Comments on: Kanji Lessons from a Mystery Drama http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/ Deas Richardson is currently living as a JET and teaching English in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea, a gorgeous part of Japan. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kyle Serra http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-66290 Kyle Serra Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:45:13 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-66290 More on the 八百万... If you're trying to say eight-million, はっぴゃくまん is fine. The number eight is used in a lot of idiomatic Japanese expressions, and saying something like やおよろず is the same as saying "a bajillion" in English. Look up the national anthem, 「八千代」（やちよ）means an eternity, not eight-thousand years. Older words like 「八尋」(やひろ) mean great size. The number 8 is also used in several Buddhist terms such as「八苦」（はっく）,「八部」（はちぶ）, which is likely where the usage comes from.<br><br>As far as 飛鳥, being read as ひちょう would make it flying bird, while reading it as あすか would just be reading it as a name.<br><br>The more you know? More on the 八百万… If you're trying to say eight-million, はっぴゃくまん is fine. The number eight is used in a lot of idiomatic Japanese expressions, and saying something like やおよろず is the same as saying “a bajillion” in English. Look up the national anthem, 「八千代」（やちよ）means an eternity, not eight-thousand years. Older words like 「八尋」(やひろ) mean great size. The number 8 is also used in several Buddhist terms such as「八苦」（はっく）,「八部」（はちぶ）, which is likely where the usage comes from.

As far as 飛鳥, being read as ひちょう would make it flying bird, while reading it as あすか would just be reading it as a name.

The more you know?

]]> By: Kyle Serra http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-51778 Kyle Serra Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:45:13 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-51778 More on the 八百万... If you're trying to say eight-million, はっぴゃくまん is fine. The number eight is used in a lot of idiomatic Japanese expressions, and saying something like やおよろず is the same as saying "a bajillion" in English. Look up the national anthem, 「八千代」（やちよ）means an eternity, not eight-thousand years. Older words like 「八尋」(やひろ) mean great size. The number 8 is also used in several Buddhist terms such as「八苦」（はっく）,「八部」（はちぶ）, which is likely where the usage comes from.<br><br>As far as 飛鳥, being read as ひちょう would make it flying bird, while reading it as あすか would just be reading it as a name.<br><br>The more you know? More on the 八百万… If you're trying to say eight-million, はっぴゃくまん is fine. The number eight is used in a lot of idiomatic Japanese expressions, and saying something like やおよろず is the same as saying “a bajillion” in English. Look up the national anthem, 「八千代」（やちよ）means an eternity, not eight-thousand years. Older words like 「八尋」(やひろ) mean great size. The number 8 is also used in several Buddhist terms such as「八苦」（はっく）,「八部」（はちぶ）, which is likely where the usage comes from.

As far as 飛鳥, being read as ひちょう would make it flying bird, while reading it as あすか would just be reading it as a name.

The more you know?

]]> By: Terry Wagar http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-50521 Terry Wagar Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:53:33 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-50521 Eric Carlson and Joan Wagar, A,K,A, <br><br>Doubleclick and Mrs Dash,( yes those are <br><br>there nicknames they gave each other.) <br><br>admitted to poisoning me while I was a plasma <br><br>donor back in 2005.<br>Eric Carlson pedofied me behind prison walls <br><br>and then framed me as a pedophile on march <br><br>26th 2007, I caught the crime on a audio <br><br>recorder I put in Joan's purse.<br>there were people in authority helping them <br><br>with this and nobody in authority will help <br><br>they pretend nothing happened and refuse to <br><br>investigate this.<br>Eric Carlson changed his hair color and his <br><br>name to Gashel and Clackamas Walmart was <br><br>hiding him from my Family by pretending He's <br><br>someone else but this is not hidden, only <br><br>ignored by the authority's and media<br>I'm disabled from being poisoned and the <br><br>hospitals refuse to admit I'm poisoned.<br>My Family is in danger from these people and <br><br>I have no other recorse but to make these <br><br>charges public.<br>My name is Terry Wagar,Im from Portland <br><br>Oregon and I'm backing up these charges.<br>I have been threatened with harassment <br><br>charges by a Sargent Walker, She is a <br><br>portland police officer stationed at the OHSU <br><br>hospital, for the non crime of reporting a <br><br>multi murder conspiracy within that hospital.<br>They dont give a s4!t Joan and Eric was <br><br>poisoning a plasma donor!<br>And how many god damn John Ray's in authority <br><br>are there in portland oregon!<br>You damn serial killer.<br>Where did Mrs Dash keep her stash? in A <br><br>Garlic Salt Shaker!<br>What did Doubleclick do with his Dick? You <br><br>Pedophile!<br>Why you hiding A body double for Clackamas <br><br>Walmart?<br><br><a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/11/3827" rel="nofollow">http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/11/3827</a><br><br>78.shtml Eric Carlson and Joan Wagar, A,K,A,

Doubleclick and Mrs Dash,( yes those are

there nicknames they gave each other.)

admitted to poisoning me while I was a plasma

donor back in 2005.
Eric Carlson pedofied me behind prison walls

and then framed me as a pedophile on march

26th 2007, I caught the crime on a audio

recorder I put in Joan's purse.
there were people in authority helping them

with this and nobody in authority will help

they pretend nothing happened and refuse to

investigate this.
Eric Carlson changed his hair color and his

name to Gashel and Clackamas Walmart was

hiding him from my Family by pretending He's

someone else but this is not hidden, only

ignored by the authority's and media
I'm disabled from being poisoned and the

hospitals refuse to admit I'm poisoned.
My Family is in danger from these people and

I have no other recorse but to make these

charges public.
My name is Terry Wagar,Im from Portland

Oregon and I'm backing up these charges.
I have been threatened with harassment

charges by a Sargent Walker, She is a

portland police officer stationed at the OHSU

hospital, for the non crime of reporting a

multi murder conspiracy within that hospital.
They dont give a s4!t Joan and Eric was

poisoning a plasma donor!
And how many god damn John Ray's in authority

are there in portland oregon!
You damn serial killer.
Where did Mrs Dash keep her stash? in A

Garlic Salt Shaker!
What did Doubleclick do with his Dick? You

Pedophile!
Why you hiding A body double for Clackamas

Walmart?

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/11/3827

78.shtml

]]> By: Claytonian http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-46256 Claytonian Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:58:47 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-46256 good finds good finds

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-45997 Deas Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:13:13 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-45997 Yeah, it was pretty intense. But I am pleased with the results. Plus, I<br>learned a lot. Yeah, it was pretty intense. But I am pleased with the results. Plus, I
learned a lot.

]]> By: GoddessCarlie http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-45984 GoddessCarlie Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:07:27 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-45984 I really enjoyed this post, it was very interesting. :) It must have taken a bit of time to do! I really enjoyed this post, it was very interesting. :) It must have taken a bit of time to do!

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-45476 Deas Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:32:01 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-45476 Oooh, that's some good info! Thanks for passing along the knowledge. Oooh, that's some good info! Thanks for passing along the knowledge.

]]> By: bingobangoboy http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-45435 bingobangoboy Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:34:15 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-45435 According to my resident Japanese expert, 八百万 is read "normally" (ハッピャクマン) when it literally means 8,000,000. Read ヤオヨロズ, it's an idiomatic usage meaning "a whole lot of..." <br>Thanks for these clips, they were really cool. According to my resident Japanese expert, 八百万 is read “normally” (ハッピャクマン) when it literally means 8,000,000. Read ヤオヨロズ, it's an idiomatic usage meaning “a whole lot of…”
Thanks for these clips, they were really cool.

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-45380 Deas Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:57:18 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-45380 I don't think I used hiragana anywhere. I used full Japanese, though. Perhaps that's what you're talking about? The romaji may be confusing, but it was the best I could do - after all, some people cannot read hiragana, and romaji is the only way they can join in on the fun. Glad you liked it. Cheers. I don't think I used hiragana anywhere. I used full Japanese, though. Perhaps that's what you're talking about? The romaji may be confusing, but it was the best I could do – after all, some people cannot read hiragana, and romaji is the only way they can join in on the fun. Glad you liked it. Cheers.

]]> By: Denis http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2009/03/11/1126/comment-page-1/#comment-45379 Denis Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:44:27 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=1126#comment-45379 Thanks for sharing, really enjoyed. Romaji are a bit confusing, but with the hiragana, it makes more sense. I appreciated. Much fun!<br><br>DenisEvents Thanks for sharing, really enjoyed. Romaji are a bit confusing, but with the hiragana, it makes more sense. I appreciated. Much fun!

DenisEvents

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