日本語のEssay!!!

私のからて

ほんとにからてがすきです。今年の三月からからてをします。ちちのあたらしいジムでからての道場があって、ちちとはなして、わたしはジムにからてをみに行きました。この道場はバスケッバールのコートです。コートの中にこしかけて、からての道場の先生にききました。先生のなまえは寺本です。そして、寺本先生とからてのれんしゅうについてはなしました。

火曜日と木曜日と土曜日にジムのコートでれんしゅうがあります。火曜日と木曜日ごご六時から八時まであって、土曜日ごぜん八時から十時まであります。たいへん二時かんです。うんどうしません。あそびませ。からてはむずかしくて、ほんとにたいへんで、たのしくありません。からてはスポーツじゃありません。からてはじゅつです。

diarogu no podcast desu.

We have it on youtube as well!
You can find it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJbBFfXhl8M

わたしのしゅうまつ

しゅうまつにともだちとえいがをみました。えいがのなまえは The Roomです。ゆうめいじゃありません。ダラマです。でも、バっかです。

えいがの中のへやの中にしろいベっドがあります。そして、大きい本だなとしゃしんとたんすとでんわがあります。このへやはあかるいです、でもせまいです。このへやはアパートです、たかいたてものの中にあります。

...Very bad movieです。For you to fully understand the greatness of the terrible-ness of this movie, I have provided you with a snapshot. It's right there, you know you want to watch it. The link is calling to you.

The Room - Best Lines

わたしのあきやすみ

インティアナポリスでうちにかえりました。大きいです。三かいがあります。わたしのへやはベッドとみどりいつくえときいれいなラプがあります。ほんと、うちのへやがすきです。

In other news, I went to see a concert - I saw Time for Three! This is a very skilled trio of two violinists and a bassist who all went to Curtis, an extremely prestigious music school only for the musical geniuses of the world. They do bluegrass, classical, pop renditions, everything. I've met one of them and played with him a bit for a practice session, and they're all awesome people. Here's my favorite piece that they play:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISSFmXnHuZc


It's Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek, and it's wonderfully crafted as an instrumental take.

こんしゅうまつ

きのうわたしはひるごはんのすしをたべました。つきわたしとともだちはスタジアンでフトバールゲームにいきました。しちじはんごろにばんごはんをたべました。たいていサースダーニングでたべます。すぎりょうのラウンジューでエイガをみました。こんエイガはX-MEN 3: The Last Standです。ともだちとわたしはX-MENがすき。

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

こんエイガでHugh Jackmanはわたしのにんきやくしゃ(favorite actor)です。Wolverineです。Adamantiumのこっし(bones)があります。Wolverineのて(hands)はさんぷんかたながあります。そして、そっすません (He doesn't die)。につきmutantです。

みんなさんはWolverineがすきか？

アりがとございますね、

オメラ

わたしのまいにち

わたしの　せいかつはぜんぜんねません。

まいあさ、わたしはごぜんはじはんどろにおきます。いつもシャワーをあびます。つき、あさごはんをたべます。たいてい、あさごはんはちいさいです。くじはんに、わたしはにほんごのじゅぎょうにいきます。まいにちこんクラスはしゅくだいあります。

まいひる、うちにかえります。（ドールムのペイングボールンはうちです。）つぎのクラスのほんをはいります。げつようびとすいようびときにょうびにわたしのひるのクラスはヂージーゼースとカールキュリスです。クラスはかようびともくようびにテニースとてつがくとラーシャのぶんがくです。サースダーニンハールでほんをべんきょうしますとひるごはんをたべます。

ごごごじごに、わたしのばんをはじめます。ばんごはんをたべます。がくのほんをよみます。たいでい、わたしはじゅうにじにねます。ときどき、わたしはしごとあります。レージェンスのサーウドテークです。ごぜんいちじにねます。


This is a lot longer than I intended, but I had a lot of fun playing with sentence structure, so I couldn't stop until it was finished. :) Hope you enjoy going through some of it, if at all.

ありがとございますね！

Fiora

にほんのまんが

はじめまして！
オメラです。
アメリカじんです。
わたしはいちねんせいです。
せんこうはてつがくとえいがです。
どおぞよろしく！

My interest in Japan began with my introduction to Japanese media; especially that of anime on Cartoon Network when I was a child. The only two shows I watched like this were Rurouni Kenshin and Yu Yu Hakusho. When walking through a bookstore half a year later, I saw the manga version of Yu Yu Hakusho volume one. I had to get it! That was the very first book of manga that I ever purchased. Ever since, I have been exceedingly interested in all things Japanese.

Urameshi Yusuke,
Yu Yu Hakusho main character

This series was only the beginning. As I delved further into series after series, I became more a fan of manga than of anime. At the moment, I keep tabs on updates of Hajime no Ippo, Naruto, and many others from week to week. 


I find that the more manga I read, the more I learn. Not only about fantastical story plots and interesting characters, but also about Japanese culture itself. From studying the media, I somehow got a sense of the attitude. It was from this understanding of Japanese attitude that I began karate and wanted to learn the language.


In addition to the cultural significance of manga, it also greatly influenced my growth as an artist. I have drawn a great many comics of my own in the Japanese manga style. If you would like to see some of these, just ask. Some mangaka that I greatly respect include Masashi Kishimoto and Jooji Morikawa. 


Manga was the starting point in Japanese culture for me, and it holds a special place in my heart. If you ever want to talk about it with me, please do!  Just be warned: it might turn into quite a deep, philosophical conversation. :)

Makunouchi Ippo from Hajime no Ippo
(The butterflies are kind of off-putting... Sorry)

Pop culture is, in effect, the main media that I personally enjoy from Japan. However, I am becoming increasingly drawn to other forms of Japanese media. Has anyone seen Inception or Batman Begins? Both of these films have the actor Ken Watanabe in them, as the characters Saito and Raz'al Ghul respectively. He is an extremely popular Japanese movie star.

I also love all of Hayao Miyazaki's works; I own a few of his movies. If anyone ever wants to have a movie marathon of Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, and The Cat Returns, I've got 'em. Did anyone see the new movie he made, Ponyo? It was so cute! :)

Tata for now,

Fiora

いらっしゃいませ！-- Welcome!

I have a feeling this year is going to be ゴレート！(Great!) The first assignment is a blog! This is fun already! I hope I don't bore anyone. :)

Why would I want to start studying Japanese?

Well...

I've always been interested in Japan, with its unique culture, media, and language. Recently, I started the martial art of karate (or 空手度, meaning the way of the empty hand) in the organization dubbed Shotokan Karate of America. My immersion in the art furthered my already-dominant interest in Japan and so I decided to work hard to become fluent in Japanese. Previously to this year, I studied Japanese for my sophomore year in high school, which seems to be so long ago!

I don't know exactly what it is that tugs me towards Japan. The culture must be magnetized or something, because I keep getting pulled back to it! Maybe it's the intense, clear, and hardworking mindset of the people, maybe it is the mystic, ethereal qualities of the traditions and myths of its past, maybe it is the imaginative, intelligent, invigorating, and unexpected twists of its media, maybe it is the clarity and beauty of its language; in any case, Japan is the best! :)

おねがいします！ -- Bring it on!

Fiora