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Daibutsu Posted by Ginny on Jan 22, 2010
In Japanese, だいぶつ means, “great buddha”. In many parts of Japan, you’ll see countless buddha statues where people flock to give offerings, pray or just admire the statue as a work of art. The statues we’ll talk about today are one of the largest, tallest and well known buddha statues of Japan. The Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏)…
Answers to the Word of the Day Posted by Ginny on Jan 10, 2010
Here are the answers (in parentheses) and the links to the Word of the Day for your viewing pleasure: 1 – 足りる (to suffice, to be enough) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-30-2009 2 – もったいない (wasteful) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-31-2009 3 – まずい (unappetizing) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=09-01-2009 4 – やる (to give) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=09-03-2009 5 – しつれします (excuse me) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=09-06-2009 6 – ごめんなさい (I am sorry)…
Japanese Noodles Posted by Ginny on Jan 7, 2010
If you were to list the different kinds of Japanese noodles available in Japan, the list would be massive. The following noodles are the type of noodles found almost everywhere in Japan: You can write an entire topic just on ラーメン. There are so many different kinds of ラーメン in Japan. The kind pictured is called…
Word of the Day Posted by Ginny on Jan 4, 2010
Let’s start the new year with a new fervor to learn Japanese? Need a tool to help you learn Japanese? Try the Word of the Day! Every month I post a couple of words either in English or Japanese. Your job is to figure out the meanings. If post the word in Japanese, answer in…
Top Ranking Japanese Universities Posted by Ginny on Dec 22, 2009
As the New Year approaches, maybe you’ve already made some new resolutions for the coming year. Perhaps one of your resolutions is to learn the Japanese language, or to travel to Japan. Have you thought about applying to a Japanese university in an effort to learn Japanese or live in Japan? If so, here is…
“Place/Items” Vocabulary Posted by Ginny on Dec 19, 2009
The last two posts described how to talk about the location of places and items in Japanese. Here are some vocabulary words that you can insert within the formula that was mentioned in the last two posts. いえ (家) : home, house うち : home, house えき (駅) : station おしる : castle おてら (お寺)…
Wagashi Posted by Ginny on Dec 16, 2009
わがし is a term used to describe traditional Japanese confectionary. Today’s we’ll look at four different types of わがし. あんみつ is a Japanese dessert composed of white translucent jelly made from seaweed. A small pot of sweet black syrup called みつ is poured over the jelly. Usually a sweet bean paste called あんこ and some…