Japanese Class

Lin was new to class, so we covered a few fundamentals

Phonetics of Kana and ten-tens

"nosebleed"

Japanese verbs and their two different types

"One way changing verbs" versus "Five ways changing verbs"

The old reliable pun on "ji-ko-sho-kai" (self-introduction or "accident introduction")

In the joke there are lots of same characters used in different ways.

same characters, different uses (and pronunciations -> ji-ko is an ateji in the first word)

Lot's of ateji to do with time

Back to So-Soo-Yoo and the rules on winning

(apologies to Charlie Sheen)