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Luck bags
Hiya!
It was my 18th birthday a few weeks ago and I was given a bag by one of my neighbours. I’ve tried translating the words written and all I can get so far is Mount Hiei and Enshiji Temple.
I’ve tried to research it but not completely sure what I’m looking for. It may not be part of the Japanese culture however I know amount Hiei is in Japan so I wondered if anyone on here would know what this gift is 🙂
I’m unable to add any attachments so I will try describe the bag
– black with silver firefly pattern
– drawstring – purple string and green beed
– has a gold symbol in the middle (maybe a flower?) and the writing either side of the flower
Thank you so much I appreciate any help!
Hi, I’m a native Mandarin speaker and I’m having a very hard time distinguishing voiced and unvoiced consonants when they are in the middle of a word. For example I cannot hear the different between て and で if they are in the middle of a word (thus unaspirated). Which part should I be paying attention to? The same happens to ji vs chi and ka vs ga.
Thank you in advance!
Hello, if there is one, I was wondering what the onomatopoeic word is for the sound a dragon would make.