How to apologize in Japanese

In business, the following formula is used as an excuse: Sumimasen, Mōshiwakearimasen, Shitsureishimasu, Gomennasai. If you are late, for example, because of a transport problem that is not within your responsibility, apologize anyway. Whatever the reason, you have violated your promise... You must first apologize.

• す み ま せ ん Sumimasen

The first term that comes to mind to apologize in Japanese is す み ま せ ん Sumimasen.
You're probably already know this word, but think again, because it contains a lot more meanings than you might think ...

One Piece 3D2Y: teaser 2 and 3

Two new teasers for One Piece 3D2Y were recently released.

kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder OVA

On the occasion of revelation of the production of the new arc Book of Circus, the series Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) will soon be entitled to new OVA. This will involve two OVA titles Book of Murder. One will release on October 25 and one on November 15 in Japan. They will resume on the fifth arc of the manga, or the number of volumes 9-10.


Kuroshitsuji OVA Book of Murder Preview par Millenium_TV

The end of the manga Attack of the Titans dated

Tokyo University has published on its web-newspaper an interview with Shintaro Kawakubo, editorial director of the manga. In the interview, Shintaro Kawakubo speaks of the popularity of the series, He also said that the story will end in three to four years.

Hiyokoi will end in 14 volumes

On August 12, on the occasion of the release of the 13th volume of Hiyokoi. Shueisha announced that the series will end this winter with 14 volumes in total.

The end of One Piece revealed to hospitalized children by famous mangaka Eiichiro Oda

Hinati Fujinami, a child hospitalized with cancer at terminal lung. He reportedly said that he would want to hear how his favorite manga, One Piece, ends.
The association "Make A Wish" had contacted Eiichiro Oda at the request of Hinati Fujinami. The mangaka has come to the bedside of the boy, it therefore met his idol. He asked him to reveal the end of One Piece and Oda told him everything in detail, one on one.
When the nursing staff and the family returned to the room, Hinati told that the end was beautiful.

Source : kdramastars

How to prepare Japanese rice

Rice is the mainstay of Japanese food. "Gohan," cooked rice, is present on all occasions of Japanese family life, breakfast "asagohan", lunch "hirugohan", dinner "bangohan", and even during festive meals. It harmonizes with any kind of element: chicken, eggs, fish, vegetables!
In this article, I present the traditional way of Japanese cooking rice. This is also the basic recipe for preparing for "Sushi".

Bentos: New trend came from Japan!

Bento, what is it?
Bentos, this is the equivalent of our plastic boxes: a boxed lunch at the office, at school..., but much more refined!
The "bento" is both the contents and the container. Composed of several food arranged in a sealed box, pretty, with several compartments inside.
The bento boxes are typically Japanese, It lets you take a full meal, balanced, varied, fast and inexpensive in a small space.

Working for a third season !!

The anime Working !!, will be entitled to a third season. but no other details were revealed.

Parasite (Kiseiju) adapted animated series this fall

As announced in February, Parasite manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki will be adapted in animated series this fall.

Kansai region

The Kansai region, called Kinki region officially (Kinki literally means the vicinity of the capital; In fact, The ancient capital Kyoto is located in this region). Kinki region is a geographical area located in west central Honshu, the main island of Japan.

Hanako-san

Hanako-san or Toire no Hanako-san (トイレのはなこさん; "Hanako of the toilet"), the girl who scares the toilet Japanese schools ... one of the most popular legends and scarier in Japanese folklore.

Hanako-san is the ghost of a young girl who haunts the toilet Japanese schools, this girl is the center of a popular urban legend and became the world's most famous Japanese ghost.

Honorific suffixes: san, kun, chan, sama, Senpai, Sensei

Honorific suffixes are associated with the names of the people we talk, or talked about (these honorary particles are placed after the name of the caller, even his name, but the family name priority). They are not used to self talk. Choosing a suffix or other gives indications on the relationship between two people. These particles are very contextual, so it is difficult to give absolute rules for their use

Why the sign of V is it so popular in Asia on photos?

Japanese and all the people of Southeast Asia have largely tended to proudly brandish their index and middle finger to each photo they take. The V sign usually indicates a victory or success.

Time magazine has addressed the question of the origins of such success in Asian culture.

Invasion of Pikachu in Yokohama

From August 9 to 17, Japan will be overrun with the event Pikachu Pikachu Outbreak!

The Pokemon Company promised a thousand Pikachu on all the events taking place mainly 9 to 17 August!

Tips for learning Japanese

Some do not necessarily measure the difficulty of learning Japanese and can be discouraged sooner or later. In this article, I propose simple and practical tips to help you progress in Japanese.

• Have a strong long-term motivation

Learning the language involves actually want and not be discouraged by the difficulties that arise anyway.
If you are not motivated, if you say "it sucks, I prefer to learn with a mobile app..." then you are not serious and acknowledge it, you will not make progress.

Best-selling manga in America for the week ending May August 2, 2014.

1	BLACK BUTLER, VOL. 17
2	SOUL EATER NOT !, VOL. 3
3	BLOOD LAD, VOL. 5
4	SOUL EATER, VOL. 21
5	ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 1
6	NARUTO, VOL. 66
7	OMAMORI HIMARI, VOL. 12
8	NO MATTER HOW I LOOK AT IT, IT'S YOU GUYS' FAULT I'M NOT POPULAR!, VOL. 4
9	ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 3
10	ATTACK ON TITAN: NO REGRETS, VOL. 1

Source nytimes

Studio Ghibli stop producing films!

The rumored for months. And now it's official, Studio Ghibli stops the production of animated films. Toshio Suzuki, co-founder of Ghibli, who announced on TBS that the legendary Japanese animation studio was quitting his business feature films. Omoide No Marnie, released on July 19 in Japan, will be the last studio film on the big screen.

How to say "I love you" in Japanese?

The term "I love you" was among those that raised the most translation requests. Including Japanese language. I offer a summary of possible translations with explanations.

The most evident way to translate "I love you" in Japanese is:

あたしはあなたが好きです。"Watashi wa anata ga suki desu."

• あたし "watashi" = I; can be replaced by 私
• は "wa" is the particle for the subject.
• あなた "anata" = you
• が "ga" it's the particle for the object.
• 好き です "suki desu" which means love, or 好き だ "suki da".

the first part (あたしはあなたが "watashi wa anata ga") is quite formal and can do without, It is possible to add 大 "dai" before "suki", that's why you can hear just 大好きです "daisuki desu" or 大好きだ "daisuki da".
あたしはあなたを愛しています。Watashi wa anata o aishiteimasu. Its use is the same as あたしはあなたが好きです。Watashi wa anata ga suki desu. except that you replace the particle が "ga" par を "o".

Ramen

Very popular in Japan, ramen is a noodle dish served in a broth (fish, vegetable or meat) accompanied by various additional ingredients.

The history of ramen has its roots in China, the birthplace of the noodle. In Japan, the noodle is much more recent; Japanese mainly eating rice for centuries, and have adopted the Chinese idea in the Middle Ages.
As for its preparation, it is simple: noodles wheat flour which is immersed in a broth of meat or fish flavored with soy sauce or miso.