It’s been a long time since we had a Guest Post in “The Rising Sky”, so today I’m presenting you to Dan Chabert’s guide to learn the basics of Japanese language! To find out more about Dan Chabert, scroll down to find his picture and website below! ~~~ Learning Japanese is a great thing, whether … More Guest Post: How to Learn The Basics in the Japanese Language
Let’s mix this one with a little katakana exercise: Starting with the translation. Big belly seahorse. No big problem. Animals always had strange names. But if you “romanize” the Japanese version, you get “Sea Pony“! Well, it was actually kinda small, so I admit you are right on this one!
Japanese people have a very common word, with a very common and very wrong meaning. It’s already widely known that Japanese like to absorb everything from America, and one of those things is the language. Because it’s cool. But the fact it might sound “cool”, doesn’t mean it is correct, and in fact, when heard by … More Japanenglish: The weirdness of Katakana English
Japanese have an extremely intuitive way of memorizing things. Let’s see how. Square root of 2 1.41421356…人世人世に人見頃 (ひとよひとよにひとみごろ) Meaning: It’s people’s world; people’s world. It’s time to observe people. To understand, you must look at the hiragana. Each one (or more, depending on the case), points to a digit! Let me show you: 1(ひと).4(よ)1(ひと)4(よ)2(に)1(ひと)3(み)5(ご)6(ろ) ひと … More Mnemonic phrases to memorize numbers!
I just don’t know what to say, really. xD I mean, it’s not a mistake, but… but…
I’ve watched this video some time ago, and I found it again! It’s so funny xD It’s actually very difficult for Japanese to learn English, because the grammar, the alphabet, and the pronunciation is so different, but I can’t stop laughing! x’D
Here’s another gag from Shimura Ken! This time is 変なおじさん・だっふんだ ! There are not really words to explain it, just have a look at the video below! xD
Please pardon me if this pencil sharpener is really common in other countries. At least in Portugal it’s not, so I found it quite interesting! Have a look at it in action!
Both anime and manga are really popular in Japan. Every year, a lot of new series come out, and some of them become real icons of this industry. However there are a lot of differences between both. While manga refers to the black and white books (comics), anime refers to the television animated series. (Ichigo … More New Poll: Which is the best, Anime or Manga?
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