New Year's Resolutions

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 05:30:29 GMT

明けましておめでとうございます！

Yesterday's meeting was a chance for us all to share our new year's resolutions together. 新年の抱負 (しんねんのほうふ; shin'nen no houfu) is the term in Japanese.

Some want to focus more on their career, whilst others are really hoping to improve their 日本語 (にほんご; nihongo).

Whatever your goals may be 頑張ってください (がんばってください; ganbatte kudasai) and 今年もよろしくお願いします (ことしもよろしくおねがいします; kotoshimo yoroshiku onegaishimasu)!

Tongue twister frenzy

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 19:04:20 GMT

We had a great time at our exchange yesterday evening with lots of tongue twisters introduced.

To kick off things we started small with a few warm-up Japanese 早口言葉 (はやくちことば / hayakuchi kotoba). 手術中 (shujutsuchuu /しゅじゅつちゅう / in the middle of an operation (medical)) was the first. How is that? Try giving that a try out loud 10 times fast.

Building off of that we moved things up a notch with 治療室 (chiryoushitsu / ちりょうしつ / treatment room).

Putting it all together we have 集中治療室で手術中 (shuuchuu chiryoushitsu de shujutsuchuu / しゅうちゅうちりょうしつでしゅじゅつちゅう). 集中治療室 translates to intensive care unit. The full version gave even native Japanese speakers a tough time.

Some other notable mentions:

きゅうきょくこうきゅうこうくうき (kyuukyoku koukyuu koukuuki)

まごがままごと (mago ga mamagoto)

Japan Society of Boston Japanese/English Language Room

New Year's Resolutions

Tongue twister frenzy