For beginner to perhaps intermediate-level students, Japanese words, phrases, and expressions, as learned by an American living in Tokyo. . Some of it I absorbed from my surroundings--slang, abbreviated terms, or new katakana-ized words that have recently entered the Japanese language. Some words are straight-up conventional vocabulary that I've found helpful to know, either in the classroom (where I taught English) or in everyday life, and some words just make me smile.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
文化的多元主義 (ぶんかてきたげんしゅぎ)
I hope I have the right kanji; to tell the truth, after the bun, this one's far beyond my reading abilities. I'm trying to write bunkatekitagenshugi, which is a mouthful that means multiculturalism, to the best of my knowledge. The bunka means culture, and shugi is the word for -ism. I'll have to learn the other syllables. This is one of those words that I don't often have a chance to use, but I remember it because I like the concept.
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