IPU NEW ZEALAND Japanese Taster Weekends! IPU New Zealand Every year we open our doors to Year 11-13 students who want Newsletter to experience life as a university student, whilst enjoying some and cultural activities. In 2015, we hosted over April 2015 80 students from high schools all across the country, who enjoyed activities such as calligraphy, UPCOMING EVENTS taiko drumming, tea ceremony Apr 13-15 Orientation 2016 - IPU New and lesson with our three native Zealand will be welcoming new Japanese lecturers. students from all over the world .

Apr 18 IPU Term One starts. This year we will be hosting four weekends on the following dates: Apr 25 ANZAC Day. May 7-8 Golden Week. This is one of June 18-19 Apr 29 - May 5 the most important holidays in July 2-3 the Japanese calendar, a seven August 27-28 day holiday made up of four national holidays and well placed Email us at [email protected] for more information. We hope weekends. The national holidays to see you there! are; 昭 和 の 日（ し ょ う わ の ひ ） Showa Day, the celebration of the former こんにちは from IPU NZ! Japanese Intensive Weekends registration forms must be received two weeks prior to Emperor’s birthday, 健保記念日（け the start of the event. Participants may arrive on a Friday night, and return home on ん ぽ き ね ん び ） Constitution Day, 緑 Hello again! Another month, another newsletter. How are the Sunday night or Monday morning. Registration fees cover all accommodation and activity costs. Participants must arrange their own transport, some transport subsidies の 日（ み ど り の ひ ） Green Day, and 子 your classes going? available. Pickups in the North Island may be arranged in your area, dependent on 供 の 日（ こ ど も の ひ ） Children’s Day. paticipant numbers. Contact us at [email protected] for more information. Here at IPU New Zealand, we’re preparing for the start of a new school year - we run like a Japanese school, starting Phrase of the Month in April and finishing in March. Our Recruitment team いそ まわ Get in touch with us! is also busy preparing for Taster Weekends - they’re lots 急がば回れ Address: Private Bag 11021 of fun, and we’d love to see you there! You can find more Manawatu Mail Centre “Slow and steady wins the race” Palmerston North 4442 information about the weekends on the back page.

Email: [email protected] オノマトペ TEL: 06 354 0922 ext. 809 Here are some onomatopoeia that are commonly found in anime and manga. Have you seen any of these before? Website: ipu.ac.nz ドキドキ ピーピー ニヤニヤ thumping (heartbeat) beeping, whistle grinning

ゴロゴロ・ゴゴゴゴ パクパク rumbling (gorogoro-suru is being idle) chomping, opening and closing your mouth

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Let’s play しりとり !

Have you played before? is a Japanese word game you can play こどもの日と鯉のぼり しりとり しりとり ひ こい in pairs or groups. The first player starts with しりとり“ ”. The next player must use the last or in the word to start the next word. For example... Children’s Day, こどもの日, is a shiritori apple gorilla camel Japanese national holiday that takes part on May 5 each year, to celebrate りんご ゴリラ らくだ and wish for the health and happiness しりとり of children. Originally, it was a holiday celebrating boys and recognising ribbon cockroach dango their fathers. However, in the modern celebrations, girls and mothers are リボン ごきぶり だんご also accepted and included. On Children’s Day, families put up kites Once a player uses a word ending in ん/ン, the game is over. Here are the rest of in the shape of carp (鯉 、こ い ) called the rules: 鯉のぼり. The top carp is usualy black, and represents the father. The next - If playing as a pair, take turns to play. If in a larger group, go around the circle. carp, a smaller red one, represents the mother. The remaining kites represent the - You cannot use the same word more than once. children in the family. They get smaller as you look down the line, with the largest - You can only use nouns (place names and proper nouns are okay too!). Some one representing the eldest child, down to the smallest one which represents the easy ones are animals, food, and sports! youngest child. All of these kites are usually in different colours, which are not - You can use words that sound the same, as long as the is different. For decided on by gender. 鯉のぼり also have a tail of coloured streamers at the top, example, “巣, birdnest“ and “酢, vinegar“, which can both be read as す. which sometimes have a family crest on it, like the one in the picture above. - You can use words with dakuten or handakuten (the lines and circles that change the sound a hiragana makes) and you have two choices for the next word. You can use the original sound, or the changed sound. For example; Make your own 鯉のぼり apple gorilla coconut To make your own to hang on May 5, りんご can become ゴリラ or ココナツ you will need: - a piece of paper (A4 or A3 is best) - You can also use words with small ya, yo, and yu. There are also two options for - string to hang your kite these words; - colouring pencils/crayons/felt black tea fried frice yakisoba - cellotape can become or こうちゃ ちゃはん やきそば 1. Fold your paper in half lengthways. - You can also use katakana words that end in a long sound, like so; Tape the edges together.

butter takoyaki autumn 2. Cut a triangle out of one end, to make a tail shape. バター can become たこやき or あき 3. Design and colour in your koi carp Try playing しりとり with your friends and classmates! It’s a great way to practice however you like! your Japanese vocabulary. You can also challenge yourself by writing them down on a piece of paper for revision, rather than playing with friends, by using the 4. Attach a loop of string inside the example at the top of the page. Start with しりとり, and then write down as many mouth of your koi carp. Hang it on a other words as you can, connecting them by the last characters. が ん ばって ね！ pole outside, or on a string line inside!

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