So I was looking around my house the other day and realized that there is actually a fair amount of Japanese words scattered around. Granted, I am noticing it more because I'm trying to learn the language, but there is still a lot that is just there. Here is my scavenger hunt:
This is my bedroom. I wonder what Japanese we will find in here.
What's this on the floor?
My textbook, workbook, and binder! The binder has my hiragana and katakana chart on it for easy reference when writing things out.
Is there anything on my desk?
There is! It's a cup with the animals on it and both hiragana and katakana for the names. Now I can learn the names of animals while drinking tea.
Is there anything on this side of the room?
Yes! There are books on the nightstand!
I also have a shirt with hiragana and kanji on it. The shirt is from a Japanese company and has a drawing of Mt. Fuji on it. Do you have any clothes with kanji on them?
Is there any Japanese outside my bedroom?
This was on the computer in the office in the hall. The kanji there is the kanji for tree (木), which makes sense considering it is a site for plants.
And across the hall from that is the bathroom. Is there any Japanese in here?
There most certainly is! I just noticed last night that the brush in the shower has two kanji on it, one of them being the kanji for water (水).
Is there any Japanese in the kitchen?
Yes! These are the rice noodles I got a couple weeks ago (still have to figure out what to make with them) and there is some kanji on there, only a little bit of which I understand. Considering the ingredients are rice and water and right next to that they have some kanji, one of which is the kanji for water, I'm going to assume the other kanji is rice.
There is also this bag of I believe dried kelp in the kitchen. Not entirely sure how to use it in cooking but I can actually read the hiragana on there and recognize one word (desu).
How about the dining room. Is there any Japanese here?
There is! I was looking through this Japanese manga magazine to see if I could recognize any words.
Here's a random page. There is a lot of Japanese there but I don't really understand much of it.
But here the girl says "watashi wa," which I do know.
There was also the English manga book of Fullmetal Alchemist on the table and in the front of the book they have the original title in Japanese and all the character's names written out in katakana.
So there's some of the Japanese I found looking around my house. Look around your house and see how much you can find! You will be surprised at how much you can find.
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