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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...

Hello everybody, こんにちは。 I've made how to type and write Hiragana on the computer before, based on Hiragana chart. Lets talk about Katakana for a little bit today. all the sounds are the same as hiragana. Katakana look boxy and has edgy shapes compares to Hiragana. Japanese Alphabet (Katakana) Poster by falkdesigns By the way, This chart is sold at zazzle.com Please visit the the link at the bottom for more info. Katakana is used to express foreign words like, McDonald = マクドナルド　 Ski = スキー　 America = アメリカ cake = ケーキ party = パーティー all sounds are flat in Japanese. uses the long line to express long sounds　or extend sounds you may not recognize the words when it pronounced in Japanese but you'll surprised to know a lot of English words are used in Japanese. how to write / type Katakana is basically the same as how to write Hiragana. Let's practice writing / typing words. First, change the setting to Japanese typing mode, to type Japanese, ...

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

Hi, I'll show you how to type (write) Japanese on your computer. Japanese Alphabet (Hiragana) Poster by falkdesigns There are ways to type in using the alphabet. before you start, you need to set up input enabled in Japanese, If you are using a mac, go to System Preferences from the Apple menu, click on the blue flag icon labeled Language & Region. Click on the button marked with a plus sign in the lower left to add a new language, then select Japanese from the menu and click the Add button. You also need to add the setting for the keyboard. go to the keyboard, input source, add Japanese.   I think it's similar for Windows users, please google "how to type Japanese on windows" and find out. Lately, Japanese people use this type of keyboard on the smartphone. You tap the letter until you get the one you want on the row of, for example, if you want to input "う" you press "あ" three-time sinceうlocates at the third letter of a row...

I went to Japan to see my family in May.   I left Japan 20 years ago.  The price of the food is really affordable if you choose. For breakfast, I had rice, miso soup, salmon, and pickles set for only 500 yen or so, I bought a ticket at the machine and gave it to the lady who works by herself cooking, serving, clean up, doing everything! There were at least 8 customers including me. She was working hard. at 8:00 AM it was the peak time serving for guys before going to work. After everybody left, I told her, "You were doing all by yourself, what a hard worker you are!"  I didn't take a picture of the food. Too bad. On the other hand, expensive food like this one a cake for 780 yen 810 yen with tax exists. It was good though. Potato cake (heavy and filled me up)  I stayed at Shizuoka where Mt. Fuji is, and also my family. In Tokyo, I stayed at Shin Okubo (near Shinjuku). This area is a Korean town in Tokyo. I booked at booking.com the rat...

I read a buzz about Marie Kondo's Netflix show so I watched the first episode yesterday. Marie Kondo is very famous in Japan and she's called "Konmari" in short. I've read her book once or twice and I tried her method, (don't ask me if it worked or not) but after I've watched it, and I actually wrote about her book 3 years ago and I totally skipped the most important thing she's talking about. "Does it spark joy or not for you?" I have watched the first episode with a young couple with two little adorable children in a beautiful house. Their house doesn't look so bad but got a lot of junk. Before starting tidying up the house, Marie Kondo sits down on the floor in the house and greet to the house, like meditating. Then, take out all the clothes you have and put into one pile Next, take the clothes one by one in your hand and see if that particular thing spark joy or not. If not, you say "thank you" and say goodbye. ...

I have a little gardening space in front of my apartment. I planted tomatoes, watermelon, but the soil is poor, and space on my side is shady, I planted flowers but they would not grow another flower bulb or just withered. I wanted to try "Cartonbox Compost" I read in Japanese. It's a compost system made in a carton box so it doesn't need big space, you can put fruit rind, peel, vegetable scraps, it's eco, environmental, so I tried. You need, 1) Carton box, you need one more layer of carton box at the bottom for the extra reinforcement. 2), 3) Peat Moss and Charcoal (ground) ratio 2:1 Espoma PTM8 8-Quart Organic Peat Moss Wakefield Biochar Soil Conditioner - Premium - 1 lb Bag 4) Mix with vegetable/ fruit/food waste and mix every day. 5) Cover with big t-shirts the box to prevent bugs to get inside. 6) Put the box on an upside-down basket or grates for the airflow under the box. in 2-3 weeks, the compost is ready! You are supposed to use ...