Learning Japanese on
the Japanese side
Onomatopoeic words
pachi-pachi the sound of hand clapping
kira-kira twinkling stars
Homonym
Kappa
1) This is an imaginary creature which lives along a river.
2) It's means a coat or a jacket in Portuguese.
3) A cucumber is called this in a sushi shop.
Suwa Dialect
Hitorinashi / Hitotsunashi
Q: What is their meaning? A: all, every, everything
They are used like this:
1) Hitorinashi ikudakai ( Will all of them go?)
2) Kakiwo hitotsunashi moida. (I picked every persimmon off the tree)
It's easy!
People
Name: Frederic Lemay-Brault
Born: July 30, 1970 (Leo)
Nationality : Canadian (Quebec Province)
Family : Mitsuko(wife) Yamato(2) Mitsuki(8 months)
Occupation: cook (Hara Village Canadian Farm)
Mr. Frederic has been living in Japan for two and a half years. He has been working with Mr. Haseyan who is the
owner of Canadian Farm. There, he got to know Mitsuko and married. He yearned to live in a traditional Japanese
house, so they are renting a house in the Shinden area of Fujimi. He enjoys making stoves, tables, etc., by himself
with the skills he has learned from Haseyan. He is a really kind husband.
He talked with Yamato in France tenderly, he is also a good father.
Easy Easy Snacks from around the World
Toron : Banana Spring Rolls , The Philippines
So-called "monkey banana"(small
finger-like bananas)
Cut into halves
Sprinkle some red sugar over banana
Wrap each with a spring-roll wrapper
Deep-fry until golden brown
In Philippine, they usually use bananas called "saba" which are not sweet. But if saba is not available,
use so-called "monkey bananas" instead. Use bananas which are NOT sweet; that's the secret.
On Participation in the 49th "Making the World Brighter!" Month
The other day, I happened to see on TV a scholar his activities in wrestling with the refuge problem in the U.N.,
by which I was deeply impressed and shocked. In this world, there are quite a lot of people who have been displaced
from their own homes by civil wars, etc. and live as refugees. In their long-lasting refugee lives, children naturally
grow up into young adults, fall in love with somebody and get married.
According to the scholar, however, after a while, many of these young people are very likely to have some difficulties
in matters such as getting along with their partners and taking care of their own children, which have become very
serious problems now. And the problems are caused by the fact that those who have lived as refugees apart from
their family members know neither what is or should be a family nor how to bring up their children, he said. I
myself can't help thinking that this dose have something to do with the dark, hard and painful things which have
been happening around us these days.
Now I would like to cite some impressive words by Mother Theresa:
"Love starts with the family.
Love resides in the family.
Some children cannot find any love
or smiles at home.
They are so lonely that they leave
their families in search of comfort." |
I am sure that thinking and talking about such a problem as above with our families will be way of participating
in "Make the World Brighter!" Month.
