Kansai Japanese

Author : D. C. Palter,Kaoru Slotsve
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781462901685

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Colloquial Kansai Japanese by D. C. Palter,Kaoru Slotsve Pdf

This is a compact and convenient guide to learning the Kansai dialect of the Japanese language Maido, maido and welcome to the Kansai region of western Japan. Whether visiting or living in this area, you will quickly notice the locals aren't speaking standard Japanese taught in textbooks and classrooms. The language on the streets is Kansai-ben: a dialect said to be earthier and more direct, but with its own polite language. With clear explanations of grammar, a Kansai-ben dictionary, and a helpful index, Colloquial Kansai Japanese is an indispensable guide to the rich speech of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe. Hundreds of sample phrases, sentences and conversations show how the dialect works in everyday situations, ranging from shopping to dealing with the boss. And while you're leaning about the nuances of Kansai-ben, you will have fun reading about Kansai cuisine, sports and specialties. So open your mouth when you speak, roll your r's, and try out this colorful dialect. With your copy of Colloquial Kansai Japanese, you will soon be among friends in Kansai.

Author : Peter Tse
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993-04-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781462918072

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Kansai Japanese by Peter Tse Pdf

Finally, a systematic approach to learning the language of Kansai's boardrooms, shops, bars, a and boudoirs."—Kansai time Out Kansai Japanese contains everything you need to know about Kansai-ben, the most important dialect of the Japanese language. Spoken in the Kansai region, which includes the well-known cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe, Kansai-ben has long been considered a cryptic dialect even by Japanese. Thus it is no wonder that foreigners who speak only standard Japanese are baffled when they find themselves surrounded by the 21 million Japanese speaking the Kansai dialect. Kansai-ben is said to be earthier and more direct than standard Japanese, but it has its own system of polite language that is not taught in books or schools. In fact, Kansai-ben is rarely taught anywhere, and until now there has been no English text that explains the workings of this colorful dialect. Entertaining and very practical, Kansai Japanese has hundreds of sample sentences and dialogues with both English and standard-Japanese equivalents, covering topics like: Traditional Kyoto dialectMale and female speechLovers' languageKansai honorifics land insultsTV and movie samurai languageAnd much more!

Author : Andrew Angeles
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004677647

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Endangered Compound Prosody in Kansai Japanese by Andrew Angeles Pdf

This book examines the diverse prosody of compound nouns in Kansai Japanese, with a special focus on a class of compounds with particularly variable prosody, whose unique prosody is potentially endangered due to their structure and influence from Tokyo Japanese. These compounds serve as important evidence for recursion in prosodic structure in theories of the syntax-prosody interface, as they simultaneously resemble not only other compound words but also non-compound phrases, making them valuable test cases for compound prosodic structure. This book discusses potential reasons for these compounds' prosodic variabilty and what may condition their unique prosody, based on results from novel fieldwork. A unified account of compound prosody in Kansai and three other Japanese dialects is also presented.

Author : Christal Whelan
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781462914128

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Kansai Cool by Christal Whelan Pdf

In Kansai Cool anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Christal Whelan offers profound insights in the only collection of essays to focus on Kansai, Japan's ancient heartland. Kansai—the region in Western Japan that boasts the ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara, the bustling commercial city of Osaka and the cosmopolitan port city of Kobe—has a character all its own, right down to its dialect, mannerisms, and cuisine. It is home to some of Japan's oldest history and an area where the country's most time-honored arts and crafts still thrive. Worldly and otherworldly, spirited and spiritual, trendy and traditional, it's a place where past and future live side-by-side, sometimes at odds. Part Japanese travel book, part cultural commentary, these 25 spirited essays and 32 pages of color photos paint a broad yet penetrating portrait of the unique Western Japan region, covering such diverse topics as: The needs of the spirit—shrines, temples and the call to pilgrimage The arts in Kansai—dance, painting, anime, and combat The relationship between hi-tech and old-tech Material culture—bikes, robots, and dolls The culture of fashion in Kansai—from kimonos and obis to modern fashion designers, and the Lolita complex The meaning of landscape— human-made islands and the mystical power of water The hidden meaning of food—an anthropology of coffee and traditional cuisine From the deep-seated ancient beliefs of Kyoto to modern teen otaku culture, costume play and haute couture of Kobe and Osaka—Whelan delves below the surface to let readers eager to travel to Japan experience how art, science, faith and history swirl together in the Kansai region to produce this unique wellspring of Japanese culture.

Author : Andrew B. Armstrong
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781789202687

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24 Bars to Kill by Andrew B. Armstrong Pdf

The most clearly identifiable and popular form of Japanese hip-hop, “ghetto” or “gangsta” music has much in common with its corresponding American subgenres, including its portrayal of life on the margins, confrontational style, and aspirational “rags-to-riches” narratives. Contrary to depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, gangsta J-hop gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill offers a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it, showing how gangsta hip-hop arises from widespread dissatisfaction and malaise.

Author : Peter Tse
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Japanese language
ISBN : 0804818681

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Kansai Japanese by Peter Tse Pdf

Learn the language as it is really spoken in western Japan ; includes curses and the macho style of male speech ; lovers' language ; gangster, samurai, and other rough ways of speaking ; the polite haru style of western Japanese speech ; men's and women's speech.

Author : Innovative Language Learning,JapanesePod101.com
Publisher : Innovative Language Learning
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Learn Japanese - Level 9: Advanced by Innovative Language Learning,JapanesePod101.com Pdf

This course consists of lessons centered on an audio blog that is completely in Japanese. The audio blog postings take you around Japan and introduce you to many different aspects of the country, including culture, history, folklore, the arts, and more. You will learn all about many different cities, and what they are famous for. Along the way, you'll pick up sophisticated expressions and advanced grammar in this audio blog series presented entirely in Japanese. The lesson starts with the Japanese blog, at native speed. Finally, practice what you have learned with the review track. In the review track, a native speaker will say a word or phrase from the dialogue, wait three seconds, and then give you the English definition. Say the word aloud during the pause. Halfway through the review track, the order will be reversed. The English definition will be provided first, followed by a three-second pause, and then the word or phrase from the dialogue. Repeat the words and phrases you hear in the review track aloud to practice pronunciation and reinforce what you have learned.

Author : Lonely Planet,Kate Morgan,Rebecca Milner
Publisher : Lonely Planet
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781787019300

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Lonely Planet Kyoto by Lonely Planet,Kate Morgan,Rebecca Milner Pdf

Lonely Planet's Kyoto is your most up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Walk through vermillion gates towards the summit of Fushimi Inari-Taisha; glimpse 'old Japan' in the lanes of Gion; and time your trip for the best cherry blossom and crimson maple leaves -all with your trusted travel companion.

Author : Alexander M. Puzrin,Eduardo E. Alonso,Núria M. Pinyol
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048135318

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Geomechanics of Failures by Alexander M. Puzrin,Eduardo E. Alonso,Núria M. Pinyol Pdf

The main goal of this introductory text is to demonstrate how basic concepts in Soil Mechanics can be used as a “forensic” tool in the investigation of geotechnical failures. This, in turn, provides a good opportunity to show how to use available procedures in the formulation of useful simple models. Geotechnical failure is understood here in a broad sense as the failure of a structure to function properly due to a geotechnical reason. Some of the geotechnical failures selected are well known for their impact on the geotechnical community. Others are closer to the author’s experience. They have been organized into three main topics: Settlement, Bearing Capacity and Excavations. They cover a significant proportion of every day’s activity of professional geotechnical engineers. No attempt has been made to create a comprehensive handbook of failures. Instead, the emphasis has been given to creative applications of simple mechanical concepts and well known principles and solutions of Soil Mechanics. The book shows how much can be learned from relatively simple approaches. Despite this emphasis on simplicity, the book provides a deep insight into the cases analyzed. A non-negligible number of new analytical closed-form solutions have also been found. Their derivation can be followed in detail. In all the cases described an effort was made to provide a detailed and step by step description of the hypothesis introduced and of the analysis performed.

Author : Kenta Goto,Tamaki Endo,Asei Ito
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429536755

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The Asian Economy by Kenta Goto,Tamaki Endo,Asei Ito Pdf

The book is a key reading which provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the contemporary Asian economy. The book focuses on the structural changes that are rapidly transforming the regional economic landscape in the 21st century. It highlights the concomitant challenges that have arisen, and further discusses prospects and potentialities of Asian economies given this new economic environment. The book also looks at broader social issues that are both the cause and result of these new and complex economic dynamism in Asia. Understanding the Asian economy cannot be achieved without understanding the new interrelationships and complexities that have evolved from this context, which continue to be driven by drastic changes in technological, demographic, and social structures, among others. Each of the chapters are titled based on "issues" and are framed in present continuous tense, intended to capture and emphasize the progressiveness of this new dynamism that are transforming the region in a fundamental way.

Author : Masahiko Mutsukawa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Japanese language
ISBN : MSU:31293028450181

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Japanese Loanword Phonology in Optimality Theory by Masahiko Mutsukawa Pdf

Author : Gavan McCormack,Norma Field
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315499369

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The Emptiness of Japanese Affluence by Gavan McCormack,Norma Field Pdf

This work aims to show that Japan even at it's height of success, while the successful version of capitalism was blighted at it's core, being unsustainable. This revised edition features n introduction which gives an analysis of Japan's contemporary crisis.

Author : D. C. Palter,Kaoru Horiuchi
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Japanese language
ISBN : 0804820171

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Kinki Japanese by D. C. Palter,Kaoru Horiuchi Pdf

This manual provides concise explanations of Kansai grammar and usage. It also contains illustrations, to aid in cultural understanding.

Author : Alison Tokita,Hugh de Ferranti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317091639

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Music, Modernity and Locality in Prewar Japan: Osaka and Beyond by Alison Tokita,Hugh de Ferranti Pdf

This anthology addresses the modern musical culture of interwar Osaka and its surrounding Hanshin region. Modernity as experienced in this locale, with its particular historical, geographic and demographic character, and its established traditions of music and performance, gave rise to configurations of the new, the traditional and the hybrid that were distinct from their Tokyo counterparts. The Taisho and early Showa periods, from 1912 to the early 1940s, saw profound changes in Japanese musical life. Consumption of both traditional Japanese and Western music was transformed as public concert performances, music journalism, and music marketing permeated daily life. The new bourgeoisie saw Western music, particularly the piano and its repertoire, as the symbol of a desirable and increasingly affordable modernity. Orchestras and opera troupes were established, which in turn created a need for professional conductors, and both jazz and a range of hybrid popular music styles became viable bases for musical livelihood. Recording technology proliferated; by the early 1930s, record players and SP discs were no longer luxury commodities, radio broadcasts reached all levels of society, and ’talkies’ with music soundtracks were avidly consumed. With the perceived need for music that suited 'modern life', the seeds for the pre-eminent position of Euro-American music in post-Second-World war Japan were sown. At the same time many indigenous musical genres continued to thrive, but were hardly immune to the effects of modernization; in exploring new musical media and techniques drawn from Western music, performer-composers initiated profound changes in composition and performance practice within traditional genres. This volume is the first to draw together research on the interwar musical culture of the Osaka region and addresses comprehensively both Western and non-Western musical practices and genres, questions the common perception of their being wholly separate domains

Author : Patrick Drazen
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781611725506

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Anime Explosion! by Patrick Drazen Pdf

"An excellent reference work on the subject."—Library Journal (starred review) For fans, culture watchers, and perplexed outsiders, this expanded edition offers an engaging tour of the anime megaverse, from older artistic traditions to the works of modern creators like Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo, Satoshi Kon, and CLAMP. Examined are all of anime's major themes, styles, and conventions, plus the familiar tropes of giant robots, samurai, furry beasts, high school heroines, and gay/girl/fanboy love. Concluding are fifteen essays on favorite anime, including Evangelion, Escaflowne, Sailor Moon, Patlabor, and Fullmetal Alchemist. Patrick Drazen is an anime historian who lives in Bloomington–Normal, Illinois.