Japan – Feb. 28 Phrase of the Day

二月二十八日 Sukii tte ikkai yattara yamitsuki ni naru Once you try skiing, You’re hooked. スキーって一回やったら病みつきになる Today’s focus will be on ‘yamitsuki ni naru’ Yamitsuki means hooked; ni naru means to become. Repeat this over and over all day.  My boys will work with it until they can repeat it on queue.  Remember these are such a useful supplement.  They helped me a lot. Bonus study.  Can anyone figure out what this kana word is?  Can [...] ...Read the rest of this article...

Japan – Vocab 9/17/09

対応する [たいおうする] taiou suru – to correspond 対応「たいおう」 interaction; correspondence; coping with; dealing with; support Examples Vista対応のゲームを動かしたいのです。I want to run a VISTA game. Here VISTA対応 refers to ‘Corresponding’ or ‘Supported by’ Vista このファイルをCivil3D2010対応のファイルに変換して再送してくれますか。Can you please convert this file into a Civil 3D 2010 file, and resend it? Again here, 対応 is used as a modifier to express a supported version. その日本語に対応する英語はない。That Japanese word has no English equivalent. The usage A に対応する B はない is used [...] ...Read the rest of this article...

Japan Day 1

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After getting a feel for everything, we went to see my new friend Yuji Fukuoka at Nishida Machine Company in Sakai City, Osaka, Japan.  We took a traing to Otori station.  Trains…..  Did you know that you can take a train to anywhere you want to go in Japan.  They run on time.  The gravest incident on a train delay within the last 10 years (I think) was an absolute melt down incident.  The train [...] ...Read the rest of this article...