Picturelearning Japanese: January 2012

Lime roof

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2 comments

Visit China: Guangzhou

This is a bat

コウモリです。

koumori desu

This is a lion.

ライオンです。

raion desu

You see them on the roof

屋上に見える。

okujou ni mieru

How to say in Japanese: Roof

Do you know fitting solar panels to your 屋上 okujou roof saves up to 1100kg of CO2 a year?

The Door God

Sunday, January 29, 2012 0 comments

Visit China: Guangzhou

We guard against evil.

悪魔を防ぎます。

akuma wo fusegimasu.

How to say in Japanese: Guard

In ancient times, the Chinese emperor was having nightmares of evil chasing after him. Being afraid of evils entering his room at night, he ordered his generals to 見張る miharu stand guard at his doors. Miraculously, he slept well. The next day, he asked the doors to be painted with the picture of the generals, and he slept well every day after that. The generals are called the "Door Gods" that 守る mamoru guard our houses nowadays.

to guard against (sth) = ～を防ぎます　～wo fusegimasu

to stand guard = 見張る miharu

to guard (protect) sth = ～を守ります　～wo mamorimasu

The Stone Lions

Friday, January 27, 2012 0 comments

Visit China: Guangzhou

The "Stones lions" guard this wealthy family.

”石のライオン”はこのお金持ちの家族を守ります

"ishi no raion" ha kono okane mochi no kazoku wo mamorimasu.

Can you guess which is the male and female?

雄と雌、どれがどれか知っている？

osu to mesu, dore ga dore ka shitteiru?

How to say in Japanese: Male and female

The 雄 osu male is resting his paw upon the world
...and
the 雌 mesu female is restraining a playful cub.

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