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lillithium

Japanese quiz - idiom phrases part I

Jan 04, 2009 20:52

Here's a little quiz for those who are interested in Japanese.

One of the many interesting characteristics of Japanese is that there are many idiomatic expressions that use body parts to infer their meanings. For example: 口[くち]に合[あ]う（kuchi ni au） - to match one's mouth - means to suit one's taste (of food). Another example: the phrase 目[め]が高[ ( Read more... )

poll, japanese

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elspethelf January 4 2009, 16:33:01 UTC

That was so much fun! Some sounded familiar, others I totally had to guess. The 'mouth' section was the hardest for me :P
Thanks for posting these!

lillithium January 5 2009, 01:53:04 UTC

I'm very happy that you enjoyed! This quiz took me some time to format.

Yes I agree - some of these phrases are easy, but some are rather difficult to guess the meaning.

furiosity January 4 2009, 16:33:14 UTC

eee, that was fun, even though I had to mostly guess :< (I'm only up to ヌ XD)

lillithium January 5 2009, 01:59:22 UTC

Yeah, some of them are quite difficult. I've been learning Japanese for years and still I don't know a lot of them.

(I'm only up to ヌ XD)
So you're half way! Yay! Maybe try reading Japanese manga (not scanlations) after you're done with the Katakana - you'll be able to recognize a lot of the lines! I did, and it was very gratifying ♥

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lillithium January 5 2009, 03:53:39 UTC

I'm happy that you enjoyed!

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lillithium January 5 2009, 04:15:27 UTC

I'm very happy that you enjoyed! Japanese is a fascinating language itself ♥

scrtkpr January 4 2009, 23:57:34 UTC

This quiz is so cool! I had fun looking at all of the questions, even if I got distracted and only filled out half of them, lol.

But! I am mainly writing to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for the lovely card and chocolates! I was just so delighted to receive them yesterday. You are just the sweetest, loveliest person ever! ♥ ♥ ♥

Are you planning to come to Azkatraz in July? If so, I plan to take the opportunity to give you a hug!

lillithium January 5 2009, 04:18:48 UTC

I'm glad that you enjoyed! Yeah the quiz is a bit too long.

Yay I'm happy that the card arrived safely. And no unfortunately I'm not planning to go to Azkatraz - it's rather expensive traveling overseas in that time frame and I'd like to save some $ this year. I hope you'll have fun!

scrtkpr January 7 2009, 16:17:31 UTC

Oh, I didn't think it was too long! I had a lot of fun reading all the questions (and the answers you ultimately posted), whether or not I managed to fill them all in.

Aw, that's too bad about Azkatraz, but I TOTALLY understand. I wouldn't be able to afford it either, if I didn't live just a few hours away.