| ************************************** "Treasure Box" - Discovery of Japan <Vol.6> ************************************** Our web site: http://www.jpn-miyabi.com Date: September 26, 2003 Nice to see you again, everyone. ^_^/ If you go out, you can probably find signs of autumn by touching autumn breeze, looking at clear night sky. "Autumn of harvest", "Autumn of reading", "Autumn of sports", these typical Japanese expressions about autumn shows on delight for coming confortable season after hot and severe summer. The reason why we have these words is because there are four seasons in Japan, and this seems to be one of special customs. 皆さん、またお会い出来て嬉しいです^_^/ 秋風に触れ、澄んだ夜空を眺め、外に出掛けると秋の訪れを感じ ます。“稔りの秋”“読書の秋”“スポーツの秋”、これらの言 葉は暑くて厳しい夏が過ぎ、心地よい季節の到来の喜びを表す典 型的な日本語の表現です。このような言葉が存在するのも四季が ある日本だからこそであり、日本特有のものの一つかもしれません。 ============================================================ *** CONTENTS *** *JAPANESE LESSON <Lesson 6 - At a hospital> Have you ever been afraid when you felt sick in a foreign country? We are going to provide you some basic English- Japanese phrases in order to explain your condition to a doctor. http://www.jpn-miyabi.com/Vol.6/conversation6.html ============================================================ *CULTURE "Japanese Weddings" ------------------ In Japan, there are various types of wedding ceremonies other than the traditional Shinto wedding ceremony. For example, church marriage ceremonies, Buddhist... Please click the following URL to read the sequel. http://www.jpn-miyabi.com/Vol.6/wedding-e.html ============================================================ *TOPIC "A Challenge of Don Quixote" ------------------------- This is not a story about Don Quixote who challenged a windmill. This Don Quixote is a Japanese whole seller... Sequels of this column are here, so please click now! http://www.jpn-miyabi.com/Vol.6/donquixote-e.html ============================================================= *RECIPE "Yakitori" "Yakitori" means skewered barbecue chiken. It is suitable for beer! How about have a Yakitori party? http://www.jpn-miyabi.com/Vol.6/recipe4.html ============================================================ *** PREVIEW *** *JAPANESE LESSON 7: "At a restaurant" Healthy Japanese food are very popular even overseas. We are going to introduce some basic Japanese phrases to enjoy a meal when you go to Japanese restaurant. On the contrary, English pharases we mention should be useful to Japanese travelers as well. *CULTURE: "Japanese Funereal Ceremony" There is a word, "Kankon-Sosai". "Kankon" means wedding ceremony, "Sosai" means funeral ceremony. Japanese weddings had been already introduced in the previous number. In the next, we are going to tell you about Japanese funeral. *TOPIC : "The color of Kurosawa's movie" Mr. Akira Kurosawa is a very famous Japanese film director. We would like to tell you about his faith concerning films. *RECIPE: "Takikomi Gohan" "Takikomi Gohan" is to boil rice with various ingredients. As you know, there are many kinds of rice dishes in the world, such as Paelja、Chinese fried rice, Nashi Golen, etc. We are going to intorduce Japanese style one. ============================================================ *LIVING INFORMATION 1) Postal Service 2) Supermarket 3) Hospital 4) Travel (Metro Map / Flight Information / Travel Agency) 5) Japanese Alphabet "Hiragana" 6) Telephone 7) Entertainment 8) Hotels 9) Taxi The above subjects are shown on our HP. Please click now ^0^ http://www.jpn-miyabi.com ============================================================ *BACK NUMBER http://www.jpn-miyabi.com/backnumber.html *CONTACT US: Please feel free to send your request or question of Japanese life. e-mail: jpn-miyabi@jpn-miyabi.com (English) jpnmiyabi@aol.com (Japanese) See you at the next number ^_^/ Please access the below URL, if you would like to register and/or unsubscribe. http://www.jpn-miyabi.com/Menu/magazine-top.html (C) Copyright 2003-2004 JPN-MIYABI All Rights Reserved |