Japanese Houses
掛け軸(かけじく)
Hanging Scroll
苦い(にがい)
四番線(よんばんせん)
Platform number 4
New Year's saying
あけましておめでとうございます。
Seems (it) was difficult
難しかったらしい(むずかしかったらしい)
畳(たたみ)
Straw mat
納豆(なっとう)
Fermented Soybean
駅員(えきいん)
Station Employee
Sushi; Tuna
まぐろ
Do not know if (subject) will come or not
来るかどうか分かりません。
(くるかどうかわかりません。)
炊飯器(すいはんき)
Rice Cooker
お茶漬け(おちゃづけ)
Tea poured over rice (with garnishes)
料金(りょうきん)
Red gates at the entrance to Shinto shrines
Torii (鳥居) Gate
If (and only if I) run...
走れば(はしれば)
Entry-way / Entrance (of house)
4 rules of using chopsticks
Do not rub wooden chopsticks together
Do not stick chopsticks vertically into bowl of rice (resembles incense)
Do not slide dishes on the dining table using chopsticks
Do not pass food to another person chopstick-to-chopstick
Do not “cut” food by holding a chopstick in each hand
Do not point chopsticks at others
Do not bite/chew/lick your chopsticks
Do not hover your chopsticks over dishes while deciding
Do not stab your food with chopsticks
Use matching chopsticks
Use the back of chopsticks when getting communal food
Lift food up to you with chopsticks
券売機(けんばいき)
Ticket Vending Machine
Tengu
(I) am thinking that I will eat...
食べようと思っている
居間の隣には寝室です。(いまのとなりにはしんしつです。)
Next to the living room is the bedroom.
肉を焼けば、とても柔らかくなります。
(にくをやけば、とてもやわらかくなります。)
If you grill meat, it will become very tender
その改札口の先に東口があります。
(そのかいさつぐちのさきに ひがしぐちがあります。)
Beyond that ticket gate is the east exit.
Traditional red Japanese resembling Bodhidharma (Buddhist tradition)
達磨(だるま)Dolls
(It) may rain...
雨が降るかもしれません。
(あめがふるかもしれません。)