Comments on: 大変なことになりました！

By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:24:27 +0000

This happens a lot in Japanese when combining words.

H-B
hashi (bridge) -> NihonBashi (name of a bridge in Tokyo)

S-Z
sushi -> inariZushi (a type of sushi wrapped in fried tofu)

I’m sure there are more, but that is all I can think of off the top of my head.

By: Kaxxina

Kaxxina — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:07:53 +0000

Any idea why the “h” becomes a “b” (hoshi -> boshi)? Any pattern you can think of that it may be based on?

Thanks!

By: Clay

Clay — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:24:21 +0000

Hehe. Onigiri is great to take on picnics or road trips. You can keep a bunch in a Tupperware container and it usually stays pretty fresh throughout the day. Not good next day though.

By: Darsel

Darsel — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:16:08 +0000

Darn it, I just got hungry by reading about that onigiri with the umeboshi in the middle… never tried umeboshi though…