The Nihongo Page
The work of Japan’s scientists andengineers has been introduced to theiroverseas counterparts via the English
language. However, there are few opportunities overseas to learn more about
Japan’s national language, “Nihongo”.
This page is dedicated to introducing
some of its unique features by use of
simple phrases and translation.

BASICSThe Japanese alphabet consists of
4 types of characters: ‘hiragana’ and‘katakana’ (26 phonetic symbols);‘romaji’ (characters such as , 1, 2, ..from
the Roman alphabet); ‘kanji’ (ideographic/pictorial symbols of Chinese origin).
The first major hurdle to overcome
is recognition of the ‘kanji’ charactersof which there seem to be an infinite
number but in practice knowledge ofabout 2000 characters is sufficient to beable understand a Japanese language
newspaper.
The following examples illustrate
sentence construction and “pictorial” aspects of ‘kanji’.

DevisedDevised byby Adarsh
Adarsh Sandhu
SandhuProverbs
郷_GOに居ればNII

REBA

郷_GOに

従えNISHITAGAEWHEN IN ROME DO AS THE ROMANS DO

kougakuteki tokusei no kin itsusei ga_ _ko jo suru koto nado no ooku noriten ga aru. Shikashi, boido no_konnyu nado no mondai ten mo_nokosareteori, kongo, uchu kichi__nado wo riyo shita ooku no kenkyu_ga hitsuyo de aru.

DAYS of the WEEKEnglish Translation

げつようび

月GESTU曜_
YO日
BIMonday_
GESTU-YO -BI

火KA

曜_
YO日
BITuesday_
KA-YO -BI

水SUI

曜_
YO日
BI

Wednesday_SUI-YO -BI

木MOKU

曜_YO日
BIThursday_
MOKU-YO -BI金KIN

曜_YO日
BIFriday_KIN-YO -BI土DO

曜_YO日
BISaturday_DO-YO -BI日
NICHI

曜_YO日
BISunday_NICHI-YO -BI

Scientific JapaneseJapanese version

We present some of the experimental
results obtained by the Second
International Microgravity Laboratory
and the Space Experiment/Observation
Free-Flyer. There are several advantages for performing experimentswith semiconductor materials undermicrogravity. These include the ability
to grow crystals without coming into
contact with the walls of the growthvessel thus leading to twin-freecrystals and improvement in theuniformity of film thickness, composition, impurity concentration, andelectrical and optical properties.
However, problems such as theincorporation of voids still remain andwill require extensive research using
facilities such as the space station.

第２回国際微小重力実験室と宇宙実験・観測

Glossary

フリーフライヤで得られた実験結果の一部を微小一二ICHINIOneTwo紹介する。微小重力下での半導体材料実験

重力は、アンプル壁と非接触で成長できるため双微小重力_bishovery small_juryoku
gravity_ _bisho-juryoku microgravity

三四SAN
SHI

ThreeFour晶が発生しないこと、膜厚、結晶組成、微量実験

jikkenexperiment

実験室

jikken-shitsu

laboratory

五六GOROKUFiveSix

向上すること等の多くの利点がある。しか実験結果

jikken-kekka experimentalresults

七八SHICHI
HACHI_SevenEight

り、今後、宇宙基地等を利用した多くの研究

九十KYU
_JYU

Nine
Ten

Numbers, one to ten:An Enquiry
このカメラはいくらですか？
Kono Kamera wa ikura desu ka?
How much is this camera?
この： kono: this

カメラ：kamera : camera
いくら： ikura: how much

です： desu ：to be

不純物濃度、電気的・光学的特性の均一性がし、ボイドの混入等の問題点も残されておが必要である。

Romaji version_ _Dai ni kai kokusai bisho juryoku_jikken shitsu to uchu jikken・kansoku furii furaiya de erareta_j i k k e n k e k k a n o i c h i b u w o s h ok a i__suru. Bisho jyuryoku ka de no__hando tai zairyo jikken wa, anpuru
heki to hisesshoku de seichou dekiru_ _tame so sho ga hassei shinai koto,__maku atsu, kessho sosei, biryo_
fujunbutsu no do, denkiteki・半導体
材料
アンプル壁
双晶
結晶
組成
微量

不純物

_
handotai_zairyosemiconductormaterial

anpuru-heki
_ _
sosho
_
kesshoampoule wallsosei
_biryocomposition

twinned crystal
crystalvery small
quantity

濃度fujunbutsu_no doimpurity
concentration

均一性

kin-itsu-sei

uniformity

ボイド

boido

void

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