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August 24, 2017

In Japanese style restaurant

Many local Japanese restaurant have no English menu. This article summarize letters in high frequent menu. Japanese Food vocabulary 寿司、鮨、すし、スシ All pronounce same, same meaning…sushi The difference of two kanjis...

February 28, 2016

Foreign country kanji

Foreign countries’ names letters In Japan people use Katakana, in China people use directly alphabet sometimes, but both countries have Kanji writings of foreign countries, and which are use mainly....

February 4, 2016

Beastie monkey

Beast Letters 2016 is a monkey year by Eastern Asian year custom. Monkey is 猿 or 申. Nikko Monkey Army’s show The latter letter is a old letter of monkey,...

November 10, 2015

Thread　糸

糸　(Ito) means thread. 糸　the letter form looks like spinning machine. Spinning is 紡績 (bo seki). 紡 (Bo or Tsumugi)　is making thread. 積 (Seki) is many meaning.  stuck, place on ,...

October 28, 2015

Character study in kanji natives

Character learning in natives I was questioned it this problem by Canadian friend. So, this time is column article about how to study letters among native Asians. Simply saying, In...

October 13, 2015

Asian Name characters about last name

Asian last name characters Name letters have own culture of the each country. 張(Zhang) : meaning blind sheet.(don’t imagine plastic ones in office, maybe Oriental traditional types.) 佐藤(Sato) : Nearly...

October 8, 2015

Words of word”言”

言(gen) This letter means word or saying something. There’re the wide kinds of meaning letters,in which including this parts. Even like that, Many of them connect to “saying things” at...

October 1, 2015

Money relevant letter

貝(kai) This letter meaning is a shell. Shell had a function as money in old times. So, if you saw 貝 in letters, feel transaction or money reference. 買(kai) is...

September 28, 2015

Land Name Direct Meaning

Land names in China Taiwan, Japan, N.Korea, S.Korea and Vietnam. At fast, China　中 国 …. Central Country. Beijing　北　京…..  North  Metropolis Nanjing 　南　京…..South  Metropolis Shanghai　上　海….. Upper Sea Guangzhou　広　州…..Broad State Cheng Du...

September 27, 2015

雨　words

雨(Ame) means rain. 雨雲(Ama Gumo)　means Rainy Cloud. So, 雲 is cloud, and the letter’s upper part is same form with the 雨 letter. 雨　is attached whether expressing letter. Weather letter examples...