Why Romaji?

1. You are speaking Japanese at the moment you pronounce Romaji in a wild sense.

    Japanese songs written in Romaji which is based on alphabet will help you to recognize

    Japanese sound as a first step.

    The japanese sound system so called "50 sounds" is highly organized from ancient times.

    The combination beween vowels and consonants is based on  deep Japanese culture.

2. Learning 4 types of Japnese chareacters are so difficult for all of japanese learner. 

    Japanese 4 characters are Hiragana,Katakana, Kanj,and Romaji.

    Letters and sound are deeply combined. The word  "Kyoumei/Kyoomei" translates as

    the meaning of "resonance"

    Resonance is based on physical phenonon. It is the gifts from nature. 

    Sound is pulse. 

3. Sympathy is translates as "Kyookan/kyoukan” in Japanese. 

Listening ,repeating and imitating nature sound is one of big tool of knowing our world. 

What is Language?  Seeking it  together! 

                         the "Puff the magic dragon" in Romaji

                         Puff, mahoo no ryuu ga kurashiteta

                         Umi ni aki no kiri, tanabiku Honah Lee

                         Little Jacky Paper tomodachi de

                         Itsudemo nakayoku fuzaketeita

                         Oh, Puff, mahoo no ryuu ga kurashiteta

                         Umi ni aki no kiri, tanabiku Honah Lee

                         Puff, mahoo no ryuu ga kurashiteta

                         Umi ni aki no kiri, tanabiku Honah Lee

                          Booto o koide tabi o tsuzuketa

                          Ookina shippo ni Jacky o nosete

                          Oosamatachi wa aisatsu o shita

                          Kaizokutachi wa hata o sageta

                          Oh, Puff, mahoo no ryuu ga kurashiteta

                          Umi ni aki no kiri, tanabiku Honah Lee

                          Puff, mahoo no ryuu ga kurashiteta

                          Umi ni aki no kiri, tanabiku Honah Lee 

                          Toshi o toranai ryuu towa chigai

                          Jacky wa itsushika otana ni nari

                          Tootoo aru hi asobi ni konai

                          Samishii Puff wa  namida o nagasu

                          Midori no uroko narashite naita

                          Sakura no michi o sanpo mo sezuni

                          Tomodachi wa naku

                          Hitoribocchi

                          Atama o tarete hokora e kaeru

                          Oh,Puff, the margic dragon lived by the sea

                          And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

                          Puff, mahoo no ryuu ga kurashiteta

                          Umi ni aki no kiri, tanabiku Honah Lee

One of the reason why her song is so beautiful and comfortable is that she trys to avoid using "Kango" which is imported from China. The Kango has strong power of word -formation.

Wago which is originated in Japan. Every language is precious.

Both of Ms. Saori Yuki and her elder sister are great singer, since they know the beauty of Japanese 

sound, itself.

When I was teaching Japanese to a lady who is Doctor of Literature, she gave an exclamation of joy, "What a beautiful!".

It has just happened in a second or third lesson for her. 

The sound is the voice of living nature. Language is a pulse.

If we can speak and sing like birds or wind......

I have been seeking a hoothold to move ahead with this site.  *1
I searched many web pages regarding Romaji Vs Composition in Kanji and kana.  *2
I read some pages where the writer said that Romaji learning was useless.  *3
The writer is not Japanese and seems to have learnt Japanese.  *4

*1 Watashi wa kono saito o mae ni susumeru tame no ashigakari o sagashiteimashita.
*2 Roomaji tai Kanjikanamajiribun nikanshite ookuno webupeeji o sagashimashita.
*3 Roomaji gakushuu wa muyooda to kaiteiru peeji mo yomimashita.
*4 Sore o kaita hito wa nihogo o benkyoo shitakoto ga aru gaikokujin no yoo deshita.

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I started this site for the good reason that Romaji helps people speak
Japanese easily without the study of Japanese characteres,
especially for those who;
1. want to visit Japan as a short trip
2. stay in Japan for their business
   They all say that they do not have so many chances to speak Japanese
   in their working places, since Japanese colleagues want to speak English.

   They mainly want to learn Japanese to communicate with Japanese people in town.

3. want to know words and phrases in some real context

I set my ocasional favorite songs in oder to share them with visiters.
And I expect that visiters get some alpha wave before they start Japanese study.
Even if those songs are not your taste, I am sure that you will notice the
importance of the alpha wave.

While I have been thinking about the utility of Romaji system, I saw an interesting page.
That is about Nippon Romaji Kai which was built in 1885.
This organization is authorized by Ministry of Education (present Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology). The main purposes of this organization are
to change Japanese notational system from written language-oriented system to spoken language-oriented system and to cherish Japanese, not to westernize.

The interviewer who visited this organization quates like this.
He (a member of Nippon Romaji Kai) said "Any language should be understandable when it is just spoken".

I agree them to the extent of these two points.

However, I have used a sort of Japanese Education style on this site.
Nippon Romaji Kai has long history and many famous intellectuals have joined and join in it such as Tadao Umesao, Torahiko Terada, and Takeshi Shibata, and so on.

I am going to introduce the 99 system which was proposed by Nippon Romaji Kai in 1999.
I would like to know how does each Japanese learner think about many types of Romaji System. Which is better for you?

Although I am a Japanese language teacher, there are so many things I do not know
and have to know. Also, there are many things I do not want to do and want to do......

This is a story of my "Gekkoo".

I could not find a word, gekkoo, in this song.
So I made my own story, "Tsuki no hikari", but a song.

Gekoo : Kango

Tsuki no hikari : Wago.

Gekkoo

I am GOD's CHILD

Kono fuhaishita sekai ni otosareta

How do I live on such a field?

Konna mono no tame ni umaretanjanai

Toppuu ni umoreru ashidori

Taoresooni naruno o

Kono kusari ga yurusanai

Kokoro o akewatashitamama de

Anata no kankakudake ga chirabatte

(W)atashi wa mada joozuni katazukerarezuni

I am GOD's child

Kono fuhaishita sekai ni otosareta

How do I live on such a field?

Konna mono no tame ni umaretanjanai

"Riyuu" o motto shaberitsuzukete

(W)atashi ga nemureru made

Kikanai kusuri bakari korogatterukedo

Koko ni koe mo nai noni

Ittai nani o shinjireba?

I am GOD's child

Kanashii oto wa senaka ni tsumeato o tsukete

I can't hang out this world

Konna omoija doko nimo ibasho nante nai

Fuyukai ni tsumetai kabe toka  

Tsugi wa dore ni yowasa o yurusu?

Owari ni nado te o nobasanaide

Anata nara sukuidashite

(W)atashi o seijaku kara

Jikan wa itami o kasoku sasete(yu)ku

I am GOD's child

Kono fuhaishita sekai ni otosareta

How do I live on such a field?

Konna mono no tame ni umaretanjanai

I am GOD's child

Kanashii oto wa senaka ni tsumeato o tsukete

I can't hang out this world

Konna omoija dokonimo ibasho nante nai

How do I live on such a field.

                                                                                                          put on sale in 2000

Kono kyoku o kikutabini sotsugyooshiki o omoidashimasu. *1

Otona ni natta watashitachi nimo nanika ni taishite sotsugyooshitai toiu

omoi ga arunokamoshiremasen.   *2        

Haru wa sotsugyoo no kisetsu desu.  *3

*1 Whenever I listen this music, I remember garaduation ceremony.

*2 We, adult also might have some feelings that we want to graduate from something.

*3 Spring is the season of graduation in Japan.

I found out what the voice I had treated in this page in the past was not Norah Jones' one.

This  humbug in You-tube has resulted in the attention to Aselin Debison.

I have no objection to this kind of humbug. Listen carefully. That's the best way for us.

Illas is singing in Quechumaran. Quechua is not spanish.

Illapas un  grupo es del Cusco, Perú.  *1

Este grupo ha venido a Japón a veces.  *2

Venga otra vez.  *3

*1 Kono gruupu wa Peruu no Cusco shusshin desu.

*2 Nando ka Nihon ni kitakoto ga arimasu.

*3 Mooichido kitekudasai!

Hizo un tiempo mal durante mi viaje a Machu Picchu.   *1

Subió al Ruinas de Machu Picchu con el corazón sagrado.   *2

Ha sido una experiencia valiosa.   *3

Hay un photo de Illapas en último parte de diapositivas.    *4

*1  Machupichu e no ryokouchuu, tenki wa yokunakatta desu.

*2  Shinsei na kimochi de Machupichu iseki ni noborimashita.

*3  Kichoo na keiken deshita.

*4  Suraido no saigo no bubun ni Illapas no shashin ga arimasu.

This site was set up in order to put a subsidiary meaning and some roles for the main site;

http://japanese-correction.com

I have been working as a Japanese language teacher in Japan and abroad for the last 20 years. 

Many Japanese people don't know how much money has been spending for Japanese Language Teaching as a foreign language from ODA budget.

I think private companies or ordinary citizens will make more efficient contribution at a low price toward the people who want to learn Japanese.  

Since 3.11, we have been confronted with great difficulities.

1. Reconstruction of devastated land and town

2. Reconstruction of the life of victims of great earthquake/tsunami and nuclear disaster in

    Fukushima

3. How will the people in the world build peaceful land and life?

4. How will we  build sustainable society?

The language exists.

My hope is that we will be beyond the language barrier.