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Just now...

As I was filling out a medical application, they asked for my age, putting down 26, brought me to a state of realisation @_@

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Cannot be healthy for your ears.....

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Kanji 2,  月 and 私

月

Meaning: Moon, Month

Readings:

音楽読み

ゲツ　ge-tsu

ガツ   ga-tsu

訓読み

つき  tsu-ki

Strokes: 4

私

Meaning: I,me

Readings:

音楽読み

シ　shi

訓読み

わたくし　wa-ta-ku-shi

わたし　wa-ta-shi

Strokes: 7

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It’s 5′ o clock in the world of archivebrat...

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Kanji 1,land of the rising sun

日

Meaning: Sun,day Readings: Most, if not all, kanji have more than one way to read them,split between the onyomi and kunyomi

音楽読み（on-yo-mi), is the borrowed Chinese reading, pronounced as close as possible to the original reading(s).

ニチ ni-chi

ツジ tsu-ji

訓読み (kun-yo-mi) is the reading attributed to it by the Japanese.

ひ hi

ーび　-bi

ーか -ka

Strokes: 4

本

Meaning: Book, origin

Readings:

音楽読み

ホンho-n 

訓読み

もとmo-to

Strokes: 5

Put together to make the compound kanji　日本, ni-hon /ni-ppon. In other words , Japan!　 

ジヤパン！！！！　

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ルイズ９１ー１７, a  quick note on 日本語のプロナウンシアチオーン(vowels)

Pronunciation in Japanese is varies a lot from English.Though, for any has close ties with Spanish and other Romantic languages.

あ　ア a as in father

い　イ ee as in bee

う　ウ roughly oo as in google

え　エ e as in bet

お　オ o as in “bro”

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yoo

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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Confucius 

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Mellowdime’s call at 1 A.M./ ひらがな、カタカナ、漢字、 and Romaji

Through the shaping of it’s history, modern Japanese(日本語）has developed 4 different Alphabets.

 .......or rather syllabaries

Will be focusing on written Japanese.

As in Romance languages, Japanese has five vowels, a,i,u,e, and o. However, unlike Romance languages, Japanese has a handful of consonants that are used in conjunction with any of the five vowels.

           -These are:K,S,T,N,M,H,R, and W. Through different voicing, the K, T, and H, can turn into G, D, and B respectively. 

The only exception being the single letter N

The four syllabaries are:

1)hiragana, or ひらがな, is the “first” syllabary. Usually studied before the other 2(I’ll explain why I leave out Romaji later). A very good starting point to start the memorisation game that is Japanese (chuckles)  From what I understand, it is mostly used for verb/phrase endings and particles (save this for another time). Historically was used predominantly by women.

examples-そうです。,あなつた、はい

2)katakana, or カタカナ, the “second” syllabary. Studied as the “flipside” to hiragana.  Mainly used for foreign words, and some company names. Historically was used exclusively by men.

examples-アニメ、ジヤパン、ハムバーガー

                                                               __________

hiragana have a curvature to them while katakana tend to written with sharp lines

Both hiragana and katakana share  46 mainly used characters.

                                                               ___________

3)Kanji, 漢字, are Chinese characters that were brought to Japan over a period of time These characters make the bulk of  written Japanese. Some consider a rule of thumb that in order to read a Japanese newspaper, one must have 2,000 kanji memorised. These characters can be as simple as 一(one) or as complex as 鬱(melancholy). The biggest load, writing wise.

examples-私、用、日本

4)Romaji, The simplest and easiest alphabet as it is the Roman alphabet used to write out Japanese. Most recent alphabet. Lends a hand in pronunciation to non-native speakers.

examples-ka,,arigatou,tabemasu.

                                                         Till’ next time.

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First post in san...ni...ichi...

Hi Tumblur world,

                            My real  name is Luis, have been studying Japanese for about 2 years now. Created this blog to keep track of my progress, Though I know some things, I have a longs way to go.