Tokugawa and Meiji Japan
Who was the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate beginning 1603?
Tokugawa Ieyasu
田んぼ
たんぼ Rice field
Which particle indicated a direct object in the sentence?
を
Emperor Taisho became the emperor when his father, Emperor Meiji died in 1912. But he was only emperor until 1921 when his son, Crown Prince Hirohito, took over his duties secretly. Then he lingered on until 1926 when he died. Why did his son have to take over imperial duties in 1921?
Emperor Taisho was mentally ill.
What is むしあつい？
Hot and humid.
Who was the American naval officer who led the expedition to Japan in 1853?
Commodore Matthew Perry
Here is the name of a large Japanese corporation that makes chemicals, steel, electronics, machines, cars and many other things. The first kanji is pronounced as a counter that we learned for foods and drinks. The second one means "diamond" is a actually a samurai family crest. What company is this.
三菱
Mitsubishi
Which particle is the topic particle that is used with the "to be" verbs あります and います?
が
Name one of the two political parties that emerged in during the Taisho Period.
Minseito
Seiyukai
What is 寒い？
Cold
Who was the president of the United States in 1853 when the American carried a letter from him to the Japanese in hopes of opening Japan to American shipping and trade?
Millard Fillmore
東京は大きい町です。What does this mean?
Tokyo is a big city.
When you drop the ます from the end of a verb and replace it with たい, what does the verb now mean? For example:
行きます ー＞ 行きたい
Want to go
During World War I, England called upon Japan to help the British Empire by doing what?
Attacking German colonies in China
What is 暑い？
Ｈｏｔ
What year was the Meiji Constitution ratified as a "gift from the emperor to the people of Japan" that gave them certain rights, banned the samurai class and placed the military directly under control of the emperor?
1889
Which kanji below means "weather?"
天国、天使、天気、天下
天気
Turn the い-adjective おいしい (delicious) to the past-tense negative form or, "wasn't delicious."
おいしくなかった
What did Japan gain at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 that ended World War I?
German naval base in China, the return of Port Arthur and the Mariana, Marshall and Caroline islands chains in the South Pacific.
さいこうきおん (最高気温） means what?
High temperature
The Russo-Japanese War of 1904 to 1905 was brought to an end by which American president?
Theodore Roosevelt
今日の最低気温は何ですか
About ５2 degrees
Cite three examples of using the particle に in a sentence to mean, "in,""on," and "at".
五月 に Ｍｅｍｏｒｉａｌ Ｄａｙ が あります。
月曜日 に 学校 が ありません。
七時 に あさごはん を 食べましょう。
Who was Shidehara Kijuro?
Former prime minister who was opposed to Japan's empire building because it was bad for business! After World War II, he is the one who suggested to the Americans that a provision be added to the new constitution prohibiting Japan waging war ever again.
What does this mean?
今日のてんきよほう は むしあつい のち あめでしょう。
It will be hot and humid followed by rain.