June 16^th is Father's Day. The Japanese word for "father" is "chichi (父)" or "otousan (お父さん)". Learn the kanji character for father with step-by-step kanji stroke order. Click this link to learn family vocabulary.

Let's play "Japanese Language Quizzes". There are 15 questions to test your knowledge of the Japanese language. The further you go, the more difficult it gets. Enjoy!

Today's word is "hade (showiness; flashiness; gaudiness)". It is written with a combination of two kanji characters "ha" and "de".

* Kono fuku wa watashi niwa hade sugimasu. この服は私には派手過ぎます。 --- This dress is too colorful for me.
* Kaijou wa hadena kazaritsuke ga shite atta. 会場は派手な飾り付けがしてあった。 --- The hall was gaudily decorated.
* Sono ko wa hadeni nakidashita. その子は派手に泣き出した。 --- The child began to wail loudly.

This week's proverb is "Nido aru koto wa sando aru (二度あることは三度ある)". It means, "what happens twice will happen three times". It is similar to the English expression, "It never rains but it pours ". The opposite expressions is "Sando me no shoujiki (三度目の正直)".

Here is some vocabulary from the proverb. "Wa" is a particle. "Do" is a counter which describes "times".

nido　二度 --- twice
aru　ある --- to happen
koto　こと --- matter; incident
sando　三度 --- three times