Archive for July, 2009
Japanese Colors Posted by Ginny on Jul 7, 2009
I’m going to list the colors in Japanese. I’ll also list them in the kanji and hiragana/katakana. black – Kuro (くろ)(黒) blue – Ao (あお)(青) light blue – mizuiro (みずいろ)(水色) brown – Chairo (ちゃいろ)(茶色) golden – kiniro (きんいろ)(金色) red – Aka (あか)(赤) white – Shiro (しろ)(白) pink – Momoiro (ももいろ)(桃色) pink – pinku (ピンク) orange – daidaiiro…
Pickled Food Posted by Ginny on Jul 4, 2009
Matsumaezuke (松前漬け) is a pickled dish consisting of surume (するめ) or squid and konbu (こんぶ) or seaweed. Other ingredients include kazunoko (かずのこ), which is a type of fish. Some carrots (にんじん) or ninjin, along with sake (さけ), soy sauce (しょうゆ) and mirin (みりん) are mixed together. Mirin (みりん) is a type of rice wine with…
Restaurant Food Vocabulary Posted by Ginny on Jul 1, 2009
You may some of these items on a menyuu (メニュー) or menu dining in a Japanese restaurant. スパゲッテイ – (supagetti) spaghetti カレー – (karee) curry そば – (soba) buck wheat noodles (usually served cold) うどん – (udon) thick white noodles (usually served ward) サンドイッチ – (sandoicchi) sandwich アイスクリーム – (aisukuriimu) ice cream ラーメン – (raamen) ramen noodles…