[Coda]

春休み "haruyasumi" is "spring break" (more literally, "spring vacation"). When you're talking about the season, you might say 冬より春のほうが好きです。("fuyu yori haru no hou ga suki desu", I like spring more than winter). You only use the "shun" reading in compound words derived from Chinese.

[whitexsuicide]

I have heard of haru much more then shun... in fact i have never heard of shun... :eek:

I like how kuruma looks in kanji!

[Coda]

The only place I'd seen "shun" is in Sakura's attack names from Street Fighter. :P

[Demonskid]

春らい

spring thunder. :3 using shun

its the one they teach on japanese pod 101 lesson "spring into action"

[whitexsuicide]

*sits and watches conversation*

[Coda]

Didn't know that word. :P But as a compound word it does make sense that it would use the on'yomi.

[Demonskid]

explain compound ono

[Coda]

As in, multiple kanji stuck together to make one word without using any kana.

[Demonskid]

but that has kana in it oxo rai.. shunrai


is this game any good? oxo
http://www.romsite.net/show/773/0737...shitsu%28JP%29

[Coda]

It doesn't -- it's 春雷 and you just haven't learned the second character yet.

For the record: 雷 is かみなり / ライ and means "lightning".

[Demonskid]

i'm going by what the japanese lady said on the podcast xD

[whitexsuicide]

I think we all forgot about the game dk asked about...

[Azrael]

~flail~ I'm soooo excited to go to Japaaan

[Coda]

"101"-type lessons frequently simplify things to avoid shoving too much at you at once.

[Demonskid]

its helpful x3

so about that game i posted.. anyone know of it?

[whitexsuicide]

I don't know of it sorry...

and i is excited for you az!!!