Portuguese opinon?

It is a very modern and clean country.... with beautiful scenery and modern buildings :yes:

A destination for my vacations :D

in general I have a good point of vieu abouth Japan, in termes of society for me is an high tech and competive economy o maintain some values and high leves of perssonal education, people is not so "cold" like in the west and culture is part of people life, in terms of landscape the land was bless by mother nature from the cold forests of the north to subtropical south, in terms of architecture is perfect.

I can tell what I know in person only, I like JVC :D

japan is one of the countrys o make part of our books of national history, Portuguese sailors arrive in Japan in XVI century to trade with Japan and we have piece of ceramic and some Nambam screens from the XVI and XVII century o prove that:
Namban screens and details from the end of the XVI century and from the XVII century with Portuguese sailors and trade man, thys is part of a colection in the "museu nacional de arte antiga" in Lisbon:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/jani1/nambam1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/jani1/nanbam2.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/jani1/nanbam3.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/jani1/nanbam4.jpg

"It is great!" :yes:

I've fell in love by seeing all those photos of well constructed, organized and maintained japanese cities!!! :applause:

I like the country but there's one thing that worries me- western culture overrunning your culture and traditions! I love those traditional houses with sliding doors and weird rooftops but it seems to me that the expansion of your metropolises is making sure they become rarer and rarer!

Honestly i truly like Japan! It has a great great culture and a good political posture in the world (in the ohter side is USA......). Small guys but with great minds/inteligence and a great work/sacrifice spirit: key of japan success!

japan is one of the countrys o make part of our books of national history, Portuguese sailors arrive in Japan in XVI century to trade with Japan and we have piece of ceramic and some Nambam screens from the XVI and XVII century o prove that:
Namban screens and details from the end of the XVI century and from the XVII century with Portuguese sailors and trade man, thys is part of a colection in the "museu nacional de arte antiga" in Lisbon:

Not to mention we borrowed some words from the Portuguese language like pan (bread from Pao), Iesu (Jesus), Oranda (Holland from Holanda), and tabako (tobacco, from tabaco).

I think it's great! It's on my Top 10 or even Top 5 to visit :cheers:

it fascinates me in many senses, the awesome comeback economicaly after the IIWar is realy a case study
i like alot de way there´s lot of green spaces and temples among the usual japan densification
It´s definitely one of de countries and city (Tokyo) i would like to visit!!

One thing i specially think is funny (in the good way of the term) is that japanese like things like hello kittie, pink color, etc...
Papanese urban enviornements are amazing and very very unusual!!

Who said that Japan sucks???

Not to mention we borrowed some words from the Portuguese language like pan (bread from Pao), Iesu (Jesus), Oranda (Holland from Holanda), and tabako (tobacco, from tabaco).

Ah, I thought that pan comes from Spanish :D I'm sorry.

oye Kanji, que estas haciendo, una conquista japonesa de la peninsula? Primer destino, Espana, ahora el segundo, Portugal? XDDD

For me, Japan is a country that strikes surprsingly well the balance between modernity and tradition. In addition, it also has an economic prowess that is the envy of most nations in the world.

No, solamente una conquista europea. Mira el foro aleman y el italiano :rofl:

Not to mention we borrowed some words from the Portuguese language like pan (bread from Pao), Iesu (Jesus), Oranda (Holland from Holanda), and tabako (tobacco, from tabaco).
:uh: fantastic!!

eu não quero abusar da vossa simpatia mas posso pedir se me traduzem o meu nome para Japonez? eu sou Alexandre, obrigado!!

This is a rather incomplete list of Japanese words of Portuguese origin:

arukooru' - alcool
`bateren' - padre (pai)
`biidoro' - vidro
`biroodo' - veludo (pode ter vindo do espanhol "velludo")
`botan' - botão
`furasuko' - frasco
`igirisu' - inglês (hoje em dia, significa "Reino Unido" no Japão)
`jouro' - jarro (possível)
`juban' - jibão (roupa interior - vocábulo antigo)
`kantera' - candeia (tocha) - (também pode ter vindo do holandês "kandelaar")
`kappa' - capa (no sentido de capa/casaco para chuva)
`karuta' - carta (de jogo / de baralho)
`kasutera' - castela (bolo esponjoso - talvez de claras em castela??)
`kirishitan' - cristão
`kompeitou' - confeito (no sentido de doce - confeitaria)
`pan' - pão
`rasha' - raxa (um tipo de tecido grosseiro de algodão)
`rozario' - rosário
`sarasa' - saraça
`shabon' - sabão
`tabako' - tabaco
`tempura' - tempero
`zabon' - zamboa (uma fruta)
`Oranda' (オランダ) - Holanda
Retirado de "http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palavras_japonesas_de_origem_portuguesa"

tantas :uh:

eu não quero abusar da vossa simpatia mas posso pedir se me traduzem o meu nome para Japonez? eu sou Alexandre, obrigado!!
Meu key board é em ingles, sendo assim nao vou poder escrever seu nome, Nomes estrangeiros sao escritos em katagana, um japones chamaria vc mais ou menos assim Arexandure, em japones nao existe o L nem o V que sao substituidos po R e B tb nao é possivel falar a silaba "dre" e se tornara "dure" bem acho que deu para entender...
Para vc entender se vc ligar num hotel no Japao e pedir para chamar o Sr Ramos talves lhe facam a seguinte pergunta : Ramos com R de London ou com R de Roma ?

tantas :uh:


e ha' mais.. acho que houve um autor português (Peixoto da Fonseca) que escreveu a lista completa, acho que umas 700 palavras..

montes delas então, eu tinha ideia para ai uma meia duzia :yes: sei tambem que existem muitas palavras Portuguesas na lingua oficial da Indonesia e nalguns outros paises da Asia!!