Learn Japanese Phrases By Talking About Your Hobbies
If you are looking to know a Japanese person on a social level, you might be asked about your hobbies or shumi. If you have at least one hobby that you are not afraid to talk about, it is very good and with the Japanese vocabulary that you have at your disposal, you can discuss a lot about it.
The following are some of the most popular hobbies that Japanese people are interested in. Dokusho = Reading, Engei = Gardening, Ikebana = Traditional flower arranging, Ryori = Cooking, Haikingu = Hiking, Supotsu = Sports, Rakugaki = Drawing, Undou = Exercise, Eiga = Movies and Onagaku = Music.
Sleeping and Eating are not usually considered hobbies. They may well be in Japane. What is that? It is due to the busy life of the typical Japanese man or woman. After working hard at the office or being busy at home with household duties, when it comes time to relax and enjoy oneself, eating, drinking, and sleeping fall into those categories (usually at night or on the weekend). these 'hobbies' can be enjoyed while there is some "time to kill" before starting it all over again the next day, Monday morning, or after a vacation or holiday.
It's also useful to know that when Japanese people really enjoy a hobby, they will often become almost obessed with it and devote all of their free time to it. This is especially true with some of the traditional arts and hobbies of Japan such as karate, taiko, flower arranging, tanka and haiku poetry, playing the game of go, and traditional ink painting which is what older people often do.
As for younger people, they enjoy going out to the club, sitting and drinking with friends, or going to the computer or manga room. For housewives, their hobbies would consist of mostly of shopping, cooking, going to a coffee shop, and some of the traditional arts. For men, especially businessmen, their hobbies would consist mostly of playing golf, drinking with their coworkers, hiking in the mountains, or going to a baseball game.
Here are some expressions that you can use to say that you can do something related to your hobby such as: Watashi wa karate ga dekimasu = I can do karate You can also say: Watashi no shumi wa __________ desu. = My hobby is/are _____________. Watshi wa __________ ga suki desu. = I like _________________. Watashi wa ___________ ni kyoumi ga arimasu. = I am interested in __________________.
The following are some of the most popular hobbies that Japanese people are interested in. Dokusho = Reading, Engei = Gardening, Ikebana = Traditional flower arranging, Ryori = Cooking, Haikingu = Hiking, Supotsu = Sports, Rakugaki = Drawing, Undou = Exercise, Eiga = Movies and Onagaku = Music.
Sleeping and Eating are not usually considered hobbies. They may well be in Japane. What is that? It is due to the busy life of the typical Japanese man or woman. After working hard at the office or being busy at home with household duties, when it comes time to relax and enjoy oneself, eating, drinking, and sleeping fall into those categories (usually at night or on the weekend). these 'hobbies' can be enjoyed while there is some "time to kill" before starting it all over again the next day, Monday morning, or after a vacation or holiday.
It's also useful to know that when Japanese people really enjoy a hobby, they will often become almost obessed with it and devote all of their free time to it. This is especially true with some of the traditional arts and hobbies of Japan such as karate, taiko, flower arranging, tanka and haiku poetry, playing the game of go, and traditional ink painting which is what older people often do.
As for younger people, they enjoy going out to the club, sitting and drinking with friends, or going to the computer or manga room. For housewives, their hobbies would consist of mostly of shopping, cooking, going to a coffee shop, and some of the traditional arts. For men, especially businessmen, their hobbies would consist mostly of playing golf, drinking with their coworkers, hiking in the mountains, or going to a baseball game.
Here are some expressions that you can use to say that you can do something related to your hobby such as: Watashi wa karate ga dekimasu = I can do karate You can also say: Watashi no shumi wa __________ desu. = My hobby is/are _____________. Watshi wa __________ ga suki desu. = I like _________________. Watashi wa ___________ ni kyoumi ga arimasu. = I am interested in __________________.
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