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Japanese Vocabulary Blaster Lensograph Index

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:55:59 -0600

This table will eventually hold the links to all of the Japanese Vocabulary blasters, 150 in total. Each list contains 15 Japanese words that you can use in daily conversation. Since fluency is in the eye of the locutor, the amount of vocabulary you know, may or may not, equate to fluency in Japanese. If you did know perhaps 4000 words (which is the goal behind the Japanese vocabulary blasters)then who is going to say you don't know Japanese? I have heard it said, that fluency in a language can be measured in the amount of vocabulary that the locutor wields. Somewhere between 4000 - 4500 words to be considered fluent. Whether that is true or not I am still undecided, however, I do know this, knowledge and skill in using 4000 foreign words, in whatever language it may be can't hurt. Suggestions on using the Japanese Vocabulary Blasters: 1. print them out, carry the list with you, and get your friends to quiz you on the words you memorize. 2. Set a goal of how many words you want to memorize over some period of time. (Learn 2 blasters every week, or more depending on how fast you can memorize and how fast you want to start speaking in Japanese.) For example, an intensely motivated Japanese language learner might attempt to memorize 2 blasters every 2 days. That is- 30 words every 2 days. A less stressful rate might be 2 blasters every week. Only you can decide what will be your best rate of memorizing new vocabulary, and at what pace will benefit your Japanese language learning the most. Go at your own pace and find your groove to memorizing. We don't want to sacrifice retention for the sake of quantity of vocabulary terms learned. Below are the links to the first 50 Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. Soak em in! As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei

How to say "______________" in Japanese (Modern Colloquial Approach)

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:35:00 -0600

The list of Japanese words, phrases, sayings, and other useful expressions found below are current or colloquial enough so that when you put them to use in your Japanese conversations, you won't sound like a Japanese Grandpa. The list below is up to date and will keep you from sounding like you learned your Japanese from the great US Naval commander, Commodore Perry. Don't get me wrong, pre-World War II Japanese is certainly considered polite language, but knowing how to say the words of the ancient samurai may be as useful as knowing 'Old' or 'Middle' English in the 21st century. Most language course material is so old that it is practically useless. My best advice is to get the most current edition of all your language study guides, books, and materials. Dictionaries of languages are continually being revised; They are updated and modified,and since words, like bread, become stale and occassionally moldy with age, words can and often do fall out of usefulness in colloquial speech. Although an interesting subject for study, ancient Japanese isn't going to be handy if you want to converse in a modern Japan. For those who want to converse in Japanese now, it may be better to spend your time studying and learning Japanese phrases that are actally used right now in modern Japan. (This Japanese word list is up to date as of 2008 December). A lot of times, Japanese learning tools like grammar guides, expression books, and dictionaries become outdated and the information contained therein become useless. In conversing with the world in other languages it is necessary to revise the words of a dictionary. The following Japanese phrases are currently colloquial as of 2009 and can be used in your Japanese language conversations right away. Learn the following Japanese words, phrases, sayings and other useful expressions to help build a strong Japanese word resevoir that you can draw upon. Success in a language starts with knowing the words of that language. Give this Japanese word/phrase/expression list a look over and pick out words that stick out to you first; Words that help you visualize a hint as to how to pronounce them. Something about a word that sticks out can help you remember that word. Making some correlation between your home language words and the second language will help when memorizing. The correlation you use to remember the words/phrases/sayings/expressions might remind you of something it resembles in English. Any way you can devise to familiarize yourself with the memorization of words will help in their retention. Not only that, but I bet you'll be surprised at how many Japanese phrases you might already know.

Reverse Phone Lookup

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:40:05 -0600

I made this lens due to the amount of time I have spent searching for free reverse phone lookup services. In the end I found a better way to do these type of searches. Finally something worth my time. Don't get discouraged, you can find out who owns any cell number and clean up your address book at the same time! Click Here! I have to say there are a few ways still to do a reverse phone lookup or people search for free so I Included a few links. But the best one so far is this one Reverse Phone Lookup!

The First 100 Essential Japanese Words

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:38:56 -0600

This text of the first 100 essential words in Japanese is not scripture, but it gives you a good one hundred words to start your study with. 1. mon - gateway 2. After- ato,go 3. Again - mata, futatabi 4. All - subete,zenbu 5. Almost - hotondo 6. Also - mo 7. Always - itsumo 8. And -so^shite,ya, ka 9. Because - nazenaraba 10. Before - mae, mae ni 11. Big - okii 12. But - shikashi,ga,keredomo,kedo 13. (I) can - (watakushi wa)dekiru 14. (I) come -(watakushi wa) kuru 15. Either/or - dochira ka 16. (I) find - mitsukeru 17. First - saisho 18. For - no tame ni 19. Friend -tomodachi, yu^jin 20. From - kara 21. (I) go - iku 22. Good - yoi, ii 23. Good-bye - dewa mata, sayo^nara, ja mata ne 24. Happy(happiness) - shiawase 25. (I) have - (watakushi wa) motsu 26. He - kare 27. Hello - konnichiwa (lit. good afternoon) 28. Here - koko 29. How - do^ yatte 30. I - watakushi,ware(old style), ore(male), boku(young male), washi(old man), watashi(female) 31. (I) am - iru(to exist) 32. If - moshi 33. In - naka ni 34. (I) know - shitte iru 35. Last - saigo^ 36. (I) like - suki 37.a little -, sukoshi, chikotto 38. (I) love - ai suru 39. (I) make - tsukuru 40. Many - takusan 41. One - hitotsu 42. More - motto 43. Most - mottomo 44. Much - takusan, ippai 45. My - watakushi no, etc. 46. New - atarashii 47. No - iie, chigau 48. Not - dewa nai 49. Now - ima 50. Of - no 51. Somtimes - toki doki 52. On - ue 53. One - ippon, ichidai, 54. Only- dake 55. Or - ka 56. Other - hoka no 57. Our - watakushi tachi no 58. Out - soto 59. Over - owari 60. People - hitobito 61. Place - tokoro, bashou 62. Please - o negai shimasu, kudasai 63. Same - onaji 64. (I) see, to see - miru, (naruhodo) 65. She - kanojo 66. So - so 67. Some -ikutsuka no 68. Sometimes, occasionally - tama ni, toki doki 69. Still - shizuka na 70. Such - so no yo^ na 71. (I) tell - iu, tsutaeru 72. Thank you - domo arigatou gozaimasu 73. That - sore 74. The - no equivalent 75. Their - karera no 76. Them - karera 77. Then - sore kara 78. There is - aru 79. They -karera 80. Thing - nanika, 81. (I)think - so^ omou 82. This - kore 83. Time - jikan, toki 84. To - ni 85. Under - shita 86. Up - ue 87. Us - watakushi tachi, etc. 88. (I) use - tsukau 89. Very - tottemo 90. We - watakushi tachi 91. What - nani 92. When - itsu 93. Where - doko 94. Which - dore 95. Who - dare 96. Why - naze 97. With - to, to tomo ni 98. Yes - hai 99. You - anata 100. Your - anata no Some words have no basic equivalent in both languages. Next lens will explore why? Get your vocabulary building Power Word Lists provided free by Japanetics Comes once a week a list of 15 X 7 essential words in Japanese. Starting with Japanese verbs, you will also learn Japanese nouns, Japanese adjectives and Japanese verbs, plus get a bonus Japanese grammar concept with each Japanese words list. Get these Japanese language word lists today by going to Japanese Vocabulary Index on Squidoo

Kotowaza - Japanese Proverb

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:14:07 -0600

Kotowaza are words of wisdom or ancient sayings that have many practical uses for the gaijin (foreigners) living in Japan. Most kotowaza are of ancient Chinese origin, but some have been derived from Japan's own history, other foreign countries or have been made from more modern expressions. Kotowaza take the place of long explanations, or circumlocution because they get the desired meaning across in a more direct, understandable way. Skillful use of the Kotowaza by a non-native speaker can help present oneself to the Japanse people as a wise and well studied scholar. When used correctly, Kotowaza can express ideas that you want to convey, in an impressive, and meaningful manner. Japanese Kotowaza can be a powerful Japanese language ally. We'll take a look at the meaning behind these proverbs, then add them to our Japanese language arsenal. After understanding their literal and metaphorical meaning, we can, of course, plug and play the kotowaza into our own Japanese conversations to really impress the Japanese with our language skills. Use these ancient Japanese expressions - the Kotowaza - to our speaking advantage. Say this kotowaza the next time you want to impress the Japanese and watch their reactions, you will be surprised at how well they work.

On counting in Japanese: ICHI NI SAN

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:51:41 -0600

On Counting in Japanese - Study Strategem 1 – ichi 2 – ni 3 – san 4 – shi, yon 5 – go 6 - roku 7 –shichi, nana 8 – hachi, ha 9 – kyu, ku 10 – ju, to 11 – ju ichi 12 – ju ni 13 – ju san then (14-19 etc.) 20 –ni ju 21 – ni ju ichi 22 – ni ju ni 30 – san ju 31 - san ju ichi 95 – kyu ju go 99 – kyu ju kyu 100 – hyaku 101 – hyaku ichi 108 – hyaku hachi 197 – hyaku kyu ju nana (shichi) 200 – ni hyaku 300 – sam byaku 400 – yon hyaku 500 –go hyaku 600 – roppyaku 700 – nanahyaku 800 – happyaku 900 – kyuhyaku 1000 – sen 1001 – sen ichi 2000 ni sen, etc Counting Strategies Recite to yourself the numbers in Japanese from zero to one million, and then back to zero again. Yes it gets a little tedious all those numbers from zero to one million and then back again over and over again. Other strategies worth considering count from 0 to 1 million by 2’s, by 3’s, by 4’s and by 5’s, 6’s, 7’s, 8’s, 9’s, and 10’s. Some numbers seemed for some reason or another harder than the others, so I would concentrate more on the hard ones. I don’t think I tried 11’s. The more your mouth and brain coordinate all their efforts in the target language, the more accustomed the muscles of the lips, teeth and tongue will be to this foreign language. Keep practicing until you can say all the numbers smoothly and without hesitation. Always practice with correct pronunciation. When practicing your speech start slowly and make sure you enunciate your vocabulary as close to a native as you can correctly. Anything you can say slowly you can say quickly. 1. Count from zero to 1 million then count backwards once you arrive at 1 million, counting from 1 million to zero. If 1 million seems tough, it would be o.k. to go as far as you can, but maybe stretch yourself a little, a least 99,000 or something. You want to get good don’t you? Setting language goals of your target language helps you achieve them. 2. Count up the odd numbers from 0 to 1 million 3. Count up the even numbers from 0 to 1 million 4. Do #2 and #3 counting back to zero from 1 million 5. Count in multiples, and multiples of numbers by 3’s, 4’s 5’s etc for example for the 3's it would be 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27. For the 2's it would be 2,4,6,8 who do we appreciate! etc. 6. Do long division by saying out loud the problem in Japanese. An example of this would be 8 / 2 = 4, or hachi waru ni ekoru (=) yon. Here are some handy math related Japanese word to help you in your vocabulary building endeavors: To add – tasu To subtract – hiku To multiply -kakeru To divide – waru ex. 8 x 8 = 16 hachi kake hachi wa ju roku desu or 8 times 8 is 16. or you could say hachi kake hachi ekoru juroku desu. Being able to think in terms of numbers in a different language doesn't sink into your psyche until you’ve actually recited the numbers from zero to one million (1,000,000) a couple of times, using the above suggestions, easily without hesitation. Eventually you will get to the point where you can count in another language without even blinking an eye. One of the secrets of fluency sprouts from the ability to think in the target language. If you catch yourself thinking in the target language you are on the road to SL2 mastery if that; if you catch yourself dreaming in the target language you have reached an even better signpost, keep practicing you have still much to learn. Heading towards fluency one might get to a point where the dreams they see would be in Japanese and it didn’t matter who or what type of people were in the dreams, everybody spoke Japanese. The more one thinks in the target language the more apt they are to acquire the skills necessary to use it conversationally. There isn't a fast and easy road to fluency. It takes hard work, goal-oriented study, persistent practice and an iron will coupled with an abundance of motivation to excel in a second language. Those who persevere will be well rewarded in their endeavors. http://www.clickapps.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=1666&a=883

Get Paid to Post Your Pics!

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:40:56 -0600

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Essential Japanese Words

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:37:54 -0600

The following words are included in this set of essential Japanese words due to their usefulness in conversation. If you plan on visiting Japan, or intend on staying in the Land of the Rising Sun, for any amount of time, you will soon see why these particular Japanese words are "essential".

101 Useful Japanese Words and Phrases

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:30:29 -0600

OK so here goes! The Following isn't just some humdrum useless list of never to be used vocabulary, this is 'The Motts'. These words should come in handy at some point in your acquisition of the Japanese language. While living in Japan, I kept a Journal of my doings. Along side of my nightly journal entries, I would re-copy all the words that I heard throughout the day, taken from a small note pad from which I used to memorize vocabulary and then right before I went to sleep, I would transfer them to my nikki (diary) filtering out the words that weren't real words and putting them in a nice and neat orderly fashion. Somedays I had quite a few words that I thought were words but when I searched for them in the dictionary there was no such thing. In reality, what really happened was that my ears at that time were just starting to get adjusted to the sounds of the Japanese language. One of the main reasons why I couldn't find a word was because nobody had told me that I needed to make the distinction between a long vowel sound and a short one. Since I was just a novice Japanese Dictionary user, if I heard a word that was of the long vowel type, I thought that I just wasn't hearing things correctly... yet. As soon as I figured out how to differentiate the sounds of a single a sound, from a doubled aa sound, and simlilarly a single i, from a double ii, the once undecipherable, non-existent words magically appeared in my dictionary. It was SL2 epiphany. So needless to say, it is important to pay careful attention to the lenth of vowels in Japanese words. Vowel length makes a big difference in the world of Japanese words. There were days when I wanted to give up my attemtps to learn how to speak Japanese. But through a little persistence it would eventually come to me. It was a lot of hard work, but I did the work in little baby steps. I remember listening to the radio to see if I could understand anything, but the Japanese would be speaking so fast and I could only catch maybe one word out of 5 minutes worth of conversation. I would try to start a conversation with the Japanese but the words were whirling around me at light speed, it seemed I could never catch on to what they were saying. But I persisted, and it paid off. Brick by brick, piece by piece, here a little, there a little, I had to have some milk before I could ge to the meat. By that time, the ever courteous and polite Japanese would begin to speak to me in English - broken- but nevertheless understandable. But, still that didn't curb my appetite for complete mastery of the Japanese language. It was my goal to be able to speak in Japanese with a Japanese like a Japanese, and I would give any and all things to obtain it. This list is filtered to make sure that they will be useful to you. I hope you enjoy my random useful list of Japanese words and phrases hand selected for you to use as you see fit. ensou - a musical performance joukyou - circumstances kokuren - The United Nations takeuma - lit. bamboo horse = stilts aite - the other party, one's opponent, rival or match idou - move, travel densen suru - to be contagious suzume - sparrow nikko - sunlight gekko - moonlight ensoku suru - to go on a picnic gakudan - an orchestra, a band fuke - dandruff ensoukai - recital, piano etc ryuugaku suru - to study abroad ryuugakusei - foreign exchange student fumikiri - lit. to step and cut or railroad crossing oyayubi - lit. parent finger or thumb tsurai - difficult, hardship, hard, painful, trying nameru - to lick kagaku - science moufu - blanket denshigaku - electronics kitsune - fox honki de...? - seriously...? maji de...? - seriously..? kenpou - a constitution kokka - a national anthem terekusai - embarassing niau - to go well with, clothes, hats etc, to look good in seiza suru - to sit upright (square) traditional Japanese kneeling or sitting posture ninki - popularity chuuto hanpa - half-assed, mickey moused, careless, halfway unsatisfactory inshou - impression honmono da - it's the real thing sugoi - bitchin, awesome, great!, righteous, amazing, super kando suru - to be impressed chousen suru - to challenge, attempt kyoudou suru - to cooperate kigen ga kireru - to expire (time), time limit jibika -ears, nose, and throat doctor zatsuon - t.v., radio interference douryoku - to try, to strive boeki - trade teian suru - to suggest kankakuteki na - sensual giri no otousan - father-in-law kemushi - caterpillar nokogiru - to saw kyousei suru -to compel, dorodarake - muddy kuuki o nuku - deflate (air in tire etc) ton demo nai - ain't no thing atarimae ja nai? - naturally! irezumi - tattoo momo - peach, thighs kakoyoku - to look good in your clothes, studly, or chic kakowarui - to look like crap ( in your clothes) niau -it fits you, it suits you, it looks good on you monomane - mime, imitate chigau yo! - nuh uh! no way its different! jishin - self, earthquake zettai - for sure nenrei ni kankei nai(aru) - has nothing to do with age sugoku kiken - extremely dangerous anata ni chousen - do you dare? kiite inai - I haven't heard hazukashigari - bashful ketten - weaknesses tsumari - in summation, in other words haguki - gums (mouth) tsuneru - to pinch shikeru - to go stale, to get old or moldy mukatsuku or mugatsuku - thoroughly pissed off hineru - twist, twirl wrench sanagi - cocoon furitsuke - choreography awabi - shell fish kaki - persimmon butai - the stage chigau t'omou (I) don't think so sou shite - do it that way then iran - (I) don't need it or any of it iranai - same as iran toriaezu - for the time being gaikoku no yarikata - the way foreigners do it komakai - change (money), details kirawareru - to be hated tsurete iku - to take someone tsurete kuru - to bring someone suiei suru - to go swimming oyogu - to swim douyou shiyasui - unstable kitai hazure - a letdown sougouteki na - synthetic stay tuned for more useful vocabulary you can plug and play into all the Ghetto Grammar constructions. As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei.

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 1

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:05:56 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. te - hand 2. hana - nose, or flower 3. mimi - ears 4. kuchi - mouth 5. deguchi - exit 6. iriguchi - entrance 7. atama - head 8. kata - shoulders 9. hiza - lap, knees 10. ashi - feet, or foot 11. hanaji - nose bleed 12. itamu - to be in pain 13. atama ga itai - headache 14. zetsu - fever 15. zetsu ga aru - have a fever Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #2 1. yubinkyoku - post office 2. oshieru - to teach 3. hanasu - to speak, 4. hanasu - to release, to let go, to seperate 5. o-cha - tea 6. mugicha - wheat tea 7. kocha - green tea 8. uroncha - oolong tea 9. kohi^ - coffee 10. tsukuru - to make 11. sentakki - washing machine 12. sentaku - laundry 13. sentaku suru -to choose, or do laundry 14. futoru - to get fat 15. gaikoku - foreign land(s) Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more with these Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei. Note - Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #2 is included here so your next set of Japanese Vocabulary starts at #3 and will continue until 4000 / 15 words = go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 3

Music Speed Sight Reading - Part 2

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:24:32 -0600

Suggestions for reading music faster when sight reading Pre-scan and analysis. Sight read and play. I. Preliminary Scan and Analysis 1. Scan the Time signature 2. Find the lowest common note value. the extreme values for the piece at hand. Also pay attention to the rythmical clusters or patterns. If any look complex, tackle those vulnerabilities right away. If you can successfully perform the rhythm of the written page, you'r sight reading battle. Sometimes you may have to approximate the feel of the rhythm until later you gain a more solid and sure. It is far better to guess and keep the pulse flowing than it is to stop and try and figure it out perfectly the first run through. 2. After checking the time signature proceed to investigate the key of the piece or tonality. By knowing the tonality we can better approximate where our hands WON'T be playing. This comes from again as I said above, being able to play in all 24 keys without looking at the keyboard The key of the piece will help in our placement of of fingers over the keys. Take an inventory and mentally note what are the highest, and lowest notes to be played in the piece. This is smart because you know you will never have to play lower than the lowest nor higher than the highest. (This goes for 1 above too, by knowing the longest and shortest values of all possible rhythmical variations presented by the piece we'll know by process of elimination the things that we WON'T have to play. 3. Next theory comes into play. You have to look at the melodic patterns, take mental note of their periodicity. (Mozart is highly predictable) Compare phrases and then identify the accompaniment figure represented usually by the left hand. Things typical of stage 3 here would be looking at the melody patterns to see any prevailing chordal patterns We want later to put any such patterns we notice into as few amount of 'handfuls' as we can. Also during this point which I might remind you is very very brief, see if there are any significant areas that represent contrary, oblique, or parallel movement that might assist us in correctly sight reading the piece. 4. Count a full measure for free to yourself before you actually play the first sound but after that first measure ...GO! II. The Actual sight reading begins 1. Read all the notes in a pattern as a single unit, quickly taking advantage of any patterns we recognize as chord outlines or scale lines. 2. Place you fingers over the correct keys for each pattern or single unit or 'handful'. This is facilitated by our ever enduring love of scale practice, which we faithfully perform like an accompanist's mantra to the east 3 times daily. 3. Play the patterns using the fingers which are above the appropriate keys. Less hand movement the better and plus we know the highest and lowest points or range of where the handfuls will be played. 4. Constantly look forward in your music Heave Ho! yo! You look ahead for new patterns and hand positions, so your mind has to think inside of itself. You have got to be able to multitask at this point. Just keep playing and also in your mind at the same time decipher this new part or pattern that you see is coming up. Don't panic, you can do it. You've got the power. I know you can do it! 5.There will never be enough time to get it right the first run through, so knowing that you can lighten up. There is never time to go back and start again for those unseeming fould mistakes that our hands just happened to stumble upon. Its not even necessary to try to be perfect, just close as possible is good enough for the first reading and if you happen to play it flawless the first time, congratulations, you are know a part of the elite group of folk I like to label speed music sight reading professionals. Please if you take one thing from these suggestions take this. DO NOT STOP To Correct mustakes. 6. Above all watch the music not your hands, the music has a way of playing itself, you are just the medium through which it travels. thank you that concludes the suggestions for speed music sight reading power session Ultimo Magic and training gift. I let you have it but if you want even more strange theory on this fascinating subject read on and dont forget to visit my sponsors. Sheetmusicplus.com and freescores.net and perhaps update your current inventory of music. You know you've been wanting to buy that now for a long time. Well here is your chance. Get that music and show everybody how you have become proficient in your skills and are nearing mastery of speed music sight reading. &n

Japanese Words For Delicious - Hakata Dialect

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:12:51 -0600

So you have learned how to say oishii to signify your gratitude for the hearty portions of o konomiyaki, tako yaki, yakiniku, oden no tamago, sashimi, natto or especially the jewel like, mouth-watering succulent toro you have just eaten. Well when on the most southern island of Kyu^shu^ try these varieties for differing effects on your hosts. Next time you are invited to a meal in Kyu^shu^ and the food is exceptionally good, try the following Japanese words for delicious instead of saying the usual word oishii to show your appreciation in 4 new ways: 1. bariuma - nice, tasty delicious, very good, superb, frikkin awesome homie! - bari being the intensifier and umai meaning sweet or oishii or in other words delicious. 2. barioishii - same as in 1 above. 3. mechauma - an abbreviation of mechakucha and umai or the intensifier mechakucha meaning absurd, unreasonable sweet (or good, delicious) so mechauma would literally mean absurdly delicious. 4. bakauma - baka umai - foolishly delicious As always, Do your best! Ganbatte Ne! Makurasuki Sensei. For more curiousities in the Japanese language and discussions on interesting Japanese words see Saketalkie

Ghetto Grammar : Japponics

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:28:34 -0600

Shitokan to Akan Yo! Colloquial Japanese. Article #117 Ghetto grammar Supplement - Learning how to say wazzup dog? and other phrases in Japanese By Makurasuki Useful Japanese Words My lenses here at Squidoo entitled Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar or JPPGG for short,cannot be held liable for the level of politeness you choose to speak. Please choose the words you speak, and the level at which you speak them at, wisely as results vary immensely. These lessons are for reference purpose only. Any improper real use of the JPPGG grammar principles presented here become the sole responsibility of those that use them. Speaking in base language or using these grammar principles could prove hazardous to your linguistic health. Persons who are acquainted with what is known as plain form Japanese will should also know that one's mouth is stronger than a two edged sword. It is advisable to always bridle one's tongue to ensure that only polite words come out and make sure that nothing bad comes in. I haved angered many a Japanese person through the use of plain form in my speaking. Avoid the plain form. Always use the polite form and proper endings for verbs, to keep the respect and dignity level high. Good luck!It is not recommended that any beginner of Japanese use anything less than the most polite level of language possible. This lense will show how to use a colloquial auxilliary form of the Japanese expression - must verb- Then we will explore how this colloquial phrase form evolved. 1. must verb - verb (BaseI) nakute wa narimasen, ex. 1. I must eat. - Watakushi wa tabenakute wa narimasen. 2. must verb - verb (Base I) nakereba narimasen Ex. 2. He must go. - KARE WA IKANAKEREBA NARIMASEN. 3. must verb - Verb in (Base I) NAKUCHA NARANAI (This is an abbreviated version of Ex. 1) Ex. 3. We must return. (go home) - KAERANAKUCHA NARANAI. Ex. 4. Must verb - Verb in (Base I) NAKYA NARAN* (NARAN = IEKENAI, IKAN,or AKAN) *The auxilliary verb, must, in Japanese, is NARU -v. to become. Naru is often times replaced by some form of the Japanese verb to go such as Ikeru- to be able to go, or IKU. Just remember that by shortening the plain form of the verb NARU into its NARAN or IKAN form, you make it very hard on the ears and it be heard as being vulgar, base and impolite. This form of language, which is even lower than the lowest politeness level allowed in Japanese should not be used by any foreign born speaker of Japanese, if they still want to retain a little bit of respect for themselves and not get beat up. It is shown here as reference only. There are two to three different Japanese grammar constructs that will express , subjectmust verb. All of the constructs are based upon the negative conditional form of the auxiliary verb - must - Form the construct in the following way: verb (Base I) NAKEREBA(negative conditional) NARIMASEN(From the verb NARU -v. to become). Since you can replace NARU with IKERU, or IKU in its vulgar or impolite varieties. There are many ways of saying the same thing. They all come out meaning must, the equivalent auxiliary in English.If ~ verb then it is no good. (It will not go good, or sit well with someone etc). (~-not) Ex. 1. If you do not drink your medicine, it is not going to be good for you. KUSURI WO NOMANAKEREBA NARIMASEN. A literal translation might be - If you do not drink your medicine that not very becoming is or "It will never do if you do not take your medicine." In more modern American English - Take your frikkin medicine dog! or "You have to take your medicine. You must take you medicine. Ex. 2. We must go! We have to go! Ikanakya ikenai! A literal translation might be - If we do not go, it will not go well. A literal translation might be - In more modern American English it becomes - We had better get the hell out of here! We had better go! We best get! SHITO^KAN TO AKAN TO^ Ex. 3. You have got to get it done. You must do it. You are going to have to do it. You better do it now or regret not doing it later! Now the last phrase comes from Hakata way of speaking, Tenjin, Ropponmatsu, It comes straight from my favorite part of Japan the Hakata area in Fukuoka. This dialect can be heard all over in the prefecture of Fukuoka, Japan. It is called it Hakata Ben, or Hakata speak.It seems the further one travels from the source of a dialect, (In this case the middle of Hakata, or Tenjin, the more varied the dialect becomes. So you will see this Japanese grammar construct in other various forms as well. This is Nama Nihongo (raw Japanese). A Genuine Draft of the Japanese language if you will. Native as native can get concerning spoken Japanese. What you are about to read is exclusive to readers of this Squidoo lens. If you catch on to the following Japanese grammar plug and play construct, you can gain an edge to the scholarly studies you might receive elsewhere. Nowhere else on the web can you get such modern observations of the Japanese language. It comes straight from the best teachers of the Japanese language - The Japanese themselves. This dialect never before seen in textbook form appears to you now. Study this and be leagues ahead of you peers in your Japanese language skills. These expressions even give a glimpse at what life is like in Hakata, and Tenjin, and the areas surrounding the great Japanese city of Fukuoka. If improperly used, use of Hakata Ben in the wrong way could could make your Japanese conversation sound very rude. Use of Hakata ben in the right way however also has immense possibilities for making your Japanese conversation sound impressively polite. I mean I thought I heard the most polite way to say a phrase until you throw a little spice of Hakata ben on the top, and then it really sounds polite. Its like the warsh of Washington in Texas dialects or the aboot of about for Canadian English dialects. Our focus here is on one phrase, SHITO^KAN TO AKAN TO^!. MEANING, "We better do it now so that we won't regret not doing it later! SHITO^KAN TO AKAN TO^ also gives us the added grammar bonus of Verb (Base TE) OKU, meaning to do a verb now to save for later(Japanese Grammar Lesson #90 If we go backwards from most polite must form of conditional negative verb we start with IKIMASEN – IKANAI – IKAN –AKAN - or IKEN depending on how much the speaker feels that the task can be accomplished. Verb in Base I NAKUTE WA NARIMASEN. Which is also understood in more plain form, less formal form would say Verb in Base I NAKUTE WA NARANAI, IKANAI, or simplified even further by saying NARAN, IKEN, IKAN, or AKAN. 2. Verb NAKEREBA NARIMASEN. in negative conditional (Ex. Ikanakereba narimasen.) Modern Japanese with an interesting slant. Japanetics Also see Learn Languages Ganbatte ne! Do your best Ganbatte ne! Do your best Makurasuki Ja Mata Kondo Japanese Language in no Time Ghetto After Blast or G.A.B. - Wazzup dawg could be expressed in Japanese by the expression osu (silent u oh sibilent s) which is normally how one is greeted upon entering a Do^jo^ or sumo training gym. Females might simply ask if you are,"Genki"? Sometimes you will here an older person adressing a younger person with,"Genki Kai?" Watch the latest videos about anything YouTube.com Japanese bloglog

How to say please in Japanese.

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:04:53 -0600

This lens will show you how to form sentences by plugging in verbs into an easy Japanese grammar construction that will allow to start conversing in the Japanese language with all your Japanese friends.

Viral Inviter vs TrafficXplode 2.0 Review

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:20:03 -0600

If you have been around in the internet marketing world long enough you probably have heard of Mike Filsaime's Viral Friends Generator. What it does is basically bribe the visitors to tell their friends about the site. In the early days, the interface of the VFG is just a few simple text boxes where visitors can type in their friend's email addresses plus a simple submit button. This creates a win-win situation for both the site owner and the visitors. The site owner gets more traffic, the visitors get a free gift (something of value), everyone happy. However, things usually don't turn out the way we plan; often time the site owners run into a problem where visitors do not type in valid email addresses so visitors get free gift but site owners get nothing. There is also unsettled discussion on where is the best place to put the tell-a-friend page, after opt-in? after sign up? after log out? and the list goes on and on. In the early days, the tell-a-friend script doesn't give you much flexibility on location of the tell-a-friend page plus the restriction for the kind of website that the tell-a-friend script can be used with. Those days you only see marketing sites use this kind of tool and most of the time you will find tell-a-friend script after opt-in pages or sign up pages. So, folks in the internet marketing niche kind of got used to it after a while so the tell-a-friend script later became "invisible" to the visitors. Recently, web 2.0 has been very big. One social site started to implement similar idea to the tell-a-friend script where members are given a chance to invite their friends to come join the social site. And here is the trick, users can just login to their email accounts and invites friends on their contact list through simple web interface. And now almost all of the social network sites use the same trick. The "trick" is responsible for the viral growth of those social network sites. So now, the tell-a-friend script follows the social network industry. Nowadays, the email contacts importer is a basic requirement for every tell-a-friend script on the market, it comes down to the question of how many email clients does the script support. Often time in the promotion material will say something like "grow your site like Myspace and Facebook" but we all know that this kind of statement is a cliche.

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 5

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:20:44 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. tsukau - to use 2. jissai - actuality 3. ushi - cow 4. kiiro(i)- yellow 5. kuwashii - detailed 6. sasuga - gee 7. chikara - power, strength 8. usui - thin 9. nomimono - drinks, a drink or beverage 10. tabemono - food 11. taberu - to eat 12. nomu - to drink 13. koi - thick 14. asobu - to play 15. *tsuyoi - strong Get your friends to quiz you, then go on to learn more with Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 4 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 6 * See ezinearticles.com pronunciation tips Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Maybe! Japanese Grammar Kamoshirenai JPPGG #90

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:14:05 -0600

Kamo is the word for duck in Japanese, but this lesson is on the grammar of how to say probably or maybe in Japanese. Kamoshirenai.

Japanese Days of the Week

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:52:46 -0600

In Japanese, the days of the week are easy to learn. The days of the week from Sunday to Monday for a total of 7 days, all have one thing in common in Japanese. YO^BI or 'day'. ^ -long vowels Long vowel that is pronounced like the English word ,"owe". For every day of the week in Japanese, you will find the word yo^bi pronounced like Kobe Bryant's first name. However, when romanizing the Japanese syllabary, it is common practice to pronounce i as an ee as in the word need. The Japanese e is pronounced as the e in bed. If you can understand that small principle, your Japanese pronounciation will surely improve. But how do you say the "Days of the Week in Japanese. As in English, the words for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are the words Saturn's day, Sun's day, and the Moon's day. The word for day like we use in this sense is yo^bi. 1. Sun yo^bi 2. Moon yo^bi 3. Fire yo^bi 4. Water yo^bi 5. Wood yo^bi 6. Gold yo^bi 7. Saturn yo^bi and . . . Sun = Nichi Moon = Getsu Fire = Ka Water = Sui Wood = Moku Gold = Kin Saturn = Do^ (long vowel O-) do a little addition and we have . . . 1. Sunday = Nichiyo^bi 2. Monday = Getsuyo^bi 3. Tuesday = Kayo^bi 4. Wednesday = Suiyo^bi 5. Thursday = Mokuyo^bi 6. Friday = Kinyo^bi 7. Saturday = Do^yo^bi The only question I have is how did tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday get messed up? Has it anything to do with . . . the Tower of Babel? I tend to think so. As always, Ganbatte Ne! Do your Best! Makuarasuki Sensei.

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 18

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:44:13 -0600

1. futsu^ - ordinary, regular, normal 2. nikko - sunshine, sunlight 3. inazuma - lightning 4. kaminari - thunder 5. kashikoi - smart 6. moon - tsuki 7. konran - confusion 9. bikkuri suru - to be surprised 10. shitsumon - question 11. zurui - sneaky, cunning, sly, crafty 12. ai suru - to love 13. majime - serious 14. taisetsu - important 15. o-shiri - tail, butt Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 17 or to continue the training, see Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 19

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 8

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:34:25 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. atsui - hot 2. suzushii - cold 3. jidohanbaiki -automated vending machine * 4. suteki na -neat, nice 5. furui - old 6. tabako - cigarettes 7. haizara - ashtray 8. hai - ash, ashes 9. hai - lung(s) 10. hai - yes 11. un - yep, un huh 12. keru - to kick 13. biggu makku - Big Mac 14. motsu - to hold 15. potato furai - french fries Print these words out and take them with you where you go. Study them. Memorize them. Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more with these Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei. * See picture below and also to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 7/> or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 9 /> a>

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 28

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:39:39 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #28 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. o^jiru - to reply 2. ou - drive away, pursue, run after, also to owe, to owe a life debt 3. mitsumori - an estimate 4. mikomi(kanosei) - possibility 5. so^to^ na - suitable 6. okuba - molar teeth 7. yo^kyu^ o o^jiru - to meet the requirements 8. kaimei suru - to clarify 9. akiraka ni suru -to make clear 10. manga - a comic 11. chi ga katamaru - to clot, blood gets hard 12. kari - potassium (katakana) 13. genshi bakudan - atomic bomb 14. genshi - atom 15. igai na - unexpected As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 27 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 29 a>

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 3

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:02:50 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. glasses - megane 2. mushi - bug 3. bara - rose 4. ahiru - duck 5. kumo - spider 6. kumo - cloud 7. mushiba - cavity 8. suberu - to slide 9. neru, nemuru, toko ni tsuku - to sleep 10. yomu - to read 11. kiru (irregular) - to cut 12. fast - hayai 13. yasashii - gentle 14. yaburu - to tear, rip 15. kiru - to wear Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more with these Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei. to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 1 & 2 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 4

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 9

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:53:09 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. tsumetai - cold 2. samui - cold 3. retsu - line 4. minikui - ugly, hard to look at 5. atarashii - new 6. rippa na - splendid 7. sara - dish 8. nikui - difficult to extendor 9. bai - times counter* 10. mata ne - see you later 11. iie - no 12. itai - ouch, it hurts 13. heru - to decrease 14. masu - to increase 15. komu - to be busy, congested As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 8 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 10 Print these words out and take them with you wherever you go. Study and memorize the words. Have your friends quiz you on how well you retained the words previously learned. Building a good solid foundation in Japanese vocabulary word by word. Japanese vocabulary blasters. As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei. * see On Japanese Counting or More Japanese Counters

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 4

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:17 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. chizu - map 2. nishi - west 3. minami - south 4. majime - serious 5. aruku - to walk 6. mitsukeru - to find 7. kao - face 8. kami - hair 9. kami - god 10. kami - paper 11. higashi - east 12. kita - north 13. utsukushii - beautiful 14. yurusu - to forgive 15. kodomo - children Print these words out and take them with you where you go. Study them. Memorize them. Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more with these Japanese Vocabulary Blasters.As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 3 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 5 http://squidutils.com/lensmaster/brettkun.rss

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 17

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:55:08 -0600

Study, ponder, get quizzed,retain GO! 1. umi - the sea, the ocean 2. tsuki - the moon 3. hata - a flag 4. fune - ship 5. kaze - wind 6. kaze - a cold (to catch a) 7. tsurara - an icicle 8. shio - salt 9. sen - line 10. onsen - hotsprings 11. umu - to give birth 12. ikiru - to live 13. seikatsu suru - to live 14. o-kane - money 15. zeni - change, money Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more with these Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei. Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 16 or to continue the training, see Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 18

Surveys for Money? 3 Survey Sites Worth Your Time!

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:53:57 -0600

#1. recommended – http://surveysavvy.com/ #2. recommended – http://www.esearch.com/ #3. recommended - http://www.surveyspot.com/ 3 Survey Companies That Keep Sending Me Checks! 3 online survey sites worth your time! Now don’t get me wrong, In order to get paid by the survey sites I had to manually request that a check be sent to me. But the checks did come and only after about 6 weeks. The work is minimal, but the pay is not too shabby. There are times the surveys can get a little tedious, but for what service I am exchanging for it, it is like going California or bust! This lense has focused for you the three survey sites I recommend if you need a little extra cash every now and then. All you need is a little time (usually between 3-20 minutes is all), a computer, and an honest opinion to get started. I can vouch for the following 3 online survey sites as being solid for paying, and solid for the amount of surveys available which you can take. Everything about these 3 survey sites is a well rounded me applausing and saying thankyou for the easy money. You wll say afterward, 'darn... I just made $15 with this survey and dang... it was fun!' I know there are a lot of survey sites out there and you could end up wasting a lot of time testing survey sites out to see if they are even worthy of your consideration. I know its only 3 sites that I am recommending to you but these sites I can vouch because I personally receive checks seemingly with no end. Some sites send you surveys alright, but you may never seem to qualify for the ones that pay cash, or, there are could be some other (so many other)technicalities you might encounter which will make it seem like you may never qualify to take their cash surveys. On top of that there are always the possiibility of software glitches or unrecognizable cookies that link your name to sombody else or never attached your email address to the survey you took. Just forget about those survey sites and rest easy knowing that the three I will show you here are decent and serve as role models for the other sites. Don't mess around with some mediocre garbage of a survey site where you pay them money to join or simply waste too much of your time. After all the more surveys you take the more money you can mak. Some sites claim to pay cash when in reality they instead utilize some strange bonus point system where if you save up points you get a prize. And the prizes are usually really stuff you could get at the $.99 cent store. The following 3 online survey sites, pay cash for your time and your honest opinion. If taking surveys by filling out forms online sounds interesting to you, by all means don’t hesitate and sign up now. These three sites I know pay and the checks just don’t seem to stop. How did I come to know which sites are worth my time and effort? Let me tell you... about 5 years ago or so when the net still seemed fresh, I started joining every survey site I could fill out forms for. I did this because someone had suggested to me that the more surveys I take, the more money I could make. So I did just that, I joined survey sites left and right wasting a huge amount of my time sifting through gobs and gobs of emails till I found some sites whose membership was worth keeping. I'll list 3 of them shortly. In my searching for good survey sites there were a lot of similar bad experinces I started to be unhappy with. The one that really chapped my hide was as I would begin to fill out a survey, I would only later find out 3 -10 minutes into taking the survey that I didin't qualify. On top of that who knows if any particular survey site or survey company even has surveys for which You , me or anybody might qualify. Qualification is a distinguishable factor between worth your time and not worth your time survey sites. Because if you don't qualify, you don't get paid. Some sites are easier to qualify for surveys. Three of them I will list in a minute. Although you won’t want to quit your day job, filling out online surveys can be worth the time you put into it and you can reap the benefits and rewards of those efforts in as little as 6 weeks. Once you get the ball rolling, the checks you can receive just don’t seem to stop. For those of you always a couple a dollars short at the end of the month or whatever your situation is that demands a few more bucks each month, surveys may be the way. A little extra cash is always acceptable, non? Survey is as Survey Does! When filling out surveys I always try my best to fill them out completely and honestly. This ensures that taking surveys for money will last a little longer, and the flow of checks will not wane. What good is the information gathered by a company from a survey if it isn’t useful and true. I suggest being as truthful as possible when taking online surveys. If we answer all the survey questions honestly and truthfully the information gathered becomes valuable to the people collecting the information and we can be assured that we will be asked again to do more surveys. Sometimes people don’t use the proper amount of time to answer and completely fill out a survey. This only hurts the people who honestly answer them and it will hurt everyone, the company included in the long run due to the unreliability and uselessness of the surveys. There are now a lot of survey sites that safe guard against bogus survey takers by utilizing check questions and other methods to weed out and identify survey abusers. If we keep the system honest by answering truthfully this can only bring positive results. The companies that gather the survey information actually help to shape the directions of their products and services to better suit and improve upon the product lines on the consumer’s behalf. Be rewarded for your efforts and your honest opinions. The following 3 survey companies pay cash to you for your time and honest opinions. These 3 survey sites are the ones that I have personally found to be the easiest to deal with in terms of qualifying for and pay promptly and the surveys are usually pretty fun. There can be some really tedious surveys out there waiting to be filled out by you if you like. Instead of wasting your time filling out boring surveys and not making any money accept 2000 points good on a Disney coffee mug, sign up at these 3 survey sites and you will have fun making money. Once the checks start coming you will be a very enthusiastic check receiving, money making, part-time, free lance, survey filler outer. Instructions – Sign up at the following 3 survey sites, fill out the questionnaires or profiles as they are usually called (profiles are helpful for determining the best surveys for you), you will receive confirmation e-mail. (Also, it is wise to set up an e-mail account that you will use solely for the purpose of filling out surveys.) The rest is easy... #1 recommended – http://www.surveysavvy.com/ #2. recommended – http://www.esearch.com/ #3. recommended - http://www.surveyspot.com/ Don't click here!

Ghetto Grammar : Japanese words for 'Ya Feel Me?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:21:20 -0600

O.k. so you want to ask your friends if they are 'catching your drift', or if they understand 'where you are coming from.' In Japanese you could say these type of phrases to friends of some acquaintance easily by saying only one word --- wakaru? With an inquisitive rise in inflection, wakaru?, takes on the approximate meaning, 'Can you feel me?' It makes more sense when spoken in plain form and situations where you are quite familiar with your partner in conversation. Plain form wakaru? vs. polite form wakarimasu ka?. In a polite tone, the friendly and congenial feeling and meaning you get when saying, wakaru, in plain form gets lost when you say 'wakarimasu ka?'. Instead it instantly sounds off, 'do you understand?' Next time you are with your favorite Japanese friend, see how much he/she 'feels' you by asking 'wakaru?' Can you feel me? wakaru? Can you see where I am coming from? wakaru? Are you picking up what I'm laying down? wakaru? Understand? wakaru? In polite form wakarimasu ka? (do you know?)or The GAB or Ghetto After Blast -1 point Japanese tip- The verb shiru is similiar in meaning to wakaru and sometimes to westerners the difference will not be readily nor easily distinguished. The verb shiru has more to do with awareness of something rather than a deep knowledge or knowing intrinsically via deep feelings or our ghetto grammar phrase of the day ,'Do you feel me?' The ultimately polite phrase ___go-zonji desu ka? are you honorifically familiar with __? With rikai suru being the verb that denotes comprehension LINGUA

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 27

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:17:12 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #27 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. zoku - genus 2. kari no -temporary 3. kanshin - interest, concern 4. bakuhatsu - to explode 5. keiken suru - to experience 6. heikin - average 7. kinsei *- symmetry 8. seiryoku = eikyo^o - influence 9. hanno^ - reaction 10. mure - flock 11. honno^ - instincts 12. tekio=chosei - adjust, coordinate 13. geinojin - public entertainer 14. unuboreru - to be conceited 15. kanosei - possibility As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 26 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 28

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 6

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:43:41 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. iu - to say 2. tasukaru - come in handy, to be helpful 3. niji - rainbow 4. asa - morning 5. yoru - evening 6. o-hiru, hiru - afternoon 7. konnichi wa - good afternoon, hi 8. yoru - to get close 9. jidohanbaiki - automated vending machine * 10. yobo^ - prevention 11. hanaji - nose bleed 12. akubi o kamikorosu - to stifle a yawn 13. himitsu - secret 14. korosu - to kill 15. akubi - to yawn Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more by going back and reviewing or going forward to learn more. As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 5 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 7

DIY Japanese - Japanese Grammar Plug and Play

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:19:21 -0600

Japanese Language Mastery Toward Better Japanese. Japanese Grammar Plug and Play Lesson #115 - The bunpo of Intentions - Intend to verb In Japanese, it is easy to construct sentences that relay your intentions. To say that you intend on verb'ing, or intend to verb in Japanese, use the following construction: ,Verb (Base III) TSUMORI DESU. For the negative construction, use intend ~not to verb use: Verb (Base I) NAI TSUMORI DESU. put a verb into either Base III or Base I (i.e. IKU or IKANAI) then add TSUMORI DESU. As long as the locutor has a handle on the pronunciation of the TSU syllable (see pronunciation tips #13), then his/her spoken intentions will also be easily understood. Tsumori is the word we use when we want to show an intention. Putting tsumoru into baseII[1] gives you tsumori. We can understand more about the bunpo of intentions (today’s grammar principle) by taking a closer look at the meaning of the word tsumori and/or its etymology. Of course don’t neglect to listen to your surroundings especially when you are blessed with an immersive environment. If you are not already in Japan, try listening for words you have learned via Japanese T.V. or from any other means to feel the way in which those words are used by native Japanese speakers. Paying attention to how it is used in the real world. Tsumoru is the verb to accumulate or to be piled or stacked up. Also note that tsumeru means to stuff, pack, or cram, and although the kanji is not exactly the same, they both seem to have stemmed from a common source. Tsumori is also related to the widely used common term tsumaranai which is the word for something that is worthless or trivial or something that is not worth your time worrying about. Ghetto Grammar Lesson #115 – Intend to verb English Japanese -intend to verb verb (Base III) tsumori desu -no intention to verb verb (Base I) nai tsumori desu You must add the polite form of the verb to be (de aru) after tsumori to show politeness as well as to show whether the intention was a past or present, negative or positive intention. A few examples will show you how to use this bunpo principle. Practice Tip – Take all the Japanese verbs you know and put them into the tsumori bunpo. Have fun with words like fart, choke, drown, dumpster dive etc. Remember Ghetto Grammar is not only useful, its fun. Just be careful not to get too ghetto and always use the polite form for verbs. Steer clear of anything plain form or lower. ex.1 - I intend to win. - Watakushi wa katsu tsumori desu. ex.2 - He intends to speak with her. - Kare wa kanojo to hanasu tsumori desu. ex.3 - I don't intend to go. - Ikanai tsumori desu. (Rarely used) ex.3a - I have no intentions to go. - Iku tsumori wa nai desu. (More frequently) - Iku tsumori wa arimasen. (More polite) ex.4 - It was my intention to do the dishes. - Sara o arau tsumori deshita. ex.4a - I had intended to go - Iku tsumori deshita. Most often literal translations of Japanese to English rarely come out in a comprehensible fashion. Usually they are so far from what we really are saying that they are anything but true or correct interpretations. In studying a language it is sometime good, however, to learn about word etymology if possible. Try listening for other uses of the same term. By getting use to hearing a certain phrase more than one way, you are setting the stage for solid language acquisition. In our tsumori bunpo we would want to know how meanings would affect our usage. Since tsumoru means to accumulate, to be piled or to be stacked up, when we literally translate example 1 above it becomes something like this - I have accumulated much the act of winning, Or, -I have a lot of winning put aside, the winning is%2

Ghetto Grammar #106 - Making Japanese Grammar Interesting. JPPGG

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:36:38 -0600

Ghetto Grammar - Japanese Bunpo lesson #106 Today’s lesson focuses in on the ghetto grammar principle: Verb (base II) + nagara - to do while 'verb'ing. You are able to express past tense and current tenses with this bunpo. After reading the following examples, plug in your favorite Japanese verbs and play, it makes learning Japanese fun! Example.1. sara o arainagara, kuchibue o fuku. – While doing the dishes, I whistle. Example 2. enka o kikinagara, sake o nomu – While listening to an enka[1], I drink sake. Ghetto Grammar Formulation Breakdown – Put verb in base II a. ex 1. The verb arau (to wash) with direct object sara (dishes) is sara o arau - to do the dishes. b. arau in base II becomes arai. Fuse arai and nagara to make arainagara, or the phrase while washing… plugged and played Past tense, non-polite (familiar), plain-form ending – Ex. 1 sara o arainagara kuchibue of fuita. - I whistled while doing the dishes. Past tense, polite ending – Ex.1 sara o arainagara, kuchibue of fukimashita. – While doing the dishes, I whistled. Past tense, non-polite (familiar), plain-form ending – Ex.2 enka o kikinagara, sake o nonda. Past tense, polite ending – Ex.2 enka o kikinagara, sake o nomimashita. Do your best! Ganbatte Ne! Makurasuki sensei Yori For some grammar straight from the ghetto go checkout Leroy’s homework at http://forums.eog.com/online-sportsbooks-and-gambling-discussion/ghetto-grammar-test-88595.html [1] . Japanese Folk Song

Japanese Grammar Plug & Play Prepositions

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:55:11 -0600

4 Ways to Negate Anything in Japanese - Ghetto grammar Lesson #104 : The many ways to say butin Japanese. It is never a wise idea to refute the ideas of others. However, in the normal processes of direct communication; between two individuals or any number of language speakers - or, groups of people involved in round-table discussions, it becomes necessary to use the preposition but. In modern Japanese, the preposition but can be expressed in at least four different ways. By learning these four ways of saying but, you'll be able to negate (In Japanese) anything in Japanese. These words are very powerful, so use them with caution. Take extra special care when talking to someone... like say . . . ...your Boss! You wouldn't want to intentionally negate your Boss. No matter how much you would like to impress him with your vast Japanese language power and finely tuned Japanese language skills. Below I present four ways in which the preposition but can be used in Japanese. Followed thereafter by Japanese grammar plug and play samples, and the G.A.B. (Grammar After Blast). Enjoy learning and improving your Japanese speaking abilities. Turn communication into a lingual art. ave fun and enjoy the rest of the lesson. Words for the preposition but - but – ga but – shikashi (however) but – kedo, keredo, keredomo but – demo Ex. 1. I want to kiss her; but, she won’t let me! Kanojo ni kissu sasete moraitiai n'da keredomo, sasete moraenai n'da! Ex. 2. Her English skills are no good, but she sure can cook though! Kanojo no eigo wa dame nan da kedo, ryo^ri wa umai n'da! Ex. 3. He said he was a doctor, however to tell you the real truth, he is just an ordinary dentist! Kare wa isha da to iutta tai, shikashi honto wa kare. . . tada no haishasan! re-yaku – Ex. 3. Kare wa isha da tte! Demo honki wa taishita mon ja nai. Ex. 4. The president has completely died, but his spirit lives on. Daito^ryo^san wa shinde shimaimashita ga, kare no rei wa mada ikitsuzuite iru no desu. . (See ghetto grammar lesson #97 for the plug and play learning system to master the Japanese grammar Base TE shimau- to verb completely) Ex. 5. But . . . I wanted the pink one! Demo. . . pinku no yatsu ga hoshikatta no da! . . . pinku no yatsu ga hoshikatta no da! Ex. 6. I like her, but don't you think she is kind of short? Ore wa kanojo ga suki nanya kedo, chotto se ga hikui to omouwanai to desu ka? It is usually easy to tell on hearing the Japanese syllable ga whether it is the participle ga, or the preposition ga. The preposition ga when it is meant to mean but, is usually accompanied by a small pause and its use is more formal than any of the keredemo or demo variations. It is better to remeber shikashi as however and the keredemo variations as but. Ghetto after blast - GAB 2 point advice. Since the Japanese words shikashi, kedo, keredemo, demo, and ga, all basically mean the same thing, you won't have to remember as much, so beginners might find it helpful to pick just one. Just remember that shikashi and ga sound more formal than the kedo, and keremo. Oh yeah... I almost forgot to mention that the word for ribbit in Japanese is kero, so make sure your pronunciation of kedo doesn't make you sound like you are making love to a frog, unless of course you are a princess! As always, Ganbatte Ne! Do your best! Makurasuki sensei yori Learn Japanese http://squidoo.com/ghettogrammar/ See my other Japanese Language Learning Articles at Japanetics

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #16

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:58:04 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. usagi - rabbit 2. saru - monkey 3. monku - complaint 4. nodo ga kawaita - thirsty 5. o-nka ga suita - 6. suku - to become empty, to be less full 7. akirameru - to give up 8. suppai - sour 9. amai -sweet 10. buta - pig 11. butaniku - lit. pig's meat, pork 12. yasui - cheap 13. hosoi - thin 14. mezurashii - rare, unique 15. takai - expensive Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more with these Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei. Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 15 or to continue the training, see Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 17

How to Thoroughly Enjoy Learning Japanese, Plus 10 Useful Grammar Principles to help you

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:00:55 -0600

If you are studying Japanese right now, and are desirous to improve your speaking ability, then this article is for you. In this article, I am going to share with you my Japanese learning method called, JPPGG or Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar. The benefit of using this system is that while you are building up your store of total vocabulary memorized , you can then create exciting, fresh sentences that reinforce the retention of vocabulary. One thing to consider is the amount of vocabulary you commit to memorize. Towards the bottom of the article, I give 10 commonly used Japanese grammar constructions that you can manipulate to ‘drill and kill’ your way towards better Japanese. All you have to do is plug in your favorite verb, and play. Plug and play style of learning Japanese is a lot of fun. When first learning Japanese it seemed like an insurmountable task to learn such a different language from my own. So I took everything I was given to learn with and purposefully made it interesting in any way I could think of. I wouldn’t practice this way in front of everybody, but when I was alone or with a good friend, I always had a good old time when I started messing with what words I used in the grammar I had been taught. One thing which delighted me no matter what sentence I used it in was the word for, "to fart". Knowing that single word made the dull process of learning grammar fun. Now, learning Japanese and Japanese grammar was exciting because each new grammar meant new and funny sentence i could make. And let me tell you, I would be making funny sentences all year long which helped me get better at Japanese. For example, from the constructions below you could say, “I eat beans in order to fart.” - onara suru tame ni mame o taberu - This type of sentence makes me laugh; its fun and helpful to my Japanese language learning. I mean the verb, to go, is fun and all, but other verbs, like fart, burp, burp, belch, squeak or whatever makes sentences come alive, and all the tediousness of second language learning goes away. I hoot and laugh just contemplating the potential meanings of the new and clever sentences I have constructed. But seriously, there was a time that I would do whatever it took to improve my Japanese. Below 10 Japanese grammar constructions for you to start plugging your vocabulary therein. More to come, for now, here are ten really basic Japanese grammar constructs practice including examples. These construction all use verbs in their plain form or base III. If you aren't familiar yet with these terms, base III verbs are your every day action verbs taken straight from a dictionary. They have yet to be conjugated or altered in any way. To use the JPPGG©, just pick and choose some verbs that you know or look them up as you like, then plug them into the constructions and start making your own unique sentences. *If you are serious about learning Japanese, I recommend getting a dictionary. If you are unsure which kind to buy, I recommend dictionaries from Sanseido Press. There are basically two types of dictionaries. The Wa-Ei (Japanese to English) dictionary, or, the Ei-Wa (English to Japanese) dictionary. Larger dictionaries that contain both the Ei-Wa and Wa-Ei in a single volume are also available. The average Wa-Ei Dictionary costs around US $14. Also called plain form verbs, base III verbs always ends by iteself or in some sort of u vowel ending syllable cluster like, u, ku, gu, su, zu, tsu, tzu, bu, fu, mu, nu, yu, etc. Feel free to plug any verb that you are fond of into these JPPGG; constructions. Using ‘off the wall’ verbs like skate boarding, surfing, frying, laying, squatting, will help you retain the essential Japanese grammar longer over time in your long term memory. In this way your vocabulary will have time to develop without being stagnant through lack of grammar knowledge or language ability. I guarantee that you will not only have a blast making sentences and learning Japanese in this way, memorize vocabulary lists, words faster, and retain them longer. Don't feel obligated to use common verbs. Instead, think of some neat, obscure verb that you would like to use then look it up in the dic (as my mom used to like to call it) and go for it! Be a rebel! I dare you to get out of that old school mentality and utilize some word like, onara suru (v. to fart). Nobody will ever know what you are saying unless you take it outside and use it on somebody but hey, even the great Tennoheika, or Emporer himself has occasions where he will honorifically fart.** - wa is the particle that I have always defined as , "As for ~" where ~ is anything at all, even nothing. Although there is not always an exact equivalent for a Japanese word to some words in English, I have found that thinking of the Japanese word, 'koto' as "the thing of ~". So koto ga and koto wa together, its meaning does sound weird to the ears of a gaijin (foreigner), as tripped out as any English we have ever heard might be, but you learn to accept these kinds of differences between languages because we know that a little disregard for proper sounds will help with our eventual improvement in our Japanese speaking ability. As of yet I have found no better way of describing these Japanese words in English, and they seem to be sufficient interpretations in the situations in which they were used.. Again, although they might at first sound a little awkward, we overlook the formalities for our long range goals of Japanese language mastery, and we get over it. This is Japanese grammar plug and play, It won't cost you anything but a commitment to self, a little time, and determination to make it work. Koto wa or koto ga could roughly be translated as ""...as for...". 1. Verb(base III) koto ga, koto wa - the thing of verb, the thing of verbing 2. Verb(base III) tame ni - in order to verb 3. Verb(base III) mae ni - before I verb, before verbing. 4. Verb(base III) koto ga arimasu - Sometimes I verb 5. Verb(base III) koto ga yoku arimasu - I do a lot of verb or I often verb. 6. Verb(base III) koto ga amari arimasu - I don't often verb, I rarely verb. 6. Verb(base III) koto ga dekimasu - I am able to verb, I can verb 7. Verb(base III) desho^ - I will probably verb, or the verb will probably happen, or it might verb. 8. Verb(base III) koto ni suru - decide to verb, I resolved within myself to verb, I have chosen to verb, etc. 9. Verb(base III) ho^ ga ii desu - Its better to verb, or you should verb 10. Verb (Base III) yo(^) ni - ...so that verb... "like 'verb'ing",or in similitude of 'verb'ing In the old days, when the grammar-translation methods of foreign language learning were king, my JPPGG would have been known as, substitution drills. This is where you take grammar constructions and change the words around to get practicing a variety of sentences. I prefer to call this way of studying Japanese Grammar plug and play. Instead of substituting, we plug; instead of drilling, we play. I prefer playing to drilling any day. Plug and play grammar learning will get you speaking Japanese a lot faster than other methods. I’m big on multitasking and didn’t want to see young Japanese language learners held back by their small amount of growing vocabulary they know. Instead, my hope was that while the Japanese language learners learn more and more vocabulary (nouns, verbs, adjectives, expressions, salutations, adverbs, particles etc.) the amount of grammar knowledge they have wouldn’t prevent them from being able to say at least simple sentences. Once Japanese language learners understand how the grammar constructions are made, they can their own new sentences, drilling home Japanese into the fibers of their being all while making them capable Japanese conversationalists. The system works no matter what the name you substitute and drill or you plug and play new words into the grammar constructions as you learn them. Go ahead, drill and kill your way, or should I say, plug and play your way towards better Japanese, I dare you. As always do your best! Ganbatte Ne! Makurasuki. 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Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 14

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These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. shigoto - job 2. hataraku - 3. do^ryoku* (suru)- effort, (to try) 4. omoshiroi - interesting 5. kitai suru - to expect, to look forward to 6. minami - south 7. kita -north 8. nishi - west 9. higashi - east 10. sagasu - to seek, to search, to look for 11. sukunai - few, scanty 12. doitsu - Germany 13. furansu - France 14. nani - what 15. daisuki - most like, favorite * The ^ sign designates the long vowel (extended vowel sound) or the double vowel. Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more with these Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei. To see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 13 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 15

The Count of Monte Nippon - A Japanese Vocabulary Builder

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:26:08 -0600

So ...You say you can count to 10 in Japanese backwards and forwards quicker than one can bat an eye ...eh? Now what? Fight me Akira Takemitsu! A battle of wills to master the language of the Land of The Rising Sun. Then when we meet at the summit of SL2 mastery, our journeys may by chance lead us to varying cities where dialects may confound our tongue so take as an elixir this Kirin brewvertisement, that it may protect you from the Oni (Japanese Demons) who are everpresent to make sure that you have eaten all of your rice even unto the last grain. Arm yourselves with a katana or if you prefer a more stealthy flying weapon take these shuriken (throwing stars). Thus preparing yourself for the dreaded Japanese Langugage test level 4 where the kanji alone will have you begging for dictionary mercy. Be prepared for the JLT 4-1 awaits the young Japanese SL2 apprentice, and only after much hardships will you find a little success. Therefore go ye now and study with the wind at your back! Prepare for conversation by girding your speech with the axioms of courtesy and guard the respect of the country you represent by bridling your tongue to ensure its' politeness. This lense is the last of a 3 part series on building your Japanese vocabulary through counting. Serving as a ghetto vocabulary builder - topic: Japanese Counters. Japanese Counters continued from part two. sai - age counter, ichi(1) sai = issai [1*](one year old) issai, nisai, sansai, yonsai, gosai, rokusai, nanasai, hassai, kyusai (because kusai means stinky (foul odor). ji - time counter, ji answers how many hours, or o’clock valid for 00:00-24:00 ni ji = niji (not the rainbow version since niji also means rainbow) 2:00 o’clock sanji, youji [2*], goji, rokuji, shichiji, hachiji ,kuji juji juichiji bai – how many times counter. valid for rational numbers (0-infinity). san bai = sanbai; ichibai (one time), nibai (two times etc.), sanbai, yonbai, gobai, rokubai, nanabai [3*], hachibai, kyubai, jubai, juichibai, junibai (twelfth time), etc. [1*] The chi syllable of ichi is replaced by a small tsu causing the contraction of ichisai into issai. The extra s of issai is caused by the addition of tsu and the transformation of the entire word. Although not a rule, consonants may be doubled by adding a small tsu. [2*] Yon or 4, removes the n off yon making the o vowel long ou., so instead of yonji in Japanese you say youji. [3*] shichibai seems equally allowable, but seldom or never heard. Executive Openings! $80,000 to $500,000

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 22

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:11:54 -0600

1. ita! - ouch! 2. itai - it hurts, painful 3. arau - to wash 4. futago - twins 5. mitsugo - triplets 6. hata - flag 7. meishi - business card 8. meishi - noun 9. katazukeru - to tidy up, to clean 10. kubaru - to distribute, to hand out, deal out 11. iro iro - various 12. ireru - to insert, to put in 13. hairu - to enter, to get in, to go in 14. hakushu - applause 15. akushu suru- to shake hands As always, Do Your Best! Ganbatte Ne! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 21 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 23

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 12

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:31:23 -0600

Here are 15 more words to add Japanese Language arsena - 1. otoko - man 2. onna - woman 3. otoko no ko - boy 4. onna no ko - girl 5. kawai - cute 6. suteki na - cool, nice, neat 7. kekkon suru - to marry 8. wakai - young 9. migaku - to shine (shoes, teeth) 10. hamigaki - toothpaste 11. tsumetai* - cold (drink etc.) 12. omoi, omotai - heavy 13. yaku - burn, bake, toast 14. kanpeki - perfect 15. mochiron - of course to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 11 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 13 Get your friends to quiz you, then go on to learn more with Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei * See ezinearticles.com pronunciation tips

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 30

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:05:55 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #30 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. yobun - an excess, surplus 2. ishiki o ushinau - lose consciousness 3. gimu - duty 4. gimu o hatasu - to fulfill your duty 5. ishiki - conscious 6. norainu - stray dog 7. noraneko - stray cat 8. norikoeru - get over a wall, overcome difficulties 9. jiheisho - autistic 10. karasu - crow 11. machidoshii - impatient 12. ichioku - 1 billion 13. itcho - 1 trillion 14. fudan - usaully 15. horenso - spinach As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 29 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 31 Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Selling College Text Books - Book Buy Back Basics

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:04:22 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 7

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:31:26 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. ji^ to miru - stare 2. akai - red 3. akachan - baby 4. akambo - baby 5. kanashii - sad, sorrwful 6. erai - great! ,well done! 7. chi^sai - small, little 8. nan - what 9. nani? - what? 10. meshiagaru - to eat (very polite) 11. ku^ - to eat (impolite) 12. taisetsu - important 13. taiseiyo^ - atlantic (ocean) 14. taiheiyo^ - pacific (ocean) 15. *tsutsumu - to wrap(in paper) Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more with these Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 6 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 8 As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei. * See Pronunciation Tips

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 10

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:16:45 -0600

1. fumikiri - crosswalk 2. dekai - enormous, big 3. purin - pudding 4. eki - trainstation 5. hashiru - to run 6. tobu - to fly 7. denki - light(s) 8. kutsu - shoes 9. nugu - to take off (shoes,clothes etc.) 10. densha - train 11. tokkyu^ - special limited express train 12. ku^ - to eat (informal) 13. kyu^ko^ - express train 14. tokei - watch, clock 15. norikae - transfer (change train etc) Kick vocabulary in it's butt by setting a goal of 15 words every 2 days. At 4000 words some say = fluency. As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 9 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 11

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 48

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:33:27 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #48 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed Rinse, and Repeat! Blasters 46- 49 - ADVERBS 1. jissai ni - actually 2. omo ni - mostly 3. seishinseii de - sincerely 4. kicho^ na - precious 5. rikoteki - selfish 6. majime de - seriously 7. shokkyokuteki - bluntly 8. hotondo - mostly, mainly 9. kataku - firmly 10. yukkuri to - slowly 11. hayaku - quickly, early 12. hen na - strange 13. shizuka ni - quietly 14. sekkyokuteki ni - positively 15. nama de - raw As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei To see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized, go to Japanese Vocabulary 47 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 49 Rocket Japanese Need Passport Help? japanese, japanese dictionary, japanese words, learning, learning japanese, learningjapanese, words, speak japanese, dictionary, speakjapanese, japanese names, japanese language, japanese anime, english japanese dictionary, japanese english dictionary, map of japan, japan av, yahoo japan, msn japan, google japan, japan time, japanese grammar guide, online english japanese symbol dictionary, google japan, japanese anime music lyrics, english japanese translator, japanese translator

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 23

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:07:12 -0600

15 Words every 2 days. Learn, Memorize, Study, Get quizzed, GO! 1. yakamashii - noisy 2. omoi - heavy 3. omotai - heavy 4. renraku - to get a hold of, to contact 5. denwa suru - to make a call, to phone 6. mo^ - already 7. dake - only 8. tomodachi - friend 9. hen - weird, strange 10. kega o suru - to get wounded, to get injured 11. ana - hole 12. zurui - shifty, sneaky, sly 13. tairiku - continent 14. jo^ho^ - information 15. denwa bango - a phone number As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 22 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 24

Work It - Plug and Play Japanese Grammar

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:05:03 -0600

Learn Japanese Now! Click Here! for memory techniques and application that are effective in mastering a second language. Learn Japanese Now : A useful Grammar, Vocabulary, and Conversation e-course with emphasis on long term word retention through effective memorization and skillful manipulation of Japanese grammar. The best way to learn Japanese on the net. Saketalkie Japanese Language DiscussionsJapanese Grammar Plug and Play Putting verbs into the TA form The ability to put Japanese verbs into the various bases quickly without pause is a prerequisite for speaking Japanese fluently and being recognized as a capable Japanese conversationalist. Of all the verbs Bases (I, II, III, IV , V, TA, and TE), the TA form ranks high in usage as one of the top three most used bases for verbs only after verbs in Base(TE) and Base(III) or Root form. I am focusing on it now in order to prepare you for the quick powerful grammar secrets that employ Base (TA) verbs. These tips will catapult your Japanese speaking ability through the roof. I’ll be discussing other grammar principles that use verbs in Base TA in the coming lessons. One of the main things you should know about the TA form of a verb is that it is used to put verbs into past tense plain form. A verb in base TA form is equivalent to English’s have done or to past tense perfect. The TA form of verbs evolved from the classical Japanese form tari and has many uses. How to form the verb into Base TA 1. Vowel Stemmed verbs or Ichidan verbs (i.e. those ending in either Eru or Iru) a. to put a verb into the TA form when the verb has a vowel stem, simply add TA. Base III (Dictionary form) Verb - Stem Base - TA form - Meaning kanjiru - kanji - kanjita oboeru - oboe - oboeta kangaeru kangae kangaeta deru - de - deta iru - i - ita To feel becomes to have felt. To remember becomes to have remembered. To think becomes to have thought. To leave becomes to have left. To be, becomes to have been. (was, were) Try putting your favorite verb ending in iru or eru into the TA form today and get your Nihongo more Jozu! And remember… MORE WORDS MEMORIZED = HIGHER RATE of FLUENCY. Want more information on how you can use your memory and the laws of attraction to master any language you so choose! Memory Master Until next time. Ganbatte ne! Do your best! Makurasuki Looking for more ways to be successful in mastering learning Japanese? Please see Memory Power for Second Language Acquisition

Life in a Condominium

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:05:54 -0600

If I had ever spent even 1 week just to see how awful life can be to live in a condominium, It is possible that I may not have bought my place. But in particular my Condominium here in San Bernardino, CA. It is called the Edgehill Village, and there are plenty of good things that I could talk about, but that is not why I made this lense. I made this lense to cleanse any ill feelings I harbour for some entity, or person(s) behind all of this real estate business who I do not know, and may never know. I do know that she/it exists here, and they/it have been a thorn in my pleasant living for 8 years now. I will discuss three things that have occured to me during my residency here at Edgehill Village in San Bernardino, California. I will try to keep as unbiased as I can and then you can decide whether or not the things which have be-fallen me are just or unjust, due or undue etc. I will leave space wide open for you to leave your comments so please freely comment as you wish. 1st item up for miserable existence was the time that I was playing my piano keyboard as I often do, at around 3 P.M. in the afternoon. I wasn't playing loud at all but was fined $50 for playing Mozart. I am a skilled pianist and was playing purely for my own enjoyment. The sliding glass door may have been opened, but my keyboard amp was only turned up to 3. In my own opinion Mozart at a volume of a mere 3, at 3:00 in the afternoon doesn't constitute a nuisance. It's quite enjoyable actually, and soothing amongst other things. However, an oligarchy style tyranny of unjust person(s) obviously had a different opinion, nonetheless I appealed and was spared the fine. 2nd item up for miserable existence was the morning I was late for work and went to go find my car only to find that it wasn't there. I called the police believing that surely it must have been stolen, so I filed a police report only to find out two days later that the housing associations in-house tow company had towed my car away for being 2 inches in a red zone. At the Edgehill Village, parking is really scarce. So scarce that when I have groceries--- well that is another horror in its own right, but it is so scarce that you as owners of a condominium, we pay $99 to have a parking permit that allows all owners the right to park one(1) vehicle. There were residents in here that owned 6 cars, oh boy! Well I finally figured out that it was the "evil" Titan Towing Co. that now doesn't exist but in the shadows of thoughts and dollars. Who had stealthily come at night and turn off their lights so as not to be seen by residents, although they say it is so that they don't disturb the residents, and lo and behold my car was being held ransom at their headquarters downtown. But wait, the story gets better because I couldn't get the car out of their clutches just then because the weekend has just set in, so was told I would have to come back on Monday to get my means of trasportation (my livelihood) out. To the tune of around $480 which I am sure is chump change to a company who must make $70,000 a day from towing away cars that would otherwise not be in anybody's way. Scam or lawful conduct?. Money is the root of all evil. And tow truck companies make a lot of easy money this way. I mean they would tow away cars for any reason without letting the owner nor the police know about their doings, all in the stealth of night and in what seemed a sort of liason wreaking of nepotism between an HOA and perhaps a tow truck or two. 3rd item up for miserable existence at Edgehill Village is the art of fining resident/owners for leaving or supposedly leaving their garage doors open. I must share my garage with another person at the condo's. They are situated very far from where I actually enter my house, and I don't ever remember leaving my garage door open. Never! I always double and triple check. I wonder however if the person that I share my garage with may have accidentally left it open. I also wonder if they were ever served with a notice to pay for the fine again to the tune of $50. I wonder if they were ever charged as I have now had to pay to this scam and the name on the paper was M****** F*****. This person or whoever she may be does make my life more miserable and I have no thanks to give to a woman who scams takes my money for no good reason. I have not the means for the usurpial fees and credits werewith this oligarchy whims their own rules whenever its convenient? If I had tried before I buyed. Even just slept overnight I probably would have seen some of the other side of life in a condo.

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 15

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:56:27 -0600

Here are another 15 new words for you! Goal: Memorize 15 new Japanese words every 2 days! GO! 1. kumo - cloud(s) 2. makura - pillow 3. tenshi - angel 4. tengoku - heaven 5. jigoku - hell 6. mairu - to come, to visit (honorific) 7. magaru - to bend, curve, wind 8. hidari ni - to the left 9. migi ni - to the right 10. hidari ni magaru - turn to the left 11. migi ni magaru - turn to the right 12. kumoru - to get cloudy 13. hatasu - to complete, to accomplish 14. hazureru - to come off, get out of place 15. hazukashii - shy, ashamed of Get your friends to quiz you on these then go on to learn more with these Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei. Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 14 or to continue the training, see Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 16 see my approach to Japanese Langauge Learning here at Sake Talkie

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 19

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:36:00 -0600

Study, Memorize! 15 new Japanese words every 2 days GO! 1. isu - seat, chair 2. wakachiau - to share 3. shima - island 4. kawa - river 5. kitanai - dirty 6. saiko^ - awesome, the best 7. yowai - weak 8. komu - to be congested (traffic etc.) 9. kubi - neck 10. aruku - to walk 11. niou - to smell 12. nioi - a smell 13. kusai - smelly 14. su^ - to ingest, to suck (through a straw) 15. kagi - key Get your friends to quiz you, then go on to learn more with Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. As Always Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei To see the last Japanese Vocabulary blaster click Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 18 or to continue the training, see Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 20

The No Particle - Easy Japanese Grammar for Beginners

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:35:23 -0600

The NO particle : That symbol to the left is the no particle. The NO particle is affixed to a noun and indicates possession. The construction for this easy Japanese grammar principle is easy to apply and use. It will definitely come in handy both in your Japanese conversation and comprehension - The construct is as follows: NOUN NO = 'S Ex. 1 The dog’s food. Inu no esa. Inu (dog) no = the dog's. Ex. 2 Tom’s car – Tommu no kuruma. You might be asked, “ Who’s is it?” to which you could reply, it's mine, or, it's yours or, it's his, or it's theirs or its ours. In each case no would be used to indicate possession as in the following: it’s mine – watakushi no it’s your’s – anata no (plural anata tachi no) it’s his – kare no it’s her’s -- kanojo no it’s their’s – karera no it’s our’s – watakushi tachi no who’s? - dare no? Just plug in your favorite noun and Japanese Grammar Plug and Play JPPGG; - Towards Better Japanese As always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei. See other interesting Japanese grammar articles at Sake Talkie or Japanetics for Russian, or Spanish Speakers desirous of learning how to speak Japanese quickly try these blogs out for size: Spanish Japanese Russian Japanese

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 24

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:16:43 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary #24 15 Words every 2 days. Learn, Memorize, Study, Get quizzed, GO! 1. unagi - eel 2. shiroi - white 3. yowamushi - wimp, weakling 4. umai* - umm, umm, good, delicious 5. dorodake - muddy 6. insho^ - impression 7. honmono da- the real thing 8. do^yo^ suru - to shake, to tremble 9. do^yo^ shiyasui - unstable 10. kando suru - to be impressed 11. cho^sen suru - to challenge, attempt 12. shunkan - as soon as 13. kankaku - sense 14. kankakuteki na - sensual 15. kyo^do^ suru - to cooperate * - see text module below As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 23 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 25

Have you ever... ?

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:59:29 -0600

GhettoGrammar Lesson #100 - Have you ever ... verbed... (before)? The koto ga aru construction will be useful in many different situations where you may want to strike up conversation.Construction you will be able to ask questions like, "Have you ever been to Hokkaido", or "Have you ever "snow-boarded, "Wind-surfed, hang glided", sky jumped", base jumped", bungie jumped", eaten " a rhubarb pie" or seen a bear in the woods?" In different scenarios. a very useful grammar construction that I like. This bunpo will come in handy in for your daily conversations in Japanese . The construction is as follows: Verb (Base TA) Koto ga arimasu ka? Have you ever ...verbed...? Put the verb in your question into base TA then add koto ga aru where aru can assume various levels of politeness. I think it will be better understood through examples. So... here goes. ex.1 Have you ever been to Disneyland? Dizunirando ni itta koto ga arimasu ka? The verb in example 1 is iku - to go. Put into base TA iku becomes itta. Add koto ga aru where aru has been changed to it's more polite form arimasu and presto instant have you ever verbed. ex. 2. Have you ever drank sake before? Sake o nonda koto ga arimasu ka? notice that in this grammatical construction the verb is always in past tense, so in the first example we have to go in past tense or its equivalent been while in example 2. we have drink in its past tense of drank followed by the addition of koto ga aru which literally means to have such a thing of...etc If you need to reply to such a question as, "Have you ever drank sake before?" with a negative response simply change aru to its present negative form either in plain form or in any of its levels of politeness ever gozaru. So that one response to example 2. could be Iie, sake o nonda koto ga arimasen, or, No, I have never taken a drink of sake before. Possible responses to example 1. a. Dizunirando ni itta koto ga arimasu (I have been to Disneyland before) or b. Dizunirando ni itta koto ga arimasen. (I haven't been to Dinsneyland Before) As always, Do Your Best! Ganbatte Ne! Makurasuki Sensei and the Jappermon Grammatical Society Unorthodox Civilians for Careful Considerate obvservation of Japanese language learning

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 32

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:09:43 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster # 32 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. gakko^ - school 2. au - to meet 3. fune - boat, ship 4. jitensha - bicycle 5. kuruma - car 6. heru - to decrease 7. masu - to increase 8. tango - vocabulary 9. bunpo^ - grammar 10. keiyo^shi - adjective 11. meishi - noun 12. do^shi - verb 13. kotoba - word 14. happa - leaf 15. O^sama - king As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 31 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 33

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 13

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:59:28 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. mayo^ - to get lost (maze, streets) 2. pera pera - fluent 3. wakaru - to understand 4. akarui - bright 5. e - picture 6. asa - morning 7. asa gohan - breakfast 8. yu^han - din din, dinner 9. hiru - afternoon 10. hiru gohan - afternoon snack, lunch 11. jiten - dictionary 12. bideo - video 13. sentakki - washing machine 14. kao - face 15. kubi - neck As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! McCluskey Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 12 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 14

How to Count in Japanese : Part Quatro - The Final Count Down!

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:48:59 -0600

Part Quatro: More Japanese Counters continued Japanese counting part 3 The Final Countdown - Part 4 - How to count in Japanese cont. 10 – JU 9 – KU 8 – HACHI 7 – SHICHI, NANA 6 - ROKU 5 – GO 4 – YON, YO^ 3 – SAN 2 – NI 1 – ICHI 0 –ZERO, REI, O-MARU, MARU, O-REI ----------------------------------- SOKU– pair of counter, (socks, tabi socks etc.) It is funny how some words sound exactly like English, like soku and the word kan for can as in empty can etc. ichi (1*) soku = issoku, (etc.*). ni-soku, san-zoku, yousoku, go-soku, roku-soku, nana-soku, ha-ssoku, kyu-soku, ju-soku, ju-i-ssoku, ju-ni-soku etc. KEN – larger buildings, houses etc. i-kken ni-ken san-gen, yon-ken, go-ken, ro-kken, nana-ken, ha-kken (This is also the verb to discover, no relation ,just a homonym**.) MA– room (1, 2 , 3 bedroom house etc.) ichi-ma ni-ma, san-ma, yon-ma, go-ma, roku-ma, nana-ma, hachi-ma, kyu-ma, ju-ma, ju-ichi-ma, ju-ni-ma etc RETSU – line (line-up), straight line etc. ichi-retsu, ni-retsu, san-retsu, yon-retsu, go-retsu, roku-retsu, shichi-retsu, nana-retsu hachi-retsu, kyu-retsu, ju-retsu, ju-ichi-retsu, ju-ni-retsu etc. G.A.B: Japanese Counting Ghetto After-Blast Japanese words like English sometimes sound the same but are not written the same. The Japanese language contains many homonyms (Words that sound the same yet have different meaning).** I am reminded of the Japanese word kiku. If you look up kiku in a Japanese dictionary, you will find at least 3 different ways of writing the sounds for ”kiku” (“key coo”) However, when writing the kanji for kiku there are at least three different ways. In Japanese, words are written or graphically represented by symbols called Kanji. Kanji is the set of Chinese characters that have been imported and put into use by the Japanese since the 10th century AD. Here is an interesting example that shows how the meaning of kanji to the Chinese has diverged from the way the same kanji is used by the Japanese. If you write tegami or two kanji for the word which in Japanese means, "letter", and if you write the same two kanji and ask a Chinese person to tell you what they think it means, they will say "toilet paper". Big difference.For a fun activity do this if you have a Japanese to English dictionary - Learn all three meanings for the word kiku by looking it up. Depending on context it could be a 1. kiku v. to be effective, 2. kiku n .chrysanthemum, 3. kiku v. to listen. more Japanese language discussions at these blogs - Saketalkie and Japanetics

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 26

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:15:13 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #26 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. toku - to loosen, untie 2. semeru* - to blame (money innocent) 3. fuketsu - unclean 4. seiketsu - clean, sterile 5. isakiyoi -manly 6. tokasu - to melt 7. tansan - carbonation 8. sanso - O2, oxygen 9. kisoku - rule 10. hansoku - violation 11. gensoku - principle, general rule 12. saigai - disaster 13.fukko suru - to resurrect 14. kamen - mask 15. kinzokusei - metallic As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 25 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 27

Japanese Vocbulary Blaster 29

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:46:46 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #29 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. yokei na o-sewa da! - Mind your own business! 2. kibun ga warui - I'm not feeling so hot 3. tsubusu - to crush, mash (potatoes etc.) 4. hatasu - to achieve 5. jikko suru - to realize, to carry out 6. ko^shu denwa - public telephone 7. kojinteki ni - personally 8. kyo^iku - education 9. senmon - college major 10. haze - goby 11. hirame - flounder 12. fugu - puffer fish 13. aji -mackeral 14. maguro - tuna 15. uni - sea urchin As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei Rocket Japanese to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 28 Japanese Vocabulary 30

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 11

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:43:28 -0600

These are the words 15 new words every 2 days GO! 1. gobo - burdock root 2. ronsha - theorist 3. kiken - caution, warning, dangerous 4. abunai - dangerous 5. taki - waterfall 6. korobu - to tumble, to fall 7. roba - donkey 8. chika - underground 9. chikatetsu - underground railway(subway) 10. saisho^ - first 11. ichibanme 1st 12. nibanme - 2nd 13. tsukareta - frikkin tired, exhausted 14. en - yen 15. oshii - darn, shucks, shoot As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 10 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 12

Everybody Wants Some. . . I need some too! Japanese Grammar Plug and Play Base TE hoshii

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:09:28 -0600

Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar #107 JPPGG by Makurasuki Sensei & Brought to you in part by the Japanese Language Learner Assistance League and The San BrettskerinoJapanetic Enthusiasts of America club. International. Let's say that one day, while visiting Japan, you find yourself wanting to get someone to do you a favor. We must tell them that we need them to do us a favor and the more specific we are, the better . . . I mean . . . you're probably notgoing to want just any old thing, I mean... watcha wa... what do you really want?! What in the world could YOU possibly want? If the sushi is not up to your liking and you find yourself wanting instead some good ol'fashioned American Apple Pie, then you've got to get some Japanese language skills. In some parts of the ghetto they're called skillz! This lens will help us acquire those skillz. We'll learn how to rap in Japanese, and learn how to say this kind of stuff in Japanese . . . "but you're getting so much more" . . . "and more" . . . (steps back)," And More!" Furthermore. . . this system is simple. All you have to do is plug words, usually verbs, into the JPPGG Japanese Plug and play Ghetto Grammar constructions. (49 grammar lessons numbered from JPPGG70 to JPPGG119. If you would like, when your are done with JPPGG and the system that helps in the acquisition of Japanese as a second language ou can take your ghetto grammar over to the east side . Even unto a deluxe apartment in the sky. Here we are sure that everyone's Japanese skillz is moving on up! Ok so where was I... Oh yeah . . . about you wanting things done, favors you may ask, or things you may need to get done, finished, accomplished, completed. During my stay in Japan I sometimes felt 'homesick'. I would want to see a good ol American movie. I wasn't happy unless I got to see a real American Movie. Not a Chinese movie starring Jackie Chan overdubbed in Japanese for my viewing pleasure... oh no...I wanted something specific and I wouldn’t be satisfied unless I got to watch my favorite American movies starring James Dean or Harrison Ford? (They comprise what are the only movies available in English and rentable in Japanese video stores.) Yepper's, not much of a selection. . . but, Look on the btight side, I can recite the dialogue of the movie, Rebel Without A Cause from memory This lense is about to show you via my simple JLSystem's Japanese Plug & Play Ghetto Grammar or Japanese to the P squared G squared JPPGG® method, how to say that you want something or that you want something done (by someone or something else). The Japanese word around which we are basing today’s Ghetto Grammar is hoshii. Hoshii is a Japanese adjective and its meaning according to Sanseido’s Daily Concise Japanese English Dictionary is a want, or a wish for. Its kanji is made up of two radicals which resemble the words for tani (valley) and ketsu (lack, or missing, but is also in words related to thirst and throat) and together inside of the kanji for this word hoshii, it makes me think of somebody out in the middle of Death Valley California having no water but really, really wishing that they had something to drink. That is a wish or a want for something. The Japanese construction for the equivalent English phrase of --- I want noun - noun ga hoshii desu or emphatic no desu Ex. a.) I want an apple! - Ringo ga hoshii desu! Ex. b.) I want it now! - Ima hoshii! Etc. --- I want you to verb - Verb (base TE) hoshii desu. Polite form Plain form would be verb (base TE) hoshii without any copula, or by adding the emphatic all purpose sentence ending ...no da. This is less polite. Super polite form would be - verb (base TE) hoshuu gozaimasu. This may be a little too polite for any circumstance. Because you are in the personal realms anyway you are relaying to someone else your wishes for somebody to do something. This bunpo will work when asked questions such as the following: Ex. 1) What do you want done? Nani shite hoshii desu ka? Or, simply Nani o shite hoshii? (Not as polite - What do you want me to do?) Putting hoshii into its negative present form you can get sentences that mean I don't want you to do something as in Ex. 2 Ex. 2. I don't want anything done. Nanimo shite hoshikunai desu! (Without the copula) Ex. 3. I want you to see a television show that I like. Suki na terebi no bangumi o mite hoshii desu! Since this adjective serves as an auxiliary, you can also put hoshii into the past or past negative as in Ex.4 Ex. 4. Kite hoshikatta kedo konakatta - I wanted you to come but you never came. (This little phrase turns out to be quite the alliterative tongue-a-twisty. Say it 5 times fast! I dare you!) Or Ex. 5) Kurisumasu puresento o akeru no o matte hoshikatta, ammari akete hoshikunakatta no desu, zannen... Mou, shikata ga nai . I wanted you to wait before you opened the Christmas presents, I really didn't want you to open them at all. Too bad and so sad but I guess there is nothing we can do about it now... Hoshii can be made into a verb by adding dropping the final i, forming the plain form stem hoshi and adding ku adjective linker adding the verb, "to become" or, naru (One of the most used verbs in all Japanese). Hoshi-i naru becomes hoshikunaru. Another way of saying the same thing would be by dropping the final i of hoshii and adding garu becoming hoshigaru (v. to wish for, want). A common mistake made in Japanese is to mis-pronounce double vowels as single vowels. Two ii together in Japanese needs to be pronounced like two different i's. Actually you re-utter the second i. A lot of times double vowels will sound like the same vowels just drawn out. Here is a good example of which witch is which. Don't mistake hoshii, the adjective for wanting, with hoshi, the noun for the word star. The former being having its final vowel sound i held twice as long. ***BONUS SENTENCE - Not available in any text book anywhere! *** ***Zutto mae kara kanojo o hoshigatte iru no ja nai to desu ka? Didn't you want to make her your girlfriend like forever now? Or, "You have been wanting that chick for a while now haven't you?” This concludes today's Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar bunpo method JPPGG© for the month of July. Stay tuned for more incredible methods to help improve your Japanese language skills. What about a lense on the middle school teenager girl who died because she was 1-2 minutes late to school and the gate closed in on her. Japan is strict on things like school and stuff yo! No joke about that. Conform! Conform! Conform! Conform! ... Just kidding. Ganbatte ne! Do your Best! Makurasuki Sensei.

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 20

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:42:45 -0600

No time to not be rehearsing your vocabulary. Get in gear and push yourself. Set some vocabularific goals like 15 words every 2 days, which is my best recommendation for an accelerated learning path towards acquisition of Japanese as a second language. Note - this is not for the uncommitted nor the faint at heart. You gotta have YUKI to keep pushing yourself to meet these high set goals of language learning.

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 21

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:33:41 -0600

Now that you are of age, lets get learning some more Japanese Vocabulary. 3500 words to go. Do your best! Ganbatte ne! 1. nagai - long 2. mijikai - short 3. hone - bone 4. seicho^ suru - to grow 5. arukoru - alcohol 6. biru - building 7. biiru - beer 8. soba - buckwheat noodle 9. shinri - truth 10. konomu - to like, to admire 11. fu^to^ - envelope 12. kirau - to hate, to despise 13. naze? - why? 14. kareshi - boyfriend, steady guy 15. okashii - funny As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized see Japanese Vocabulary 20 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 22

Shiroi Neko Shani no Monogatari - Japanese Translation Practice

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:47:15 -0600

Test you Japanese skills by translating the story found below. After your first translation, come back here and study the following ways to form some simple phrases. Phrase Constructions verb (base IV - BA) verb dake - If I had only verbed or verb (base IV -BA) verb hodo - To the extent that I verbed As always... Do Your Best ! Ganbatte Kudasai! Makurasuki

How to say "I got'to homie" rhythmically in Japanese: Ghetto grammar ...

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:34:50 -0600

Ghetto grammar supplement #114 Today’s ghetto grammar lesson takes us to Kansas, where along with Toto today’s language journey will take us and show us how to say a very long, and unfamiliar Japanese bunpo(grammar) construction, 1st presented in my other article here. It only looks long and formidable at first but I’ll tell you the secret ghetto way of learning this seemingly difficult grammar. You must get into a ghetto groove and really internalize this rhythm. You will want to play with this exercise to get it just right, but in the end we are serving ourselves lanuguage gravy train, by allowing ourselves time for speech practice, and also by putting verbs into the base I + nakereba narimasen bunpo structure in Japanese for - must verb Do you remember the song “Follow the Yellow Brick Road”? Even if you don’t, just say the words “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” and chant it a few times to get into the right groove and rhythm yourself. Yes do it now ! Say "Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Say it again and again then after you get a feel for the rhythm of that phrase, its time to commence the Japanese bunpo construction practice session. It is always a good idea pronounce your words with pure vowels, we want to make our choir teacher proud of our diction, and good habits now are better than bad habits later. It is highly likely if your speech tends towards pure vowels that the people we speak to in the target language may actually understand us. And that is the goal... or one of them at least...TO BE UNDERSTOOD! (Or at least get people to nod as if they understand.) Lets say it again (Follow the Yellow Brick Road) one more time just to make sure we have just the right rhythm at a comfortable tempo. After repeating the phrase you should be able to feel tit's rhythm. What we then do is super-impose the dreaded mile long grammar structure for must verb onto the rhythm of the chant, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road.” example: iku - to go iku - base I - ika plug it into the grammar for must verb, Base I +nakereba narimasen remembering the rhythm of the above Phrase that you and Toto continue to chant. I ka na ke re ba na ri ma sen. This works good with one syllable stemmed verbs like iku where the stem becomes I so that the whole chant becomes I ka na ke re ban a ri ma sen. I got to go... homie! Ikanakereba narimasen! I gotto go... homie! Also hanasu(to speak) works Hanasanakereba narimasen - Ive got to speak... homie. As do the verbs Kaeru(to return), and kaku(to write) Kaeranakereba narimasen - I must return Kakanakereba narimasen - I must write O.K. so not all of the verbs will fit tidily into the "Follow the yellow brick road"'s 7 syllable pattern, even ikanakereba narimasen has 10 clappable syllables to our western ears. Basically "Follow the Yellow Brick Road," has 3 strong downbeats and a pickup to repeat it again. Do the same with base I verb + nakereba narimasen. Try some of your own to the unique rhythm of "Follow the Yellow Brick Road” Your Japanese will surely impress the masses with its new rhythmical style, and not only that, but you can now say I must verb a little easier. Follow the yellow brick road. Ganbatte ne! Do your best! Makurasuki sensei. http://links.kozolec.net http://www.clickapps.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=1073&section=PPC&a=883

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 25

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:28:52 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #25 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Study, Ponder Rinse, Get Quizzed, Repeat Now Blast! 1. boeki - trade 2. teian - suggestion 3. teian suru - to suggest 4. kemushi - caterpillar 5. kitai hazure - let down 6. kigen ga kireru - time limit, expiration date 7. kyo^ryo^ku suru - to cooperate 8. doryo^ku suru - to try 9. giri no oto^san* - father-in-law 10. nokogiri - a saw 11. jika - ear doctor 12. jibika - ear and throat doctor 13.songai - damage 14. tsune = itsumo, usually, always, commonly 15. noritsu - efficicient As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 24 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 26

Speed Sight Reading Music Part 1

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:13:58 -0600

You've heard of Speed Reading for books, you've seen the blazing superhumans display their speed reading skills on the pages of the Guiness Book of World's Records, you even fancy yourself somewhat of a speed reader... well read on to find out how you can speed sight read music. Using these suggestions for sight reading music, you can inmprove your sight reading skills 100 fold in no time. Here are some basics about English language speed reading, contemplate to yourself the crossover they might make in relation to music speed sight reading What is speed reading? Speed reading is the skill of moving the eyes, and some other external pacer, across and down a page of print at a rate which avoids having to go back and redo mistakes (this is called regression) all the while inducing better concentration and comprehension. In music speed sight reading, having to go back a page means that somebody turned the page too fast and we weren't able to retain the notes in our ram. See below for tips on improving the skill of eye movement as it pertains to music speed sight reading. 2. What is the theoretical limit to human reading speed? There is no known theoretical limit to reading speed. That means that music too has no theoretical limit on what speeds we can achieve. Like reading words, speed reading music allows you to read at closer to your thinking speed 3. How fast can speed readers read? Is it necessary to music speed sight read? Speed readers of English text can read comfortably at speeds of between 800wpm and 1200wpm, without even practicing constantly. Speed sight readers of music can read any music, in any key, flawlessly... at first read. (Not including graphical notation or other existing forms of non-western musical notation), but is it necessary? Music sight readers who consistently practice their skills over time, can reliably retain in memory just enough music so that a page turn can be effictively done without interrupting the flow of the piece. It is not necessary for Music sight readers to speed read to play a piece correctly. But what they can do is borrow some of the speed readers good techniques to improve upon our sight music sight reading skills. If you would like to get to the point where your music sight reading skills become sufficient to read any music layed out in front of you, in any key, with any amount of complex rythmical variety and range and inventory of notes ... read on. 4. Does speed reading music ruin the enjoyment of the music? No way! Speed reading music enhances enjoyment of the music,. The goal is to have greater concentration for longer periods of time so that you retain in memory more measures of music so that the flow remains uninterrupted These equates to fewer page turns errors where one hand has to come off in order to facilitate a page turn. Once you master the Preliminary analysis part of sight reading down it will be hard to stop your flawless sight reading. equates to you being more confident in your playing. 5. Can anybody learn to music speed sight read ? Yes! If you can read music, then you can also speed sight read music. 6. What about IQ and age ... do these influence one's ability to learn to sight read music? Not significantly so. Anyone can improve on their current music sight reading skills - regardless of what speed they read. If you read at 2 measures per minute, and practice to open your eye focus and reduce regressions your speed will increase immensely. Not only that but you will be able to read music away from your instrument and be able to clearly hear all the individual parts or voices in your head and assign them any instrumentation you want. Soon you will find music books next to your night stand dresser for a little reading before bedtime. What greate books to read than from the classical masters or any music that you are fond of. No need for expensive dvd players, mp3 players, tape decks, turntables, live performances or any external listening device. All you need is the printed music and your mind. To read the most valuable suggestions one can take towards improving their music sight reading click this link http://squidoo.com/musicreading2 Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Internet's Top 10 'Top 10's'

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:27:00 -0600

Here is my list gathered with sweat to bring you only the best of the best. The Internets top 10 top 10. I hope you enjoy!

Humble and Exalted Pie part 2 - Japanese words

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:51 -0600

Humble - humble form (lowering), exalted (raising) Father - chichi, otosan (long o) Mother - haha, okasan (long a) Older Brother - ani, onisan (long i) Younger Brother - ototo, ototosan (long o) Older Sister - ane, onesan Younger Sister - imoto, imotosan Parents - ryoshin (long o), go-ryoshin (long o) Husband shujin (lit. my lord), go-shujin Wife - kanai, okusama or okusan polite and most commonly used as with any word in this column, sama can be exchanged for san can be exchanged for chan and chama as well in any case where you express exaltedness. This lense is part 2 of a two part series, see its sister lense here Japanetics

Japanese Ghetto Grammar #97: verb (base TE) Shimau

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:48:04 -0600

Today’s lesson: Verb (Base TE) + Shimau. – To completely verb (negative connotation) Sanseido’s Daily concise Japanese - English Dictionary defines the verb shimau as, “to finish completely, or to put an end to”. For this plug and play grammar to work, just take any Japanese verb and put it into base te. (If you need help putting verbs in bases, go here.) In Ex. 1 we have the verbs for taberu (to eat), and nomu (to drink). Putting them into base TE we have tabete, and nonde. Now adding the past tense of the verb shimau, we have: Ex. 1. Tabete shimatta! I ate it all, Nonde shimatta! I drank it all! o. Finishing it to the end you want to use base II + owaru. i.e. Yomiowatta – I have finished reading it. p. If we wanted to put this into the future tense,leave the verb shimau in plain form or change into polite form shimaimasu. i.e. Tabete shimaimasu - I will completely eat it. (Sometime in the future) Ex.2. Tsukatte shimatta – I used it all, I used all of it. – (tsukau – to use) Ex.3. Nakushite shimatta - I lost it all, or I lost all of it. (nakusu – to lose) Ex. 4 Nurete shimatta – It got completely wet, or it’s soaked etc. (nureru - to get wet) O-Shimai is often used to signify endings in a variety of nouns that have a beginning. . In Japanese you can think of Open / start (begin) as close / shut (end). O-Shimai is often said to children get a hurried response from the child which basically is saying, “That’s it!…No more playing!.” at bedtime when a parent is desirous of hurrying a child to bed, expressing that “it’s time to go to bed it is officially over (O-Shimai)” Similarly the word that expresses, “oh crap” in Japanese is shimau in past tense or “shimatta.”. Shimatta Japin this case means, to be wrung, or wringed. Start using your new base TE + shimau bumpo on your friends today! They’ll be glad you did. And don’t forget to Ganbatte Ne.! Do your Best! McCluskey Sensei. Name: Email Address: free forms

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 33

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:15:24 -0600

A land that has a lot of graywhacke, fugu, tachi shoben guys and washiki toilets for gaijin. Did you get all of that. Oh I forgot to mention that it is very hilly in Japan, there are a lot of onsen naturally springing up and take or bamboo grows wild and the houses are made out of it, so this map is about a true rendering of the color of it.

Shall we. . . ? How to say let's verb in Japanese

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:40:50 -0600

Let’s Do Something in Japanese Today’s bunpo will show us how to say, "let’s verb" in Japanese. Then we can put this construction into question form by adding ka so that we will be able to invite or persuade someone to verb with us by asking, "shall we verb. . . ? Two polite forms of this grammar and their construction is as follows Verb (Base II) masho^**** – Let's verb! and Verb (Base II) masho^ ka? - Shall we verb? **** Please note that in my JPPGG the carat ^ is used to indicate long vowels i.e. a^ i^ u^ e^ o^. To say, "Let’s verb" in Japanese politely, you take any verb, ichidan or yo^dan, put it into base II, then add masho^ and presto! Instantaneous sentence creation to enhance your Japanese language and conversation skills. The Masho^ bunpo is another very useful plug and play grammar principle that can help you in your daily Japanese communications. Ex. 1. Let’s go to eat sushi somewhere. – Dokka no sushiyasan de tabe ni ikimasho^! Ex. 1a. Shall we go eat sushi somewhere? Dokka no sushiyasan ni ikimasho^ ka? Ex. 2. Let’s play baseball! – Yakkyu^ o yarimasho^! Ex. 2a. Shall we play baseball? Yakkyu^ o yarimasho^ ka? Ex. 3. Let’s go check it out! Itte mimasho^! Ex. 3a. Wanna go check it out? (The baseball game etc.) Itte miyo^ ka? In example 3a., the familiar form yo^ is used in place of masho^. For those technically minded Japanese linguists, yo^ is base V for an ichidan verb. (miru - miyo^) Use base V only when speaking with close friends because it is considered less polite. As always, Do Your Best! Ganbatte Ne! Jappermon Intl. For more Japanese language learning through plug and play grammar see Japanetics or Sake Talkie for Spanish speaking Japanese language learning please see Spanish Japanese

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 31

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:20:27 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #31 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. kyo^ryu^ - dinoasaur 2. koseibutsugaku - paleontology 3. fukuzatsu - complex, intricate 4. hade - stylish 5. hane - a feather, a wing 6. benjo - a toilet, lavatory 7. byo^ki suru - to be sick, (ailment) 8. guai ga warui - I'm not feeling so hot 9. sekken - soap 10. sekkyokuteki na - positively 11. shinpo - progress 12. gisei suru - to sacrafice 13. kisoku - a rule, regulation 14. nesshin - zeal, eagerness, enthusiasm, ardor 15. hantai* - against, opposite, contrary If 15 words every 2 days isn't working out right, slow the pace down, even 1 word a day for 10 years is still 10X365 or 3650 and our target is 4000 so this is where the line gets grey. Time spent studying, learning, memorizing, retaining is proportional to the rate at which one can acquire a second language or at least that is how my theory goes, So Krashen Bashen rocks on! As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 30 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 32

Counting In Japanese - Part Trois

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:11:16 -0600

If you have been busy practicing your Japanese numbers since last lesson, then I assume you can say in Japanese, the numbers, 1 through 10 forwards and backwards (You are starting to count the Japanese numbers in your sleep. Before proceeding, make sure you are confident in your ability to count in Japanese... well at least to ten. Once you can capably count in Japanese from 1 to 10, then you may proceed. Once your confident in your Japanese counting ability and can say them forward and backwards then we can go and learn and grow our Japanese conversational skills and find out a lot of other useful ways that knowing how to count in Japanese can work for the benefit of our Japanese speaking abilities. Let's review. (If you want an entire review of the Japanese numbers then see http://squidoo.com/japanesecounting) 1 - ichi 2 - ni 3 - san 4 - yon, shi 5 - go 6 - roku 7 - shichi, nana 8 - hachi 9 - kyu, ku 10 ju, to In Japanese when you ask the question,"How many", the response is dependent on what it is you are counting. In Japanese all things are not counted equally. They are grouped into categories by size, shape, and other factors. In Japanese a counter is added to the standard set of numbers as learned thus far, that is ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi, ku, and ju. Japanese counters will describe what is being counted more than English does when it counts. 5 pencils in English is 5 of them. In Japanese, 5 pencils would be 5 of those round thingies instead. As I said, which counter to use is usually determined by the size, and or shape of that which is being counted. Although the basic numbers from 1-10 then 10-20, and so are the same, the shape of the object being counted may differ. For example, the difference in shape between a book and a car is obvious and when counted in Japanese is accounted for. There are many counters. Here are a few of the most common counters you will encounter in Japanes with examples of each unique counter. As ALways, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! COMMON JAPANESE COUNTERS ~hon - For cylindrical, bulbous, or elongated shapes like pencils, balloons, legs, or even bullet trains, the counter is Since hon can transform into its voiced, non-voiced and labiated versions, some of the numbers for the counters may be ppon, or bon. Ippon, nihon, sanbon, yonhon, gohon, roppon, nanahon, happon, kyu^hon, juppon. These counters could either be used to express how many pencils from 1-10 pencils, or 1-10 bullet trains, or anything that you can count that has a cylindrical appearance. Nothing is too strange to be counted with the hon counter. "Nanbon?" or "Nanbon desu ka?" is equivalent to our English, "How many?" ~dai - machines, cars, etc. so ichi dai = ichidai, or, one car etc. No exceptions on pronunciation here; just add number dai to say how many machines or to express how many 'machine-like' objects there are. How many in this case is "nandai?" ~hiki - counter for small animals. ippiki, nihiki, sanbiki, yonhiki, gohiki, roppiki, nanhiki, happiki, kyuhiki, juppiki. to^ - with the long o(oh) is the counter for larger animals - ito, nito, sando, yondo, goto, rokuto etc.ko - counter for a small piece or pieces of an object, like candy, or pebbles etc. even goldfish ...continued in Counting In Japanese - Part quatro here on Japanesecounting IV And there you have it. Instant plug and play Japanese wordage for your Japanese as SL2 enjoyment. Now go out there and use it on somebody! Ganbatte ne! Do you Best! Makurasuki.

Yayoi のSmile　日本語ジャーナル（Japanese Journal）

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:55:14 -0600

Yayoi のSmile　日本語ジャーナル - （Yayoi's Smile: a Japanese Journal）博多弁：Hakata Ben (Hakata Dialect) - lesson #1 Hakata ben lesson #1 *Even in regional dialects such as Hakataben (博多弁) found in Fukuoka's Hakata region in northern Kysushu Japan, a distinction can be made between the polite form 博多弁, and the more plain form 博多弁. この二つの言葉はアメリカンのWhat's up? Or How's it going. Or Wazzup~! のようにあいさつの変わりに使います！ (What are you doing?) あなたは何をしてますか？Anata wa nani o shitemasu ka? 博多弁：なんしょうとお？　or 　なんばしょとおー？　Nan shyoto? or Nanba shyo to? The hyphen indicates an unusually long "o". So make sure and emphasize its extra length when speaking . 　　博多弁(Polite language)：何しゃーとですか？ Nan shya- to desu ka? Again the hyphen indicates a long "a" in this case. (What did you do last night?) 彼方は昨日の夜、何をしていましたか？Anata wa kino no yoru, nani o shite imashita ka? 博多弁：あんた。昨日の夜何をしょったとー？（男　or　女　O.K.．） Hakata ben : Anta, Kino no yoru, nani of shyotta to? (Men or Woman use OK. ) The two t's in shyotta or the dialectical form of the verb for suru should be emphasized. It is indicated in the Japanese by the lower case tsu. 博多弁(Polite language)：あーた　昨日の夜は何しよんしゃたとですか？Hakata ben : Ahta, Kino no yoru nan shiyonshyata to desu ka? (I studied Japanese. )　日本語の勉強をしていました。 Nihongo no benkyo o shite imashita. 博多弁：日本語の勉強しよったったい。（男） Hakata Ben : Nihongo no bekyo shiyottattai. (Men) 博多弁：日本語の勉強しよったとよおー。（女） Hakata Ben : Nihongo no benkyo shiyotatoyo. (Female) (What's new? Or Whats up ？)　何かかわったことはあったの？調子はどう？ Nan (or nani) ka kawatta koto wa atta no? Choushi wa dou? Literally - Are you in tune? 博多弁：どげんしとったと？どげんふう？ Hakata Ben : Dogen shitotta to? Dogenfu? 博多弁(Polite language):　どげんふうにしとんしゃったとですか？ Hakata Ben : Dogenfu ni shitonshatta to desu ka - This particular phrase is extreme example of the evolution of the Hakata regional dialect. This Journal provided for your efforts towards better Japanese Yayoi's Smile, a Japanese Journal and study in the Japanese regional dialect of Hakata. By Yayoi McCluskey ©1992 Jappermon Intl. Fukuoka City, Japan If you like Japanese grammar check my ghetto grammar at squidoo http://www.squidoo.com/ghettogrammar116/ http://www.squidoo.com/ghettogrammar106/ and then take a break from studying by playing a bit with the info you can get off of http://www.gamblecan.com/ Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Brett_McCluskey

Japanese basic verb structures and coach hand bags

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:23:28 -0600

Knowing the way verbs can be fashioned to derive more meanings is crucial to your fluency. Don’t begin your conquest of the Japanese language without learning basic strategy. Basic strategy says always speak in the most polite level of language that can be afforded. Verbs manipulation is a good course of action for the SL2 learner who is in high gear but short on time.. The boxes are the most basic way verbs are formed. Become familiar with them by using the plug and play grammar system found below. This morning I was per chance perusing an old French school book that claims that I can “learn by yourself”. Inside I saw the never ending struggle with verb conjugations. But, unlike French, English, Spanish, or Italian, Japanese doesn’t have a multitude of conjugations that must be memorized for any given verb. In Japanese learn the four basic ordinal points in language learning. .l To help you start speaking Japanese quicker, learn how to put verbs into the most common polite level and plain form structures. Always practice saying out loud all sentences in both standard politeness levels and plain forms. In Japanese it is easy to fall in a plain form rut because usually that is what is being spoken around us. People are of course going to be shitashii. But we must be careful not to get into a habit which may degrade our high and lofty goals to speak an eloquent Japanese. One that is pure, natural, free from vulgarity and as honorable sounding as we can make it. If we are to be dining with greatness we should speak the part.. This lesson shows the boxes of verb of all we need to be able to say and politely I might add is; 1. a verb in the affirmative present or future 2. a verb in the negative future or present. 3. a verb in the affirmative past, and 4. a verb in its negative past. Here is a quick example of how this works: First, draw a box like this to the box. Plain form may be used in embedded questions but always practice putting verbs into the polite ending of -masu, because when you speak politely to others, others treat you with more respect and even speak it back to you but usually even more humbly and you feel so good when spoken to in this way. and such but never when addressing people in formal or even semi-formal and some non-formal situations. For those interested in learning to speak Japanese isn’t it somewhat of a bonus feature and even a motivational factor that instead of a plethora of different conjugations that we must study and memorize, in Japanese all we have to do is be able to manipulate 4 conjugations. I like that fact that Japanese can be understood with only 4 tenses of a verb because in that old French school book which I perchance was perusing I saw these scary looking words. In that French book there was 5 pages of conjugations for one verb. If you can’t get my drift in this part of the lesson, what I am saying is that Japanese is easier to speak perhaps than anyone has ever thought or cared to discuss. So spread the word don’t let Japanese intimidate anyone and look at all the benefits of Japanese over our traditional romance grammar translation guru pound cake. B. DESU (polite; state of being.)[1] + - Present DESU. (is , am) DEWA ARIMASEN. (isn’t , am not) Past DESHITA. (was) DEWA ARIMASEN DESHITA. [2] (wasn’t) C. MASU (Polite form verb endings.) + - Present MASU (Will, do, shall) MASEN (will not, do not, shall not) Past MASHITA (did, would) MASEN DESHITA (did not, would not) The above box is your model for polite speech. When in doubt, use this when conjugating your verbs. It is adequate to almost all formal situations, where everyone except the Emperor will be attending. Plain Form (Use with those close to your social circle, never to a boss or an Emperor!) + - Present Base III (will verb, do verb) Base I + nai (won’t verb, don’t verb) Past Base TA (did verb) Base I + nakatta (didn’t verb) Degrading from the polite form Plain form - to be + - Present de aru, da. (is, am) dewa nai (isn&r

The Japanese Vowels

Thu, 29 May 2008 04:37:18 -0600

When You Used to Do it! Ghettogrammar #87

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:41:53 -0600

A brief history of the tradition of the Japanese Genkan. Japanese grammar Lesson #87: Used to ~ verb During my first stay in Japan, I used to get embarrassed because my American friend’s feet would 9 friends out of 10 give off an offensive scent. Some more putrid than others. You could smell their feet for long distances too. The smell of sweaty feet could cut through some mustard if you know what I mean. It was hard not to gag on occasion. I would be embarrassed for him and me, because I thought that I could control the way things smelled on other people or something, but alas I could not. Can you imagine eating at the dinner table or trying to have candid conversation with some new friends you just met only to find out the friend you had brought didn’t have control on his feet hygiene and the odor most unbearable. How atrocious! How outrageous! I thought to myself, be-gone you foul beast at once! Come back when you can be more civilized, or at least when your feet aren't noticeably stinky, and offensive to the olfactory senses causing me and our host discomfort at the dinner table. Even from a feet to nose distance of around 6 feet. Let’s imagine we are in Japan at a small gathering of some friends. Because it can get pretty chilly in the winter, are all gathered around a nice, warm, and fluffy kotatsu ((quilted) electric blanket \ table), to play the card game buta no shippo (Pig’s tail) Oh no! Not that smells again. Like incense rising up from the depths of odor hell, your friend subjugates everyone to that wretched malodorous whiff of sweaty sock syndrome! In America, we wouldn’t have this problem because Americans go everywhere in their shoes. Americans fall asleep in their shoes. They stand on chairs to change light bulbs in their shoes. They come in after stepping on dog dukie and don't even clean it off until mom notices the trail of stain left to your bedroom. You can keep your shoes on all day in America.This isn't the case in Japan. Before you step foot inside a Japanese dwelling, it is customary for you to take off your shoes before entering a dwelling in Japan. Shoes are great, but in Japan, shoes can become cumbersome due to the limitations of adequate living spaces, but more importantly the act of taking off one’s shoes before entering a home or dwelling is a tradition. A good custom as you shall see. Like other countries of the East, the Japanese take off their shoes before entering houses, dwellings, apartments, condo’s, etc. When I first got to Japan it was awkward at first to take off my shoes, because I had shoes with laces and it was mendoukusai (tedious) when I left to tie my shoes up again after just un-tying them when I arrived. I followed the custom at first only because every one else was doing it. Yes! This was one of those times that if the whole Japanese country were going to jump off the cliff I was going to jump too. *When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do!* There were places I thought were abnormal for taking off my shoes like kindergartens, eating establishments, bowling alleys, karaoke rooms, lots of weird places you wouldn’t even think of taking your shoes off at in America, even the bathroom at bars and weirder places yet. I had one friend who was so particular about this custom, he would insist on me taking off my shoes before getting into his car. I was obliged to follow the tradition. *When in Rome Do as the Romans Do!* This friend was a little more gung-ho than your average Akira, but it shows you just how far this tradition extends itself into everyday life. He was a little overly devout or passionate about keeping his car clean but at the same time did it for other beneficial, even religious type reasons which we will explore in the coming paragraphs. Why do the Japanese take off their shoes before entering a home or other things including cars? Why is it considered rude to stand on a chair, or a table or a sofa or seat etc. with your shoes on? In this lense I am going to share my experiences with the custom of taking off your shoes before entering a house and the traditions of the genkan (place where you place your shoes before stepping into a house.) And we will talk a little bit about the way the genkan has been extended in use in modern Japanese society. We are going to try to answer the reasons behind this strange custom and why this genkan thing exists. Also after relaying as much as I can about this custom, we will continue our JPPGG© or Japanese plug and play ghetto grammar sessions so that you will add one more grammar principle to your growing list of Japanese language weapons. I’m not prejudice nor am I generalizing that all Americans have stinky feet, but, I know that even my feet have a tendency to get stinky when I sweat, run or wear keep my shoes on for too long to wear my shoes everywhere and anywhere in any situation at all times, even to bed, even jumping on the bed, even standing on chairs, cars, wherever on whatever, it didn’t matter. I, being an American having no background in Japanese customs and not having any tradition similar to taking my shoes off before entering the house, I felt quite comfortable doing as I always had done. It wasn’t until I saw the expression of horror, surprise and shear shock of my Japanese friend that I ever began to take seriously the Japanese tradition of taking off my shoes before entering places. I saw on a man’s face as I simply stood upon a chair to change a light bulb, mind you, I had my shoes on, but he gasped in horror and made me instantly get down from the chair. What on Earth could I have possibly done to make him gasp in horror? All I did was stand on a chair and was attempting to change a light bulb. I thought, "so what gives. . .?" The word genkan is made with two kanji, gen and kan. Kan meaning wide opening gate or simply gateway, and gen the string-like kanji whose meaning although impossible to translate fully can simply mean the the road of qualities, of ill or of a good disposition or continuing in the tradition of the ancestors (fathers), following in the footsteps on the road to the qualities The samurai when building their castles and homes copied the idea of the genkan from the use of it as entrances to the Buddhist temples The tradition of taking off shoes before entering a dwelling therefore is well established in tradition. This is JPPGG© bunpo principle #87. To say that you used to do something fairly regularly in the past, use the following construction: used to ~verb – yoku verb(base TA) mono desu Once you get the hang of these examples, plug and play your favorite verbs into the construction where verb(base TA) is any verb you know. You will be able to improve your Japanese if you keep plugging and playing until your friends tell you they can’t stand how much you practice your Japanese forcing you to stop, or until they are all asleep, whichever comes first. You want to get better at Japanese, don’t you? Well don’t bicker…do quicker! Here are some nice examples with an occasional ghetto phrase sprinkled in here or there to spice up the flavorful fun, so that you can have a good time studying Japanese. 1. When I was younger, I used to ride my bike to school. Watakushi ga motto wakai koro, jitensha de yoku gakko ni itta mono desu. {As for I, in the more young time, by bike often school went thing is.}1[1] 2. He used to cheat, but the teacher busted him, and now he is a good boy. Kare wa mae yoku kanningu[2] shita mono desu keredomo sensei ni barete shimatte ima orikosan desu. 3. I used to play there a lot. Watakushi wa soko de yoku asonda mono da. [3] G.A.B. or the Ghetto After Blast – One point advice The Japanese verb nareru means, “To get used to” which is similar to the used to that you have been getting used to in this bunpo. Nareru is a really cool word, and you will hear it a lot in Japanese conversation. Ex.1 He is used to that job. Kare wa sono shigoto ni narete imasu.[4] As Always, Do your Best! Ganbatte Ne! Makurasuki Sensei. [1] Given here in a literal translation; It is easy to see from the corruption of the sounds and form why one should be careful when translating literally. [2] From the English adjective cunning. [3] Non-polite plain form of the copula de aru, desu, da [4] See JPPGG© Ghetto Grammar #88: ‘Verbing’ –verb (base TE) iru or the Japanese Gerund.

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 34

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:58:58 -0600

Have your friends quiz you on the words you memorize - to solidify them in your noodle! Here are the next 15 1. mondai - a problem 2. handan suru - to judge, to interpret 3. jakuten - weakness, a fault 4. ketten - weakness, a fault 5. odoroku - to be surprized, amazed 6. ishi - a rock, stone 7. ishi - will (as in the will to survive) 8. ueru - to be starving 9. ueru - to plant 10. yuumoa - humor 11. reibo^ - air conditioning 12. danbo^ - heating 13. ayamachi - a mistake 14. niwa - a garden 15. niwashi - a gardener to see the last 15 Japanese vocabulary words, go here http://squidoo.com/japanesevocabulary33 to go to the next 15 Japanese vocabulary words, go here http://squidoo.com/japanesevocabulary35

Japanese Grammar Plug and Play - Japanese Adjectives Fun

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:44:17 -0600

Ghetto Grammar # 77 - Japanese Adjective Fun All adjectives end in a diphthong created from the 5 vowels of the Japanese syllabary and the vowel i. (a,i,u,e,o + i (pronounced ee)) The endings of adjectives are thus: a + i = ai hayai, arai, asai, mijikai, nagai, akai, nemutai, chiisai, suppai, amai, takai, aoi, kawai, itai i + i = ii utsukushii, mezurashii, subarashii, itashii, shitashii, muzukashii, atarashii, mezamashii, okii, suzushii, natsukashii, okashii, oshii, kuyashii, yakamashii, ayashii, u + i = ui usui, minikui, zurui, furui, nemui, e + i = ei kirei, teinei, burei, and o + i = oi shitsukoi, hidoi, kuroi, osoi, noroi, boroi, hiroi, kashikoi, shiroi, Let us focus in on the ghetto adjectives of the day. These are in bold and italic. If used properly these will add 'some ghetto' to anybody's vocabulary, so be careful. Remember, of the 4 levels of politeness, stick to only the top levels. When using any adjectives remember to add the copluative de aru in polite desu form. (See #80 for making adjectives honorific.) Ghetto adjectives of the day boroi, and kuyashii. Two words which are very useful however a little odd to use are the words boroi (old and worn down, rickity) and kuyashii (vexed, or perplexed). Adjectives ending in ei are considered irregular and their constructions will be discussed in ghetto grammar #78. Ganbatte ne! Do your Best! Makurasuki Sensei.

Chemtrails Conspiracy

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:31:26 -0600

chemtrails It never seemed funny to me, while growing up in an American suburb how every fall around august or so I would get some sort of flu. This happened like clockwork to me and it affected my work and play so I had to deal with it. But I feel that anything other than water is unneeded in getting myself cured of my ailments. Until recently when a friend mentioned the word chemtrails or contrails and I could see that there may be more to it than just a hiss and a byword. In my opinion, the ingredients in your average OTC cough syrup does more harm to a person's body than good, and thus it is an unneeded product in the world. Money is the root of all evil. If there aren't any sick people in the world to cure then there would be no need to synthetically manufacture quick remedies. And wow they just happen to have just the right chemicals to counteract any ill effects of their harmful sprays with which the chemtrails of the sky distribute freely to the inhabitants of suburbia. The more sick people THEY make, the more MONEY they stand to make. I refuse to give my child anything, because I believe if it is not pure water it is something else. Anything other than pure clean water will not help a child with a cough, instead it fills him/her with toxic poisons that only temporarily relieve some of the symptoms. I think cough medicines and cough syrups in general do more harm than good. They are not better than giving my child pure heroine. It doesn't quell fevers, it actually perpetuates them, how else would the cough syrup manufacturers stay in business. The chemtrails provided by planes that deliver to the people mass inoculations of small weak viruses so that their cold and cough syrup company will continue to reap their evil rewards. And yes, 'Hall's' I'm talking to you!

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 35

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:06:54 -0600

After this blaster, we will have increased our Japanese vocabulary weapon stock with 35 x 15 words or - 525 Words, that is 1/8 of our goal. Congratulations! Omedeto^ Gozaimasu! 1. nebo^ suru - to oversleep, to sleep in 2. tazuneru - to ask 3. yakudatsu - to be useful 4. tatsu - to pass time 5. okuru - to send 6. naguru - to hit, to slap 7. nusumu - to steal 8. sumu - to reside in, to dwell 9. harau - to pay 10. kaimono suru - to shop 11. hinan suru - to criticize 12. kizuku - to notice 13. sodatsu - to grow up 14. fureru - to touch 15. kotaeru - to answer to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 34 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 36 * See ezinearticles.com pronunciation tips Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com need help getting a passport fast?

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #51

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:38:09 -0600

Catch the next 50 basic Japanese Vocabulary Japanese word lists in the form of Japanese Vocabulary Blasters. Study, memorize, get quizzed, retain...repeat. To go to the previous set of 15 words at Blaster 50 go here Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 50 to see the next set of 15 words go here Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 52

Go Go Godzilla - How Godzilla Got It's Name

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:59:57 -0600

If you aren't quite sure how Godzilla got It's name, let me put it into a formula for you. You might also be curious to know or have wondered where the z or d in the name Godzilla came from then if Godzilla actually is just Gojira. The reason for the d and the z stems from the various ways westerners have come to represent graphically the sounds of the Japanese language. I personally think the z is for pizzazz. I mean what kind of killer, giant monsters don't have a z in their name. In Japanese, Godzilla is pronounced Gojira, a combination of the words gorilla and whale. Gorira Kujira = Gojira. Gorira meaning Gorilla Kujira meaning whale combined becomes Godzilla. The ji of Gojira is sometimes written zi, to distinguish it from si or shi which is what it would be without the ten-ten mark. If you don't already know, the ten-ten mark is a single quotation mark put after other syllables to change the vocalization. IPA website on vowels here Adding a " ten-ten mark to to the sa, shi, su, se, so line of of the Japanese syllabary *(See Mora(e): syllable like entities of which Japanese has 46.)transforms them into za, zhi, zu, ze, zo, or ja, ji, ju, je, jo, depending on the particular romanization used. Ok I also wanted to mention here the proper nouns ikura written in Katakana which is the roe of salmon , and iruka is the word for a Porpoise. Avoid mixing these type of word together but use a tactic to memorize them. Here is a way I thought of to practice this kind of word in a phrase and being able to memorize them on long term memory for good. The way to memorize a word and not forget it, is to figure out a personal method, one which works best for you, something you can make memorable through associations you infer upon it. If you thought that was easy then you might want to mix upo them up. If you were to say, "Iru ka?", it could mean, "Are you there? So all in all, there are three things iruka could mean. Definitions of iruka: 1. (is) somebody or something (i.e. an animal since they too use iru in the form of to be etc.) there... 2. a porpoise, a dolphin Since carp and shark are two items of the sea that the Japanese don't have a habit of making into sushi, I will discuss them first then extrapolate on couple of thoughts concerning sushi. The word koi is more oftened used to indicate love, or the act of falling in love more than it is used to mean Koi or Carp. Same* - shark *(Not pronounced as in English but with long ah as in saw and meh as used in the word men.) The following items, usually taken from the sea, are occasionally used as sushi. Kurage - jellyfish Unagi - Unagi is Eel, or snakes of the sea. The fish with no real fins more similar to a snake than a fish. and the best I have ever had and came away saying, "Boy that sure was tasty Unagi." I thought Unagi particularly well prepared in the quaint town of Isahaya, which isabout a forty five minute drive away from Nagasaki. Nagasaki and the surrounding area is reknown for its excellently prepared eel. The unagi used as sushi is always cooked and is white meat that with a hint of brown. Uni - taste like poo-poo of the sea until you acquire a taste for it. I love it. It is rather expensive, because it is a pain in the behind to get. Tako - in Japanese is the word for kite, the flight wielding one or it can mean an octopus. Tako is pronounced like taco, a favorite Mexican food that even the Japanese know. A lot of people have pre-conceived notions concerning the sushi. They seem to think of stinky, rotten raw fish that has been dead for a month. And anybody who thinks of sushi in this way couldn't be thinking of it in a worse manner. The look and taste of well prepared sushi by iron chefs in my opinion can be compared to lustrousand precious jewels. Served on a plate, arranged like art and appearing like rubies, saphires and diamonds. Another myth about sushi is that the octopus sushi is served raw. This is not the case. It shoud be stated at the gate that is very rare to eat octopus raw. I myself having the privalege only twice out of about 300 eatings to try raw octopus. Raw octopus is not boiled. The octopus westerners traditionally associate with the sushi turns a light shade of purple because it is boiled. I grant you permission to safely approach octopus sushi with a smile and a glad heart, knowing that it is boiled. To reiterate, octopus used as sushi is boiled, and its good. Don't knock it before you try it. Or give it to Mikey he'll like it... he likes everything. If sushi didn't have such a bad image, that more people could enjoy it's truly redeeming qualities. Just thinking about sushi and talking about it in this lense makes my mouth water,... try it and see. It is the images, stigmata and the English words we use to describe sushi that block our minds preventing us from ever attempting to try such delicious and delectably marvelous jewels. I must admit raw octopus was nasty when I tried it and don't recommend it, but it needs to be stated again to reverse the damage we westerners have of sushi in general to remember that the octopus served as sushi is purple because it is boiled. It is not raw as is usually typified in the prejudices of western thought. kazu no ko - this is the yellow, and crunchy roe of the herring fish. There never seems to be a lack of kazu no ko although it is one of the few sushi items that won't make my mouth water just thinking about. In other words I never developed a keen taste for kazunoko nor is it one of my favorites. Natto - This is one of my personal favoites. It is a breakfast food worth mentioning. Although it is a live moving creatue it has the potential to become one. Natto is fermented soy beans served with hot mustard served in a styrofoam cup. Served with mustard it is a great morning food. Just make sure to add all the tare that comes with it and add the mustard mix it up, it looks a little grody but it is worth every mouth full. At only ¥103 (one hundred and three yen), it is the most economical breakfast food readily available to those living in Japan. Natto is a budget minded food. You can buy it in family packs of three for even less money. Natto with its tare sauce(not the heavy soy sauce but the lighter and salty sweet tare(sauce)I grew to love the stuff. mmm oishii... This is occasionally used in sushi and is known as nattozushi. The following are usually not used as sushi. Mentaiko - Better than chile picante hot sauce on your rice. This stuff could burn a hole in your tongue but it makes plain rice so tasty, even more than ... I like it as a breakfast food on my bowl of rice in the morning, it is quite expensive but to me is always well worth its weight in gold. It usually comes in a pack of 3 sacks for around ¥900-1300 or $10-$12 U.S. dollars. As far as I know the following items are usually never part of the sushi menu but are worth mentioning in this lense that began as a discussion on how Godzilla got It's name. Shita - meaning tongue and implying cow tongue, not human tongue. The human tongue is more oftened known as a bero. (Watch the pronunciation of the ro in bero.) kimo (pronounced like chemo in chemothreapy) - is otherwise known as reebah or liver rather than the anatomical kind. Stay tuned for a future lense devoted to the foods of yaki-niku and o-konomiyaki. As always, Do Your Best! Ganbatte Ne! Makurasuki Sensei. for other interesting Japanese language discussions please see Japanetics or Saketalkie

Japanese Grammar Base TE Oku - To verb for later

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:10:32 -0600

Japanese Grammar Plug and Play JPPGG Lesson 101: Verb (Base TE) Oku - To verb for later By Makurasuki Sensei, Brett McCluskey When translating from Japanese to English, whether text or spoken conversation, there are times when it is quite impossible to extract an exact equivalent or expression having the same meaning in both languages. Today's lesson is will focus on one such grammar principle. This particular bunpo will take a little more time for westerners to absorb than some of the easier Japanese grammar. Today's bunpo uses the verb oku. Knowing the meaning of this verb and how it is used by itself will help in understanding the meanings of the sentences and phrases we can make with today's grammar construction, however as I have said before this particular grammar has nuances and meaning which cannot be expressed with an exact equivalent. As Always, Do Your Best. Ganbatte Ne! Verb (base TE) Oku - To verb for later Oku means to put, place; lay down, leave (it as it is), or the biggie in relation to how we will use it in today's bunpo is to pawn. Oku, the verb, in and of itself, is easy to understand. For example, to say, "I will place the cup on the table" you could say, "Te^buru no ue ni kappu o oku", or "Te^buru no ue ni kappu o okimasu." Polite version Here is another example of oku. "Please put it over there." or, "Asoko ni oite* kudasai". *If you need a refresher of how to put verbs into base TE, please see the RSS feed below or click here

Japanese Grammer not Spelling

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:27:09 -0600

The following are some Japanese grammar constructs that you can put together that all use the Japanese verb in base II. Base two is like an extension socket and is associated with the vowel i as it is the final letter before connecting it to the rest of the bunpo (grammar). Have fun making your own cool sentences and then try them out on native Japanese speakers to really see if they fly. As always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki. . . Base II nagara - While 'verb'ing ex. Tabenagara, hanashite wa dame! Don't talk while eating! Base II yasui - Easy to verb ex. Gobo wa tabeyasui. Burdock root is easy to eat. Base II sugiru - to verb too much, to verb excessively ex. Tabesugita nda! I ate too much Base II nikui - Difficult to verb ex. Ika wa tabenikui desu. Squid is hard to eat. See Ghetto grammar #109 also see Japanetics or Sake Talk or if you are a Spanish speaker wanting to learn Japanese check out the brand new Spanish Japanese

Japanese grammar fun with Base TE Miru

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:33:59 -0600

Japanese Grammar Plug and Play JPPGG #95 Base TE Miru - To see about verb'ing, verb and see. In order to use the Base Te miru grammar you must put verbs into base TE. The following shows what the verb will transform into if the verb ends in such and such syllable or vowel. To see more of how this works please see Japanetics for further reading. Putting verbs into Base-TE Bu mu nu - nde U tsu ru - tte Ku - ite Gu - ide Irregular Suru - shite Hanashite miru - I'll try talking to him, (Talk to him and see.) Hanasu - v. to speak (with), to talk Itte miru - I'll go check it out (Go and see) Iku - v. to go. Tabete miyo^ ka? -Shall we try it? Let's eat and see. Taberu - v. to eat, chow down on, to grub Nonde mitara - What if you tried to drink it, go ahead see what it tastes like. (Drink and see) Nomu - v. to drink, to ingest. Monku o iute mitara ..? - What about voicing your complaints? (Complain and see) Monku o iu - v. to complain, to say a 'monku'. Yonde mireba? - Why don't you read it and see? Try reading it for yourself. Yomu - v. to read Tanonde miru - Ask and see. Tanomu - v. to request, ask a favor, to ask. Yatte miru - Try it and see. Yaru - v. to do, to try. Mite mitara? - What if you take a look see? Miru - v. to see. --mitara and mireba are interchangeable -- both are conditional phrasings, one in Base TA RA and the other Base IV BA. As always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki

Quick Japanese Plug and Play Grammar #119 Probably . . . For Sure!

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:52:30 -0600

Why Certainly! Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar #119 How to say something is for sure in Japanese Noun CHIGAI NAI I. Noun NI CHIGAI NAI - Noun for sure! To be (noun phrase) without fail ! The Japanese bunpo^ NOUN NI CHIGAI NAI grammar construction is used quite regularly, and in expressions where you want to impart an unwavering definiteness as to the outcome. CHIGAI itself is a noun meaning difference. It is in base II in similitude to other verbs that change into nouns by putting them into base II. See my article on verb bases for more information. comes from the verb CHIGAU -v. to be different, to vary, to disagree, to be unlike. Ex. 1 ZETTAI KARE NO SAIFU NI CHIGAI NAI. - Its definitely his wallet . . .for sure! Or It's his wallet for sure definitely Ex. 2 NATSU GA KURU NI CHIGAI NAI - Summer will be here without fail. Ex. 3 MAI HARU WASHI GA CANADA NI KAETTE KURU NI CHIGAI NAI - Every spring the eagles return back to Canada without fail. Ex. 4 SO^ NI CHIGAI NAI! - That's the way it is man! FOR SHIZZLE! It's my way, my way or the highway! II. A TO B NO CHIGAI GA WAKARU (WAKARANAI) - Can (can't) tell the difference between A and B. Ex.1. HONMONO TO NISEMONO NO CHIGAI GA WAKARANAI. - I can't tell the difference between the fake and the real thing. See my other Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar articles by visiting the index. Beef up your current stock of word power with my Japanese Vocabulary Blasters also found on the index. Finally, take your skills and head over to the Japanese Conversational Practice Palace to solidify your Japanese language training and to help fortify your Japanese language skills. http://squidoo.com/jppgg As always, Do Your Best! Ganbatte Ne! Makurasuki Sensei

Top 6 Rules for Roadies

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:29:58 -0600

Top 10 Rules for roadies to live by; Real Time advice for the aspiring roadie. First allow me to explain to you what a roadie is and what a roadie is not. A roadie is a person who accompanies a band to the place where they will be performing music. The place and anything associated with where the band will be playing their music is very often called ‘The Gig”. The equipment is often called ‘The Gear’, or ‘The Rig’, or ‘The Equipment’. Roadies are involved in the setup of ‘The Equipment’ in preparations for the band to play. 1. Never plug in a chord until you make sure the volume is turned all the way off on any outgoing speakers or turned way, way down. This is a precautionary measure against unintended bursts of noise, unbearable screeches which can haunt even the most cautious and well prepared roadie by surprise. Don’t let the squeals, squeaks, quirks, and noise bombs interrupt your audience’s nice afternoon brunch. There is nothing more embarrassing than vagrant, misplaced, uncontrolled noise made by an amateur roadie because of their lack of following rule #1 to the tee. Practice now or forever hold your peace. Turn the volume control levels for all instruments involved all the way down before powering up a mixer, amplifier, sound cube, bass amp, anything. Turn it all the way down then work your way up to the appropriate level adjusting the volume from low to high safeguards against unwanted sonic booms at inappropriate times. When a manager of a club or any other nearby patron decides to pull the power plug on you, there will be no gig. This is the most common way young well-to-do, full of good intentions roadies suffer death. Think bottom up. Start soft adjusting your levels going up not having to be told to “TURN DOWN” or have the power plug pulled right from the socket due to the incompetence. There is no excuse for ever subjugating anyone, including yourself, to unbearable levels of hiss/ white noise and/ or causing anyone else, including yourself, to bleed from the ears because you didn’t obey rule #1. You know, you are responsible for setting up the equipment on the stage, and getting the musician’s gear from the truck, van, bus etc. to the approximate area where the music will be performed, which brings me to rule #2. 2. Never place on the stage anything except in the following exceptional cases: a.The object will be in the same position when the gig is live, or if the piece of gear/equipment will occupy (by placing or otherwise) the exact same spot during the actual performance. Don’t break rule #2. Breaking of rule #2 gets the musicians, “Pissed-Off” at the roadie responsible. Pissed off means that they will be very angry with that roadie later in the evening when that musician will have to do the job of the roadie again and move equipment off the stage so that he/she can properly setup. For example, let’s say that you have a 40x20 ft2 stage with which to setup the band’s stuff. Now we reasonably assume that all the musicians will occupy a space of roughly 1x1 ft2 and also occupy the space upon which he/she stands from 3’ to 8’ tall, you need to also remember that stools and thrones and the various musicians standing habits or sitting habits can vary the 1x1 number about another ½ a foot to 3 ½ feet (for drummers. Do not place anything that won’t be there later. . . now. For example, don’t just think you are helping by putting all the band equipment on the stage. Rule #2 says never place anything on the stage unless it will physically be there in the future. Now the idea behind rule #2 stems from the fact that musicians are usually not the most punctual of people. I know a lot of musicians who are very exacting on being on time and I give praise and thanks to their perfections, however, the majority of musicians have a reputation for starting late and even arriving late, so. . . Since they are the actual performers of the show, we, as roadies must afford them the least amount of stress for their money. They are the stars remember? And can you remember why you had chosen your lot in life – to be a roadie – Roadies are under-appreciated and are not given a fair chance They don’t get a chance to “F up” get hardly any respect, but they do drink and eat well, participate in all sorts of strange and unusual behaviors at social gatherings. 3.Tear down is even more important than set-up. Why? Because what you do doing tear down will affect your next set-up, get my point. Make sure to neatly wrap all cords, putting all equipment into their protective cases, and then carefully load the van, truck, etc. in a uniformly square pattern, heaviest equipment first to lightest equipment. This brings me to rule #4. 4. When loading the band’s equipment always make sure that there will be no in transit shifting of the equipment/gear. You don’t want anything sliding out the back of the vehicle so make sure your van or truck’s doors are completely shut. Don’t overstuff the vehicle with equipment either. The band’s equipment is the tools of their trade, without them they have no trade. As a roadie you must ensure that the equipment you load will not shift, break, and fall off or out of the transport vehicle while in transit. This rule must be adhered to in both getting the band equipment from and its destination. You will find that with the more gigs you help setup, the easier it gets because you’ll find that groove where all the equipment is accounted for and spot where after you have loaded all of your equipment into the van, tuck or bus, and you know that it won’t move. Packing equipment as well as you can by blocking it into square type shapes if you can. a. The bigger equipment should be loaded first, in a tight and neat, orderly fashion to facilitate the roadie’s quick ride home. Gig’s are played often to the wee hours of the morning, so anything that helps get the roadies and the band members home quicker is seen as helpful as long as in so doing that by cutting corners you are not jeopardizing the safety of the roadies themselves or to the equipment. 5. Never have a microphone in the forbidden zone of the speaker. And if you happen to catch a microphone in the forbidden zone and you can hear the beginning of feed-back, quickly dowse out the feedback fire by pointing the microphone away from the pathway of the sound waves which will emanate from the speakers. Make a conscious effort to know the direction the outgoing speakers or “Mains” are facing. The unbearable noise of the infamous microphone squeal otherwise known as “Feed-back”, is such a hideous creature as to avoid this roadie no-no at all costs. Which brings me to a summary of the main reasons behind being a good roadie which include, being respected by those who pay you to do this kind of work, because you want to be hired again, and again and again? The gig’s at time can be hard but for the most part they are very fun, make them as enjoyable as you can and keep these rules close by and never part from the ways of the true roadie masters. Your friend on the gig, Brett McCluskey. Bonus **** roadie road rule tip #6 When testing the microphones, don’t tap on the mike r flick it with your hands. This only serves to damage your expensive Electro Voice’s fine filament used to capture the voice. Instead, simply utter clearly these immortal words, “Testing . . . 1, 2, 3”.

O-Miai (Oh Me Eye) What kind of Japanese Concoction is that?#%^#@ Pre-Arranged Marriages Yo!

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:21:49 -0600

An O-miai is a pre-arranged meeting between two adults who have proclaimed themselves seekers of significant others. These eligible candidates are serious about who they meet and who they will end up spending the rest of their lives with. In ghetto terms it would be those interested in tying the knot with someone else and do it clean like yo!. O-Miai is for people serious about who they are going to get serious with. Its a very serious matter. The choosing of one's everlasting(or at least to death do us part) life partner to say the least, is a major decision in any single adults life. It will affect who you become and whether or not you will be happy or miserable. A successfully arranged O-miai usually leads to more serious commitments, including marriage, with high hopes of having hopes high. Lack of good quality candidates is what makes the o-miai so appealing to those who take partner seeking seriously. The less than perfect ghetto article or ghetto lense on the web might define the O-miai as, "The honorable practice of hooking a couple up! Japanese Style! With sushi and the whole 9 yards or would that be the big 10 ---) Uh oh 'm now going to have to rate this lense in the Pg 14's or something and don't you dare leave this lense without taking the two poll questions below. Since marriage is a major occurence in someone's life, it shouldn't be taken lightly or granted that the prospective bride or groom can do this on their own. Much better to seek professional help, or at least get a recommendation from a person you can really trust, like sya---your grandmother. She always knows who is going to be the best mate for me don't you agree? Take the poll you will feel better! I feel that O-Miai's are quite practical in achieving the goals for which they were set up; mainly to bring a bride to his groom. Other than the fact that occasionally, marriages pre-arranged in the way O-miai's are setup leave little room for an individuals freewill or free choice to shine, it has a plethora of benefits, including safety(health, otherwise), background check, ok, pre-approved, can get hooked up in less than 24 hours etc. A lot of good things are going on with o-miais that cannot be gained otherwise. You'll know in advance that the prospective person called an aite (n. other party,or match) has no disesases, has a job, a tailor-made profile and a head shot to boot. I couldn't ask for a better deal. The safety features included in an o-miai deal are top notch. They present a safe alternative than wandering aimlessly in the streets where partner seekers go out into the cold world where pushers of market baskets and dwellers of cardboard seem to roam in the world blindly and just per chance those partner seekers through all the misty turmoil and strife of the big megalopolis or the pitch black star studded, fire-fly lit tiny 600 person everyone knows everyone and their dogs rural mura (village) stumble upon one another, the thought is staggering. We should recommend o-miai in our meetings, and workplaces and gatherings for the betterment of all. Without the blessings of the family, happenstance meetings of potential love interests are inevitably doomed because it will still be neccessary to introduce a stranger to the family. In o-miai there are no strangers, and there is no need to introduce them to any family member, just for the two love birds to get to know each other better, to try and hit it off. When someone with whom you trust is recommending someone they trust all ought to be well. A little extra cash also helps the equation. It also ties tight knit knots between families. All in all, o-miai or pre-arranged marriages as I see it, is a very safe and effective way to hook two homies up! O-miais come with the blessings of the family iside the deal already just stir in boiling water one minute and your rice is perfect every time. O-Miai's are the way to go, but if you are a westerner you may have had a situation like what I am about to describe - I'm sure at least some of us have had embarassing moments, which later turned into family history of sort; stories about that special someone we used to like. Your face turned so red when Johnny told Susie that ___ likes Patty, and Patty wrote a little note (the 6 fold cup origmagi variety) and sent it back through Judy who gave it to Tommy, stating with nice big love heart illustrations, that ___ likes you too etc. Wouldn't it be better if it was an accepted norm that the way we meet potential love interests are handed to us on a silver plate with certificates of gold and blue ribbon awards to back that thing up? It's a little difficult somtimes to must the courage to go meet with that special someone face to face, and stand eye to eye. I mean what an awful way to go about meeting a person that you like yet have never really met. Yikes!!! --what do I do, say, shiver me timbers--- Your heart is thumping, your palms are sweating, and you stare off in some different direction but your special someone is right in front of you. Yikes. Without proper backing, or encouraging moral support from your friends, or family, you may just continue staring aimlessly into the heavens farther than even the camera aboard the Hubble gazes into the ultra deep field + gravitational lense. Pain due to shyness or awkwardness of the occasion need no longer be a part o our heritage. Your opportunity to make a good first impression and gain a quality hookup are right here. But I can't do it alone. It takes everyones help. So please do your part to bookmark this page and also to delicious it and web 2.0 a lyze it to death if you would please and thankyou in advance. will vanish. With your help we CAN make a difference. With your help and the shear viarl nature of my topic, this lense will catapult pre-arranged marriages in America skyrocket. I can just tell. The pre-arranging of marriages etc. in America emulating them after the Japanese O-miai will become firy viral in the coming years. Sickly viral, almost strep throat viral in the near future, ou just wait and see. It's going to be the next biggest thing since sliced bread or the ipod. It's going to be great. It saves peoples efforts and saves face or embarrasment, which of course we all want to avoid. Through an o-miai, you won't need confidence to go and tell that special someone you like them, it's all included in the package. Yes, for a good o-miai can cost upward of $500,000. But you can get a quality o-miai for considerably less. Before O-miai's go viral because of this lense, I want to inform you of some of the more particulars of the Japanese variety. Of course I will lace the commentaries with my absurd opinions, but there will be real factual information in here so don't go away yet, and by the way did I mention that o-miai will be going viral in a next generation neighborhood near you? Very very soon it is wild viral in the wild. Cereal Ok now that I have lost have my audience, please continue to read as parlay upon the subject of o-miai or pre-arranged marriages. Chuck Woolery's Love Connection may have modeled itself after the Japanese variety or o-miai. The candidates get to choose from a catalogue the person they seem most interested in meeting. However----- and that is a big however, the the o-miai of Japan is much more honorable because your company boss could get involved, or your grandparents or your cousins recommendation etc. there is much more security because at least somebody on your side of the equation has met with the other side at least in some way and that person has been recommended and vice versa. Whoo! I hope that made cents--- And finally the facts Brett was talking about sharing well here they come. Fresh facts about o-miai right now appearing below. Please Enjoy and if after reading some facts about o-miai you think it might be a good idea, then help me make it go viral. Thank you in advance. Those times when we were so embarrased that we blushed in the face because one or more of our friends spilled the beans about our little crush we had on ___( you fill in the blank) but wanted to keep it a secret between just ____ and ___ (you fill in the blank, and you know what I'm talking about). We all know how embarassing times can be especially when we are desirous of the eros. The look of loveWhen your friends tell her or him that you like that particular other. Naka-naka sometimes it is hard to build up enough courage just to say hi to a person you like. If not arranged by a relative or fellow worker or boss o-miai's can be arranged by a 'go-between', who is given the special name of nakoudo the purpose of such meetings is to allow a prospective couple the chance to look each other over and decide whether there is any thing they might have in common with which to establish a lasting relationship. In a prearranged marriage, the prospective bachelor or bachelorette have no input as to the choice of their future mate The choice of who one gets is mainly guided and directed by the wishes of the patriarchs of the two families involved. The nakoudo could be a relative, friend, business acquaintance usually having been asked for their assistance by the families to introduce the potential mates. Before WWII almost all Japanese marriages were O-miai kekkon. After the war a new constitution heavily influenced by western ideas outlawed the traditional patriarchal family system and made specific provisions that marriage should be based on the mutual consent of both parties. From these events arose a new type of Japanese love: this new type of love, or lover marriage mush was called ren'ai kekkon or love marriages(ai being the general term for the English Love, kekkon meaning marriage and the ren meaning match or affair etc). Although modern data suggests that the rate of ren'ai marriages to o-miai marriages is 70 to 30 percent, it seems to me nowadays that this clear cut distinction cannot possibly be made These two love potion formula match making hit parades intertwine with each other too much to tell a difference. In days of yore, I imagine only the fathers of the prospective lovers spoke at the honorable O-miai. Due to the natural humility of many Japanese maidens, the female might not even have raised her head or even dare geta a glance at her suitor or potential mate. Respectful, meek and humble, obediant to the wishes of the patriarchs who had arranged the blessed meeting. I suspect that although both the male and female prospects would of course be respectful enough to be obediant to the arrangement, I bet the male would be caught taking much time to inspect his bride.( Just conjecture, I am not sure I wasn't there but---) Although the freedoms and choice of those who marry in this pre-arranged fashion warrants a topic all to itself, going back centuries, bringing to mind the purposes behind many other similar pre-arranged marriages not too unlike that of Henry the VIII and Catherine of Aragon. In Pre-arranged marriages the loss of choice is overidden by the benefits inherent to the event, including becoming blood with another family. And in Japan modern o-miai are set up by people who think of it as an alternative to finding a good mate to marry. When you can't find anybody on your own then you can always arrange a good ol' o-miai. What is interesting in the Japanese O-miai is that it seems that Japanese women are peculiar in their insistence upon just the right mate. Compared to their male counterparts who seem more apt to take just any bride. Compared to Romeo and Juliet or Maria and her adventues in the West Side, O-miai kekkon trades the freedom of choice of who you will marry for a quick and decisive somtimes diplomatic, but always a future that is stable, happy, secure, endearing, acceptable, financially stable, that has the definite potential to turn into a long lasting friendship and even more exciting types of firy love relationship. Conclusions - Free choice is sometimes overated.

Japanese Ghetto Grammar #111, Iru and Aru, the twins of Existence

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:08:49 -0600

In Japanese, the verb aru is used to signify the existence of something, while the verb iru is used to signify the existence of someone. They shouldn’t be used interchangeably, even though their meanings are the same. You would do well to get acquainted with these two Japanese verbs, because they are used so frequently. Aru is for inanimate subjects or objects while iru, is for animate subjects or objects. Iru is used when speaking of the existence of living things but more particularly, people; Aru is used when speaking of the existence of things (inanimate objects, books, pens, lakes, trees. If it breathes use iru if not, use aru. Here is a summary and examples IRU (v. to be) - People, Animals ARU (v. to be) - Place, Things For example There is a book on the table. - Teburu no ue ni hon ga arimasu. I have a red car. - Akai kuruma ga arimasu. How many marbles do you have? - B-dama ikutsu arimasu ka? However, when dealing with live breathing creatures (Like animals and humans, even some insects like the kabutomushi) we use iru For example Is Mr. Tanaka Home - Tanakasan irrashaimasu ka orTanakasan imasu ka? Or just Tanakasan iru? To which one could reply, “Hai, orimasu.” “Yes, he is home.” I have 6 cats. – Neko roppiki ga imasu. 3. How many brothers do you have? - Kyo^dai nannin imasu ka? As always, Do your Best! Ganbatte Ne! Makurasuki Sensei. Suburban Gangsta Tutoring Service Git yo learnin` on...

All Men Are Created Equal

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:36:17 -0600

All Men Are Created Equal One of America's founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson(1743-1846)American statesman and third president of the United States (1801-1809) wrote these words in 1776, in The Declaration Of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

Japanese Demonstrative Pronouns

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:45:00 -0600

The demonstrative pronouns indicates nearness or a distance from the speaker. In Japanese a pattern emerges that shows us these same properties. D - questions K - near S - away A - Far Away

It's Your Prerogative - Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar 99

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:52:31 -0600

This lense will show you how to get someone to do something for you in Japanese. After you get the hang of the following grammar constructions, you can proceed to use any verb you may already know or any verb that you may learn from here on out. How do you do that? Simple, you can make your own sentences by inserting verbs into the grammar constructions. Be creative as best you can, even making the way you learn the verbs and constructions you put them into sound out-landish, extravagant or otherwise. The more bizarre you make the image of the meaning of words and the way you associate word terms and meanings together the more memorable will be their image and greater will be your vocabulary retention. Remember, it isn't always the total amount of words that make one fluent. It is on the founded only after mastery of the various grammar forms are handled as well as total amount of vocabulary held at the locutors disposal as well. My advice to any do-it your-self-er Japanes language learner will greatly benefit from practicing Japanese with sentences which the studier creates from scratch. Using in a sentance some grammatical construction featuring verbs which are well retained and at one's disposal. There are mainly three levels of politeness in Japanese. There is also any shade in between these levels which can be obtained and implied through the various endings each verb in a sentence can take. There are three distinct latitudes or heights (Or depths as some may see it) at which spoken Japanese can be vocalized and interpreted, all different yet all manifesting meaning. Politeness levels are in large part determined by the age difference between ocutors in a two way conversation. In Japanese, one would speak in more respectful ways to persons who are upwards of your age. It is natural to speek less formally to people who are in your same graduating class or to people younger than you. It is usually all right to speak in plain form to people your age or less unless it is people who you have just met or the boss of your company, grandparent or god-father. The shacho or boss of a company is always spoken to in the highest possible forms of polite forms of Japanese. In these constructions, aru is replaced by its specialized counterpart gozaru, so instead of arimasu(polite aru baseII masu) you would use gozaimasu. (Super polite form of aru.) On first meeting with someone in Japan, it would be rude to automatically assume that you were well acquainted with them or assumed that you knew him/her. When first meeting someone always assume that he or she is your great uncle who had died and left you his fortune. Don't automatically assume enough familiarity with them to speak to them in theplain form or lower levels of speech. Remember plain form is the type of language that is spoken to dogs, so how much respect does a human being deserve over a og. It is important to understand the distinctions made between the levels of politeness in speech. Plain form just isn't polite, try to avoid it by always keeping your mouth clean and out of trouble. If you are a gaijin, your mouth and manners are already out of thwack with the customs and traditional courtesies of the Japanese nation. When in Rome we do as the Romans do and when in Japan our feet can't stink. In order to avoid sounding like a beast with no manners, try always speaking in Japanaese at higher more respectful levels. There are two levels of speech and 2 conditions of the verbs future, - future, past , past -. plain form. One above that level and another beneath. In all three levels. We can make sentences that are crystal clear and come out in our speech imbued with beautiful hues and hints of wonderful meanings making our Japanese not different from a samurai overlord. In the present tense, plain form verbs always end in one of five vowels, a, i u e, or, o which corresponding to the five bases (I,II,III,IV,V) of a verb. The polite form of a verb is made up of a verb in base II or the i line of the syllabayry and by adding ~masu. The ~masu ending is always adequately polite. Speaking in plain form or leaving the verb in dictionary form or base (III) is less polite and could be construed as very rude speech. (*In my Ghetto Grammar lesson plain form is denoted P.F.)Polite form is also categorized in degrees or levels of politeness. In Japanese there are 4 basic states or tenses a verb can take. There are 2 present tense verb forms that are polite and 2 in the past tense, each tense having its' affirmative or side and, or its' negative , {future/present or - } and {past or -}. In Japanese, the latter part of the verb is where the conjugations occur, at the tail of a verb, not the stem. There are many endings which can be constructed. Each ending can change the meaning of the Japanese words ever so subtley, yet significantly. In other words, there are many levels of politeness possible even using the same word(s). When you want to get someone to do something for you, you'll have to consider how polite you want to sound. You won't get very far in getting your boss to give you a raise by speaking to him in less polite language which usual equates to what we call the plain form Japanese. Not being careful of your politeness level can really get you into trouble. With the boss example it could give him more reason to dislike you or even fire you for insubordination. Sometimes speaking in the plain form Japanese can be dangerous, making you sound even barbaric at times, childish at others, straight out rude at times, piggish, bossy, arrogant to name a few of the ways you jeopardize your potential to speaking fluid, beatifully perfect Japanese speaking. Be mindful that respect to others is shown through the Japanese langauge via the levels of speech: Politeness levels in the Japanese Language - From low to high: 1. Base speech(rude, raunchy and raw Japanese, spoken to lesser creatures, animals, underlings, fledglings and disciples. 2 . Plain form or basically neutral status speaking Japanese, or the humble and exalted levels of speech. Humble and exalted levels of speech considered from the same tree and is globally known as 3. Honorifics In getting a commitment out of someone you would use the verb itadauku with a verb in base TE to get a yes or no answer. However, if your demands weren't that life threatening, or is not in need of immediate attention, then there are 3 other choices of verb to use when you want somebody to do something for you. The verbs involved in getting someone to do an action for you are these: morau - (to get, be given, receive), kureru - (to receive from) and kudasaru ( to be so kind as to receive from )with the masu ending being the highest. * Itadaku means literally to humbly partake of something or someone doing something for you that equates to a will you…? type sentence in English. Here are the constructions for "Will you verb?" in Japanese. Verb (base TE) morau - Do you think you could verb for me? Verb (base TE) yaru - I will verb for you. (This is least polite and only said amongst the closest of friends, more of a male oriented word). Verb (base TE) kureru - Would you verb for me? (Either because I physically or otherwise can’t do it myself or simply because you are kind or respected by me). Verb (base TE) ageru - I’ll verb for you. Verb (base TE) kudasaru - Will you kindly verb for me? *Kudasaru is one of the first words you usaully learn in Japanese and it is shown by the kanji for the word meaning below, underneath, under, or down. The meaning is opposite to that of the word Ue (Up, on top, above etc.) This is where the construction for -please verb- or verb (base TE) kudasai comes from. Verb (base TE) itadaku (The commitment word evoking only a yes or no answer). Equivalent to "Will you verb?" in English. Ex. 1 Will you quit smoking. Tabako o suu koto o yamete itadakimasu ka? Ex. 2. Can I get you to turn the light off for me? Denki o keshite moraimasu ka? Or Ex. 3 Could you turn the light off for me? Denki o keshite kuremasu ka? Ex. 4 Will you kindly lend me $1000 dollars Grandmother? Obaachan… ano 1 sen doru o kashite kudasaimasu ka? Ex. 5 Could you tell me your phone number? a. Denwa bango o oshiete kudasaimasu ka? b. Denwa bango o oshiete kuremasu ka? c. Denwa bango o oshiete itadakimasu ka? Will you tell me your phone number? Yes or no? This is ultimately polite yet evokes only two answers, yes or no. Ex. 6 Shall I open it for you? Akete yarou ka? (Less polite form) Ex. 7 Shall I read it for you? Yonde agemashou ka? (more formal form) Ex. 8 Lets get him to pay for us. Haratte moraimashou. Ex. 9 I wanted him to draw a picture for us. E o kaite moraitakatta n’ desu. Ex. 10 I am going to need you to come in on Sunday. Nichiyoubi nimo kaisha ni kite moraitakatta no desu? Thats the end of this lense but as always I wish you the best in your endeavors towards better Japanese and Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei. Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Counting in Japanese - Part Deux

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:29:11 -0600

Ok. Now that you can count to 10 in Japanese, it is not a good time to start lounging around leisurely praising yourself for being able to do such a thing! Its fantastic that you can count and you should feel proud of yourself, pat yourself on the back and lets get moving. Precept by Precept, line by line, towards better Japanese. Let's get going! There is much more to learn, and the numbers we'll use as a foundation, a well-spring from which to grow and progress. From here many have started more successful tours on their journeys towards better Japanese. Ok!. So you can count to 10... do it again!. Lets move on! There are plenty of ways to use our new ability and many more useful things we are now able to learn from this knowledge. First things first. Let's make sure we have the numbers down, I mean know them real good. So...let's review shall we? 1 - ichi 2 - ni (as in your knee, the one between your calf and your thigh) 3 - san (more like the sam of samba than the sun of sun, think drop the jaw and say ah and close it with an n.) 4 - yon, shi ( like saying, "Hey Yo! Wassup? and closing into an n and also the other way of saying 4 sounds like, "She said what.!? 5 - go - Just like it looks 6 - roku - (Now if you misprounounce this on,e you will be thought to have said doku or the word for poison. Make this one sound a little more on the L side of the D between the R of Japanese if you can understand what I mean). 7 - shichi, nana (almost as in pee-chee but she-chee or banana all long drop your jaw high upper palate good choir mouth alelujiah's ah so it's nah-nah) 8 - hachi - Do you remember the game Tekken's Heihachi Mishima? Well, hachi sounds like the sound you make when you are almost sneezing 9 - kyu, ku (The word for suddenly in Japanese is kyu^ with a long u but the shorter cucumber's cue ball sounds like its que'd up ready to rock and roll baby!) 10 ju, to (The Jewish people turn 10 years of age at some point in their lives. Why not capitalize on that fact and tell yourself, ok this is how I'll remember the word 10 in Japanese so I'll never forget. By using the statemnent and repeating it to yourself. Jewish people or even a Jew turns 10 years old or jusai.(see the age counters page) O.K. now on to a little history of the situation. Since the Japanese weren't heavily nfluenced by the Holy Roman Empire, the turks or even the Greeks, their calendars, ways of counting things like that came out a little different from their western counterparts. Instead of having a name for each of the months like we do in English, the Japanese simply number the months 1 - 12 ,and add the kanji for moon, in this case gatsu, after the number. So for January you get ichigatsu. February you get nigatsu. The following are the months of the year in Japanese. January - Ichigatsu (ichi gatsu) February - Nigatsu (ni gatsu) March - Sangatsu (san gatsu) April - Shigatsu (shi gatsu, never yongatsu) May - Gogatsu (go gatsu) June - Rokugatsu (roku gatsu) July - Shichigatsu (shichi gatsu) August - Hachigatsu (hachi gatsu) September - Kugatsu (ku gatsu) October - Jugatsu (ju gatsu) November - Juichigatsu (ju ichi gatsu) December - Junigatsu (ju ni gatsu) ...and there you have it... instant plug and play Japanese wordage for you to enjoy. Now go out there and use it on somebody! Ganbatte ne! Do you Best! Makurasuki sensei. If you missed part I or would now like to be taken to part trois of the Count in Japanese© series by Makurasuki Sensei, then click either http://squidoo.com/ichinisan or http://squidoo.com/japanese123456 (part trois)

Basic Japanese Grammar - Base TE Miru - Let's Have a Look See

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:06:40 -0600

Today's Japanese grammar lesson uses the verb miru in its construction. Instructions: 1. Plug in a Japanese verb into the construction 2. Play around with sentences that you can make

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 50

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:20:25 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #50 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Study, Ponder Rinse, Get Quizzed, Repeat Now Blast! 1. negau - to plead, to beg, to ask 2. hakugai suru - to persecute 3. tatami - straw mat (flooring) 4. senpu^ki - fan 5. sentakuki or sentakki -washing machine 6. neji - screw 7. neji doraiba - screw driver 8. sakka - composer (literature etc.) 9. sakkyokka - composer of music 10. senshi - athlete, sports player 11. kugi - nail 12. kushi - comb 13. zabuton - seating pillow 14. makura - pillow 15. futon* - foldaway bed As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei *To see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 49 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 51

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 37

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:12:01 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster # 37 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. kasu - to lend 2. kariru - to borrow 3. wasureru - to forget 4. kiroku - records, written documents 5. baito - part time job 6. henshin suru - to transform, change looks, reappear 7. wake - reason, excuse 8. jishin - one's self 9. jibun - one's own 10. shu^kyo^ - religion 11. anata jishin - yourself 12. renshu^ suru - to practice 13. hiraku - to open ( a meeting etc.) 14. iwau - to celebrate 15. hima o tsubusu* - to waste time As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei To see the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 36 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 38

Why Practice?

Thu, 29 May 2008 18:54:21 -0600

WHY? WHY? WHY? HUNH?

Japanese Plug And Play Ghetto Grammar - To seem about to verb JPPGG #83

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:54:36 -0600

To say that someone seems about to verb in Japanese, use the following construction: Verb(base II) So^ desu This one is an easily constructed grammar principle. First we take any verb we like and put it into base II. Hanasu - to speak - Hanasu(base II) = hanashi Ochiru - to fall - Ochiru(base II) = ochi Naku - to cry Naku(base II) = naki add So^ desu to the base II of Japanese verbs will make the verb take on the nuance of things which are about to take place or that look like they are going to do it soon, ie. seems about to verb. hanashi so^ desu hanashiso^ desu - It seems he is about to speak ochi so^ desu ochiso^ desu - looks like they are about to fall down For iru and eru ending verbs simply drop off the last syllable ru and and your So^ desu. For all other forms put into i ending.

Playing With Japanese Nouns - Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar #112

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:12:40 -0600

In this plug and play we will be using nouns as opposed to our use of verbs as is usually done in JPPGG or the Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar. Enjoy

Mexican Masks

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:21:59 -0600

Anthropology is a fascinating study of the culure of Mankind. Mexican masks shows a cultural aspect of life that is too soon to be forgotten.

Kotowaza 2

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:07:29 -0600

To say, "To kill 2 birds with one stone" in Japanese, use the phrase Isseki Nicho Continue reading below for some interesting facts about using kotowaza.

Japanese Plug and Play Grammar Lesson 99

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:03:48 -0600

Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar #99 JPPGG #99 Three Ways of Saying "After Verb'ing" in Japanese. There are 3 easy ways to say to "after verb'ing" in Japanese 1. verb (base TE) KARA 2. verb (base TA) ATO DE 3. verb (base TA) NOCHI NI By themselves KARA, ATO DE, NOCHI NI all mean, after similar equivalent expressions for the English terms following or later. To say that you will do something after doing something else in Japanese, use the following grammar constructions: 1. Verb (Base TE) KARA - after verb'ing Take verbs and put them into base TE. Verbs ending in KU become ITE - ITE Verbs ending in GU become IDE - IDE Verbs ending in U, TSU, or RU - TTE Verbs ending in BU, MU or NU - NDE The verb suru or su ending syllables is always SHITE Then add KARA (after) HANASU (v. to speak)- HANASHITE CHOTTO HANASHITE KARA IKIMASHO^ - Let's go after we talk a little. YOMU (v. to speak)- YONDE HON O YONDE KARA NERU TO OMOIMASU. I think I'll sleep after reading a book. TABERU (v. to eat) - TABETE TABETE KARA SHUKUDAI O SURU. - After I eat, I'm going to do homework. UNDO WO SHITE KARA SHAWA O SURU KOTO GA SUKI DESU. I like to take a shower after I do my exercise. 2. verb (base TA) ATO DE - after verb'ing Take verbs and put them into base TA NOMU (v. to drink) - NONDA NOMU (base TA) - NONDA Verb ending in either BU, MU or NU ta - nda NOMU in base TA is NONDA SAKE O NONDA ATO DE NEMUKUNATTA - I got sleepy after drinking some* sake. *NOCHI NI = ATO DE, NOCHI DE 3. verb ( base TA) NOCHI NI - after verb'ing SAKE O NONDA NOCHI NI IE NI KAETTA - I went home after drinking some sake. SAKE O NONDA NOCHI NI INU O SAMPO SHI NI ITTA - (After I drank some sake I took the dog for a walk.) As you can see from these examples, there are two sides with two verbs comprising this construction. (Predicates and the like.) Verb 1 in base TE KARA and Verb 2 Verb 2 can be past, present, negative or positive, but Verb 1 must be in base TE. As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei

Japanese Language Survival

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:18:43 -0600

If you are planning a trip to Japan or have the need to speak in Japanese now but don't have the time to look up a word or can't seem to get your message across, then try circumlocuting in Japanese. Its all explained right here! How to get around one's inability to speak in the target language by using circumlocution. I have read in linguistic books, grammar books, books on languages etc. that this thing called circumlocution is a bad thing. I want to share with you the way I have used it with good success in getting across the meaning of what it is I was trying to say in Japanese without knowing the precise words at the time. Circumlocution is defined as ,"A roundabout, indirect, or lengthy way of expressing something; periphrasis." The reason why some grammar textbooks shun the use of circumlocution is because they always want you to express something in as little amount of words as possible. A term paper you might write at school will not be graded as highly if it is too wordy. I can agree with that reasoning, but when it comes to speaking in another language, I believe it doesn't matter how lengthy or wordy your expressions, as long as in the end you can get the meaning across. I will show you how to use this circumlocution in Japanese. How To Use Word Association To Master Japanese A good goal when learning another language is to try to remember words so that you won’t ever forget them. That is a lofty goal. You make absurd associations that are meaningful to you and in this way by making absurd associations between something that reminds you of the meaning of the word in Japanese but sounds like that in English. The more absurd the associations, the less likely you are to forget them, unless you forget the association related to the words you are memorizing. For example tanjo^bi = birthday, anchovies have birthdays too or tan Jo be chilling cuz its her birthday yo wassup! Mentally picture a tan person named Jo talking ghetto cuz she be this and be that! You know what I’m saying. Get down and ghetto you can speak Japanese fluently only if you try. So this tan girl or guy named Jo be hunh? She be what? Who cares! As long as you can relate meaning to sound in a way that helps you remember the word until you reach the plateau of usefulness. Once a word that is new to you in another language is used, from the very first time to the 50th time, you get better with each use of the word. Another good method I have found that when you are practicing your conversation skills, replace during the day any word that you would want and set aside 2 hours where you speak only in the target language at all costs. No matter what you can always get your meaning across. If you can’t practice this way and act normally in this type of situation then you won’t be able to last long in the land of the rising sun. So how do you do it? Simple! Let’s say you learned the word for paper that day, or you learned the phrase ha o migaku, to brush your teeth. Do you tell your mom or your roommates or whoever you live with that you are going to brush your teeth? NO! You say to them in Japanese and to all who will listen and put up with your intense desire to speak fluently the Japanese language, IIE HA O MIGAKIMASU or something to that effect. Japanese Word Association Examples SURU – Suru was the guy who would take over the ship in Star Trek if Captain Kirk couldn’t be there, and he was a busy guy. Suru was the guy who always was doing something. Make an association between the verb to do, and the guy named Suru on Star Trek. You’ll never forget words if they are associated in a meaningful way to you. SURU in Japanese is the verb to do. NEKO – imagine Cleopatra with a long neck and her long neck cat called necko etc. MIMI – the little girl whose ears were so cute you would always grab her by the ears O-mimi with the honorific prefix means the honorable ears, the ones affixed to your head. DENKI – the electric light is so very tiny & dinky in Japan image etc. Tofu can fly = TOBU means to fly, jump etc. MUHO^SHU^ moo + hoe +shoe = free service Young children often KURAI in the dark, I mean cry in the dark! To sneeze is easy, in Japanese it sounds more like what we actually do than the English word to sneeze. In Japanese to sneeze is KURAKUSHON SURU. One of the first Japanese I learned was the Don’t touch my mustache or Do Itashimashite Now don’t go overboard with the associations. There must be a point at which you can enter back into real study mode to pull out the real words and not just what they sound like. As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei

I Couldn't Help but . . . JPPGG#89

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:40:30 -0600

Japanese - Easier Than You Might Think

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:45:09 -0600

Why the learning of the Japanese language has been unfairly labeled as a difficult language, I'll never know. I feel that if you want to learn a language, you should reap the benefits of learning a language. I recommend for you to try the Japanese language. There are plenty of reasons why?, ... but let me first tell you a few of the reasons why?... I think, Japanese, is in fact, one of the easier languages of the world to learn. Because there are only four verb tenses (usually) to a Japanese verb, learning by grammar facilitates sentence formation of the language learner. A Japanese has fewer forms in which a verb can take compare to that of English which has multitude irregularities in forming the verbs. Another reason Japanese may be easier to learn than other languages - There are many words that are common to both. Exactly the same spelling, pronounciation and meaning. It only takes a little bit of time before one can start getting use to Japanese pronunciation, but when when your mouth gets a handle on it, then a plethora of vocabulary words are at your command. In Japanese, foreign words are heavily borrowed. I would venture to say, if you want to speak to a Japanese person, all you have to do: Say what you want in English but with a Japanese accent or pronunciation, and your communication is is more likely to be understood. New words or words that are borrowed from other countries (gairaigo) are numerous and continiue to grow in number. Let me give you a few examples: Spoon - supun Fork - fouku Ball - bouru Door - doa Curtain - kaaten Card - kaado Toaster - tosuta Juice - juusu These are just typical everyday words, but the list goes on and on. The Japanese language is a fascinating language to learn. They use different letters and script for writing their words. Their system for writing words and communicating through ideographs is very old. The kanji (symbols-ideographs-ideas represented by pictures or even pictographs) has been used in Japan for quite a long time. is a very ancient tradition and the language has evolved Let me tell you something: You can do anything you put your mind to! Now having said that, I would like to give a couple of reasons why I feel that Japanese is in fact an easier language to learn than English. The symbol shown above is the Kanji, or Chinese character, which represents the word ai, or love in Japanese. Start today to recognize parts of the kanji as you would a constellation. The ai kanji itself is made up of various components (the heart kanji among other ones) that will become easier to recognize the more times you see it. Who said a little drill and kill will hurt you? There are a lot of reasons why people might think that the Japanese language is a hard language to learn. People seem to think that learning Japanese is too big a task. A mountain can be moved with a little persistence and some good goals, so get to setting them up!

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 46

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:51:19 -0600

Here are your next 15 Japanese words to add to your inventory. 1. terekusai - bashful;shy 2. nezumi iro - gray; mouse color 3. hai iro - grey; ash color 4. kigen zen 100 nen - B.C. 100 5. kigen go 1 nen - 1 A.D. 6. hyakunenbashi - 100 years bridge 7. kanzei - custom; tariff 8. jizen - in advance; beforehand 9. taisei - an organization; a system 10. shu^kan - a custom; a habit; a practice 11. iuta to^ri - like I said, didn't I say so? 12. nakanaka - quite;rather;pretty;quite 13. naisho - a secret 14. naisho ni suru - to keep a matter private 15. jutaku - a house; a dwelling to go to the previous list of 15 Japanese vocabulary words, go here http://squidoo.com/japanesevocabulary45 or to go on to the next set of 15 Japanese vocabulary words, go here http://squidoo.com/japanesevocabulary47

Bakari - The other Japanese Rum

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:14:23 -0600

"BAKARI", by itself, means, just, or only. If we were to say, "Japanese Grammar bakari",we'd be saying, "Only Japanese grammar...?..., that's all, just Japanese Grammar? nothing else? If a noun is followed by the word bakari you can usually translate it as meaning "only noun". Examples of Noun bakari or only noun 1. Net* ,BAKARI - Nothing but net 2. AISU KURIMU BAKARI - Nothing but Ice Cream When a verb is put into it's base TA past tense form you can construct sentences that mean you just verbed. Use the following construction to say that you just verb-ed. Verb (base TA) BAKARI = I just verb-ed Verb (base TA) bakari desu - to have just 'verb-ed' with the polite ending desu. First, try putting some Japanese verbs into base TA for preliminary practice for the construction iku (v. to go)--> itta (went) dasu (v. to send)--> dashita (sent) suru (v. to do) --> shita (did) kuru ( v. to come)--> kita (came) umu (v. to give birth) --> unda (gave birth) deru (v. to leave)--> detta (left) tatsu (v. to stand) --> tatta (stood) abiru (v. to bask, be flooded with)--> abita suwaru (v. to sit)--> suwatta (sat) umareru ( to be born)--> umareta (was born) etc. Finish your constructions by adding the polite sentence ending desu to bakari (just). Verb (base TA) bakari desu - to just verb ex.1 suwatta bakari desu. I just sat down. ex.2 deta bakari da! He just left. (not as polite) ex.3. umareta bakari desu. As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki *I have intermixed English and Japanese here above. Please note that net in Japanese is Netto and Japanese Grammar would be nihongo no bunpo.

TV on PC - How to watch TV on your PC for free

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:44:59 -0600

Is it possible to watch Television on a computer without paying the high prices for cable or satellite TV? Is it possible to watch television programs on the computer like you do on cable TV? Can you really watch TV on your PC? Explore the options for watching TV on PC. Watch the shows you want right now, on your computer screen. Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 45

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:37:36 -0600

1. mondai - problem 2. chie - wisdom 3. bokushi - preacher, minister 4. hiniku - sarcasm 5. tan'i - (a)college credit 6. gizensha - hypocrite 7. kasestsu - hypothesis 8. shinwa - myth, mythology 9. machigai- mistake 10. nado - etc. 11. kotoba - word(s)* (see 1 pt. advice below) 12. language - gengo 13. yakusuru, yaku o suru - translate 14. tsu^yaku suru - to translate spoken word 15. honyaku suru - to translate (books, etc) To see the previous 15 Japanese words go here Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 44 To see the next set of 15 go here Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 46

Immediate Anxiety Relief

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:25:43 -0600

If you need immediate Anxiety Relief please see the links below for help with panic attacks. To begin watch the following video

Samurai

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:29:08 -0600

Feudal Warlords of Japan. The great Samurai Warrior was a member of a military class in ancient Japan. They exerted influence through BUSHIDO, a code which demanded feudal loyalty and placed honor above life.

Real Easy Japanese - How to Keep it Simple

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:12:38 -0600

Kantan the Japanese adjective which by itself means easy or simple and the shiyasui simpletons. (Or things which are easy to do simple-folk). In Japanese if you want to express that something is easy to do, use the following contsruction. Verb (Base II) yasui. Easy to do - suru in base II = shi, shi yasui = shiyasui Easy to say -iu in base II = ii, ii yasui = iiyasui. Easy to read - yomu (to read) in base II = yomi, yomi yasui = yomiyasui. Easy to overcome - kokufuku suru (to overcome) *same as the above case with suru, or any verb that includes suru and that is a lot of verbs. Easy to win - katsu (to win) in base II = kachi, kachi yasui = kachiyasui Easy to drink - nomu (to drink) in base II = nomi, nomi yasui = nomiyasui

How to say, I'm Deaf! in Japanese

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:33:16 -0600

Chat Acronyms You Can't Stand

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:47:39 -0600

These abbreviated words really pack a wallop! The following are some of the most common but useful acronyms for all your online chatting needs. Use acronyms in your chat to flaunt the flair! Instead of typing the whole enchilada just use the acronym nChiLaDa. As a matter of fact you basically are given free reign to create any new shortcut type or abbreviation you can imagine. A bonus that comes from using chat acronyms is that if your friends understand your abbreviated type then you can write in secret and nobody shall know your intended message or it's meaning. That's cool! Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 53

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:15:21 -0600

Here is your next list of Japanese words to help you out on your quest for fluency. 1. seki - cough 2. seki - seat 3. sunao - meek, obediant 4. men - an aspect, phase 5. men - cotton 6. hagaki - postcard 7. ko^kateki - effective 8. sho^rai - future 9. nmirai - future 10. oku^jo - roof (flat) 11. yane - roof (with tiles) 12. sarainen - 2 years from now 13. saraigetsu - 2 months from now 14. sugata - form, shape, figure 15. katachi - form, shape, figure To see the last 15 words at blaster 52 go here Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 52 To see the next 15 words at blaster 53 go here Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 54

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 52

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:40:35 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 52 1. chikamichi - short cut 2. katamichi - one way 3. kamisori - razor 4. ensho^ o okosu - to swell up 5. shiwa - wrinkle 6. shu^jutsu - an operation 7. ho^tai - bandage 8. nenza suru - to sprain 9. kizu - a wound 10. kyu^kyu^sha - an ambulence 11. shinsatsu - medical exam 12. ho^ken - insurance 13. shinzo^ - heart 14. tsume - fingernail 15. ninmei suru - to appoint, nominate To see the blaster 51 go here Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 51 To see the blaster 53 go here Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 53

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 44

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:32:59 -0600

Here are 15 more words to add to your Japanese language arsenal. 15 words every 2 days. 1. kanpai - cheers 2. kawase - a money order; a bill of exchange 3. shu^shoku - find employment;find work 4. tamashii - a soul; a spirit 5. nami no - ordinary; common quality; average 6. no^zei suru - pay taxes 7. hansei - reflection 8. haruka - far;far away(off) 9. fukin - the neighborhood 10. koshi - waist 11. jugyo^ - a class; school work; a lesson 12. jo^ho^ - information 13. shinrui - a relative 14. jinrui - the human race 15. oshimu - be stingy of To see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 43 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 45

Japanese Grammar lesson on how to say "You shouldn't have done it!" in Japanese.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:49:51 -0600

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UT2004

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:16:10 -0600

That game is UT2004 or Unreal Tournament 2004. Where else can you still use a blizzard blaster to blow away some enemies after partaking of the weapons locker. The weapons on UT2004 are by now the standard. If not one will follow the other. Not in the slightest. This game makes use of rocket launchers, gravity bombs, flared cannon fodder, above and beyond lies the avril which can home into things like tanks named Goliath which can run over all those smaller vehicle types by now standard. UT2004 is a great game!

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 49

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:58:16 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #49 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Study, Ponder Rinse, Get Quizzed, Repeat Now Blast! 1. kobosu - to spill 2. sosogu - to pour 3. yaku - to bake, toast, roast 4. taku - to cook rice 5. so^jiki - a vacuum cleaner 6. shiboru - to wring, squeeze 7. kyo^mi - an interest, things we are "in" to 8. gaijin - foreigner 9. doitsugo - the German language 10. furansugo - the French language 11. eigo - the English language 12. porutogarugo - the Portuguese langauge 13. supeingo - The Spanish language 14. chikyu^ - the Earth 15. o-tsuki, or just tsuki - the Moon As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei *To see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 48 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 50

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 40

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:45:53 -0600

If you have memorized all 15 words in all 40 lists, you would now be boasting a 40 X 15 word vocabulary. So how many words are there? Let's see, 40 X 15 = 600 words. Omedeto^ Gozaimasu!Below are your next 15 Japanese words, don't stop memorizing your tango now! 1. ondokei - thermometer 2. senpu^ki - a fan 3. tottemo - very, a lot, much 4. tomaru - to stop 5. ningyo^ - doll(s)* see pic below 6. hakata ningyo* - hakata dolls 7. kosoku do^ro^ - highspeed freeway 8. yaburu - to rip, to tear 9. yopparau - to get drunk, to be drunk 10. tomei - clear, see through 11. tori - bird 12. hachidori - hummingbird 13. tanomu - to ask a favor 14. tatakau - to fight (a battle) 15. kenka suru - to quarrel, to have argument --------------------------------------------------- To review the previous set of 15 words click Japanese Vocabulary 39 If you have these 15 memorized, and in the bag, proceed to Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 41

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 36

Thu, 21 May 2009 15:31:44 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #36 Eat, drink and sleep your vocabulary to death Rinse and Repeat The Promised 15 1. ichirui - 1st base 2. nirui - 2nd base 3. sanrui - 3rd base 4. honrui - home base 5. yakkyu^ - baseball 6. sakkyoku suru - to compose 7. akubi o suru - to yawn 8. nonbiri - quiet, easy, carefree 9. ninki - popularity 10. ninki ga aru - to be popular 11. abara - ribs 12. haji o shire - shame on you 13. tsuno - horn, antlers 14. kyo^kasho^ - textbook 15. kakujitsu - certainty, reliability To see the previous 15 see Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 35 To go on to the next set of 15 see Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 37 As always, Do Your Best! Ganbatte Ne! Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Inflatables:Creating Inflatable Ways To Say We Are Open

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:28:39 -0600

Publicity Stunt Sets Record Sales. Leaves lasting impressions. Free Publicity in every medium. (For Bosses Only) Good publicity is never bad but with fierce competition promoting your product can get expensive. How to stand out the most from the crowd is not difficult. Not at SPOTADS a Southern California promotions firm. This inflatable bra served its purpose as an advertisement medium in more ways than just one, and surprised even seasoned marketing analysts. This bra looked so real, people who observed said "We had to touch it! A certain to remain annonymous Bra manufacturer enlisted Spotads to produce a giant replica of their newest entry in a billion dollar female garment industry. The solution took only a couple weeks to make, but the results still keeping them in the front of the rivals. Draped accross two blocks and dozens of apartments, Like a well planned and fully executed David Copperfield magic trick, the bra featured in the above picture simply appeared one morning during the normal commute. By 10 a.m., all the radio and television stations were carrying the mystery live. With the help of helicopters, the national stations picked up the story and by days 1/2 the nation had heard rumors of the missing twins. What was this exposure all about? The mystery was solved the next day. Opening sales exceeded the projected numbers more than eight times. Thinking to myself that ...this type of advertising is better than a full minute slot, godaddy eat your heart out, spot at the half-time show during the Superbowl. And not only was it seen by a lot of folks thereby getting the ad out to the masses, IT WAS FREE!... There is no way to put a price on good exposure, but with exposure like this, who could forget. Without spending a dime on media advertising the sales for the release exceeded projected sales. The gentlemen and ladies that were integral to the Spotads inc. think tank grouped together and came up with a publicity stunt that was, Better than the Super bowl. Our designers simply took the pattern from the bra and enlarged it to over 300x its original normal size. The results were anything but flat...sales that is. Picking a random out of the way place, Draped over three blocks and over four story buildings, this bra hit the neighborhood , city official, emergency crews, the team went out in the morning and planted it in a discreet part of town, and industrial pat leaving city officials dumbfounded. They were perplexed as to what to do with the gigantic bra. Both sexes wanted to know the magic question, “Were they real?" What we set in motion had become headline news on every local television station by 6 P.M. Each major newspapers supporting this region featured front page coverage. The bra left everybody wondering...? The networks picked up the story, and before we knew it, without spending a dime, 800,000 households had viewed our bra. Eventually the proud owners came forth and took ownership. Sales for the release exceeded projected sales by 300 percent. Spotads specialize in product branding captivating the audience with humor, capturing the attention of the bizarre unorthodox method makes its own with the new tit. Even the unwilling couldn't resist finding out about the object. Ironically, curiosity got the best of both men and women who saw the bra. All who came to get a better and closer look. Everybody wanted to find out by copping a feel whether they were fake or whether they were real! Executive Openings! $80,000 to $500,000+

We love The Empire Strikes Back

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:40:45 -0600

I wanted to go to tashi station with my friends and get some power converters but no . . . after freezing my butt off and almost becoming Bantha fodder on the Icy Planet Hoth, I am off to the Dagobah system to meet the Jedi Master Yoda. THE DAGOBAH SYSTEM > > > ? Got some taquitos?

Squidoo Modules 4 U Module Usage and Compilation Abbridgement

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:41:10 -0600

Gobs of modules, low and high modules, left and right, midsection modules, modules that can go up to 11, nagahyde modules. And we are here to give them the test so hang on baby@!

Dom Delights of Domain Name Dominion?

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:32:55 -0600

What are the best Domain Names ever? Because it is possible to make a hell of a lot of money choosing a domain name isn't childs play. The choosing of a domain name is f

The Best Candice Ever! - Candy - The Best Candice Ever

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:53:23 -0600

Candice is the best because she is nice and friendly, and very positive generally.

Wish Making in Japanese

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:21:29 -0600

When you wish upon a star, do you get what you want? This lens will show you how to form Japanese expressions that indicate what you wish. Learn the grammar construction below to make your own wonderfully unique sentences and then test them out on all your Japanese friends. Ganbatte ne!

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 43

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:41:14 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #43 15 Japanese words memorized every 2 days. Learn the language, memorize the vocabulary, quiet study, get quizzed, rinse, repeat and GO! 1. nerau - to target, to set your sights on 2. oka - hill 3. yama - mountain 4. saki ni - first, ahead of 5. ~saki - peninsula 6. shiharau - to pay a fee 7. suteru - to throw away 8. shu^chu^ suru - to concentrate 9. kobamu - to reject 10. morau - to receive, to get 11. kawaru - to change 12. atto^ suru - to overwhelm 13. kakusu - to hide 14. ni niru - to resemble 15. tateru - to build, to set a goal As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei To see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 42 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 44

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 47

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:40:50 -0600

Here are your next 15 or a review from the forward lessons or vice versa. 15 words every 2 days. 1. kinri - interest rate 2. kokkai - the national diet 3. kotae - an answer 4. tama - a ball;a bowl 5. tokeru - to loosen 6. naikaku - a cabinet; a ministry 7. dorobo^ - a robber 8. zairoy^ - materials 9. saiwai - happiness 10. saimu - debt; liabilities 11. sakan ni - heartily 12. kyu^jo - a rescue; relief; aid 13. kinzokusei no - metallic 14. kinkyu^ - urgent; pressing 15. nen - an idea; a sense; a feeling As always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki To see the next set Japanese Vocabulary Blasters, see Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 46 or go on to your next set of Blasters here at Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 48

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 42

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:34:57 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 42 15 Words every 2 days. Learn, Memorize, Study, Get quizzed, GO! 1. daisuki - favorite 2. sensei - teacher 3. narau - to learn 4. oshieru* - to teach, to tell (phone number) 5. kantan - easy, simple 6. raku -relaxed, easy 7. oboeru - to remember, to learn 8. kekkyoku - in other words, in summation 9. toriaezu - for the time being, or just for now 10. kichigai - crazy madman, a nut 11. neko - cat 12. nezumi iro - gray, or mouse color 13. hai - lung 14. hai - smoke, ash 15. hai iro - grey, or smoke color As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei To see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 41 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 43

After you did what. . . ? Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar 109

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:39:29 -0600

There are actually 3 ways to say after verb'ing in Japanese. The explanation follows below good luck, and don't forget to take use the vocabulary found on the Japanese vocabulary index page and plug them into the Grammar Constructions, and don't forget, you can use the word to pass gas when nobody is listening and you can laugh about making such funny sentences. For example, JPPGG #109 makes use of the construction for after verbing, so you could make a sentance like the following, After I cut the cheese, my Dad said there must be a frog in the house. Onara o shite kara, uchi no chichi ga ie niwa kaeru ga iru hazu da to iita!

Don't you think you ought to . . . ? Japanese Grammar Plug and Play Lesson 103

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:19:34 -0600

If you want to start communicating in Japanese quickly, JPPGG or Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar is the quickest way to be able to start speaking right away. This isn't a language course you can use to read or write in Japanese, this is strictly for those who want to begin speaking in Japanese quickly. You can use the Japanese Vocabulary Blasters in conjuction with the JPPGG to start speaking in Japanese faster than you ever thought possible. Instructions: Memorize vocabulary, especially verbs, learn how to put the verbs into bases then simply plug and play. BAM! The Japanese vocabulary blasters are here at Japanese Vocabulary Blasters

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 39

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:28:46 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #39 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. ibiki o kaku* - to snore 2. sashimi - fresh raw fish/ no rice / small slabs of jewel like raw fish 3. daigaku - college 4. daigakusei - college student 5. chu^i suru - pay attention to; to take care ; to be careful 6. chu^goku - China 7. jido^sha - an automobile 8. somatsu na - course (food); humble; crude; poor (clothes) 9. tamashii - spirit; a soul 10. do^ji ni - occurring at the same time; simultaneous 11. eru - to obtain 12. mokuteki - purpose 13. moji do^ri - literally 14. boshu - collection; subscription 15. hoken - insurance As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 38 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 40 Rocket Japanese

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 38

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:16:21 -0600

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #38 15 Words every 2 days. Learn, Memorize, Study, Get quizzed, GO! Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com 1. abunai - dangerous 2. dame - no good 3. jama - bothersome, a bugaloo 4. ganbaru - to do your best 5. mendoukusai - troublesome, tedious 6. butai - the stage 7. kaki - persimmon 8. kiken - extremely dangerous 9. kuchibeni - lipstick 10. zettai - for sure 11. awabi - shell fish 12. momo - peach 13. momo - thighs 14. *chigau yo! - Nope! I beg to differ! 15. sakusen - strategy As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 37 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 39 Advanced People Locate Search - Find Anyone! Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com --------------------------------------------

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 99

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:41:18 -0600

Eat these with milk...

How to cure a headache

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:57:18 -0600

When you are in pain, you want relief fast. Headache relief in the form of OTC drugs, headache medicins are unnecessary. This natural headache cure needs only one ingredient to be effective in treating your headaches. Below is the recipe for a natural headache remedy that is so simple it will knock your socks off! And although it is a simple cure for headaches most people overlook this type of remedy when seeking relief from headaches. This natural headache remedy stems from this type of axiom "Water to the body, is like oil to a car" - Just as oil is necessary for a car to, to work right/run normally/perform suitably/operate smoothly/and especially to function properly/ etc., water is in like manner necessary for the proper functioning of our bodies.

Japponics

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:27:04 -0600

There are a lot of words in modern Japanese that were borrowed from the English language particularly those who sound exactly the same as , that one could say that you could get by in your daily communications to get you through the day. Below is a list of some words that can be both forward translated and reverse translated. a handful of the abundant typical words that suffice in providing

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 41

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:02:32 -0600

15 Words every 2 days. Learn, Memorize, Study, Get quizzed, GO! 1. onpu - musical note 2. gakki - instrument 3. utau - to sing 4. kashu^ - singer 5. koto or O-koto - 13 stringed zither 6. shakuhachi - Japanese flute 7. Shamisen - 3 string Japanese banjo 8. shu^chu^ suru - to concentrate 9. shinpai suru - to worry 10. shippai suru - to fail 11. tadasu - to correct 12. deru - to come out; to leave 13. meijiru - to appoint, to command 14. kuwawaru - to join 15. niko niko suru - to smile As Always, Ganbatte Ne! Do Your Best! Makurasuki Sensei to see the list of the last 15 words you should have already memorized go to Japanese Vocabulary 40 or go on to memorize your next 15 here at Japanese Vocabulary 42

Stephen

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:26:08 -0600

The first guy to die for Christ was Stephen and I admire him because even when others decided that he wasnt' cool anymore he decided to stay strong in his faith, and he was very much awarded accordingly. I mean it isn't everyday that people are looking into the heavens as they open up and . . . well read on below.