Scratching Deer

Somewhere in Nara Scratch my head. 頭をかいてくれる。 atama wo kaite kureru How to Say SCRATCH in Japanese Do you know you can scratch your throat by massaging your ears...

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Deer Crossing Street

Somewhere in Nara A deer is crossing a road. シカは道路を渡っているところです。 shika ha douro wo wattateiru  tokoro desu. How to Say CROSS A STREET in Japanese Every year between October and September, there are many cases of road accidents involving deers 道路・通りを渡る douro/doori wo wataru crossing roads/street. See News about Deer Crossings and How To Do ...

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Male Deer vs Female Deer

Somewhere in Nara There are a lot of deers in Nara 奈良ではたくさんのシカがいます。 nara de ha takusan no shika ga imasu Some have antler あるシカは枝角があります aru shika ha edazuno ga arimasu Some don`t have antler あるシカは枝角がありません aru shika ha edazuno ga arimasen How to Say DEER in Japanese All male シカ shika deers have antlers. Most female シカ shika deers don`t. For シカ shika deers, their horns are called antler...

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Extraordinary Japanese Culture: Useful Japanese Words

  Japanese language is a fantastic language. Why do I say so? Because there are so many meanings to a Japanese word. You will find these Japanese words 便利 benri convenient. I think I have been using these Japanese words more than 100 times a day. Sumimasen "I bought your lunch." "Oh, sumimasen." "Here, take this concert ticket." "Oh, sumimasen." "I have brought you the DVD that you wanted to watch." "Oh, sumimasen." Hmmm...変 hen strange! Why say sumimasen, there is nothing to 謝る ayamaru apologize about....

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Nara Deer Week

Something that impressed me in Nara are the deers that greeted and welcomed me. For the first time, I got to so close to them. Touched them looked them in the eyes without any fences in between. The feeling was amazing. For the next 2 weeks, picturelearning will be presenting pictures of Nara deers. We hope you feel amazing t...

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Extraordinary Japanese Culture: Japanese Greetings

"Good morning" is said at night When we start to learn Japanese language, we will first learn the Japanese greetings. The very first Japanese greeting would probably be おはようございます ohayou gozaimasu "Good morning". We were taught that ohayou gozaimasu would simply mean good morning and it should be used in the morning. When I was hired to work in the 居酒屋 izakaya (Japanese pub) as a アルバイト arubaito part-timer, I wanted to give a good impression on the first day at work. So I went to work early while other workers...

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Giant Panda Bread

Somewhere in Osaka What a giant panda bread! なんと巨大なパンダパン！ nanto kyodai na panda pan How to Say BREAD in Japanese The biggest naan パン pan bread in the world is 3 meter wide See picture of biggest naan bread I love naan with tandoori chick...

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Kobe Tower

Meriken Park, Kobe It looks like it is orange in color. Actually the steel is red in color. オレンジ色に見えるけど。本当は鋼が赤色です。 orenji iro ni mieru kedo. hontou ha hagane ga akairo desu. How to Say Steel in Japanese What is difference between iron and 鋼 hagane steel? 鋼 hagane Steel is an alloy made out of iron. Both can be as strong depending on the composition and application. See Which is stronger steel or iro...

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Port of Kobe

Meriken Park, Kobe The night view of the ships is beautiful. 船の夜景も美しいだね  fune no yakei mo utsukushii da ne. How to Say SHIP in Japanese Port of Kobe is the 4th busiest port in Japan with passenger and cargo 船 fune ships....

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FREE Backlinks to Your Japanese Blog

Criterias to get FREE backlink Learn Japanese Through Pictures or more commonly known as picturelearning is giving away free backlinks to sites that meet the following criterias: a)      Using English as main communicating language to teach Japanese b)      Lessons in Japanese text c)       With English translation d)      With romaji interpretation   If you meet the above criterias,...

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Japanese Iron Man

Wakamatsu Koen, Kobe In the city of Kobe,... 神戸市には、 koube shi ni ha ...there is a hero. His name is Iron Man. 英雄がいる。名前は鉄人だ。 eiyuu ga iru. namae ha tetsujin da. How to Say IRON in Japanese Tetsujin, the Japanese version of 鉄 tetsu Iron Man, was Americanized and named Gigantor. See history of Tetsuj...

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Starbucks in Kitano-Cho

Kitano-Cho, Kobe Let`s have a break. ちょっと休もうか。 chotto yasumou ka. How about coffee at Starbucks? スターバックスでコーヒーはどう？  suta-bakkusu de ko-hi- ha dou How to Say STARBUCKS in Japanese Do you know that スターバックス suta-bakkusu Starbucks got its name from the novel, Moby Dick?...

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European Cars

Kitano-Cho, Kobe I wish one of those cars are mine. その車の一つは私のだといいね。 sono kuruma ha watashi no da to ii ne. How to Say I WISH in Japanese (something you wish) + だといいね da to ii ne. For example: I wish I were a king. 私が王様だといいね watashi ga ousama da to ii ...

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Featured Articles: Extraordinary Japanese Culture

Dear Readers, I have completed a two more parts of the Extraordinary Japanese Culture series. The first part of the series was released in February under the featured articles. For those who missed it, see Extraordinary Japanese Culture Part 1: Drinks This coming 18/Aug and 19/Aug, I will release Extraordinary Japanese Culture Part 2: Greetings and Extraordinary Japanese Culture Part 3: Super convenient words Don`t miss it!!! ...

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