Learn Japanese Online for Free - it's fun with easy flash quizes! Ueno Park, Sakura Picture perfect for this picnic. Wish I could have sat down and joined in. Beautiful Sakura. So many people enjoying themselves, whether they were sitting down and drinking or just walking on by. Japanese life under the Sakura wave The empty bottles are lined up, the drawings left behind. Cameras out in force to document the great scene for many. Lots of happy hanami revelers. Plenty of blue tarpaulin laid out for the lucky ones who have reserved their spot. Rilakkuma slippers waiting for their owners to claim the space. Somebody get that dog a beer ! So many different groups of people coming together to watch the sakura. The sakura trees seem to come together to form a sea of cherry blossoms. The crowds always come to Ueno Park to see the sakura at this time of year. Local Shrine with some nice red color. As at any good matsuri, there is always plenty to eat. A mixture of many things. Tasty corn ready to go. These looked really tasty. Lots of heads bobbing along the road. Pretty in pink.
Japanese Onomatopoeia | Japanese Blog Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by Ginny in Uncategorized There are different types of Japanese onomatopoeia. Today we’re going to just focus on one of the onomatopoeia. I’ll do another post on the others later. nyaa nyaa: (ニャーニャー) meow meow (the sound cats make) goro goro: (ゴロゴロ) purr purr (the sound cats make) wan wan: (ワンワン) woof woof (the sound a dog makes) moo moo: (モーモー) muu muu (the sound that cows make) mee mee: (メーメー) baa baa (the sound sheeps make) hihiin: (ヒヒーン) neigh neigh (the sound horses make) chuu chuu: (チューチュー) chirp chirp (the sound a bird makes) kin kon (キンコン) ding dong (the sound of a door bell) kushu (クシュ) achoo (the sound of a sneeze) tsuu (ツー) buzzz (sound of insects, bees) kero kero (ケロケロ) ribit ribit (sound of frogs croaking) buu buu (ブーブー) oink oink (the sound of pigs) kokekokkoo (コケコッコー) cockadoodle doo (sound of rooster) Onomatopoeias differ by language and culture. Tags: Onomatopoeia Share this Post!
5 Steps To Ordering a Meal in Japan — zonjineko! - StumbleUpon I live in Japan, but barely speak Japanese. I can’t help you with verb conjugation or passing the JLPT. But I have managed to eat! Restaurants in Japan are a culinary and cultural adventure. So, here are 5 steps to ordering food in Japan. Find a Place to Eat Most foreigners know about sushi and ramen. Yakitori Udon (うどん), a noodle usually served in soupSoba (そば), a thin buckwheat noodle (which is sometimes served cold)Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き), a vegetable-meat-and-egg pancake with a sweet brown sauceYakitori (やきとり), a kebab usually on a stickYakiniku (焼き肉), where you grill your own meat at your tableYakisoba (焼きそば), a stir-fried noodle dish with barbecue sauce and pork You’ll see plastic replicas of the food outside of most restaurants, so even if you can’t read Japanese, you’ll have some idea of what to expect. The food will be softer, though, and the chopsticks won’t levitate Get A Table The greeter will ask how many people there are – 何名さまですか。 Back Street Japanese Restaurant Order Your Food
How to Learn Any Language in 3 Months The Okano Isao judo textbook I used to learn Japanese grammar. Post reading time: 15 minutes. Language learning need not be complicated. Principles of cognitive neuroscience and time management can be applied to attain conversational fluency (here defined as 95%+ comprehension and 100% expressive abilities) in 1-3 months. Some background on my language obsession, from an earlier post on learning outside of classes: From the academic environments of Princeton University (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian) and the Middlebury Language Schools (Japanese), to the disappointing results observed as a curriculum designer at Berlitz International (Japanese, English), I have sought for more than 10 years to answer a simple question: why do most language classes simply not work? The ideal system — and progression — is based on three elements in this order… 1. Effectiveness, adherence, and efficiency refer to the “what”, “why”, and “how” of learning a target language, respectively. Ganbare!