Anime

Let’s learn Japanese with Conan’s quote from Detective Conan (Meitantei Conan/Case Closed).

Video

Conan’s Quote

Japanese: 真実はいつも一つ!
Romaji: shinjitsu wa itsumo hitotsu!
English: There is always only one truth!

Analysis

真実 means “truth”.

は is a topic particle so you can tell Conan is talking about 真実.

いつも means “always”.

Now let’s go through some of the adverbs of frequency. So when you say how often you drink coffee, you would say コーヒーを:

• いつも飲む – you always drink coffee
• たいてい飲む – you usually drink coffee
• よく飲む – you often drink coffee
• ときどき飲む – you sometimes drink coffee
• あまり飲まない – you hardly drink coffee
• ぜんぜん飲まない – you never drink coffee

Lastly, ひとつ means “one”. It’s one of the most common Japanese counters which are used for counting objects that don’t have their own specific counter. In Japanese restaurants, it’s common to use these counters when ordering food and drinks so let’s count from one to ten:

• one – ひとつ
• two – ふたつ
• three – みっつ
• four – よっつ
• five – いつつ
• six – むっつ
• seven – ななつ
• eight – やっつ
• nine – ここのつ
• ten – とお

After eleven, we usually add 個(こ) after the number. So eleven is じゅういっこ、twelve is じゅうにこ.

Examples

Adverbs of Frequency

学校がっこうに行いくとき、いつもこの道みちを通とおる。

gakkō ni iku toki itsumo kono michi o tōru.

When I go to school I always take this route.

朝あさはたいてい朝あさごはんを食たべる。

asa wa taitei asagohan o taberu.

I usually eat breakfast in the morning.

私わたしがよく行いくカフェに行いきませんか？

watashi ga yoku iku kafe ni ikimasen ka?

Would you like to go the cafe that I often go to?

ときどき電話でんわしてね。

tokidoki denwa shite ne.

Please sometimes call me.

あまり運動うんどうしない。

amari undō shinai.

I don’t exercise very often.

最近さいきんは全然ぜんぜんテレビを見みない。

saikin wa zenzen terebi o minai.

I haven’t watched TV at all lately.

Generic Counter

言いいたいことが一ひとつだけある。

iitai koto ga hitotsu dake aru.

I have only one thing I want to say.

毎週まいしゅう、日本語にほんごのレッスンを二ふたつと、ダンスのレッスンを三みっつ受うける。

maishū, nihongo no ressun o futatsu to dansu no ressun o mittsu ukeru.

Every week, I take two Japanese lessons and three dance lessons.

リンゴを六むっつ買かって四よっつ食たべたら、いくつ残のこるでしょう？

ringo o muttsu katte yottsu tabetara, ikutsu nokoru deshō?

If you buy six apples and eat four of them, how many would there be left?

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