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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Japanese humour

I remember learning japanese and my sensei usually used to show me some of these videos and you could think "thats stupid". But in a way japanese people are quite innocent and easily laugh at these things :)

http://www.zappinternet.com/video/zazRtoSqeS/Japanese-jokes-Bromas-japonesas

Monday, October 1, 2007

Den ki, den sha - DEN

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DEN

electricity

JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Kanji, Kyouiku Grade 2
As seen in:
densha densha - train
denwa denwa - telephone
denki denki - electricity (electric energy)
Not to be confused with:
rain U / ame - rain
cloud UN / kumo - cloud

One really easy - Hon

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HON / moto

book, main

JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Kanji, Kyouiku Grade 1
As seen in:
hon hon - book
nihon nihon - Japan (or nippon)
nihon nihon - two (long, thin things)
mihon mihon - sample
Not to be confused with:
tree MOKU / ki - tree

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Love in japanese

Hey, you cannot tell me it isnt good (sorry, I found it in the web)

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Tomodachi: a japanese friend

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YUU / tomo

friend

JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Kanji, Kyouiku Grade 2
As seen in:
tomoda (hiragana)chi (hiragana) tomodachi - friend
yuujin yuujin - friend
gakuyuu gakuyuu - schoolmate
Not to be confused with:
left SA / hidari - left
right YUU / migi - right

You use tomodachi as a friend, yuujin is more intimate but not for youngsters.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

South and we're done

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NAN / minami

south

JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Kanji, Kyouiku Grade 2
As seen in:
minami minami - the south
nanboku nanboku - north and south

If i want to talk about South america I would use 南米 【なんべい】 (nan bei) - between brackets the sound in hiragana.

Hokkaido is at the NORTH

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HOKU / kita

north

JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Kanji, Kyouiku Grade 2
As seen in:
kita kita - the north
hokkaidou hokkaidou - Hokkaido ("northern sea road")
touzainanboku touzainanboku - 4 points of the compass (east, west, south, north)

Now the West side!

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SAI / SEI / nishi

west

JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Kanji, Kyouiku Grade 2
As seen in:
nishi nishi - the west
nishinihon nishi nihon - western Japan
touzainanboku touzainanboku - 4 points of the compass (east, west, south, north)
Not to be confused with:
four SHI / yon - four