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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Here at JapanesePod101.com, we’ve discovered the easiest way for you to learn Japanese vocabulary words. Put us to the test with this video tutorial designed to teach you about something that you can’t live without.

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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This entry was posted on Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Videos . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

9 Responses to “Video #36 - Video Vocab Lesson #12: Japanese for the Workplace”

JapanesePod101.com says:

みなさん、
How did you like these Japanese words for the workplace? Now tell us about your workplace, in Japanese!!

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Giga says:

Ok, so since when did 類 have an extra stroke?

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giovanni says:

It’s older version of 類 still used in china I guess. Why is it used here? Well that is strange indeed…

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giovanni says:

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…

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Mayumi says:

We aplogize for the cofusion caused by using the old style of kanji by mistake. We’ll fix it as soon as possible. :dogeza:

> Giga-san
Thank you for pointing out this issue. :dogeza:

> giovanni -san,
Thank you for the information about etymology! :dogeza:

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titantrang says:

thanks alot
it very good lesson for me now,

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Giga says:

Hmm, とても面白かった、giovanni. ありがとう :smile:

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Mayumi says:

We fixed the old version of 類, and also uploaded it to Youtube. :dogeza:

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Lanka says:

Domo Arigatho Gosaimas!!!……….

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