2009/04/27


[Shift-JIS] 93FA
[UTF-8] E697A5 → Google search → Wiktionary

[画数] kaku-sū ”カク・スウ” Stroke
  4

[部首] bu-shu ”ブ・シュ” Radical
 [日] hi ”ひ”

[六書] riku-sho ”リク・ショ” Six principles → Chinese character classification
 [象形] shō-kei ”ショウ・ケイ” Pictogram

[音読み] on-yo-mi ”オン・よ・み” Chinese-style reading
 jitsu ”ジツ
 nichi ”ニチ
 nit- ”ニッ”
  ex:[日本] nippon ”ニッポン” Japan

[訓読み] kun-yo-mi ”クン・よ・み” Japanese reading
 hi ”
 ka ”
 -bi ”び”
  ex:[月曜日] getsu-yō-bi ”ゲツ・ヨウ・び” Monday
 -pi ”ぴ”
  ex:[生年月日] sei-nen-gappi ”セイ・ネン・ガッぴ” date of birth

[人名読み] jin-mei-yo-mi ”ジン・メイ・よ・み” Reading for person's name
 aki ”あき”
 haru ”はる”
 hiru ”ひる”
etc...

[熟字訓; 難読] juku-ji-kun; nan-doku ”ジュク・ジ・クン; ナン・ドク” Special reading
 [日次] hi-nami ”ひ・なみ” good or bad luck of the day =[日並{み}]
 [日向] hi-nata ”ひ・なた” the sun; sunny place
 [日向] hyūga ”ひゅうが” ([place] name)
 [日嗣] hi-tsugi ”ひ・つぎ” [succession to] the Throne [of the Emperor of Japan]
 [日和] hiyori ”ひより” [fine] weather
 [日本] ni-hon ”ニ・ホン” Japan
etc...

[意味] i-mi ”イ・ミ” Meaning
 the sun =[太陽] tai-yō ”タイ・ヨウ”
 sunshine; daytime; day; date
 time; occasion; opportunity
 daily; day by day
 Japan =[日本] nippon; ni-hon; hi+no-moto; yamato ”ニッポン; ニホン; ひ-の・もと; やまと”
 Emperor of Japan
 [number of] days
 Sunday =[日曜日] nichi-yō-bi ”ニチ・ヨウ・び”
etc...

[異体字] i-tai-ji ”イ・タイ・ジ” Alternative character form
 none



[日本文化を英語で紹介する事典] Nihon-Bunka o Eigo de Shōkai-suru Jiten
”にほん・ぶんか を えいご で しょうかい・する じてん”
A Bilingual Handbook on Japanese Culture

I recommend this if you would like to know about Japanese culture.
日本文化について知りたいのなら、こちらがオススメです。



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last update 2009/04/29

2009/04/26


[Shift-JIS] 964D
[UTF-8] E982A6 → Google search → Wiktionary

[画数] kaku-sū ”カク・スウ” Stroke
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[部首] bu-shu ”ブ・シュ” Radical
 [阝] ō-zato ”おお・ざと”

[六書] riku-sho ”リク・ショ” Six principles → Chinese character classification
 [形声] kei-sei ”ケイ・セイ” Phono-semantic compound
 邑(阝)+丰→邦

[音読み] on-yo-mi ”オン・よ・み” Chinese-style reading
  ”ホウ
 -pō ”ポウ”
  ex:[連邦] ren-pō ”レン・ポウ” federation [of states]

[訓読み] kun-yo-mi ”クン・よ・み” Japanese reading
 kuni ”くに”

[人名読み] jin-mei-yo-mi ”ジン・メイ・よ・み” Reading for person's name
 same as above

[熟字訓; 難読] juku-ji-kun; nan-doku ”ジュク・ジ・クン; ナン・ドク” Special reading
 none

[意味] i-mi ”イ・ミ” Meaning
 land; state; nation; [whole] country =[国]
 giving territory =[封]
 our country; Japan
etc...

[異体字] i-tai-ji ”イ・タイ・ジ” Alternative character form
 none



[ジャパネスク寓話 狐ヶ原の異邦人] Japanesuku Gūwa Kitsune-ga-hara no Ihōjin
”じゃぱねすく ぐうわ きつね・が・はら の いほうじん”
Japanesque Fable - Creature in Kitsunegahara

"Ihōjin" means foreigner, stranger or heathen.
And in story, it sometimes suggests creatures in Japanese folklore, aliens and so on.
「異邦人」とは、外国人、異国人、異教徒という意味です。
物語の中では、物の怪とか異星人などを指すこともあります。

This cover girl is Kitsune-Musume, Yōko. → What's 狐 ? → What's 妖狐 ? [Japanese]
表紙の女の子は狐娘です。



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last update 2009/04/26


[Shift-JIS] 8D91
[UTF-8] E59BBD → Google search → Wiktionary

[画数] kaku-sū ”カク・スウ” Stroke
  8

[部首] bu-shu ”ブ・シュ” Radical
 [囗] kuni-gamae ”くに・がまえ”

[六書] riku-sho ”リク・ショ” Six principles → Chinese character classification
 [会意形声] kai-i-kei-sei ”カイ・イ・ケイ・セイ”
┌或+囗→國 [会意] kai-i ”カイ・イ” Ideogrammic compound
└囗+或→國 [形声] kei-sei ”ケイ・セイ” Phono-semantic compound
 國→国 [新字体] shin-ji-tai ”シン・ジ・タイ” New (simplified) character form

[音読み] on-yo-mi ”オン・よ・み” Chinese-style reading
 koku ”コク”
 -goku ”ゴク”
  ex:[本国] hon-goku ”ホン・ゴク” one's own country [hometown]

[訓読み] kun-yo-mi ”クン・よ・み” Japanese reading
 kuni ”くに
 -guni ”ぐに”
  ex:[北国] kita-guni ”きた・ぐに” northern area [country]

[人名読み] jin-mei-yo-mi ”ジン・メイ・よ・み” Reading for person's name
 toki ”とき”
etc...

[熟字訓; 難読] juku-ji-kun; nan-doku ”ジュク・ジ・クン; ナン・ドク” Special reading
 none

[意味] i-mi ”イ・ミ” Meaning
 country; state; nation; capital; hometown
 founding of nation; building capital city
 the best in the country
etc...

[異体字] i-tai-ji ”イ・タイ・ジ” Alternative character form
  (traditional form)
  (another form)



[国旗の絵本] Kokki no Ehon ”こっき の えほん” Picture book of National Flags

This one is very popular among preschool kids.
この絵本は、就学前の子供たちに大人気です。



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last update 2009/04/26

2009/04/25


[Shift-JIS] 9861
[UTF-8] E5928C → Google search → Wiktionary

[画数] kaku-sū ”カク・スウ” Stroke
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[部首] bu-shu ”ブ・シュ” Radical
 [禾] no-gi; no-gi-hen ”ノ・ぎ; ノ・ぎ・ヘン”

[六書] riku-sho ”リク・ショ” Six principles → Chinese character classification
 [形声] kei-sei ”ケイ・セイ” Phono-semantic compound
 口+禾→和

[音読み] on-yo-mi ”オン・よ・み” Chinese-style reading
 ka ”カ”
 o ”
 wa ”

[訓読み] kun-yo-mi ”クン・よ・み” Japanese reading
 [和やか] nago-yaka ”なご・やか
 [和らぐ] yawa-ragu ”やわ・らぐ

[人名読み] jin-mei-yo-mi ”ジン・メイ・よ・み” Reading for person's name
 ai ”あい”
 chika ”ちか”
 hitoshi ”ひとし”
 kanau ”かなう”
 kata ”かた”
 katsu ”かつ”
 kazu ”かず
 masa ”まさ”
 masu ”ます”
 mikita ”みきた”
 taka ”たか”
 tomo ”とも”
 toshi ”とし”
 yasu ”やす”
 yamato ”やまと
 yasushi ”やすし”
 yawa ”やわ”
 yawara ”やわら”
 yori ”より”
 yoshi ”よし”
 wataru ”わたる”
etc...

[熟字訓; 難読] juku-ji-kun; nan-doku ”ジュク・ジ・クン; ナン・ドク” Special reading
 [和{え}物] ae-mono ”あえ・もの”
   one of side dishes in Japanese meal; foods dressed condiment or others
 [和泉] izumi ”いずみ” ([place] name)
 [和毛] niko-ge ”にこ・げ” soft [vellus] hair
 [和蘭{陀}] oranda ”おらんだ” Holland; the Netherlands =[蘭] ran ”ラン”
 [和布] wakame ”わかめ” Wakame; a kind of seaweed =[若布]
etc...

[意味] i-mi ”イ・ミ” Meaning
 calming down; soothing; being in harmony; being softened; making peace
 equally; just enough
 seeing; meeting
 sum; total
 and; with
 Japan; Yamato =[倭] =[大和]
 matching voices; singing in chorus
 setting in tune
 making up; compounding; mixing; blending; dressing
 calm; peaceful
etc...

[異体字] i-tai-ji ”イ・タイ・ジ” Alternative character form
  (traditional form)



[和風レトロ地紋] Wafū-Retoro-Zimon ”わふう・れとろ・じもん”
Japanese style retro [nostalgic] designs

I have already ordered this.
すでに注文してしまいました。:)



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last update 2009/04/29

[一休み] 'Hito-yasu-mi' ”ひと・やす・み” Taking a break

"Don't hurry. Keep cool. Have a break. Take a recess."
「あわてない、あわてない。一休み、一休み。」

These words are famous as Ikkyū-san's eyecatch. → What's eyecatch ?
「一休さん」のアイキャッチとしておなじみですね。

Ikkyū-san was one of the most famous TV animations in Japan.
 → What's 一休さん ? → Who's 一休宗純 ?
「一休さん」は、国民的アニメのひとつでした。


...I had stopped the update for two days.
……二日間更新を休んでしまいました。(^^;