This week's homework is to read an article from the Japan Times and give your opinion. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?ek20060110ks.htm
Do you agree or disagree with the author (who is Japanese). Please explain why in your blog.
I'm not sure that I understand this article completely, but in my opinion, I don't agree with the author. I think it depends on the person. I don't think so many guys are "Renai Ken-o Sho". My ex-boyfriends liked calling me. I also think it depends on the ages. Maybe some men remaining single in their thirties avoid love relationship.
2008年1月27日日曜日
Table Manners
Have you eaten in foreign restaurant? Did you make any mistakes? Please explain your experience. Did you learn anything?
Yes, I have been to some kinds of restaurants in America. I don't know I had some mistakes or not, because no one told me. But, every time I went to restaurant in America with my friends, I had trouble with tips. I didn't know how much should I pay for tips.
Yes, I have been to some kinds of restaurants in America. I don't know I had some mistakes or not, because no one told me. But, every time I went to restaurant in America with my friends, I had trouble with tips. I didn't know how much should I pay for tips.
2007年10月22日月曜日
Homework #1-2
2.a) Where do you go when you die?
I hope I will go to heaven. In Japan, I think many people believe that when people die, they go to heaven or hell. I believe transmigration of the soul.
b) Explain why do Japanese have death memorial services 1 month, 1 year, 3 years, 7 years, etc. after a person's death?
Buddism holds that after a person dies he or she is reborn but not reborn at the exact moment of death. There is a certain prosess which needs forty-nine days. The forty-ninth day, where the person reborn is decided, so we hold special memorial service on this day. When this custom was transmitted from India to China, three dates were added: one handred days, one year and three years. Then, when Buddhism reached Japan, ceremonies were added for the seventh, thirteenth and thirty-third anniversaries and then, there were thirteen ceremonies.
("英語で話す「仏教」Q & A" 参照)
I hope I will go to heaven. In Japan, I think many people believe that when people die, they go to heaven or hell. I believe transmigration of the soul.
b) Explain why do Japanese have death memorial services 1 month, 1 year, 3 years, 7 years, etc. after a person's death?
Buddism holds that after a person dies he or she is reborn but not reborn at the exact moment of death. There is a certain prosess which needs forty-nine days. The forty-ninth day, where the person reborn is decided, so we hold special memorial service on this day. When this custom was transmitted from India to China, three dates were added: one handred days, one year and three years. Then, when Buddhism reached Japan, ceremonies were added for the seventh, thirteenth and thirty-third anniversaries and then, there were thirteen ceremonies.
("英語で話す「仏教」Q & A" 参照)
2007年7月26日木曜日
June 25th Dating
My ideal man is someone who is gentle, has a sense of humor and has talent.
The most important thing is kind. I love a man who is always kind to everyone, not pretending to be kind. Sense of humor and talent is also important for me. it's just because I like that kind of man. Looks is a little important because if he wears dirty clothes such as he hasn't washed them for a long time, I can't be attracted to him.
2007年6月10日日曜日
Family Life
a. What do chiidren usually leave home?
I think it's depends on. Usually, people leave home after they graduated from high school or university. Some of my friends live their own but most of my friends live with their parents.
b. How many people live in your home?
There are 3 in my family. I live alone and my mother and father live together.
c. Do you have a head of family?
Yes, my father is a head of family.
d. Who does the housework?
My mother does. My father told me that he sometimes helps my mother lately.
e. Who runs the family?
I think both of my parents do.
f. How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
My parents have 3 rooms to sleep in their house. They have one guest room and others are one for my parents and one for me.
I think it's depends on. Usually, people leave home after they graduated from high school or university. Some of my friends live their own but most of my friends live with their parents.
b. How many people live in your home?
There are 3 in my family. I live alone and my mother and father live together.
c. Do you have a head of family?
Yes, my father is a head of family.
d. Who does the housework?
My mother does. My father told me that he sometimes helps my mother lately.
e. Who runs the family?
I think both of my parents do.
f. How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
My parents have 3 rooms to sleep in their house. They have one guest room and others are one for my parents and one for me.
Lesson 6 Names and Addresses
1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
I think the way of showing emotion is a little different.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese.
①うれしい happy
②悲しい sad
③楽しい fun
④落ち込む feel down
⑤怒る angry
⑥寂しい lonely
⑦腹が立つ mad
⑧驚く surprise
⑨つらい hard/rough
⑩がっかりする disappoint
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
頑張って/仕方ない
I think the way of showing emotion is a little different.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese.
①うれしい happy
②悲しい sad
③楽しい fun
④落ち込む feel down
⑤怒る angry
⑥寂しい lonely
⑦腹が立つ mad
⑧驚く surprise
⑨つらい hard/rough
⑩がっかりする disappoint
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
頑張って/仕方ない
2007年5月24日木曜日
Class #4 Islam
1. How do you greet people in your life? Is it different for different people? Why?
I think I greet different way for different people. For my friends or family, I usually say "Ohayou" and then I just go the conversation straight. But for professors or elder people, I usually say "Ohayougozaimasu" with bowing.
2. Do you touch people when you talk to them? Why? Or Why not?
I sometimes touch people when I talk with them. But just my close friends, boyfriend and little cousins. I touch them because I have a sense of closeness for them.
I think I greet different way for different people. For my friends or family, I usually say "Ohayou" and then I just go the conversation straight. But for professors or elder people, I usually say "Ohayougozaimasu" with bowing.
2. Do you touch people when you talk to them? Why? Or Why not?
I sometimes touch people when I talk with them. But just my close friends, boyfriend and little cousins. I touch them because I have a sense of closeness for them.
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