Comments on: Hitotsu! Japanese in Karate https://jp.learnoutlive.com/hitotsu-japanese-in-karate/ 日本と共に Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:18:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Jeremiah Bourque https://jp.learnoutlive.com/hitotsu-japanese-in-karate/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:56:13 +0000 https://jp.learnoutlive.com/?p=878#comment-1493 Uh, it reads like “If you can count to one, that is good.”

I’m not sure if this is an expression or meant to be taken literally.

Kazoeru = count; sumu = finish, but written a as a conditional verb i.e. ‘if you can finish X’ or ‘if you can manage to finish X’; ii = good

]]> By: summer camps san francisco https://jp.learnoutlive.com/hitotsu-japanese-in-karate/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:01:33 +0000 https://jp.learnoutlive.com/?p=878#comment-1492 What does this Japanese translate to in english:
hitotsu kazoete sumeba ii

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