General Knowledge: Welcome to Japan

Asia khaw chhak tawpa thliarkar lian pali leh thliarkar tê 4,000-in a siam Japan ram hi ram lar tak a ni a, hre lo kan tlem hlein a rinawm. He ram hi history ropui tak nei, tunlai thiamna 'modern technology' lama hmingthang tak a ni a, tun tum chu he ram ropui tak hi kan belchiang dawn a ni.

Official name: Japan

Population: 127,078,679 (July 2009-a an inchhiarna)

Capital: Tokyo

Official Language: Japanese

Size: 145,883 square miles (377,835 square kilometers)

Climate: Chhim lam a lum a,hmar lam a vawt.

Pawisa: Yen

Products: rice; fish; motor vehicles, electronic equipment

HISTORY

500-600: Japan ramah Buddhism a lut tan a, tunah hian Japanese 70% chu Buddhist sakhaw zuitu an ni.

1274-1281: Sipai pawl shoguns chuan Japan-ah ro an rel a, an ram beih tumtu lakah Japan an venghim hneh hle.

1853: United States lawng sipai hotu lal tak Matthew Perry chu Japan-ah a lut a, Japan chu US nena insumdawn tawn turin a phut a ni.

1868-1912: Japan lal Meiji hnuaiah Japan chu a hausain a chak hle a, China leh Russia nena an indonaah pawh hnehna an chang.

1910: Japan-in Korea a awp tan a, 1945 hma zawng kum 35 a awp a ni.

1923: Lirnghing rapthlak tak, Great Kanto Earthwquake a thleng a, he lirnghing hi khawvel chanchina lirnghing rapthlak berte zinga mi a ni a, Tokyo leh Yokohama khawpui a chhe nasa em em a, mi 140,000 chuang an thi.

1926: Hirohito chu lal a ni tan.

1931: Japan-in Manchuria, China a rûn a, 1937-ah Japan leh China an indo leh a ni.

1940-1941: Khawvel indopui pahnihnaah Japan chu Germany leh Italy nen an thawkho a. December 7, 1941-ah Japan-in Hawaii-a US lawng sipai hmun Pearl Harbour a rûn.

1945: US-in Hiroshima leh Nagasaki-ah atom bomb a thlak a, Japan chuan khawvel indopui pahnihna a tlawmsan tih a puang.

1964: Tokyo khawpuiin Summer Olympics a thleng a, hei hi Asia khawmualpuia Olympics an nghah vawi khatna a ni.

JAPANESE TAWNG

TV-ah te, film-ahte Japanese-ho tawng i hre tawh thin maithei a, mahse engnge an sawi i hre kher lo vang. Japan ram pawh i la tlawh maithei a, hriatzauna atan hrim hrim pawh an tawng tlem a zawng tal thiam hi a tha hle awm e. Hengte hi lo chhinchhiah ang che.

good morning

(tuk chhuah nuam le)

ohayo gozaimasu (oh-hah-yoh goh-zye-mahs)

hello

konnichi wa (kohn-nee-chee wah)

excuse me

(min hrethiam lawk teh.)

sumimasen (soo-me-mah-sen)

yes (aw)

hai (hi)

no (aih)

iie (ee-ay)

thank you (ka lawm e.)

arigato (ah-ree-gah-toh)

goodbye (dam takin)

sayonara (sah-yoh-nah-rah)

good night (mangtha)

oyasumi nasai (oh-yah-soo-mee nah-sigh)

My name is Mika. (Ka hming chu Mika a ni.)

Watashi wa Mika. (wa-ta-shee-wa-mee-ka-des)

Do you speak Japanese? (Japanese tawng i thiam em?)

Nihongo o hanashimasu ka? (nee-hon-go-o-ha-na-she-mas-ka?)

What time is it? (Dar engzatnge?)

Nan ji desu ka? (naan-gee-des-ka?)

Japanese naupang hun hman dan

Ka hming chu Ryuishi Kishi a ni a, kum 10 mi ka ni. Tokyo khawpui atanga mel 70-a hla, Maebashioa khawpuiah ka nu leh pa, ka pi leh ka farnute nen kan cheng a, nitina ka hun hman dan tlangpui hi lo chhiar la, Japanese naupangte min hmelhriat na'n i lo hmang dawn nia.

6:00 A.M: Alarm clock-in min tiharh a, weather report ka en a, ka thawmhnaw hak tur ka thlang a. Ka nu leh pate tan weather report entu ka ni bawk.

6:30 A.M: Ka nau hmeichhia, ka farnu Nao ka kai tho a, TV-ah news kan en a, tukthuan (breakfast) tur buatsaihin Okasan (Japanese tawngin ka nu tihna) kan pui thin. A tlangpuiin buhfai var, sangha, thlai chhum, miso (bekang kan) leh soup-te kan ei tlangpui a ni. Kan hmanhmawh viau chuan cereal chauh pawh kan ei tho.

7:30 A.M: Hmai ka phih a, ha ka nawt a, kan thenawma naupang dang pariat tawk turin Nao nen kan chhuak a, kawng te tak teah school panin line khatin kan inzui thliah thliah a, minute 25 vel kan kal tlangpui thin. Dar 8:20-ah school kan tan a, kan zavaiin kan intlar phawt a, zirtirtute'n attendance an endik hnuah school kan tan tak tak a ni.

8:50: Class kan tan a, kan subject hmasa ber chu mathematics a ni. Tunah tak hian division kan zir a, math hi ka ngaina hle. A chhan chu problem solve hi nuam ka tih em em an ni. Maths zawhah science kan zir leh a, air pressure kan zir mek a, silai lem toy popgun hmangin kan tichhin a, silai lem kah pawp pawp chu a nuam hle a ni.

10:50 A.M. Gym kal hun a ni a, gymnastic kan ti thin. Gym kan kal zawhah shosha kan ti leh a, chu chu thil ziah chhawn hmanga hawrawp zirna a ni. Chumi zawhah ink dum tha bik, brush leh Japanese lehkha hmangin kutziak (calligraphy) kan zir leh thin.

12:25 P.M.! Chhun chaw ei hun. Miso maden noodles te, thlai kan te, chhang kan te, soyabean snack-te leh bawnghnute te kan ei thin. Chaw ei khamah kan intifai a, kan group chu school luhna lai tifaitu kan ni a, hmun kan phiatfai a, school chhuat kan nawt bawk thin.

1:55: Japanese class kan kal leh.

3:00: School kan bang ta. Kan haw a, Nao leh kan thiante nen kawtah kan infiam a, video games kan khel bawk a, cartoon lar tak atanga an siam chhuah Doraemon games khelh nuam ka ti hle. Cartoonist nih ka duh a, homework ka tih zawhah cartoon ziah ka zir thin a, a chang chuan zanriah buaipuiin Otosan (ka pa tihna) ka tanpui thin.

7:00 P.M: Zanriah ei turin kan chhungin kan thu khawm a, chawhmehah chuan vawksa leh purun var kan pawlh, 'ginger pork' hi ka duh ber a ni. Otosan hian chawhmeh a siam thiam hle a, puar takin ka ei a, ka ei khamah ka inbual a, ka mu thin. Mangtha le!