Modern Japanese

Today, Japanese is very popular all over the world. And the foreign students to Japan keeps increasing. Japanese is different by age and area is talked. Recently, I often see wearing the clothes which Japanese is written in the town. Since the Second World War Japanese boom is caused. And Japanese changes every day. They are originally used in a different meaning, and there are the words which they are shortened.
My theme is “Japanese language change”. I think that change and disorder of words are related to the Japanese language change. In other words they have a different grammatical pattern and usual pronunciation. Moreover it is changed by the overuse of Japanese English and slang words and the trendy words. Japanese English combine with English and it is made like English. Essentially, English doesn’t have expression these. The word is called “Japanese English” in Japan, but this word is Japanese English, too. The famous example is cooler. Cooler is Japanese, cooler is air conditioner in English. Other examples are side-brake, it means hand brake or parking brake in English. Slang words is the language that boys and girls use routinely and the language are mainly used only among young people. As for the slang words, there are very various kinds of words. For example, maji(まじ), bimyo(微妙), uzai(ウザい), and cho(超) and so on. Maji is short for majime(真面目) in Japanese, and it means serious in English. And this word is used as emphasis or expression of the credibility. It also comes from literature is called "gay-quarter novelette"(洒落本) of Edo era. It was used as a noun in Edo era, but it is used as an adverb now. Bimyo means subtle. This word is originally used in a different meaning among the young people. Even the meaning called "the thing which is splendid so as not to be able to express it by words" is originally used. And this comes from a Buddhism term. Uzai means uttoshii(うっとうし い) or mendou(面倒) in Japanese, and it means annoying in English. It is originally Tama dialect of Tokyo. Uzai is short for "uzattai". Cho means very. This word is to express the emphasis of the words. The kind of the constitution of slang words has ten.First is to shorten them, for example, “uzai”(ウザい) “syukatsu”(就活). Second is to invert them, for example, “derumo”(derumo) means model. Third is to mix. Fourth is add -er, and change words. Fifth use foreign language. Sixth changes noun into verb. Seventh uses an onomatopoeia or a mimetic word. Eighth shows the image. Ninth expand the conventional meaning. Finally is others, for example “~teki”(~的), “~kei”(~ 系).Trendy words are fashionable words and phrases. It is often true that the trendy words becomes stop being used and die off over time as the word at one time. For example, the dead language is "abekku"(アベック) and "sucyuwa-desu"(スチュワーデス). Abbeku means couple, scyuwa-desu means　flight attendant. "Abekku" is couple","suchuwa－desu" is "kyakushitsu-jyomuin" are used in Japan now.But, there are words that become fixed as idiom phrase. A prize was made that is called “The new word/ trendy word grand prix” in 1984, and since then the commendation ceremony has been performed. And the example of the trendy words are guerrilla-gouu(ゲリラ豪雨), ara-four(アラフォー), ara-kan(アラ還), metabolic syndrome and konkatsu(婚活) and so on. Guerrila-gouu means downpour, ara-four means around 40 years, ara-kan means around 60th birthday and konkatsu means marriage activity in English. In this connection, "The new word/ trendy word grand prix of 2009" was announced on December 1st. The grand prix is "seiken-koutai"(政権交代) which Mr. Hatoyama of the Prime Minister got the prize. In addition, words such as "kodomo-tencho"(子供店長)and "shingata-infuruenza"(新型インフルエンザ)got the prize.
Japanese is different by a place and sex and age and so on. And trendy word changes with the time. So the words that our parents used are different from the words that we use. I think that Japanese changes more after this. Original Japanese may disappear in the future.

Hello, everyone. How are you? I'm fine now, but I came down with flu last week. I am afraid that I have caused you much trouble. I'm soory to you for helping me the other day.

Recently, it will become colder and colder, everyone please be careful about your condition.

By the way, christmas is two weeks away. Have you made any plans for christmas? Regrettably, I don't have a plan yet. haha

But I decorated the christmas tree to appreciate christmas's feeling:)♪

Incidentally, even though I having got up,I carried the train beyond my stop yesterday. haha

I an absent-minded lately. What ever has come over mine?

My dream has come true!!!

There was the pass announcement of the student overseas yesterday afternoon, and I passed it. I saw this publication with my friends.
Then I said, "I can't believe my eyes!". And I cannot still believe it. But I can go to Italy to study. I wanted to go to Italy for more than one year, so I am really happy to have my dream realized now. My family and friens were pleased very much.
I don't know the details yet, but I tell you as soon as I know the details.
For now I I feel temporarily relieved.

I Love dogs:)

This is my cousin's dog, this dog's name is Nami.
Nami is female and puppy. She is Kuro-shiba (黒柴) and 5 months.
I went to cousin's house to meet her the other day. My cousin's house is in Osaka.
I love dogs very much, because they are very cute and give to spirit the my heart.
I walked her for two hours with my younger sister.
I had a dog one. Maybe six years ago. The dog's name is Tom. Tom is Shiba-inu (柴犬).
When he was 16 years old, he was senile and died.. When he died I was very very sad. I still remember the day clearly.
And now I want to have a dog. Of course I want to Shiba-inu:)
But my mother oppose to have a dog, because it isn't easy to have a dog.
I understand that mother says. What should I do?
Please give me some advice.

relaxation

Hello, everyone. How are you?
I'm just feeling a little depressed, because there was an unpleasant thing on the weekend.
But, I became slightly cheerful because I'll can meet everybody tomorrow.
When I meet everybody, I can get well, so I'm looking forward to meet everybody tomorrow.

When I am depressed and feel stress, I try various things to be relaxed. For example, I light the candle, burn the incense and aroma oil, listening to music that the feeling is settled down and so on. In addition, I go to the beauty treatment salon, go to Karaoke and sing song and talking with my friend in the cafe.
How are you relaxed? Please tell me.

By the way, I tried to make short movie (proverb movie), I couldn't it.
I can't use the computer well, it's difficult for me...

World Heritage Site

Hello, everyone:) How are you? I'm fine.

Today I 'll write about weekend of last week.

I visited Shimogami-jinja shrine and Kamigamo-jinja shrine with my friend.

These two places are registered with World heritage and there are in Kyoto.
Kyoto has a lot of places that are registered elsewhere. Do you know where is registered?

For example, Kiyomizu-dera temple, To-ji temple, Byodo-in temple, Rokuon-ji temple(Kinkaku-ji temple), Jisho-ji temple(Ginkaku-ji temple) and so on.

These buildings were built by the great persons very in old days.

Shimogamo-jinja shrine and Kamigamo-jinja shrine is very famous take place Aoi Festival in May 15th.

Do you know Aoi Festival? It is the one of three Kyoto big festivals.Three Kyoto big festivals are Aoi Festival and Gion Festival and Jidai Festival.

Kyoto is the city where there is the very deep history. Tourists will increase from now on because Kyoto is the season of colored leaves.
I am going to go to Arashiyama in November, too.
Do you go sightseeing in Kyoto with me?:)

☆★☆Orion shooting stars★☆★

Hi, everyone!! How is it going? I'm fine, but I am sleepy a little.

Did you see Orion shooting stars? I cannot see them yet...

Though I saw the sky last night, I didn't see the shooting stars.

I like observe the stars very much, so I want to see Orion shooting stars.

I am going to see them tonight:)☆

Today, I had a class only first period, so I watched DVD in the library.

I watched "The Little Mermaid", this is Disney movie.

This movie is old, it was released in Japan in 1989.

The main character of this story is Little Mermaid, her name is Ariel.

One day, she goes to the terrestrial world and she meets a handsome prince and falls in love...

I felt very happy when I watched this movie. There is a sequel for this movie, I want to watch it.

Today is my mother's birthday, so I bought a birthday cake.

I came home and I went to buy presents for my mother with my younger sister.

And I cooked banquet for my mother. She said me "delicious", so I was very happy.

Regrettably, I forgot to take those photographs...

Today is very nice day for me♪

Diary -October 13th-

Hello, Everyone!! How are you? I'm fine:)

Today, I will write in my diary.

I have a class only first period today, but I had to wait my friends for eat the lunch with them.

So I decided to watch the DVD in the AV library. I love Disney very much because I watched "MOMSTERS, INC.". Do you know this movies? This was made by The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Animation Studios. They produced "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo", "The Incredibles", too. I love their all movies and I have looked many times from early childhood.

Then, I'll write about story of "MONSTERS, INC." a little. A stage of the stories is the world of the monsters. The main characters are Sally and Mike and Boo. Incidentally Sally and Mike are monsters. And Boo is a little girl. Sally and Mike work in the company (Monsters,Inc.). In the world of the monsters, the monsters are afraid of the human children very much. One day, Boo comes over in the world of the monsters...

The ending of this story is very impressive. Everyone, please watch this movie by all means:)♪

And I came back my home and I made a cake for my friends.

Then, Suddenly my friend telephoned me. Abruptly we decided to go driving. We went to Wakakusayama in Nara. We saw the night view. It was very beautiful.

Of course my friend is girl!!haha..

Today was very substantial day:)★☆

The seasons

I will write about the seasons. My favorite season are autumn and winter, because I dislike hot weather. But I like the events of summer, for example The Star Festival (Tanabata) , Summer Festival, fireworks and sea bathing and so on. However, I go to neither the sea nor the swimming pool long. And I didn't go there this summer vacation. I want to go there by all means next year.

The reason is because fall good points are cool and easy to spend. And the foods are very delicious, for example chestnut, matsutake, pacific saury (sannma) and so on. But we should be careful overeating!!!

I like fall very beautiful scene. Recently I saw a lot of acorns and chestnuts arround my house. And the leaves turn in automn. Then there are the trees colored leaves various places.

There are a lot of temples where are famous for colored leaves in Kyoto, for example it's Arashiyama, kiyomizu-dera temple and Tofuku-ji temple and so on. Everyone, let's go there:)♪

Grandparents came to my house last time. Then I made "Ohagi" with my grandmother and my younger sister.

Do you like Ohagi? I like Ohagi very much. I will insert how to make Ohagi.

How to Make Ohagi

1) Wash some sticky rice (mochi-gome) and normal white rice.

Place on a Bamboo rack (zaru) and leave for half a day.

2) Add water to the rice and boil.

3) Place the rice in a suri-bachi and grind it with a surikogi.

4) Mold the rice into small egg shapes with the hands.

5) Cover with sweet bean jam (azuki-an), soy beans flour (kinako) and black sesame (goma).

Let's make it by all means.

My summer vacation

Hello, everyone!!

Long time no see. How are you doing?

I'm very happy because I can meet everyone again.

Today, I will write about my summer vacation.

I hate long vacation, because I can't meet my friends. I love my friends, so I will miss my friends.

I went to various places during this summer vacation. For example, Tokyo Disney Land, fireworks (Lake Biwa) and my grandparents's house and so on.

Then I went shopping my friends, I went to see night view. When I went to see it, I also saw wild deer, raccoon dogs and boars. I saw them for the first time because I was excited. The deer were very cute.
I was going to driving school and I passed examination, I got a driver's license.
And my father gave me a new car.

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↑This is my car.

I went driving by this new car. Everyone, let's go for a drive in my new car!! I love go driving very much♪

Not only I was enjoying summer but also I studied very hard. Especially, I studied Italian because I want to study abroad in Italia next year.

I studied English, too. I was able to carry out the plan that I planed study plan before summer vacation. They were very substantial summer vacation:)

Problem and Solution

At present life-style related disease is a serious problem in Japan, because irregular life of people causes this disease. Life-style related disease is related with biabetes mellitus and hypertension and dyslipidemia. And a famous example is metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is connected with overweight. In Europe and America, increase metabolic syndrome of the children, too. And sleeping is related to this disease. Lack of sleep has bad influence on our body. Other examples are cancer and Cerebral Vascular Disorder and heart disease. They have been ever thought that we became sick by aging, so they were called adult disease. But, in recent years they understood that life-style are related deeply. And not only the adults but also the children suffer from this disease recently. The death rate is very high in this disease and Japanese death rate exceeds 60 percent. Accordingly we must prevent them.

Life-style related disease is connected with underexercise and smoke of the cigarettes. So, it's necessary to keep off smoking and regularly exercising. Almost people won't be continued them. Aerobic exercise is effective for such people. For example, aerobic exercise are jogging, swimming, walking and cycling. These exercises don't task our body, it is very important that we continue them only 20 minutes every day. When they aren't continued alone, there is way to continue with the friends and family. In addition, we must think about eating habit. We have better keep off as cakes and juice and oily foods. We ought to try to eat a lot of vegetables and the foods which are good for our body. In particular, we try to take in a lot of proteins, minerals and vitamins. And we mustn't take too much in oil and sugar. Moreover, it's important to chew the foods well. It is effective for the diet to chew well. Besides, we have to prevent life-style related disease that we go to bed early and get up early. We should defend our health by ourselves.

The Gion Festival

The Gion Festival will begin soon. The festival will take place in Kyoto city. The Gion Festival is a huge festival that stars on July 1st and continues for one month. People say in ８６９ as a prayer to the gods to stop a major disease. In the Edo period, people started to use beautiful floats colled yama and hoko. The main events of the festival are Yoi-yama, on July 16th, and Yamahoko, on 17th. Yamahoko-Junko is the 23 yama appearing in this parade are 6 meters tall and weight 1.5 tons, while the 8 hoko are 25 meters tall and weight 12 tons. Most of them were made about 500 years ago, and they are made with beautiful decorations from Belgium, Turkey and other countries. This parade is the highlight of the Gion Festival.

I want to go there this year. Everybody, please go there by all means:)

Dove evolution

The women in the world want to become beautiful. And I think that the Japanese women hanker for the appearance of the gringos. The retouch grants the wish, but they aren't original. However, the woman became beautiful. I saw the woman look different. The first is more natural than after modify. But the woman became more beautiful than before, for example, her skin is clear, her hair is longer and her eyes are bigger than original. Thought they were the effect of the retouch the woman became beautiful. However, I think that a true good point disappears when we depend on the retouch. It is important to become beautiful, but it is more important to be natural.

A Dog OF Flanders

Today I will introduce my favorite animated cartoon. I loved "A Dog OF Flanders" broadcasted on TV in my childhood and I watched it every day. Of course still love it. Recently I borrowed and read the book of "A Dog OF Flanders" in a library of the Kansai Gaidai. I read in English sentence for the first time, but I impressed. Then, I'll introduce this animation' story.

The main character of this story is a boy who is tender-hearted but he is poor called Nelo. He lived with his grandfather while delivering milk run. He liked drawing and longed to become a painter. His dream is to see pictures of Rubens. One day, he found the injured dog. The dog 's name is Patrasche which was a abandoned dog. He decided to have Patrasche. They lived in friendship like brothers. But, suddenly his grandfather has died. From then on tragedy followed them. I think that when things of the future write a story from here, you aren't interesting, so I don't write them. The ending of this story is different at countries. The ending of the Japanese story is very emotional. I really love this animated cartoon. I want to everybody to watch this animated cartoon by all means.

My Opinion

Young people mustn't sit priority seats. I go to school by train and bus. I often see young people sit priority seats in trains and buses. I see in particularly the pupils and the junior high school students line up and sitting their seats. They speak loudly and make noise there. And the female high school students and the women make up their face there. I think very few people give up their seats nowadays. On the contrary, they use the cell phone inpriority seats. I think they are terrible because, they not only don't they give up their seats but they ignore the cell phone manner. Moreover there are the people talking on the cell phone. They must obey the rule and ougth to give up their seats. Personally, think all seats should be priority seats without any signs. If all seats were priority seats then the elderly and the expectant mother and injured person are easy to sit the seats. Because, they don't have to reserve to give up their seats and they become comfortable. And I think that the people ought to move over in the train. Then many people can sit the seats. Everybody keep the rule and should use facilities for travel comfortably.

June 27th☆20 years old★

Today is my birthday!!
My friends and my family celebrated me:)♪Many people gave me presents and e-mail for me. I am very happy now^^My family held a party. I ate a lot of cakes and a banquet. My friend Erika made this bouquet and gave them to me.

Today was a really happy day for me.

My Favorite Place -Fair Copy-

My favorite place is Tokyo Disneyland. Because I can always relax there. Tokyo Disneyland is the most popular theme park in Japan. It is located in Urawa city of Chiba prefecture and a very large ground. There is surrounded by the sea. The area is 51 hectares. Tokyo Disneyland is larger than Kansai Gaidai University. It is about 3 times size of Kansai Gaidai University. The symbol of Tokyo Disneyland is Cinderella Castle. And there are a lot of very famous character there, for example, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Winnie The Pooh and so on. Especially, The main characters are Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto. These characters were created by Walt Disney. There are many rides there, too. Maybe, there are 44 kinds rides. They are very exciting. The parade are very wonderful and emotional, because almost all the characters appear in the parade. And illuminate the parade at night. I always cry when I see them. And, there always smell of the popcorn. They have various kinds, for example, salt taste, honey taste, curry taste, caramel taste, soy sauce and butter taste and so on. Those taste often change. I always eat caramel taste. There are a lot of souvenir shop and very many goods are sold. When I go to there, I am very excited and comfortable. I want to go to Tokyo Disneyland soon.

Studio Gibli

I like Studio Gibli. So, today I will write about Studio Gibli. Gibli is a famous studio where many Japanese animations are made. The supervisor is Mr. Hayao Miyazaki. The movies are usually about magical words and they have very beautiful animation. Some of the most important works from Studio Gibli are; My Neighbour Tottoro, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle and so on.

I will introduce two movies to you, "My Neighbour Tottoro" and "Princess Mononoke".

The first movie is "My Neighbour Tottoro". This story is about a family that movie to the countryside. The main characters are Satsuki and Mei. They are sister. One day Mei got lost in the woods and she met "Tottoro" of the forest. Only people with pure mind can see him. Satsuki and Mei both meet Tottoro and they become friends. It is a very moving story. Because it's a fantasy, but it also has a lot of truth and meaning to it.

The other movie I would like to write about "Princess Mononoke". This story take place in old Japan. The theme of the story is destruction of nature by man. Today, we are continuing to destroy the earth. But a movie like this help to make us aware of the problems. Now, this is a very important subject. Miyazaki's films are very beautiful and entertaining works. But they also teach an important message. This is why Studio Gibli films are so popular in Japan and around the world.

My Favorite Place♪

My favorite place is Tokyo Disney Land. Tokyo Disney Land is the most popular theme park in Japan. It is located in Urawa city of Chiba prefecture and a very large ground. And there are a lot of very famous character there. For example, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Winnie The Pooh and so on. There are a many ride there, too. The parade are very very wonderful and emotional. I always cry when I see it. There are a lot of souvenir shop and very many goods are sold. When I go to there, I am excited and comfortable. I want to go to Tokyo Disney Land soon.

BARAKA Response

BARAKA

1. Through this movie I knew the world civilization and culture and I understood the working of nature and people's daily life. For example, Japan has a lot of temples and shrines. There are very famous Kiyomizu-Dera Temple and Horyu-Ji Temple in Kyoto and Nara. By this movie, Ryoan-Ji Temple and Hokke-Ji Temple were introduced. And a Japanese characteristic is, there are very many people if we go to metropolis. Contrastively, if we go to in the heart of the mountains there are still wild monkey and other wild animals. And there are different environment and culture all over the world.

2. I think there are some special meaning in this movie being "no words". But, when i heard "no words", I thougth that there isn't subtitle. The special meaning is, for example anyone can watch this movie. It mean is the people can watch who don't understand languages. While there are no words, sight and hearing become sensitive. And it stretches the our imagination. Without words, it communicate a lot of information and we are able to sense somthing. In point is music. Music can convey various feelings only by a melody for us. I think that this movie is no words on purpose. Because I think it may have wanted to be able to remind us of this.

(Peer Editar Tomoyo)

My Scary Story-Clean copy

I had a scary experience when I was 1 years old.But I don't remember the experience.So I heard about the story from my mother about ten years ago.
The unexpected unfotunate occurrence happened in the grandparents's house.We were taking a nap then for half an hour.Only I waked up early.My mother got up next.When my mother looked around, an area was bloody.And my hand was bloody, too.My mother felt chilly to see them.I didn't cry then.Because I didn't notice it.
There was a razor on the television.It was the place where my hand didn't reach.But I got on a chair and took it.And I played with the razor.I heard this story and I was chilled to the bone.
But I didn't feel a pain in my hand then, and the cut wasn't terrible, too.
Shortly afterwards I had treat me just to make sure at the hospital.

My Scary Story

I had a scary experience when I was 1 years old.
But I don't remember the experience.
So I heard about the story my mother.
The unexpected unfotunate occurrence happened in the grandparents's house.
We were taking a nap then.
Only I waked up early.
My mother got up next.
When my mother looked around, an area was bloody.
And my hand was bloody, too.
My mother thrilled to see them.

There was a razor on the television.
It was the place where my hand didn't reach.
But I got on a chair and took it.
And I played with the razor.
I heard this story and I was chilled to the bone.

MY DREAM

Good evening, everyone.
How are you doing?
I'm fine.
But, today was rainy from morning till night.
I hate rain. Because rain lets me depression.
But Japan will become the rainy season soon.

I worked part-time today afternoon.
I am lecture of supplementary private school.
I teach English there.
Today I taught geography and science, too.
Because junior high school students are before an midterm examination.
But I am poor at geography..

I will teach English for the childlen in the distant future.
This is my second dream.
My first dream is to go to Italy.
I want to study abroad next year.
I think that Italy is a very attractive country.
A row of houses and streets are very beautiful.
And Italian foods are very delicious.
I think it is the longed-for country of all.
I do my best everyday.
For example, I take Italian-Ⅰand Italian-Ⅱclasses.
I never fail to do preparation for lessons and review.
And I went studying abroad briefing session(留学説明会) yesterday with a friend.
I listened to the valuable studying abroad experiences of superior.
They were interesting and benefit for me.

I hope to realize studying abroad!

★☆My 'Golden Week' Holidays☆★

Hello, everyone!!

How are you doing?

I'm fine, but little sleepy.

I baked cookies a little while ago.

Today, I write about "My Golden Week Holidays".

May 3rd.

I went "OPEN CAMPUS" of Kansai Gaidai.

I went there as a part-time job.

The day, I got up at five o'clock.
I was very sleepy.

I did many things.

For example, I posted up a notice on the wall, straightened up the hall, "Campus Tour " and so on.

So, I made an appeal for our university.

I was very busy and tired.

Then, I went to "31 ice cream" with a friend.

We ate ice cream and talked for two hours.

I was very happy.

May 4th

I went to the Italian restaurant with my family.
The Italian restaurant's name is "La gatta ".
"La gatta" means "cat" in Italian.

I love Italian foods.

In particular, I like spaghetti and pizza.

So I ate a pizza.

It was very delicious.

I am interested in Italy.
Accordingly I was taught Italian by the restaurant's cook.

I could learn various things.

I really enjoyed my Golden Week holidays♪

DESSERT♪

I ate "warabi mochi" of Japanese-Style Confectionery.

Today's dinner:)

Hello. How are you? I'm fine. It was cold day today.

I came home early today.

I like to cook.

So I cooked dinner this evening.

I write blog about today's dinner.

I cooked hamburger steak, potato salad, cold tofu and soft seaweed soup.

☆Ingredient (Hamburger Steak)

・bread crumbs ・onion ・minced meat ・egg ・salt and pepper ・milk ・salad oil

★How to make Hamburger Steak

1.Mince onions and stir-fry fly up them.

2.Put bread crumbs, onions, minced meat, egg, salt, pepper, and milk in a bowl.

3.Mix and round them.

4.Pour salad oil into a flying pan.

5.Give them a good roast.

6.Serve them on dishes.

☆Ingredient(Poteto Salad)

・potetoes ・carrot ・ham ・cucumber ・vinegar ・salt and pepper ・mayonnaise ・tuna can

★How to make Poteto Salad

1.Wash vegetables.

2.Peel a carrot and potatoes.

3.Cut them.

4.Heat them with a microwave oven.

5.Cut cucumber in round slices.

6.Crush potatoes.

7.Put all ingredient in a bowl and mix.

8.Season with mayonnaise.

I ate this dinner with my familiy.

They said "Oishii".

I was glad...