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Chapter One
Glossary:
Sakura 桜: cherry blossoms
Sakura-fubuki 桜吹雪: “cherry blossom snowstorm”
Hana-no-ami 花の雨: “flower rain.”
Sakura-mochi 桜餅: pink-colored rice cakes with bean paste in the middle wrapped in a pickled cherry blossom leaf
Ocha お茶: Green tea
Ume 梅 plum
Kaeru no uta カエルの歌、カエルの合唱
Wa 和
Mono-no-Aware 者の哀れ
Yamato 倭: Old name for Japan
Wa 和—also pronounced as Yamato-- meaning peace and harmony.
Aimai na Nihongo 曖昧な日本語 vague Japanese
Greetings 挨拶 Aisatsu
Sumimasen:すみません: excuse me, thank you, pardon me
Yoroshiku onegaishimasu:よろしくお願いします: please look upon me favorably
Otagai sama: お互い様: We are in this together; thanks is mutual
Mono-no-Aware 者の哀れ
Kuuki wo yomu, or 'reading the air'
Izakaya 居酒屋: Japanese pub
Highball ハイボール whisky highball
De-to: デートGo on a date
Kanji 漢字
Hiragana ひらがな
Katakana カタカタ
Kanji renshu-cho 漢字練習帳
Hon: 本 Book
Ki: 木 Tree
Hayashi 林 Woods
Mori 森 Forest
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