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Nima of the month: December 2014

I was born and raised in Bastos [small town in the interior of São Paulo state], where hearing and speaking Japanese was commonplace. There was even the “bastosgô,” a mixture of Japanese dialects and Portuguese.

I learned Japanese using the Kumon method so as to motivate my children to study it as well. But I’ve forgotten many “kanjis” and now I can neither write nor read with fluency. My grandson Thomas has started taking “nihongo” lessons, and my other grandchildren are also able to speak a few words, which makes me very happy.


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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture
Bastos' Nikkei-go
Koná goroshono tyomém shensheiga kawashita – would any Nikkei understand this sentence? It is a mix…

Sept. 5, 2016



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Nikkei Chronicles #3—Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João?
The importance of first and last name
In my hometown, Bastos, which is the most Japanese of Brazil's cities, women up to my age group wer…

Nov. 5, 2014


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Nikkei Chronicles #3—Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João?
Names and their implications
The surname DOI in Portuguese means itai, itamu , that is, “it hurts”, “to hurt”. I had a friend wh…

Oct. 22, 2014


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Nikkei Chronicles #3—Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João?
My name is Tomeno
Tomeno is my Japanese name. Unusual name. I found another like it only once in my life, a long time…

Oct. 20, 2014


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