Probably the most famous Japanese ghost story of all time is Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), known also as a Story of Oiwa and Iemon. Oiwa was a lady married to a rōnin Tamiya Iemon, who cared about her beautiful face above anything else. However, pretty soon there came another woman into the game. Her name was Přečíst si víc oGhost story no.1[…]
Within a few minutes you will be able to introduce yourself in Japanese, isn’t that awesome! Let’s start! Hajimemashite Watashi wa Nera desu. Cheko kara kimashita. Dubai ni sunde imasu. Nihongo ga daisuki desu. Dōzo yoroshiku (onegaishimasu). Greetings! I am Nela. I am from the Czech Republic. I live in Dubai. I love Japanese. Pleasure Přečíst si víc oIntroducing yourself[…]
Hiragana is one of two Japanese alphabets – it consists of 46 charters and it is used for the phonetic transcription of Japanese writing. In simple terms, it works as our Latin script – the characters do NOT carry any meaning, but only a visual form of a particular sound. The same works for katakana Přečíst si víc oHiragana[…]
How to describe something as complicated as Japanese system of writing in simple words? Let us start with this – Japanese does not have ONE but TWO alphabets – hiragana and katakana. And mastering these should be considered as a gentle wam-up before the life-term marathon called kanji. Why the hell someone needs two alphabets Přečíst si víc oWritten Japanese[…]