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Hey there!! It rains a lot in these days in Tokyo, but the cherryblossom is still beautiful :D Anyway, Today, i want to show you how to write the kanji for Sergey from Ireland!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's the kanji for Sergey?? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ I got a message from him, and then, i read his blog to know about him. It helps me to choose kanji for him. The pronunciations of his name is unfamiliar in Japan, so if i write the kanji for ''Sergey'' as the pronunciation is,  it will be unnatural , and it'll have some feeling of wrongness. i'll tried to choose the kanji which seems to be natural kanji for his name. I wrote 4 patterns of the kanji like below. No.1 The first kanji is ''Sai'', which means a talent/a gift/ability . The second kanji ''gei'' means art/craft/technique . No.2 The first kanji is ''Sei'', which means clean/pure . The second kanji ''ge'

Hey there!! How are you? :)  I enjoy beautiful cherry blossom in japan!! You can see it at my instagram :) Plz follow me '' kentastic_0927 '', if you want!! i'll tell you about this Japanese Food. Do you know what this is!? a creature of the sea? a vegetable of the mountain? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's this Japanese Food?? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ This is one of the traditional sweets in Japan, called Ohagi, Botamochi. We call it Ohagi and Botamochi in these days, but long loooooong time ago, Ohagi was the name in Autumn , and Botamochi was the name in Spring . (derived from Hagi , Japanese bush clover, and Botan , Peony). It's oval shaped, and made from glatinous rice coated with Anko (sweet red bean paste) or Kinako (soybean flour) or black sesame.                 ＼＼＼cracked／／／ There are some flavor of Ohagi in Japan. Tsubu an - coated with chunky Anko. Koshi an - coated with smooth Anko. Kinako - coated with Kinako(so

Hey there!! I'm looking forward to the cherry blossoms this year, but it has been rainy for several days now  :( Anyway, i'll introduce some Japanese word today. i'm trying to help you to increase your Japanese vocablary little by little :) At first,  there are 46 hiragana characters, 46 katakana characters, and 2,136 daily-use kanji characters. We, Japanese people learn hiragana at first. The hiragana is started with vowels ''a,i,u,e,o''. So i'll tell you some japanese word, which consist of ONLY vowels(a,i,u,e,o). ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Japanese Words with (ONLY) A,I,U,E,O. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ ai - love ai - indigo au - meet/see ao - blue aoi - hollyhock i - stomach ii - good iiau - debate iu - say ie - house iie - No iou - sulfur u - cormorant ue - up/above ue - hunger uo - fish e - picture/painting ei - ray fish ooi - many o - tail oi - nephew oi - old age ou - King ou - chase oou - cover As you can see above, W

Hey there!! Today, i wrote the kanji for Wynona from Canada. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's the kanji for Wynona!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ i wrote her name in kanji like this, The first kanji is ''Ui(Wy)'', which means first/new/innocent. The second one is ''nou/noh'', which means talent/function. The kanji is used like below. ka nou-possible ki nou-function gei nou-performing arts tan nou-be satisfied sai nou-talent sei nou-ability nou ryoku-ability/capacity ka nou sei-possibility The third kanji is ''na'', which means greens/vegetables. i heard her motto  "You laugh at me, because I'm different. I laugh at you, because you're the same.", and i thought these kanji suit her. i think people who has a special talent,  or people who tries to do something new which nobody did it, are sometimes laughed. but i thought i should challange myself to anything with strong heart, just like the g

Hey there :) It's slowly warmer in Tokyo, Japan. How 'bout where you live in? Today, I wrote the kanji for Troy, who sent me this message. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's the kanji for Troy!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ As I told you before(If you read my previous posts), There are sooooo many kanji, many meanings, and many pronunciations. I said I wrote kanji for Troy(of pic above), but if ANOTHER Troy ask me to write his kanji-name in the future time, It may or maynot be the same kanji. It's hard to explain, but I just want to say I wrote for one and only, Troy. Anyway, The kanji for THE Troy is this. Jaaaaan!!   (It's '' Ta-da!! '' in Japanese!!haha) The first kanji is ''To'', which means ascent, go up, raise, upgrade, climb. The second one is ''ro'', which means group, company, friend, party. The third one is ''i'', which means clothes. Clothes can wrap our body gently ,

Hey there! :) i've got a message from Redley from the U.S.A., and i'll tell you about the kanji for him!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's the kanji for Redley!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ i wrote the kanji like below. The first kanji means strong/fierce. We read it ''retsu''. The second kanji means effort. We read it ''do''. but we don't pronounce it ''retsudo'', and we pronounce it like ''reddo(red)''. ◾︎◾︎◾︎An additional information◾︎◾︎◾︎ When the kanji ''retsu''is followed by the other kanji ''ka''(fire), we pronounce it ''rekka''(not retsuka). When the kanji ''retsu''is followed by the other kanji ''fuu''(wind), we pronounce it ''reppuu''(not retsufuu). It's called SOKUON(geminate consonant), and it's written as small ''tsu''. Someday, i'll tell you ab

Hey there!! i'm Kentastic :) Today, i'll introduce kanji-name for Vince!! He told me the origin of his name. i  heard that his first name comes from the Latin word for '' conquer/victory'' , and his surname comes from the fr ench word for '' dark brown ''. i thought his name was cool, and i tried to make use of the origin of his name to choose kanji for him. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's the kanji for Vince!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ i wrote his name like this. These are kanji for Vin and ce . There's no difference in the pronunciation of B and V in Japanese, So, i picked up the kanji-Bin for Vin. The kanji for Vin(Bin) means to move quickly, intelligent . The kanji is used for japanese name, and it is also used for some pair of kanji like below. bin kan- sensitive (the kanji for kan means to feel ) ka bin- too sensitive (the kanji for ka means too much/extra ) mei bin- intelligent (the kanji for mei

Hey there! :) Today, i'll tell you about,,, KAWAII (cute/pretty/adorable/beautiful) kanji!! The other day I got a message from Milo(Mailo),  and she is from Canada. She told me why her parents named her Milo. (Her parents thought the name was pretty, and they thought she was also pretty.) I may have told you this before, but almost all parents name their children with their thoughts, and i want to value their thoughts. So, I chose kawaii (pretty/cute)kanji for Milo. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What is the KAWAII kanji!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Can you imagine kawaii (pretty/cute) kanji? How do you think about kanji? Is it difficult? cool? complicated? or crazy? It's difficult to explain but,,, There are a lot of kanji around us, and each kanji has meaning itself. So, some kanji give us the kawaii impressions, because of its meanings. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ The kanji for some fruits & flowers!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼

Hello, everyone!! Today, let's study kanji name for Merlin , who gave a message on twitter, and he is from Hawaii. :) ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ How to write the kanji for Shimada?? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ At first, there are japanese family-name Shimada too, which has two patterns like below. Both of them has two kanji Shima and Da , and the kanji Da means paddy field. The kanji of left one means an island , and the right one means a villege/settlement at the waterside among the mountains . ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Next is the kanji for Iwao :) ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ There are also japanese name Iwao . We can write it like below. We can call the left one Iwao in one kanji letter, and it means strict , dignity . And the three patterns at right consist of two kanji Iwa and O . The kanji Iwa means a rock . The three kanji for O means 1. man 2. husband 3. male , which are often seen in the names of japenese men. ◼︎

Hello, everyone!! i got a message from Amal yesterday, and he is from India :) Then, i'll write his name in kanji!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What is the kanji for Amal!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ At first, there are some kanji which sounds like '' Ama '' below, It means rain, sweet, heaven, rest. But, i want to write the other kanji for him, and it is This kanji is '' A '', which is a part of kanji for ''Asia''. Some Japanese people has this kanji in there name too. Then, the kanji for '' Ma '' and '' l '' are below. The kanji for Ma means truth/ fact/ honest/ genuine. i think it's good kanji for him, and it also is a part of the kanji for my dad :) The kanji for L means lapis lazuli. i chose this kanji, cuz he has beautiful blue or gray eyes. I wrote the kanji for Lucy too in the other post. To wrap it up, i wrote his name Amal like this. and the kanji for Krishna i