Under, below in Japanese 🇯🇵

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English: tongue, Japanese: した (a)

Tips to Remember:
– Imagine someone sticking out their tongue and saying "a" quickly; "shhh… tah".
– Associate 'a' with 'she-tah!' as if someone is telling you to look at her tongue.

Explanations:
– した (a) directly translates to the tongue in English. It refers to the movable muscular organ in the mouth.

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
– 舌 (ぜつ, zetsu) – a more formal term for tongue, seldomly used in everyday conversation.

Alternate Meanings:
– した (a) can also mean "under" or "below" as an adjective.
– It's often used in everyday speech to indicate something that is located lower or is subordinate.

Examples of Sentences:
1. 彼女の舌は赤いです。
– Romanized: Kanojo no a wa akai desu.
– Translation: Her tongue is red.

2. 机の下に猫がいます。
– Romanized: Tsukue no a ni neko ga imasu.
– Translation: There is a cat under the desk.

3. 舌を噛まないように注意してください。
– Romanized: a o kamawanai yō ni chūi e kudasai.
– Translation: Please be careful not to bite your tongue.

Slang/Colloquial Use:
– した (a) doesn't have significant slang variations on its own, though it’s often part of phrases in informal contexts to mean “down” or “low.”

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Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Think of "した" as being "under" something; imagine an arrow pointing down.
– You can also recall the shape of the kanji for "under" (下) as a symbolic representation of something beneath a line.

Explanations:
– "した" (a) most commonly means "under" or "below" in Japanese.
– It can be used to describe position, hierarchy, and various contexts where something is lower in comparison.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– "のした" (no a) – under, below (used more contextually within phrases, e.g., テーブルの下 – tēburu no a – under the table)
– "さがる" (sagaru) – to go down, to fall (more about movement downwards, but related).

Alternate meanings like slang:
– In slang, "した" can sometimes be used in shortened forms of words/phases or part of colloquial language but does not drastically change its core meaning of "under" or "below."

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 彼はその机の下にいる。
– Kare wa sono tsukue no a ni iru.
– He is under the desk.

2. コートをベッドの下に置いた。
– Kōto o beddo no a ni oita.
– I placed the coat under the bed.

3. 階下に行きましょう。
– Kaika ni ikimashou.
– Let’s go downstairs. (Here, 階下 (kaika) literally means "below the floor" or "downstairs," showing another form of "under/below".)

4. 車は橋の下を通った。
– Kuruma wa hashi no a o tootta.
– The car passed under the bridge.

5. 彼の給料は私のよりも下だ。
– Kare no kyūryō wa watashi no yori mo a da.
– His salary is lower than mine.

Romanized characters:
– a

This should help you remember and use "した" (a) effectively!

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