Imagine being able to read Haiku in Japanese

Basic Japanese

 With my kids learning my mother tongue, I feel like I should learn reading a new language. This book shows bit by bit how to recognize the basic sounds and meanings. Haiku seems like an easy way to learn some Japanese easily with basic nature words.

Most famous 10 haiku poems in Japanese and English

Matsuo Basho Haiku

Rules of Haiku

jisho dictionary

How a language takes over.

Today when I was writing each, I was reminded of sora-zora. After eating blueberries, I found out that they are referred to as buruberi.

今日それぞれ書いていて、そらぞらのことを思い出しました。ブルーベリーを食べてからブルベリということを知りました。

Kyō sorezore kaite ite, sora zo-ra no koto o omoidashimashita. Burūberī o tabete kara buruberi to iu koto o shirimashita.

translated back to English--

As I was writing about each of them today, I remembered Sorazora. I learned about beriberi after eating blueberries.