When choosing how to write “hi” in Japanese, you have three writing systems to choose from. Generally speaking, theJapanese alphabetsare used:Hiragana(平仮名) is used for most greetings andkatakana(片仮名) for greetings that have foreign language origins.Kanjiis only used in more formal situat...
The present paper empirically investigates whether competitive pressures and Japanese compliance with the Kyoto Protocol will turn China into a pollution haven. We also analyze how the bilateral division of commodity production stimulates eco-efficiencies (i.e. environmental productivities) in Japan and ...
Kyoto has a lot of tourists. But just because the structures are simple doesn’t mean that we need to make simple sentences! These examples have the same structure: 冷凍した肉が腐っているときのサインは、以下の通りです。 Here are some of the signs that your frozen meat is rotten. ...
Beyond this structure, there are a few more rules towritinga traditional haiku. One is that the linescannotrhyme. Another is that in Japanese a haiku is written as one line. In English (and some other languages), it’s written in the three-line format seen above. But wait—we said a ...
Japanese garden path,via insidekyoto.com Winding garden paths help to draw you into the garden, and lead you to the next “room”. Using large stepping stones in a sand or gravel path is a common way of creating walk ways. © Salix /Wikimedia Commons,via Wikimedia Commons ...
来自 kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp 喜欢 0 阅读量: 56 摘要: This document tells you a way to read or write Japanese characters in abroad. I understand that when you are in abroad, you want to escape from everything (duties, noisy friends, etc.) in Japan. But sometimes you may want to read...
However, if you plan to travel around Osaka and Kyoto for sightseeing, please know there are day passes sold for a great deal. Be sure to check them out! For example, Hankyu Railway sells several day passes for a bargain. This includes theHankyu Hanshin 1-Day Pass(Japanese), which allows...
But in Japanese, there are usually no communication problems among people of different dialects since everybody understands standard Japanese (hyoujungo, a dialect spoken in Tokyo). In most cases, accentuation doesn't make a difference in the meaning of the words, and the Kyoto-Osaka dialects ...
If you want to express reciprocal thanks in Japanese, try usingKochira koso arigato gozaimashita, which means "The pleasure is all mine." There are various ways of replying to Arigato gozaimasu. It might be fun to write down as a memo to yourself what different people say when you say yo...
A well-known Japanese poet was asked how to compose a Chinese poem."The usual Chinese poem is four lines," he explained. "The first line contains the initial phrase; the second line, the continuation of that phrase; the third line turns from this subject and begins a new one; and the...