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Comment on More Quantifiers by Japan Australia

Japan Australia — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:20:45 +0000

Thanks for the post. Some good useful quantifiers there. These are definitely good to learn and come in handy when speaking/learning Japanese.

Comment on から by Phill

Phill — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:12:34 +0000

Although I’ve been receiving emails for this blog since March last year, I’ve never commented.

However, I would like to express my appreciation for the regular and useful posts on this blog.

Although I have only stayed in Japan for a couple of 3-month periods, I found and still find the language a fascination.

Keep it up

Comment on Ramune by Jess

Jess — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:01:30 +0000

Where I work, we sell Ramune, so it is always interesting watching people try to open the bottles and/or drink from them. The little kids always ask for help, so I had to learn how to open them right away so that I didn’t spill them all over.Strawberry is my personal favorite.

Comment on Donburi by Amato

Amato — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:36:20 +0000

This is very interesting and useful for me; I’m from Germany and blog about Japanese sweets (wagashi/yogashi).
I would love to see some Japanese sweets names here…

Regards
Amato

Comment on Japanese Culture: Christmas in Japan by roy

roy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:19:57 +0000

Don’t forget the KFC Buffet in Osaka the only in Japan
http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/kfc-buffet-in-osaka/

Comment on Japanese Onomatopoeia by japanese words

japanese words — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:58:14 +0000

This is a great list and probably one of the more difficult parts to learn in Japanese.

Comment on Top Ranking Japanese Universities by Leeann

Leeann — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:43:35 +0000

Thank you for this article. I had looked into possibly attending Osaka University but I let that dream die. I think your article has brought it back to life for me!

Comment on Japanese Onomatopoeia by Juampa

Juampa — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:26:07 +0000

Awesome. Some ecuadorian spanish ones:

Guau Guau – a dog barking
Quiquiriqui – cockadoodldedo

Comment on Japanese Onomatopoeia by Koiboyjapan

Koiboyjapan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:27:36 +0000

How about some kiddies ones…

biri-biri (ビリビリ) sound of paper ripping
jyaa-jyaa (ジャージャー) sound of running water from a tap
buin-buin (ブインーブイン) sound of a vacuum cleaner running
dokan (ドンカン) sound of something large and heavy hitting something else
puppuu-puppu (プップープップー) sound of a trumpet
kan-kan (カンカン) sound of a railway crossing
aan-aan (アーンアーン）sound of a crying baby
buun-buun (ブーンブーン）sound of a flying airplane
nyan-nyan (ニャンニャン) Sound of a cat meowing
buu-buu (ブーブー) sound of a car engine running

Comment on Japanese Onomatopoeia by ガチマヤー

ガチマヤー — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:41:27 +0000

I’ve always heard グルグル (guru-guru) for the purring of a cat.

frog == ゲロゲロ (gero-gero)
baby bird == ピーピー (pii-pii)
click == カチッ (kachi)
thunder/rumble == ゴロゴロ (goro-goro)

and about kajillion others.

(Not a native speaker. Take with salt.)