I love mishearing

People often have mishearing.

And Some Japanese enjoy the mishearing with songs and animes.

Because sometimes Mishearing sounds like Japanese.

It's easy to understand what I mean.


«Tout tout pour ma chérie»




«Dragostea Din Tei»




«Moskau»



I like Mishearing.
It helps me sing and learn forign language.

Japanese grammar 1

My friend asked me a question about Japanese.

(Befor cheking the question, please understand 'こんにちは' = 'Hello')

Here we go!!



I'm a little bit confused about こんにちは!
You speak it Konnichiwa, but it's written " こんにちは" (my translator said!), like Konnichiha!
Why you don't write  こんにちわ? is there a special reason? or is my translator wrong?



In Japanese we pronounce 'は'→'Ha'.

But We sometimes pronounce 'は' like 'Wa'.

It's very difficult for me to explain the reason why!

So I'll show you some example here.


①こんにちは = Ko N Ni Chi Wa / Hello
②きょうはあついね。(今日は暑いね。) = Kyo Wa Atsui Ne / It's hot today.
③ゴキブリはきらいです。(ゴキブリは嫌いです。) = Gokiburi Wa Kirai Desu / I hate cockroach.
④しゅくだいはすんだ？(宿題は済んだ？) = Shukudai Wa Sunda? / Did you finish your homework?
⑤昨夜はどこに行ってたの？ = Sakuya Wa Doko Ni Itteta No? / Where did you go last night?

You can omit 'は' from the sentence in ②～④.
If you omit 'は', It sounds like casual style.


Buy the way   you can see 'tt' at ⑤？

When you find 'tt' 'pp' 'rr' 'ss' and so on, please make a silent sound.

Check the '〇' below.

いっぱい  →  ippai 　→　i 〇 pa i  /  many
ぜったい  →  zettai　→ ze 〇 ta i  /  absolutely
やった    →  yatta 　→ ya 〇 ta    /  I did it.

We always pronounce no sound at the point of '〇'.

That means 'っ' is 'silent sound' in Japanese. (〇 = っ = no sound)

But please do not confuse 'っ' and 'つ'

We have  'Small Tsu' and 'Large Tsu'

Small 'っ' = silent sound

Large 'つ' = tsu / ts

It's too difficult to expline Japanese Grammar (>～<;)

Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water / ふしぎの海のナディア

Do you know 'Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water'?

This anime was made by 'Hideaki Anno'.

He is the parent of 'Evangelion', producer of it.

Please look at this picuture.

She is Nadia, heroine of 'Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water'.
And Here is a picuture.

I think You know her 'Asuka' from Evangelion.

Don't you think The Two Girls look like the similar face??

If you like the drawing style of Mr.Anno, you should check it^^






By the way You can see some collaboration on these animes.

Blue Literature / 青い文学

I recommend 'Blue Literature' To the people
       who want to know Japanese Literature
       who want to learn  Japanese Literature
       who want to fell     Japanese Literature.

We have so many novelists, story writers.

For example, Ryu-nosuke Akutagawa / Osamu Dazai / So-seki Natsume / Ango Sakaguchi

You can see their works through 'Anime' / 'Blue Literature'　(青い文学/ Aoi  Bungaku)



I was not interested in 'Japanese Literatures' well.

But after watching 'Blue Literature', I understood the all stories easily!!

It was hard work for me to read Literature, But it's easy to learn them through  'Blue Literature'

Especially I'll recommend you ' 地獄変 / JiGoKuHeN'
( ↑ I think the English title is 'The Hell Screen'. )



If you have some interests, please enjoy 'Blue Leterature'.

The IDOL M@STER

In Japan there are some eccentric video games.

Today I'll show you a video game.



' The IDOL M@STER '  (The IDOL MASTER)

In this game, you can be a producer of Idol groups.

You can choose your favorite girls, train them dance, and so on.

I've never played it, and I don't like this kind of games.

But I like their dancing videos very much.








Especially I love this very much↓↓♪　(^~^/)b
I'd like better than the original song.



If you want to see more, you can use '  The IDOL MASTER  +  The title of your favorites  '  ♪

I hope you could find your favorite ons^^

About Flip Books

Do you like 'Flip Books'?

In Japan we call it 'パラパラマンガ/ PaLaPaLa Manga' .

We Japanese used to enjoy it when we were school students.

That's good way to kill time. ^^;


Now there are many people who show their Flip Books on YouTube.

Sometimes their works are funny, fantastic, and impressive.

I hope you enjoy our Japanese Flip Books.









Oh, I forgot to introduce a person.

His name is 'Tekken / 鉄拳'.
He is a Japanese comedian.
You may think about him 'Funny man / crazy man' .

But He has so nice tallent of 'Flip Books'.

The 2nd and The 3rd videos are made by him.

I could not help my self cry when I watched the 3rd video. (;～;)‥

I'd like you to know about him and Japanse Flip Books well .

Game Center CX !! Arino Kacho

Do you like video games?

I love video games very much.
I play 'Dragon Quest X' every day.



But there are some people who don't like Video Games.
                                                   don't know well about it.
                                                   don't have the time to play it.

Today I recommend you a person.
Come on !!  'Arino Kacho'!!!!!!

He is a Japanese comedian.

And He has another face / as 'Video Game Player' !!



He tries to play so many kinds of games.
You can enjoy the Japanese video games through him^^

But He is not good at playing it.
So he tries and tries every time!!
He does his best every episode!!

That's why We love 'Arino Kacho' ^～^b

Please enjoy 'Game Center CX' ♪

Moribito ~ Guardian of the Spirit

Here is my favorite anime.

The title is 'Moribito ~ Guardian of the Spirit'. ←(i think it the English title.)

Japanese title is '精霊の守り人'(Seirei No Moribito)

        精霊 / Seirei = Spirite
        の / No =  of
        守り人 / Moribito  = Guardian

In Japan the book became famous first.

Then the anime was made.

She is 'Balsa', the hiroine of this anime.
She travels around the world as guardian.
On the way to travel, she meets the boy 'Chagmu' by chance.

For some reason, she has to guard him.

You can see so nice view, landscape, people and story through this anime.

Finally I'll show you a song.



This song is the key of this Anime♪


Kao  Kao  Hoi   Hoi
Kao  Kao  Hoi   Hoi


You can understand the meaning of lyrics at the end of 'Moribito' ♪

Tell you about 'Kyoto Animation'

First please look at these pictures below.

Air

らき☆すた「Lucky_Star」

涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱「The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya」

けいおん「K-ON」

How many animes do you know??

These animes are made in 'Kyoto Animation'. 【京都アニメーション】

Some Anime fan says that 'Kyoto Animation has very high-quality at Everything!!'
↑I think so.

And we call 'Kyoto Animation' → 'Kyo-Ani'.

Sometimes we can see the collaboration in these animes.



《Haruhi × Lucky_Star》
The small window is original.
The Haruhi side is the collaboration one!


Finally I love this song very much.
When I listen to this song, I can get calm and sleepy.



《Title = Tori No Uta》 
Tori = とり/トリ/鳥 = birds
Uta = うた/ウタ/詩 = Song / Poetry     　　　　　ヽ(^o^)丿

About Japanese face marks and ASCIi art

Do you use this mark ' :) ' ?

It's a smile face.

In Japan we use these marks ' (^^) / ^^ /  (^~^)'.

And we use sad face ' (T-T) / (>-<) '  not ' :(  '

We have many faces using letters.

Please check the faces below♪

And please feel what the faces say. (^^)ﾉ

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

( ・∀・)ﾉ
(　´ⅴ｀)ﾉ
(´▽｀)ﾉ
( ｀・∀・´)ﾉ
( ｀д´)b
(　´∀｀)b
(￣ー￣)ｂ
ヾ(ﾟдﾟ)ﾉ
(つ∀-)
(T-T:)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

For example you can use these faces like

( ・∀・)ﾉHi     ( ・∀・)ﾉHello
(　´ⅴ｀)ﾉGood Morning     ( ｀・∀・´)ﾉYeah!!
( ｀д´)bHey you!!     ( ｀д´)bWhat??
(　´∀｀)bGood Job     (￣ー￣)ｂNice day
ヾ(ﾟдﾟ)ﾉReally??     (T-T:)Sorry...

And can you see the sign ' b ' ??

For example ///  (^~^)b ←this!!

We often use the sign ' b ' as the mark of 'Good Job'.

I hope I could help you learn our culture.



At Last, I'll tell you about ASCII art♪

What is 'ASCII art'??

Here are some sample picures.

I think you can check these 'ASCIi art' on googleヽ(^o^)丿

Please enjoy and know our Japanese Culture(=^・^=)←cat☆♪

ｳｯｰｳｯｰｳﾏｳﾏ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)

What is '　ｳｯｰｳｯｰｳﾏｳﾏ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)　'??

In this Page, we call it 'U Ma U Ma'.

Many Japanese Anime Otaku(geek) know 'U Ma U Ma'.

There is no words to explain  'U Ma U Ma'.

Just check the videos!!  And Feel it!!
Here we go!!★☆彡♪















It's simple video, many anime characters are just dancing with music.
In Japan these videos have been hot since 2008.
I don't know why these are hot / popular / famous.
But I love this kind of  'U Ma U Ma '.
I think it very rhythmical / cheerful / cute / funny ヽ(^∀^/)ノ



>>>>Original Music>>>>
Carameldansen

What's new in Japanese anime?

In Japan, 'Youkai Watch' is very popular with young children.
(妖怪ウォッチ / ようかいウォッチ)

If you'd like to catch their interest, you can use the word 'Youkai Watch'!!

And please do not forget the keyword 'Ge La Ge La Po'!!!(ゲラゲラポ)
I don't know the meaning, but if you use this, you can be a star among young children.




>>What is Youkai??>>ようかいってなに？>>妖怪って何？>>

Youkai is a name of Japanese ghost / evil spirit / monster.
For example,  men of old could not understand the science phenomenon.
So they ascribed the unknown phenomenon to 'Bad Invisible Things'
That is 'Yo u ka i'!!!

By the way // do you know 'GeGeGe no Kitaro'??
(ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 / ゲゲゲのキタロウ)



I love it better than 'Youkai Watch'.
I used to watch 'GeGeGe no Kitaro' when i was young!

We Love KOTATSU

In winter, we cannot live without KOTATSU.

What is kotatsu?????

↓↓↓↓

↑↑↑↑

You can see kotatsu in almost all Japanese house.

And You can see it in many Japanese Animes.



We use it to warm ourself in it.




>>>Why cats and oranges ??>>>

If you ask Japanese people the next question, they will draw the cats and oranges.

''Please draw the kotatsu!!''

Japanese people often eat oranges in winter.
And Cats know the warmest place, that's in kotatsu.
So we have the image of Kotatsu with oranges and cats.

We have snow now....
Soooooo coooooold.....
I'll use Kotatsu now^^