'Halloween' is pronounced as 'Happii Harowin' in Japanese, similar to its English sound. Halloween words in Japanese include 'harowiin' for Halloween and 'kabocha' for pumpkin. Japanese kids sing songs about ghosts for fun during Halloween, like 'Obake Nante Naisa.' "Happy Halloween" transla...
The Japanese Yen is actually a Japanese simplified form of the same character. In China and Taiwan, the same currency is often written as 元 (yuán). 元 (yuán) means first, primary, fundamental, or a unit. This is why New Year’s Day is often referred to as 元旦 (Yuándàn). ...
In Japanese communication, there are a number of linking words for saying things that are contrary to what has already been said. Get to know a variety of contrast conjunctions so you can use them in actual Japanese conversations. 1.しかし(shikashi) “しかし” (shikashi) is a contrast con...
To protect the value of sake, Japan registered sake as a Geographical Index (GI) beverage in 2014. From then on, sake brewed overseas and using rice grown outside Japan can no longer be called Nihonshu. 3. Sake Types: Junmai-shu, Ginjo-shu, and Honjozo-shu Japanese sake is divided in...
How do you say ... inJapanese?... は日本語でなんと言いますか。 (... wa nihongo de nanto īmasu ka?) How do you say ... inJavanese?ꦏꦢꦺꦴꦱ꧀ꦥꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦶꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦁꦔꦤ꧀ ꦔꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦶꦏꦏꦏꦼꦤ꧀...ꦲꦶꦁ...
It was found that Japanese native speakers generally use a slower speech rate and a breathy voice for polite speech, but not necessarily a high pitched voice or wider pitch range, even in the case of female speakers. The use of pitch was found to be attitude dependent, but was not ...
Working in a job using Japanese you will experience a lot of changes from your job at a school or Eikaiwa as you’ll be expected to be a member of a team with your Japanese co-workers, as opposed to being Genki Sam-Sensei from California-Shu. Not to mention your ‘literally’8-hour...
Avoid wearing soiled clothing or garments which are luxurious or expensive. It is also advisable to avoid heavy garments. Wear your clothing loosely but neatly. In Japanese Zen monasteries, socks are not worn in the zendo. Position of the zafu ...
Wǒmen chī shuǐjiǎo qù. Let’s go eat dumplings. Instead of learning a four-character phrase, you could also find a pair of two-character words to memorize. How about 香肠 (xiāngcháng) for the 1st and 2nd tones, and 卤蛋 (lǔ dàn) for the 3rd and 4th tones? Or, 黑白 (...
a但他不仅会说中文一,日语也说得好 Not only but he can say Chinese one, Japanese also said well[translate] a5. The soldiers pretend to run away and the enemies, in pursuing them, were finally trapped. 5. 战士假装跑掉,并且敌人,在追求他们,最后被困住。[translate] ...