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Hello, I'm Ryan! I study Japanese and Spanish and give English lessons here on Italki. I'm always looking for new students, but not language partners at the moment. Thanks!
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Yukari.N
Japanese
Oct 13, 2017
今日は日本語での会話練習をしましたね。
ライアンさんご自身について、趣味や日本語を始めるきっかけなど、色々話してもらいました。
かなり難しい単語を沢山知っていて、上手に使えているので、とても良いと思います！ 楽しんで日本語を勉強しているところも素晴らしいですね。
Kanako
Japanese
May 30, 2017
今日もお話しできて楽しかったです！日本の生活に必要な語彙を増やしていきましょう！
Momo
Japanese
May 24, 2017
ついに場所が決まりましたね！準備等忙しいと思いますが体調に気をつけてくださいね。
Kanako
Japanese
May 17, 2017
ライアンさん、今日もありがとうございました。今日は日本の暮らしについて話しました。新しい表現や単語を学べたようでよかったです。しっかり覚えて、日本での生活に役立てましょう！
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    One of my favorite kanji (Chinese characters adapted to the Japanese language) is 珈琲 (coffee). Like most foreign loan words, it’s normally written in katakana (コーヒー), especially in casual use. But in this case, Chinese characters with a pronunciation resembling the Dutch word “koffie” were chosen to represent coffee, though the characters themselves have no related meaning (these kind of kanji are called "ateji"). File that in the “semi-interesting stuff to think about over a coffee” category ☕️ 私の好きな漢字の一つは「珈琲」です。なぜかというと、コーヒーそのものが大好きなのはもちろんですが、この漢字が面白くて独特だと思うからです。外来語なのに漢字表記があるなんて、不思議ですよね。 その理由を調べてみたら、「当て字」だということを初めて知りました。漢字本来の意味には関係なく、「koffie」というオランダ語の発音に似た漢字が選ばれたそうです。英語の "coffee" ではなく、オランダ語が由来なんですね！なんだかとても興味深いですよね。 ☕️ Here are some photos I took in Kyoto, Osaka, and Tokyo showing this kanji out in the real world.
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    It means that someone has made a lot of progress or improvement compared to where they started. You can use this phrase to praise someone for their personal growth, learning, or success over time. For example, "You sound like a native English speaker now! You've come a long way since you started learning."
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    January 4, 2025
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    These are both correct!
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    January 3, 2025
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    For 1, it would be more natural to say "Why did he suddenly leave?". For 3, I would say "Why donuts all of a sudden?".
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    January 3, 2025
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    These are grammatically correct, but here are some ideas if you want them to sound more natural: He is both smart and kind. He is not only smart but also kind. He is both bright and warm. I hope this helps!
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    Madama Butterfly

    I went to see the opera called 'Madama Butterfly' with my friend.
    This opera was composed by Puccini, and this opera's takes place is in Nagasaki, Japan.

    I'm trying to write a easy simple synopsis;
    Cho-Cho san('Cho-Cho' means Butterfly in English) is a 15-year old woman girl who lives in Nagasaki, Japan.
    Because  she have has fallen in love with Pinkerton, who is a U.S. naval officer, so that she converts to Christianity.
    Her family was is so extremely angry, and then so she was breaking off relations of cuts ties with her family.
    Cho-Cho san and Pinkerton get married, but Pinkerton doesn't think seriously about this take the marriage seriously.
    He will goes back to America soon from the beginning shortly after the wedding, and with the intention to of marrying with an American woman. and then he left Japan.
    People say Pinkerton doesn't come back, but Cho-Cho san is believes that Pinkerton will come back to her.
    Three years later, Pinkerton finally comes back returns to Japan finally.
    Cho-Cho san is very much delighted very much, but......

    'Un bel dì vedremo' (One fine day we will see) is very famous aria for sung by Cho-Cho san.
    This aria is so sad.
    My friend was crying silently weeping. *How can I say to cry hardly in silent?
    There are a lot of things that let make me think about various problems.
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    February 19, 2017
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