Japan by Natasha Ford https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx en-us 2022-09-13 23:39:52 UTC 2022-09-24 18:26:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2764.png Where is Japanese spoken? natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2296864038 🇯🇵 Mainly spoken in Japan, however, there are different dialects depending on where you are. However, due to Japan being a colonist country there are speakers of Japanese scattered around Taiwan and Korea. ]]> 2022-09-14 18:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2296864038 Number of speakers that use Japanese natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307521938 An estimate of 126 million native speakers]]> 2022-09-21 20:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307521938 Japanese Writing System natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307529514
The language itself relies on 3 different alphabets hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Kanji is the adoption of Chinese characters and is considered to be the major alphabet. Katakana is used primarily used to represent foreign words while hiragana represents Japanese words. Kanji consists of more than 8,000 characters and each character represents a general word, concept, or name.

Syntax: ( S-O-V )
        + in the Japanese language, the Subject+Object+Verb syntax is used.

Visual Representation of all 3 below ⤵️]]> 2022-09-21 20:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307529514 Kanji natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307546375 2022-09-21 20:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307546375 Hiragana natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307546608 2022-09-21 20:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307546608 Katakana natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307546748 2022-09-21 20:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307546748 Video of the language being spoken natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307583834 2022-09-21 21:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307583834 Conversational video in Japanese natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307585280 2022-09-21 21:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307585280 Main foods of Japan natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307612273 1 - Sushi 
2 - Bento Box
3 - Takoyaki
4 - Pork Katsu 
5 - Omurice (omelet with rice inside) 
6 - Ramen 

Bento Box Recipe:
 - make rice, cook sausages, add some veggies but most importantly try to make it cute. Similarly to picture #2. You can even add ingredients that you like but make sure to make it with love. ]]> 2022-09-21 21:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307612273 Japanese words that English borrowed natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307626137 All words below originally came from Japan but are used in the English language.
Origami - An old Japanese art that means paper folding (fold+paper)
Emoji - Pictograph (picture+character)
Dojo - "It’s the place where you are on the road to improving your skills." Referring to a place where karate, judo or etc usually practice.
Ninja - they are Japanese assassins, but in English, we use it to refer to something as being stealthy or quiet. 

]]> 2022-09-21 21:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307626137 3 images of natural features or landmarks from the area natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307626475
1 - Mount Fuji
     + Mount Fuji (or Fujisan) is arguably the most famous landmark in Japan – recognizable miles away with its symmetrical cone shape and bright white peak. It is Japan's highest sacred active volcano, standing 3776m tall.
2 - Fushimi Inari Shrine
     +  Most famous for its thousands of red torii gates lining scenic trails up Inari Mountain, Fushimi Inari is an important cultural monument of Japan dedicated to the god of rice.
3 - Tokyo Tower
     + Bright orange-white Tokyo Tower, completed in 1958, the 1,092-feet Tokyo Tower was the tallest structure in Japan until 2012, when the Tokyo Skytree surpassed it. Today it is one of the most well-known Japanese landmarks, enjoying a much wider recognition than its taller sibling.

]]> 2022-09-21 21:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307626475 Artwork (The Great Wave) natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307626800 Title of the Artwork:
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

🇯🇵 This tour-de-force series established the popularity of landscape prints, which continues to this day. Mount Fuji is the protagonist in each scene, viewed from afar or up close, during various weather conditions and seasons, and from all directions.]]> 2022-09-21 21:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307626800 Idioms of Japan natashamahlia12 https://padlet.com/natashamahlia12/q6ngpp5rfbmzphcx/wish/2307626967
起死回生 (きしかいせい) – Kishikaisei
      + to turn a negative situation into a positive one
English Equivalent
      + Make the best of a bad situation.  Every cloud has a silver lining.

猿も木から落ちる。- Saru mo ki kara ochiru
      + we all make mistakes but that’s no big deal. It’s just life’s way of teaching us a lesson that we learn from.
English Equivalent
      + We all make mistakes

知らぬが仏 – Shiranugahotoke
      + the idea that you can keep your mind at peace, like Buddha, if you don’t know or expose yourself to anything negative.
English Equivalent 
      + Ignorance is bliss

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