Feeling discouraged after being turned down for a job with 気を落とす
Idiom Explanation: Feeling discouraged with 気を落とす
Hakumei hoped to help with a stone wall restoration, but the repair guild’s chairman refused her, saying she wasn’t needed for the project.
- イワシ:
- 「なあ ハクメイ。 そんなに気を落とすなよ」
- “Hey, Hakumei. Don't be so down.”
- ハクメイ:
- 「落としてない」
- “I'm not down.”
Vocabulary
- なあ
- casual interjection used to get someone's attention
- そんなに
- so much, that much
- 気を落とす
- to feel discouraged, to be down
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- Idiomatic expression literally meaning "to drop one's spirit"
- Commonly used to describe feeling disappointed or dejected
Grammar
- 〜なよ
- Casual negative imperative used among friends, meaning "don't do..." Has a gentle, persuasive tone.
- 〜てない
- Colloquial contraction of 〜ていない, negative progressive form meaning "not doing" or "haven't done".