Lesson 7 textbook

textbook page 14 section 4 a-f

a. when do children usually leave home?
Some children leave home when they are university student. But almost all children leave when they start working, I think. I think it depends on family, my father doesn't leave us, so my sister works now but she staies at home.


b. how many people live in your home?
I live with my father, mother, elder sister, elder brother, and me. I told you the above, my father doesn't leave us, because he knows how lonely family split out. When he was a child, he split out his family during the war, so he doesn't want to be again, I guess.


c. do you have a head of the family?
Yes, I have my mother is a head of my family. My mother is very strong woman. When I was a kid, I felt my mother was so scary because she always hit me, but I understood why she hit me and it is kind of child discipline.


d. who does the housework?
My mother does the housework and my father never. I think Japanese men don't do the housework, but it is change little by little. My uncle does the dishes and washes clothes. I think Japanese men should do like other country. When I went to China, I went to big city, then, almost all husbands does the housework. I ate Chinese food at one family house, but thier wife didn't cook. she was just talking with us, then, thier husband cooked dinner. It is delicious and better than many restaurant.


e. who runs the family?
I think my mother runs my family. My father works and passes money to my mother, so my mother manages for money. And also, the power of decision has my mother. but we ask my father, too.


f. how many rooms do you have to sleep in?
I just have one room. My family have each own room, so we sleep separately, but when I was a kid, we sleep same room. My sister just slept on her room, but my father, mother, brother and I slept on same room. After that, my mother, sister andI moved another room which had an air conditioner. My sister and brother shared the studing room, but I didn't have my room yet. When I was an elementary school student at 4 or 5 grade, I got my room, but my mother slept with me, becuse there is an air conditioner. We changed the grade, then, gradually we separated own room.

Lesson 5 text page

textbook on page 9, number 1,3 and 7

1. How do you choose a child's given name in your family?

My father chose each child's given name. I have an elder sister and an elder brother. My sister's name is come from flower, because my father is a florist so he wanted to give her name to connect a flower, I guess. Then, my brother's name is come from my father's uncle who was a great person, so he wanted my brother to be uncle. However, my name is come from famous drama' s character when I was born. She was so beautiful woman, so he wanted me to be a beautiful lady!! I cannot believe that, he watched the TV drama then he decided my name!! I wanted to be more serious to choose a child's given name, don' t you think?


3. Does your given name or your family name mean anything?

I told you my name meaning the above, so I want to tell you about my family name. but I have no idea about it, because I don't know my family route. However, I just tell you that my family name become some place's name and some shrine's name, I don't know why.


7. How do you know if names are boy's names, girl's name, or both?

In the old days, it was easy to understand which name is boy's or girl's, because many girl had 'ko(子)' in last name like Hanako(花子), Sachiko(幸子). However, recent nema is too difficult to read!! What do you think the follow names?
愛人　（はあと）　　　→愛人 means mistress but it pronounces 'heart.'
光　　　（きら） →光 means light.
女王子　（じょおうこ）　→女王子 means queen.
I cannot read them. If you are intersting it, you should check the Internet!