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In this Japanese video tutorial, you’ll learn the words for items you can find at a office. They’re presented so that you’re sure to learn and retain them: hear a native speaker repeat the word three times, fast, slow, then fast. The video also shows the Japanese characters for each item, and there’s a fun self-test at the end so you can see just how much you learned.
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9 Responses to “Video #36 - Video Vocab Lesson #12: Japanese for the Workplace”
Friday at 6:30 pm
みなさん、
How did you like these Japanese words for the workplace? Now tell us about your workplace, in Japanese!!
Saturday at 12:13 am
Ok, so since when did 類 have an extra stroke?
Saturday at 1:46 am
It’s older version of 類 still used in china I guess. Why is it used here? Well that is strange indeed…
Saturday at 11:52 pm
Based on these components. according to the Online “Kanji Etymology Dictionary”
頁 head → people +
米 rice → plants +
犬 dog/beast → animals =
sort a variety of things according to type, creating smaller piles → variety
though I have seen, using the “simplified” version the following mnemonic
米 rice +
大 large +
頁 head (頁)=
large grain of rice in the shape of a head referring to things that are associated or of the same type, kind, …
Goes without saying that etymology and mnemonic not often go well together…
The question is how old is that editor used here…
Sunday at 12:32 pm
We aplogize for the cofusion caused by using the old style of kanji by mistake. We’ll fix it as soon as possible.
> Giga-san
Thank you for pointing out this issue.
> giovanni -san,
Thank you for the information about etymology!
Sunday at 9:36 pm
thanks alot
it very good lesson for me now,
Monday at 8:00 am
Hmm, とても面白かった、giovanni. ありがとう
Wednesday at 3:56 pm
We fixed the old version of 類, and also uploaded it to Youtube.
Thursday at 9:55 pm
Domo Arigatho Gosaimas!!!……….
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