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.