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Let’s learn Japanese with our funny and laid-back manga blog (yonkoma manga), “I Won’t Lose!”.

Manga Blog (Japanese Version)

Vocabulary & Grammar

• 負まける – to lose
• verb dictionary-form + もんか – won’t … (strong negation)
• 近所きんじょ – neighbourhood
• 市民しみん – civic
• プール – swimming pool
• よく – often
• 泳およぐ – to swim
• 行いく – to go (泳およぎに行いく – go swimming)
• ある時とき – one time
• ゆっくり- slowly
• 背せ泳およぎ – backstroke
• クロール – freestyle
• 後あとを追おう- to follow someone
• 追おいつく – to catch up
• 気きづく – to notice
• 追おい抜ぬく – to overtake
• 追おい抜ぬかれまいと – not to be overtaken
• 腕うで – arm
• 高速こうそく回転かいてん – high speed rotation
• させる (causative form of する) – to have something done
• スピードアップする – to speed up
• どんだけ (broken version of どれだけ) – how much, how far…? (used when you’re surprised)
• 必死ひっし – desperate
• noun/na-adj + なの？ – are you/is it…? (feminine way to say なんだ)

Manga Blog (English Version)

Comment from the Author

追おい抜ぬかれたら死しぬんでしょうか…？
Is he going to die if he is overtaken…?

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