Question for Japanese speakers, Alert for Students of “JSL”! Are the pronouns for “I” used differently by the AGE of the speaker? IF true in any degree, then: Is it regional? Is it a published or an unspoken rule? Here’s what my spies tell me about Japanese pronouns for “me” or “I” (also known as [...]
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Learning Japanese
Lou Caspary I’ll tell you a quick story: When I was 24 years old, I found myself hitchhiking totally around the globe. In Istanbul I purchased a small book “Japanese in 30 Days”. Finding a question that needed answering, I approached some Japanese at a table, and they looked at the title of my book [...]
Tadanobu Tsunoda | The Japan Times Online
Tadanobu Tsunoda | The Japan Times Online. Tadanobu Tsunoda By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI Tadanobu Tsunoda Tadanobu Tsunoda, MD, 79, is the author of “The Japanese Brain” (now in its 38th Japanese edition), and the inventor of the Tsunoda Key Tapping Machine. He developed this simple analog system in the 1960s, and claims it is still the [...]
2011 Shi Nen Akemashite Omedetou … “Wishes/Inoru” Question
Today I learned the second half of “Shinen akemashite omedeto gozaimasu…” (Happy New Year) I said this to my best friend and heard in return something I missed. Then the greeting was repeated to me “Shinen akemashite omedeto gozaimasu…”, and we waited …expecting a response from me. I said nothing. She asked with concerned surprised, [...]
Earthquake Narratives – Kanagawa
(Just read the red parts) かながわ の ほう は ぶじ です。ちょうど さやか と GMAIL で テレビでんわ を していた とき に ギシギシ と ゆれはじめました。 Kanagawa no hoo wa buji desu. Choodo sayaka to gmail de terebi denwa o shiteita toki ni gishigishi to yurehajimemashita. Kanagawa area is safe/OK. Just as she was writing via GMAIL to her daughter Sayaka, there was a rattling noise [gishigishi] and everything began to shake/jolt/swing/rock [...]
Guardian looks at Japan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami While Japan turns away from nuclear power, South Korea sticks to its path In the same week that Japan mothballed its last reactor, South Korea began work on two new nuclear power stations The traffic lights are still blinking in Odaka town, north-western Japan, but few cars pass through these deserted intersections. Frozen in [...]
Guardian looks at Japan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami Fukushima owner saved from collapse by Japanese government Japan agrees to 1tn yen injection for Tepco, hit by compensation claims and decontamination costs after nuclear plant’s meltdown Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the company at the centre of Japan’s worst-ever nuclear accident, has been saved from collapse after the government in effect nationalised the firm [...]
Guardian looks at Japan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami The Fukushima nuclear plant’s slow recovery offers lessons to the US Despite the Japanese PM’s optimistic assessment of Fukushima, experts have new worries about the plant’s recovery In December, Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, declared that “a cold shutdown” had been achieved and that the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was [...]
Guardian looks at Japan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami Japan shuts down last working nuclear reactor All 50 reactors now closed for maintenance after 2011 tsunami but government faces major public opposition to reactivation Japan is shutting down its last working nuclear reactor as part of the safety drive imposed after the March 2011 tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima plant. The [...]
Guardian looks at Japan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami Japanese energy policy stands at a crossroads | Comment Post-Fukushima, Japan’s government and public have turned away from nuclear power, but the energy industry has other ideas Japan will close its last nuclear power plant on Saturday, at least temporarily. Before the Fukushima disaster in 2011, there were 54 reactors providing one-third of the [...]
The ‘Judo of Arguing’ in Japan
Mastering the gentle art of arguing in Japanese By MICHAEL GAKURAN Special to The Japan Times “I’d like to have an argument, please.” “Certainly, sir. Have you been here before?” Many people are familiar with comedy group Monty Python’s famous “Argument Clinic” sketch. A man walks in looking for an argument and receives a series [...]
5 Ways to Eliminate Distractions When Trying to Study
5 Ways to Eliminate Distractions When Trying to Study. When you finally stop procrastinating, open the books, and start studying, distractions seem to start popping up from every direction. Some people can withstand a barrage of distractions and never lose focus, but if you are one of the many who can’t concentrate when something is [...]
Japanese Kit Kat Kultur and EXAMS
The “National Center Test for University Admission” was held on January 14th and 15th. It is a universal examination for Japanese universities. All national/public universities require applicants to take this exam. During the exam season the superstitious nature of the Japanese becomes apparent. In fact you will find various lucky charms being sold around this [...]
Butterfly Project
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The Toma Family of Miyagi-ken Japan