Hi, everyone! Today, I'm going to practice writing hiragana and some concepts that are important for studying with different brushes, pens and pencils.
So, let's get started. I've got these 3 brushes, but I'm not sure if they're Japanese or Chinese, but right now, I don't write with them.
I will try to write some simple hiragana with some pencils.
Okay, this is a normal HB pencil; and this one is like this B6,... and B8 or 8B. I'm not sure. Let's do this.
I printed out the letters or hiragana. And... let's try learning. So far none of them look good.
Let's try with this. 0.2 first. This one looks nice.
0.4 OK. . I should look carefully for the spaces and the lines. As I told you, I do that, but unfortunately, this goes the wrong way.
Okay. What about this one? Okay. I didn't like this one. No!
Okay. Let's try something else. (So, this is an ashtray, but I'm going to use it as an ink stone. I think it looks cool and this paper also looks cool. But I don't know how to use them, but that's okay. It's just for the video. And I hope I don't make a mess here.)
Let's find a video that I need to work on. Let's wet the brush first. I'll use this little one. If you can read this, I think that's correct.
Next one! I'm using the next one. Please let me know what's written here. (8:40) I'm not sure if you see it. Okay, I wrote it, but it's really big, but that's okay. I'll write the rest here. No problem!
Okay. This one looks like this...nintai. I think that's the pronunciation. Nintai.
OK.
The last one with the bigger brush. Let's try hiragana this time because it's a little difficult to write kanji. Keizoku/keitsoku I think so. This one goes smoothly. I need another page for the rest of this word. I'm not sure about the order of strokes, but I think if I don't follow the order, it's easier for me to write. I don't know why I don't like to follow the rules. I think I should follow the rules. And even if I want to follow the rules, my hands don't cooperate. OK. Ke it zo ku means consistency.
I need ... I need keizoku to learn hiragana. And what was the last one? Nantei (nintai: patience). I need patience and also the word that I wrote was doryaku(doryoku:effort): effort.
I should work on my pronunciation, too. Maybe I'll try shadowing after this.
But I think overall, it's... it looks so cool and I love it.
Thanks so much for watching. Bye.
It's 15 minutes. You're welcome to give me some feedback on my pronunciation, too.
I know this is very hard because I've done the similar things about porcelain painting. You are doing awesome! I really enjoyed watching your video.
Thanks so much for your support, Yumi! I hope I get good at it as you are in porcelain. BTW, do you pronounce the letter Z like z or ts in Japanese?
The stroke order is hard to follow. It feels like there's a lot of rules, but if you follow them, the characters flow more easily and will look more natural and balanced. I will never forget the order for 女. My teacher said "women are ninjas, so they are くノ一 (kunoichi)"
Now I'll never forget it, thanks to your story. Thanks so much, Amie!
Good morning, @Zobayda !
In Japanese, the pronunciation of the letter "Z" depends on the word and the phonetic context. It is generally pronounced as "z" (like in "zebra") but sometimes can sound closer to "dz" (a combination of "d" and "z"). For example: ざ (za), ず (zu), ぜ (ze), ぞ (zo )pronounced like "za," "zu," "ze," and "zo" in English. じ (ji) and ぢ (ji)often pronounced as "ji" (like "gee" in "geese") but can sometimes sound like "dzi" (similar to "j" in "jeep").
The letter "Z" is not pronounced as "ts" (like in "tsunami"). However, some people may mishear the "dz" sound as "ts" in fast speech.
Good Morning! Thanks! I was really confused. Appreciate you, Yumi! Have a wonderful day!
Thank you! You too!!