アイヌ語 Ainu Language

アイヌ語[ご]をしっていますか。 アイヌ語は、日本に古くから住んでいるアイヌ族[ぞく]の言語[げんご](= language)です。今日のNHKニュースで、アイヌ語の研究[けんきゅう](= research)グループが、その研究[けんきゅう]成果[せいか](= research outcome)を公開[こうかい]した(= published)と知りました。その研究成果とは、アイヌの民話[みんわ](= folklore)のデータベースで、ウェブサイトで読んだり聞いたりすることができます。英語の訳[やく](= translation)もあります。 すばらしいと思いませんか!? Have you heard about Ainu Language before? Ainu Language is one of the indigenes languages in Japan. I read a news item at NHK news website today reporting that a research team on Ainu Language has published some of their outcomes. One of them is […]

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Free Japanese film showing – March 2016

We will show another Japanese film this Thursday. Please come along! FREE Japanese film showing in March 2016 Date: Thursday 17 March 2016 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:10 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. ‘Himizu’ © 2011 Himizu Film Partners Director: Shion Sono 2012 | […]

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お弁当フィーバー Bento craze

日本の多くの親[おや]たちは、子どものためにかわいいお弁当[べんとう]を作ります。上の写真[しゃしん]は、私の日本の友だちが作りました。かわいいでしょう? You know bento – Japanese lunch-boxes. Many Japanese parents put so much effort to make cute looking lunch-boxes for their children. The photo above was made by one of my Japanese friends.

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Free Japanese film showing – February 2016

また日本映画を今年も始めます。ぜひ来てください! We will start showing Japanese films this year again. Please come along! FREE Japanese film showing in February 2016 Date: Thursday 18 February 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. ‘Lady Maiko’ © 2014 Fuji Television Network, Toho, Kansai Telecasting […]

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