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Shinshi
02-27-2018, 07:05 PM
I have been dipping my toe in the waters of learning Japanese by taking a look at Japanese From Zero. I know it isn't the preferred resource but, well, it was cheaper. :)
They start out with numbers.
And just to be confusing, they have multiple names for the same number - crazy Japanese.
The names for four, it seems, are: shi and yon. According to the book shi also means death.
It occurs to me that one way to read my Dharma name (Shinshi) is:
Shin = Heart
Shi = death.
Yikes.
or
Shin = Mind
Shi = death.
which, I guess, makes my name sort of "Brain Dead".
Well, that is how I feel when I try to learn Japanese so I guess it is appropriate. :)
Gassho, Shinshi
SaT-LaH
Meitou
02-27-2018, 07:24 PM
...or a heart / mind four times bigger than usual, that sounds about right [claps]
I know what you mean about the Japanese, I'm finding it a sort of groundhog day experience, learning the same four words over and over and over.....
Gassho
Meitou
satwithyoualltoday/lah
Jundo
02-28-2018, 12:36 AM
Countless homonyms of "shi" (she), all unrelated to each other. Here's 9 pages of examples ...
http://www.jp41.com/kanji/shi.html
If we change your Kanji, you could also be Shinshi the "mind / toilet" or "mind / murder one's lord or father" [scared]
In Japan, many hospitals, hotels etc. avoid the number 4 and also 9 (ku sounds like another Kanji for "suffering"), and there are no rooms with those numbers. However, when I had my operation last years, it was in operating room 13 on the 13th of the month. I told the doctor. He said that "13" is fine in Japan. :)
Gassho, J
SatTodayLAH
Shinshi
02-28-2018, 12:50 AM
Countless homonyms of "shi" (she), all unrelated to each other. Here's 9 pages of examples ...
http://www.jp41.com/kanji/shi.html
If we change your Kanji, you could also be Shinshi the "mind / toilet" or "mind / murder one's lord or father" [scared]
In Japan, many hospitals, hotels etc. avoid the number 4 and also 9 (ku sounds like another Kanji for "suffering"), and there are no rooms with those numbers. However, when I had my operation last years, it was in operating room 13 on the 13th of the month. I told the doctor. He said that "13" is fine in Japan. :)
Gassho, J
SatTodayLAH
I guess I will learn, but it makes me wonder - how does anyone understand when there are 9 pages of words that all sound the same? Is it purely by context?
Gassho, Shinshi
SaT-LaH
Jundo
02-28-2018, 12:56 AM
I guess I will learn, but it makes me wonder - how does anyone understand when there are 9 pages of words that all sound the same? Is it purely by context?
Gassho, Shinshi
SaT-LaH
The nose knows no, and the sea C sees seeping seeds seeming busy.
Gassho, J
SatTodayLAH
Shinshi
02-28-2018, 01:59 AM
The nose knows no, and the sea C sees seeping seeds seeming busy.
Gassho, J
SatTodayLAH
gassho2
Gassho, Shinshi
SaT-LaH
Eishuu
02-28-2018, 09:44 AM
I also started out with Japanese From Zero and liked it. It is very overwhelming but your brain will start retaining stuff. It's such a struggle to form all the new neural connections but once they are there you can recall them (at least I think that's how it works). I really recommend using flashcards (either electronic or real) - Anki or Memrise are good. The firm Pacon sell cardboard ones in sets of 1000 (you can get them from Amazon). Context seems to be a big part of the Japanese language from what I've seen so far.
Good luck!
Gassho
Eishuu
ST/LAH
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