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download the file and open in it iTunes where it will appear under “tones”. Enable synching of tones in iTunes when you iPhone is connected to your computer and then synch. it should appear in your sound settings on your phone. The symphony will not care that your phone goes off during their performance and they won’t be able to mimic your ringtone to make a fool of you. If you worry about those type of things.

I want to do a blog of some of my objects but can’t decide the best place to photograph them. Should I make a light box or is natural light better?

There are often multiple words with the same single syllable pronunciation in Japanese. Here I have chosen my favorites. Miguel first posited the theory to me that the shortest words in any language were the most important when a language was first formed. Miguel’s first word in Japanese was ka because he visited in summer. Here I have chosen my favorite meanings of all possible single syllable Japanese words  below with my notes.

あ 唖 a – muteness
い 胃 i – stomach
う 鵜 u – a cormorant (type of bird)
え 絵 e – picture. e also can mean egoma, a food plant native to Japan similar to sesame.
お 尾 o – tail
か 蚊 ka – mosquito
き 木 ki – tree
く 苦 ku – pain, anguish
け 毛 ke – hair, fur
こ 子 ko – child, young
きゃ kya – the onomatopoeia of surprise mixed with terror. there is no modern word read as kya.
きゅ kyu – an onomatopoeia that can mean slipping, sliding, or squeaking.
きょ 炬 kyo – an uncommon pronunciation for pine torch.
さ 差 sa – difference, variation. Has the nuance of the difference or gap between two things.
し 死 shi – death.
す 酢 su – vinegar.
せ 背 se – back. the back of an object or person.
そ 俎 se – altar of sacrifice. the more common meaning today of this syllable is ancestor.
しゃ 舎 sha – house, hut
しゅ 朱 shu – red pigment or ink.
しょ 暑 sho -midsummer. heat.
た 田 ta – rice field.
ち 血 chi – blood.
つ 唾 tsu – spit.
て 手 te – hand.
と 十 to – ten.
ちゃ 茶 cha – tea.
ちゅ chu – onomatopoeia for a kiss.
ちょ 著 cho – a work, a book.
な 菜 na – vegetables, most notably rape.
に 土 ni – an old pronunciation of the word for dirt.
ぬ 野 no – one of the pronunciations of  the word for field, wild, plain.
ね 根 ne – root.
の 箆 no – the shaft of an arrow.
にゃ nya – there is no real good one for nya. it is a sound that cats make.
にゅ 鞣 nyu – the word for tanning (of leather) the tradition job of the untouchable class.
にょ 如 nyo – the ultimate nature of all things (Buddhist principle)
は 歯 ha – this word has the same archaic root it means tooth, edge (or a knife), or leaf.
ひ 火 hi – fire.
ふ 麩 fu – wheat gluten.
へ 屁 he – a fart.
ほ 帆 ho – a sail.
ひゃ hya – a sigh of displeasure.
ひゅ hyu – something floating up and away quickly.
ひょ hyo – maybe just possibly.
ま 間 ma – the space between things. one of the most important concepts in Japanese culture. look it up.
み 身 mi – meat, body, nut.
む 無 mu – another important concept: nothingness.
め 目 me – eye.
も 藻 mo – seaweed, algae.
みゃ mya – ???
みゅ myu – stepping on something and it squishes and is destroyed.
みょ myo – ???
や 矢 ya – arrow.
ゆ 油 yu – oil, fat.
よ 夜 yo – the night.
ら 羅 ra – lightweight fabric.
り 里 ri – an old unit of measure 3.92km.
る 流 ru – exile
れ 列 re – line, queue
ろ 炉 ro – hearth, fireplace
りゃ rya – very rare syllable ???
りゅ ryu – having to do with shape of a mountain or hill.
りょ 呂 ryo – ancient musical scale.
わ 和 wa – Japanese concept of harmony.
ゐ wi – depreciated syllable ???
ゑ we – depreciated syllable ???
を o – indicated the direct object, object of action.
ん n – yes/approval.
が 蛾 ga – a moth.
ぎ 着 gi – clothes.
ぐ 具 gu – a tool, sometimes an ingredient.
げ 夏 ge – summer on the lunar solar calendar.
ご 語 go – word, language.
ぎゃgya – the sound a baby makes when it born.
ぎゅ gyu – rotating something in a squishy place/ crowded.
ぎょ 魚 gyo – fish.
ざ 座 za – seat.
じ 痔 ji – hemorrhoids.
ず 図 zu – diagram/map.
ぜ 是 ze – justice.
ぞ zo – ending particle, adds force.
じゃ 蛇 jya – snake
じゅ 呪 jyu – a curse.
じょ 女 jyo – woman.
だ 駄 da – worthless, no good.
ぢ ji – an ancient number.
づ dzu – ???
で 出 de – come out, to come out.
ど 土 do – earth, dirt, clay.
ぢゃ jya – well then.
ぢゅ jyu – ???
ぢょ jyo – scooching.
ば 場 ba – place, spot, space.
び 美 bi – beauty.
ぶ 部 bu – department, part.
べ 辺 be – surrounding area.
ぼ 戊 bo – 5th in rank.
びゃ bya – spitting out something disgusting.
びゅ byu – sounds like like an animal making a bubble.
びょ byo – wobbling gelatine.
ぱ 馬 ba – horse.
ぴ pi – beep.
ぷ pu – beep or short fart.
ぺ be – short taunting sound.
ぽ po – a release of steam.
ぴゃ pya – ???
ぴゅ pyu – squirting.
ぴょ pyo – a small frog.

some of these are obviously my own interpretations. but you will never know which ones!

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