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and vegetables, edamame, and tofu along with drinks.
They often have Japanese-style rooms with a big, long,
low tables so a group of friends can sit close together in
the same room on tatami mats. Office workers
frequently go to izakaya after work. The same people
who may seem very serious while working at the office
during the daytime suddenly become very open,
talkative, and cheerful once they enter an izakaya. When
they drink, they tend to be more frank and honest as
well. Accordingly, the izakaya is an important place for
colleagues to communicate and bond with each other.
ADJECTIVES AND ADJECTIVAL NOUNS
atarashii is new
furui is old
wakai is young
muzukashii is difficult
kantan (da) (is) easy
wakai
Furui ‘is old’ is the opposite of atarashii ‘is new’ and
does not refer to age. The opposite of wakai ‘is young’
is toshi ga itte imasu ‘is aged.’ To say a person is ‘older,’
you can say either toshi ga ue desu or toshiue desu. To say
a person is ‘younger,’ you can say either toshi ga shita
desu or toshishita desu.
