Learn Japanese Sentences from Kimetsu no Yaiba『鬼滅の刃』(Manga)

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  1. Easy Sentences
  2. Daily Sentences
  3. Advanced Sentences
  4. Manga-Specific Sentences

Learn Japanese Sentences from Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)

Learn Japanese Sentences, Vocabulary, Words, and Phrases and practice your Japanese Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing Skills with Anime & Manga, Demon Slayer (鬼滅の刃, Kimetsu no Yaiba)

1. Easy Sentences

1.1
だめよ
だめ よ
Dame yo
No, you can’t.
Kie Kamado to her kids (Shigeru & Hanako)
1.2
死ぬな
しぬ な
Shinu na
Don’t die.
Tanjiro to Nezuko
1.3
私も行く
わたし も いく
Watashi mo iku
I’ll go too.
Hanako Kamado to Tanjiro (her older brother)
1.4
嗅いでくれ‼
かいで くれ‼
Kaide kure‼
Smell it!!
Younger Villager to Tanjiro
1.5
よく働くねぇ
よく はたらく ねぇ
Yoku hataraku nee
You really work hard.
Older Villager to Tanjiro

2. Daily Sentences

2.1
生活は楽じゃないけど幸せだな
せいかつ は らく じゃない けど しあわせ だ な
Seikatsu ha[wa] raku ja nai kedo shiawase da na
Life isn’t easy, but it’s happy.
Tanjiro (self-talk)
2.2
こんな日に山を下りてきたのかい
こんな ひ に やま を おりて きた の かい
Konna hi ni yama wo[o] orite kita no kai
You came down the mountain on a day like this?
Older Villager to Tanjiro
2.3
皿を割った犯人にされてんだよ俺~~~っ
さら を わった はんにん に されてんだ よ おれ
Sara wo[o] watta hannin ni sarete nda yo ore
They’re blaming me for breaking the plate!
Younger Villager to Tanjiro
2.4
この間は障子を張り替えてくれてありがとう
この あいだ は しょうじ を はりかえて くれて ありがとう
Kono aida ha[wa] shouji wo[o] harikaete kurete arigatou
Thanks for replacing the shoji the other day.
Older Villager to Tanjiro
2.5
みんなお兄ちゃんにくっついて回るようになった
みんな おにいちゃん に くっついて まわる よう に なった
Minna oniichan ni kuttsuite mawaru you ni natta
Everyone started sticking close to you, big brother.
Nezuko to Tanjiro

3. Advanced Sentences

3.1
移ろって動いていく
うつろって うごいて いく
Utsurotte ugoite iku
It keeps shifting and moving on.
Tanjiro (self-talk)
3.2
でも人生には空模様があるからな
でも じんせい に は そらもよう が ある から な
Demo jinsei ni ha[wa] soramoyou ga aru kara na
But life is like the weather with its ups and downs!
Tanjiro (self-talk)
3.3
そして幸せが壊れる時にはいつも血の匂いがする
そして しあわせ が こわれる とき に は いつも ち の におい が する
Soshite shiawase ga kowareru toki ni ha[wa] itsumo chi no nioi ga suru
And when happiness is ruined, there’s always the smell of blood.
Tanjiro (self-talk)
3.4
ずっと晴れ続けることはないしずっと雪が降り続けることもない
ずっと はれ つづける こと は ない し ずっと ゆき が ふりつづける こと も ない
Zutto hare tsudzukeru koto wa[ha] nai shi zutto yuki ga furitsudzukeru koto mo nai
It won’t stay sunny forever, and it won’t snow forever either.
Tanjiro (self-talk)
3.5
正月になったらみんなに腹いっぱい食べさせてやりたいし少しでも炭を売ってくるよ
しょうがつ に なったら みんな に はらいっぱい たべさせて やりたい し すこし でも すみ を うって くる よ
Shougatsu ni nattara minna ni hara ippai tabesasete yaritai shi sukoshi demo sumi wo[o] utte kuru yo
When the New Year comes, I want you to eat your fill, so I’ll go sell some charcoal just for a bit.
Tanjiro to Kie Kamado (his mother)

4. Manga-Specific Sentences

4.1

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