Elementor #602
Posted onMy old professor & mentor retirement party. お疲れ様でした。A night of tears, laughs and endless karaoke. Thank you sensei.
Month: February 2018
Difference between 「お」and「を」
Posted onHiragana「お」and「を」actually make exactly the same sound. But they are typed out differently on keyboard. To make the first hiragana, simply type “o”, to make the second hiragana, “wo” need to be typed. Also, some textbooks present them differently in order to avoid confusing students. However, some textbooks present them the same, both as “o”. The […]
What a night! We celebrated bean-throwing festival and made lucky direction sushi rolls. Our many bean throwing athletes scared the onis away!
Setsubun (bean throwing festival)
Posted onFeb 3rd (Setsubun) is the day before spring in old calendar. Japanese people celebrate Setsubun by mame-maki (throwing beans), to cast out demons and invite good luck/happiness. While throwing beans, we chant Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi! (=Out with evils and in with fortune!)
My top 10 positive emotion words
Posted on1. きれい (kirei = beautiful), 2. うれしい (ureshii = happy), 3. すばらしい (subarashii = amazing)、4. かんぺき (kanpeki = perfect), 5. すごい (sugoi = amazing)、6. じょうず (Jouzu = good job), 7. おもしろい (omoshiroi = interesting)、8. すき (suki =like)、9. かわいい (kawaii = cute), and almighty 10. すてき (suteki = beatiful/amazing) How many you know? Ikutsu desu ka?
Difference between sukoshi, chatto and chiisai
Posted onsukoshi, chat and chiisai all mean “a little”. But chiisai is for size (e.g. small cat = chiisai na neko). Sukoshi and chatto can be used interchangeably. But sukoshi is more polite and chatto is casual.
Today’s weather
Posted onきょうもあめですね(kyou wo ame desu ne). (mo = too, kyou =today, ame =rain) みなさん、あめがすきですか？ (mina san, ame ga suki desu ka?) (suki= like/ kirai = hate)