Monday, March 5, 2007

Looking for Hiragana all around me

Lately I look out for Japanese written all around me. The only way I recognize it is when I see hiragana characters written. Riding the subway I look at the ads and the advisories from the MTA to see if they are written in Japanese. When shopping I look at the labels on the clothing and the shoes to see if there are care instructions in Japanese. I try to recognize words in movies where Japanese is spoken (like in BABEL, the only things I understood without closed captions was when a question was asked).