Days of the Week in Japanese

For the last 6 Word of the Day posts, you've been learning kanji that will help you write the days of the week in Japanese. By learning just one more kanji, you will be able to write out every day. I'll also show you some tips and tricks to memorize and use them in everyday life.

Word of the Day #21

The last 5 Word of the Day Japanese lessons have been preparing you on how to write the days of the week. This next character will be the last character you need to read and write days of the week in Japanese.

The Japanese word for today is "soil". This word also can mean "earth" or "ground" but always represents the idea of soil.

Kanji: 土
Kana: つち
Romaji: tsuchi

Example:

Kanji: 土に水をやって下さい
Kana: つちにみずをやってください
Translation: Please water the soil.

After today, I will be trying a new format for the Word of the Day: Japanese lessons. I hope you all find them much more enjoyable and I look forward to hearing your feedback.

Asking questions in Japanese

The Japanese language has a different way of asking questions than in English and it is surprisingly simple. In some sentences, all it takes is adding one character to the end and you're using perfect Japanese grammar.


Lets try something simple like "Is this water?"

Books for Learning Japanese

One of the things I've been asked about is what study materials would I recommend so that you are able to go at your own pace. I looked through my old books and I've put together a list of books to learn Japanese that I feel will be very helpful for beginners.

Word of the Day #20

The Japanese word for today is "Money". This word is another one of the Japanese words which will usually add お to the beginning as we saw with 水.

Kanji: 金
Kana: かね
Romaji: kane

Example
Kanji: お金がありますか？
Kana: おかねがありますか？
Translation: Do you have money?