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October 26, 2017

目に入れても痛くない the Apple of One’s Eye

目に入れても痛くない (め  い    いた    )

loving someone dearly

目に入れても痛くない
me ni iretemo itakunai
Even if it pokes me in the eye, it wont hurt; the apple of one's eyes; loving someone dearly

目 me eye
に ni particle showing direction
入れても irete mo even if entered - も implies even if
痛くない itakunai doesn't hurt - negative form of 痛い itai

一目ぼれ hito me bore - love at first sight [A]
注目 chuu moku - attention; object that draws attention; notice [B]
立入禁止 tachi iri kin shi - keep out! dont enter [I]
入口 iri guchi - entrance (of a store...) [B]
痛み止め itami dome - pain killer [I]
頭痛 zu tsuu - headache [B]

Harold has yet to learn the lesson of... Safety First.

SUGGESTED USAGE:

ハロルドはメガネを(わす)れてしまったので、「()()れても(いた)くないほどかわいいうちの(ねこ)がここにいる!」と見知(みし)らぬハリネズミに()かって()いました。

harorudo wa megane o wasurete shimatta node, me ni irete mo itakunai hodo kawaii uchi no neko ga koko ni iru! to mishiranu harinezumi ni mukatta iimashita.
Having forgotten his glasses, Harold said, 'My adorable and cuddly cat is here!' to a porcupine.

  • ハロルド harorudo - Harold
  • メガネ megane - glasses (eye) [You can write this in Hiragana, Katakana or Kanji - 眼鏡]
  • を o - direct object particle
  • 忘れてしまった wasurete shimatta - (unfortunately) forgot
  • ので node - therefore; because of that
  • 猫 neko - cat
  • と to - quotation particle [TO after a quote is similar to saying Quote, Unquote in English]
  • ハリネズミ hari nezumi - porcupine [lit. needle mouse]
  • に向かって ni mukatte - facing; directed to [NI is often used as the direction marker for 向]
  • 言いました iimashita - said

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