Japanese and Moving
Wednesday July 8, 2009
The Japanese don't generally move as much as North Americans, though there are some people who are forced to move regularly because of their jobs. Once one buys a house, one usually lives there forever. I've never experienced moving until I left Japan. My parents still live in the same house I grew up in and it is nice that I can go back to it. It has not changed much and it is full of memories of my childhood. Most Japanese probably don't think about moving much. As a result, they tend to keep many things (including unused or unnecessary things) in a rather small house. I am sometimes surprised to find some of things that my mom kept for all these years.
Japanese translation
Not only the Japanese. People in Europe don’t move that often either. My parents still live in the same place where I grew up. I’m the who’s been moving the most in my family.
i live in Europe and in my country people don’t use to move. Perhaps one or two times in their lives, not more than that.
but i’m an exception. my family has already moved something like 6 times lol.
it’s a bit unusual for the other people. lol
i’ve been at USA the last summer. and there i noticed it’s preety normal for a person to move, sometimes, from a coast to the other.
the way the villages work, the way the houses are build, everything is made so that moving is a natural thing in the USA.
it’s preety interesting to see this diferences.
oh, and let me tell you that this site is awesome, you make a great great work. it’s one of the few favorites i have saved in my web browser. i’ve been visiting this site for something like a year or half a year, i don’t remember quite well lol.
anyways, i’ve been learning a lot, not only the japanese language, but the culture of japan as well (this little posts you make tell a lot about japanese lifestyle, etc.)
keep up the good work (ganbatte)
kisses from Portugal
oh, i found this in the wikipedia, it’s a list of loanwords between japanese and portuguese. preety interesting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_words_of_Portuguese_origin
Here is a translation in French.
Les japonais, comparés aux Nord-américains, communément, ne font pas tellement de déménagements. Parmi eux, il y en a qui doivent périodiquement changer de lieu en raison du travail. Une fois que la maison est achetée, il arrive la plupart du temps qu’ils y habitent toute la vie. Moi aussi, jusqu’à ce que je m’éloigne du Japon, je n’ai jamais fait l’expérience d’un déménagement. Mes parents, moi qui ait grandit, habitent encore maintenant dans leur maison. Dire que je peux revenir dans la maison qui est familière est une bonne chose. La maison, presque inchangée depuis jadis est pleine de souvenirs du temps de mon enfance. Beaucoup de japonais ne pensent pas tellement à concevoir de déménager, en conséquence, beaucoup de choses (qui ne sont plus utilisées ou inutiles) ont tendance à être emmagasinées, dans une maison plutôt petite. Moi aussi, il m’arrive de temps en temps de me faire surprendre par les choses que ma mère a fini par entreposer durant des années.
J’ai traduit de façon un peu plus littérale
hello,dear namiko abe,
thanks for your lessons that send for me,
please send me a lesson that i can learn japanes alphabet and write japanes,
i love japanes and therir language,
good luck,
arash_tehran_iran
konnichi wa Abe san,
I am a recent student and have learn that understanding the culture will help in understanding the language. Thanks for the updates on day to day life in Japan.
anata no tomodachi,
D’Anne
Hi its Ekata. I am from India, Asia. In India we shift to different houses but not many a times. From the time when I was born our family has shifted to different houses I think at least 5 times. Currently we are going to shift in another house. Its very difficult to manage in a new house so quickly. I will try my best!!!!!!!