Tokyo Brando: Japanese Lessons # 22 - Whether The Weather Whatever The Weather

[almostgrwn]

amazingly huge amount of vocab! thanks a bunch!

[LomVids]

lol, so happy you use British english and not american english.

[TokyoBrando]

ye well im australian so we tend to use english stuff but without the 'pommy' accent lol..thanks for the comments btw :)

[suckapunch565]

so many japanese cosplay, wow. i wonder how i'll fit in dressed as master chief.......

[FrankzTerz]

thanks XP

[ChemistInJapan]

青空 is the conceptual "blue sky" as in a clear day, but in meteorological, and in the way people would actually refer to this kind of weather, the word would be 晴れ (はれ) from the verb 晴れる.

[ChemistInJapan]

快晴 (かいせい) is the other one I forgot for a completely cloudless sky, but most people would use 晴れ in conversation.

[TokyoBrando]

this is to you and that other person..i havent studied any kanji yet, so i have no idea what you guys are saying lol..Hira & Kata are fine tho..just a heads up :)

[ThePacificCrossing]

you can just say hi(日） for the sun. I've actually never heard anyone say this instead of taiyou, but I've read it before.

Speaking of taiyou. Movie recco from me to you Taiyou no uta. Yeah its a little girly, but its good. check it out

[TokyoBrando]

i shall :P thnx

[ChemistInJapan]

太陽 is the specific name for the star at the center of our solar system, which is a type of 恒星 (こうせい, star). While conceptually related to the sun, 日 now is used as the counter for days, 24hr periods.

[ThePacificCrossing]

Yeah i know that but as Brando said, 日is also a way to say the sun. I've read usually for kids or chicks. Heres an example from a google search of japanese blogs

日が昇まで一杯やって、寝て(-_-)zzz.

so while I wouldn't use it, it seems it is usable.

[ChemistInJapan]

Well, your original statement of "you can just say 日 for the sun," isn't exactly correct. In the instance you just mentioned, 日が昇る, isn't really dealing with the sun as a heavenly body. This is actually a time expression.

This is evidenced in the Japanese word for our solar system, 太陽系, not 日系 (which actually means something completely different).

[Radrey]

dude.. you need a new intro. I liked the 80's opener. FYI.

TEACH ME VERBS GAWDDAMIT!

[TokyoBrando]

a new intro begins in the 2010 era of Brando. FYI :P

[Radrey]

So if next year is the era of Brando.. What is this year then? The era of who?

[TokyoBrando]

Brando still

[Radrey]

when will the tyranny of the brando era end. aaaahhhh!!!!!!!

[TokyoBrando]

*gets on ground and rips shirt*

NEVERRRRRR!