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Thirty-eight, Horita's unforgettable history of blood and tears

After finally seeing Li Wanhe away, Jiang Shuiyuan dragged Horita Yuu, who had his knees soft, rushed to the kitchen and finally got his wish and tasted the taste of Taixue steamed buns. To be honest, the steamed buns made with mutton-filled mutton--or mutton buns--tasting taste very average. At least Jiang Shuiyuan felt that it was far less than the Wenlou soup buns in his hometown Huaifenglou. But such steamed buns made Emperor Shenzong who had tasted them feel that "it is worthy of raising scholars with this." Jiang Shuiyuan suddenly felt inexplicably sympathized with the emperors and scholars of the Song Dynasty.

After dinner, the two of them walked in the Imperial Academy again, just to take a walk.

Unfortunately, since Yuuya Horita learned about the brilliant achievements of Eshuiyuan, her legs have been soft. She always knelt down cleanly with a "snap" and said: "Please give me advice!" Eshuiyuan felt that the bluestone slabs on the ground in the Imperial Academy were still quite hard, so for the sake of Yuuya Horita's knees, she decided to go back earlier.

It's boring to go back.

The nightlife of Song Dynasty nights was almost zero, especially in monk temples like Taixue. Facing a boring mud like Yuki Horita, Jiang Shuiyuan looked out the window at the bright moon in the sky, and occasionally a few fireflies were dancing among the grass, and the oil lamp was like beans in the house, which made him feel more bored. In normal times, he could read books to relieve his boredom, but according to regulations, tourists must change into all their personal belongings and change into Song Dynasty clothing when entering Dongpo Villa, and Jiang Shuiyuan was no exception. So his books and materials were all thrown into the locker room, and now they were empty-handed.

He suddenly remembered that Yuu Horita also had books. I don’t know if it was Dongpo Villa who treated international friends preferential treatment, or if he thought that the "Shi Zushu Poetry" written in the 38th year of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was too expensive and he couldn’t afford to lose it. In short, Yuu Horita also brought in all the entire set of ten books openly. So he asked, “Hota, do you have any books to read?”

Yuu Horita immediately fell to the ground: "I have a conspiracy of "Shi Zushi", do you want to read it?"

"Shi Zushu Shi," Jiang Shuiyuan had read it in the information room of the National Studies Kotanshe for a long time, but it was not such a precious printed book, but a printed book compiled by later generations. "Is there nothing else?"

Yuu Horita looked embarrassed: "Apart from that, there is only one book called "Hanhe Double Interpretation Dictionary".

Jiang Shuiyuan thought for a while: "Then let's read the "Dictionary"!"

"Look at the Dictionary..." Yuu Horita was speechless about Eshui Genyoung's strange habit of reading "Dictionary" and not "Shi Zushu Songs", but he still found it as he said and respectfully handed over: "Does Ejun know Japanese?"

"Won't."

"Not at all?"

“I’ve never been in contact.”

Then what else do you read "Hanhe Double-Explanation Dictionary"? Do you understand? Yuuki Horita silently complained in his heart, and at the same time, a strange sense of pride appeared from a corner of his heart: Although he is very powerful, at least I know their Chinese, but he doesn't know our Japanese. I finally have something better than him!

Jiang Shuiyuan opened a few pages and looked at it. It was nothing more than a Chinese character followed by a bunch of Chinese explanations, plus a bunch of Japanese explanations. You can guess that Yuu Horita also brought this book to prevent communication or meeting Chinese characters he didn't know when reading "Shi Zushu Su Shi", and then you can check it at any time.

Although Eshuiyuan has never learned Japanese, because there are many Chinese characters in Japanese and there are Chinese explanations, you can even know a rough guess. But if you want to understand it thoroughly, it is a bit like a dog biting a turtle and has nowhere to stumble. You have to ask Yuya Horita again: "Hota, what is the general process of learning Japanese?"

Yuu Horita also sat over and turned to a page of the dictionary to start teaching: "I don't know how Tianchao people learn Japanese. Take us as an example. Generally, before we go to kindergarten at the age of 5, we have learned some simple daily conversations, and then we start learning hiragana in the kindergarten, which seems to be the Chinese pinyin, commonly known as the "fifty-sounding diagram". This is this! There are ten lines in total, with five kanas in each line. Each kana is hiragana, and the smaller ones below are Katakana, Hiraman Roman characters and Chinese mesophical pronunciation-"

"Can you read it once?"

"Of course!" Yuu Horita also read it in the standard Tokyo sound, and then continued: "Although it is called the Fifty-tone picture, there are actually only forty-four, of course these are all clear sounds. In addition, there are 15 voiced sounds, 5 semi-voiced sounds and 21 rhino sounds, which are these."

"Please read these again, is it OK?"

Yuuki Horita also read the following: "In kindergartens, we usually learn five hiragana writing every day. Our homework is to copy hiragana and read textbooks aloud. Of course, the textbooks are also hiragana. In this way, we will learn all the writing and pronunciation of hiragana and be able to dictate correctly. I think it will take one or two days to learn if it is someone like Jiang Jun who has a memory group to learn."

Jiang Shuiyuan smiled and did not resume, but continued to ask: "What's next?"

"Then I started to learn Katakana, Chinese characters, simple grammar and how to write essays. Generally speaking, Japanese grammar and Chinese characters are the most difficult to learn. Grammar is because Japanese is very varied, not only the difference between spoken and written, but also the simplified and polite style, ordinary and solemn, the difference between men and women, the old and the young, and even people of different industries and positions speak differently. Especially tribute, even native Mibo people cannot fully master it."

"..." Even my own people can't figure out the language that I can't learn, it's really powerful! Jiang Shuiyuan asked curiously, "What's so difficult to learn Chinese characters?"

Yuu Horita suddenly looked unbearable: "The difficulty in learning Chinese characters is not only very complicated to write Chinese characters themselves, but more importantly, each Chinese character has many Japanese pronunciations, such as the Chinese character "He". There are 8 commonly used Japanese pronunciations. If it includes the situation where it appears in a person's name, there are 30 pronunciations!"

"..." Lianjiang Shuiyuan was not calm now: "Then how many Chinese characters do you have to learn every year?"

"I don't know the details, so I have to learn about one or two hundred, right? In short, you must master at least 1oo6 Chinese characters after graduating from elementary school!"

"That's really a pain for you!"

"Who said no?" Yuu Horita also said in pain. "I was already very immature in learning Japanese, but after I learned Chinese, it was revealed that the most difficult language in the world is not Japanese, but Chinese! Not to mention anything else, just four tones and various strange pinyin are enough to make beginners want to hit their heads against the wall. When learning ancient poetry, classical Chinese and various idioms and allusions, learners will feel that death is actually a great relief!"

After saying this, Jiang Shuiyuan recalled the blood and tears of his blood and tears when he was in junior high school all night, and then inexplicably fell in East City, West City, South City, and Taipei City. He quickly skipped this section and continued to ask: "Next, please tell me about your usual conversations about Miuhu people, such as how to say it in Japanese in the morning?"

“普通随意一点会说おはよう,正式郑重一点则说おはようございます.”

"How to write?"

"Just write it directly into Hiragana, or you can write it into the 'beginning' of Chinese characters."

"So good evening?"

...

Emizu-gu and Horita Yuki just asked and answered each other. They chatted for nearly three hours, and they stopped until both of them were dry. Horita Yuki couldn't help but ask politely: "Jiang-kun, why are you asking so many daily conversations? Are you planning to learn Japanese in the future?"

Jiang Shuiyuan smiled slightly: "Isn't this boring? Besides, if we go to Nihong for a trip in the future, we can also say that we have learned some Japanese by ourselves."

Yuu Horita also smiled in his heart: Have you learned some Japanese? Tomorrow morning, if you can still remember "good morning", even if you didn't waste my saliva! On the surface, he still looked respectful: "If Ejun really wants to travel to Nibo, please be sure to go to Kyoto. From the time when Emperor Kanmu moved the capital Heian Kyoto in 794 AD to the time when Tokyo Diantou was buried in 1868 AD, Kyoto has always been a Nibo's mansion and is also an important town for Nibo's traditional culture. Years of historical accumulation have made Kyoto have a rich historical relics, such as Kyoto Imperial Temple, Nijo Castle, and Kinkakuji Temple, which will definitely make your trip worthwhile. And maybe by then, I have already been studying at Kyoto University! I can be your tour guide, or take you to my hometown Otsu to see the beautiful Biwa Lake!"

"Thank you for your warm invitation, and I'll bother you if you have time!"
Chapter completed!
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