Japanese question...

[Anayo]

I have this kids' kanji dictionary I found at a local bookstore. This is on the back:



I read this as, "Kono kanji jiten wa totemo kanji ga ii!"
English: "This Chinese character dictionary is very good kanji(???)!"

I've always wondered what kind of homophone wackiness is going on here. It's obviously a pun, I just don't know what the second kanji means. Can anyone explain?

[Flake]

I'm fluent in Chinese but the puns and colloquialisms always escape me. It's the same for any student of any language not native to them. Since you don't understand the culture, you'll never get the jokes.

I'm not sure what they're saying but it's probably pretty funny to a Japanese. To the rest of us, it's just moonspeak. Any native speakers here?

[Breetai]

I have this kids' kanji dictionary I found at a local bookstore. This is on the back:


I read this as, "Kono kanji jiten wa totemo kanji ga ii!"
English: "This Chinese character dictionary is very good kanji(???)!"

I've always wondered what kind of homophone wackiness is going on here. It's obviously a pun, I just don't know what the second kanji means. Can anyone explain?

The second kanji in "kanji"(漢字) is just "character/letter". I guess it's just trying to show kids the relationship between the word in kanji and in hiragana? No idea. I'm just somewhat conversational in the language.

From what I know, they (Japanese) often make word plays on kanji. Common type of pun, ね?


ぼくは カナダ人, ね? Haha, I like doing that.

[Anayo]

I think a better question to ask would be, what does かんじがいい mean?

This book is full of silly puns, and I get a few of them, but not this one. That bothers me. XD

[hashiriya1]

"kanji" (感じ) also means "feeling" or "sensation" so "kanji ga ii" means "feels good". Very similar to "Kimochi ii"

So that sentence means "This kanji book feels great!"

[Anayo]

Oh! 感じ. I knew that one.

Thanks hashiriya.

[hashiriya1]

Oh! 感じ. I knew that one.

Thanks hashiriya.

Anytime


Good luck with your studies.

[Breetai]

"kanji" (感じ) also means "feeling" or "sensation" so "kanji ga ii" means "feels good". Very similar to "Kimochi ii"

So that sentence means "This kanji book feels great!"

Ohhhhhhhhh... Well, that opens a who new can of worms. In my mind, when I read "kimochi ii" I hear it with a voice of a female in her late teens/early 20s. Probably that is not good.

[hashiriya1]

In my mind, when I read "kimochi ii" I hear it with a voice of a female in her late teens/early 20s. Probably that is not good.

ドすけべ

[lisalover1]

ぼくは カナダ人, ね? Haha, I like doing that.

:ロル: =