Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-07
THOUGHTS JAPANESE.
Some Of the Peculiarities of Their
Curious Language
PECULIAR EXPRESSION
me People Are Very Pond Of Usins Honor
tncs-No osths In the Language. hut They
Are Learning Profanity The Public
Schools Are Teaching EagIi.h.
Correspondence of The fvenine star.

h.
80. s"Ass mas s"s
"e :" '" 'h' iueNs ana modes OF
'nousn' % Hs sPeaAeis VI none can this he
more true than Of the japanese whose LAM
gaage 10 re,lolent OF the pr.iaaiee. ana ,,,,-
io,. q. ,ho ,,h,bi,o,,s 90 -. -
80. Wv - peelF
'No'eN ." e'e'' ""Pa"es' MN" ~ NV ittn-
ciple, sine qua non, ~ pohteness, and a. eNisis
In form so widespread and perneating that 70
is the fret thing that grestsA foreigner on IA.
arrival in Janan' Nor Is n confined 10 m. eUl-
,,yated classes alope I'm, e.teuds down 20 IN.
meauest coolie that runs along the street haI-
ancipr on his sboulaer bis b.,,',o, nj. So,
which, Al either end Sepenas bis burden la.
no wonder. thea. that this same poli,cnass
should enter n. d.cnly into the wo-as uh.-h
EXPRESS hi. inbred con-tesv ns !, does INTO ,h.
brain Of the sD.aker 80 we mad a. ard % .
renarksble seyrcs One M, ,In,o., az her.
are two lanruares snol,,, IN Jarap-ihe polit.
and ,he o,s,n..r IL, -. =, ~, = ,bs .,,.,k,r
taIts % re a,i,,ar,,i 49,, 49,. - 49, n.
sp,nks of him-.Is a I,nl.t,r, l,,,,,u.r,c for IN.
second persor ana an hnn,,is d,,,rer.,o-x ON.
for the g., ,o-,,,,,
CANhlEp TO ENoEss
In the mouths OF women and children this
system OF honorifics 10 carried 20 excess and
sounds rather absurd On Fpronean ear. A
woman of the lower class will FOR ins,anco
speak Of the Indispensable tea a. ..the honora-
bic tea, !" and .hev clan the climar nv entreat-
ing the hou.ebold cat "to honornbie cominp
deigns" This ia surely ..throwioc cola coin.
to the cat" TO Use the Janan.S. aanival.nt for
casting pearls before swine Rnt a,.nit.
these abuses no one can hear the graceful
phrases 80 replete with -elf-abnerRtion without
a.eeiils % sdniranon Tor system OF eonr-
the .o,,,o :, ", ma. = $50 Nv "a
,,h !. eSI- - ~ ~ M &c " 'ne 'Hpa"
pe-son no ol1-a.ses - - 60. ~ ~ ~, a.
syary ma, ,ha, ,h h,,,1,I ar ~ eil's 'o n.N. =.
lowIy 70 no arnI;al =, a;Pie ~ ~, -,
lauda,ory TO- 81 g.. - ". -.
,o whom r. ,,.i ~. n Wy N
,ho,cb, ., - -, 80 a.. ~ . -
60 -, =. ~ lar ever enters the Japan
Ta,arasa ,,a,.r -. :, ~ a. IA YuSuon
IA ri - 80 .
,r,,s, bo,h -. 80
a ,r;ae as 1870. Dc ,atla
60 ,xaI,as ~ ' "'e
r,;,s :, .I,ha,,, -, I'a ui .s ne -
g.. ~ L,hIs ~ ~, :, NJ y no NoIa
IL - s,a ulefe srr many
ar -. ., ~ ..'' =. I' ~ "a 49, 49, VI mummy
-, W. ov,u'iion " Nie iaiilliAt Na',hsnl,
-. - a.; n,s MAf
- - :, " anu ,"0 sNA-
=, - a,,aaI- ~ Per-ou
60 80 S" 80. ~. ',uas's mus oe asei:
o -. - ues sene.a. .enoereo
,;.lSu , .I pea"hu una. sue on
IN :. siue Vi 'nis Nolu are g,oups oi o'ners
III h 49, y. ie' siee =. Pon'en' 20 tnas
az -. e'"sees Lay pe soco'nniouAlcu Vno ut
- $500: ing .ie roNert rung on tne .Aoaer,
rLS .no 9i ane nonotlncs;
In n.s VOL originany slgninea ekaIted sir'
ou' iio" HAS isaieh to "oru oi rePr~ch
OPPORTUNITIES IN SEwsPArER WRITING.
II is easy TO see how in newspaper writing
and in political speeches MANY a sly tan NAV be
g;ven nnaer cor.r 81 ,h. s.r,. h,.o.;e. -
struction. and in these modern time. but few
opportunities being neglected In Japan.
whether for good or bad Still these forms Of
e I courtesy throw hight on ancient
,b,nas a., 80 A ahrrS =. nv s, e many
;saus 'as sn aosuru 70 our AnsIo-osAoh
htu.e. .n' go. one nns reau tne famous
Tso,,,. =. IN :. ..ga p non.n. Ut nne
,a;Ppa.s - Ia o.; y, ~ tne 10y. rs
b;.,or;.a, ro,,.na.s :, 49,. n paa. ~
wi,h a. ar - - Saa;I 49, s'o,y sss-ss
r. -. a .po s"..e
;,,,,ro.s.. E'-" M - .n's ecesn Nulca
The Ia - e,'ap,,n,' oeIns ~ s's
-; ;o,.a,;ti 49,, s So'1.' .eeoe "
.',s nn,',,;..s h, returned nome
-. ,.,an..ss 80. La Ni W ure ene term ne
..s.mn.a,Hn ), Th pauoaSn na.e sen
,he .S,.a,,,-,. - .,,e =. ."s sa'e oonss %
WY NJ oi 'ne io,N,une rohin' VINO
a.engea ,neir iora dea,n oy kllIing the noble
Bead;na |. 90 i'll ,his w." W." . - nuon o
Sc az, a. ;., -. ~ ..,s no 49,
.rs,a,n 90 conr,asr MY sI1se... oapsn ioI
We Soc traces ~ in ,hs isnnnar. - "
An elaborate etiouette Was neces.rry a. 49, y;
the feuaal mobiles we're 20 liz s..u
Not a single oa,b daf.ces ,hs J.,.
or.cs ana in ernIa,,,as g. u ~.
sc;snt IN Tha ex,ram. Ia ~ .d a.
Las. ,nsnlt ia ..hoLa"Ns.sool, rps Wy
conro, 90 Co. IL ., "a. ~. w
nor, cresn;ne mt g.n.n -;,h -,s.p oissC
nova,;ons .sonrh AT -. -. uuo' IN
90 90 = nntha- I.n,,.c. =. sms no.s
NJ ~ $500 ~ W nA W. neso
WORDS DERIVED FROM CHINA.
Chinese IL the source from which many
Japanese words are derived. but. though they
retain in many instances their original form,
vet tnelr pronunciation s so utterly different
Ia -,,se.s,ara :. I 80 IN no cninsse
- -. n.'..a,,.a ~ az An ~ Aus ey"em, OF
49,. s.,iy.'es .;,.as Sc . Two, on Pronuncis-
w. wb"s,s- 49, An S.ns over A'voo yesrs
1 eu ,rn,s o"o oo.'es ss'os : Snin.-
S;5 ,'n. s,r,n., sro,,, .h. .us' III me words
Ch;n.,a sperinsa n ra.Ss '"e e source - me
III, 60 I.,sa ~ous arc sr'A1ly shorter
oant 80 comnpnnaS 49, uueeo, Ok
E.ir,rn.,aI !, =. oDs;s. Vi one synsoie.
-, S.N~nI a.; f.n =. .no saen OF cor
- cSinasa o-;o;r - ,a.s,,,u u' az many sords
ba,e IN gsnane.a 80 s pesS,.e tne oittsr
sa,,.s e p' A"'e io' 'ne Sninese them-
B',t "A !. xb.r an. ,o,,,,. .o--,..
,s.o.a.as ~ INA oo ~ Nrins mat uh
asa go. y es TO- uanu"pte 'ne 9apan-
so.'.. CIV. =" ny are tnree separate
80 Ms VIC onineso iortunateiy used