Comments on: Hidoi Otenki Desu Ne http://www.toppa.com/nothing-but-words/all-things-japanese/japan-2007/hidoi-otenki-desu-ne Project Advisor - Business Analyst - Technology Advisor - Methodologist - Solutions Advisor Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:22:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John Speno http://www.toppa.com/nothing-but-words/all-things-japanese/japan-2007/hidoi-otenki-desu-ne#comment-3715 John Speno Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:49:30 +0000 http://www.toppa.com/family-and-friends/411#comment-3715 I pray for your success! I pray for your success!

]]> By: Mike http://www.toppa.com/nothing-but-words/all-things-japanese/japan-2007/hidoi-otenki-desu-ne#comment-3717 Mike Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:13:37 +0000 http://www.toppa.com/family-and-friends/411#comment-3717 I didn't know the phrase for "good luck" so I Googled it. It's "Gokouun o inorimasu" (literally, "I pray for your success"). You can see the written form here: http://japanese.about.com/blsjp15_8.htm At least some of that is definitely Kanji. From what I understand, while anything can be written phonetically in Hiragana, it's often not considered appropriate. I haven't learned the ins and out of that yet.... I didn’t know the phrase for “good luck” so I Googled it. It’s “Gokouun o inorimasu” (literally, “I pray for your success”). You can see the written form here: http://japanese.about.com/blsjp15_8.htm

At least some of that is definitely Kanji. From what I understand, while anything can be written phonetically in Hiragana, it’s often not considered appropriate. I haven’t learned the ins and out of that yet….

]]> By: John Speno http://www.toppa.com/nothing-but-words/all-things-japanese/japan-2007/hidoi-otenki-desu-ne#comment-3716 John Speno Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:33:05 +0000 http://www.toppa.com/family-and-friends/411#comment-3716 how do you say 'good luck' in squiggly lines? how do you say ‘good luck’ in squiggly lines?

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