Kawajapa - Kawaii Japanese - Page 18. Do mnemonics really work in learning Japanese kanji and vocabulary?
Are they just a silly trick? Or do they have a deep cultural history and a fundamental connection to how our brains work? Dolly looks at Japanese Mnemonics and explains the Dolly Method. Mnemonics, with their funny stories and (in the case of vocabulary) often odd and irrelevant sound-matches, tend to be considered vague and messy. But in fact mnemonics of just this type played a huge and very serious role in Western culture. But from the earliest times, elaborate systems of mnemonics have been used to help people in various disciplines to memorize seemingly impossible amounts of information. So, mnemonics are not something odd and peripheral. Professor Heisig, as far as I know, is the only person to have formulated a systematic Japanese mnemonic system – in his case for learning the general meanings of kanji without knowing the words or pronunciations.
Complete Explanation; What Does よろしく Mean? When you start learning Japanese, you first learned the phrase; よろしくおいします as a component of introductions like “nice to meet you”.
However, once you come to Japan, you will realize that よろしくおいします is often used in different contexts and then you may start wondering whether the meaning is really “nice to meet you”? The answer is unfortunately no. There are a lot of other usages. How to Write Emails in Japanese (with Practical Examples) Nowadays, we rarely write emails to friends because messaging applications like WhatsApp, LINE, and WeChat have prevailed.
However, you should still know how to write emails in Japanese if you are aiming to move to Japan because email is still a common communication tool for commercial activities. Writing Japanese emails is not difficult if you know the formats. First, let’s learn the most basic one. *Note: For the sake of simplicity, we have literally translated Japanese into English. Some of them may not be natural in terms of English, but please utilize them to understand the structures of the different Japanese email formats. How to use “おつかれさま” and “ごくろうさま” in Japanese.
Welcome to our second video and article series with tutor Hidee.
In this live-stream, Hidee explains how to use the business expressions “おつかれさま” and “ごくろうさま” correctly in Japanese. Many learners are confused about these expressions, since they technically mean the same thing. But since they are different in terms of politeness, it’s important to be able to distinguish between them. Complete Explanation: What Does おつかれさま Mean? One of the most difficult aspects when it comes to learning Japanese is to understand phrases which your language does not have an equivalent to.
Since there is no perfect translation, you have to learn them by knowing the context in Japanese. A typical phrase is おつかれさま. This is a very practical phrase and can be heard every day in Japan. In this article, you will master what おつかれさま means. Analysis of おつかれさま おつかれさま consists of three parts: お (a prefix representing a polite form) , つかれ (tiredness), and さま (a suffix representing honorific). You can actually use the present form in any tense, although the formal expression has the past tense form. (30) Japanese small tsu つ - How do you pronounce it? Japanese Direction Particles: へ(e) vs. に(ni) Japanese Direction Particles: へ(e) vs.
に(ni) : Giving and understanding directions is an important part of learning any language, especially if you plan on traveling to a foreign country. In Japanese, particles can make a huge difference in meaning, so it’s good to know the difference between them. Plus, you’re going to need to use particles to speak Japanese. Let’s take a look at two particles that, on the surface, seem to mean the exact same thing. We’ll talk about how they are similar and different, and how you can properly use them. っ - Small Tsu つ - Japanese with Anime. In Japanese, there are two types of tsu characters.
The normal tsu つ, and the small tsu っ, which is smaller. You can notice this in hiragana in words like mittsu みっつ, "three," and in katakana in words like nattsu ナッツ, "nuts. " But how does this small tsu works? What is っ for? And what is it called? About The Small Tsu. Numbers - Why is 二十歳 pronounced はたち? 歳 (Kanji for years old) Old Japanese Saying About Clipping Your Nails At Night - Learn Japanese - Nihongo Flashcards. 【 爪切り・tsumekiri 】nail clipper The オノマトペ onomatopoeia for the sound of clipping nails is パチンパチン (pachin pachin) or パチパチ (pachi pachi).
These オノマトペ didn’t exist pre-nail-clipper days because up until the Edo era, farmers used a ノミ(nomi) chisel, and samurai used their 短刀(たんとう, tantō) dagger to trim their nails. (With a knife, it would be more like peeling an apple.) Then came the 爪切(つめき)り専用(せんよう)ハサミ nail scissors in the 明治 Meiji Era, followed by ニッパー式(しき)爪切りnail nippers in the 大正 Taisho Era. It was only after WWII in the 昭和 Showa Era that the modern-type クリッパー式爪切り nail clippers popularized. Lesson 22. Two Common Ways to Express OR in Japanese - LingoCards. Two Common Ways to Express OR in Japanese As in ‘and’, ‘or in Japanese’ is not a word, but more like a concept of conditionals.
In this post, you will learn the two most common ways to express or in Japanese – か (ka) and それとも (soretomo). 「 か」– Ka. How to use the Japanese Word "かっこいい (Kakkoii)" to describe something Handsome/Cool! What’s かっこいい (Kakkoii)?
Calling someone… Ugly/Uncool? Sentence ExamplesWhen NOT to use かっこいい (Kakkoii) What’s かっこいい (Kakkoii)? Ever walked across the street and noticed a person or thing that almost made you turn head over heels? In English, you’d say “Oh my God, that’s so cool!”. Japanese Adverbs - Free Japanese Lessons. There are 2 types of Japanese adverbs 副詞 (fukushi). One can be formed by making simple change to adjectives. The other type of adverbs consists of some pre-defined characters which do not derived from adjectives.
We all know that in English, adjectives are used to describe nouns and adverbs are used to describe verbs. Butsudan. An ornate butsudan with open doors displaying an enshrined Amida Buddha. A Butsudan in the Jodo Shinshu Buddhism tradition. Close-up view of the inner altar with the painted scroll of the Buddha If there are doors used, a Butsudan enshrines the Gohonzon icon during religious observances, and close after usage. In case of no doors, either a sheet of brocade or white cloth is sometimes placed over to render its sacred space. Traditional Japanese beliefs associate the Butsudan to be either a house of the Buddha, Bodhisattva as well as deceased relatives enshrined within it.
A butsudan usually contains an array of subsidiary religious accessories, called butsugu, such as candlesticks, incense burners, bells, and platforms for placing offerings such as fruit, tea or rice. Common Mistakes: Mochiron! Of course! - GaijinPot InJapan. Mochiron！ “Of course” You’re of course familiar with the word “Mochiron”. In which of the following situations is “Mochiron” used correctly? 1)On the Oscar night Friend: Meryl Streep won her third Academy Award for Best Actress! Onyomi vs. Kunyomi: What's the Difference? You just started learning Japanese. You're cruising through your beginner kanji list nice and easy.
木. Hey, a tree! 山. Hey, a mountain! But then you look at the pronunciations… wait. However, it's too late. The readings (on'yomi and kun'yomi) of kanji are very complicated. Rendaku. Rendaku (連濁, literally "sequential voicing") is a phenomenon in Japanese morphophonology that governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. In modern Japanese, rendaku is common but at times unpredictable, with certain words unaffected by it. While kanji do not indicate rendaku, they are marked in kana with dakuten (voicing mark). Examples[edit] Rendaku can be seen in the following words: ひと + ひと → ひとびと hito + hito → hitobito ("person" + "person" → "people") いけ + はな → いけばな ike + hana → ikebana ("keep alive" + "flower" → "flower arrangement") 6 Most Common Japanese Phrases When Eating in or Dining Out.
What is the difference between 下さい kudasai and お願いします onegaishimasu – Crunchy Nihongo! How to say Yes and No in Japanese. Although it may seem strange to some of our readers, there are different ways of expressing both approval and denial in Japanese. Yes. Learn Hiragana - Kantan Kana Lesson 1 Learn to Read and Write Japanese. How can you tell when words end and begin in a Japanese sentence? By Anonymous. My apologies: How to say sorry in Japanese. Japan is a country where ostensive humility prevails over and above over almost any other social norm.
Japanese Name Enders: Honorifics Rules You Need to Know. Where did all these honorifics come from? The answer is more interesting than we thought it would be. You probably already know that it's important to add some kind of honorific at the end of a person's name in Japanese. Something like さん, for example. There are many others, of course, like くん, ちゃん, and さま, each with their own usage. These name enders, or honorific suffixes, get more interesting and complicated the deeper you dig. 殿 (どの): Mr. or Mrs., or Lord, back in feudal Japan. What is the difference between san, sama, kun and chan? Previous: What are the phrases used on nengajō (New Year's greetings)? In Japan, when talking about other people, one uses honorific titles. These go after the person's name. The most common title is san. It means all of "Mr", "Mrs", and "Ms. " Mr Tanaka is referred to as Tanaka-san, as is Mrs Tanaka, and their unmarried daughter.
Japanese Name Enders: Honorifics Rules You Need to Know.