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fandomhigh2024-01-17 06:02 am
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Conversational Japanese; Wednesday, Fourth Period [01/17].
"Konnichiwa, minasan!" Yukari greeted cheerfully. "Did you all remember to bring food for us to enjoy this week, as we discuss Japanese food etiquette and phrases? I sure hope so!"
If you didn't, you couldn't really be blamed, because she never actually said it directly to the class, unless you were Arden, in which case, if you did forget and deprived Yukari of the barbeque she'd been looking forward to all week, well, then, things might not get pretty.
She was definitely waiting to see who brought food and what was available before getting started, though, before lifting up a little bit of whatever looked the most delicious and declaring, "Itadakimasu!" and then taking a bite.
"Now," she continued, perhaps before that bite was completely finished being chewed and swallowed, "itadakimasu is a very common and traditional thing to say before eating in Japan! There is no real direct translation into English, but the closest thing would probably be 'I humbly receive.' It's generally a phrase expressing gratitude for the food you're about to eat, so, in this case, it's very accurate, because I am grateful for all this delicious food! If I were serving the food, I would offer it with a meshiagare, which is sorta like the French bon apetite! And when you finish a meal, you say gochisousama deshita, which means 'it was a feast' and shows gratitude and a compliment to the chef, as well as the person feeding you!"
There was another bite of food swiped up, and then Yukari started handing out a few more vocabulary sheets, and a few other worksheets as well.
"These are, of course, the very beginnings of the basics," she explained, "but we'll go over these words, the pronunciation, and the proper social contexts for each today, and, of course, if you have any questions or would like to elaborate on anything, well...." Here, she gave a chuckle, though there was a slightly add edge to it, "there are plenty of other experts in the class who can help you out as well!"
You wanna be in her class about basic Japanese while already knowing Japanese? Well, get ready to put that to use, then, because Yukari was very lazy and if she had an opportunity to foist her work on someone else, well...
"So, let's start at the top, and repeat after me..."
If you didn't, you couldn't really be blamed, because she never actually said it directly to the class, unless you were Arden, in which case, if you did forget and deprived Yukari of the barbeque she'd been looking forward to all week, well, then, things might not get pretty.
She was definitely waiting to see who brought food and what was available before getting started, though, before lifting up a little bit of whatever looked the most delicious and declaring, "Itadakimasu!" and then taking a bite.
"Now," she continued, perhaps before that bite was completely finished being chewed and swallowed, "itadakimasu is a very common and traditional thing to say before eating in Japan! There is no real direct translation into English, but the closest thing would probably be 'I humbly receive.' It's generally a phrase expressing gratitude for the food you're about to eat, so, in this case, it's very accurate, because I am grateful for all this delicious food! If I were serving the food, I would offer it with a meshiagare, which is sorta like the French bon apetite! And when you finish a meal, you say gochisousama deshita, which means 'it was a feast' and shows gratitude and a compliment to the chef, as well as the person feeding you!"
There was another bite of food swiped up, and then Yukari started handing out a few more vocabulary sheets, and a few other worksheets as well.
"These are, of course, the very beginnings of the basics," she explained, "but we'll go over these words, the pronunciation, and the proper social contexts for each today, and, of course, if you have any questions or would like to elaborate on anything, well...." Here, she gave a chuckle, though there was a slightly add edge to it, "there are plenty of other experts in the class who can help you out as well!"
You wanna be in her class about basic Japanese while already knowing Japanese? Well, get ready to put that to use, then, because Yukari was very lazy and if she had an opportunity to foist her work on someone else, well...
"So, let's start at the top, and repeat after me..."
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