HIRAGANA. MINI REVIEW 4— >/A—KO ai love At ypu 1 i 1 1 ue above, top SHE ; i | | Dik| i i oka hill Fim) oe oe kiku hear, ask; chrysanthemum 3'<| 3 ! koke moss = ; ' ; LQitt ike pond CMF] pen Res nro a sey, kau buy Se ea, i i One i i ; i eki station te] i ; Le 1 L 1 L 1 iku go ' ; = ' ' uirL]y 1 ot tot tot io L 14 os — 1 ukiyoe woodblock print setomono _ porcelain 1 | —1— sukiyaki —_sukiyaki ALi Pet 0) 45HIRAGANA MINI REVIEW 5 —A./ RA—N wan bowl; bay DIA 4 Lt tera temple G0 lees ee |e eee |e tsuru crane; to fish Salita titi tid: kore this > 1 1 1 1 1 21} ! ! ! furo bath aed HE Ee nori edible seaweed; paste nolan | | | i (2) a uae! ! ! haru spring; to stretch mio} yb pt Pa rei politeness; soul; example ——— ; ; ONS IE RIE I Re shiro castle; white LiF} | : i i : i Nihon Japan mie AT Ee Te TPT ee sakura cherry blossom sid toa 1 een tot ~ St 5 14 1 i 1 1 1 50HIRAGANA uchiwa round fan matsuri festival — isml rot 1 rot ' ' £19! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 hotaru firefly REIS] | | Heeayie eEl one futon futon ey tty el 1 oe 44 rekishi history il} pi | [eee eee wafuku Japanese clothing Ht i) i t 1 t ' PISNK L it a riron theory yisial FT Tf Ee furoshiki cloth wrapper for parcels Budilis} ji tit harakiri harakiri Mos] pi ta samurai samurai Sitio ptHIRAGANA REVIEW OF VOICED AND HALF-VOICED SOUNDS obi waist sash for kimono poli titi ti til: fude writing brush sit i A i i Zen Zen HAL t |i tt tt : i soba buckwheat noodles; side wut) 1 1 1 1 1 ce EEE biwa lute; loquat " 1 wp? Ti Titi tit gela wooden clogs Wie] ¢ Ti TE TE Ti Tf Obon Buddhist festival Dileioc|ee aa ieee dea Kabuki Kabuki drama —— eee ais 1 14 po 14 1 ojigi bow (head) 2 OM A sanpo walk, stroll see am ee, | monpe old-style work pants T T = T T T TTT T T CaS ee eee eee lee te lee 54HIRAGANA polite language + io rot fon 14 old word for emperor To 1 1 1 4 L cartoon ™—T — roo vet 1 14 written oracle —T ™— tot ro 14 14 gangster 1 ro io 14 14 tice ball TT Temes ro tot 1 14 long-nosed goblin —T Teel mo el 14 14 nosebleed — —t roo ro 1 1 1 1 whisky and water T T r 1 PT L poi know, believe T —1—T 1 rong L ae large statue of Buddha T —1—T 1 rootHIRAGANA kamikaze kamikaze \ \ “) MAM] tt ea origami origami Hii} rot pee senpai senior as HOU LAH oF vee bonsai bonsai 1 1 4 4 1 1 ikebana ikebana enpitsu pencil yokozuna —_ sumo grand champion ana ann tenpura tempura TASS toro rood Sea GS Ease A Ge ee Se Ee senbei rice cracker tiAiSiy Pt ET ET hanafuda flower cards (game) , mee] TET TE Fujisan Mt. Fuji - SUA 56HIRAGANA, REVIEW OF DOUBLE VOWELS AND CONSONANTS G(aa) like that; Oh! bib 4 4 1 1 1 1 ii good Pept Tie itt e (ee) yes 27 eee kit sky, void, nothingness laa 1 i |e) ale kau eat fal LQife1D ton ton ot rit amae childlike dependence iz ' i) ' ' ' ' ' i) HA 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 Ebisu name of god of wealth [aims] PETE PTET miai interview for marriage ow pia ti ti ti tofu tofu eos} pita tt seibo year-end gift tye 1 1 1 1 (} 1 i 1 det Uz 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 shibumi astringency ac List] pp Pp Pt aware pathos Abn: 3 ieee mot ro aad gohan meal, cooked rice = SUeAL i tt a gagaku ancient court music war

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Roriamoullt [R-iyiziz] PEPE TP Hariuddo Hollywood AU? PaaS eee: Myunhen Munich esl tei ee | Guatemara Guatemala aicMaTe! TVs] 1 Kook, 4 1 i 1 Maruseyu Marseilles ECA ate eee ee Betsurehemu _ Bethlehem 7 NYLINI AL 6 ororot fee ae ee ee ee Dieppu Dieppe Sot ot yt ot ——1— aan ee da eee ee BenechialVenechia Venice yt —1—1—t ——1— Vir i ee Chunijia/Tunijia Tunisia Sp Hiss] pp PtFINAL REVIEW ABOUT JAPAN Copy each line in the space provided. trig GFRAEL AD, [2d KEP LD TENY KC DOPLES 2. GAMK< KE HOU IT F.4HUSERPLIUTODY ra ein el Pets. £509 BL GLELD| PPM CUES. USLALSI | ) ot. EAL wIVM, 29LEOD Ais Gao oe pF. SUL AYYNG. FOKU puxei BY ZF. (cPLA HH 1FINAL REVIEW Bev LE, UGBWAFe EIA BIEL MPUEDT., BOUFTL U CHS. SPIT EX T ps WE EASYEPTRSE, ARO ) RTP ICHEG. TALIA BO) be dopa OSes ve et BIN DV EGOS MOTED RED CH. LIEAHALZI L{Aluric[ LT iAlalHlle [YU alt RIAIIFIAL a PLR ELF ON AIT] t [or TAs Aryl At S| blz lalé alates |< lo lap yz lialepylzlals) Fl 4|E lel lie lA YAO le HITS ELS IAL |S [2 [A |O|3 |S] e A |e CP SI Yt oY) [Yale | VIC IAL RIAL OIL] 7 far] o]} a] 2 peo Find the fifty words below in the square above, moving in a straight line in any direction including diagonals. The first thirty words are in hiragana, the rest katakana. (We found over 200 other hiragana words, most of two symbols and not found elsewhere in this book. How many can you find? Fifty or more means you have a good vocabulary.) see ee madogiwazoku (staff passed over for promotion), tsuridagu (fishing gear), haragei (non- verbal communication), shitsurei (rudeness), kanji (character), fugu (blowfish), hinoki (cypress), kanemochi (rich person), ganbaru (try your best), daruma (Buddha doll), yuki (snow), tate (verticality), oya (parent), uchi (home, inner group), sewa (care), ongaeshi (repayment of favor), tsukimi (moon viewing), umeboshi (pickled plum), nemawashi (behind-the-scenes maneuvering), musubu (bind), nukeru (be missing), furusato (home- town), ame (rain), hosoi (slender), kaiko (silkworm), heta (unskilled), tanin (stranger), yoroi (armor), nama (raw), mizu (water); nairon, kiosuku, gurafu, dezain, terebi, hosu- teru, warutsu, gasorin, furonto, puropera, purezento, kaunto, pasokon, misairu, tarento, rajio, gomu, masuto, denimu, yoga. (Look up the katakana words you don't know.) 116FINAL REVIEW QUIZ ANSWERS Food items Flora/fauna Names 1 tamago v1 3 l49 2s. pani 2s ea 3 kohi gARY Mw 4. kashi fet moe 5. butaniku ” i tv 1a 6. bir ao-7y Ber Fi- 7. remon ti DKS AXEL 8. _kudamono Fa-Yy7 Oo Rar 9. shoyu EOD Dip 10. chizu 277 EDA 11. bata ile TADS 12. omuretsu nyt - By 13. -yasai ns wae 14. ringo rs Yayo 15, men Bunk 16. ydguruto em 17. sat6 Ze “ 18. bisuketto VPA 19. nat acy 20. jtisu Sey 21. kazunoko non 22. purin (BRA 23. mikan ZMH 24. parufe FNEA 25. — benison/venison SEs ENGLISH VERSION OF "ABOUT JAPAN" Let's look at an atlas. Japan is a long, thin country lying on a north-south axis to the cast of the Asian mainland, It's about the same size as the state of California in America. It consists of four main islands. The largest is Honshu, with Tokyo at its midpoint, The beautiful Mount Fuji is also found on this island. ‘The next largest is Hokkaido, the northernmost island. Summer here is cool, and in winter heavy snow makes skiing and skating possible. Kyushu, the third largest island, lies to the south, so it's warm here even in winter. The fourth largest, Shikoku, is noted for mikan oranges from its northern half and fish from the south, 117FINAL REVIEW DO-IT-YOURSELF KANA CHARTS Fill in the following charts, writing hiragana in the left part of each box and katakana in the right. Then check your entries against the charts in the Explanation of Kana. Basic Kana Symbols VOWELS a i u e ° a i ¥ € | | ! ka, ki [kw ke ko. k | | | [sa shi su se 30) s ] a chi isu te to t ] | eo na ni nu ne no. aa z | g ha hi fu he ho S| h ] | | ma mi mu me mo a 1 ya [yo 0 y mu te To. r | wa wo w n 118FINAL REVIEW Basic Voiced Sounds a e ° ga u ge go 8 i i a i zu ze z0. a | | da i | a de do }z/j | ba bi bu be bo b pa bi pu pe po. P Basic Combinations Voiced Combinations a u ° a u ° kya kyu kyo a Ma _gyo. ky gy ] sha) shu) sho) ja ju jo sh j ee cha chu ‘cho [ja ju jo. ch j | nya | _ayu nyo ny bya byw | _byo. by hya__|_hyw o PRE ff mya myu Py my | rye ry | 119FINAL REVIEW THE IROHA VERSE ‘The iroha verse was written about a thousand years ago. Though based upon a teaching of Buddhism its main use is for writing practice, for it includes all of the kana symbols with the exception of the final n (A). In ancient times mu (4) was used where / is used today. The order of symbols in the verse — partic- ularly the first half dozen — is important because it is still sometimes followed in listings, in similar fashion to the English order "a, b, c.” ‘Try copying out the verse in the space at the foot of the page. WH4ISIZIENYE 64 0S brbent PRES Deda) 0) id) aed See HSS HAC BOLET ‘The modem romanized version is: [ro wa nioedo chirinuru o / Waga yo tare 20 tsune naran | Ui no okuyama kyo koete | Asaki yume miji ei mo sezu. & & t A literal paraphrase is: "Colors are fragrant, but they fade away. In this world of ours none lasts forever. Today cross the high mountain of life's illusions [ie., rise above this physical world], and there will be no more shallow dream- ing, no more drunkenness [i.e., there will be no more uneasiness, no more temptations]. ‘The above translation is given in the appendices of the Japanese - English Char- acter Dictionary (edited by A. Nelson, published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1962). Readers who wish to learn more about the historical use of kana, such as 1}3sfor the modem % 7 , are recommended to consult this work. 120