Japantastic!!!

Hi, everyone!!! Today, i'll tell 'bout my favorite japanese food . Plz take a look :) There is something pink with white powder on my plate!!! Do you understand what this is!?!? Actually, thare are some stuff inside it,,, Take a guess :) ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ The answer is,,, ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ well,,,  Let's take a look inside it!!! It's a strawberry!!! :O This is one of japanese sweets ‘‘ Ichigo Daifuku ”. Ichigo means a strawberry, and Daifuku is a Japanese confection, which is a rice-cake stuffed with sweet bean paste :P There are some kind of DAIFUKU in japan. For example, beans, other fruits, and YOMOGI(which is a kind of fragrant herb). ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ The Birth of Daifuku!?!? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ There are historical story of the daifuku. It was about 250 years before, the last stage of the Ed...

Hello, everyone!!! i'll tell you 'bout ‘‘SETSUBUN’’ culture today. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's SETSUBUN??? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ SETSUBUN is a name of a day, which is once a year. The day means division of seasons. The kanji for SETSU means SEASONS, and the kanji for BUN means DIVISION. It is said that SETSUBUN was the end of spring, summer, autumn, winter in the old    lunar calender, but today, it means only the end of winter after Edo period. It will be the 2nd or 3rd or 4th of February. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What will Japanese people do on the day?? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ On the day, Japanese people do ‘‘ MAME-MAKI ’’. MAME is beans, and MAKI means scatter. So, we throw roasted soy beans outside and inside our house as saying ‘‘ ONI WA SOTO, FUKU WA UCHI!!! ’’ It means like ‘‘ Devils out, Fortunes in!!! ’’. After throwing, w...

Hi, everyone!! Last week, much snow has fallen in Tokyo, japan, and my favorite shoes below was very useful to take care not to fall :) so i'll tell u  the kanji about it. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What's japanese word ‘‘kawa’’ means? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ There are japanese word ‘‘kawa’’, and it has two kanji characters. Let's take a look,,, The left one means skin , hide , pelt , and the right one means leather . A hide will be processed to make some leather. We call that process ‘‘ namesu ’’. In the picture, u can find a kanji for leather in the kanji for ‘‘namesu’’. Anyway, we can find the kanji for leather to be a part of another kanji which is related to ‘‘ leather ’’. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ The kanji which has a part of ‘‘leather’’!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Quiz: What's the meaning of,,, ①the kanji includes ‘‘leather’’ and ‘‘change’’ ②the kanji includes ‘‘leather’’ and ‘‘wrap’’ The answer is,,. ...

Hi, everyone!! i'll tell 'bout,,, how to write kanji for Lucy. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What is the kanji for Lucy??? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Referring to her tweet and her hair color, i think she likes fairy-tales, something fantastic, dreamy, romantic, and girly. Therefore, i wrote her name like this!! Let's take a look!! Both characters for ‘‘Lu’’ means beautiful blue stones, or gems , and it is a part of kanji for ‘‘lapis lazuli. The kanji for ‘‘cy’’ in the first one means purple , and another in the second one means green . i chosed these kanji kanji for her, cuz i think the kanji of jewel and color will make a good match for her character. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ More kanji for jewels!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ There are kanji which is often seen in the kanji for jewel. it's kanji for stones and jems . Left one is for stones , and right one means balls and gems . For example, ・ diamond -  gold ha...

Hi, everyone!! How many kanji do u know? What is the hardest kanji, do u think? Today, i'll tell u 'bout difficult kanji. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What is ‘‘Jyo-yo kanji’’ ??? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Jyo-yo kanji means ‘‘the kanji for daily-use”. There are 2136 kanji , which is selected by  Japanese government, as a agreeable/acceptable kanji for law, magazines, newspapers, broadcastings, and so on. We study these 2136 kanji in our complusory educations. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Kanji has its fixed number of strokes!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ When we write kanji, the number of strokes is fixed. For example,,, Plz take a look kanji below, and it has 4 lines (3 virtical lines, and 1 horizontal line). But we write it by 3 strokes . Can u see the difference between the number of lines and strokes ? ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Which Jyo-yo kanji ha...

Hi, everyone!!! i'll write kanji name  of Yoni today :) ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ How to write kanji name for Yoni?  ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ The first one, the kanji of ‘‘yo’’ is one of my favorite kanji, which means ‘‘ sun, sunshine, positive, sunny place, active ”, and the kanji of ‘‘ni’’ means ‘‘ charity, compassion, consideration, warms, tender ”. The second one, ‘‘yo’’ means ‘‘ main, point, necessary ’’, and ‘‘ni’’ means ‘‘ an elder brother ’’. There are other kanji of ‘‘yo’’ and ‘‘ni’’, but i want to recommend these kanji above!!! The first kanji of ‘‘yo’’ above is popular in japan, and it's always ranked as the popular name. These days many parents named their baby with that kanji!!! im grad if he like it :) thx for reading, MATANE :D

Hi, everyone!! Today, i'll write kanji name for Andre and Maggie , who sent me a message on twitter. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Kanji name for Andre!!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ i wrote two patterns for Andre. There are japanese word ‘‘ANDO’’, and it means ‘‘ peace of mind without worrisome ’’. So i used its kanji in the first one. in the second one, the kanji of ‘‘DO’’ means ‘‘ make efforts, try hard, strive, to endeavor’ ’. i like this kanji, and i chose this kanji for him. Both patterns have same kanji of ‘‘re’’, and it means ‘‘ encourage, cheer up ’’. i saw he encourages someone on twitter, and i think he is good at giving someone the cheer. The reason why chose this kanji for him :) ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Kanji name for Maggie!!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ i wrote three patterns for her. i could hear her favorite things, so i could chose kanji for her with her impression. The first one, the kanji of ‘‘Ma’’ m...

Hi, everyone!! In the other day, i went to the beauty salon, and i had my hair cut and colored. Like this,,, i have dyed my hair matte yellow-green and plutinum-color, so my hair got clearity in the lights. how do you like it!? :) Therefore, i'll tell you about kanji relating to the  hair . ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ What is the kanji for hair?!?! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ the kanji for hair is below. This kanji is made of the image of a person with long hair and flowing hair, and it's just like a hieroglyphic characters. The parts expresses a person with long hair, and flowing rich and glossy hair, but same parts are used in other kanji characters with other meanings. ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Interesting kanji for  Hige !!! ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ We can find that parts in the kanji for Hige. The three kanji below are all read hige, but they have delicate difference of meaning, which is mustache, beard and ...

Hi, everyone!!! Today, i'll tell you how to write your name in  Kanji characters . At first, there are a lot of Kanji which has same sounds of pronunciation. For example, these characters has same same sound ‘‘ mai ”, but it has different meaning like this, So, when you choose kanji for your name, it's important to know its meanings. Anyway, i've got a message to my Twitter yesterday. i'm gonna answer to his question here. There are some patterns for Kira. The first one, the character(under yellow line) means ‘‘ luck, fortune ’’,  and next character(under orange character) means ‘‘ good, nice ”. i think it has nice meaning very much, but it looks like a family-name in japan. There are some families with it. Next one(under red line) means ‘‘ fine clothes, and something glossy, beautiful”. i think it fits his name, cuz in japanese, the meaning of kira is  sparkle, twinkle . Do u know a famous song ‘‘twinkle twink...