During my recent trip to Japan I photographed a lot of kanji in the wild. I wanted to use these signs as a learning material by posting them on this forum once I’m back home, so that the memory of Japan’s streets becomes part of my daily routine. Some of these signs I understand in full, but most of…

Here’s a sign that uses an interesting character. [20240311_151411] In Taiwan I noticed that Traditional Chinese seems to use 國 whenever Japanese uses 国. When I later visited Japan I saw 國 used sometimes in Japan as well, I’m not sure when and why. 四国村 is a park next to Takamatsu with houses and …

[image] escargotagile: I also wonder why 乗り場 is written in hiragana. Kids use bus stops and trains stations, so my guess is that some basic words are written in hiragana so children could read them as well. But it‘s just a guess.

Yes to this! I was fascinated by the signs as well. For me it was because I was so used to the WK font I found it hard to recognise wild kanji in different fonts. Don’t get me started on restaurant menus :slight_smile: The street signs were an easy way of getting used to recognising kanji. 待合室 …

I’m afraid this post is going to make me hungry. [EDIT: The right image is a few comments below ] [20240310_194216] 100円皿, but セットプレート. I guess 皿 is a small nigiri plate and プレート is a plate with multiple dishes? Some words spelled in kanji and their meanings according to what I can gather from d…

[image] escargotagile: 1貫 - いつかん - apparently, a counter just for sushi いっかん. Small っ. [image] escargotagile: 直送 - direct delivery (from Norway) From… Norway? Where does that appear on this image?

[image] Belthazar: いっかん. Small っ. Oops, typo. [image] Belthazar: From… Norway? Where does that appear on this image? Did I misinterpret this part? [Screenshot_20240426_075038_Photos]

[image] escargotagile: Did I misinterpret this part? Ah, no, the translation is accurate. It just doesn’t actually appear anywhere on the image you posted. :stuck_out_tongue:

Oh, this is embarrassing, I posted the wrong image :rofl: Here’s the one I meant to post: [20240310_194226]

Here’s a detailed description of what you can expect aトビ to do to you if you’re carrying food. It’s interesting that not just the animal name, but also its body part ツメ is written in katakana. How would you translate 美しく使いましょう? “Let’s use well”? [20231001_125325]

Let‘s use it beautifully might not have a natural sound to it but in other languages it actually works, like הבה נשתמש יפה בחוף has pretty much the same sentiment (not sure about the spelling but, you get the point)

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Oh, this is embarrassing, I posted the wrong image
Here’s the one I meant to post:

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