Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 4 Posted by keiko on Apr 14, 2015
So far, I have covered a couple of Japanese honorific suffixes since last month. Here are some of the past suffixes if you would like to review. Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 1 (~さん) Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 2 (~ちゃん) Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 3 (~くん) Last honorific suffix that I would like to cover is ~sama(さま)…
Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 3 Posted by keiko on Mar 28, 2015
This is my third post regarding Japanese honorific suffixes. I have covered so far ~ さん(san) and ~ちゃん(chan). If you would like to review them, just click the link under each suffix. In this blog post today, I will explain about~くん(kun). In Japanese language, it is very important to understand the use of honorific…
Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 2 Posted by keiko on Mar 25, 2015
In my last post, I have covered one of the Japanese honorific suffixes, called ~さん(san). You can read it here if you would like to review. In today’s article, let me talk about ~ちゃん(chan), which is also a popular honorific suffix but the use of it will be totally different than さん(san). Read on! ~ちゃん(chan)…
Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 1 Posted by keiko on Mar 19, 2015
Have you heard of Japanese people call someone, “~ san(さん)”, or “~ chan(ちゃん)”? Or if you are a baseball fan, you might have heard, “Ma-kun (マー君)” in the news. Ma-kun (マー君) is referring to Masahiro Tanaka who is a pitcher for NY Yankees. In Japanese, we use many honorific suffixes depending on the situation. In the…
What is “A.I.U.E.O Sakubun”? Posted by keiko on Mar 17, 2015
I have recently came across a word game that is called “A.I.U.E.O essay”. This is called, “あいうえお さくぶん （作文）” in Japanese. It is a way of creating an array of words or sentences where each word/sentence starts with the first given Japanese hiragana (ひらがな). I wanted to introduce this word game to you because this is such…
Japanese Words for Spring Posted by keiko on Mar 12, 2015
Here in the northwest, the weather has been amazing this month. It has been so warm that cherry blossoms around here have already been blooming beautifully. This year, they are blooming much earlier than usual! For the next couple of blogs, I would like to go over Japanese words for Spring. In this blog today…
Hinamaturi – Japanese Doll Festival for Girls Posted by keiko on Feb 28, 2015
Many of the young girls in Japan are now looking forward to celebrate the Doll Festival (Hinamatsuri, ひなまつり、雛祭り)coming up next week, on March 3rd. Every year, on this day, parents along with their daughters celebrate their daughter’s happiness and health. It is a special day for a family with daughters, as they prepare for this…