the weekend...

どようび　ごぜんはちじさんじゅっぷんから　ごごなんじまで　ぬよるくも　おきません。どようび　ごぜんはちじはんい　ぬよるくの田舎へ　busで　おきます。いまから　きんようびまで　べんきょうします。どようび　やすみます。たいへんですね。

せんどようび　ひるから　べんきょうしませんでした。せんどようび　わたしのともだちは　ころむびあだいがくへ　きました。にちようび　わたしのともだちは　かりふぉにあへ　かえりました。

Some youtube videos

One of the last things I did at the end of last school year was watch かみかぜ Girls. A good friend thought I would like it since we had seen a couple of other ニほんご films together, including しゅらゆきひめ (Lady Snowblood), which was also beautiful. I'm sure anyone would enjoy either film since both are strikingly gorgeous.

The frivolity of かみかぜ Girls is so enticing, yet deceptively airy, entertaining & hilarious, overly mushy at times, but completely たのしい。I also think it embraces a lot of what I imagine Japan to be, but avoids simplifying. いちご slaps me into a corner with her brash ways, but ultimately wins me over, as all the other kooky side characters do like ももこ's father.

Then there's らゆきひめ。めいこ　かじ plays her character with cold elegance; she is the master of the vengeful gaze. The location, costumes, and cinematography are all so aesthetically precise that even gushes of red blood seem perfectly executed...

So now that this blog has devolved into a gushing but incomplete description of two films I adore, I shall let the trailers speak for themselves.

Why ニほんご?

This will sound trite, but I want to visit Japan someday. Actually, as soon as I am able too I would like to spend a summer there, whether farming in the countryside or running through the streets of Tokyo. If I could live there for a month or two and actually communicate with locals, I would be smitten. And after these last two weeks I have an even greater respect for the language for it is beautifully challenging (more similar to assembling a puzzle than anything else). I have never had to memorize so many words & symbols in such a short amount of time, and I am regretting not buying that fancy, flip-through index contraption from きぬくにや。Also, I am interested in but have only novice knowledge of Japanese literature & film. I have decided to learn as many languages as I can & Japanese is the first on the list.

A self-introduction

こんにちは。はじめまして。

わたしは　さんぢ　です。

コろんびあだいがく　の　にねんせい　です。せんこは　えいご　です。

あめりか　から　きました。わたしは　じゅうきゅうさい　です。

かぞくは　あめいかへ　きました。