Hi,I am a native japanese.
I also feel Kanji is difficult because each of them have two or three different prononciations and meanings.
I don't know how to read some kanji but easy to understand...
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Hi,I am a native japanese.
I also feel Kanji is difficult because each of them have two or three different prononciations and meanings.
I don't know how to read some kanji but easy to understand...
Jomon,Yayoi,Asuka,Kamakura,Bakumatsu
Interesting for me.
hi,keithd.
I think you'll be ale to come to Japan!;)
I found the word in "Suiheisya sengen(1922)," which was the declaration that they demanded the degnity of human beings.
They called themselves so with pain and pride.
I looled up my dictionaries.
Kojien and Super nihongo daijiten(CD-ROM) explain Buraku shortly.
But both don't have the word "Burakumin."
Others explain Buraku = villages.
Kojien (Iwanami)
...
please start your topic 'what's the orgin of japanese people' again..................................................................................................
but I coudn't let your word pass..............................................................
Maciamo san asked me about color of skin.....
sorry my answer is far from your question..............................
(answer to post #15)
Burakumin is not a proper name to describe some nations nor some class.
I recognize it a kind of antiwords like an eskimo.
We learn about status distinctions like this....
It is true that Japaneses are genetically close to Chineses and Koreans.
The ape-man from Africa reached Eurasia 1,000,000 years ago.
They reached China at least 400,000 or 500,000 years ago....
We have mainly 4 theories about Jomon Jin and Yayoi jin.
Recentry many people support (4).(Some deny (4).)
(1)Native Japanese (Jomon jin) were thrown out of Japan by Yayoi jin.
(2)Native...
Someiyoshino has small fruits.They are uneatable.
I know an episode about George Washington.
He broke branches of 'sakura.'
I read it in a magazine for children when I was small.
Some of...
I never think that Japan is the only country to have four seasons.
We can know it easily through movies or news or photos or web site
even if we have never left Japan.
Recently,as you know or as...
Hi,Kaji
Your way sounds enjoyable.
As for me (English learner),
reading or answering threads here, exchanging mails with friends,
chatting or talking with friends...such communication helps my...
Thank you for your invitation.
Tamagawa Josui-Edo's water suply- is interesting.
It is said that over 1,000,000 people lived in Edo.
(End of 19C, population of Japan was about 30,000,000.)
I...
Hi,lineartube,
Hi,miki,
Nice to meet you!
You mean TOEIC(the Test of English for International Communication)??
or other test??
Please visit Nihongo Cabinet,too!
You can check japanese!
My father is Sotoh syu,one of Zen syu.
He eats meat and fish.
I don't know the principal of Sotoh and how preists do.
I know to grow vegetables Japanese farmers to kill small
insects.
Have any...
Well...I think I am a Budhist although I eat meat or fish,
alsthough I am not so earnest.
Some of my relatives are Buddhist monk and
my uncle studied Buddhism.
When my relatives gather to hold...
tashika ni...bimyo.....dakedo....
We have a subway and Wendy's but Burger king.
our subway
It is \200 for one station(3-5 minutes).
I think it is expensive.Isn't it?:)
Machiamo-san's description is excellent...
more about
Shinto
http://www.jinja.or.jp/english/
http://www.jinjahoncho.or.jp/ja/index.html (japanese)
more about torii
...
As for me,I'd like to learn both Japanese and English.
Because I have many things to tell to others.
I think such motivation is needed to learn any languages.
Maciamo, you think deeply about languages.
I read all of your other threads.
They are deeply impressed on me.
About movies, I don't know whether if translators intend to give them easy Japanese ...
Fukuokan people also matsuri lover (maturi zuki).
Each o mikoshi groups here are organized.
And for newcomer, it is not easy to join members
of 'katsugi te (carriers)', I've heard.
Because...
Throw and catch o mikoshi need skills,I guess.
Do they practise??