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               Wabi-Sabi Words
A Japanese Language Blog for Young Travellers


Cities

8/8/2021

 
Cities in Japan 🇯🇵🗾

Do you know the names of any cities in Japan? 

What do you know about those cities?


Stella's favourite city in 🇯🇵 is Tokyo とうきょう🗼

We are going to learn:

🗾 The names of some Japanese cities

🏯 A little something about some of the cities Stella's visited

Are you ready?



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💡 Want to review?  Download the review pages
Wabi-Sabi Review - Part I
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Wabi-Sabi Review - Part II
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Olympics

8/2/2021

 
🥇
  ​Olympics: Tokyo 2020

Do you have a favourite Olympic sport?

Stella's favourite is swimming.

Have you been watching the Olympics?

🇨🇦 has:

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈

🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 🥉🥉🥉

In the Paralympics 🇨🇦 has:

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈

🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉



Sports are important for you physical 🤾🏽‍♀️ and mental health 🧘‍♀️

They teach you:

🏄🏽‍♀️ perseverance
🥋self-discipline
⛹🏽‍♀️ teamwork
🏊🏻‍♀️ hardwork

What sports do you like to play?
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Ready. Set. Let's get active!


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Transportation: getting around

8/1/2021

 
Transportation: Getting Around 

There are so many ways to get around a city. 

We are going to explore:


​🚙 🚆🚲 Getting around on land
✈️🚁 Getting around in the air
⛵️🛶 Getting around on the water


It’s important to know what direction you are headed. 
That’s where a compass ✛, map 🗺 & phone 📱 help. 


Have you ever used a compass or read a map?
Do you have a favourite way of getting around? 


Stella’s loves to fly ✈️
Airplanes are her favourite way to get around. 


Are you ready to learn the names of some different modes of transportation?

Ready. Set. Let’s get ready to move ✈︎


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Living things

7/25/2021

 
Insects, marine life, animals & humans. Oh my!

Do you like being outside? 
Do you like exploring? 
What do you love most about nature? 
Do you have a favourite animal?
Do you have any pets at home?


Stella’s favourite place to visit is the beach 🏖
She has a cat 😽 
Her favourite wild animal is the panda 🐼

In this lesson, we are going to learn the names of some:
🐛 Bugs
🐠 Marine life
😽 Animals
👭 Body parts

Ready. Set. Let's learn about living things!



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Fruits & Vegetables

7/18/2021

 
Fruits 🍏 & Vegetables 🥒

Do you have a favourite fruit? 

What about a favourite vegetable?


Stella's favourite fruit is mango.  
Her favourite vegetable is asparagus.  

Why is it important to eat
fruits & vegetables?

In this lesson you'll learn:

🍉 Some names of common fruits in Japanese🍐

🥦 
Some names of common vegetables in Japanese🥕

Ready. Set. Let's Eat!


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Food

7/10/2021

 
Do you have a favourite food?

Stella's favourite Japanese food is 🍜 ramenらめん

My favourite Japanese food is 🍣 sushi すし


We are going to learn:

🍥  Japanese names for some common foods and drinks
 ¥   Practice paying in Japanese Yen

🍣  Learn about sushi
🍜  Order ramen

Are you ready to have some fun learning about Japanese foods?

​Are there any Japanese foods that you are excited to try?


Ready. Set. Let’s eat 🍣
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colours

7/4/2021

 
Colours

We are going to learn the names of some common colours.  

First, let's start with a very important question:

What's your favourite colour?

My favourite colour is yellow ☀️

Stella's favourite colour is blue 🌊

What's yours?

Why is it your favourite colour?


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Being Polite

6/26/2021

 
Speaking Politely 

It’s always a good idea to act and speak politely.

The Japanese 🇯🇵 language is a very polite language.  Similar to French 🇫🇷 how you speak to an adult is sometimes different from how you speak to a friend.  If in doubt, it’s always best to use
polite (
formal) speech.


Speaking politely in Japanese can take on many forms. 

Here are just a few:


🍥 Add “gozaimasu” to certain greetings to show respect
Gozaimasu = ございます

🍥 Formal verbs use the “masu” form
Masu = ます

 🍥 Handshakes 🤝 are not as common in Japan as they are in North America and other countries.  When meeting someone, you often bow 🙏🏽 instead of shaking hands.  


You have already learnt that there is informal and formal speech in Japanese.  

Do you remember the difference between the two?  

That’s right! 

Informal speech = how you would speak to friends  

Formal speech = how you speak to adults and strangers

Here are some examples:
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Japanese Verbs
Japanese children are taught the informal forms of verbs.  They later learn the formal forms.

I am only going to teach you the formal forms.  

​This is important since you are a visitor to Japan.
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Japanese Greetings

6/19/2021

 
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Greetings

​Before you depart, it’s a good idea to be able to say a few common words and phrases in the local language.  It shows interest in the culture and country that you are visiting.  

Japanese is a very polite language.  How you speak to a friend (informal speech) is sometimes different from how you speak to an adult (formal speech).   

Here are a few examples:







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Are you ready to learn some common greetings?


​Ready. Set. Let’s learn some Japanese


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Time: months, clocks & days

6/12/2021

 
Calendar

The really cool thing about Japanese is that if you know how to count from 1-12, then months and telling time are easy.  Watch!

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Time
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If you remember how to count from 1-12, then telling time is easy.  

Do you remember how to count in Japanese?

Let’s do a quick review. 


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Here are a few other things that you need to remember:

Hour = Ji じ
AM = Gozan ござん
PM = Gogo ごご



Ready to Practice? 
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Days of the Week

Days of the week are not based on the counting system.  
The easiest way to learn them is to practice. 

Day = Youbi ようび

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