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Learn Japanese By Talking About Your Hobbies
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by: EmilyKato
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Once you get to know Japanese people better, you might be interested to talk about your hobbies. 'Hobby' in Japanese is '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.
Here is a list of popular Japanese hobbies, that would be useful to learn and make part of your vocabulary. Dokusho = Reading, Engei = Gardening, Ikebana = Traditional flower arranging, Ryori = Cooking, Haikingu = Hiking, Supotsu = Sports, Rakugaki = Drawing, Undou = Exercise, Eiga = Movies and Onagaku = Music.
Japanese people often don't have a lot of free time. These days both men and women are often working hard during the week at the office, so that only leaves some time in the evening or on the weekend for free time and some hobbies. With such little free time, basic things like eating and drinking can become hobbies and Japanese people can become very passionate about these activities.
It's also important to know that when a Japanese person really likes a hobby, chances are they are crazy about it, and will often devote their time to it. This is especially true with some of the traditional arts and hobbies of Japan such as: flower arranging, tanka and haiku poetry, playing the game of go, and traditional ink painting which is what older people often do.
Young people enjoy going out to bars or clubs, drinking with friends, or even going to the computer or manga coffee shop. For housewives, their hobbies are 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.
When you are involved in a hobby, you can use an expression for saying that you can do something 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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