Lesson 6

We are starting the Japanese alphabet. There are 51 letters. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4XNx6r04SU

 あ = a           It is said as the "a" in father

 い = i            It is said as the "i" in Indigo

う = u             It is said as the "oo" in room.

え= e              It is said as the "e" in egg. 

お= o             It is said as the "o" in ok.

Lesson 5

ichi                            1                                  

いち 

  ni                             2                             

 に

 san                            3                            

さん 

  shi/yon                     4                            

 し/よん

   
    go                          5                                 

  ご

 

 roku                          6                             

ろく 

  nana/shichi        7               

　なな/ しち 

 hachi                         8                                

はち 

  kyu                          9                             

  く

 

  juu                          10                            

 じゅう

Lesson 4

 

Getsuyobi                                                     Monday

 げつようび

Kayobi                                                         Tuesday

 かようび

Suiyobi                                                        Wednesday

 すいようび

Mokuyobi                                                    Thursday

 もくようび

Kin'yobi                                                          Friday

 きんようび

Doyobi                                                           Saturday

 どようび

Nichiyobi                                                        Sunday

 にちようび    
   

Lesson 3

   

Kuroi                                                                      black

 くろい

Aoi                                                                           blue

 あおい

Chairo                                                                    brown

 ちゃいろ

Haiiro                                                                      gray 

 はいいろ

Midori                                                                    green

 みどり

Pinku                                                                     Pink    

  ぴんく   
                             

 Orenji                                                                      Orange

 おれんじ

Murasaki                                                                purple

 むらさき

Akai                                                                         red

 あかい

Mizuiro                                                              Light blue

 みず いろ

Shiro                                                                       white 

 しろ

Kiiro                                                                       yellow

  きいろ  

Lesson 2

Today I will teach you some basic phrases.

arigatou                                                                          Thanks

ありがとう

arigatou gozaimasu                                                   Thank you so much!

ありがとうございます

dou itashimashite                                                         Your welcome

どういたしまして

ki o tsukete                                                                    Take care

きをつけて

gomen nasai                                                                    Sorry

ごめんなさい

Sumimasen                                                                   Pardon me

すみません

Itadakimasu                                                                 Time to eat ( like Japanese bon appetit)

いただきます

Gochisousama deshita                                          Thank you for the meal.                                         

ごちそうさまでした

Ogenki desuka?                                                     How are you doing?

おげんきですか

Hai, genki desu                                                        I am fine.

はい, げんきです

Iie,genki dewa arimasen                                        I am not fine.

いいえ,げんきでわありません

Emperor Akihito

It seems like Emperor Akihito is doing well after his surgery. Emperor Akihito went through a four hour heart bypass operation. He is in stable condition and may return home in about two weeks.

White Day

Well Valentines Day was a few days ago, but I was still thinking about it.  In Japan things work a little differently. Only Japanese females buy chocolate or some other small item  to there boyfriends rather than a gift exchange. Then a month later on March 14th, the roles switch. It is White Day and the males should give chocolate back to the people that gave them chocolate last month. It is also worth noting that not all exchanges are romantic, some are formed by social obligations. The candy used in these type of exchanges are called Giri Choco, while  honmei choco is used for romantic exchanges. You can sort of equate it to flower buying in America. If you bought as red rose for a co-worker it would be akward, but if you got her a mix of flowers it would be seen as a nice gesture.

Welcome

Hello. I am making this blog to teach people Japanese. I think that it is a beautiful language and people should try and learn it. I realized that it may be harder to get information on the language compared to French for example. I hope you can learn a thing or two from this site.

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