Jinhui and I have started studying Japanese together, primarily due to the fact that we gave our TV away and need something to do to pass time in the evening. Anyhow we’ve learned hiragana so far and have learned how to read a random assortment of words totally out of context, and in an effort to get used to typing in Japanese, I’m going to record those random words I’ve been learning here.
あい : 사랑 (love)
いえ : 집 (house)
うえ : 위 (up)
おい : 조카 (nephew)
あおい : 파랗다 (blue)
おおい : 많다 (many)
あき : 가을 (autumn)
かき : 감 (persimmon)
きかい : 기계 (machine)
ここ : 여기 (here)
きく : 국화 (chrysanthemum)
あかい : 빨갛다 (red)
I studied some Japanese a long time ago, which of most I no longer remember some of my favorite words in Japanese
ice cream = ice creamu
background music = bakurando musicju
and the weird one
steak = steki, not steku
and ones I didn’t understand why the Japanese didn’t use a more native word
milk = milku
bucket = buketsu
apparently the Japanese never used buckets until Pershing’s floatilla arrived in Japan!
Comment by Andy (美國土子) — November 1, 2006 @ 5:56 am