Translation Help

[truthskr23_508520]

Konichiwa. I am an absolute beginner. I have been watching a Japanese children's Hiragana training cartoon and I spent a couple of hours analysing the words. There are two that I just can't seem to find a translation for. Could someone help?

mochitsuki - is this a rice cake ceremony? I am unsure.

ratsukasan (or could be ratsukakin) -- I am stumped. The cartoon image shows a figure jumping out of a plane with a parachute.

Domo arigato.

[mmmason8967]

Konichiwa. I am an absolute beginner. I have been watching a Japanese children's Hiragana training cartoon and I spent a couple of hours analysing the words. There are two that I just can't seem to find a translation for. Could someone help?

mochitsuki - is this a rice cake ceremony? I am unsure.

餅搗き　（もちつき）　⇒　rice pounding (pounding rice to make mochi, a kind of paste)

ratsukasan (or could be ratsukakin) -- I am stumped. The cartoon image shows a figure jumping out of a plane with a parachute.

落下傘　（らっかさん）　⇒　a parachute.

The small tsu in らっかさん isn't pronounced as 'tsu'; it indicates that the next consonant sound (i.e. the 'k' of 'ka') is doubled. So it's actually' rakkasan' and the double 'k' is pronounced as in 'black cat'.

Hope that helps.

マイケル

[community.japanese]

マイケルさん、
こんにちは。
いつもながら完璧な答えですね。

　さん、
konnichiwa.
Michael san’s answers are perfect.

Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[truthskr23_508520]

Domo domo domo!

Michael-san!

[community.japanese]

san,
konnichiwa.
Yokatta desune.
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com