12/28/2007

Wish you a very happy new year!!



Christmas is over, and a year 2008 is soon coming!


We will be closed from tomorrow the 29th to 3rd of January. We open only from 10:00~16:00 on the 4th of Jan. for the first day of the year.


( photo is taken at Kobe Harbour)




Today`s keyword.


Yoi Otoshi wo!! (良いお年を!!)


means ⇒ Have a good new year!!


[A happy new year] is usually translated to [Akemashite omedetou].


However, [Akemashite omedetou] can be said only in a new year, but in the end of the year.
This means that you cannot say this to people now.
So what you can say now to people is:

[Yoi Otoshi wo!!]

You can say this only now till 31st of December, when you meet people whom you will perhaps see last within this year.


So let`s say this to your Japanese friend now!! ^^










12/10/2007

KOBE Luminarie















Luminarie has started and last till the Monday the 17th. It was started 13years ago as a Memorial for lost soul by Great Hanshin Earthquake.














This week`s keyword
きれいな kirei na 【Na adjective】  pretty, beautiful
ですね desu ne- isn`t it?

This week`s expression!! 
きれいですね。<kirei desune> It is pretty, isn`t it?
おいしいですね<oisii desune> It is delicious, isn`t it?