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Key Phrases

あなたのひとみにかんぱい!

anata no hitomi ni kanpai

A toast to your eyes!

えがおがまぶしいね。

egao ga mabushii ne

Your smile is dazzling.

てんしがにげているのをみた?

ten shi ga nige te iru no o mi ta

Did you see an angel running away?

Skills You'll Learn

Expressing admiration

けいえいをあわらす

keiei o a wara su

Giving compliments

ほめる

homeru

Noticing surroundings

まわりをきづく

mawari o kizuku

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👀

あなたの瞳に

anata no hitomi ni

To your eyes

💬 [に] often marks the target of a feeling, action, or gesture. You can reuse it in lines like [君に会えてうれしい] — "happy to meet you."

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🥂

乾杯!

kanpai

Cheers!

🇯🇵 [乾杯!] is the standard thing to say when raising a glass, so using it about someone's eyes is intentionally over-the-top and theatrical. It lands as a joke or cheesy flirt line, not a normal compliment.

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🥂👁️

あなたの瞳に乾杯!

anata no hitomi ni kanpai

A toast to your eyes!

🇯🇵 This is a very old-fashioned, dramatic pickup line, famous partly because it echoes a line from [カサブランカ]. In real life it sounds knowingly cheesy, so it works only if you want that playful, theatrical effect.

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😇

天使が

tenshi ga

An angel

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🏃‍♂️❓

逃げているのを見た?

nige te iru no o mi ta

Did you see it running away?

💬 [〜ている] can describe something in progress, so [逃げている] is "is running away." In casual speech, [〜のを見た?] is a handy pattern for "did you see ... ?" as in [誰かが出ていくのを見た?]

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👀😇🏃‍♂️

天使が逃げているのを見た?

tenshi ga nige te iru no o mi ta

Did you see an angel running away?

💬 [〜のを見た?] turns a whole action into the thing you saw: [逃げている] becomes "[running away]," then [見た?] asks if you saw it. You can reuse this with other verbs, like [泣いているのを見た?] — "Did you see them crying?"

🇯🇵 This is a playful compliment, not a serious question. On its own it sounds like a scripted pickup line, so it can easily come off as cheesy unless both people are already joking around.

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑✨

運命の人に

unmei no hito ni

Destined person

💬 [運命の人] literally means "person of fate," and usually means "the one" or a destined partner. [に] here marks the person you met, like in [先生に会えた] — "I managed to meet the teacher."

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🤝

やっと会えた。

yatto ae ta

Finally met.

💬 [会えた] is not just plain "met" — it has the feel of "was able to meet" or "finally got to meet." That same [〜えた] shape often adds that sense of successfully managing to do something.

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🤝✨

運命の人にやっと会えた。

unmei no hito ni yatto ae ta

I finally met my destiny.

💬 [やっと] adds the feeling of "at last" or "finally, after waiting." [会えた] also carries "got to meet" or "managed to meet," so together they make the line sound extra dramatic.

🇯🇵 This is a strong romantic line: [運命の人] is "the one," not just someone nice you happened to meet. In real life it can sound very intense unless it's clearly being used jokingly.

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