Thank you

I want to be a nice English writer and reader so since then I will continued to study English!
I  love English and Prichan, and  I have had Prichan's class for two years, so I miss you (:_;)



I want to write more...but today I will have two exams next and next next classes, therefore I should study about them.
This is why I end this blog now.

Comparing 2 Culutures

Have you ever felt bad of other people’s rude manner? Probably most people have such experiences, and these cases often happen between people from different countries.  Above all, for a long time it has been said that Japanese are stricter than American in that we do honor to other people. In fact I have such experiences, too. Then, how do we have differences between the two countries?  There are clearly some differences how to honor people. 

One difference is grammars. Compared with American, Japanese have honorific languages which we use for showing respect for high-ranking people. Moreover, these words have some styles, respectful, humble and polite languages, and these languages have each characteristic formal word.

meaning	plain	respectful	humble	polite
see / look / watch	見る; miru	ご覧になる go-ran ni naru	拝見する haiken suru	見ます　mimasu
meet	会う au	regular (ex.お会いになる o-ai ni naru)	お目にかかる o-me ni kakaru	会います　aimasu
be	ある aru			ござる gozaru
	いる iru	いらっしゃる irassharu	おる oru	おる oru
come / go	来る kuru (come)	おいでになる o-ide ni naru	伺う ukagau	参る mairu
	行く iku (go)		参る mairu
know	知る shiru	ご存じ go-zonji	存じあげる zonji ageru	存じている zonji te iru
eat / drink	食べる taberu (eat)	召しあがる meshi-agaru	頂く itadaku	頂く itadaku
	飲む nomu (drink)

The respect language forms are used in the case you respect to the subject of the sentence. For example, when you say “sensei ga…suru(do)” in Japanese, teachers are high level, therefore “…suru” should be put in respect word“…nasaru”, which is good for your quality. Next, humble languages are tools to show us modesty or humility. When you are assigned to a task by your reader, saying “wakatta” is too bad. In this case, you should say “shouchi itashi masita” in this country. Showing our level is lower than our boss is needed, which means modesty. Last, polite languages are very used all a day.  These are characterized by using of the sentence ending "desu" or the verb ending "masu" and the use of prefixes such as "o" or "go" towards neutral objects. We can see this example on television, where the presenters usually use polite language. Then, how do Americans respect for people though they have not such languages? Actually English have a fewer expressions than Japanese, but when showing to respect others, American people use the past form. For example, a person A says “Will you open the window?” and another person B says “Would you open the window?” Do you think which person is accepted by American boss? Probably you learned, the latter is the best for bosses.

Second difference, between Japanese and American how to honor to other people, can be seen from many familiar scenes. One example is in schools. There is a gap how to call our teacher in this scene. Most of Japanese students call their teachers “…sensei”, but Americans usually call them using their name without an honorific title, for example, we call our teacher of English writing class in Kyoritsu “Prichard” or “Carab”. This is mere a culture, but this may make a happening. I heard following tale from a woman. A Japanese girl was taught this culture by native teacher of her school from America then she thought we can call our teacher without using “…sennsei”, so she called her Japanese teacher name without an honorific title as”Tanaka!”. Since then Ms. Tanaka had been called so by many students, therefore she was in trouble. Someone who feels unpleasant may be in Japan.  They may think “Are Americans rudeness?”

   Japanese culture has had hierarchy for a long time. Today it is called “Tate-shakai”. The society shows connection between superiors and subordinates clearly. Most of things are decided by this system in this country. Compared with Japanese society, American society is called “Yoko-shakai” in Japan. This word means the country has equal society. In this society, we can be equal with whomever. Each country has each culture and no one can decide which is better.  It is difficult to learn them because they are usually not written down in books and these rules also change as the society develops. We may think someone who is from a different country behaves rudely when their behavior is accepted in their own country. Social rules are important for us because they are our cultures. This is why the British may have an expression “When in Rome, do as Roman do.”

nengajo

Nengajo is the first greeting messaage card to careblate a new year.
It is usually written on a post card, and it is sent to New year's days.

The system has been used since the Nara. Now Chinese and Korea use it, too.

2012

I will study English more than last year. My English speaking skil is so poor that I can not speak English well. I should be a good English speaker because I want to talk with people speaking English. Speaking English  must make my world wide so I will fight to study English!
 Next, I will be a nice cook. Now I can not cook anything delicious so I should be a good cook for my future family!

My new year holidays were very good. I went to my grand mother's house with my family to celebrate a new year, where we had a good time to eat osechi, ozoni, sea food and so on. These food were so delisious that I had too much!
I hope 2012 will be good year...!

family trip 2

The next day, We went to Nanbo Paradise and Kamogawa Sea World.

 Nanbo-Paradise has many kinds of flowers and animals. We can watch a lot of beautiful flowers and interesting animals there.

It is my first time to watch real hibiscuses! They were very nice. I want to go tropical island.^^


At Sea World, we can watch various shows of sea animals. They were so interesting and cute!


 This trip was very nice! I love my family!

family trip 1

 We went to Bo-so in chiba^^

There are many sea foods ! I love sea foods (especially shellfishes!! I eat a lot of them so I was very very happy♥

 The Japanese‐style hotel we went has  hot spring ´｀ The hot spring is good for my skin therefore hand creams are not needed after visiting there!

 

I've forgotten!

 I had good time last week. Having finished my part time job in this year , I had a year‐end (dinner) party of JUKUMEN♥
 These member are juku members of my high school.days. We had hard times together then so now we are good friends ´｀
 Next next month we are going to go trip somewhere. I am looking forward to trip!!!

Christmas ~food~

 These cakes were shared and eaten in party of my family. Sharing them, we usually use the game of ‘paper, stone and scissors.'　 Then I chose these three cakes.↓

 But, in fact, I wanted to eat Mont Blanc.(・∀・)
This pasta is my Christmas Eve lunch. It was spicy and good. Then I ate this cake. It is a milk tea cake! I like milk tea so it was very very delicious. I want to go this restaurant tomorrow. 

                           

My mother gave me this chocolate cake when I came home. It was so sweet!

I ate alot during Christmas season so  I had dull feeling in the stomach...
This is the way, I had udon on Christmas lunch!

Christmas ~various~

 This key holder was given to me by my mother.  It is very cute so I am happy!
I gave her a pretty camera case ^^♪

 I went to Country Farm Tokyo German Village this year, too. It is usually cold there so I put on many clothes! Although it took 1 hour to wait this a Ferris wheel, I can wait warmly^^

Nevertheless it was cold that day, I wanted to eat something hot to eat so I eat ramen^^　I was happy then-♥

Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)

We ate alot.....
※all-you-can-eat　in Japanese tabeho-dai

girls-only gathering

 I met friends and teacher of the base seminar of Kyoritsu yesterday. The seminar was taken last year and now we are in different course,  but we have been friend^^ happy^^!
 At Wara-wara in Suidobashi we had a good time.  That time was my first time to go there, but the girl's plan of wara-wara was nice so I want to go there with friends again!

Our teacher Yoshii chan♥　She is loved by us♥

be positive!

I met my friends of my high school at Shinjuku yesterday. Our meeting is called "Poji-Kai" which means "be positive".^^ We had not met for a long time so yesterday was very good time.     They are very earnest for their own studies or works. Talking with them, which made my motivation up, too! I like people who toward own dreams. They are so cool!

Before meeting them, I enjoyed going window shopping with Ban chan. She guided me there. Thanks for her I overcome shinjuku a little. ... I am poor at sinjuku because there are many many  buildings and people^^; I like rustic place better but I begin to like shinjuku , too.^^

be a beautiful woman! －cotton pack－

Cotton pack is my favorite way to moisten　my face. Doing it, I use purified water called seiseisui in Japan. The water which we can buy at a drug store is so cheap that we can become beautiful by spending a little money☆

Christmas is coming soon so I have to get beauty!!

a postscript ..☆

I am listening some Christmas songs on youtube in my room now like puri chan^^

winter cleaning or summer cleaning

I clean my room all the day today. I like to do housework　so now I clean feeling happy. But cleaning in summer is the best foe me because ... although I do not have any reasons.^^; I like somewhat doing it in summer.

By the way, it is bad for us to place flowers on our bed room because flowers absorb oxygen at night so we have not good sleep!

my Xmas plan

I spend my christmas to have a party with my family every year so in this year we will have it, too.
There are many delisious foods made by my mother at the christmas party and many funny games and we have also occation to give and take presents each other.
Last week I bought some presents for my family and a present for me^^

I am looking forward to it!

green,red,yellow,brown,,,

I went to a park in Chiba for watching   autumnal tints yesterday.

I could refreshed there because the park has a lot of nature. 

Since summer vacation had ended, I have been tired a little.

But from now on, we will face many problems and stresses, so I should do like this for relax^^

I want to go there next year.

In spring, we can watch　cherry blossoms in this park^^

About my favorite place

　LaLaport TOKYO-BAY is the third biggest shopping center in Japan. It is in Minami Funabashi. There are 540 stores which amuse any customers regardless of gender or age; clothes shops, movie theaters, an electrical stores, restaurants, toyshops, and so on. The shopping mall has three buildings and one street in its ground; WEST building, NORTH building, SOUTH building, and

HORBOR STREET

  First WEST has four floors, a drug store, a super market, and clothes shops on the first floor, and general stores and a furniture store are on the second floor, and a big toy store is on the third floor, and a restaurant area on the fourth floor. Next NORTH mainly has clothes shops for young people in the two-story, and there are CENTER COURT, FOREST COURT, EAST COURST, and KIDS COURT to have a break and have an event on the first floor, where there are green trees making us comfortable. SOUTH has many clothes shops and general stores for everyone on the first and two floors, and there are many various famous restaurants whish have exotic atmosphere on the third floor, and the building has big movie theaters. Along the

HORBOR STREET

which has many beautiful palm trees like Hawaii, it is 100 meters, there are thirty shops and restaurants.

　In April 1981, Mitsui Fudosan.Co established the store referring to Ala Moana Center in Hawaii. At the time there are 200stores in the moll, but it had already been one of the largest shopping moll in Japan.  The name was often changed; at first it had been called “LaLaport-Funabashi shopping center”, then was called “TOKYO-BAY LaLaport”, after that the name “LaLaport TOKYO-BAY” has been used.  Now, LaLaport TOKYO-BAY has various events all over seasons therefore 25 million people come there throughout a year. And this year LaLaport sees its 30th birthday come round. For renewal, WEST buildings are going to be closed January 29 and the sale of it has been held now.

Octopus

I went this "tako-yaki shop" with my friend after university.This shop is located near my house.
It is popular among young and old people.^^

We ate this"tako-sen" made of ebi-sen and two takoyaki.
That was my first time to eat it, it was good^^

Camera

Oh yes, I bought this camera which I had wanted for a long time.White color is very cute.

Taking a walk with it is very interesting!
I want friends to do with me^^