Hinamatsuri, also called Doll’s Day or Girls’ Day, is a special day in Japan. Celebrated each year on 3 March, platforms covered with a red carpet-material are used to display a set of ornamental dolls representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.
Teaching Japanese as a second language for children Children learn naturally without grammar. This one shows as favorite or not favorite. We do not teach [dislike きらい]in the sentence. Using ‘○and X ‘ to explain their opinion first to understand this action will be what for. [Sukiすき]vs[Kirai きらい] both are very common to use as […]
Sydney Nihongo Juku commences in Chatswood classes this year in 2019. Considering Kindergarten student who wants to develop Japanese such as hiragana, katakana, reading and writing. When children start studying at Kindergarten, English environment will be 100% at the school. The communication method between children and parents will switch from Japanese to English. If you […]
A Happy New year for all. We had a great X’mas party in Dec’18. Many students joined in a hot day with us. We had live music for cheer up and our head teacher provided her homemade cooking to share with. At the last, we had several Japanese games that used chopstick to pick up […]
The New Year season is the most significant season for the Japanese. All the Christmas décor is switched to the New Year’s in a blink. Major New Year icons are the pine tree, bamboo, plums and so on. All of them are symbols of good fortune and longevity. Also, people find some aim to do […]
When counting in Japanese, you will need to put certain counter words after the number, like “1-kko”, “1-ppon”, “1-mai” or “hitori”. Depending on what you count, this counter word changes. Sydney Japanese Language school, Nihongo-Juku will introduce some of the most common counter words and how to read them! Three common counter suffixes are; “Hon” […]
[Grammar] How do you explain, “I want to eat TAKOYAKI” たこやきを たべたいです(watashi wa takoyaki o tabetai desu) or you also say たこやきが たべたいです。(takoyaki ga tabetai desu)You can use both, however the meaning is slightly deferent. “___ o tabe tai desu” is you show your statement but using particle “____ ga tabetai desu” shows your desire. You really need […]
This is for beginner’s tip. Tabe-mono and Nomi-mono. Everyone knows some verbs tabemasu (to eat) and nomimasu (to drink). When you put the [~mono ] after the verb that becomes to たべもの＆のみもの as noun. [things to eat and things to drink] たべもの：サラダ、すし、ラーメン、カレー、てんぷら、 etc のみもの : みず、ジュース、コーヒー、ぎゅうにゅう、ビール、ワイン etc くだもの(kuda-mono) are all fruits. Then new one is […]
When you go shopping and If you can not find things you want, how do you explain your feeling to a retail. ん。。。ちょっと ちいさいなあ。おおきいのが ほしい。「すみません、もうすこし おおきいの ありますか。」 『おおきいの』『の』is just omitting to use same noun. They are looking at same item together, so you do not need to repeat same noun. 『もっと やすいの ありますか。』『もっと ちいさいの ありますか。』『ピンクの ありますか。』etc.