Lesson 3Indicating Things - Home - Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 Lesson 10 Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Lesson 13 Lesson 14 Lesson 15 Lesson 16 Lesson 17 Lesson 18 Lesson 19 Lesson 20 Lesson 21 Lesson 22 Lesson 23 Lesson 24 Lesson 25 Let's see Basic skit Advanced skit Key phrases Key phrase in different situations What's this? Let's see Culture quiz Let's try Develop vocabulary Learn onomatopoeia with manga Japanese around the world House View movie Explanation through photos Click (tap) to enlarge and show explanation. GateThis is the gate of a house. Because a large house is usually surrounded by a fence or wall, you go through the gate to enter the property. Most houses have an intercom near the gate and visitors can talk with persons in the house through it. Entrance doorYou open the entrance door and enter the house. There are various types of doors. EntranceThis is the entrance. It is decorated with a painting, flowers, and ornaments. There is a shoe cupboard, mat, and umbrella stand. Lining up shoesWhen you enter the house, you take off your shoes at the entrance. You shouldn't enter the house wearing your shoes. After taking them off, you neatly line up your shoes with other shoes on the entrance floor so that their toes face the entrance door. Shoe cupboardThis is a shoe cupboard. Shoes you don't wear are kept in it. Living roomFamily members gather in the living room. The living room is sometimes called an ima. If it is a Japanese-style room, it is called cha no ma. SofaMany homes have a sofa in the living room. Sitting on the sofa, people relax or watch television. TV and DVDThere are also a TV set and DVD player in the living room. Japanese traditional roomThis is a traditional Japanese room with tatami mats. It is usually used when guests come to the house. Fewer and fewer houses have a Japanese-style room these days. Tatami and zabutonTatami is made of igusa, or rush. In Japanese rooms, you sit on zabuton cushions, not a chair. ShojiThis is shoji, a screen or sliding door of wooden frames and paper. Shoji's role is similar to that of curtains. Wind can't pass through but the light can. TokonomaThere is a tokonoma, or elevated alcove where something is displayed, in a traditional Japanese room. It is at the far end of the room. Hanging scroll and flowersA hanging scroll or flowers are displayed in the tokonoma. The scroll or flowers are chosen according to the season. ToiletThis is a Western-style toilet. There are both Japanese-style toilets and Western-style toilets in Japan. Recently, Japanese-style toilets have been decreasing in number. Washlet 1Some Western-style toilet seats have a function to clean the buttocks with warm water. You operate it by pressing buttons on the panel. Washlet 2When you clean your buttocks, you press the oshiri [buttocks]button. Press the powerful button for a strong water flow or the mild button for a gentle water flow. The bidet button is for women. If you press the kanso [dry] button, you can dry your buttocks with warm air. Washlet 3When you press the button, warm water gushes out, cleaning the buttocks. When you want to stop the water, press the tomeru [stop] button. Bathroom 1This is an ofuro bathroom. It has two areas for different functions: there is a place where you wash your body, and the bathtub where you can soak in the hot water and warm yourself. Bathroom 2You first wash your body and hair outside the bathtub. You wash using a wash bowl with water taken from the tub, or showering. Showers in Japan usually come with a hose, and you can move it freely with your hands. Few showers are fixed to the wall in Japan. Bathroom 3After washing your body, you soak in the bath to warm yourself. In the bath, you mustn't wash your body and hair. You don't drain the tub after taking a bath, because family members use the same water. Bathroom 4Currently, some baths have a system that automatically fills the tub with hot water. You set the water temperature and quantity, and press the jido [automatic] button on the panel on the wall. If you press the oidaki [heat up] button, water that has cooled is heated up again. Bathroom 5When the bathtub is full, the system automatically stops the water. Bathroom 6Some baths have a voice function that tells you the bathwater is ready when the tub is filled with enough hot water. Lesson 3 Let's seeHouse Explanation through photos Image(ZIP)970KB Text data for "Let's see" Explanation through photos Culture quiz Lesson 3 Let's seeCulture quiz Slides PDF1.5MB Lesson 3 Let's seeCulture quiz Slides PowerPoint Slide(ZIP)2.1MB "Culture quiz" list
Explanation through photos Click (tap) to enlarge and show explanation. GateThis is the gate of a house. Because a large house is usually surrounded by a fence or wall, you go through the gate to enter the property. Most houses have an intercom near the gate and visitors can talk with persons in the house through it. Entrance doorYou open the entrance door and enter the house. There are various types of doors. EntranceThis is the entrance. It is decorated with a painting, flowers, and ornaments. There is a shoe cupboard, mat, and umbrella stand. Lining up shoesWhen you enter the house, you take off your shoes at the entrance. You shouldn't enter the house wearing your shoes. After taking them off, you neatly line up your shoes with other shoes on the entrance floor so that their toes face the entrance door. Shoe cupboardThis is a shoe cupboard. Shoes you don't wear are kept in it. Living roomFamily members gather in the living room. The living room is sometimes called an ima. If it is a Japanese-style room, it is called cha no ma. SofaMany homes have a sofa in the living room. Sitting on the sofa, people relax or watch television. TV and DVDThere are also a TV set and DVD player in the living room. Japanese traditional roomThis is a traditional Japanese room with tatami mats. It is usually used when guests come to the house. Fewer and fewer houses have a Japanese-style room these days. Tatami and zabutonTatami is made of igusa, or rush. In Japanese rooms, you sit on zabuton cushions, not a chair. ShojiThis is shoji, a screen or sliding door of wooden frames and paper. Shoji's role is similar to that of curtains. Wind can't pass through but the light can. TokonomaThere is a tokonoma, or elevated alcove where something is displayed, in a traditional Japanese room. It is at the far end of the room. Hanging scroll and flowersA hanging scroll or flowers are displayed in the tokonoma. The scroll or flowers are chosen according to the season. ToiletThis is a Western-style toilet. There are both Japanese-style toilets and Western-style toilets in Japan. Recently, Japanese-style toilets have been decreasing in number. Washlet 1Some Western-style toilet seats have a function to clean the buttocks with warm water. You operate it by pressing buttons on the panel. Washlet 2When you clean your buttocks, you press the oshiri [buttocks]button. Press the powerful button for a strong water flow or the mild button for a gentle water flow. The bidet button is for women. If you press the kanso [dry] button, you can dry your buttocks with warm air. Washlet 3When you press the button, warm water gushes out, cleaning the buttocks. When you want to stop the water, press the tomeru [stop] button. Bathroom 1This is an ofuro bathroom. It has two areas for different functions: there is a place where you wash your body, and the bathtub where you can soak in the hot water and warm yourself. Bathroom 2You first wash your body and hair outside the bathtub. You wash using a wash bowl with water taken from the tub, or showering. Showers in Japan usually come with a hose, and you can move it freely with your hands. Few showers are fixed to the wall in Japan. Bathroom 3After washing your body, you soak in the bath to warm yourself. In the bath, you mustn't wash your body and hair. You don't drain the tub after taking a bath, because family members use the same water. Bathroom 4Currently, some baths have a system that automatically fills the tub with hot water. You set the water temperature and quantity, and press the jido [automatic] button on the panel on the wall. If you press the oidaki [heat up] button, water that has cooled is heated up again. Bathroom 5When the bathtub is full, the system automatically stops the water. Bathroom 6Some baths have a voice function that tells you the bathwater is ready when the tub is filled with enough hot water. Lesson 3 Let's seeHouse Explanation through photos Image(ZIP)970KB Text data for "Let's see" Explanation through photos
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