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Are you learning Japanese well these days?
I think there are various learning goals such as business Japanese that you usually use at work, daily conversation, and studying for the JLPT exam in December.
We would like to introduce one story this time and absorb some Japanese from it so that it will be useful for your learning as much as possible.
This time, let's learn "color name" and "bird name" together.
The title of the story to introduce is "Fashionable Crow".
Let's think a little before reading the text.
How many color names and bird types can you say in Japanese?
Color names appear in beginner textbooks, so I think you know some of them. There are many colors in the story, so make sure you know them all.
What about the bird's name? I think there are many people who don't use it often and are unfamiliar with it. However, there are many proverbs and idioms in Japanese that include the names of birds. Please take this opportunity to check it out to increase your Japanese vocabulary.
"Fashionable crow"
At one point, God gathered the birds and said.
"Let's decide the king of birds tomorrow morning. The most beautiful of all is the king."
The birds are in a hurry to hear that.
"I am the king, shining in seven colors!"
The peacock spread its big wings.
"Is my pure white feather the most beautiful and fashionable?"
The swan pretended to say.
"I am the king of the color of the sun!"
The bright red parrot also shouted with confidence.
The birds all thought they were the most beautiful.
Everyone appealed their beauty to their mouths and went to the river to bathe and trim their feathers with their beaks so that they would look more beautiful.
However, the crow
"Ah, I can't be a king because I'm all black, but I want to be a king."
Then, I imitated everyone and went to the river.
Then all the birds had finished bathing and had returned.
A lot of feathers of various birds are falling here and there.
The crow came up with a good idea.
"This can be used ...!"
The crow was overjoyed and picked up all the feathers: red, yellow, pink on green, white on purple ...
Then, I put beautiful feathers on my black body all night long.
The next morning, the birds gathered at God.
"Well, who is that nice person?"
"What a wonderful feather!"
The birds saw the colorful crows and said.
God was very impressed
"I've never seen such a beautiful bird. Let's decide on the king."
said.
At that time, a bird said.
"Oh, this is my feather!"
Other birds also noticed.
"The white feathers are mine!"
"The bright red feathers are me!"
Everyone plucked their feathers because they were from crows.
And not only did the crows return to their original blackness, but they were also poked a lot and became more shabby than they were originally.
How was it?
It was a little difficult, it was easy, I didn't understand! I think you have different impressions, but how many color names and bird names do you know?
Now, based on the content of this story, I will talk about the image of colors and the image of birds.
The main character in this story was a crow. Here, it appears as "a bird that is pitch black and not beautiful at all". What kind of image do you think of "black" and "crow"?
In Japan, "black" has many negative images such as criminal, ominous, and losing, but it also has positive images such as noble and high-class. Also, the clothes worn by judges who must make the right judge are also black because black does not stain other colors.
I think that "crows" do not live in some countries, but the types of crows in Japan still have a slightly negative image, such as being noisy, dirty, and scary. However, crows are also famous as very smart birds.
Crows have a high proportion of their brains to their body weight, so they are said to have the ability to identify human faces and solve problems. Even in the "fashionable crow", you were doing a very smart act of collecting everyone's feathers and attaching them to yourself. When I think about it, I feel that the crows are a little poor. I talked about the image of "black" and "crow" earlier, but things always have a good image and a bad image. For the crows in this story, if you think "black is a noble and wonderful color!" And compete with black feathers with your own luster, the impression from other birds may have changed as well. hey!
This time, we introduced the story of "fashionable crows" and information on colors and birds.
Did you have any new words or knowledge that you could learn? We hope you find it useful for learning Japanese. Also, I would like you to introduce what kind of impression you have on colors and birds in your country.
As you can see, it was fun at Koharu Japanese Office and I didn't know it! We have an online lesson where you can discover Japanese, so why don't you try your best to learn Japanese together?
We look forward to supporting your learning.
