Above you see four Japanese children asked what it is they want from life (presumably in adulthood).
Below are their answers:
The girl in the top left answers “Work.”The girl in the top right answers:
“A man with a good income (living with his older brother or parents is no good).
A peaceful old age. ”The boy in the bottom left answers more honestly: “Money. Women. Power.”
The girl in the bottom right answers rather more inexplicably “Make peace with God!”
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I envy their ability to write kanji at such a young age.
Must study harder...
There is NO way they wrote that themselves. They only learn a few hundred Kanji before middle school.
But those are, for the most part, ones that they would have learnt... Besides, the handwriting looks about right for the age.
Wrong. First off, their penmanship is horrible, especially the guy's. (Decent for little kids I guess. -_-) I clearly remember in elementary school that pretty much the whole class was rather adept in kanji (well, knowledge of 3000 characters and ability to write 700-1000 by 3rd grade).
I guess all I can do now is LOL at you disillusioned people for underestimating kids' kanji-writing abilities.
Exactly...kanji isn't hard when you're immersed in the culture- and Chinese kids use the symbols exclusively.
they dont know a lot and its exactly the significance, the fact that money, gold, and women are the three things the boy learned in early stage suggests that he'll grow up to be a successful pimp.
and he probably will make good friend with the girl on the top left.
i lol'd
I too (as a person that lives in Japan and knows his kanji) don't believe they can write such kanji at their age. It won't be too hard to assume that they received help from their parents and then wrote the kanji on their own. and to anonymous, don't compare Chinese to Japanese. First, because in Japanese each kanji usually has more then 3 readings as opposed to only one reading in Chinese, and second because 70% of China's population is illiterate
He wasn't dissing Japanese literacy, no need to get all defensive. Are you implying that Chinese is easier to learn than Japanese? Not saying that Japanese is easy, all languages are hard to learn. Chinese has both traditional and simplified "kanji", so learning to read and write it isn't exactly a walk in the park.
by the way,
30% of China's population > 100% of Japan's population
To be honest I don't find it hard to believe they could have wrote that. At age 3-4 I was writing a letter in Chinese to my aunt to bring me toys on her next visit.
Chinese > Japanese in terms of difficulty.
I'm chinese and learned both languages, so I know.
Sorry Mimi, but I too believe they didn't write that all by themselves, if anything taught before how to write it.
Just not possible for them too. And unless you meant Chinese there's no way they knew 1000 kanji by third grade.
where the fuck did you get "70% of China's population is illiterate" from you fucktard? According to wikipedia China's literacy rate is 90.9%. Don't pull random numbers out of your ass. As for Japanese kids writing Kanji if you read Kanji as Chinese it ALL sounds like kiddie talk
Lol @ Peter. Most Kanji IS easy to read if you know Chinese.
lmao, those characters are hella easy, and they're among the first that I learned. If you grow up having to read and write kanji all your life, of course any kid can write simple words like those.
It looks like this is a comedy show. Chances are good that the children were given these answers.
The kid on the bottom left is going places! ;D
Don't worry, at least you know English ;)
english is definately not enough. i know 4 and still not satisfied
english is enough for those who have difficulty with it.
I agree. I know six languages and have only attained fluency in four of them, and soon I'll already be 16 years old. Mastering Japanese and Chinese before I'm 18 is the plan, but... we'll see.
Why would you want to waste your learning doodle language? Romanized characters as so much more efficient
Not when you have ten different words written shouji.
Cuz 'doodle language' is an art.
For me, because it's more difficult. When you have finally mastered a very difficult language (Chinese and Japanese, generally) you might get a feeling of superiority, in the sense of "you'll never achieve what I have".
Also, Chinese seems to be set to become the language / economy / superpower of the future, so being fluent will be a huge advantage.
These answers seem rather... produced. Is there a way to confirm that it is the children that wrote them ?
Additionally, I don't know how old these kids are but I don't think some of the used kanji are taught before fifth or sixth grade. Not sure, though...
Wrong. LOL
i would say it depends to what school you went etc..
They use a standardized system in Japan, so I don't think so.
Haha, I certainly couldn't write like the girl on top right when I was her age. I simply lacked the vocabulary. But it could be that she is very well-read.
Lol I think it's more for publicity. Theyre probably taught to write those words.
And about the kanji thing some mentioned above, some of the kanjis are rather common ones, like the kanji for money, women, work, god. I believe living in Japan those small kids seen enough of those words on the streets to actually know them.
Guess you're right. Didn't thought about the possibility that they could have learned those kanji from somewhere else than school. And I keep forgetting that I learn kanji in a complete different order than the Japanese do.
And that there's a difference between learning to read and write your own native language at a young age and deciding to learn Japanese when you're an adult and European.
As I said, I wasn't sure.
The faces of the childrens are perfect for they respective answers :D
I had always thought my wish "money" was bad enough for a kid... That boy wants even more than me -*-.
Wait, the show was after midnight?
Oh you boy XD,at least he has the right thinking of them all.
it was on TV.. i wouldnt belive it was there own with that fact alone
sounds like an eroge premise.
Or rather, nowadays everything sound like an eroge premise to me.
Thats because even if Aliens landed and stole Piza Hut, they would make an eroge from it.
You know, a Strike Witches/Code Geass mashup like that would be freaky.
I'm pretty sure that was a Doctor Who episode, actually.
Lawl. The first girl must have been worried about recession.
That boy will become a yakuza crimelord.
Also, the girl on the top right will become his wife and the girl on the left one of his prostitutes.
girl on the bottom right will be their crack dealer
HAHAHA!
+1
i lol'ed
+1
I was thinking more along the lines of 'Future Jehovah's Witness' but I thoughtabout it again and lol'd.
+1
yet to see a new god kira candidate..