Japanese place names and things

August 27, 2008

Following on from yesterday’s language posts. Here’s a word file of Japanese place names and things written in English, Korean, Kanji, and Hiragana.

If you’re interested in learning Chinese characters and their various meanings and pronunciations, I highly recommend Wiktionary.

Japanese 일본어 日本語

English

한글

漢字

ひらがな

Japan

일본

日本

にっぽん:にほん

Tokyo

토쿄 (동경)

東京

とうきょう

Osaka

오사카

大阪

おおさか

Nagoya

나고야

名古屋

なごや

Yokohama

요코하마

よこはま

Kyoto

쿄토 (경도)

京都

きょうと

Fukuoka

후쿠오카

福岡

ふくおか

Nagasaki

나가사키

長崎

ながさき

Sapporo

사포로

札幌

さっぽろ

Hiroshima

해로시마

ひろしま

Kawasaki

카와사키

川崎

かわさき

Sendai

센데이

仙台

せんだい

Kobe

코비

こうべ

Hakodate

하코데이티

函館

はこだて

Hokkaido

호카이도 (북해도)

北海道

ほっかいど

Honshu

혼슈 (본주)

本州

ほんしゅ

Shikoku

시코쿠 (사국)

(四國)

しこく

Kyushu

규슈 (구도)

九道

きゅしゅ

Saitama

사이타마

埼玉

さいたま

Okinawa

오킨아와

おきなわ

Ueno

우에노

上野

うえの

Shinjuku

신주쿠

新宿

しんじゅく

Shibuya

시부야

しぶや

Mt. Fuji

(Fuji-san)

후지산

富士山

ふじさん

Shinkansen

(Bullet train)

신칸센

新幹線

しんかんせん

wasabi

와사비

山葵

わさび

sashimi

사시미

刺身

さしみ

sukiyaki

수키야키

すきやき

kimono

키모노

着物

きもの


Youtube videos over the past year

August 27, 2008

I’ve uploaded about 20 Youtube videos over the past year after getting introduced to Youtube from a friend. They’re all done with my digital camera and not particularly interesting or exciting. I’m considering buying  video editing software at some stage to make more snazzy ones, but for now here they are.

Introducing my apartment, it’s changed a bit since but not too much.


Is Kim Jong-Il dead?

August 27, 2008

According to Japanese author and university professor, Toshimitsu Shigemura, Kim Jong-Il has been dead since 2003 with body doubles taking his place and fooling the world. Who knows, it’s probably true, nothing would surprise me about North Korea. More news and commentary on this story is over at the Marmot’s Hole.

Is he dead?

Is he really dead?

In the meantime, in a move which is sure to anger South Korea, the US and China, North Korea has halted its dismantling of its nuclear reactor apparently due to the US not yet removing North Korea off its terrorism watchlist. Whether it’s Kim Jong-Il himself or Kim Jong-Il’s mini-me in charge, it seems the crafty bastard’s still up to his usual tricks.