Image from Locky's English Playground |
So don't get me wrong, these are Japanese Hanji, not Chinese.
"But they are also Chinese characters!!!"
Well, tomato-tomato! (Read as /təˈmɑː.təʊ/-/təˈmeɪ.t ̬oʊ/)
Cherry blossoms at the Tokyo Imperial Palace Image from Wikipedia |
Here's something to learn about the flower-viewing festival from Wikipedia,
- "Hanami" is the centuries-old practice of picnicking under a blooming sakura or ume tree.
- Every year the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the public track the sakura zensen (cherry blossom front) as it moves northward up the archipelago with the approach of warmer weather via nightly forecasts following the weather segment of news programs.
- The blossoming begins in Okinawa in January and typically reaches Kyoto and Tokyo at the end of March or the beginning of April.
Vocabulary:
tomato-tomato! (read as /təˈmɑː.təʊ/-/təˈmeɪ.t ̬oʊ/) -- meaning, same same.
Hanami -- (n)[U] flower viewing, hana is flower in Japanese
Resources:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/tomato?q=tomato
Flower viewing -- Cherry blossom @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom#Flower_viewing
Okinawa @ Google Map
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Okinawa+&hl=en&ll=27.751608,129.671631&spn=6.559883,11.634521&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.677964,93.076172&hnear=Okinawa+Prefecture,+Japan&t=m&z=7
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