March 2011Archive

Grandma Yoko

I got the present from grandma [my grandmother].

That house is haunted.

あの家にはお化けが出ます。
ano ie niwa obake ga demasu.

a monster of a pumpkin／a giant pumpkin

a haunted house

a tea tray

a gilded tray／a tray gilded with gold

Stack up apples on the tray

1000 Japanese nouns were collected to this book.
This book is for the infant.
However, I think that this book is a very good teaching material for your studying Japanese.
It is because "The fundamental noun which Japanese people use daily" is collected to this book.
And, you will be able to learn a Japanese noun easily by the noun and the illustration in English.

*You can buy this book in Japanese Amazon.
(It is not sold outside Japan.)

Onigiri; a rice ball, which sometimes contains umeboshi, salmon fkake, etc. in its center, often wrapped with a piece of nori sheet.

Onigiri is a savory (salty) rice ball which is formed into an easy-to-eat size and shape such as triangle or circle.

It literally means "hand-pressed(nigiri) rice".

Since Japanese verbs "nigiru" and "musubu" both mean "to bond," onigiri is occasionally called omusubi.

"Nigiru" means to "shape with the hands."

Taro has wet himself again.

1000 Japanese nouns were collected to this book.
This book is for the infant.
However, I think that this book is a very good teaching material for your studying Japanese.
It is because "The fundamental noun which Japanese people use daily" is collected to this book.
And, you will be able to learn a Japanese noun easily by the noun and the illustration in English.

*You can buy this book in Japanese Amazon.
(It is not sold outside Japan.)

Eating sweet potatoes will give me gas[wind].

He lay a fart.

Mr. Ishida, who is nicknamed "the hardhearted prosecutor"

I hardened myself and punished my son severely.

a workaholic

make one even stronger

When the cat's away the mice will play

an illness which suddenly affects a normally healthy person

Even the hardhearted can be moved to tears.

The Japanese devil:
Oni(鬼) are creatures from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls.
They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature and theatre.

Depictions of oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads.
Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common.

They are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths and carrying iron clubs, called kanabo(金棒).

I've met your brother in Tokyo.

My elder brother was respected by the townspeople.

My elder brother treated me to sushi.

1000 Japanese nouns were collected to this book.
This book is for the infant.
However, I think that this book is a very good teaching material for your studying Japanese.
It is because "The fundamental noun which Japanese people use daily" is collected to this book.
And, you will be able to learn a Japanese noun easily by the noun and the illustration in English.

*You can buy this book in Japanese Amazon.
(It is not sold outside Japan.)

He's my younger brother.

He's like a younger brother.

man and woman; men and women

a promise between man and man

a man's heart

a men's magazine

a male-dominated society

He grew up to be a fine man.

an adult elephant

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Please act in a more adult way.

成人(seijin)

1000 Japanese nouns were collected to this book.
This book is for the infant.
However, I think that this book is a very good teaching material for your studying Japanese.
It is because "The fundamental noun which Japanese people use daily" is collected to this book.
And, you will be able to learn a Japanese noun easily by the noun and the illustration in English.

*You can buy this book in Japanese Amazon.
(It is not sold outside Japan.)