日本では、ほとんどの学校で給食[きゅうしょく](= school dinner)があります。親がお金を払[はら]いますが、政府[せいふ]からお金[かね]の補助[ほじょ](= subsidies)があります。 昨日[きのう]の新聞[しんぶん]で、ある学校では、2日だけですけど給食をやめる、というニュースを読みました。今、日本では野菜[やさい]の値段[ねだん](= price)がとても高く、予算[よさん]内[ない](= within the budget)でいい給食を作るのがとても難[むずか]しいからです。親にとっては大変かもしれませんが、多くの親はこの決定[けってい](= decision)を理解[りかい]している(= understanding)ようです。 大変[たいへん]です(= challenging; tough)が、学校がいい給食を食べさせようとしているからなので、いいことだと思います。 In Japan almost all schools provide kids with school dinner; parents have to pay for this, but they are subsidised by the local authority. I just read news reporting that some schools would stop providing school dinner to save money, just […]
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Japanese language speech contest 2016
JSANZ, Japanese Studies Aotearoa New Zealand, started organising a tertiary level speech contest in New Zealand from 2014 (Note: JSANZ is a brand-new advocacy network for Japanese language education and Japanese studies at tertiary level in Aotearoa New Zealand; please see www.jsanz.org and https://www.facebook.com/JapaneseStudiesAotearoaNZ/). Here is this year's winning speech:
Continue readingオムライス Omelette rice
これはなんだか分かりますか。Do you know what they are? このオムライスの群れが可愛すぎて困る。 pic.twitter.com/j8ATah4ciL — せいじ＠アリスの中の人 (@aliceseiji) 13 November 2013
Continue readingFree Japanese film showing – October 2016
We will show another film this Thursday. This is our final film for 2016. The next one will be in February 2017. FREE Japanese film showing in October 2016 Date: Thursday 13 October 2016 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:20 PM Location: L3 Contact: athena@waikato.ac.nz Website: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/languages/japanese-film-showings Free Admission! No booking required! English subtitles! ALL WELCOME […]
Continue reading図書館犬 Dogs in Libraries
図書館[としょかん]犬って知っていますか。Have you ever heard of dogs in libraries?
Continue reading借用語と和製英語 Loan words and Japlish
これは何でしょう? Do you know what this is called?
Continue reading春の兆し6 Signs of Spring6
春は鳥も忙しいです。鳥はTui、花はKowhaiの花です。どちらもNZ原産[げんさん]です。 Birds are also busy in spring! The bird is Tui and the yellow flowers are Kowhai: both NZ native!
Continue reading春の兆し5 Signs of Spring5
これは何の花か知っていますか。Do you know what this is?
Continue reading春の兆し4 Signs of Spring4
It is still quite cold here, but I think we should say Spring has sprung here now! The above photo was taken last weekend. I thought it was a bit strange; the flowers are sticking out straight from the tree trunk!
Continue readingMr Iwasaki was born 121 years ago
岩崎[いわさき]瀧三[たきぞう]という人を知っていますか。121年前に生まれた人です。Do you know a man named Takizo Iwasaki, who was born 121 years ago?
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