Vocabulary- Road to 200 words Please help me out if they are wrong. :) yǒu(have) mǎi(buy) máng(busy, hurry)　 zhù(live,stop) tā(she,he) tāmen(they) nèige(that) mǎidan(pay the bill) fù(pay,fee) zài(at) shàng(on, top of, upon, above) xià(under, below)　 zuǒ biān(left) yòu bin(right) xià cì(next time) qián(money) miàn bāo(bread) cài dān(menu) hǎokàn(good looking) shāo dǎng(wait a moment)

I Wish I Had Gone Inside of Himeji Castle If I hadn’t forgotten a bag, I would have been into the Himeji Castle - by coincidence, with seeing pictures of the university graduation trip with my friends, it reminded me of memory. Himeji Castle is well preserved and extremely beautiful one built 400 years ago in Japan. Naturally, we were exciting to visit here. Just right out of a railway station exit, I noticed I had forgotten a bag in a train when transferring several minutes ago. I rushed back to take it because the Castle would close very soon, at 5 o’clock. Despite I told friends to go ahead, they were waiting for me. Eventually, though we couldn’t make it, all of us were completely overwhelmed by the large existence of the old architecture, even just looking around from outside. On the way back to the station, I turned around again and again; Himeji Castle in a sunset was breathtaking as if only its time was stopped. It was just too beautiful. Although this may be exaggerating, I felt I could hear the sound of footsteps by people in the Castle town. I really wanted to enter.

family, conjunction, basic verb bàba/father māma/mother mèimei/younger sister jiějie/elder sister dìdi/younger brother gēge/elder brother jīntiān/today míngtiān/tomorrow shéma/what shéi/who nǎ/which zhéma/how,why nǎr/where nàr/there háishi/and,or kěshì/but kěyǐ/can yào/want,need xiǎng/want,hope,think quì/go kàn/see rènshi/know

pin yin or Chinese character? (in typing)

My Mandarin level is at very beginner. The other day I instoled Chinese typing in my computer and  found that its typing was quite difficult. Then I gave up it for now.

 

And something in my mind, which should I give priority, Chinese character or pin yin? Any tips?

 

(The language and my mother tongue have something in common BUT it's foreign language.) 

instead of saying 'No' As GROWNUPS, when you express negative nuance, what phrases do you use instead of 'no'? I know it's necessary to say clearly 'no' in English language when you oppose. On the other hand, I suppose you would use different way of saying that is depend on situation. examples; -I don' think so. -I'm afraid +negative sentence...... I've felt these phrases have softer nuance than 'no' though, I'm not sure.

What is a summer festival of your country like? The other day, an early summer festival was held in my town. Traditionally, a Japanese summer festival had had some religious reasons. Also it had been held to care for peasantry who had worked hard since April. Nowadays, such origins tend to be not outstanding regarding with some festivals. 　The festival of my town is one of them. There’re many booths selling snacks, portable dishes, toys, masks, in a certain area of a shrine. People wear Yukata, which is traditional casual summer clothing made from cotton, to go there. Mainly women and kids wear it, while few men have it generally. The festival would be a date location among young people. Magazines for female issued on summer features special article such as ‘how to wear Yukata properly’, ‘how to arrange hair for Yukata’. 　 　To sum it up, the festival is one of big events on summer for everyone- not only young people but families.

Nuance of some verbs (on conversation) I'm confusing when it comes to nuance among these verbs respectively when describing thoughts and feelings. I've already studied their meanings on a dictionary. But when I watch English movies or dramas, the translation is sometimes same, sometimes different with their conversational meanings. It pretty looks it depends on situation. Could you take examples when you use those verbs on general conversation? Here are the verbs I need your help; <suppose guess think believe bet assume> I'll rank it from one's certain thoughts to one's assumption just in case. #1 believe (I've only seen a lawyer speak in a law movie; one is very confident with something??) #2 bet (I only use as saying 'I bet so') #3 think (I use this very often.) #4 guess #5 suppose (soft nuance??) #6 assume

Forget or Forgot? Just at the moment when you notice you forget something, which tence would you use, 'I forget~' or 'I forgot~'? Is 'forget something' considered to be already past? Hypothesis situation : #1 You just get out of your house, you forget to bring your purse. #2 Arriving the workplace, you notice you forget to bring important documents.

some phrase to speak in a modest/humble way Would you suggest me some modest phrase other than 'Thank you' ? Some of my English speaking friends gives me compliment and I basically accept it by saying 'thank you'. However, I feel sometimes that is too much for me- I don't mean to underestimate anything about me. At the same time I don't want to deny their word....What should I say in a modest way? What would you respond if somebody say too good things about you? For example (my case), 'You're lovely.' or 'You're English is really good. You'll be able to live in English speaking countries without any troubles.'