Browsing the blog archivesfor the day Monday, February 28th, 2011

To Request or to Ask

moto-meru, kyū   Classical classified ads would say, “motomu!” It means “help wanted.” Help-wanted ads are called “kyūjin kō koku.” Kyūjin means recruiting or offering jobs. Kō koku means ads. Compounds such as kyūjin consist of a verb and an object. You can regard kyū as a verb meaning to pursue and jin meaning a [...]