All-in feelings

Core words, Stage 1chunk 33 of 55Adjectives: feelings

Lets you say you hate something, are hooked on it, can't resist it, or are giving it everything.

• daikiraihate; really dislike
• hisshidesperate; frantic; all-out
• muchuuhooked on; crazy about; absorbed in
• tamaranaiirresistible; amazing; unbearable

Mix-ups Tamaranai can be praise (irresistible) or complaint (unbearable); hisshi (desperate effort) vs muchuu (absorbed).

daikirai

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hate; really dislike

The strong form of kirai; used freely for food and things, and in fights with people.

Grammar like suki: X ga daikirai. Opposite: daisuki.

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piiman daikirai nan da yo.

I hate green peppers.

ピーマン大嫌いなんだよ。

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piiman ga daikirai nan desu.

I really hate green peppers.

ピーマンが大嫌いなんです。

Written 大嫌い · だいきらい · 大嫌いですRank #3343 in 3,030 TV dramas

hisshi

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desperate; frantic; all-out

Mostly as hisshi ni + verb: doing something with everything you've got.

Can tease: nani hisshi ni natteru no? = why so desperate?

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ima hisshi ni benkyou shiteru.

I'm studying like mad right now.

今必死に勉強してる。

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ima hisshi ni benkyou shite imasu.

I'm studying as hard as I can right now.

今必死に勉強しています。

Written 必死 · ひっし · 必死ですRank #863 in 3,030 TV dramas

muchuu

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hooked on; crazy about; absorbed in

Pattern X ni muchuu: 'geemu ni muchuu' = hooked on games.

Muchuu de = so absorbed you lose track: muchuu de jikan o wasureta = I lost track of time.

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ima kono anime ni muchuu nan da.

I'm totally hooked on this anime right now.

今このアニメに夢中なんだ。

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ima kono anime ni muchuu nan desu.

I'm really into this anime right now.

今このアニメに夢中なんです。

Written 夢中 · むちゅう · 夢中ですRank #2353 in 3,030 TV dramas

tamaranai

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irresistible; amazing; unbearable

Mostly praise for food, smells and cute things; after a te-form it means 'unbearably': atsukute tamaranai = unbearably hot.

Often shortened to tamannai in speech.

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kono karee no nioi, tamaranai.

The smell of this curry is irresistible.

このカレーの匂い、たまらない。

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kono karee no nioi, tamaranai desu ne.

The smell of this curry is irresistible.

このカレーの匂い、たまらないですね。

Written たまらない · たまらないですRank #2405 in 3,030 TV dramas