Anakin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hi Jeyjen-san, The word 'san' is a suffix. It is kinda like Mr./Ms./Mrs. It has phonetically changed from 'sama', a more polite form. It shows respect or affection to the person/animal you mention. In case of a child, pet, brothers/sisters, close family and friends, or someone /something we adore, we usually use 'chan' instead; e.g. Mika chan, Anakin-chan, my little rose chan (my dear little rose tree). By using chan we show affection to that person/animal/things. If I call him Mika sama, it surely would sound silly (lol). He is Mika chan. So, in order of politeness, 1. sama (most polite form; usually we use it for clients/patients, someone you provide services) 2. san (most commonly used/versatile form; you can use this for someone you know/you do not know. But we do not use it when we mention our family, colleagues/bosses to a third-party) 3. chan (used in case of close relationship or someone very young) For Freddie Mercury, I would rather use Freddie sama, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Oh yes, Jeyjen, when you come to Japan, please let us know! We will be happy to show you around! You have got friends all over the world! POWER of LOVE LOVE MIKA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshie Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hello miori-mary and Anakin! I'm planning to go with my friend! I'm looking forward to seeing you and MIKA fans!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 sugoi! Lots of new nihon-jin members! Mika must be loved in Nippon! Konnichiwa minna-san! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Sky Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Ha, s & h & i & t turns automatically ****, how funny, lol! Hi Anakin, Miori-Mary and all I tried to write Hajimemash*te once before and had the censor happen!! Now I am in Melbourne, on my sister's non-JP computer, so can't even write any Nihongo, but Konnichiwa to all new/old Nihonjin fans, I am Blue Sky from Tokyo, the crazy addicted overwhelmed obasan who met Mika last Monday night, and have not been normal ever since. I am sitting through the conference sessions here, gazing at my Mika pics ALL DAY...okashikunatchatta. Byoki mitai...hokano hanashi wa dekinakunachatte sa.... But I am converting all the conference attendees to Mika!! Very funny!! I am glad there is a Japanese thread Mary, I said that to people at Liquid Room on Monday. Hey you guys, get on MFC and start a JP thread!!! So now we have one. Excellent. BTW Mary, your sig says #3 fan, who are #1 and 2? Yoroshiku onegaishima-su!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Howday Blue Sky! Thanks again for everything you did for us at the gig! How could we thank you! <I am sitting through the conference sessions here, gazing at my Mika pics ALL DAY...okashikunatchatta. Byoki mitai...hokano hanashi wa dekinakunachatte sa.... But I am converting all the conference attendees to Mika!! Hahahahahaha! You are surrounded by how many Mika?! Good thing you are not turning them into sausage or something else with an imaginary wand, lol! Pretty much the same at Mixi (ladies FYI Mixi is a social networking service in Japan and we have a fan club there called We Love Mika!). People do not seem to know how to live after he is GONE (sigh. Too short). Mika Mika darling, you are such a naughty boy, making all the girls an boys crazy about you. Tsumi na hito ne! Ikenai ko yo! Blue Sky ga byoki ni nacchatta jya nai! Anata ga Blue Sky wo annmari tsuyoku hug suru kara yo! (I said Blue Sky is gone crazy since Mika hugged her so hard) ! ミカ病よ! I love Melbourne! My favorite destination! I go to Australia once a year to dive at GBR, then down to Sydney & Melbourne for the amazing FOOD. One of the best in the world! I never miss Balmoral beach and the Bather's pavillion (a famous restaurant)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeyJen Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hi Jeyjen-san, The word 'san' is a suffix. It is kinda like Mr./Ms./Mrs. It has phonetically changed from 'sama', a more polite form. It shows respect or affection to the person/animal you mention. In case of a child, pet, brothers/sisters, close family and friends, or someone /something we adore, we usually use 'chan' instead; e.g. Mika chan, Anakin-chan, my little rose chan (my dear little rose tree). By using chan we show affection to that person/animal/things. If I call him Mika sama, it surely would sound silly (lol). He is Mika chan. So, in order of politeness, 1. sama (most polite form; usually we use it for clients/patients, someone you provide services) 2. san (most commonly used/versatile form; you can use this for someone you know/you do not know. But we do not use it when we mention our family, colleagues/bosses to a third-party) 3. chan (used in case of close relationship or someone very young) For Freddie Mercury, I would rather use Freddie sama, lol! oh thank you very much for the exhaustive explaination anakin-san (right?!? )!! now i understand ^__^ i really hope to be able to visit your country soon! i'll let you know when i come! ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Cazgirl chan! Konnichiwa! Hai, Mika ha, everywhere desu! He said he would be back next year, but looking at the crazy crowd at the gig, I guess the gig will be at much larger concert hall... Blue Sky help us getting the best spot for all of us, ppppplease! Oh Blue sky now Mary is the moderator of WLM. I have retired. I cannot spend much time at Mixi anymore because I work for looooong hours on PC, and my doctor said less time! Oops looks like I will live here...danger! I have got to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hi Anakin, Miori-Mary and allI tried to write Hajimemash*te once before and had the censor happen!! Now I am in Melbourne, on my sister's non-JP computer, so can't even write any Nihongo, but Konnichiwa to all new/old Nihonjin fans, I am Blue Sky from Tokyo, the crazy addicted overwhelmed obasan who met Mika last Monday night, and have not been normal ever since. I am sitting through the conference sessions here, gazing at my Mika pics ALL DAY...okashikunatchatta. Byoki mitai...hokano hanashi wa dekinakunachatte sa.... But I am converting all the conference attendees to Mika!! Very funny!! I am glad there is a Japanese thread Mary, I said that to people at Liquid Room on Monday. Hey you guys, get on MFC and start a JP thread!!! So now we have one. Excellent. BTW Mary, your sig says #3 fan, who are #1 and 2? Yoroshiku onegaishima-su!! omg u met him? and i had no idea? did you create a report about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIINA Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 wow! finally you started this thread, Mary. I'm glad to see you all new Japanese fans in here. yoroshiku~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miori-mary Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 BTW Mary, your sig says #3 fan, who are #1 and 2? Yoroshiku onegaishima-su!! Hi Blue Sky!! All the guys in the conference look like MIKA to you? LOL I wish that happened to me. Doredake ganbattemo otto wa MIKA ni mienai yo... When are you coming back to Japan? About #1 and 2 Mika fans in Japan, duh! Of course it's you and Anakin, though I can't quite decide which is more of a MIKA maniac!! Yoshie-san, Great! It will probably be in Umeda. Umeda kinpen de, dokoka lunch dekiru tokoro arimasennka? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miori-mary Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 wow! finally you started this thread, Mary. I'm glad to see you all new Japanese fans in here. yoroshiku~ Hi Miina! Ohisashiburi♪ How's it going lately? How's your lovely cat doing? Nihon no fan mo fuete kitakara Japanese thread hoshiina tte omottano. (ローマ字苦手…見れない方、文字化け許してね) Miina, do you happen to live in the Kanasai area? If you do, you have to come to the Karaoke event. I'd love to meet you in person:wink2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniCaz Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 gomen-nasai to bother you, but does anyone here listen to Chihiro Onitsuka? Does anyone have "Beautiful Fighter" in mp3 format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 CazGirl chan, Yes, You will find the reports here; http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4754&page=23 Blue Sky, you uploaded photos somewhere, right? Videos; http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=anakinglobewalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miori-mary Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 CazGirl-san, Here's Blue Sky's album. It's in the Liquid thread but it might be time-consuming to find it. http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/blueskymika/Mika%20July%2030%20Tokyo/ Blue Sky, katteni nosete gomennne. Minna BS to MIKA no SUBARASHII shashinga mitaito omottakara ne... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miori-mary Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 Aug 13th, Karaoke Event Currently 9 people are signed up, 3 more will come if they can get the day off from work. :-) And of course, there will be people who just show up on that day. Place ↓ カラオケの予約@茶屋町スーパージャンカラ、入れときました 『ミーカF.C.』で14時から3時間、10名+α We will be meeting for lunch before Karaoke. Will let you know when the restaurant is decided. Any suggestions, Yoshie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIINA Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Hi Miina!Ohisashiburi♪ How's it going lately? How's your lovely cat doing? Nihon no fan mo fuete kitakara Japanese thread hoshiina tte omottano. (ローマ字苦手…見れない方、文字化け許してね) Miina, do you happen to live in the Kanasai area? If you do, you have to come to the Karaoke event. I'd love to meet you in person:wink2: 下がるの早いですね やっぱり日本人はまだまだ少ないのかな。 BTW, Mika's brother was cuter than Mika:naughty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshie Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Aug 13th, Karaoke Event Currently 9 people are signed up, 3 more will come if they can get the day off from work. :-) And of course, there will be people who just show up on that day. Place ↓ カラオケの予約@茶屋町スーパージャンカラ、入れときました 『ミーカF.C.』で14時から3時間、10名+α We will be meeting for lunch before Karaoke. Will let you know when the restaurant is decided. Any suggestions, Yoshie? shigoto ni ikunode kaisha de Hot Pepper wo mite mimasu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 okay, I LOVE this nihongo advert by Morning Musume! It's about Pocky! the song is catchy, but can someone write down the words in ROMAJI please? arigatou gozaima~su! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimie Nishikura Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Because I live in Kanagawa, I cannot participate in the karaoke, but please enjoy it. Blue Sky!!!! Do you remember me? I'm Julian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When do you come back to Japan? わたしも英語勉強中なのでたすかりますわ・・・ I want to meet Mary as soon as possible Then,mixi see you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monami Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Hello miory-mary, Anakin, Blue Sky, Kimie and all, This is my first post on the MFC. Yoroshiku ne! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIINA Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 okay, I LOVE this nihongo advert by Morning Musume! It's about Pocky! the song is catchy, but can someone write down the words in ROMAJI please? arigatou gozaima~su! Hi! CazGirl, here you are poki poki pocky oshiri furi furi poki ki ki ki poki poki pocky yume ni deru hodo poki ki ki ki poki poki pocky nebou shi ta kedo poki ki ki ki poki poki pocky poki ki poki poki pocky poki ki ki ki quite an old commercial...BTW:blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasabi_tea Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Hi, Miina! Kocchi koso yoroshiku! ところで、wasabi_teaって、わさびのお茶??? うん、そう! あまりおいしくなさそうな飲み物ね! Un, sou! Amari oishiku nasasou na nomimono ne! Yup, that's right! It's not a very tasty-sounding drink, is it? *LOL* (This is my attempt at using colloquial Japanese, LOL...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanata Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Hi there! I've joined Mika fan club today. This is my first post!! みなさん、こんにちは。We Love Mikaからこちらのスレッドにきました。 先日のライブに私も行きましたが、想像以上に楽しく、凄すぎて。。。 開場前にBlue Skyさんをお見かけしました。一緒にいた方たちがMFCのメンバーなのですね! たまごっち柄の浴衣とてもかわいくて、似合っていました!! 日本語で思いっきり書いてしまいましたが、今後は英語で!頑張ります。 Sanata:blush-anim-cl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniCaz Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Hi there! I've joined Mika fan club today. This is my first post!! みなさん、こんにちは。We Love Mikaからこちらのスレッドにきました。 先日のライブに私も行きましたが、想像以上に楽しく、凄すぎて。。。 開場前にBlue Skyさんをお見かけしました。一緒にいた方たちがMFCのメンバーなのですね! たまごっち柄の浴衣とてもかわいくて、似合っていました!! 日本語で思いっきり書いてしまいましたが、今後は英語で!頑張ります。 Sanata:blush-anim-cl: konnichiwa! welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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