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Today’s Japanese word:
HEIKI
Kanji:
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Hiragana:
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Katakana:
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Simple Definitions:
No problem!
It’s ok!
Forget about it!
Archive for the ‘ Education ’ Category
Kyou no Nihongo: heiki
By Flori on March 15, 2007
Kyou no Nihongo: dame
By Flori on March 9, 2007
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Today’s Japanese word:
DAME
Kanji:
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Hiragana:
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Katakana:
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Simple Definitions:
No!
It’s bad!
It’s not possible!
Better than Cliff’s Notes
By Flori on March 8, 2007
I hope I’m posting this just in time for those year-end term papers and book reports. But if you’re expecting that I’m giving away links to sites that promote plagiarism, think again. I was able to muddle through more than a decade of schooling without resorting to tricks so I think you can too.
Anyway, I got these links from Prof. Butch Dalisay’s The Philippine Star article. I checked them out myself and I now wish these were available when I was still in school.
Mobipocket
This is a link to a virtual library of free electronic books that come in different formats, including those compatible with your hand held gadgets.
Digital Book Index
Even more e-books!
Retrato: Filipinas Photo Collection
This one is for history and/or photo buffs.
Enjoy, kiddos!
Tongue twisted
By Flori on March 7, 2007
I got something other than my knickers got all twisted in a wad, and just because I attempted to recite these:
Aka-pajama, ki-pajama, cha-pajama.
Tonarino kyaku-wa yoku kaki kuu kyaku-da.
Kanda kajicho kado no kajiya no Kanbei-san ga kachiguri katta ga katakute kamenai kamisan ga kanshaku okoshite kari-kari kandara kari-kari kameta.
Kabilugan ng Buwan, Buwan ng Kabilugan
Minimikaniko ni Monico ang makina ng Minica ni Monica.
Pinaputi ni Tepiterio ang pitong puting putong patong patong.
The Filipino ones are quite yabai, ne? Anyway, here are more T twisters from the 1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters.
University orgs and schools perform at the 2007 Nihongo Fiesta
By Flori on March 5, 2007
It was quite fun to watch the performances of the different universities, schools, and organizations during the 2007 Nihongo Fiesta. Most of them were amusing and some were interesting, but all were certainly entertaining.
34th Nihongo Speech Contest Winners
By Flori on March 5, 2007
If I knew that the first prize for the 34th Nihongo Speech Contest, held last Saturday during the 2007 Nihongo Fiesta, was an all-expense paid trip to Japan (courtesy of Japan Airlines), I would have dug up my old speech piece and entered the darn contest myself!
All I could do was gnaw at my bottom lip last Saturday as I trained my lens on the happy teary-eyed winners posing for both the amateur and professional photographers happily clicking away in front of them. Yeah, I was picturing that I was the one holding the gigantic JAL ticket on stage with H.E. Ryuichiro Yamazaki, the Ambassador of Japan to the Philippines by my side. It actually made the whole ordeal bearable.
Bitterness aside, I’d just like to say congratulations to all the participants and most especially to the winners! You may have gotten the tickets, but I’m still pretty!
Kyou no Nihongo: omedetou
By Flori on February 28, 2007
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Today’s Japanese word:
OMEDETOU
most commonly used as “omedetou gozaimasu”
expression
Kanji:
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Hiragana:
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Katakana:
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Simple Definitions:
Congratulations!
Kyou no Nihongo: yabai
By Flori on February 27, 2007
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Today’s Japanese word:
YABAI
adjective
Hiragana:
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Katakana:
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Simple Definitions:
Risky.
Crap!
