Thursday, November 11, 2010

The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 8: Rose - Damon says "I love you"



Anyone love Vampire Diary?
The most heartbroken scene in Episode 8.
Be together Damon & Elena! Please!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Haiku

あきの落葉
とホットなお茶
心を暖める


[falling leaves in autumn
 and hot red tea
 warm my heart
 秋天的落叶
 和热气腾腾的茶
 一样暖我心]







クリスマス 
こころどきどき 
初のデート
[Christmas
 Heart pounding
 first date
 圣诞节
 心如鹿撞
 初约会]


Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Composition

やまださん、あげんきですか。

わたしは ジンガオです。ちゅうごくのペキンからきました。コロンビア大学のになんせいです。だいがくは いま とても にぎやかです。そして きれいです。でも、だいがくは とても たかいですね。大学のせいかつは たのしいですが、いそがしいです。6月18日に日本へいけます。

よろしく おれがいします。

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Katakana Analysis Draft

  
        The two Katakana words I chose are both from the website of  Hello Kitty: http://www.sanrio.co.jp/
  One word is キャラクター which means "Character". This is a loan word which is borrowed from English and incorporated into Japanese. The other word is the name of the hello kitty company: サンリオ (Sanrio). I don't think this is a loanword cause there is no meaning for "Sanrio" in English. So this is might just a expression of the names of companies. As I known, a lot companies in Japan express their name in Katakana. Like Toyota トヨタ。
  Katakana is used instead of Hiragana to give the pronunciation of a word written in Roman characters, or for a foreign word or for company name. Using Katakana is to distinguish between native words and foreign words. This is meaningless to create a new Hiragana word which has the same pronunciation with the foreign word.
         Each textbook is different in explaining katakana because Katana is a flexible form. There is no such rule that in what circumstances Katanaka must be used. We can actually create Katatana word if we want. Therefore, categorize them in a same way is very hard. In lyrics, for emphasis or to change meaning, Katakana was also used differently in past times than now. And in this fast changing society, as in when Japan opened up to European and America, it brings a lot influence to Katakana. A lot words were created and I believe there are still a lot words are creating now. Because of this, I think there is no one right way to define Katakana, and so every textbook is a different person's perspective on this varying history and unique characteristic of the Japanese.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

❤「源氏物语」生田斗真の2011❤全国で公开

[Tale of Genji] 








My favorite picture! So Handsome






The Tale of Genji (源氏物語) is a classic work of japanese culture attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikubu in the early eleventh century, around the peak of the Heian period. It is sometimes called the world's first novel, the first modern novel, the first psychological novel or the first novel still to be considered a classic. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji

I first read it in a Literary class during my freshman year. I was confused about all the kinds of relationship between Genji and those women. However, I like it. (= =|||)



来年公開の映画!(This movie will release next year)
ゲンジさんはとてもハンサムです。そして、わたしはかれがすきだ。


じゃ、また!