カリフォルニアのエスコンディードはサンディエゴの30分北にあります。1996年エスコンディードでStone Breweryは始めまりましたです。ー年間に七回ぐらい特別なベールを作ります。このベールは”Enjoy By..."といいます。今週は”Enjoy By 3/14/15"を飲みました。2015年3月14日の後で飲んだら、風味を変わりますから、3/14/15の前に飲んだほうがいいです。だから”Enjoy By 3/14/15”といいます。規則を破りたい人がありますので、2015年3月14日に飲んで、写真を撮ります。たくさん”Enjoy By..."ベールを飲みました。”Enjoy By 12/26/14”や”Enjoy By 5/17/13”を飲みました。それぞれちがいます。
ブログをお楽しみいただけたら、フォローをよるしくお願いします。
Escondido, California is 30 minutes north of San Diego. In 1996 in Escondido, Stone Brewery started. About seven times a year they make a special beer. This beer is called “Enjoy By...” This week we had “Enjoy By 3/14/15.” If you drink it after 3/14/15 the flavor will change, so you should drink it before 3/14/15. That is why it is called “Enjoy by 3/14/15.” There are some people who like to break rules, so they will drink it on 3/15/15 and take pictures. We have had many “Enjoy By…” beers. For example, “Enjoy By 12/26/14” and “Enjoy By 5/17/13.” Each one tastes different.
Written by Bethany & 鈴木美和子さんは翻訳を手伝ってくれてありがとう。
A blog for Americans interested in Japan and Japanese interested in America.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Friday, March 20, 2015
2015 春休み (2015 Spring Break)
今週は春休みでした。私は忙しくて、楽しかったです。たくさんテレべゲームをしたり、テレビをみ見たり、少し勉強したりました。そして、もっとブログポストも書きました。;)
Last week was spring break. It was busy and fun. I played lots of video games, watched lots of TV and did a little bit of homework. Also, I wrote more blogs. ;)
Last week was spring break. It was busy and fun. I played lots of video games, watched lots of TV and did a little bit of homework. Also, I wrote more blogs. ;)
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描いてみました。I tried my hand at painting. |
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スカートを作って、爪を研きました。I made these skirts and painted my nails. |
Friday, March 13, 2015
ゴジラの映画のパーティと楽しいゲーム (Godzilla Party and A Fun Game)

今学期は日本の時事問題の授業を取っています。授業に災害と原子力と持続可能性についてですので、1954ゴジラを見らなければいけません。ゴジラは核爆弾が大きらいですなんです。だから、授業の友だちは私たちの家に映画を見に行きました。映画はめっちゃ古いですが、楽しかったです。ピザを食べて、ゲームをしました。
This semester I am taking a Current Topics in Japan class. The class is about disasters and nuclear power, so we have to watch the 1954 Godzilla movie. Godzilla hates nuclear bombs. So some friends from class came to my class to watch the movie. It was really old but fun. We also ate pizza and played a game.
ガームは”Scribblish"といいます。めっちゃ楽しくて、簡単です。小さい紙と鉛筆が要ります。6人いたら、ひとり6枚紙をもらいます。まず、皆さんは文を書きます。それから、右の人が左の人に6枚の紙をあげます。次は文を読んで、その文が書いてある紙を一番後ろにして、新しい紙にその文で示された状況を絵で描きます。絵を描いた後、またその6枚の紙を渡します。次は絵を見て、その紙を一番後ろにして、新しい紙に絵を描いて説明します。新しい紙がなくなるまで、くりかえします。なくなるまで繰り返したら、文を読んで、絵を見ます。めっちゃ変わりますね。
ゲームを試してもらえるといいんですが。
The game is called “Scribblish.” It’s really fun and simple. You need small pieces of paper and pencils. If you have six people, everyone gets six small pieces of paper. First, everyone will write a sentence. Then, give all six pieces of papers to the person on the right or the left. Next, read the sentence, put the paper with the sentence on it behind the other papers, then draw the sentence on the new piece of paper, and then pass the papers again. Next, look at the picture, put the paper with the picture behind all the other papers, and then describe the drawing on the new piece of paper. Keep repeating this until there are no new pieces of paper. Now, read the sentence and look at the drawings. It changed a lot, didn't it?
I hope you can enjoy this game.
Written by Bethany & 鈴木美和子さんは翻訳を手伝ってくれてありがとう。
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Learn Japanese In 10 Minutes!!
!!!!!Learn Japanese in just 10 minutes a day!!!!! NOT
There's no easy way to learn Japanese. I hear they are making a cream but...until then you're just going to have to learn it the hard way. I've been studying for 4 years on and off and here are some things I do to help learn vocabulary, practice grammar, and memorize kanji.
Also, if you want to read furigana on websites there are extensions you can download for your browser.
Chrome IPA Furigana Firefox Furigana Insterter Windows Ruby
Or you can type a URL into this website.
Learn Vocabulary
App: Anki Flashcards
Cost: Free for Droid, $15 for iPhone
How: Download this on your phone/computer and then download the shared deck "Genki 1&2 Vocabulary." These flashcards cover the same vocabulary as the Genki textbooks including all of the stuff from the back of the book where you learn kanji. Each vocabulary word has two cards, one with English on the front and one with Japanese on the front. Each time you view a card, it will give you up to four options of when you want to review that one again based on how easy it was for you.
Why: You can practice anywhere, anytime. Has a great search function when you forget a word you know you should know.
App: JED Japanese English Dictionary
Cost: Free for all
How: Download and look up a word. You want to know the word for 'night'? It's yoru and this is the kanji. Also, here are other words related to 'night,' such as 'night and day,' 'nightmare,' and 'later that night.' Click on the word for a break down of the kanji, and sometimes you'll also be given a list of conjugations and/or example sentences.
Why: It's just the best. Period.
App: Genki Level 1 2nd Edition
Cost: Free for all
How: Flashcards and multiple-choice game for the first Genki textbook. Sadly there is no app for the second Genki book.
Why: Good for beginners
App: Obenkyo
Cost: Free
How: Study hiragana, katakana, kanji, vocabulary, and particles and then test yourself on what you've learned. Also, great grammar explanations.
Why: Great for practicing for the JLPT
There's no easy way to learn Japanese. I hear they are making a cream but...until then you're just going to have to learn it the hard way. I've been studying for 4 years on and off and here are some things I do to help learn vocabulary, practice grammar, and memorize kanji.
Also, if you want to read furigana on websites there are extensions you can download for your browser.
Chrome IPA Furigana Firefox Furigana Insterter Windows Ruby
Or you can type a URL into this website.
Learn Vocabulary
App: Anki Flashcards
Cost: Free for Droid, $15 for iPhone
How: Download this on your phone/computer and then download the shared deck "Genki 1&2 Vocabulary." These flashcards cover the same vocabulary as the Genki textbooks including all of the stuff from the back of the book where you learn kanji. Each vocabulary word has two cards, one with English on the front and one with Japanese on the front. Each time you view a card, it will give you up to four options of when you want to review that one again based on how easy it was for you.
Why: You can practice anywhere, anytime. Has a great search function when you forget a word you know you should know.
App: JED Japanese English Dictionary
Cost: Free for all
How: Download and look up a word. You want to know the word for 'night'? It's yoru and this is the kanji. Also, here are other words related to 'night,' such as 'night and day,' 'nightmare,' and 'later that night.' Click on the word for a break down of the kanji, and sometimes you'll also be given a list of conjugations and/or example sentences.
Why: It's just the best. Period.
App: Genki Level 1 2nd Edition
Cost: Free for all
How: Flashcards and multiple-choice game for the first Genki textbook. Sadly there is no app for the second Genki book.
Why: Good for beginners
App: Obenkyo
Cost: Free
How: Study hiragana, katakana, kanji, vocabulary, and particles and then test yourself on what you've learned. Also, great grammar explanations.
Why: Great for practicing for the JLPT
Practicing Grammar
Get a notebook app on your phone/computer whatever and organize the grammar you know. Put everything about how to use adjectives together, and so on. Refer back to this list when you're doing homework or writing in Japanese so you can make complex sentences. Don't do the bare minimum when doing grammar homework. Don't try to get a perfect score. Use all the grammar you can in every sentence and learn if you are right or wrong and how to combine everything properly.
Memorize Kanji
Get a notebook app on your phone/computer whatever and organize the grammar you know. Put everything about how to use adjectives together, and so on. Refer back to this list when you're doing homework or writing in Japanese so you can make complex sentences. Don't do the bare minimum when doing grammar homework. Don't try to get a perfect score. Use all the grammar you can in every sentence and learn if you are right or wrong and how to combine everything properly.
Memorize Kanji
I've heard it said that you should learn the radicals first and maybe that helps but that's not how I do it. I started learning to write the kanji in the back of the Genki book in classes as well as learning to recognize the kanji in the chapter dialogues. Make a list of the kanji you're supposed to know and write them over and over until you know them and then never write the hiragana again.
Saturday, February 21, 2015
アメリカのペットショップ (American Pet Stores)
バレンタインデーにペットショップに行いて、写真を撮りました。
Written by Bethany & 鈴木美和子さんは翻訳を手伝ってくれてありがとう。
この兎は¥9520です。五年間私たちは兎を飼いました。世界一番兎でした。Rabbits cost $80.00 We had a rabbit for 5 years. She was the best rabbit in the world.
この蛇は¥11900です。結婚の前に私たちは同じ蛇飼いました。このリザードは¥8330です。このギニーピッグは¥4760です。
This albino cornsnake costs $100. Before we were married we had a snake just like this one. This bearded dragon lizard costs $70. This guinea pig costs $40.
たくさんの種類の鳥もいました。この緑のオウムは¥35700です。より一般的な鳥はたった¥3570です。子供の時お母さんは小さい鳥が羽飼いました。
There were many different kinds of birds. These green parrots costs $300. More ordinary birds can cost as little as $30. When I was a kid, my mom owned two small birds.
たくさんの犬と猫もいました。犬は¥29750です。このフェレットは¥23800です。いつもペットショップでフェレットを見ますが、フェレットを飼ういる人を一人しか知っていません。猫は¥11900です。
There were also many kinds of dogs and cats. Dogs cost $250. These ferrets cost $200. I always see ferrets at pet stores but I have only known one person who owned one. Cats cost $100.
Written by Bethany & 鈴木美和子さんは翻訳を手伝ってくれてありがとう。
Sunday, February 15, 2015
アメリカのバレンタインデー (Valentine's Day in America)
アメリカでバレタインは本当にロマンチックな日です。彼と彼女はデートをします。男の人は女の人にきれいなレストランに連れて行って、プレセントをあげます。プレセントは花やチョコレートや宝飾品があるかもしれません。たいてい男の人がヂートを計画しますが、時々女の人も計画します。彼か彼女がいなかったら、さびしくなるかもしれません。だから、そうい人たちのためのパーテーがあります。昨日、大学生の男の人が”赤と黄と緑パーチーがある”と言っているを聞きました。彼か彼女がいたら赤い服を着て、だれか好きな人がいたら黄い服を着て、シングルだら緑服を着るそうです。おもしろいね?
学校で子供はバレタインのカードとおかしをかわします。パーチーがあるかもしれません。
今年私はバレタインのデートを計画しました。新しいSpongeBob SquarePants映画を見ました。子供の映画ですから、ロマンチックじゃなさそうですね?でも十年前初めてデートで初めて映画を見ました。映画の後で安いレストランで晩ご飯を食べました。安いので、ひまでした。晩ご飯の後でペット屋に行って、家で一緒にテレビガームをしました。
あなたのバレタインは何をしましたか?
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フィルはハンバーガーとフライドオクラとチーズマカロニを食べました。 ベサニーはフライドチキンとワッフルを食べました。 南アメリカでめっちゃ人気食べ物です。 |
In America, Valentines Day is a very romantic day. Boyfriends and girlfriends go out on dates. Maybe the guy will take his girlfriend to a nice restaurant and give her a present. The present could be flowers, chocolates, jewelry etc. Usually the man plans the date but sometimes the woman plans it. If you do not have a boyfriend or girlfriend maybe you will become lonely.So, there are parties for those people. Yesterday I heard a male college student say there is a red, yellow, green party. It seems that if you have a boyfriend or girlfriend you wear red clothes, if you like someone you wear yellow clothes, and if you are single you wear green clothes. It is interesting, isn't it?
At school, children will exchange Valentine's cards and treats. Maybe they will have a party.
This year, I planned our Valentines date.We will watch the new SpongeBob SquarePants movie. It is a childrens movie so it doesn't seem romantic, does it? But 10 years ago we watched the first movie for our first date. After the movie we went to a pet store and played video games together at home.
What did you do for Valentine's day?
Written by Bethany & 鈴木美和子さんは翻訳を手伝ってくれてありがとう。
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
日本語の紹介 (Introduction in Japanese)
初めまして。ベサニーとフィルと猫のマシーうさぎです。8年間で3つの州と4つの町と8つのマンションで住んでいました。ひとつの場所にずっと住んでいるのは好きではないんです。去年日本に行きました。札幌と大阪と東京で友だちに会いました。めっちゃ楽しかったですね!2016年が2017年に移住したいと思っています。
このブログは日本に興味があるアメリカ人とアメリカに興味がある日本人に書いています。おもしろくて、楽しいといいんですが。何か特によみたいことがあったら、Facebookで教えてください。
ベサニー:
大学三年生です。専攻は国際関係とアジア関係です。大学卒業後に日本で働いて、住みたいです。英語の先生になりたくはありません。アメリカの会社で働きたいです。今年福岡に留学します。ブログで旅行やアメリカの文化や日本語の勉強や実践的なアドバイスについてかくつもりです。よろしくお願いします。
車がめっちゃ好きなので, 子供の時、車の写真家になりたいと思っていましたがお金も好きなので自動車整備士です。5年間自動車整備士です。小学校の時日本語で科学授業と数学授業を取りました。でも、めっちゃ忘れてしまいました。趣味はアメリカのクラフトビルを飲んでみることです。ブログで車や男らしい物やスラングについて書くつもりです。よろしくお願いします。
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