)Learn alongside: tabako o suuMain list: yameru (Stage 4), -ta hou ga ii (Stage 4)
arerugii ga aru
polite arerugii ga arimasube allergic (to something)
アレルギーがある アレルギーがあります
verbaru あるthere is, exist (for things); here, havetypical 53% of arerugii
trap Said the German way, arerugii (a-re-ru-gii), not like English 'allergy'. The cause goes in front: tamago arerugii, or tamago ni arerugii ga aru.
Put the cause in front: tamago arerugii ga aru, or ebi no arerugii ga aru. Restaurants and clinics ask about it (arerugii wa arimasu ka?), and casual talk drops ga.
ebi arerugii aru kara, taberarenai.
I'm allergic to shrimp, so I can't eat it.
エビアレルギーあるから、食べられない。
ebi no arerugii ga aru node, taberaremasen.
I have a shrimp allergy, so I can't eat it.
エビのアレルギーがあるので、食べられません。
Hay fever is kafunshou (kafunshou nan desu), the allergy nearly everyone in Japan talks about each spring.
Same verb: netsu (fever), zensoku (asthma), jibyou (a chronic condition)Learn alongside: netsu ga aru, netsu ga deru, seki ga deru, hanamizu ga deru, chi ga deruMain list: aru (Stage 1)