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How do you cook japanese rice?

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:49:02 +0000

I am in staying japan so have to cook japanese rice in a rice cooker. I soak it, before cooking and let it steam after, i use 1 1/4 cups of water for each cup of rice. But it comes out like rice pudding, what am i doing wrong?

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Japanese?

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:11 +0000

With companies like Toyota and other big car mfgs creating jobs here in America. do you think the Japanese say to themselves “They took our jobs”. In a sense, aren’t we the Mexico to Japan?

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How can i switch my Japanese CyberShot W170 camera to english menu?

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:49:26 +0000

I just bought a cybershot w170 here in Japan and I cant seem to find the language option in the menu.. Is is possible to switch it to English or am I stuck with a Japanese menu for my camera?

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What is the best and fastest way to learn Japanese?

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:51:24 +0000

I am a U.S. citizen and I have a Japanese fiance. She speaks fluent English but her family only speaks Japanese and I would like to communicate with them as well as be able to have an additional language skill for possible future employment requiring it.

Without going to Japan, what is the best way to learn a foreign language? Any resources, tips, programs would be most effective. I am only interested in conversational Japanese now.

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Has anyone made a Japanese style futon before?

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:28:25 +0000

I want to make a Japanese style futon, and was wondering if anyone has made one or something similar to it before. It usually comes in two parts: the kakefuton (comforter) and a shikifuton (mattress). [You might have to Google them]. I’ve lived in and traveled to Japan before, and I miss how comfortable it is to sleep on one. I’ve never sewn anything before so if you could help me out, that would be great. Thanks.

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Learning Japanese Numbers – How to Turn Numbers Into Words!

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:24:57 +0000

When learning Japanese, many people start from learning the numbers from one to ten. It’s an easy and fun way to get started and doesn’t take long, but did you know that you can make words from the numbers? First, lets review the Japanese words for the numbers from one to ten. One, two and three are ichi, ni, san. Four can be shi or yon. Five and six are go and roku. Seven can be nana or shichi. Eight is hachi, nine is kyu or ku and ten is ju.

By putting together the sounds from two numbers, you can make a word. For example, if you are hungry you may want some 15. What’s 15? – take the sound of one, which is ‘ichi’ and put it together with the sound of five ‘go’, to make ichigo – strawberries. How about some 29? Putting the sound of the word of two ‘ni’ with nine ‘ku’ makes ‘niku’ which means meat. In Japan people eat with chopsticks, which is ‘hashi’ in Japanese. To make ‘hashi’ out of numbers, take the first part of the word for eight which is ‘ha’ and add ’shi’ to make 84. If you are asked to go along to a party, you could reply 19 – i + ku = ‘iku’, which means to go!.

There are a couple of numbers to be careful of. If you put the sounds of four and two together, you get shi+ni, which in Japanese means death. Many buildings such as hotels or hospitals won’t have a room with the number 42. 24 is another number that you won’t find in many buildings as it makes the word ni+shi = nishi meaning double death.

You can even make some English words from Japanese numbers. Lets see how. If you take the Japanese word for three ’san’ and put it together with the word for nine ‘kyu’, then you get ’sankyu’. If you say it out loud quickly, you can probably guess which English word it is – that’s right – Thank-you. You can also say Hello in English using Japanese. Remember the word for eight – ‘hachi’ if you take the first part ‘ha’ and put it together with the first part of six – ‘ro’ – you get ‘haro’ – Hello. Using numbers for words is popular when writing messages on cell phones in Japan.

If you are creative, you can probably think of more Japanese words that you can make from numbers. It’s a fun way to keep on learning more Japanese. Can you work out the number for the Japanese word for white? Go to http://www.learnjapanesewordsandphrases.com to find out and for more tips about how to keep your Japanese learning interesting.

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To learn Japanese numbers easily and quickly by listening to a native speaker pronounce the numbers from 1 to 1000 and more simple Japanese words and sentences visit http://www.learnjapanesewordsandphrases.com Today!

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japanese?

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:55:33 +0000

Do the japanese really write letters like this? フルーツバスケッ?
just boxes? cuz i was lookin up fruits basket on wikipedia and it said this: The phrase “fruits basket” means simply a basket of fruit in Japan. It is written in Japanese as フルーツバスケット, fu-ru-u-tsu-ba-su-ke-t-to, where the ‘tsu’ kana represents the ‘ts’ in “fruits”, making it plural

how do they know what letter it is? the boxes are all the same!! lol

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Japanese?/?

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:53:50 +0000

ok, i learn japanese week ago,
and write japanese for me, because
i just want to learn:) and im going japan
next spring.

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What do Japanese people think of Americans as individuals and averages nowadays?

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:54:02 +0000

I suspect they think of us as a young country, and that we have a lot to learn. What about Japanese women who think of guys from the US who move to Japan?

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How can I enable a japanese keyboard to let me type in Kanji on my computer?

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:02:43 +0000

My friend while in Japan bought me a japanese usb keyboard, but I am unable to figure out how to type out with kanji.
Also, would I be able to type in kanji on an english 360/PS3 as well?

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