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Samurai Swords

Alex — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:45:07 +0000

Here is a video of some friends and I looking at Japanese Katana ( Samurai swords ) in Kyoto at a shop called Tozando.

Here is some basic vocabulary related to Samurai and martial arts:

刀 – Katana – Sword

鍔 – Tsuba – The hilt or guard on a sword
柄 – Tsuka – Handle of the sword
鞘 – Saya – Scabbard of the sword
下緒 – Sageo – A sword strap that ties the scabbard to the belt

武道 – Budo – Martial arts

侍 – Samurai

兜 – Kabuto – Helmet

鎧 – Yoroi – Armour

ぼっけん – Bokken – A wooden practice sword

竹刀 – Shinai – A bamboo fencing stick for Kendo

忍者 – Ninja

Fun Friday for 19th June 2009

Alex — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:18:57 +0000

[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/japanese/funfriday20090619.mp3[/podcast]

In this week’s Fun Friday we have music from Crispy Nuts and Electric Eel shock, two awesome rock bands from Japan. We also talk about some cool Japan related websites, how to become a ninja and other sillly banter with me Alex and the unstoppable Coffeebot.

Shout out to Tomo Akiyama who taught us how to say “Is that a sword in your pocket or are you happy to see me?”.

If you have any funny, interesting or amazing Japan related pictures or stories, shout outs or whatever please send them to info[at]learnjapanesepod[dot]com

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Featured Photo

The sign reads “HOMO SAUSAGE”…no comment. Thanks to Coffeebot for sending this photo in.

Please send your own Japan related photos to info[at]learnjapanesepod[dot]com to be featured on Fun Friday

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