月: 2020年9月

きて・きって・きいてare all very important form called [te]form.
Even in this case the high pitch point can change:
For example:
よーく　きいてください。YOOOOku kiite kudasai.

But except such special case,those accent pitch point does not change.

1)Double consonants
It is written small tsu「っ/ッ」and no sound: stop breath.

This makes big difference,too.

いつか　Ituska　●　●　●　someday

いっか　Ikka　　●●　lesson 1

いか　　iKA　　 ●　●　　　squid

いたい       iTAi      painful
いったい  iTTAI   what on the earth

LINEしって（い）ますか？Do you know the LINE?
LINEして（い）ますか？Do you use the LINE?

上海に　いたとき　iTATOki    When I lived in Shanghai
上海に　いったときiTTATOki When I went to Shanghai

ねこ　　　NEko        cat　　　　　みいちゃんは、かわいいねこです。
ねっこ       neKKO      root(colloquial)　これは、きのねっこです。

いた　　  Ita      board　　　　　　いた、ありますか？
いた　 　iTA     I found him/her.   「あっ！みいちゃんが　いた！！」
いった　 iTTA  said/went　みいちゃんが「ニャー」といった。Miichan mwe.
そして、あっちにいった。And she went over there.
＜いた、いった＞ are short forms.

もてる　　moteru       Girls are all over him.
もってる　motteru    have

2)We write<Let’s go>in katakana but I write here both way.

れっつごう

3)ここkoKO VS こうこうkoOKOO VS こっこKOkko　VS　こっこうkoKKOO
here VS highschool  VS national Treasury VS diplomatic relations

4)Tongue twister(はやくち　ことば＝haYAKUCHI KOtoba)
とうきょう　とっきょ　きょかきょく　ゆうびんきょく
Tokyo     Patent     Permit station     Post office
toOKYOO  TOkkyo  kyoKAkyoku  yuUBInkyoku

5)Did you realize that I wrote CAPITAL for high pitch and Lowercase for low pitch.

But I don’t think you MUST obey or remember all of them.
One of the reason is it’s easy to change pronunciation(high point).

ぎんこう　                          giNKOO　 bank
みつびしぎんこう　miTSUBISHIGInkoo

When I lived in Shanghai,I want to remember the Shanghai Dialect.
So
I wrote the pronunciation on the small paper and bring all the time.
BUT
I could not remember or even if I remember one word,but no one could hear it because the accent point was different.
Or after writing high pitch mark and low pitch mark,I can remember with confidence.

So I write high and low mark for your guideline.

 

 

1)Be careful with LONG VOWEL in Roomaji writing

Really   in Japanese:
ほんとう＝hoNTOO=本当
But Japanese very often say
ほんと？honTO?（or ほんとに？honTONI?）=Really?

「ありがと=Thanks」appears very often in manga for broken way.
We can omit long vowel marker＜in this case:う＞ in such VERY familiar sentences–arigatoo sayoonara.

「とうきょう＝TOKYO」is written in this way(When I was 8-9 years old,I learned <Tōkyō>in the school textbook. So I was really surprised at the writing <no macron> way after grown up.I got used to that now,thought)

So we have many ways to write TOKYO.
(1)Tōkyō
(2)To-kyo-
(3)Tookyoo
(4)Toukyou
(5)Tohkyoh
(6)Tokyo

We write Tokyo in abbreviation way like (6).
I write TOKYO toOKYOO in this textbook
So if you have chance to read rooma-ji,they ALL have possibility contains abbreviation of long marker！
KOban is a former oval gold coin.
Police station’s correct pronunciation is koOBAN=こうばん。
(I don’t get used such one even now.)

We have some rare cases(hoNTO & hoNTOO) but basicly long vowel makes big difference.

ビル　BIru     beer
ビールBIiru   building

スキ　suKI   to like(すき）
スキーsuKIi  skiing
すきSuki is written in ひらがな normally but we can see often katakana way of writing in manga.I choose katakana way to compare with <ski>in this case.

ここ　    　koKO          here/Coco curry
こうこう    koOKOO    high school

はと　　　HAto          dove/pigeon
ハート        haATO      heart

かど　　　KAdo         corner
カード        KAado       card

サイコ　    SAiko        psycho
さいこう    saIKOO    awesome

おじさん　oJISAN   uncle
おじいさんoJIisan  grand father

まく　　　maKU      to roll(maKI・ZUSHI)
マーク        MAaku　mark
マック        MAkku    Mac

７)KAWASAKI is a founder’s name.

KAWA+SAKI=river+ahead/cape=川＋埼＝カワサキ＝かわさき

８）YAMAHA is a founder’s name,too.

YAMA+HA=mountain+leaf=山＋葉＝ヤマハ＝やまは

Have you ever heard <Akihabara>? Aki<ha>bara’s<ha>is same as this one.

９)HITACHI is a place name.

HI+TACHI=+stand=日立＝ひたち

Have you ever dunk<ASAHI beer>?asaHI and HItachi is same meaning and sound:<sun>.

But it is common to say hi means fire or day.

Actually sun is a fire ball and day depends of sun.

１０)SEIKO is an adjective<seikoo(na)=elaborate,sophisticated,exquisite>.
We can imagine <success>,too  because they have same sounds.

１１)NINTENDO is not a family name,it’s a blend name.

NIN+TEN+DOO=entrust+heaven/sky/god+hall

Weather in Japanese<TENki>.

Good weather means <ii tenki>or<tenki ga ii>

Do you know FB’s <LIKE IT!>in Japanese?

いいね！

iine　:Hawaii’s ii is same pronunciation.

いい　means <good>.
You can use this ＜いいね！＝ii ne> everywhere.

But if you want to say this phrase to your teacher or senior who don’t receive money from you, you should add <desu> between ii and ne.

You can use following sentence all the time.

いい＿＿＿ですね！
Ii____desu ne!

EX.いいSOFA ですね！
いいいろですね！（If you forgot いろ、you can use color=KAra-)

 

 

 

 

6)MITSUBISHI is ; number +shape

MITSU+BISHI=miTTSU+hiSHIgata=3+diamonds

We have Japanese counting like hitotsu-hutatsu-mittsu
and
Chinese counting:ichi-ni-san

In Mitsubishi’s case, they choose Japanese counting<miTTSU>

Mitsuwa,Mitsui contain <miTTSU>
SANWA contains<san>

hiSHI is a abbreviation of hiSHIGATA.
hiSHI+kaTA=rhombus+shape

The family crest of Mitsubishi’s founder was 3  piled up rhombus.
The family crest of the founder’s load was 3 leaves.

So founder made   3 diamonds shape.

We use Japanese countings in the daily words:
ひとりっこHitorikko:one child:no brothers and sisters
一つ目こぞうHitotume kozoo=one-eyed goblin
ふたごHutago:twins
ふたり　きょうだいHutari kyoodai:2brothers
みつめ（こぞう）mitume kozoo =a hobgoblin with three eyes

5)NISSAN is not family name

NISSAN’s Ni is Nihon’s Ni.
にほん＝Nihon means Japan.
日産＝NISSAN＝ニッサン＝にっさん
日本＝niHOn=Japan＝にほん

Do you remember ほん＝HON?///CF.Name1
Yes,nihon’s hon is HONDA＝本田’s HONほん.

(1)book
(2)real/original

日 means .
In this case, does にほん＝NIHON’s hon mean(1) or(2)？
So NIHON=Japan means <the original place of sun>=east.

Ex.アメリカのフォード。にほんの　にっさん。
America no Ford. 　Nihon no Nissan.  American Ford. Japanese Nissan.

NISSAN’s san does not mean Mr.or Ms. or polite marker but industry(It is not used independetly).

Can you change a double consonant to long vowel?
NIisan=elder brother

さん＝San is suffix. Like ちゃん＝chan(あかちゃん＝akachan’s chan sounds cute. Aka means red. Aka-chan means something little,cute red one.Yes,newborn babies are red,aren’t they?)

あかちゃん＝aka-chan

さん＝San means Mr.or Ms or polite marker.　It is a customary to call people’s names followed by an honorific title, “san” for courtesy.
So you  have NO chance to add<san>to your own name.Both in peaking,writing.

But we often add <o>prefix before NIisan.

NISSAN-NIisan-oNIisan

おにいさん＝o-NIi-san=＜your＞ elder brother(in formal. For beginners like you can use this word for ＜my＞ elder brother,too)

Mery-san no hitsuji,hitsuji,hitsuji.
Mery-san no hitsuji wa kawaii ne.

Londo-bashi ochita,ochita,ochita.
Londo-bashi ochita. o-joo-san.

Maybe you are called <your name>san by Japanese in most of the cases.
If you are called with <san>,the other side respect you,so you should add <san> after other’s name,too and <desu> the end of the sentences.
If the other one is a teacher,you will call him or her ___sensei/sensee.

San is polite marker for name and desu is polite marker for the sentences to add last of them.

ふじさんです！
Fuji-san desu!=That is a Mt.Fuji!
San in this case is another<san>means Mt.

san=(1)Mr.Ms. ((2))industry (3)Mt. But if you ask Japanese”what is san?” They will be”san is 3! Like 1,2,3!いち、に、さん！”

Japanese pronunciation is very easy and simple.
It has only five vowels and so many homophones!

And<o>is polite marker,too, but add not the end of the noun but top of the noun.Like…

おすし＝o-SUshi=sushi
おすしやさん＝o-SUSHIYA-SAn=sushi bar
おさしみ=sashimi
おべんとう=bento,lunch box
おもち=rice cake
おそば=soba noodles
おさけ＝o-SAKE=sake
おみそしる＝miso soup
おみず＝oMIZU=water
おゆ=oYU=hot water
おちゃ＝o-CHA=tea
おはし＝oHAshi=chop sticks
おとうふ＝oTOOHU
おまつり＝oMATSURI=festival
おかね＝o-KANE=money【kaNE means bell in the temple)

おつり＝oTSULI=change【tsuri means fishing)
おかねもち＝oKANE-mochi＝rich
おとうさん＝0-TOo-san=(your)father
おかあさん＝o-KAa-san=(your)mother
おねえさん＝o-NEe-sn=(your)elder sister
おじいさん＝0-JIi-san=(your)grand father
おばあさん＝0-BAa-san=(your)grand mother

You can use above words without<o> but please don’t delete.(SaSHIMI, Mizu,Tofu are used without <o> 40% but I recommend adding one)

I use both following one.

おやすみ＝oYASUMI＝brake,holiday
おたんじょうび=birthday
おしごと=work

I use さいふ・うち　words but following are kind of brand name.

おさいふ　けいたい
おうちじかん

Caution!
Don’t add<o> to all the nouns.The words you can add are limited!–like Ramen,gyoza,edamame,yakisoba,sukiyaki,tempura,shabushabu,teriyaki,yakitori,sukiyaki,hibachi etc.are impossible to add.In this moment,remember in this page.
Normally Japanese textbook choose sushi instead of oSUshi BUT it’s really strange(I counted the vocabulary of the most famous Japanese Youtuber’s sushi party.They say more than 90% osushi word.And young lady who speaks desu masu level ALWAYS add o).

You can NOT delete<o>in the following case.
おはよう（ございます）=oHAYOO(GOZAIMAs)=Good morning
おめでとう（ございます）=oMEDETOO(GOZAIMAs)=Congratulations
おやすみ（なさい）=oYASUMI(NASAi)=Good night
おかえり（なさい）=oKAERI(NASAi)=Welcome to home
おねがい（します）oNEGAI(SHIMAs)=Please
おつかれさま（です／でした）=oTSUKALESAMA(des/deshita):Hello in the office
おて=oTE=Paw!【If there is no<o>,te means hand)
おすわり=oSUWAri=Sit! for your pet.
おなか=oNAKA=belly,stomach【If you delete<o>,NAka means inside/in)
おにぎり=oNIGIRI=rice ball【If you remove o,niGILI means one kind of sush
おこのみやき＝oKONOMIYAKI=There is no word without<o>=Japanese pizz
おまわりさん=oMAwarisan=cop
おすすめ=oSUSUME=recommendation
おかわり=oKAwari=refill

おたく＝oTAKU is a special word but otaku’s o is also  this kind of  polite marker. It means<you(o means your. taku means house)>but the usage is difficult.My house means<jiTAKU>.

What do you think are the differences between Japanese and people from other countries?

Politeness.

Japanese bow even in the talking on the telephone.
Japanese use respect form even in the middle of their fightings.

How many % people speak <f***ing><s**t>in US?
To speak without polite marker such as<o><san><desu><(gozai)masu><kudasai>sounds just like<f***ing>level.

8)’three

9)’Mt.Fuji

10)’elder brother

11)’Give me a paw.

12)’hand

13)’Good morning(Not to children but to adults)

14)’Good, I like it! (to people you have possibility to pay money from you, to kids. The case you want to express the relationship is close.

15)’Good, I like it! (to senior, to people you don’t know yet.

16)’It’s a beautiful day,isn’t it?

17)’Thank you very much(Not from the super star but from the common people)

18)’Just moment,please.(Not to your student but to your teacher)

19)’Domo arigato,Mr.robot’s first<do>and last<to>are both long vowel.

どうもありがとう
DOomo aLIgatoo.

20)’Tokyo has 2 beats in English but both 2 sounds are long vowel–4 syllables.

とうきょう
toOKYOO.

Don’t you think<doomo arigatoo gozaimasu>too long?
I think so.
So we have a very short one(*^。^*)v

DOomo.

Of course (DOomo)arigatoo is a basic one for us.
But we NEVER use this form to boss.

politeness level	honorific title	good	wait	situation	age
***	さま sama		おまちください Shooshoo oMACHIKUDASAi	business, teacher	10さい～(20さい？～)
**	さん san	いいですね iidesune	まってください CHOtto matte kudasai	common, senior,	6さい～
*	ちゃんchan/kun	いいね iine	まって CHOtto matte	family/close friend/junior/songs	３－５さい
ZERO			まて Kora,mate!	yakuza/ manga/otokokotoba

What do you think about Japanese language?

It’s very regular.
Writing system is complicated but the complexity is due to accept foreign origin word so it’s easy for Chinese and English speaker.
Pronunciation is simple.
But

the honorific and humble=respect form system is complicated=blue part***

Can you tell me where should you put <ohayoo> and <ohayoogozaimasu>?

Did you put <ohayoo>*politeness and <ohayoogozaimasu>***politeness?

We will study mainly **politeness level because you can keep the lowest politeness level.

But we also study ***highest level because you will study greetings.

In Japan greeting is really important and if you say it,you can join adult group.
Please say oHAYOOGOZAIMAsu except the case you pay.

oKYAKUSAMA wa KAmisama desu.=Customer is always right.

 

 

 

 

 

PIKACHU=piKA-+chuu=onomatopoeia of flash+chuu:mouse sounds＝ピカ＋チュー

　＋

So PIKACHUU’s color is yellow like lighting and his tail is like lighting shape.

Japanese mouse makes chuuchuu sounds.

かみなりが、ぴかっとひかりました。
kaMINAri ga piKAtto hikarimashita.
※かみ＝GOD＋なります：なる：：Jingle bells,jingle bells,すずが　なる
Thunder lighted.

Do you know the Shinkansen=brit train?
The fastest one Tokaido rote(from Tokyo to Kyoto,Oosaka,Hiroshima)is named Nozomi and second one and 3rd one is named Hikari,Kodama.If you bought East rail pass by JR when you trubeled in Japan,you can only ride Hikari,Kodama.

なにか、ぴかぴかひかるもの。
something that glitters

 

もしもしMOshimoshi

いえいえIeie

ぜんぜんzeNZEn

てんてんteNTEn

まあまあmaAMAa

いろいろiLOILO

ぺこぺこpeKOPEKO

からからkaLAKALA

だいたいdaITAi

ときどきtoKIDOki

どきどきDOkidoki

Do you know  wave,bean,branch,wide,island,long,angry,fall, to bake,to fold, empty,etc.?

Do you know KONAMI?
KO<NAMI>’s nami is same origin as tsu<nami>.
Nami means wave.

Have you eaten edamame?
Eda means branch.
Mame means bean.

Do you like karaOK?
kara+oke=kara(no)+orchestra=empty+orchestra

Have you ever heard Hiroshima?
Hiro+shima=wide+island.

How about Nagasaki?
Naga+saki=long+cape/ahead.

Both Hiro and Naga are adjective but not perfect one.

Have you ever heard <KAWAII>?
Kawaii is on of the most famous Japanese adjective.
And
do you know FaceBook’s <Like it!> in Japanese?
いいね！iine!=ii+ne

ii means good.

Could you find the common part in kawaii and ii?
Yes.
Ending is both ii but in this case the importance is one<i>,last one.

Japanese adjective has 2 types.
One ALWAYS finish their ending<i>.
SO
we call them<i>adjective.

Normally we say<i> with stem part like <atsui>but when I touch very hot iron, I say<atsu!>instead of atsui.

So can you guess the perfect form of hiro and naga?

hiroi
nagai

Shima means island. Fukushima means happy island.
Saki means cape/ahead.

Do you know the biggest big city in the west of Japan?
It’s Osaka.

Tokyo=toOKYOO
Osaka=oO+SAKA
In this case,<kii>was deleted.

oO+SAKA=oOKIi+saKA=big+srope

Do you know huKUoka?
My hometown is oKAyama and present my address is saKULAGAoka.

oKA means hill.

Have you ever heard Yokohama?

yoKO+HAMA=YOko+haMA=horizontal line+beach

teLIYAKI=teLI+yaKI=shine(verb.masu form)+bake(verb.masu form)
oKONOMIYAKI
suKIYAKI
taKOYAKI
doLAYAKI
yaKISOba
yaKIUdon
yaKITOLI
yaKINIKU
yaKIMOchi has 2 meanings. Baked mochi and

Origami is one of a traditional child playing.
Gami comes from kami. ga-ka is like da-ta:voiced -unvoiced.

oLI+gami=oLI+kami=fold+paper

kami has at least 3 meanings:

かみ＝paper
かみ=hair
かみ=god

It’s common to say seppuku instead of harakiri in these days historical drama. But,,,
Hara+kiri=berry+to cut・・・・１

NInja　＝にんじゃ＝忍者:voiced
geISHA＝げいしゃ＝芸者:unvoiced
sha/ja means person. In these days,いしゃisha（医者）＝doctor,はいしゃhaisha(歯医者）＝dentist words contain しゃ.

 

Did you know that most Japanese names have meanings?

1)TOYOTA=   TOyo+ta=                  rich*+**=豊田＝トヨタ=とよた
2)HONDA=HOn***+TA=+＋＝本田＝ホンダ＝ほんだ
3)MAZDA=MAtsu+TA=+＝松田＝マツダ＝まつだ

Even if you have not studied Japanese at all, you know some Japanese words from Japanese makers:–those 3 makers founders named their company’s name from their family names.

1)TOYO*rich is old Japanese so is difficult to use now.

た**Ta and da appears all of them because <ta=tambo>was one of the most important thing especially for old Japanese.
<Ta> <da>mean rice field. We use same kanji and same kana–the only difference is tenten=”–Can you find a pair of short diagonal diacritical mark upper right of third letters called kana?

Can you find a Chinese character<田>in it?

We call the rice field<たんぼ＝TAmbo>(mbo is a kind of suffix. Aka-mboo is a little bit old Japanese.We use aka-chan word these days.)

EX.あっ！た(んぼ)が　あります！！
A!   taMBO GA ARIMASU!!           Oh!There are rice fields!!

田 appaires very often in the family name like,,,
秋田あきた=North prefecture famous for dog,rice
山田やまだ=The most typical name for us
森田もりた=Sony’s president
川田かわた／かわだ=my best friend’s name
高田たかた／たかだ=Biggest mail order company
中田なかた／なかだ=Famous soccer player
田中たなか=previous prime minister
If you have chance to call them,add <san>after their name.

2)ほん***hon=Meaning in this case is <original> or <real> .
“ほんとう？＝honTOO?” means “really?”in Japanese.
If you want to say this phrase in your office,add”desuka? after”hontoo”

※Read a book in HONDA.

EX.（これは）ほんです。
(Kore wa)hon desu.=This is a book.

ほんとう(ですか)？！
hontoo(desuka)?　　REALLY?!

はい、ほんとうです。
Hai,hontoo desu.

3)

※The car body is painted pine tree on MAZDA.

And also matsu is a verb short form <to wait> in another kanji＝待つ.

まつを　まつ
MAtsu o matsu.I wait for pine tree.
But it’s difficult to use short form so use below one.

Ex.ちょっと　まって　ください。
Chotto matte kudasai.  Wait a moment,please.

 

4)SUZUKI is also family name of founder.

SUZUKI=suzu+ki=+＝鈴木＝スズキ＝すずき

すずきSUZUKI comes from suzunari no ki.
Suzunari no ki is right photo.Does right one resemble left one?
Anciant Japanese thought so.

EX.ジングル・ベル、ジングル・ベル。すずが　なる
Jingle bell(s),jingle bell(s),　suzu ga naru♪

なるmeans make sounds–in this case <jingle>.
We use short form in the songs(98%).

かみなりが　なる。
Kaminari ga naru.=Thunder makes sound–Gorogorogoro

You can ask like that:
EX.（これは）きですか？プラですか？？
Is this a wood or a plastic?Ki desuka? pula desuka??

1)rice field

2)book

3)Really

4)pine tree

5)to wait

6)Just moment,please.

7)bell

8)tree

9)polite marker for the sentence to add last of them

10)Question marker to add last of the sentence

1)’polite marker for the noun/adjective sentences(ending)です

2)’polite marker for some greetings(ending)ございます

3)’polite marker for the noun, greeting(top)//So can you say sushi in Japanese?お

4)’cute marker for the name(end)ちゃん

5)’baby

6)’red

7)’Really?