Bonjour !

Grandpa Frank said:

Welcome lyan ! Glad you found us. Members here are super helpful , although sometimes it takes a day or two to get an answer. There are tons of information here to look at and enjoy. There are special sections and threads to help learn the language you may like. You will notice the posts have dates on them so you can tell the real old ones from the new.

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mdchachi said:

Welcome to the forum.

I noticed on my last trip to Japan that カヌレ (cannelle) seems to be somewhat popular, even offered in a train station coffee shop. How common/popular are they in France?

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lyan said:

Actually, canelés originate from the city of Bordeaux. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux Sometimes, you can find them in places with a high flow of tourists, such as airports. In recent years, they have also become more common in bakeries, which wasn't the case 15 years ago. They are quite popular, but not as much as "pain au chocolat"—or "chocolatine" if you live in the south. Every region has its own unique recipes.

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lyan said:

Yes, I've heard about that, but to make it, you need a rotating spit. Here's a tree cake that I'm going to try soon : Chocolate Tree Tart.
Is the Japanese version vanilla-flavored? Matcha, I suppose? Chocolate? Given the ingredients, maybe honey?

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As hair clippers became widely used, the term "バリカン" also spread, though its origin remained unclear for a long time. However, while compiling the Japanese Dictionary of Loanwords at Sanseidō Bookstore, linguist Kyōsuke Kindaichi discovered its origins. Through his research, he found that the second-generation owner of the barber shop Kitatoko, located in front of the main gate of Tokyo Imperial University, Keiki Funakoshi, had identified an engraving on the clippers' blades. The engraving bore the name of the French company Bariquand et Marre, a firm co-founded by Jules Bariquand and Charles Marre. It was confirmed that the company's name had gradually become the general term for hair clippers in Japan. Originally, "バリカン" explicitly referred to barbering tools, but over time, it has also come to denote general cutting devices, such as "芝生バリカン" (grass clippers) used for trimming lawns.

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Buntaro said:

Iyan,

I am glad to hear you are interested in learning about the Japanese writing system.

Here is a thread with a number of videos on the Japanese writing system. Please watch the first couple of videos and tell us what you think. (Click on the words in italics.) And if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. There are several people on this forum who would love to answer your questions.

Thread 'Japanese writing system for beginners'

20 May 2023

There are many people who would like to learn Japanese but don't know where to begin. I know they would like to start by learning simple phrases such as "Hello," "How are you?", "It's a nice day, isn't it?", "What is your name", etc., but I want everyone to put aside the learning of such phrases for now, and instead begin by learning the basic Japanese writing system.

Here is a YouTube video which gives a general overview of the Japanese language. Please watch this video, then feel free to post any observations and questions you have in a post below.

• Buntaro
• japanese
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• Forum: Learning Japanese

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