Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Childrens Day in Japan and Koinobori Song
May 5 is Japans national holiday known as, Kodomo no hi Ã¥ ä ¾â€ºÃ£ ®Ã¦â€" ¥ (Childrens day). It is a day to celebrate the health and happiness of children. Until 1948, it was called, Tango no Sekku (ç « ¯Ã¥ ˆã ®Ã§ ¯â‚¬Ã¥ ¥), and only honored boys. Although this holiday became known as, Childrens Day, many Japanese still consider it a Boys Festival. On the other hand, Hinamatsuri (㠲㠪ç ¥ ã‚Š), which falls on March 3rd, is a day to celebrate girls. Childrens Day Families with boys fly, Koinobori é ¯â€°Ã£ ®Ã£ ¼Ã£â€šÅ (carp-shaped streamers), to express the hope that they will grow up healthy and strong. The carp is a symbol of strength, courage, and success. In a Chinese legend, a carp swam upstream to become a dragon. The Japanese proverb, Koi no takinobori (é ¯â€°Ã£ ®Ã¦ » ç™ »Ã£â€šÅ , Kois waterfall climbing), means, to succeed vigorously in life. Warrior dolls and warrior helmets called, Gogatsu-ningyou, are also displayed in a boys house. Kashiwamochi is one of the traditional foods that are eaten on this day. It is a steamed rice cake with sweet beans inside and is wrapped in an oak leaf. Another traditional food is, chimaki, which is a dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves. On Childrens Day, there is a custom to take a shoubu-yu (a bath with floating shoubu leaves). Shoubu (è â€"è’ ²) is a type of iris. It has long leaves that resemble swords. Why the bath with shoubu? It is because shoubu is believed to promote good health and to ward off evil. It is also hung under the eaves of homes to drive away evil spirits. Shoubu (Ã¥ °Å¡Ã¦ ¦) also means, materialism, warlike spirit, when using different kanji characters. Koinobori Song There is a childrens song called, Koinobori, that is often sung during this time of the year. Here are the lyrics in romaji and Japanese. Yane yori takai koinoboriOokii magoi wa otousanChiisai higoi wa kodomotachiOmoshirosouni oyoideru Ã¥ ±â€¹Ã¦ ¹Ã£â€šË†Ã£â€šÅ é «ËœÃ£ „ é ¯â€°Ã£ ®Ã£ ¼Ã£â€šÅ Ã¥ ¤ §Ã£ ã „çÅ"Ÿé ¯â€°Ã£ ¯ ã Šçˆ ¶Ã£ •ã‚“å ° ã •ã „ç ·â€¹Ã© ¯â€°Ã£ ¯ Ã¥ ä ¾â€ºÃ© â€Ã© ¢Ã§â„¢ ½Ã£ 㠆㠫 æ ³ ³Ã£ „㠧ã‚‹ Vocabulary yane Ã¥ ±â€¹Ã¦ ¹ --- rooftakai é «ËœÃ£ „ --- highookii Ã¥ ¤ §Ã£ ã „ --- bigotousan ã Šçˆ ¶Ã£ •ã‚“ --- fatherchiisai Ã¥ ° ã •ã „ --- smallkodomotachi Ã¥ ä ¾â€ºÃ£ Ÿã ¡ --- childrenomoshiroi é ¢Ã§â„¢ ½Ã£ „ --- enjoyableoyogu æ ³ ³Ã£ --- to swim Takai, ookii, chiisai and omoshiroi are I-adjectives. There is an important lesson to learn regarding terms used for Japanese family members. Different terms are used for family members depending on whether the person referred to is part of the speakers own family or not. Also, there are terms for directly addressing members of the speakers family. For example, lets look at the word father. When referring to someones father, otousan is used. When referring your own father, chichi is used. However, when addressing your father, otousan or papa is used. Anata no otousan wa se ga takai desu ne. 㠂㠪㠟㠮ã Šçˆ ¶Ã£ •ã‚“㠯èÆ'Å'ã Å'é «ËœÃ£ „㠧ã ™ã 。--- Your father is tall, isnt he?Watashi no chichi wa takushii no untenshu desu. ç § 㠮çˆ ¶Ã£ ¯Ã£â€š ¿Ã£â€š ¯Ã£â€š ·Ã£Æ' ¼Ã£ ®Ã© ‹è » ¢Ã¦â€°â€¹Ã£ §Ã£ ™ã€‚--- My father is a taxi driver.Otousan, hayaku kite! ã Šçˆ ¶Ã£ •ã‚“〠æâ€" ©Ã£ æ ¥Ã£ ¦--- Dad, come quickly! Grammar Yori よりis a particle and is used when comparing things. It translates into than. Kanada wa nihon yori samui desu. ã‚ «Ã£Æ'ŠãÆ'ۋ ¯Ã¦â€" ¥Ã¦Å" ¬Ã£â€šË†Ã£â€šÅ Ã¥ ¯â€™Ã£ „㠧㠙。--- Canada is colder than Japan.Amerika wa nihon yori ookii desu. ã‚ ¢Ã£Æ' ¡Ã£Æ' ªÃ£â€š «Ã£ ¯Ã¦â€" ¥Ã¦Å" ¬Ã£â€šË†Ã£â€šÅ Ã¥ ¤ §Ã£ 㠄㠧㠙。--- America is larger than Japan.Kanji wa hiragaba yori muzukashii desu. æ ¼ ¢Ã¥ â€"㠯㠲らã Å'ã ªÃ£â€šË†Ã£â€šÅ é› £Ã£ â€"㠄㠧㠙。 --- Kanji is more difficult than hiragana. In the song, Koinobori is the topic of the sentence (the order is changed because of the rhyme), therefore, koinobori wa yane yori takai desu é ¯â€°Ã£ ®Ã£ ¼Ã£â€šÅ 㠯å ±â€¹Ã¦ ¹Ã£â€šË†Ã£â€šÅ é «ËœÃ£ „㠧ã â„¢ is a common order for this sentence. It means the koinobori is higher than the roof. The suffix ~tachi is added to make the plural form of personal pronouns. For example: watashi-tachi, anata-tachi or boku-tachi. It can also be added to some other nouns, such as kodomo-tachi (children). ~sou ni is an adverb form of ~ sou da. ~ sou da means, it appears. Kare wa totemo genki sou desu. Ã¥ ½ ¼Ã£ ¯Ã£ ¨Ã£ ¦Ã£â€šâ€šÃ¥â€¦Æ'æ °â€"ã 㠆㠧㠙。--- He looks very healthy.Sore wa oishisouna ringo da. ã ã‚Å'㠯ã Šã „ã â€"ã 㠆㠪ã‚Šんã â€Ã£ 。--- That is a delicious looking apple.Kanojo wa totemo shindosouni sokoni tatteita. Ã¥ ½ ¼Ã¥ ¥ ³Ã£ ¯Ã£ ¨Ã£ ¦Ã£â€šâ€šÃ£ â€"ん㠩ã 㠆㠫ã 㠓㠫ç «â€¹Ã£ £Ã£ ¦Ã£ „㠟。--- She was standing there looking very tired.
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A Leap of Faith free essay sample
I am in my rock climbing class climbing up a thirty foot pole to do something called â€Å"The Leap of Faith.†I have to jump from the pole and grab a trapeze that hangs several feet away. I am short. I do not think I can reach it. What made me think this class was the appropriate way of pushing myself out of my comfort zone? I am standing up on the pole now, trying to distribute my weight evenly between my feet which barely fit within the pole’s diameter. I glance down and the ground seems to move away from me making my potential drop distance look exponentially larger. I am afraid of heights. I look away. Maybe if I focus on a point on the horizon, I can take my mind off the height. The Colorado wind hits my back, threatening to push me over the edge if I do not jump soon. We will write a custom essay sample on A Leap of Faith or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page I have been up here for several minutes wondering when I will get the second of courage I need to jump. I am strapped into a harness for safety and my classmates hold the ropes that are supposed to save me if I miss. But what if they mess it up? From the ground, my teacher screams at me to jump, and I feel like yelling profanities back at him. I do not want to jump to my potential death. I could end up paraplegic for life. I want to climb down, but something tingles inside of me. The only thing worse than jumping from the pole and missing, is climbing down and giving up. I stare at the trapeze. What if my classmates do not catch me? What if they do? I jump. There is a moment mid-jump, when I feel as though time slows down. I am flying through the air, reaching my arms out for the trapeze. It is right there; I can grab it. I can. I miss and fall. I am going to miss my family. I am caught safely on the ropes by my classmates and I am filled with a sort of overwhelming pride. I stood face to face with a challenge and I accepted it. Now I cannot wait to try it again. My family was born and reared in Puerto Rico. I was born there and when I was eight, I moved to Colorado. My parents took a chance in moving to Colorado. They knew that the United States would provide better academic opportunities for me. They also knew that the move could be traumatic for me. Language and cultural barriers could prove to be obstacles that would make the entire move be counterproductive. I could be seriously frustrated because I did not understand or because I did not excel as well as I was used to. I could have been bullied or teased by the other kids because I had an accent and made countless mistakes when I talked. I could have had an impatient teacher who did not want to wait for me to understand what was going on. My parents took a risk and none of those things ever happened. I did not care how many times I butchered a word’s pronunciation or spelling. I kept trying anyway. Buk. Buuk. Book. I would try and try again. My classmates did not make fun of me because I spoke differently; in fact, they seemed to like me for it. My teacher took on the challenge of having a student who could not speak English and made sure I had every tool I needed to succeed, including the proper encouragement. My third grade year was not anything less than a blessing. I took a chance in seventh grade and tried tennis. I had never held a racket before. I can proudly say that there were others worse than I. By freshman year, I had made the varsity team. By my junior year, the team had voted me captain. I also took Rocky Mountain High which is a rock climbing class, and the sole purpose of my taking it was to conquer my fears, in this case, a fear of heights. I ended up learning much more. I learned team work, I learned friendship, and most important, I learned trust. Now, I am making my way up another pole getting ready for my next jump. I am fighting for a chance to go to the college of my dreams. My effort and hard work have paid off. I have realized how big an impact a little risk can have. There is one thing that has primarily made me who I am. I have learned to acknowledge that sometimes in life you have to take a Leap of Faith.
The Portal free essay sample
It was dark, complete pitch darkness. There were no light, no visible signs of mundane entities. I was alone, just standing there, in that isolated place I like to call the portal of shadows. In the portal of shadows, you play a game. If you manage to get the light you survive, and if you don’t your corpse just rots there, insignificant and insubstantive. The light will come to you, if you keep standing, thinking and pondering over your life. I was devoid of all thoughts. Anything ideas that come to my mind just disappeared like I had amnesia. I was not afraid of death as knew that death is just the beginning of another fantastic journey. As I was giving up hope, I looked at my right palm. Somehow, a chess pawn had manifested itself there. It reminded me of the many games of chess I had played. The first time was with my mother when I was eight. We will write a custom essay sample on The Portal or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page For some reason, my mother kept on winning and I had suffered a total of 46 losses. I assured myself that I was about to win the next one despite the superior intellect my mother had compared to mine. I decided to focus all my attention on a pawn with a blue etches at its globe, at the far right. I observed its dynamic movement throughout the game and always protected that one pawn despite all odds, even going on to sacrifice a queen to save it. The pawn was finally at the second last row in the enemy’s â€Å"territory†. I was elated with my achievement. One more row and I could turn that pawn into a magnificent rook and by some miracle win the game. However, my mom just said â€Å"check-mate†and moved her queen directly facing my king. I just answered â€Å"So what, I’ll just turn my pawn into a king in the next turn.†She burst out laughing and said in her mellifluous voice and genial look on her face, â€Å"Very well, you won at last Rahim.â⠂¬ I came back to the portal, thwarted from enjoying another few moments of life. The same pawn was in my hands. It had those same globe with the blue etches. My heart started to fill with melancholy and I dropped it down into the deep black abyss I was standing upon. That was when the string of profound and significant memories in my life started to unravel in my brain. Dreams, experiences, thoughts and actions all convoluted together and hit me back at once. But one single entity among these surpassed everything: Dreams. I saw my aspirations to be an astronaut, a French cook, the mayor of a city and finally a doctor. I was very much like the pawn, wanting to be greater, wanting to have a better future than the meager one that I had now. I remembered my oath to not let anyone I love die and my determination to defeat death. I was not about be sacrificed like those other average pawns on the board. I would surpass every other piece in the board to become the grand champion. None o f these dreams might come true. Maybe I would just perish with my foolish ideologies and views and be left in the darkness, having lived my life with no purpose. Then I saw a speck of light coming towards the unfamiliar grounds I was treading. Soon it was glittering and hovering over my head. I extended my rough arms to try to touch the tiny star and closed my eyes, my brain devoid of all emotions and mundane thoughts. I felt a tingling in the hand I caught the star with and opened my eyelids. The light was back and I realized that I was just sitting under a tree with a novel in my left hand. Flabbergasted, I looked into my opened right palm. There stood a king, almighty and impregnable. There were faint, yet distinguishable blue etches travelling down its crown. The light was back in my eyes and it almost blinded me.
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