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Easy Japanese
by Ogawa Language Institute
You must remember this, "East is just East and West is just West" the fundamental things don't apply, as time goes by.....

To non-Japanese Ladies and Gentlemem: In Japan, if you speak Japanese fluently, some people may think you are "a strange foreigner (hen-naa-guy-jin) ". Because in Japan, a foreigner is believed to speak only his or her own language, not Japanese. But if you speak a little Japanese, even though it is broken, then people feel very close to you and try to be friendly to you.

basic expressions
A new pronunciation marking system(n.p.m.s.) which we invented and developed is used here, though academicism will surely ignore this. Just pronounce each syllable like an English word. English Hello Hi! Good
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Japanese(n.p.m.s.) con-nee-cheewaa yaa oh-haa-yo Formal

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Sounds like "Yeah". Informal

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morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. con-nee-cheewaa con-bun-waa

sounds like the state of "Ohio" in America. the same as Hello. Sounds like "Combine what?" Sounds like "Oh, yeah? Sue me!" This one is well known all over the world. "Sayonara" Just sound like "hi" Just say alphabet "E""A" Almost sounds like "alligator" Don't say "crocodile". Almost sounds like "Don't touch my moustache." Sounds like,"Go, men!" Informal Actually,we don't have "th"sound. So, "th"and"z" sound the same to us.

Good night. oh-yah-sue-me Good bye. Sa-yoo-nah-laa Yes No hai ee-ee-ye

Thank you. Ali-got-toe You're welcome. Sorry. dough-it-ashmush-teh. go-men

I am sorry. Sue-me-maa-sen sounds like "Sue me, Massen!" Formal Please. No, thank you. dough-though

ee-ee-ye, kekkoJust sounds like,"E.A. Kekko, death." des

Domo.(sounds like domo for major-domo) "Domo"is a very convenient word (expression), and frequently used by native speakers. Thanks to the ambiguity of this word, (basically it is an adverb meaning "very") this word can be used on various occasions. Such as.... When someone gives you a present, you can say "Domo", instead of saying "Thank you". When you step on someone's foot on the train, you can say,"Domo" instead of saying,"I'm sorry." When someone died, you can say to the bereaved family, "Domo" in a low voice, instead of saying, "My deepest condolenses." When you visit someone, you can say "Domo", instead of saying, "Long time no see! How are you doing?" This way, you can save your breath.

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