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    Wh

    at day is d o n

    ic h i ?

    5mi
    nut
    eJapaneseCl
    assbyHi
    t
    omiHi
    r
    ayama

    No, donichi is not a special day. I think foreigners probably


    say, getsu-yo- bi to sui-yo- bi (Monday and Wednesday) in
    Japanese. But Japanese people prefer to use a shorter term in
    their daily conversations, such as ges-sui, which is the
    combination of getsu-yo-bi and sui-yo-bi. Another example is ka-kin, the combination of ka-yo-bi (Tuesday) and kin-yo-bi (Friday).
    I think you ' ve got the point by now. Yes! donichi is the
    combination of do-yo-bi (Saturday) and nichi-yo-bi (Sunday). Let
    me show you the days of the week with kanji.

    Design : Masako Ban

    My friends and I were making plans to go to an onsen (a hot


    spring) together. One of them asked me, "donichi isogashi
    desu ka?" (Are you busy on donichi?) I didn't know what
    donichi meant, but I didn't want to embarrass myself, so I
    told her that I would be busy. Another friend told us that
    donichi was better for her, but we finally decided to go to
    the onsen on a weekday. I preferred the weekend to a
    weekday. Why did they choose the weekday? Is donichi a
    special day?
    Sho-ke- moji (pictographic characters): Sho-ke- moji originated with
    an image of the object / objects (in some cases, concepts) and shows
    highly pictographic features.

    sun,day

    How to pronounce the days of the week:


    getsu, ge (Monday), ka- (Tuesday), sui (Wednesday), moku (Thursday),
    kin (Friday), do-, do (Saturday), nichi (Sunday)
    (tips: The words ka- and do- should be prounounced with a long vowel.)

    nichi

    Sunday

    nichi-yo-bi

    Sunday originated with sun and day.

    moon

    getsu

    Monday

    f
    i
    r
    e

    ka

    getsu-yo-bi

    Tuesday

    ka-yo-bi

    Tuesday originated with fire.

    wat
    er
    ,l
    i
    qui
    d

    sui

    Wednesday

    sui-yo-bi

    Wednesday originated with water and liquid.

    t
    r
    ee,wood

    moku

    Thursday

    moku-yo-bi

    Thursday originated with trees, plants and wood.

    gol
    d,money

    kin

    Friday

    kin-yo-bi

    Friday originated with gold, money and metal.

    soi
    l
    ,l
    and

    do

    Saturday

    Wednesday and Sunday


    Friday and Saturday
    Monday and Tuesday
    Tuesday and Friday

    5.
    6.
    7.
    8.

    1.

    2.
    kin-do

    sui-nichi

    3.
    getsu(gek)-ka

    4.
    ka -kin

    do-yo-bi

    Saturday originated with soil, land and ground.

    Sunday and Monday


    Thursday and Saturday
    Monday and Wednesday
    Monday and Thursday

    5.
    nich-getsu

    6.

    moku-do

    ges-sui

    8. 7.
    getsu-moku

    C)

    the date of birth

    rapid progress /
    constant advancement

    (day)(always)(tea)(meal)

    (three days) (boy)

    (birth)(year)(month)(day) (day)(advanced)(month)(step)

    E)

    F)

    There' s no smoke without fire.

    D)

    se- nen gap pi

    nis shin gep po



    rapid progress
    computer no sekai wa
    desu ne
    world

    3.I changed my mind at the last minute.

    like oil and water


    (being incompatible
    with each other)

    to forgive and forget


    (to wipe the slate)

    hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai

    (fire) (without) (place) (smoke)

    mizu to abura
    (water)(and)(oil)

    mizu ni nagasu

    (water) (flush)

    H)

    being unable to see the forest


    for the trees

    I)

    Money comes and goes. /


    Easy come, easy go.

    J)

    mori o mizu

    (tree) (look at) (forest) (not see)


    wa kiken desu

    unable to see the


    forest for the trees

    dangerous

    5.I forgive you and forget what you did to me in the past.

    mo-

    to forgive and forget


    kako no koto
    dakara (masu-form)

    already past matter

    because

    quarrel

    desu

    7.My husband and I are getting along well, even though our
    personalities are like oil and water.


    like oil and water
    watashi-tachi
    fu- fu wa
    we

    husband and wife

    desu-kedo
    but


    -i desu.
    naka ga

    8.(talking to a friend who has money problems)

    G)


    de ki ga kawarimashita

    relationship good

    ki o mite

    Computer technology is making rapid progress.


    2.

    that person

    B)

    mik ka bo- zu

    please write

    everyday

    ano hito-tachi no
    kuchigenka waoccurrence

    A)

    everyday occurrences / a quitter


    (a person who cannot
    daily happenings
    finish what he starts)

    here


    o kaite-kudasai

    6.Their quarrel is an everyday occurrence.

    the date of birth

    4.It is dangerous if you can't see the forest for the trees.

    Kanj
    i

    nichi jo- sa han ji

    koko ni

    change one's mind

    Answers

    Monday originated with moon.

    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.

    Please write down your date of birth here.


    1.

    last minute

    Let
    '
    spr
    act
    i
    ce!

    Even if you cannot write the kanji, try to memorize the shapes, so
    you can recognize the corresponding characters.

    24

    Vol.

    kane wa tenka no mawarimono

    (money) (the world)(round)(things)

    at the last minute /


    at the critical moment

    do tan ba

    (soil)(platform)(place)

    Don't be so sad! Money comes and goes, you know!

    Money comes and



    sonnani o-kina tameiki o tsuka-naidegoes, you know
    desu yo
    like that big

    sigh

    don't

    9.I believe it is true, because there's no smoke without fire.


    there' no smoke
    without fire


    to -i masu kara honto- deshosay

    so

    true

    I'm sure

    10.I knew he couldn't keep it up. He always quits.


    quitter

    yappari
    tsuzukanai ... itsumo
    nan- dakara

    as I expected
    Answers
    1.C)

    D)
    2.

    not continue always

    J)
    3.

    H)
    4.

    G)
    5.

    because

    A)6.

    F)7.

    I) 8.

    E) 9.

    B) 10.

    With cooperation from Yasuhiro Koga

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