tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873207916803236377.post6147629497366631599..comments2024-03-28T18:09:20.551+09:00Comments on Hokkaido Kudasai: FuriganaPamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207344791348560569noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873207916803236377.post-54420845951345236082013-09-28T11:43:24.030+09:002013-09-28T11:43:24.030+09:00it's for small kids?! I thought furigana was ...it's for small kids?! I thought furigana was just for gaijin, hehe.<br />I might be wrong, but I think "betsu" comes from the Ainu word for river. There is an Ainu cultural center somewhere north of Noboribetsu (south of Tomakomai, on the coast, sorry, don't really remember where). I took an Ainu embroidery class there once. I'm sure if you ask around, someone could tell you what I'm talking about.. <br />There also used to be an Ainu souvenir shop in Tanuki Koji in Sapporo, it was called.. "Purika" maybe? I could just be making that up. I spent a weekend learning traditional Ainu stitching there in 2001.. really beautiful stuff.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124055364435672026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873207916803236377.post-65028650892698486022013-09-26T08:11:25.708+09:002013-09-26T08:11:25.708+09:00Thank you for all the interesting information. Tod...Thank you for all the interesting information. Today you taught me something new; I have never seen 'furigana' written in kanji before, 振り仮名, and took out the dictionary to see what those characters stand for on their own. furi=swing, ga=temporary and na=name. As a foreigner it is really hard to interpret the combination of characters, as well as to know how to read them! I appreciate the use of furigana as especially dialects and place names are difficult to 'guess'. There must be lots of dialectal expressions in Hokkaido.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873207916803236377.post-51661678698602965612013-09-26T06:53:15.348+09:002013-09-26T06:53:15.348+09:00Furigana is really helpful isn't it. I have ...Furigana is really helpful isn't it. I have more of a struggle now to read Japanese as I am not using it all the time. My friends still email me - one is super polite language and another tests me out on difficult kanji. Both frustrate me;-) Japanese kanji are a real test of memory.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08554874389968864826noreply@blogger.com