Japanese Holidays
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Common Sentences
Table Manners
Film + Anime
100
What do you do on Girls Day?
Put up a doll set.
100
らいしゅう
来週
100
What time will you go to school tomorrow?
明日何時にがっこうへ行きますか。
100
This is the person that sits in the center of the table furthest from the door.
What is the eldest person?
100
The only foreign anime film to win an Oscar for "Best Animated Feature".
What is Spirited Away?
200
What do you do on Children's Day?
Play games and fly kites.
200
きにょうび
金曜日
200
What month were you born in?
何月生まれ。
200
This is what "Yes" means to a Japanese business person.
I hear you.
200
This film brought the image of the Yuurei (幽霊),ghost tied to physical world through emotion, to Western cinema for the first time.
What is Ringu?
300
What is another name for Girls Day?
Doll's Festival.
300
おおゆき
大雪
300
Why are you studying Japanese?
なぜ日本語をべんきょうしますか。
300
This is the proper way to greet a Japanese business person.
What is to bow.
300
This is a style of Japanese softcore pornographic theatrical film that dominated Japanese cinemas from the 1960s to 1980s. They were known for working around censorship laws in clever ways (via props, digital scrambling).
What is Pink film (or eroduction)
400
What did Childrens day used to be?
Boys day.
400
おとこのひと
男の人
400
I go to the office on weekdays. However, I don't go there on weekends.
平日は会じゃへ行く。 しかし、週末は行かない。 (へいじつ)はかいじゃ)    (しゅうまつ)
400
This is the order in which business cards are placed.
What is by seating order.
400
Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei, released in 1945, is important because...
It was the first feature-length anime.
500
Golden Week takes place across these two months.
April and May.
500
わるいてんき
悪い天気
500
I am poor at singing, and that always gives me trouble.
歌が下手で、いつもこまる。 (うた)(へた)
500
This is how you indicate you're done drinking in a Japanese business setting.
What is not finishing your drink.
500
This group of Japanese voice actors are known to Anime fans throughout Japan.
seiyuu (声優)