On 23 March 2018 at 02:15, cafe...@pacific.net wrote:
> What does "masu" mean in Japanese?
>
> Looked online and found one source that defined the word as an affirmative
> ending of a verb. Masen being the negative.
>
> Another source said "masu" means "you."
>
> Does the
Den 23. mar. 2018 kl. 17.06 skrev Anne LaVin :
> Historically, rice was measured with small, square wooden boxes - these are
> themselves just called "masu" in Japanese, and as such, "masu box" in
> English is actually a bit redundant. A "masu" just is one of those objects.
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 10:15 PM, cafe...@pacific.net
wrote:
>
> What does "masu" mean in Japanese?
Japanese has lots and lots of homophones (words that sound the same but
mean different things.)
My dictionary says that its primary meaning is "measuring container;
measure".
On Mar 23, 2018 11:42 AM, "cafe...@pacific.net" wrote:
What does "masu" mean in Japanese?
Masu (in this case) means "measuring container." A masu box traditionally
referred to square wooden boxes used to measure portions of rice; modern
versions are used for other
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 8:15 PM, cafe...@pacific.net
wrote:
> What does "masu" mean in Japanese?
>
> Looked online and found one source that defined the word as an affirmative
> ending of a verb. Masen being the negative.
>
> Another source said "masu" means "you."
>
> Does