KanjiRomanizationMeaning 先勝 Senshō Good luck before noon, bad luck after noon. Good day for beginnings (in the morning). 友引 Tomobiki Your friends may be "drawn-in" towards good and evil. Funerals are avoided on this day (tomo = friend, biki = pull, thus a funeral might pull friend...
Chinese characters (kanji), each with a meaning and multiple pronunciations, are part of the writing system. Japanese words are composed of many syllables, and endings are attached to change tense, form a negative, or otherwise modify meaning. The standard sentence order is subject, object, ...
If you plan to work for a Japanese company in Japan, this blog and video are very useful for you. I introduced what kind of questions will be asked and how to reply. Sakura Live ~Kanji On the Street #4 ~Live from the spot
The wives of samurai had been discouraged from learning more than a syllabary system for transcribing sounds and ideas (see kana), and most were incapable of reading texts that employed Chinese ideographs (kanji). Thus, the Kegon Engi Emaki combines passages of text, written with a maximum ...
Kanji & Hiragana Honjibutsu Buddhist counterpart 1st week, 7th day 初七日 Shinkō-ō 秦広王 しんこうおう 不動明王 Fudō Myō-ō 2nd week, 14th day 一四日 Shokō-ō 初江王 しょこうおう 釈迦如来 Shaka Nyorai 3rd week, 21st day
I found quiet a nice site for those who want to test out your Japanese Vocab (especially kanji). Kocchi douzo -> Japanese Language Proficiency Test Vocabulary Lists Quote red.orchid Eyewitness Advanced Members 4 33 posts Report post Posted May 13, 2011 *hugs Kaoko-san* you found me ...
I think I probably knew this kanji before, but in its grandfatherly お爺さん form; on its own, the pronunciation is じじい (which I discovered thanks to furigana in the book I was reading), and it means dirty old man. For whatever reason, when I was reading I found it very cool ...
My Rainy Days Nozomi Sasaki, Kanji Tsuda, Mayumi Wakamura 32 votes A high school girl's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls in love with a mysterious older man, leading her to confront the shadows of her past. This Japanese film captivates audiences with its stunning visuals, intr...
I will give lessons in English characters, so you don't need to know Japanese characters (hiragana, katakana, kanji). I can give you a fun conversation lesson where you can talk about your hobbies, things you are interested in, or discuss your impressions using news articles. In my lessons...
Romanization. In most cases, this site uses the Hepburn system of romanization. Nonetheless, there is no fully satisfactory way of romanizing Japanese (or, for that matter, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, or Sanskrit). To provide as much precision as possible, the Japanese ideograms (kanji) are pr...