A little place for learning languages
By thomas on Apr 15, 2008 in Japanese | 5 Comments
In the summer of last year, my wife told me (in Japanese) “We need to buy a magic bottle.”
“A what?”
“A magic bottle.”
“What on earth is a magic bottle? and why do we need to buy one?”
Magic Bottle
The word in question here is 魔法瓶 (mahou-bin). The first part 魔法 (mahou) means “magic”, as in […]
By thomas on Apr 12, 2008 in Japanese | 3 Comments
My wife and I went to see cherry blossoms at Himeji castle today. On the way back we ran across this awesome sign:
What a welcoming sign! The Japanese reads お急ぎの方ご利用下さい (o-isogi no kata go-riyou kudasai), which is hilarious in Japanese but translates a little awkwardly to something like “People in a hurry, please […]
By thomas on Apr 10, 2008 in Japanese | 0 Comments
I took a two week vacation to the States and I’m back now. My infant son got to meet his paternal grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins for the first time. Good times had by all.
I didn’t do any language study during my vacation, so I came home to a lot of due cards on Anki. […]
