Japanese Word Trivia (Genki and Ittekimasu/Itterasshai)
Nowadays, I'm learning Japanese in purpose to prepare my prospective study and visit in Japan. Honestly, I've been learning that language for several random years since I was in junior high school. The difference is I did self-study back then meanwhile now I enroll in a formal class in local language course. Then, I found out a fews trivia (or maybe simply the lexically meaning) of some japanese word and I used to be wrong lol. 1. Genki ➡ fine using in a sentence like, Ikaga desu ka ? ➡ how are you Genki desu ➡ I'm fine I used to say them carelessly even when I talked to the native lol. My Sensei (teacher) said that literally Genki means fine, but tend to refer to positive emotional state of someone, rather than physical health. It means, when we are sick (like getting cold, leg injury, etc), we can't say, " Genki ja nai " ➡ I'm not fine. Otherwise, we should to say " Kenkou warui desu " or " Byouki desu "➡ I'm sick (phy