How did you like my last column?
➡Rocket in beautiful Japanese Phrases‼Part.1 | Takayo 講師コラム - Cafetalk
It is difficult if you are not familiar with the wording. You might want to watch a video to help you learn. Finally, I would like to share some happy feedback I received from the mother of a Cafetalk student at the end of last year. Now let's move on to the previous column: ‼︎

6. You are great!

✕　さすがですね

➡　感服（かんぷく）しました

７. Thanking after a compliment

✕　あざっす/ありがとうございます

➡　冥利（みょうり）に尽（つ）きます

８. I’ll do my best

✕　がんばります

➡　最善（さいぜん）を尽（つ）くします

✕　がんばってます

➡　鋭意（えいい）進（すす）めております

９. Can you give us some time?

✕　（じかん）をください

➡　ご猶予（ゆうよ）いただけませんか

10. I have everything under control

✕　大丈夫（だいじょうぶ）です

➡　織（お）り込（こ）みずみです

✕　分（わ）かってますよ　*事情（じじょう）も含（ふく）

めて

➡　心得（こころえ）ました

I often write letters with brush and ink. It would be strange if the content of a letter written with a brush on a high-quality paper (washi) did not match the content of the letter. Words have a great power that is invisible to the eye. Even people who have just learnt Japanese make a different impression when phrases like the ones I have introduced come naturally and are used.

Last year I received several requests for advice on how to write letters and Christmas cards at Cafetalk. In our digital society, fewer and fewer people write letters by hand. Handwritten cards and letters are appreciated not only by the recipient but also by the writer, who can meditate and take time to write. If you find it difficult to write beautiful Japanese letters, please come to my calligraphy lessons.

This is a line message from happy feedback I received after a lesson at the end of last year.