ミシガンに
寒くなってる
初雪だ
大学は
期末試験が
迫り来る
Readings:
mishigan ni
samukunatteru
hatsuyuki da
daigaku wa
kimatsushiken ga
semarikuru
English translations:
In Michigan
It's getting cold
The first snow
College
Has final exams
Looming
Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts
Friday, December 3, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Japanese Internet slang: w's
Japanese use their own kinds of Internet and texting slang, so today I'm highlighting one that puzzled me for a while. The w's.
You'll see it at usually the end of sentences and often several in a row: wwww.
"w" is actually short for the Japanese word 笑う "warau", which means to laugh. Sometimes you'll also see just the 笑 character by itself or ~笑 or ~笑う or something like that. It's kind of the equivalent of "lol" in English. The more w's, the more they're laughing, just like some crazy kids type "lololololol" in English :) .
Have a great day! ww
You'll see it at usually the end of sentences and often several in a row: wwww.
"w" is actually short for the Japanese word 笑う "warau", which means to laugh. Sometimes you'll also see just the 笑 character by itself or ~笑 or ~笑う or something like that. It's kind of the equivalent of "lol" in English. The more w's, the more they're laughing, just like some crazy kids type "lololololol" in English :) .
Have a great day! ww
Friday, January 22, 2010
Monday, July 6, 2009
Haikus on learnjapanesepod.com
I often listen to a podcast called learnjapanesepod. It's excellent --highly recommended for anyone studying Japanese as a part of this balanced breakfast, including classes, listening to Japanese music, going to Japan, watching anime, and writing nerdy things in Japanese to your wife on your whiteboard at home.
A couple of haikus that I wrote in the their forums were read "on the air" on their podcast last Friday... I'm excited :) . Btw, the name I used was "jensengo".
Here's the link for that episode: http://learnjapanesepod.com/fun-friday-for-3rd-july-2009/.
A couple of haikus that I wrote in the their forums were read "on the air" on their podcast last Friday... I'm excited :) . Btw, the name I used was "jensengo".
Here's the link for that episode: http://learnjapanesepod.com/fun-friday-for-3rd-july-2009/.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Noonday seashore: a Haiku
...and now for something completely differenter. This is my first attempt at a haiku in Japanese. I provided fairly tight English translation which follows the meter.
昼の海
うるさい鴎
そよ風と
A noon-day seashore
Annoying, noisy seagull
With a gentle breeze
I think it has the greatest effect when you read on line at a time, slowly. I had in mind the shore of Lake Michigan in Saint Joseph, MI, where I grew up. There are lots of happy memories on those beaches. The seagulls can be really annoying, too :) . But please feel free to imagine any shore you like. I think Japanese can probably relate to this, since they are surrounded by ocean.
I used incomplete sentences, both in Japanese and English. I'm not exactly sure how it sounds to a native Japanese (please inform me!). So anyways, that's that. Please let me know what you think of either version! I'd appreciate critiques!
昼の海
うるさい鴎
そよ風と
A noon-day seashore
Annoying, noisy seagull
With a gentle breeze
I think it has the greatest effect when you read on line at a time, slowly. I had in mind the shore of Lake Michigan in Saint Joseph, MI, where I grew up. There are lots of happy memories on those beaches. The seagulls can be really annoying, too :) . But please feel free to imagine any shore you like. I think Japanese can probably relate to this, since they are surrounded by ocean.
I used incomplete sentences, both in Japanese and English. I'm not exactly sure how it sounds to a native Japanese (please inform me!). So anyways, that's that. Please let me know what you think of either version! I'd appreciate critiques!
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