New Activity
Play Fill in the Blanks Game
An eccentric mix of English , German and French has entered Japanese usage with ____________________ abandon . A ? kariya ? woman is a career woman , and a ? manshon ? is an apartment . This increasing use of katakana , or unique Japanese versions of Western words , and the younger generation's more casual use of the Japanese language have prompted Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to worry that these new words may not be understood by a wider audience . As a ____________________ , a government panel is proposing to publish a manual on how to speak proper Japanese . Foreign words became katakana Japanese ____________________ no existing Japanese words could quite capture a specific meaning or feeling . When the word ? cool ? traveled east , all of its English ____________________ did not make the journey . A kuru person in Japan is someone who is calm and never gets upset . On ____________________ other ____________________ , someone who is kakkoii is ____________________ , or in translation , ? cool . ? ____________________ , a hotto person is one who is easily ____________________ , perhaps ____________________ , but not necessarily a popular person or ____________________ of the moment .