Japanese word of the day for 2013年10月30日 水 is ビデオゲーム (bideogēmu)

The date today is 2013年10月30日 (水). In regard to the news of Nintendo’s recent financial losses, our Japanese compound word of the day is video game.

“Video game” has no kanji, because its origin is from English. It would have kanji if it was a native Japanese word.

The kana for video game are: ビデオゲーム
The romanization of ビデオゲーム is: bideogēmu

Here is a link to an AP story published in The Japan Times about the news:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/30/business/nintendo-reports-weak-first-half-profit/#.UnFWPaU8jPc

Here is the Wikipedia article for Nintendo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

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Japanese word of the day for 2013年10月22日 火) is 核の (kaku no)

The date today is 2013年10月22日 (火). In regard to the news of Japan joining a U.N. non-nuclear arms statement, our Japanese word of the day is nuclear.

The kanji for the word nuclear are: 核の
The kana for 核の are: かくの
The romanization of かくの is: kaku no

Here is a link to an AJW story about the news:
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201310220037

Here is the Wikipedia article for Japan’s non-nuclear arms policy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan’s_non-nuclear_weapons_policy

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Japanese word of the day for 2013年10月20日 日) is 銀行 (ginkō)

The date today is 2013年10月20日 (日). In regard to the news of JPMorgan Chase & Co., our Japanese word of the day is bank.

The kanji for the word bank are: 銀行
The kana for 銀行 are: ぎんこう
The romanization of ぎんこう is: ginkō

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Here is the Japanese Wikipedia article for the word 銀行:

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/銀行

Here is the Wikipedia article with a list of banks in Japan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Japan

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Cute tailless cat in box with Japanese vocabulary

This is our tailless cat. Her name is Ill Bill (not my idea). Ill Bill was a rescue kitten.

Pet store cats in Japan are purebred. I heard there are also many feral cats in Japan. Please comment below this description. If you like the video, please thumbs up on YouTube. If you like the channel, please subscribe on YouTube.

Cat cafés, a shop where you can pay to be around cats, started in Taiwan and are popular in Japan, especially in Tokyo.

Here is a link to the Wikipedia article on cat cafés:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_café

The kana for Bill are: ビル
The romanization of ビル is: Biru

The kanji for cat is: 猫
The kana for 猫 are: ねこ
The romanization for ねこ is: neko

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Cool helicopter and aviation in Japan

Sorry about the shakiness in the video. This helicopter is in the United States, not Japan. Japan has both civil and military aviation. The military forces of Japan are the Japan Self-Defense Forces. This is a police helicopter. It was on display at our church activity. They dropped candy to the children on the ground below. What do you think of helicopters?

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The kana for helicopter are: ヘリコプター
The romanization of ヘリコプター is: herikoputā

This Wikipedia category page has links for several articles about aviation in Japan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aviation_in_Japan

This is the Wikipedia article about the Japan Self-Defense Forces:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces

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Job search and a weight like the Japanese

This video is about my search for employment and my goal to be a healthy weight.

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These are the Japanese transliterations of some of the words I use:

The kana for my name are: パトリック
The romanization of パトリック is: Patorikku

The kanji for employment are: 雇用
The kana for 雇用 are: こよう
The romanization of こよう is: koyō

The kanji for a sumo wrestler are: 力士
The kana for 力士 are: りきし
The romanization of りきし is: rikishi

Here is the English Wikipedia article for Rikishi:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi

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By the bay and Japan is an archipelago

Japan is a large archipelago. An archipelago is a group of islands. Incidentally, the Philippines, south of Japan, is also a large archipelago.

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The kanji for archipelago are: 列島
The kana for 列島 are: れっとう
The romanization of れっとう is: rettō

Here is a Wikipedia article that explains more about archipelagos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago

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Hello, and why to live in Japa

This is my very first YouTube video. I explain a few reasons why I choose to get to Japan someday and why you may want to go there too.

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Here is the Wikipedia page with the study I mention:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

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Godzilla 2014

I look forward to seeing this one.

Tokyo Five

In 1998, Hollywood made a 「ゴジラ」 (“Godzilla“) movie.

Or, I should say, they tried to make a Godzilla movie.  It wasn’t very good. Most people, especially die-hard Godzilla fans disliked that movie.

So, it was a bit of a surprise when another Hollywood studio announced that they will release another big-budget “Hollywood”Godzillamovie.

But, they assure us, this one will be a “true” Godzillafilm. It’s going to more like the Japanese Godzilla movies.  In fact, it isn’t going to be entirely made by an American studio…the Hollywood studio “Warner Bros.” and the Japanese studio “Toho” (who made the original Godzilla movies) have collaborated to make the upcoming Godzilla movie that is scheduled for release in 2014.

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都民の日

This must be one of the benefits of studying a long time. If I was a student in Tokyo I would want to go to one of these places.

Tokyo Five

Today (October 1st) is 「都民の日」 (Tokyo Residents’ Day).

I wrote about this day last year (Click here to read it).

Students in Tokyo have the day off today, and public zoos, aquariums and museums offer free admission today (private ones normally don’t).

If you’re in Tokyo and you want to go somewhere free (and don’t mind the inevitable crowd)…here’s a list of places in Tokyo offering free admission on October 1st every year (there may be others…these are the ones I remember off hand):

– Koishikawa Korakuen
– Tama Zoo
– Ueno Zoo
– Tokyo Sea Life Park
– Inokashira Zoo
– Yumenoshima Greenhouse
– Edo-Tokyo Museum
– Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum

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