Lily Church's Japanese Blog

こんにちわ！　Church-です。 わたし　の　しゅみ　わ　おんがく　です。　Onuki Taeko　の　”4:00 A.M.”　が　だいすき　です。It was released in the 70s. I have always enjoyed this うた  and how it sounds,  でも  I have never really understood the lyrics. With what I have learned in Japanese so far, I can only recognize the word　いま　を、　and other particles.　でも,　えいご　の　lyrics　を　よみます。　きれい　です！　And, they are darker and more desperate-sounding than I thought.  Here is a section of the lyrics in  ひらがな　と　えいご；　 いちばん　の　line　が　すき　です。　 ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- めざめると　よあけまえのやみは　いきをひそめて (When I wake, the darkness before dawn holds its breath) しずけさがおいつめる　ことばがみつからない (The silence corners me — I can’t find the words) これがさいごかしら (Is this the end?) (Lord, give me one more chance) どうにかしたいの (I want to do something about it) いまを (This moment) いまを (This moment) にがしたなら　すれちがう (ooh!) (If I let it slip away, we’ll miss each other) このままで (ooh!) (If things stay like this) もう　であえない (We’ll nev...

こんにちわ！　Church-です。 きょお、I am practicing my にほんご  by tracing through a typical day in my life as a Nooturu Daamu の　だいがくせい。  １）わたし　は　あさ　はちじ　に　おきます。　 ２）それから、はちじ　はん　ごろ　しょくど　で　あさごはん　を　たべます。 Cereal　と　りんご　を　たべます。 ３）くうじ　はん　ごろ　に　くらす　で　いきます。げつようび　と　すいようび　に　にほんご　の　くらす　と　physics　の　くらす　と　biostatistics　の　くらす　で。かようび　と　もくようび　に　biological anthropology　の　くらす　と　genetics　の　くらす　と　にほんご　の　くらす　で。ときどき　research lab で　arubaito　を　します　in between classes.　ごご　じゅうにじ　はん　に　ひるごはん　を　たべます。 ４）まいにち　よじ　ごろ　に　kafe　で　いきます。　わたし　は　koohii　を　のみます。　しゅくだい　を　します。 ５）しちじ　ごろ　に　しょくど　で　ばんごはん　を　たべます。 ６）ともだち　の　へや　で　えいが　を　みます　or to　べんきょうします。 ７）ごぜん　じゅうにじ　ごろ　に　ねます。 And that's all! Thank you for reading, and ... じゃあ、また！ --Lily

 こんにちわ！　Church-です。 しゅみ　は　びじゅつ　と　おんがく　と　すぽおつ　です。 わたし　は　え　が　すき　です。More specifically, I like to paint with watercolors and draw! はな (flowers)    と　とり　(birds) are usually my favorite subjects.  A   きつね   I painted/drew. わたし　わ　おんがく　が　だいすき　です。My おばあちゃん inspired in me my love for おんがく, and because of her I like to play the ピアノ (piano). Some of my favorite composers are Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. I also love to listen to おんがく, especially indie/alternative の　ろっく　と　ぽっぷ, と R&B.  Some of my favorite artists are Two Door Cinema Club, Glass Animals, Arctic Monkeys, and The Neighbourhood.  My   おばあちゃん   and I played duets together! わたし　は　さっか　が　すき　です。I played さっか for じゅうねん、 and still like to kick the ball around nowadays.   しゅっしん　は　Oregon　の　Portland, and we have one of the women'sさっか teams in the country: the Portland Thorns. I love watching their games whenever I'm home! Playing  さっか  in mas...

こっにちわ！ はじめまして、わたし　の　なまえ　は　Church-です。 Nooturu　Daamu　だいがく　の　さっねんせい　です。　せんこう　は　せぶつがく　です。 しゅっしん　は　Amerika　の　Oregon　しゅう　の　Portland　です。 どうぞよろしくおねがいします！ Doing vertebrate  せぶつがく  work on a Notre Dame field trip to Costa Rica わたし  の  しゅっしん:  Portland, Oregon しゅうのにほんの media: This weekend, I watched a couple episodes of the あにめ One Piece .  I have not watched much あにめ before--only  Death Note and Studio Ghibli の えいが--so I was happy to expand my scope. I love the feel/style of the animation in the older episodes; it reminds me of some of my favorite childhood shows, like The Adventures of Tintin or Scooby Doo.  One Piece's main character, Luffy My favorite character thus far is Robin-さん. The hiragana we've learned so far helped me piece together a few words and phrases while watching the show! I recognized a couple simple terms, such as question vocabulary like なに and なん, and か to signify the end of questions. I recognized some numbers and phrases like そうか ...