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Greetings in Japanese、Aisatsu, in Japanese. おはよう こんにちは　こんばんは   ありがとう　さようなら　すみません ohayou おはよう is "good morning".  we usually don't use Kanji for this word but if you use it, it says お早う　the Kanji in the middle means "early" or "fast" It makes sense since it's early in the morning. Ko n ni chi ha こんにちは is "hello" but we say this for the afternoon. 今日は　the first two Kanji characters says　Today, は pronounces　"wa" even though it spells "ha". In Japanese, this は pronounces "wa" works as "is" or "are" in English.　postpositional particle I looked upon a dictionary.. so, "Konnichiwa" really means "today is" Same as  "Konbanwa" night greetingsこんばんは　今晩は means "tonight is" Arigatou ありがとう is Thank you,  in Kanji, it 有難う the first kanji means "there" second one is "difficult" so Arigatou means "difficult to be there" so th...

I'll tell you how to type beyond usual Hiragana chart. Japanese Hiragana and Katakana, if you add two dots  after those letters for example かきくけこ Ka Ki Ku Ke Ko add " at the right above those letters, they becomes がぎぐげご it pronounces Ga Gi Gu Ge Go Same for さしすせそ becomes ざじずぜぞ Za Zi Zu Ze Zo だぢづでど Da Di Du De Do ばびぶべぼ Ba Bi Bu Be Bo Then, if you put small circle at the right side above, they becomes ぱぴぷぺぽ Pa Pi Pu Pe Po Next, if you put little や、ゆ、よ after certain letters, you will pronounce for example, きゃ　＝　kya きゅ　＝　kyu きょ　＝　kyo Like when you type　kyouto (Kyoto) きょうと　＝京都 in Kanji you will see よ is little smaller. Sha Shu Sho しゃしゅしょ Tya Tyu Tyo ちゃちゅちょ Nya Nyu Nyo にゃにゅにょ Hya Hyu Hyo ひゃひゅひょ Mya Myu Myo みゃみゅみょ Rya Ryu Ryo りゃりゅりょ Gya Gyu Gyo ぎゃきゅぎょ Ja Ju Jo じゃじゅじょ Bya Byu Byo びゃびゅびょ Pya Pyu Pyo ぴゃぴゅぴょ Japanese Alphabet (Hiragana) Poster by falkdesigns

Harawata ga niekurikaeru. means My gut is boiling. This is  a Japanese expression. Harawata is intestine. There are so many expression to connect intestine and emotion. I read some articles about intestine health and mental health is closely connected. My son's scooter (not a razor, pro scooter, its expensive) was stolen by the same elementary school boy. My son and his friend were inside a seven eleven and they noticed my son's scooter was taken by a boy and his older brother. They rushed outside and chased them but they lost them after the first left at the end of the block. My son cried so much and came home. I went with them to search for the boy and tried to find where they were, but no luck. We came back home and called police. They'll look into the camera. I hope my son's scooter is coming back soon.

Are you ready for the holiday? It's getting chilly out, For a lot of us, Japanese, (or Asian), it's time to enjoy Nabe. We cook vegetable and meat, fish on a table and dip on a favorite sauce. Once you prepare ingredients, you can cook as you eat, sitting around the table, we would take turn to cook, serve, and eat with favorite drink such as sake. I recently enjoyed Thai style nabe. The recipe is for about 4 people. Ingredients are simple. You'll need half of a whole Chinese cabbage, green onion, next to Chinese cabbage is called "Shungiku" (garland chrysanthemum) You can find those vegetable at Asian market, but you can skip some ingredients if you can't find them. On this Thai Nabe, I used Cilantro, if you have Asian market near you, you can buy Shirataki (konnyaku noodles), Enoki mushroom, and Tofu (may be you can get all over nowadays). Chop all vegetables/tofu into bitable size, boil over konnyaku noodles and chop. For meat and fis...

Gyoza is my favorite. I guess it called dumplings in English. You can find in the frozen food area, but I make these every now and then. It is a lot of work to make but when I eat them, it worth the trouble. Ground pork : 150 gram Cabbage : 200 gram Green onion : 2 or 3 strings grated ginger : about 1 tea spoon Chinese chive (if available) : 50 gram Soy Sauce 1/2 tea spoon Salt 1/2 tea spoon Sake (Japanese rice wine) 1 table spoon Sesame Oil 1 tea spoon Gyoza Skin : 1 pack 1) Boil cabbage for a few minute, drain and squeeze off the liquid and chop into mince. chop all other vegetables. throw in meat and all the seasonings in a bowl and mix well with your hands (yack!) 2) Put spoonful of the mixture above on the gyoza skin. Wet the half end and fold in to make a gyoza. You can make about 30 gyoza with ingredients above. 3) heat the pan with oil, put gyoza on the pan and put a nice brown mark on a side. Flip the gyoza and add 1/4 cup of the wa...