► 終助詞
なさい [なさい] [coll] [junior] meaning: command rank: 1
☆ いい加減にしなさい ⇨ Stop it already (☛ Most often used by parents toward children)
☆ 早くしなさい！ ⇨ Do it quick! Chop chop! (☛ Most often used by parents toward children)
More examples:
- 一つ選びなさい ⇨ Pick, choose, one
- 御飯を食べる前に手を綺麗に洗いなさい ⇨ Wash your hands clean before you eat your meal
- 背筋を伸ばしなさい。猫背になってるよ ⇨ Straighten your back. You are slouching
- 諦めずに頑張りなさい ⇨ Don’t give up and keep working hard
- 強情を張るのもいい加減にしなさい ⇨ Stop being so stubborn already
- ほうれん草を食べなさい。やだ！ ⇨ Eat your spinach. No!
- 弟を構うのをやめなさい ⇨ Stop bothering your little brother
- 食卓に肘をつくのは止めなさい ⇨ Stop putting your elbows on the table
- あんたも彼のことを少し見習いなさい ⇨ You need to learn to act like him
- もうちょっとしゃっきりしなさい ⇨ Be a little more sharp, alert
- 包み隠さずに本当の事を話しなさい ⇨ Tell me the truth without hiding, obfuscating
- 大人しくしてなさい！ ⇨ Stay quiet! Don’t make a ruckus
- 本当の事を言いなさい ⇨ Tell me the truth
- かさぶたをいらうのは止めなさい ⇨ Stop touching your scab
- 弟をからかうのを止めなさい ⇨ Stop teasing your little brother