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Tag: chinese and japanese

  • How to ask some one in Japanese where he lives?

    How to ask some one in Japanese where he lives?

    doko ni asundeimasu ka? that translates ‘exactly as’ where do you live? How does it reads phonetically? You need to know the exact way a hiragana is defined and mapped into a specific form of Roman alphabet making, called Romaji or Hepburn transliteration rule — as far as I know its only the Japanese system…

  • Learn a little Japanese?

    Learn a little Japanese?

    How to read the following in Japanese; a’me (Ind; aa’me, ame as in rAMEn noodles) = rain. In kanji, 雨 (ame; rain) I put ‘ to give you phonetic pauses. o’o’ame = heavy rain ko’sa’me = light rain tsu’yu = rainy season go’u’u = heavy rain yu’u’da’sa = shower ta’i’hu (ta’i’fu’) = typhoon. rain Click…

  • Insight on killing self !

    Consonant; what you say. Vowel; how you say that. eg K is consonant, in ki, ke, ka, ko, ku K is whats fixed, because that’s “what” we say. But “how” we say it varies; u or a? Now why this flashed? I was checking a Japanese word: “jigai” (自害) which means suicide. This word comes…

  • Takarabune, kartika purnima, devanagari and hiragana

    I checked the oldest “surviving” manuscript in Japan from 6th century AD (called Hokke Gisho) and these are the language characters Hiragana and Kanji) that are exactly same since then, no change so all letters should be same or slightly changed, what a modern system) る 、小、 氵＋去、 行 (just a quick browse gave me…

  • meaning of night/name/woman a 1000 years ago !!

    3 kanjis who wants to learn some Japanese/Chinese !! 始 。hajime = begin/start. A woman [女] is often considered auspicious in many occassions hence a woman’s voice is the start of many activities. See that square is mouth [口] and the other part is perhaps the nose which defines a person or woman’s voice. To…