About KANJI the second

I wrote about 漢字 [KANJI] before.
Today,I write about Countries name.
There is 1 KANJI for each country... Did you know that??
Firstly,Japan (the government??) decided country's KANJI from only sound (pronunciation).
For example...
America:made for KANJI. 亜米利加.
And then, pich out 1 KANJI. 「米」=America.
Actually,「米」means rice. haha. So,it's only sound.
I write country's KANJI common in Japan.
I don't know why but some countries not common KANJI.
Perhaps,It depends on became common the past or no...

America:「米」
Australia:「豪」
China:「中」
The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea:「朝」
France:「仏」
Germany:「独」
Holland:「蘭」
Italy:「伊」
India:「印」
Korea:「韓」
Russia:「露」
Taiwan:「台」
The U.K.:「英」

And,Norway and New Zealand person gave me the comment here. (Thank you!)
So,I write...
Norway:「諾」
New Zealand:「新」
I din't know them!!

If you want to know about your country's KANJI without here.
Please ask me!!
I hope KANJI not become garbled on your computer!!!!!!!

Japanese meal


Can you see the meal in this photo?
It's call そぼろごはん [Soboro Gohan].
そぼろ [Soboro] means break up foods (fish,meat...etc) into pieces and cooking.
ごはん [Gohan] means rice.

This foos is ground meat with say sauce taste and scrambled eggs on rice.
It's a common meal in Japan...
Is there similar meal in your country??


By the way, sorry,I forgot to write on the day...
23rd November was Japanese national holiday.
It was 勤労感謝の日 [Kinrou Kansha No Hi].
It's Lobar Thanksgiving Day.
There was origin event long time ago...
It became that name of day and 23rd November,since 1948...
As I wrote before,there are 2 national holidays in November.
You might think many national holiday in this mounth.
However,Japanese office worker difficult to get paid days-off... haha.

Today's title is my hand writing.
Are you intersted in 漢字 [KANJI]??　
KANJI is Chinese character.
I saw on the nwes that KANJI tattoo is rising in popularity with young people in the U.K on TV. (Probably,other some countries too...right??)
It was funny that some people have got nonsense KANJI words tattoo.
However,I know that some Japanse people wear T-shirt with nonsense English. haha.

In Japan,there are 2 way to read.
1,Chinse way to read.
It's mainly (noun) substanitive.

2,Japanese way to read.
It's use with ひらがな [HIRAGANA]. And,an adjective, a verb...etc

For example...
「美」
1,(Chinse) pronounce...BI.
It means beauty.

2,「美しい」
(Japanese) pronounce...UTSUKU shii(HIRAGANA part).
It means beautiful.

So,there are several way to read or use in each character.
It's difficlut,even Japanese...
I'll write about KANJI again!!!!
SEE YA!!
Hava a nice day!!

Celebratory Mood


We've got celebratory mood now.
Because,princess 清子 [Sayako] got married 15th November.
She got married 黒田慶樹 [Yoshiki Kuroda] (40). He is a Tokyo civil servant.
They held a wedding ceremony at 帝国ホテル [Teikoku Hotel].
Her parents came there. It was first time!!
I mean Their majesties the Emperor and Empress joined private ceremony.
She became general citizen now.
She name was 紀宮 (It's the imperial name) [Norinomiya]清子. Now,her name is 黒田清子 [Sayako Kuroda].

And,the ceremony was modest. It was like a tea party.

Give you just a information!! Do you know 名古屋 [Nagoya] ? It's a place name in 愛知 [Aochi] prefecture.
It's farmos that Nagoya people hold very grand wedding ceremony. haha.

So,I felt that she reminded us Japanese modest woman...
What do you think??


title and illustration by Craig Molloy...Thanks!!

I K E B A N A



Have you heard IKEBANA? It means Japanese flower arrangement.
I had a that lesoon today. (Can you see the photo? I made it!!)
I've been learning it over 10 years although still poor. haha.
Because,I don't care about a licence and an exhibition!! It's just a hobby hor me.

What did I use today...
･十月桜 [JYUGATSUSAKURA] sort of Japanese chery.
･ピンポマム [PINPOMAMU] sort of chrysanthemum.
･けいとう [KEITOU]
･のんすらん [NONSURAN]
Sorry,I couldn't get English name well... 　　

Sometimes easy, sometimes hard...
It depens on what are flowers and branchs coming...
Have you ever done before??
There is a difference, set way to arrange in each school.
But,you should try as you like!!

ARE YOU HEALTHY?

Probably you know 豆 腐[TOFU].
It's Japanese healthy food. (The origin is China. But,difference taste)
It has been popular in America or some other countries since some years ago...
TOFU made from soybeans.
Soybeans is consumed 500,000t/a year for making TOFU.
Domestic soybeans is 18%, America 66%, Canada 14%...
TOFU is contain many kinds of nutrients such as protein!!

By the way,Do you know 豆 乳[TOUNYU]?
豆:This KANJI means beans.
乳:This KANJI means milk.
It's soyamilk.
It's formed from in the process of making TOFU.

There are many soyamilk drink or sweets in Japan.
It a low-calorie. So,it's poplar with women or person who care about health.
And,recently there is soyamilk sweets, getting common stayle.
There are soyamilk sweets (like a pudding or mousse) and sauce (There is some kind of taste in each company...) pouch-packed in same paper container.
I like them very much!!
YOU SHOULD TRY!!

CULTURE DAY

I was lazy. So,sorry I write about past day.
3rd November was CLTURE day
It's Japanese national holiday.
There are many cultual events during November.
For example,school cultuals festivals, art festivals and so on...
Autumn is good season for Japanese.
Because,the weather is good (not too cold,not too hot) and the food is good (some vegetables,fruits and fish etc are in season now)!!

So,we call...
スポーツ (sports)の秋。(Autumn of sports)

食欲（appetite）の秋。(Autumn of appetite)

読書（reading）の秋。(Autumun of reading)

(秋[AKI] means Autumun.)　

So,we've got a lot of enjoyment things in this season. haha.
It's good season anything to do in this season.
What do you think??
If you live in Japan,how about starting something from now??

I was beat.

Hello!! How are you?
I went to a film preview [The Brothers Grrim] on last Friday after work.
In Japan,it's coming 3rd November. I got the preview ticket!!
I love Monty Pyhton. So,I love Terry Gilliam!! I was so glas I saw his film on the cinema. Because,I had seen his films only DVD or video before!!
It was very good!! I was enjoyed The Brothers Grrim very much.
I think Terry Gilliam can image what his mind. Because,he can make a picture whatever
he want. So,every his film staffs have same image. It's very good for them.

Matt Damon and Heath Ledger were brother in that film. I guess they tried to speak to British English.
I was thinking that Heath is better than Matt...
Probably,because he is Australian.
Is it right in my thought?? I'd like to ask about it to native English speaker!!

And,why I was beat.
Because,I also saw [Sin City] after The Brothers Gllim.
I was so tired. Sin City is grotesque film,you know.
However,it was cool!!

I hope all of you are having a nice day!!