17.Jan.2010 Parents
jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_257()’,5000);window.setTimeout(‘loadFBLike_257()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_257(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-257′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_257′).attr(‘width’,’53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_257′).attr(‘height’,’69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_257′).attr(‘src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://nihongoagogo.com/2010/01/parents/&size=large’); }); } function loadFBLike_257(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fblike-257′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBLIKE_AJAX_257′).attr(‘width’,’450′);$(‘.DD_FBLIKE_AJAX_257′).attr(‘height’,’25′);$(‘.DD_FBLIKE_AJAX_257′).attr(‘src’,'http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://nihongoagogo.com/2010/01/parents/&show_faces=false’); }); }The Japanese word for one’s parents is 両親 [りょうしん], which literally means “both parents.” If you want to refer to someone else’s parents, just slap a 御 [ご] honorific prefix on the front of it: 御両親. Your father [...]
16.Jan.2010 Siblings
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