Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Table tennis

This kanji means Table tennis.
1st character means small table.
2nd character means ball.
Do you like table tennis?
The game has its origins in England as an after-dinner amusement for upper-class Victorians in the 1880s.
I thought table tennis from China.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Baseball

This kanji means baseball.

1st character means ground.
2nd character means ball.
Baseball is a most popular sport in Japan. And there are many famous Japanese baseball player in Major league.
When you cheer Japanese palyer, use correct kanji. 偶然 is not chance. 好機 is chance.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Tennis

This kanji means tennis.
1st character means garden or yard.
2nd character means ball.
Do you know teenager Nishikori? Becoming he is only the second Japanese to win an ATP event.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Football

This kanji means football.
1st character means armor.
2nd character measn ball.
We Japanese call this sports American football.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Basketball

This kanji meansbasket ball as it is. For us Japanese, kanji of basket is difficult to write. But it's cool symbol.

Soccer

This kanji meas kick ball. In Japan also soccer is a very popular sports.