Juzo Okita’s Quote “Earth… Everything Makes Me Feel Nostalgic”

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Let’s learn Japanese with Juzo Okita’s quote from Space Battleship Yamato (Uchuu Senkan Yamato).

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Juzo Okita’s Quote

Japanese: 地球か…何もかもみな懐かしい。
Romaji: chikyuu ka… nanimokamo mina natsukashii.
English: Earth… Everything makes me feel nostalgic.

Analysis

地球 means “Earth”.

か: As you know, the sentence ending particle か is used for questions such as おいしいですか? meaning “Is it delicious?”, but this か is used when you want to make yourself aware of something. For example, when you are up late, you would say そろそろ寝る時間か to make yourself aware that it’s about time for bed. So in this scene, Juzo is making himself aware of Earth by saying 地球か.

何もかも means “anything and everything”. It can be used by itself but it’s often used to emphasise the following word which has a meaning of “everything” such as 全部, すべて and みんな. In this sentence, it’s followed by みな which is the formal version of みんな. So 何もかもみな means “everything” with a strong nuance.

懐かしい means “nostalgic”. The subject is usually something that makes you feel nostalgic.

Examples

Sentence Ending Particle か (makes yourself aware of something)

あののことがになる…。これがこい…。

ano ko no koto ga ki ni naru… kore ga koi ka…

I am curious about that girl… This must be love…

日本にほん。いつかきたいな。

nihon ka. itsuka ikitai na.

Japan… I want to go there some day.

もう年末ねんまつ。1ねんはあっというだな。

mō nenmatsu ka. ichi-nen wa attoiuma da na.

It’s already the end of the year. One year goes by so fast.

何もかも (anything and everything)

警察けいさつなにもかもすべてはなした。

keisatsu ni nanimokamo subete hanashita.

I told the police everything.

試験しけんわったあと、なにもかも全部ぜんぶかがやいてえた。

shiken ga owatta ato, nanimokamo zenbu kagayaite mieta.

After I finished the exam, everything looked shiny (the world looked like a different place).

かれった言葉ことばなにもかもみんなうそだった。

kare ga itta kotoba wa nanimokamo minna uso datta.

The words he said were all lies.

NOTE

何もかも can be used by itself to mean “everything”.

警察けいさつなにもかもはなした。

I told the police everything.

試験しけんわったあと、なにもかもかがやいてえた。

After I finished the exam, everything looked shiny (the world looked like a different place).

かれった言葉ことばなにもかもうそだった。

The words he said were all lies.

懐かしい (nostalgic)

そのカフェでは、90年代ねんだいなつかしいきょくながれていた。

sono kafe de wa, kyūjū-nendai no natsukashii kyoku ga nagarete ita.

In the cafe, nostalgic music from the 90’s was played.

高校こうこうとき友達ともだちって、とてもなつかしかった

kōkō no toki no tomodachi to atte, totemo natsukashikatta.

I met a friend from high school and it made me feel very nostalgic.

むかし写真しゃしんていたら、なつかしい気持きもちになった。

mukashi no shashin o mite itara, natsukashii kimochi ni natta.

When I was looking at my old photos, I felt nostalgic.

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