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[Wurger]

 

[Frog]

 

[manta22]

Meanwhile -

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Source: 朝日新聞報道写真傑作集 1952 【アサヒカメラ臨時増刊】(アサヒカメラ編) / パノラマ書房 / 古本、中古本、古書籍の通販は「日本の古本屋」

In the 4th & 5th grades in Tokyo we had classes in basic Japanese. I still remember the teacher trying to explain the difference in pronouncing Hanna and Hanna. (sp?) They sounded the same to us.

 

[Shinpachi]

In the 4th & 5th grades in Tokyo we had classes in basic Japanese. I still remember the teacher trying to explain the difference in pronouncing Hanna and Hanna. (sp?) They sounded the same to us.

You had a good experience, Neil
I understand which it means in a sentence.

Hana

Hanna

Source: Kenkyusha Japanese English Dictionary (1954)

 

[manta22]

You had a good experience, Neil
I understand which it means in a sentence.

Hana
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Hanna
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Source: Kenkyusha Japanese English Dictionary (1954)

I think he was trying to give us a subtle difference in pronounciation between hana= flower and hana= nose.

 

[SaparotRob]

I've had similar issues with Thai.

 

[Shinpachi]

I think he was trying to give us a subtle difference in pronounciation between hana= flower and hana= nose.

Oh, this is almost the training course to be an NHK announcer


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwNjFaK4OXY

 

[manta22]

Oh, this is almost the training course to be an NHK announcer


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwNjFaK4OXY

 

[Zippythehog]

Meanwhile -

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Source: 朝日新聞報道写真傑作集 1952 【アサヒカメラ臨時増刊】(アサヒカメラ編) / パノラマ書房 / 古本、中古本、古書籍の通販は「日本の古本屋」

As humorous as this might be, I would expect there to be far more success with these folks and English than I have ever had speaking Japanese.

 

[MIflyer]

These are shots of the Falcon Heavy launch from KSC yesterday evening. The one with the vapor trail aloft shows the core vehicle to the Right while to the Left the two strap-on booster stages are descending to land on the Cape.

 

[Shinpachi]

Chemical gas shells removal training in Yokohama City on October 16, 1941.

Source: Photo Weekly (Oct.1941)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

"Be familiar with your mask campaign" in October, 1939.
This may be why the Japanese people love wearing a mask even today.
They were afraid of gas attack from China like Covid.
This is a part of Japanese DNA.

Source: Photo Weekly (Oct.1939)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

A mask joke in 1944.
"Why is she wearing a mask here?"
"She is shutting up her big mouth, I think."

Source: Photo Weekly (Oct.1944)

 

[Snautzer01]

WWII 1945 USMC Official Photo Marines in Japan making friends with kids, Sasebo | eBay

This photo from their Official USMC Photos Set No 25, Marines in Japan. Developing, Exposures & toning vary in these photos so see pic which is accurate since I use a scanner with the color setting on.

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[Snautzer01]

WWII 1945 USMC Official Photo Marines in Japan Marine & Geisha Girls on Kyushu | eBay

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[Wurger]

 

[manta22]

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WWII 1945 USMC Official Photo Marines in Japan Marine & Geisha Girls on Kyushu | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for WWII 1945 USMC Official Photo Marines in Japan Marine & Geisha Girls on Kyushu at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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I'd put that 'Geisha' Girls in quotation marks!

 

[cammerjeff]

Yes it looks like the "soap" district of Kumamoto. My wife would only let me window shop there, she said I could not afford anything they had to offer!