日本語の「もの」と「こと」Whereas English uses the word “thing” to refer to anything that exists, Japanese generally divides existence into the physical and non-physical. mono is usually a tangible thing, such as a wallet, a cabbage, a ... ...full story at Japan Visitor
from Japan Visitor on Thu, Sep 25 2008
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Peeling like a snake live in Mono by Sweet Adeline »
YouTube video Live in Mono, Hirakata, Japan. Song about a trip to Okinawa
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ppoi » Japan Visitor っぽいA very large part of Japanese grammar is all about word endings.A very useful word ending for the learner of Japanese is the ending “ppoi” – the p here being repeated to represent a stop, as an English speaker does with the phrase “top p... |
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