The photo bellow contains a text that was written on a formal letter I received recently about the annual pension fee. The vocabulary might be difficult so let's concentrate only on the reading of the Kanji.
「ねんきん定期便」です。
"nenkin teikibin" desu.
あなた様の年金加入記録をお届けいたします。
anata-sama no nenkin kanyū kiroku wo o-todoke itashimasu.
お届け先のご住所に、現在、受取人の方がお住
o-todokesaki no jūsho ni, genzai, uketorinin no kata ga o-su
まいでない場合には、お手数をおかけいたしますが、
mai de nai baai ni ha, o-tesū wo o-kake itashimasu ga,
「誤記」、「転居」等を封筒に記載いただき、開封
"goki", "tenkyo" nado wo fūtō ni kisai itadaki, kaifū
せずにそのままポストに投函ください。
sezu ni sono mama posuto ni tōkan kudasai
Let's review some of the Kanjis:
届 (deliver): 届け TODOke - notification - notificacion
A door and free 由. When you receive the notification, you are free to leave the apartment and don't pay it.
誤 (mistake): 誤記 GOki - writing error - errata
The left part means word 言 and the right part has big 大 and mouth 口. Imagine somebody speaking words with his mouth wide open, probably he will make many mistakes!!
居 (reside): 転居 tenKYO - changing residence - mudarse
A door and old 古. Imagine your house with a very old door, you definitely want to move to a new house!
封 (seal): 開封 kaiFū - unsealed letter - sobre sin abrir
Two times earth 土 and measurement 寸. Imagine that you put two spoons of ground from the Barcelona FC and you send them in an envelope to a fan!!
筒 (cylinder): 封筒 fūTō - envelope - sobre de correos
The top part are bamboo branches. The lower part means equal 同. Imagine that you have two equal copies of a drawing and you transport them in two cylinders made of bamboo.
載 (to ride): 記載 kiSAI - statement - declarar
函 archaic version for box, hako 箱
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03 June 2010
02 June 2010
駐輪の警告 - Bike parking warning
I found this sign near a subway station indicating the appropriate place to park your bicycle. Let's try to read it!
名古屋大学関係者の皆様
Nagoya daigaku kankeisha no minasama
People related to Nagoya University
警告 ここは駐輪禁止区域です。
keikoku koko ha chūrin kinshi kuiki desu.
Warning. In this area bicycle parking is prohibited.
右図の赤色で示した部分が駐輪禁止区域です。
uzu no sekishoku de shimeshita bubun ga chūrin kinshi kuiki desu.
The map on the right indicates in red the areas where bicycle parking is prohibited.
必ず、青色で示す駐輪場に駐輪して下さい。
kanarazu, seishoku de shimesu chūrinjō ni chūrin-shite kudasai.
Make sure you park your bike in the parking area indicated in blue.
Remember the Kanji 警? It appeared before indicating police 警察 KEIsatsu.
The Kanji 輪 (wheel - rueda) apart from the pronnunciation RIN, it can be pronnounced WA. For instance we have 指輪 yubiWA (finger ring - anillo). It is composed of a car 車 and it has the same right part as 論 (theory - teoria). The main theory or discover to create a car was made by the romans and it was the wheel!!
名古屋大学関係者の皆様
Nagoya daigaku kankeisha no minasama
People related to Nagoya University
警告 ここは駐輪禁止区域です。
keikoku koko ha chūrin kinshi kuiki desu.
Warning. In this area bicycle parking is prohibited.
右図の赤色で示した部分が駐輪禁止区域です。
uzu no sekishoku de shimeshita bubun ga chūrin kinshi kuiki desu.
The map on the right indicates in red the areas where bicycle parking is prohibited.
必ず、青色で示す駐輪場に駐輪して下さい。
kanarazu, seishoku de shimesu chūrinjō ni chūrin-shite kudasai.
Make sure you park your bike in the parking area indicated in blue.
Remember the Kanji 警? It appeared before indicating police 警察 KEIsatsu.
The Kanji 輪 (wheel - rueda) apart from the pronnunciation RIN, it can be pronnounced WA. For instance we have 指輪 yubiWA (finger ring - anillo). It is composed of a car 車 and it has the same right part as 論 (theory - teoria). The main theory or discover to create a car was made by the romans and it was the wheel!!
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