地雷なんですか？地原さん Is Chihara-san a Landmine?

Phrase: 全員席についたかー？授業始めるぞー Romaji: Zen'in seki ni tsuita ka? Jugyō hajimeru zo!
English: Has everyone taken their seats? Class is starting!

• 全員 (zen'in) – Everyone
• 席 (seki) – Seat
• に (ni) – Indicates direction or location
• ついた (tsuita) – Arrived / sat down
• か (ka) – Question particle
• 授業 (jugyō) – Class
• 始める (hajimeru) – To begin
• ぞ (zo) – Emphasis marker

The stretched vowel at the end (“かー？” and “ぞー”) adds a casual and energetic, like the speaker is calling out across a classroom.

Phrase: 隣の席は噂の地雷系の人でした Romaji: Tonari no seki wa uwasa no jirai-kei no hito deshita
English: “The person next to me was rumored to be a ‘landmine-type.’”

• 隣 (tonari) - Next / neighboring
• の (no) - Possessive marker (makes “next’s seat”)
• 席 (seki) - Seat
• は (wa) - Topic marker
• 噂 (uwasa) - Rumor
• 地雷系 (jirai-kei) - Noun (slang) “Landmine-type” – a social label for emotionally volatile or intense people
• 人 (hito) - Person
• でした (deshita) - Past version of です(desu) - was

Multiple の particles are stacked together to express a relationship: “the person → who is of the landmine-type → which is based on rumor.”

Phrase: まさか自分がその彼女とこんなに接近する機会があるとは Romaji: Masaka jibun ga sono kanojo to konnani sekkinsuru kikai ga aru towa English: No way I would have the opportunity to get this close to her!

• まさか (masaka)- No way / unexpectedly
• 自分 (jibun) - Myself / oneself
• が (ga) - Subject particle that marks the subject of the sentence
• その (sono) - That
• 彼女 (kanojo) - She / her / girlfriend (depending on context)
• と (to) - With /and (used to indicate accompaniment)
• こんなに (konnani) - This much
• 接近する (sekkin suru) - To approach / to get close
• 機会 (kikai) - Opportunity / chance
• が (ga) - Subject particle (marks the subject of the clause)
• ある (aru) - To exist / to have (used for inanimate things or abstract concepts)
• とは (towa) - Express surprise or disbelief

The word が is a particle that tells us who or what is doing something. For example:

• 自分が → I - the speaker
• 機会がある → There is an opportunity - the opportunity is what exists

Each が helps us know who or what the sentence is talking about.

Phrase: うわ. こっち見たやべえ Romaji: Uwa. kocchi mita yabae English: Yikes. She looked this way / She saw me

• うわ (uwa) - Yikes
• こっち (kocchi) - This way / Here
• 見た (mita) - Past version of (miru) - saw
• やべえ (yabae) - Oh no!

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