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It's from Megu-san.
Megu-san.
Hello, Kevin-san, Yamachan-san.
Hello.
I'd like to ask you about how to use "sweet" as you often say.
Okay.
I thought "sweet" meant "kind" in the same sense as "kind."
But when you use "sweet" in a situation,
I think "kind" might not be the right word.
1.
Do you use "sweet" in the same way as "kind"?
So these are three questions.
Okay.
From her.
Okay.
2. I think it's a nuance like "nice" from the context.
On the contrary, I don't hear much about Kevin-san using "nice."
Do you use "nice" and "sweet" in different ways?
3. The "sweet" that Kevin-san used in the podcast was
all about women's actions and comments.
Do you use it against men?
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Wow.
That is a very good question.
Oh, is that a good question?
That's a...
"nice."
That's such a "nice."
But you said "nice."
What do you mean?
You used the word "nice."
Yeah?
Yeah?
So...
What are you talking about?
No.
I thought you were going to use "nice" from the context,
but I don't hear much about Kevin-san using "nice."
Do you use "nice" and "sweet" in different ways?
So let's begin with this.
All of her questions are really on point.
Oh, cool.
That's so nice.
It's been so nice, but it's not "sweet."
It's not "sweet."
Okay.
How is it different?
How is that different?
The first question.
The second question.
Okay, let's go with the second question.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So how is different from "sweet" from "nice?"
Okay.
So "sweet," the word "sweet" in a slang term...
I don't know if it's a slang term.
Well, it has two meanings, right?
Okay.
Well, three.
Okay.
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Well, one, it tastes sweet, right?
That's...
Oh, just...
Just sugary.
Yeah, just...
But that's not what we're talking about.
I don't know.
Okay, okay.
So the other two, "sweet" is...
One's "nice."
Yes, it means "nice."
Okay.
It has a meaning of "nice," but I don't really use that.
Okay.
Like, if you get...
If you win...
If you get an extra...
Extra...
What?
If you get an extra patty, right?
And your hamburger, accidentally.
If you just order a single hamburger and you accidentally receive a double hamburger...
Does that happen to you?
No, it never happened.
Okay.
But you think you're lucky, you just...
"Oh, sweet!"
"Oh, sweet! I got a double cheeseburger instead of a single patty!"
See, that's...
Okay.
"Nice!"
It's the same meaning.
Yes!
The same meaning.
Yeah, it's like...
Yeah, "sweet" means like, "Yes!"
Okay.
"I'm lucky!"
Okay.
"I'm awesome!"
That's "awesome" kind of meaning.
Okay, okay.
That's one.
You mean one?
And the other is the one that I actually used in the podcast and I...
It means like...
It means like...
It means...
Cute.
It means...
"Yasashii!"
Okay.
It means...
"Omoiyari ga atte, steki!"
Okay.
So, like...
"Kawaii kei no steki!"
"Kawaii kei no steki!"
Yeah, like...
If for Valentine's, if you give your girlfriend a handmade chocolate and a letter, that's sweet!
That's sweet.
That's cute.
"Kawaii" very "omoyari ga aru" very like...
Heartwarming.
"Heartwarming" I think is a...
Yeah, is a good word for it.
Like if you find a pigeon, right?
That's injured and you give them time to recover.
Like if you just take care of them, that's sweet!
You're taking care of pigeons!
Well...
Yeah, can be...
Yeah, that's sweet!
That's sweet, right?
Difficult as an example.
Okay.
Like cats.
Okay, let's do cats.
We can do cats.
If there's a cat that looks hungry, right?
And you go to the convenience store, buy that cat some food and you give it to him,
which you should probably not do, that's in terms of like...
Yeah, but...
But if you do that, that's sweet!
That's sweet!
Right? That's "yasushi", that's heartwarming, cute.
That's how I would use "sweet".
Okay.
So compared to "nice", "nice" is just simply...
More of a "yes"!
Okay, good or nice or lucky or unlucky.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay, but "sweet" is kind of...
It's heartwarming.
Heartwarming.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
Alright.
Thank you.
Yeah.
So that was the question number two.
So let's go to the question number one.
Okay.
Do you use "sweet" in the same way as "kind"?
So in that case, it's kind of...
You're using "sweet" as in like heartwarming.
Yeah.
You know?
Yeah.
In that case, it's really similar to...
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You are right.
Similar, but not exactly the same.
Okay.
So I would replace it with "heartwarming".
I think that's a better replacement of the word.
Yeah.
Because "kind" doesn't really...
Doesn't necessarily mean like...
Doesn't have the nuance of like "cute".
Ah, okay.
Like if I'm touched or not.
Ah, right.
Saying "sweet" means you yourself has to be touched.
Has to be heartwarmed.
Like saying "kind" means in general, that act is kind.
But if I say "sweet", I'm moved by it.
That's sweet.
Yeah.
That's a good explanation.
Yeah.
Thank you.
So the question number three.
The "sweet" that Kevin used in the podcast was all about women's actions and comments.
Do you use it against men?
Right.
You do use it to men too.
But probably the nuance of like being cute and everything,
that maybe has a feminine vibe to it maybe.
Yeah, yeah.
So that's why maybe it was...
It happened to be just action towards women.
Yeah.
Maybe.
True, true.
Yeah.
Like I remember you saying...
When you were saying this "sweet",
while you were watching some kind of clip,
that little baby or little, you know, toddler kid is like giving some present to her mother,
which kind of, you know, touching movie little short clip,
and you said, "Oh, sweet!"
Yeah.
Yeah.
So that's...
It's got the nuance of kawaii too.
Yeah.
This is kind and nice, but also you are touched.
Yeah.
Touched by it.
Right.
So in that case, you would say "sweet".
Yeah.
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Thank you.
Yeah.
That was a nice question.
That was a very good question, I feel like.
The specifics of the question was very on point, I feel like.
True, true, true.
I feel like you're really on your way into understanding the word.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
So the next question.
Can we...
We've got a minute and a half.
This is a short one.
Okay.
This is Sarah-san.
All right, Sarah-san.
I'd like to hear about the difference between character, letter, word.
Okay.
Is the Japanese word for "letter" correct?
Say that again.
Is the Japanese word for "letter" correct?
Yeah.
Is it correct?
Yeah, that's right.
So no less than 300 words means 300 words.
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Absolutely, yeah.
Exactly.
Not the "mojisu."
Not the "mojisu," no.
Okay, okay.
Thank you.
What about character?
Characters, like, it includes numbers.
Ah, okay.
Like signs, too.
Like "&," exclamation mark.
Those are characters, too.
Okay, okay, okay.
Yeah.
So it's about all the Akiragana...
Yeah, yeah.
...Romaji, Kanji.
Exactly, exactly.
Okay.
Well, thank you.
When you explain Kanji to people who are using the alphabet, we say "Chinese character."
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
So that character.
Ah, okay.
Yeah, right.
Okay, true.
Okay, okay.
Makes sense.
So character is like "moji" itself?
Yeah, it's what takes up the space.
One space in a word processor.
That's a character.
Okay, okay, okay.
And letter?
Is that...?
Yeah, alphabet.
One of the alphabets.
Yeah, okay.
Just one "moji"?
Just one "moji."
Yeah.
In words, just "tango."
Yeah, "tango."
Okay.
Yep.
Thank you.
All right.
Thank you.
Perfect timing.
Yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
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Thanks for listening, guys.
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