Thoughts before visiting and after visiting Japan. 去日本前和后的想法。

语法 (grammar) 1. (A) 离 (B) 多远? How far is A from B? 2. (A) 怎么样? How's A?/What do you think of A? 3.  (verb)关于 (A) 的 （noun). eg. Talk about Japanese stuff. 聊关于日本的事情 4. 把 (A) 放在 (B) (上,下 etc) eg. 把苹果放在桌子上. You CAN'T SAY 放苹果在桌子上! 词 (words)  start again 重新开始 chong2 xin1 kai1 shi3     note - 重 has 2 pronunciations culture 文化 wen2 hua4 history 历史 li4 shi3 kill 杀 sha1 for a lifetime 一辈子 yi2 bei4 zi5 (don't say 一 as yi1 in this case) accompany 陪 pei2 apart from 除了。。(以外) chu2 le5 ....yi3 wai4    note - 以外 is optional change 改变 gai3 bian4 have knowledge of/deeply understand 了解 liao3 jie3 eg. I don't know much about Japan 我不太了解日本 polite/politeness 礼貌 li3 mao4 To wrap 包装 bao1 zhuang1 to describe 描述 miao2 shu4 sand 沙子 sha1 zi5 show 表示 biao3 shi4 i.e. what something represents or conveys carcass/corpse 尸体 shi1 ti3 specimen 标本 biao1 ben3 nature/natural 自然 zi4 ran2 trash/rubbish 垃圾 la1 ji1       trash can 垃圾桶 la1 ji1 tong3 machine 机器 ji1 qi4 ice cream 冰淇淋 bing1 qi2 lin2 everywhere (something) 哪里都有 na3 li3 dou1 you3   到处都有 dao4 chu4 dou1 you3