RE: Learn Japanese, anime style

Califf, Jennifer (jcaliff@nsai-petro.com)
Fri, 24 Jan 1997 17:55:09 -0600 

I don't understand why this program always puts my .sig at the top of
replies instead of the bottom.

jcaliff@nsai-petro.com      califf@ix.netcom.com

One of the mammals' evolutionary advantages was that they bore their
young alive.
As research has conclusively shown, animals that bore their young dead
generally got nowhere.  --  Science Made Stupid by Tom Weller

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>From: 	David Chee Kay Leung[SMTP:ckleung@mortimer.com]
>Sent: 	Thursday, January 23, 1997 7:54 PM
>To: 	logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
>Subject: 	Re: Learn Japanese, anime style
>
(Buncha stuff deleted)

I don't really know anything about military terms, so I won't even try.
I know a little bit of the more common stuff, however.

>Soh - yes
>yeah(Jap) - no (English)

Actually, romanized this is "iie".  (Notice the long "ii".  "ie" means
house.)

>Yi Ma Da - now
>Gu Teh - Fire
>Yi Kai Lu - Escape
>Sing Gun - Battleship
>Yu Tsu - Universe
>So "Yu Tsu Sing Gun" means a space battleship
>Kan Dai - Fleet
>Gore Cha -- Red Tea, usually refers to British tea.
>Core Hee - Coffee

This is an English loan word "kohii" or something similar (I'm not sure
if the "ko" is long)

>Yiu Sigh -- Fortress, especailly those really big ones.
>So Sham Mou Jo -- Chief of Staff, in logh this is used most often with
>Oberstein. 
>Tsi Giu -- Earth. Tsi means land and Giu means sphere.

The romanization in my dictionary is "chikyuu".  Actually, the only
dictionary I have with me right now is my kanji guide, but I have a
Please Save My Earth manga so I looked up the kanji on the spine.

>Gou -- religion
>
>Actually I have a lot more but since I don't really know Japanese and the
>above is based on my observations only, I am not going to say any more. I
>hope there is someone out there who can tell me whether I am right or wrong
>and who can correct my mistakes.
>
>                                        David
>

On another note, does anyone know if they have released a CD with the
3rd  (and/or 4th) season themes (extended version) on it? I'm sure they
probably have, its probably just a matter of knowing what to order.
Does anyone have a clue?

Thanks, 

Jennifer