Comments on: Kudamono http://nihongoagogo.com/2010/07/kudamono/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kudamono japanese brain amenity for a super happy talking time fun! Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hackerhaus http://nihongoagogo.com/2010/07/kudamono/comment-page-1/#comment-42 hackerhaus Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:00:53 +0000 http://nihongoagogo.com/?p=599#comment-42 The Japanese do this all the time. In fact, they'll often even put two characters together that, for all practical intents and purposes, mean pretty much the same thing. 鍛錬, for example, means tempering, disciplining, or forging. The characters are 鍛 [たん], meaning "to forge/to train" and 錬 [れん], meaning "to temper/to train." I guess it's done for emphasis or coloring the meaning. Both characters have the radical for gold (金), indicating a metallurgical forging process.<br><br>They're also fond of repeating the same character, as in words like 時時 (usually written 時々, with 々 being a sort of short hand for "repeat the previous character"). In this case, the word is time-time, which means "sometimes" or "occasionally." The Japanese do this all the time. In fact, they'll often even put two characters together that, for all practical intents and purposes, mean pretty much the same thing. 鍛錬, for example, means tempering, disciplining, or forging. The characters are 鍛 [たん], meaning “to forge/to train” and 錬 [れん], meaning “to temper/to train.” I guess it's done for emphasis or coloring the meaning. Both characters have the radical for gold (金), indicating a metallurgical forging process.

They're also fond of repeating the same character, as in words like 時時 (usually written 時々, with 々 being a sort of short hand for “repeat the previous character”). In this case, the word is time-time, which means “sometimes” or “occasionally.”

]]> By: Brevemike http://nihongoagogo.com/2010/07/kudamono/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Brevemike Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:54 +0000 http://nihongoagogo.com/?p=599#comment-37 ?? if the first character means fruit, is the second character a modifier? Why use a second character? ?? if the first character means fruit, is the second character a modifier? Why use a second character?

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