*[This is just a note for myself, on what I learn in my Japanese language class. If you wanna learn Japanese language, seriously please learn from a teacher. These notes won`t help you with anything.]This is the last post for this month. No I didn`t quit my Nihongo no kurasu, we`re having a ten days holiday so no class untill the 28th! ^w^ Lesson 17We started a new chapter in this lesson; TimeHours:1:00 = Ichi ji2:00 = Ni ji3:00 = San ji4:00 = Yo ji5:00 = Go ji6:00 = Roku ji7:00 = Shichi ji8:00 = Hachi ji9:00 = Ku ji10:00 = Ju ji11:00 = Ju ichi ju12:00 = Ju ni jiMinutes:1 = Ippun2 = Ni fun(pronounciation: soft 'hun')3 = San pun4 = Yon pun5 = Go fun6 = Roppun7 = Nana fun8 = Happun9 = Kyu fun10 = Juppun11 = Ju ippun12 = Ju ni fun15 = Ju go fun18 = Ju happun20 = Ni ju pun25 = Ni ju go fun28 = Ni ju happun30 = San ju pun40 = Yon ju pun50 = go ju punExample:9:15 = Ku ji ju go fun8:45 = Hachi ji yon ju go fun2:37 = Ni ji san ju nana fun1:30 = Ichi ji han2:30 = Ni ji han6:30 = Roku ji han10:30 = Ju ji hanAm = gozenPm = GogoExample:6 am = Gozen Rokuji8 am = Gozen hachi ji9 pm = Gogo ku ji11 pm = Gogo Ju ichi ji Ima = nowNan ji = What timeNan pun = MinuteShitsurei desuga, ima nan ji nan pun desu ka? = Excuse me, what time is it?Answer: Ima shichi ji ippun desu = It is 7:01 now.Vocabularies:Ginko = BankYubinkyoku = Post OfficeToshokan = LibraryBijutsukan = MuzeumKara = fromMade = to/tillExample:Depato wa ku ji kara san ji made desu = The department store open from 9:00 to 3:00More example:Ginko wa ju ji kara go ji made desu = The bank open from 10:00 to 5:00Toshokan wa shichi ju kara yo ji made desu = The library open from 7:00 to 4:00Lesson 18A continuation of lesson 17.Ginko wa nan ji kara nan ji made desu ka? = From what time did the bank open?Answer:Ginko wa ju ji kara go ji made desu = The bank open from 10:00 to 5:00Okimasu = Wake upNemasu = SleepOwarimasu = FinishWatashi wa rokuji ni okimasu = I wake up at 6orWatashi wa gozen rokuji ni okimasu = I wake up at 6 amWatashi wa ju ichi ji ni nemasu = I went to bed at 11orWatashi wa gog ichi ji ni nemasu = I wnt to bed at 11 pmShigoto wa go ji ni owarimasu = I finish my job at 5orWatashi no shigoto go ji ni owarimasu = I finish my job at 5End of lesson 18.Like I mentioned earlier, I wont be posting Japanese lesson from 19th to 28th because we are having a holiday. So that`s all for this week. See you guys on the 28th and Happy Holiday to Everyone! ^w^
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Last month’s Mizuki Nana concert at her hometown, Niihama, had some footage of the day’s happenings. Backstage, fan interviews, and a glimpse of the footage as well! Pity I couldn’t spot any rabid fans from the region in that footage. The re-broadcast aired on the 9th, about a week ago. CHU LU CHU LU CHU [...]
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Ahhh, here we go, the object of many orz’s these days. If you’re still not sure what this about, here’s the short end of it. The geniuses at Japan’s Win7 decided that having Mizuki Nana voice a mascot character with 7,777 copies wasn’t enough, so they figured, “hey, its MIZUKI NANA. MAKE HER SING!!!” And [...]
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Talk about milking money gone too far. seiyuu3 told me about the “rumour” going on few days ago, that Madobe Nanami (lit. Nana Mizuki who raped my wallet by the Windows) is going to release a debut CD single packed with a new model of Windows 7. I told him I’m so going to cry if [...]
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Nyahahahaha. I actually managed to make something decent this time XD Please forget yesterday’s failure XD Unfortunately though, it still doesn’t look much like Nana-chan (actually, according to npal, she looks more like Tomacchan orz And I actually can’t deny that XD But hey, Tomacchan = cute -> My Sketch = cute. Or so I [...]
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Took me 6 frikkin’ hours to get this thing drawn!!! But that includes dinner break as well as a lot of random commenting with npal, so yeah, not all that bad I suppose ^^;  Oh yeah, lots and lots of thanks to npal for actually putting up with me while I was working on this [...]
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The winners of the 4th Annual Seiyuu awards have been revealed. The results for individual categories are as follows.Best Lead Male Seiyuu: Ono Daisuke (Sebastian, Ushiromiya Battler, Munto)Best Lead Female Seiyuu: Sawashiro Miyuki (Canaan, Sekiutsu Maria Tarou, Kanbaru Suruga)Best Supporting Male Seiyuu: Namikawa Daisuke (Mikaga, Ginsei, Kazehaya Shouta) ; Miki Shinichirou (Roy Mustang, Lockon Stratos)Best Supporting Female Seiyuu: Inoue Kikuko (Lust, Virgilia, Furukawa Sanae) ; Horie Yui (Ushiromiya Maria, Mishima Akane, Hanekawa Tsubasa)Best Personality Award: Onosaka MasayaBest Singing Award: Houkago Tea TimeOverseas Fans Award: Saiga Mitsuki (Kousaka Makoto, Houjou Satoshi, Yuuki Kei)Best New Male Seiyuu: Abe Atsushi (Kamijou Touma) ; Maeno Tomoaki (Fujii Touya, Fujimoto Kiyokazu)Best New Female Seiyuu: Toyosaki Aki (Hirasawa Yui, Uiharu Kazari, Asmodeus) ; Itou Kanae (Saten Ruiko, Hinamori Amu)Merit Awards: Genda Tesshou (81 produce) ; Tanaka Nobuo (Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society) ; Sugiyama Kazuko (Aoni Production)Special Merit Award: Takahashi KazueTomiyama Kei Award for drawing media attention to the profession: Mizuki Nana (First seiyuu to reach #1 in Oricon Weekly Chart, first seiyuu to perform at Kouhaku Uta Gassen)Synergy Award: GundamKids Family Award: Mizuta WasabiSource: SeiyuuAwards.jp, ANN
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*[This is just a note for myself, on what I learn in my Japanese language class. If you wanna learn Japanese language, seriously please learn from a teacher. These notes won`t help you with anything.]Another sepcial edition!! lolLesson 12Kochira, Sochira, Achira are the polite way to say Koko, Soko, and Asoko which were mentioned in Lesson 11.Dochira is the polite way to say Doko (Where).Example: O kuni wa dochira desu ka? = Which country are you from?Kore wa doko no terebi desu? = This has two meanings; Asking for a brand/maker, and the country.Kankoku no terebi desu = Korean TelevisionorSony no terebi desu = Sony televisionDepartment store:-kai = floorrokkai = 6th floorsangai = 3rd floorhakkai = 8th floorikkai = 1st flooryonkai = 4th floorjukkai = 10th floorUriba = section/departmentNecktie = NekutaiWine = WainShoe = KutsuShatsu =ShirtShakuryohin = GroceryExample:Nekutai uriba = Necktie sectionNekutai uriba wa nan gai desu ka? = Which floor is the necktie section?Nan gai = which floorLesson 13Yen is Japanese`s currency, but the way you pronounce it is 'en', not 'Yen'. I was wrong all this time! lolIkura = how muchSono kamera wa ikura desu ka? = How much is the camera?In this lesson we learn BIG Numbers. Here are the list you should know:100 = hyaku200 = ni hyaku300 = san byaku (yes, it`s byaku)400 = yon hyaku500 = go hyaku600 = roppyaku700 = nana hyaku800 = happyaku900 = kyu hyaku999 = kyu hyaku kyu ju kyu1000 = sen2000 = ni sen3000 = san zen (ZEN!)4000 = yon sen8000 = hassen9000 = kyusen9999 = kyusen kyu hyaku kyu ju kyu105 = hyaku go230 = ni hyaku sanju395 = san hyaku kyu ju go1500 = sen go hyaku3600 = san zen roppyaku10,000 = ichiman20,000 = niman40,000 = yonman80,000 = hachiman100,000 = jumanSono kamera wa ikura desu ka? = How much is the camera?Answer: 45,600 yenEnd of Lesson 12 & 13. See you on Monday!^^,
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Yup yup, you read right. A rumor got leaked about Nana’s 23rd single~ Let’s see, so far, what’s being said is that it’ll contain 3 songs, one of which is decided already. It’ll be the theme song/opening of the White Album PS3 game!! Which makes total sense I suppose :p Now, the important part: release [...]
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Today, I finally got a notice that informed that I can set out for a very short trip to the post office to pick up my copy of Silent Bible. I like it, but it will not become my top 1 Nana's single. Nevertheless, the cover looks absolutely amazing. I think it may be my favorite Nana CD cover so far. White gown suits Nana very, very well, and make her look as if she was an angel. In addition, the silvery flower and ribbon in Nana's hair... It leaves me speechless. The dark background creates a lovely contrast between itself and Nana. Simply, it's magical!Song list:1. Silent Bible2. Polaris3. UNCHAIN∞WORLD4. undercoverSilent Bible, the main song of this single and also the song with fastest tempo I think. The refrain of Silent Bible has a fast, rhythmical beat that is very catchy. It's undoubtedly the best part of the song. There's also quite a lot of my favorite Nana's long vibratos in this song.Some aspects of the melody of Polaris seems to have something in common with some hip-hop songs. But it may be just my imagination. Overall, it's a nice relaxing song.UNCHAIN WORLD is well-paced and the music is rather chaotic. Amidst all the disorder emerges Nana's high-pitched voice and there are a few nice passages where the music calms down and Nana demonstrates the ethereal magic of her singing voice.The last song "undercover" hasn't made any strong impression on me. I expected the last song to be very different from others. For example a cheerful song like DISCOTHEQUE or RUSH&DASH!. "undercover" may be a nice, average song, but after the three previous songs on this single, I felt as if this one brought nothing new to amaze me with.Leaflet about Nana's Live Academy Tour.You can get this single for 1,238 yen at CDJapan. It's four songs which is definitely worth it. Unfortunately, the first press edition has been sold out. The regular edition has a different packaging.First press stickerNana's lovely fingers.Here's the gem of this single.<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iuHMuOrG8o8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iuHMuOrG8o8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
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