Monday, January 21, 2008

About dichotomy

Hi, everyone!

Plum, there is something I’d just like to confirm with you. You taught us dichotomy. For example, does next expression apply to in this case?
As Akiko’s reputation climbed, Tekkan’s fell.
In my case, I will go to write about the condition of women’s suffrage in the Meiji and Taisho era. I wonder how I can use dichotomy in my essay. Political empowerment in Japan and foreign countries? Please teach me.

Alice, your books seems interesting for me, especially Mr.Mogi’s. I like him since I have heard his lecture at Aichi Summer Seminar two years ago. At that time, I was impressed not only with valuable contents of his talk, but also with his warm-hearted character. Despite his clear head, he taught us politely and lovingly. So, I often watch a TV program professional on NHK in order to see him.

So, see you, good night.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi, everyone

I guess you sticked at least two disposal pocket warmers to the back and belly to go to the bank.
Am I Right?

Today, no yesterday, for the first time, I have known learning English almost suffocates me. I predict this might be a turning point to me. Thank you, Plum.
I will continue practices.
Today, I feel as if I was an elementary student abroad. The task was pleasant to me. Perhaps, you don't know, but some of you will know it in your near future.

Plum said...

Dear Cherry,

Plum, there is something I’d just like to confirm with you. You taught us dichotomy. For example, does next expression apply to in this case?
As Akiko’s reputation climbed, Tekkan’s fell.
In my case, I will go to write about the condition of women’s suffrage in the Meiji and Taisho era. I wonder how I can use dichotomy in my essay. Political empowerment in Japan and foreign countries? Please teach me.

Yes, it is a kind of dichotomy.

Yes, it is possible to compare and dichotomize the developments of political empowerment in Japan and those in other countries. In order to dichotomize certain situations, events or incidents, it is necessary to have sufficient information, including background, sometimes hidden, one, concerning them so as to be able to analyze them in the way of dichotomy. Otherwise, it is very difficult to try to do so, or sometimes impossible, I suppose.

Unfortunately, I am afraid that you do not have enough time to write your essay on the chronology of women’s suffrage movements in the Meiji and Taisho eras, from the comparison of what happened in Japan and other countries. You have only one month, more precisely less than that, until the due date to hand in your essay. Please concentrate on what political situations the women were placed in Japan in the beginning of modernization of the country.

Of course, you can try to write your essay next time deploying dichotomy, if it is applicable.

cosmos said...

Dear Cherry and friends
While you were having very significant studying time in common at Plum’s house, I was spending easygoing relaxing time of bus-tour to Ise Shrine with my DH. That prestigious shop of Akafuku or the famous Japanese traditional cake, is closed tightly, though the shop was, in a sense, a symbol of prosperity of the shrine with a longest history in Japan. Moreover actually Ise Shrine has been deeply related to Japanese Imperial family.
However, Akafuku or the Imperial Family is a trifle matter for me. I saw the approach path and the grounds were very crowded with visitors to shrine, who were also enjoying eating special menus and buying souvenirs. I reminded that there had been another kind of people on the spot in the past, not only the distant past but the close past. They had been alienated from society. However the only place where people got together was the only place where such isolated people could live, because they could get alms from visitors to shrine.
I went to Honmyo-Temple in Kumamoto with Plum and Sunflower last year. I had read that a substantial number of lepers and beggars crowded to ask charities from others.
Even when I was a child, I saw returned soldiers with artificial leg putting on white cloth and called passengers to give some money. So, such a scene was not so oldest past.
Noboru Ogasawara was born at a big temple, Enshuu-Temple, in the suburbs of Nagoya, where many lepers and beggars stayed around.
Now, I’ll stop here. See you again, soon. Bye, everybody.