culture In May — Satsuki and Mei, two girls in the movie My Neighbor Totoro
Do you know Satsuki and Mei, two girls in the movie My Neighbor Totoro？
Actually, “Satsuki” さつき（皐月／五月）means the month ...
Japanese
culture 
words さくら/サクラ/sakura cherry blossoms
Did you know?
桜咲く(さくらさく、サクラサク、sakurasaku) also means "passing the entrance exam."
quite common metaphor.
Japanese Sometimes vowels ‘i’ and ‘u’ can be omitted
Did you know...?
Basically, we Japanese fully pronounce each vowel with equal stress accent, and with equal time leng...
Japanese How to Order In a Japanese Restaurant
How to Order In a Japanese Restaurant@the Polyglot Gathering 2019 in Bratislava.
slides from workshop
alphabet Katakana alphabet カタカナ５０音
ア イ ウ エ オ
a i u e oカ キ ク ケ コ
ka ki ku ke ko
サ シ ス セ ソ
sa shi su se so
タ チ ツ テ ト
ta chi tsu te to
ナ ニ ヌ ...
vocabulary Skyscraper, Yokohama
高層ビル
こうそうびる
Kousou biru
Skyscraper
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タワー
Tawa
塔
とう
Tou
Tower
Landmark tower, Yo...
food Maccha, green tea
抹茶
まっちゃ
Maccha
Green tea
団子
だんご
Dango
rice dumpling
food Vegetarian, Vegan dinner
精進料理
しょうじんりょうり
Shoujin ryouri
Vegetarian/Vegan dinner served at temples
Houkouji, Hamamatsu
Japanese Shinkansen
新幹線
しんかんせん
シンカンセン
Shinkansen
bullet train
のぞみ
Nozomi
hope
at Shinnyokohama station
food Tempura
天麩羅
天ぷら
てんぷら
テンプラ
tempura
shrimp
mushroom
sweet potato
lotus root
pumpkin
fukinotou (edible flower bud)
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