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- Puppies on a Stormy Morning-- Nirvana! Our three girls--dogs must play in the kitchen on such a stormy morning. We have miniature dachshunds which are all store-bought, unrelated and belong to two different age groups. Observing them keeps me feeling "under the weather" despite the condition outside: it is delightful to see how wonderful their differences are --one is the greatest eater and most fun-loving athletic meat-eater; another is a pacifist: eats nearly as much yet keeps sleeping unless the other two starts fighting over their favorite snack; the last one is more of a vegetarian, who looks out the world from behind her darkest coat as if it would accept anything and curiously obedient. Despite their difference one thing is always the same: they are happy shine or rain. I cannot but think of what I want in my life--total control of the state of mind. Nirvana! rikkiApril 3, 201300
- Check out this site for clarity, but we usually say "Gojyu- on" which is 五十音 as traditionally, we used to have fifty one ひらがな and another fifty one カタカナ in Japanese, but 5 out of them are not in use expect in reading classics so that we have now 46. Hiragana letters were created from Chinese characters in the 9th by noble women who loved to read and write poems and journals while katakana letters were made using a part of Chinese characters, to keep official records and read Chinese literature easily, slightly earlier than when Hiragana was created.0 votedApril 2, 20130
- I don't use my real name which I love very much. What do you want others to call you? Do you ask people to call as you like? It is not customary to ask that in the Japanese context, but I have actually "forced" people call me Rikki at work. Do you know why? Last night when I came off from class at 10:00, I had another mourning guest who my mother and I taught decades ago. It is great that we become friends over time. She is now a loving and artistically-talented mother of two. She calls me Rika-san instead of Professor as you are supposed to do as a civilized person. I believe in "pretence of equality (in the level of knowledge and experience)" in my class of any level, in which case, Professor may not be quite suitable. That's why I invented the former nickname, "Ricky." A Japanese would feel too strange calling your teacher simply by their first name. It would be too impolite. But a foreign-sounding nickname would work, I thought. It would be a good practice of "r" sound which we do not have, as you know. So, Rikki has been a strategic tool at work for several years now. But recently I decided to use it with foreign friends because it would be a bit complicated to pronounce "(R)ika-chan" in the correct pronunciation. I added my foreignness (not necessarily Asian sounding, though) to English speakers by replacing the ending -cky with -kki. But to be honest, I truly love my real name, 理佳☆♪★ ( R/L-ika), followed by -chan instead of -san, if possible. It was a gift from my dear father who left this world too early when I was barely 6 years old.April 2, 201300
- I don't use my real name which I love very much. Last night when I came off from class at 10:00, I had another mourning guest who my late mother and I taught years ago. It is great that we become friends over time. She is now a loving and artistically-talented mother of two. She calls me Rika-san instead of Professor as you are supposed to do as a civilized person. I believe in "pretence of equality (in the level of knowledge and experience)" in my class of any level, in which case, Professor may not be quite suitable. That's why I invented the former nickname, "Ricky." A Japanese would feel too strange calling your teacher simply by their first name. It would be too impolite. But a foreign-sounding nickname would work, I thought. It would be a good practice of "r" sound which we do not have, as you know. So, Rikki is a strategic tool at work. But I came to use it with foreign friends because it would be a bit complicated to pronounce "(R)ika-chan." I added my foreignness (not necessarily Asian sounding, though) to English speakers by replacing the ending -cky with kki. But I truly love my real name, 理佳☆♪★ （R）ika. It was a gift from my dear father.April 2, 201300
神様、おはようございます。
今朝は普段より二時間も早く目が覚めた。
神様が雲の上で魔法を使ってくださったからと思うのです。それで、神様に怒られないように目を覚ましたとたんにベッドから下りて出かけるためにいろいろ準備した。
今すぐ授業に向かおうかとも思いましたが、どうしても神様に感謝を表したくなり、からこれを書いています。
目を覚まめさせてくださり、ありがとうございました。ご期待に答えて、今日も頑張ります！I loved your writing. This is such a beautiful morning.
神様への感謝って、すてきですね。
全体の口調を、丁寧なトーンに整えるのはいかがでしょうか。
また、「神さま」という風に、ひらがなで「様」を表現すると親しい呼びかけの感じがすると思います。
0 votedApril 1, 20132日本語！
はじめまして！マリアーナと申します。
１７才の大学の一年生です。
日本語を勉強中です。母国語は英語です。
日本語と日本が好きです。いつか（or なるべく早く or 明日にでも）日本に行きたいです。
Great job, Mariana-san! And ...wow!! Have you been so brilliant that you were allowed to
skip grades to enter a university a year earlier than others?
日本文化のどういうところがお好きでしょうか。
震災や、経済の変化があり、今こそ自信をつけたい日本。是非応援にいらしてください♡
rikki
0 votedMarch 31, 20132作文コンテスト
今週の月曜日、先生が「この作文コンテストにはクラス全員が参加しなければなりません」と仰い（おっしゃい）ました。
本当に困ってしまいます。作文は、とても苦手なのです。でも、もう２年生ですから、なんとか頑張って書き上げなければなりません。
日本語、お上手だと思います！コンテスト、頑張ってくださいね。
さて、日本語で、わたし、あなた、というのはほぼ省略されます。ラブソングは、別ですが。
目上の人に「あなた」というのは無礼にあたりますし、名前を使うのもさらに悲惨☆ 普通は役職名で呼びます。
先生、課長、部長、社長、大臣、首相、などがこれにあたります。
英語圏でも Mr. Presidentと言い、Mr.Obama とは言わないでしょう。その感覚と似ているのだろうか、と思います。
rikki٩（・‿・）v 「・＿・」♡
0 votedMarch 31, 20130こんばんは！ エリノビと申します。
初めまして。どうぞよろしくね♡
I think you might like a little bit girly tone.
こんばんわ、is not really correct while many Japanese youth
use this influenced by manga culture or simply forgetting
the grammar.
A foreign names are to be spelled in Katakana, as you may know.
そしてこちらこそ、よろしくね！
理佳=rikki
0 votedMarch 30, 20132
