This morning I was dicking around with my notes from last night's Japanese class when I realised something …
(other than that まゆこせんせいはかわいいです。) …
This is the kanji for "rain".It is pronounced "Amé".
I think we have an omen on our hands here …
Friday, February 09, 2007
An Ame Weather Update
Ame's been a bit worried about the weather over here, what with the airports being closed yesterday for England's brief flirtation with winter.
This morning I was dicking around with my notes from last night's Japanese class when I realised something …
(other than that まゆこせんせいはかわいいです。) …
This is the kanji for "rain".
It is pronounced "Amé".
I think we have an omen on our hands here …
This morning I was dicking around with my notes from last night's Japanese class when I realised something …
(other than that まゆこせんせいはかわいいです。) …
This is the kanji for "rain".It is pronounced "Amé".
I think we have an omen on our hands here …
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17 comments:
Ame (the person, not rain), may the Weather Force be with you.
Its so cute, it looks like a little christmas present. Maybe ame means present.
Cute rain … hee hee …
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA DB! Are you KIDDING (S***ING ME???)
Do do do do.......VERY EERIE!
It HAS to be an omen...but for what I ask of you Grasshopper! LOL! ;)
Sassy, Kate, you're both SWEET! What's the kanji for THAT Divey Boy? ;)
Without my kanji dictionary I'm lost, Ame.
When people get kanji wrong (hanzi in Chinese) and then have it TATTOOED in all its erroneous glory, it can be hilarious.
Check out:
http://www.hanzismatter.com/
for some lovely examples.
As for the meaning of the omen; I'm fairly certain that it's
"When visiting England, bring a brolly."
or a shovel, flask, blanket and chocolate for your car.
More snow for you Ame at Things UK.
Ame when you meet up with divey there in Norwich you share your knowledge of the Japanese language
It's pronounced 'yu' in Mandarin...same meaning. Not sure why I feel compelled to mention that.
It is indeed.
Xie xie, Mr. H.
So, Dive,
Whats kanji for 'Giggles' and 'Spontaneous Californian laughter"?
I see a lot of that coming your way next week, cobber.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw, you guys talking about me behind my back again? LOL! ;) Rain, Snow, go AWAY, come again another DAY! Like when I'm NOT in the UK! That's ok...Divey Boy surely brings sunshine wherever he goes! And QUIT calling me SHIRLEY! ;)
The weather this morning is freezing with sleet under a dark grey sky, Ame.
I'm hoping it's getting all the bad stuff out of its system in preparation for a mild and sunny week when you're here.
Yu is a nice one...you can actually see the rain drops. The kanji for xie has an interesting derivation too. Something to do with firing arrows from behind trees I believe.
Cool, DH.
I'm only on my second Mandarin lesson, so it's going to take a while to get up to speed.
Especially as I've been learning Japanese for a while and having them battling in my head at my advanced age I have the feeling my brain will soon implode.
My problem too dive. I lived and worked in Taiwan for a while. I probably know 2-300 kanji. Took lessons but you need a good memory if you want to read and write properly. Even knowing the kanji isn't enough because of the way they use them.
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