Japanese Conversation

最近私は和食をちょっと勉強している。日本で住んでいるからたぶん和食を食べたほうがいいでしょう。後、スパーで日本の野菜のほう安いだ。たとえば、蓮根や、大根や、とふや、かぼちゃや、長ネギだ。知らない野菜もいっぱいある。だから明日日本人友達と晩御飯を作ろうと思っている。

時々私ってちょっと難しい。VEGANだから。でも、実は日本でそんな料理の本があるよ。「菜菜ごはん―野菜・豆etc.すべて植物性素材でつくるかんたん満足レシピ集」という本が買った。今まで作った食べ物は全部おいしかったよ！私の肉を食べる友達もおいしいと思う。

けさ朝ごはんにかゆを食べた。かゆはrice porrigeだ。最初の味はちょっと変だけど慣れてなる後においしい。１カップ米と３カップ水は鍋に入れて、ふたをして、弱い火で４０分に熱気する。後、塩とこしょうを好みする。

明日何を作るかな

I can never get the difference between translation and transliteration straight in my head...

Okay, here's the story. My friend was watching songs from Mulan in different languages, and she said she didn't like the Japanese version of "I'll Make a Man out of You". I've never seen Mulan, so I didn't care that much, but she kinda got me into translating it, and I ended up translating the whole song. However, my Japanese skills are kinda limited, so I'm not sure if it's right or not. Is there anyone who can proofread it?

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Thanks!! :)

始めまして。ミラアリシャです。どうぞよろしく。

私は日本語の三年生です。少し日本語で話します。でも、よく分かりません。ざねんだけど、漢字もよく知りません。

私は「Circuit City]でアルバイトをしています。。そして、秋と春とときどき夏時、デルタ学で行きます。いつも忙しいですね。だから、私は日本語で話しのがよくじゃないですね。でも、もう時にはほしい勉強します。

...Wow. Just writing that simple little thing broke my brain. What I wanted to say that I don't know how to say is: does anyone know of a place where I can get a good, comprehensive list of commonly used vocabulary and phrases to study? I really don't know much, and I'd like to get past things like そうね。。。　and よろしく！ I want to know more about actual conversational Japanese and be able to do more than talk about school and stuff.

...I wouldn't say no to any tips on learning 漢字, either...

Hi there! I'm KungFuZAP, but you can call me Zap, Kameko, or just Kame. I am in middle school and have been studying Japanese for about 5 years. My favorite food in the whole world is sushi. I'm a junior black belt in Kung Fu San Soo and will probably start as an assistant teacher next year. I have two cats, Willow and Xander, and two dogs, Indy and London. Most of the posts I write are in English, but I do write some posts in Japanese. I do not at all make the claim that my Japanese is perfect and would love it if you could help me and correct any mistakes I make.
You can find my posts that are related to Japanese things and posts that are written in Japanese here.

こんにちは！　　は　KungFuZAP、でも　ザップと、　亀子と、　亀がいいです。　　私は　中学校六年生です。　　五年間私は日本語を調査した。　　私は　せかいで　一番大好きな　食べものは　おすしです。　　私は　Kung Fu San Sooで　黒いベルトです。　　ウィローと　ザンダーは　私の　猫です。　　インディーと　ロンドンは　私の　犬です。　　私の　ポストは　もっとえいごの　ポスト、　でもすこし日本語ポストが　あります。 私の　日本語は　かんぺっきじゃないと　おもいますとで、　私に　てつだってくれませんか？
私の　日本語の　ポストは　こっちです。

よろしくおねがいします。 ♥~

-Kameko/亀子

So, I get to go study in Japan this summer for 1 month, and I'm really excited!

I've never been to Japan (or anywhere but Canada) before, so I have a lot of questions. I figured I'd just ask them as they came up....


So here's the first few:

Are there any conflicts with power cords? Like, do the American style plugs fit in the outlets there?
What about wireless Internet (802.11 B or G)? If that won't work, do they use the same standard network cables we use in the US?

I want to take my laptop, so I'm basically wondering:
1) Will I be able to charge it?
2) Will it be able to access the Internet?

This is to help me with my senior project in Japanese coming up this term. I would really appreciate it if everyone could fill this survey out for me.

1. How old are you?
2. What gender are you?
3. At what age did you become interested in Japanese culture?
4. What specific area of Japanese culture did you first become interested in (anime, martial arts, etc)?
5. How and when did you first learn of this particular aspect of Japanese culture?
6. What interested you about this particular aspect of Japanese culture?
7. Are you still interested in this particular aspect of Japanese culture?
8. Did this interest lead you to finding more aspects of Japanese culture that you found interesting?
9. What were these aspects?
10. How did you discover them?
11. What about them interested you the most?
12. Why were you interested?
13. Is there a common thread linking any of your interests together (i.e. I watched an anime with a catgirl in it and then I became interested in Japanese cat breeds, etc)?
14. Have you pursued any of your interests in a higher education environment?
15. Has your interest prompted you to study the language?
16. Have you gotten others interested in the culture?
17. By what avenue did you introduce them to the culture?
18. Has your interest led you to explore other east asian cultures?
19. How so?

Cross-posted.

私の日本語の文科の授業で、日本人の好きな漢字について発表します。日本人、こ
のインタビューの質問を答えてくれませんか。どうもありがとうございました。



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どちらの漢字が一番好きですか。
どうしてこの漢字が大好きですか。

自分の写真もうポストくれて下さい。

オィ、皆☆☆☆
Hi everyone！
おはつ！よろしく！(●・ω･)ｂドミニクマリエです。
How's it going? Nice to meet you! I'm Dominique.
ドミニクにおける↓↓
Here's something about me.
①18さい。 せんぱいでしょう！うわぁぁ~~~~
I am 18. That is quite old, isn't it?
②カナダにすんでいますね！メチャ寒いぃ。。。過般 、初雪がありました。
よかったー！ メチャきれいな。(・ω・´)
I live in Canada. It's VERY cold! Recently, we had our first snow.
I'm very glad because, it looks very beautiful.
③日本語を勉強しますね！もちろんー★
お！(笑)皆も勉強しますよね！日本語が難しいな、、、むかつく！(じょだんでしょうww(*ﾟ∀ﾟ))
I study Japanese. Of course! And so does every body else, don't they?
Japanese is very hard !! It makes me angry sometimes。 (:D Just kidding！)
④札幌、北海道にいきました。 ここで、日本語をならうでしたぁ。楽しいかた~~~~
札幌にさみしいだね！！ (´・Д・｀)本当にもういきたい。
Recently、 I went to Sapporo in Hokkaido。 There I learned some Japanese。 It was very fun！ I miss Sapporo。 I really want to go back。


じゃーではー変な日本語でごめんね！
まだ━d(　　　´　　∀　　｀　　●　　)━まだね。w SO SORRY！
ざんねん、
Please forgive me for my strange Japanese！ I have a long ways to go。
Oh well.
皆の好きな和食は？
What is everybody's favourite Japanese food?
あずきが大好きですーンンン！美味しいでしょう。
I love azuki bean! It's delicious.
じゃー日本語はなそうね？
Well, let's speak Japanese, shall we?
下さい下さい。

(ゝω･´○)(ゝω･´○)
バイイバイイ！ありがとうございましあー！
Good bye! And thank you!

I am in desperate need of some help with a Christmas gift!  My brother spent a full year in Japan (Nagoya) two years ago on a Rotary Exchange.  He returned to study Japanese and Language at the University of BC (Canada).  He is completely fluent verbally and in written form.  He loves the Japanese culture and language and hopes to return next year on a study abroad program.  Now for where you come in…  He is finding that most people he encounters in his classes are in the very beginnings of learning the language and he wants to maintain his fluency.  For Christmas he has asked for Japanese novels.  Basically any kind of novel (fiction), but written in Japanese.  Where can I find such a thing!? TIA