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Last time we spoke about the two pronged offensive against Wareo and the ongoing operation on Bougainville. Katagiri's men had lost the battle for sattelberg and were performing their long retreat to Madang, but the Australians were not going to let up. Wootten immediately ordered the capture of Wareo and soon the allies were right back on the Japanese heels. General Katagiri lacked manpower, supplies and even physical strength to fight the advancing Australians off. The Australian took Bonga, Horace, the Kalueng lakes, Nongora, the Christmas hills and Kuanko during the drive to Wareo. Katagiri could do little more than order his men to continue fleeing north. 455 Japanese were killed, while the Australians suffered 47 deaths and 332 wounded. On Bougainville, General Geiger expanded his perimeter and launched a bold and dangerous amphibious raid against Koiari. Luckily for the raiders, the Japanese were taken by surprise and the Americans were able to pull out before they were annihilated. This episode is The Landing at Arawe Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945. The allies were edging ever closer to Rabaul as the Japanese were facing a long string of defeats in New Guinea and the Solomons. General Douglas MacArthur had elected to carry out two amphibious landings on western New Britain, in an effort to gain dominance over the Dampier strait. Codenamed Operation Dexterity, MacArthur was going to perform amphibious landings at Arawe and Cape Gloucester. Initially Operation Lazaretto called for an amphibious landing on southern New Britain 5km away from Gasmata in mid November. This would have been done to neutralize the Japanese base as Gasmata and protect the eastern flank for future operations, however the Japanese anticipated the attack and rapidly built up their forces there. The 7th fleet was not capable of hitting both Gasmata and Cape Gloucester simultaneously, so instead Admirals Carpender and Barbey formulated the plan to invade Arawa that was thought to not be as heavily defended. With Arawe in hand the allies could establish a PT boat base with the objective to “establishment light naval forces and to protect the southeastern flank of our forces in the impending seizure of the Gloucester Peninsula”. But Morton C. Mumma, who commanded the motor torpedo boats in the Southwest Pacific Area, would have none of Arawe. He already had all the bases he could use, and the Japanese barges used mostly the north coast of New Britain. Apparently Morton spent days “camping on 7th Fleet's doorstep to protest against setting up a PT base at Arawe”. Morton only left after he was assured by the Admirals that he need not have one if he did not want it. By November 22nd, MacArthur ditched Operation Lazaretto and created Operation Director. Operation Director was to land at Arawe was slated for December 15th, 11 days prior to the landings at Cape Gloucester. Operation Director would also act as a diversion for operation backhander. The operation would be performed by two squadrons of the 112th cavalry regiment combat team. This regiment had spent its time as a National Guard patrolling the Mexican border before they were shipped off to New Caledonia in July of 1942. They were assigned to General Patch's Americal division and were deployed as a horse mounted security force on New Caledonia. General Patch initially thought horse mounted cavalry could be used in jungle warfare, but the torrential and muddy pacific weather, quickly changed his mind. The regiment was sent to Goodenough island for training and was tossed into Operation Director quite at the last minute. The regiment had not yet seen combat and was converted to an infantry units in late may of 1943. The regiment consisted of two squadrons: the 1st Squadron of A, B and C Troops and 2nd Squadron of D, E and F Troops. For combat support there was the M2A1 howitzer-equipped 148th Field Artillery Battalion and the 59th Engineer Company. The other combat units of the Director Task Force were two batteries of the 470th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, most of the 236th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, A Company of the United States Marine Corps 1st Amphibious Tractor Battalion and a detachment from the 26th Quartermaster War Dog Platoon. The 2nd Battalion of the 158th Infantry Regiment was held in reserve to reinforce the Director Task Force if required. Not only was the 112th regiment's attachment to the operation rushed, its planning was as well. The allies lacked good aerial photographs and the troops would only have 10 days to practice amphibious warfare at Goodenough Island. After this the regiment would be embarking aboard the LSD Crater Hall, the LSI HMAS Westralia and the two APD's Humphrey's and Sands departing on December 13th. A and B of the 1st squadron would also have additional missions, A would land at Umtingalu and B would land on Pilelo island. They were going to hit the beaches in rubber boats from the APD's while the main force would be hitting their beaches in LVT 10 Buffaloes and 29 Alligators. For those of you wondering, the Buffalo LVT were more heavily armed with 37mm, turrets from Stuart tanks and Howitzer Motor Carriages. The Alligator LVT were designed to operate in swampy areas and less armed. The LVT's would be hitting the western shore at a place called Cape Merkus. The original plan was devised by General Krueger's Alamo Force and called for the 7th marines to land east of the Tsurubu airdrome, the 2nd battalions, 1st marines west of it and the 503rd parachute battalion to land in a large patch of kunai grass southeast of it. The three units would work to converge on the airdrome. The plan was heavily criticized by General Kenney and Major General Rupertus. When they looked over the operational maps it seemed to them the planners had completely overlooked the mountains, swamps and jungle terrain. The marines were expected to drive though the jungle to link up with the paratroopers and that did not sit at all well with the air commanders. The Marines hated the plan because the converging of the 3 forces over the rough terrain, against a more than likely larger enemy would also see problems telling friend from foe. In early December General Kenney added his voice to their criticism on behalf of the air forces. Kenney argued the plan intended to use piecemeal paratroops instead of performing a mass drop, the piecemeal drops would require innumerable flights of troop carriers and these flights would require approaching enemy air reaction dangerously close. In conclusion he said "Commander, Allied Air Forces, does not desire to participate in the planned employment of paratroops for DEXTERITY." On December 14th, Colonel Edwin Pollock bluntly voiced his opposition of the plan to MacArthur who apparently walked out of the meeting quite pissed off. It is difficult to know why an invasion of the southern area was believed to be necessary. It is most likely because the Navy wanted a PT boat base at Gasmata to better operate against IJN barge traffic. However Captain Morton Mumma's declaration of not needing a base as long as Cape Gloucester was secured made the decision to hit Arawe final. Kenney also found the Lindenhafen plantation at Gasmata unsuitable for an airfield. To twist MacArthur's arm somewhat, an intelligence report indicated Arawa was only defended by 500 men of the 115th infantry of the IJA 51st division. MacArthur was much more worried over Operation Backhander so he agreed. The use of paratroopers for operation Backhander was eliminated and instead they would concentrate strength for a potentially decisive stroke rather than a dispersal of forces. The 1st marines wold land immediately behind the 7th marines to hit the airdrome. Furthermore the 2nd battalion, 1st marines would make a secondary landing on the western shore of New Britain in order to block the Japanese from reinforcing the airdrome and to cut off the retreat of its garrison. After all was said and done the planning had finalized just 11 days prior to the landing date, it was quite a last minute ordeal. Given Backhander was a success, MacArthur also sought to hit Saidor on the northeastern coast of New Guinea, hopefully by the start of the new year. This would cut off General Adachi's 18th army from retreating. Thus on December 10th, MacArthur ordered General Krueger to begin preparations for Operation Michaelmas with the 32nd division earmarked for this task. Over on the other side, General Imamura deployed General Sakai's 17th division in western New Britain with their command center being at Gavuvu. Units already in the region consisted of the Matsuda Detachment and the 2nd battalion, 228th regiment, both of whom would now be under Sakai's command. The original mission of General Matsuda's 65th mixed brigade had been maintaining the supply line to New Guinea. Thus his unit was quite topheavy with transportation personnel alongside an assortment of orphan units that had become separated from their parent units on New Guinea. Matsuda's HQ was near Kalingi, his 4th shipping detachment were located between Tsurubu and Natamo and his 65th engineer regiment was at Tsurubu. Matsuda concentrated the majority of his strength along the south and west coasts at placed like Cape Bushing, Aisega, Nigol, Arawe and Cape Merkus. At Tuluvu, the name the Japanese used for Cape Gloucester, the detachment had been relieved by Colonel Sumiya Koki's 53rd regiment in early november, successfully establishing defensive positions between Mount Talawe and Borgen Bay. Colonel Sumiya had prepared several small roadblocks to cover his eastward approaches while placing the bulk of his troops and weapons in and around two main strong points. The first point was the crescent shaped Borgen Bay around 1000 yards east of the airdrome. Over there he had an elaborate system of mutually supporting bunkers with mounting weapons up to 75mm guns, connected by a network of rifle trenches. The second point was in the broken foothills of Mount Talawe, dominating the flat grounds for several hundreds of yards to the south. Further south, Colonel Katayama Kenshiro's 141st regiment were defending Cape Bushing; Colonel Jiro Sato's the 51st reconnaissance regiment were defending Rooke Island; an understrength provisional company was defending Cape Merkus; and the 3rd battalion of the 141st were defending Nigol alongside a few orphan units of the 51st division. General Sakai dispatched Colonel Hirashima Shuhei's 54th regiment were sent to reinforce Gasmata and their 7th company was detached to garrison Talasea. In early December Major Komori Shinjiro's understrength 1st battalion, 81st regiment landed at Iboki. Sakai was concerned with the safety of the Cape Merkus Garrison, so he sent Komori's detachment to proceed to Arawe urgently. Komori's men would have to traverse an extremely difficult trail that saw them going through jungles, swamps, mountains and rivers over the entire width of the island. Back over with the allies, General Cunningham's convoy rendezvoused with Admiral Barbey's escorting force at Buna on December 14th. From there they would head for Arawe after dusk, also accompanied by Admiral Crutchley's supporting force. On that same day, Kenney's 5th air force performed bombing campaigns, dropping some 433 tons of bombs against Arawe. At 3:30am on the 15th Barbey's convoy reached the transport area and prepared their assault. To get the vulnerable rubber boats ashore, General Cunningham had to rely on the element of surprise rather than strength. So he chose to land under the cover of darkness with no forewarning. According to Barbey "Although it was considered that the moonlight might prevent surprise, the Landing Force Commander desired to attempt it without any preliminary bombardment." Unfortunately an American party of amphibious scouts had landed on that beach back on the 10th, causing the Japanese to suspect another landing would soon take place. There would be machine guns ready to hit the boys. At 5:05 Humphrey's launched 15 rubber boats for Pilelo island while Sands launched 15 others for Umtingalu. The landing at Pilelo went off without a hitch. Troop B landed and immediately attacked a Japanese radio station near the village of Paligmete. Troop A came under attack from a small group of Japanese hiding in some nearby caves. One american and 7 Japanese would die in the fighting. The landing at Umtingalu was another story entirely. The Japanese defenders unleashed heavy enfilading machine gun fire upon incoming rubber boats. 12 out of the 15 were punctured and sank quickly. Most of the men swam for their lives seaward and were rescued by small boats later on near House Fireman Beach. Around 12 men would die, 4 went missing and 17 were wounded. The submarine chaser SC-699 would manage to rescue 71 from the water while under fire. Between 6:10-6:25 allied destroyers bombarded the beach with 1800 5 inch shells and B-25 mitchells made a bombing pass around House Fireman Beach. The main landing force approached the area on amphibious tractors, facing slight opposition that they easily silenced using the rockets. The first wave consisted of 10 LVT-2 Buffalos that hit the beach in a chaotic fashion at 7:28am. The other waves of LVT-1 Alligators kept stalling and this caused the landing force to be strung out in columns for a couple of miles. Once ashore the cavalrymen stormed the Arawe peninsula's base. The two understrength Japanese companies there had little hope against them and withdrew northeast towards Didmop along the Pulie river. At 8:00am more troops aboard General Heavy's LCVP's and LCM's came over with the first echelon of supplies. This time however, Japanese aircraft had spotted the convoys coming to Arawe at around 4am. Admiral Kusaka dispatched a strike force of 8 Vals and 56 Zeros to try and break the landings. 16 P-38's intercepted the strike force, but many got through. Barbey's flagship Conyngham and the supplies ships managed to evade the bombs. By the end of the day, 1904 troops had been landed and a new base was being constructed. Over the next following days, naval convoys would bring over reinforcements to the Arawe area. The Japanese launched multiple attacks upon them resulting in the sinking of APc-21, and APc-12, Subchaser SC-743, minesweeper YMS-50 and 4 LVT's being damaged. Despite that minor damage, 6287 tons of supplies and 451 guns and vehicles were landed at Arawe within 3 weeks. A defensive perimeter was established behind the main line of resistance as General Cunninghumas men began sending patrols towards the Pulie and Itni Rivers to establish outposts. General Matsuda now realized he was facing a full blown invasion. He dispatched Major Tobuse Asayaki's 1st battalion, 141st regiment while awaiting further reinforcements from the Komori detachment. There were no trails connecting the Itni and Arawe regions, thus the men were forced to travel by landing craft from Cape Bushing over to Omoi point a few miles west of the Arawe landings. From there they would travel overland to join up with Major Komori. Yet that is it for the Arawe operation as we now need to travel over to Bougainville. The last time we were speaking about Bougainville the raid against Koiari had been quite a blunder. Meanwhile the amtracs were busy cutting trails through the jungles and swamps to help the general advance. A small unit from the 21st marines occupied Hill 600 back on November 27th. Then on December 3rd an intense artillery duel began as the Japanese unleashed 150mm guns upon the forward slopes of Hill 600, forcing the Americans to pull back. On December 5th the general advance kicked off. Colonel Robert Williams paratroopers occupied a line stretching from the crest of Hill 1000 going across a series of ridges and ravines towards the junction of the East-West trail and the Torokina river. Now this line would begin to expand 3000 yards over a ridge named Hellzapoppin Ridge. The marines named it after the musical, because of its extremely difficult terrain. The 3rd marines captured Hill 500 with zero opposition. The American supplies lines had been extended as well, now there was a growing supply dump called Evansville established in the rear of Hill 600 to provide supply to the final defensive line. December the 6th saw a severe earthquake hindering any advance. Commander of the 9th marines, Frazer West recalled “Being raised in Nevada I'd been through a lot of earthquakes so they were nothing new to me. We had one really severe earthquake on Bougainville. The big trees were just swaying around and we had built this fortification on this ridge, pillboxes, and such out of coconut logs and the roofs fell in on the pillboxes and some of the trenches caved in. The men got down and hugged to ground. It was impossible to stand up while it was going on. They were scared to death when these huge trees were breaking down around them. This went on it seemed for several minutes. The ground really rumbled and shook. It was the worst earthquake I'd ever been in.” On December 7th Williams led a patrol east towards a 300 yard long spur being defended by the 23rd regiment in well dug positions. William twice attempted seizing the spur and was wounded alongside 7 of his men who had to retire back to the marine lines. On the 9th, three other patrols hit the spur again, but were likewise driven off. During the late afternoon of the 9th the Japanese launched a counterattack against the marine position on Hill 1000. The paratroopers with the support of some 105mm and 75mm howitzers managed to repel the attack which cost them 12 deaths and 26 wounded. The next day, General Geiger decided to relieve Williams with the 1st battalion, 21st marines and the 1st battalion, 9th marines. At first the Marines tried to neutralize the Japanese with artillery fire, but the reverse slopes on places like Hill 1000 made it difficult for the guns to hit their positions. On the 13th Geiger requested aerial bombardments and received 3 dive bombers and 3 torpedo bombers who hit the targets causing, but also on a marine position killing 2 men and wounded 5. The next day 17 torpedo bombers hit the ridge and the following day another 18 torpedo bombers landed some direct hits on the Japanese positions. On the 18th, 11 torpedo bombers loaded with 100 lb bombs with delay fuses managed to pin the enemy down while 155mm howitzers cleared much of the dense vegetation covering the crest of their ridge. Immediately after the air strike, the Marines stormed the ridge from Hill 1000 in a double envelopment, finding little resistance by the dazed survivors. The artillery and aerial bombing had been so heavy, most of the Japanese company were forced to retreat, leaving 50 corpses over Hellzapoppin ridge. Hellzapoppin ridge cost the marines 12 dead and 23 wounded. Meanwhile on the 21st a patrol of the 21st marines encountered a few Japanese upon Hill 600A. One platoon ran into some heavy fire from the Japanese requiring Company I to perform a double envelopment, but they were likewise pinned down. On the 23rd, Company K, reinforced with a heavy machine gun platoon attempted a direct assault against Hill600A, but they were driven back. The marines poured more artillery fire upon Hill600A and tossed more attacks, but still they were driven off and with heavy casualties. Then on the morning of the 24th, scouts discovered the Japanese were inexplicably abandoning the position and had begun slipping away during the night. Hill600A was to be the last offensive by the Marines on Bougainville, the army boys were soon to take over. Geiger relinquished command to General Griswolds 14th corps on the 15 and now the Americal Division would be advancing up to relieve the 3rd marine division. The Army boys would be taking control of an inland perimeter extending 23,000 yards. Over 50,000 troops would be working to expand that perimeter. Yet that is all for Bougainville as we will now be covering some events in India and Burma. As a result of the August Quebec Conference codenamed Quadrant, the allies created the combined South East Asian Command. This new command would have Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten as Supreme allied commander and General Joseph Stilwell as deputy supreme commander. They would hold overall strategic command of all air, sea and land operations for all the national contingents in the theater. Our old onion eating maniac friend Wingate had also returned from the Quebec Conference with the mission of expanding the strength of the Chindits. However Wingate refused to use Indian Army formations in his force, because he maintained that their training in long-range penetration would take longer and their maintenance by air would be difficult due to the varied dietary requirements of different Gurkha and Indian castes and religions. He couldn't get his way and was forced to accept the 111th brigade and two Gurkha battalions in the 77th brigade. Again this seems to be another point of evidence Wingate really did not like the Gurkha units. So Wingate now had the 77th Indian brigade, led by Brigadier Mike Calvert and the 111th Indian brigade led by Brigadier Joe Lentaigne. To increase the number of Chindits the 14th, 16th and 23rd British brigades were added, breaking up the experienced 70th british division much to the misery of General Slim. The 3rd west africa brigade was also snatched up from the 81st west africa division. Through the Quebec conference, Wingate also managed to obtain a “private” air force for the Chindits, designated 1st air commando group, consisting mostly of American aircraft. The new Chindit force became officially known as the 3rd Indian division, though it would be referred to as a special force or Chindit or Long Range Penetration group. The new recruits were tossed into the rigorous training of crossing rivers, demolitions and some bivouacking at Gwalior. Calvert and Fergusson had both been promoted to brigadier and took command of two brigades. Both men were responsible for a lot of the training program and the development of tactical planning while Wingate was promoted to Major-General. Inspired by Wingates onion force, the allied leaders during the Quebec conference decided to create an American deep penetration unit that would also harass the Japanese in Burma. On September 18th of 1943 a new American long range penetration force was announced to be created and it would be an all-volunteer unit. It received 960 jungle trained officers and men from the Caribbean defense command, 970 from the Army Ground Forces and 674 “battle tested” jungle troops from the South Pacific Command, those boys being veterans of Guadalcanal and the Solomons. General MacArthur handed over 274 Army combat experience volunteers from the Southwest Pacific command, veterans of New Guinea and Bougainville. These 3000 men were now the 5307th Composite Unit formed under the code named Galahad Project. The unit arrived to Bombay on October 31st where they were equipped and began training under the direction of Wingate at Deolali. Colonels Francis Brink and Charles Hunter trained the men from November to January of 1944. Then the 5307th moved to Deogarh where they received additional training in scouting, patrolling, stream crossing, weaponry, navigation, demolition, camouflaged, guerilla style warfare and the novel technique of airdrop supplying. In the meantime, Stillwell was in China, so the command of the operation fell to Brigadier General Haydon Boatner who was the commanding General of the Ledo Sector and the Chief of staff for the Chinese Army in India. Stilwell had been planning an offensive codenamed Albacore while the Ledo Road was being constructed. To exercise his command, Stilwell had his small staff of American officer advisers each grab a Chinese division. They kept in touch via radio teams who spoke both American and Mandarin. However these American officers did not have real authority of command, they were merely acting through the use of persuasion. Operation Albacore was an offensive aimed at protecting the Ledo Base and securing the Shingbwiyang area. General Sun Li-Jen's 38th division was given the task of capturing the line of Tarung Hka, then later to join with Lt General Liao Yaoxiangs 22nd division to hit the Jambu Bum ridge line. Afterwards they would proceed towards Myitkyina in December. Stilwell assumed the Japanese were not particularly strong north of Kamaing and would not be able to reinforce the Myitkyina-Paoshan area, but in fact the Japanese Burma Area Army had received a large amount of reinforcement in the area. Anxious to prevent any interference with their ongoing offensive, the Japanese Burma HQ had dispatched reinforcements all around the Burma permeer. In OCtober of 1943, the 56th division had eliminated a Chinese bridgehead over the Salween north of Teng-chung; in late September the 18th division set up positions in the Hukawng Valley; and some elements of the 56th division had taken up a position at Maingkwan. On October 24th, General Sun Li-Jen had the 112th regiment advance forward to shield the Ledo road builders, while the 2nd battalion advanced to Sharaw Ga and Ningbyen. Defending Sharaw Ga was the 5th company, 56th regiment with one platoon securing Ningbyen. The 1st battalion attacked Shingbwiyang before advancing upon Yupbang Ga. The 2nd battalion, 56th regiment stationed at Maingkwan upon receiving word of the allied offensive began moving towards Yupbang Ga. The 3rd battalion advanced from Hkalak Ha towards Ngajatzup in the northern edge of the Taro Plain. Due to supply difficulties, the 3rd battalion were making little progress. These Chinese forces were marching over portions of the trail that the defeated army and refugees had used in 1942 to flee Burma from the Japanese. The paths were a horrifying sight. Skeletons were found around every water hole. Groups of bones were found en masse. Dr. Gordon Seagrave, a Surgeon moving with troops, recalled seeing “hundreds and hundreds of skeletons”. The Chinese would encounter unexpected well-led and well entrenched resistance at all of their objectives. Defending Sharaw Ga was the 5th company, 56th regiment with one platoon securing Ningbyen. Two miles north of Sharaw Ga the Chinese ran into an outpost which they quickly dislodged. However when they attacked the village which lay between two hills, the Japanese fired down upon them from said hill causing 116 casualties. From november 1-3rd the Japanese inflicted 50 deaths upon the Chinese attackers receiving no casualties upon themselves. The 1st battalion had a similar experience at Yupang Ga. There they ran into a well entrenched and well led force who created roadblocks between Sharaw Ga and Ningbyen isolating them. Major Chen's 3rd battalion while trying to clear the Taro Plain was so hampered by logistics, by November 1st he had only arrived toNgajatzup on the extreme north edge of the plain. When notified Stilwell commented “Sorry performance. Arrived about November 1. Sent one company forward. Pulled it back again. Thereafter did nothing. Maj. Ch'en cowered in dug-out. Terrific waste of ammunition. Told Sun to have him move or I would shoot or court-martial Maj. Ch'en. Sun sent [name illegible] to investigate. Ch'en killed by British grenade in his dug-out on December 27. (Report was during Japanese attack. There was none).” The Japanese resistance ground the offensive to a halt as the Chinese forces were forced to dig in. At Yupbang Ga in particular the Japanese had cut off the Chinese from the river crossing and began encirclement maneuvers. The CHinese relying on air supply were powerless to cut their way out. In response to the Chinese offensive, Lieutenant-General Tanaka Shinichi shifted the main strength of his 18th division to the Shingbwiyang area hoping to assemble there by the 15th of December. As the Japanese presence grew in the areas so did the casualties upon the Chinese forces. The 112th regiment had one of its companies annihilated on the 2nd of november. Their regimental command post was overrun on the 3rd as their guards were digging in for the night. The regimental commander, Colonel Chen, and junior US liaison officer Major General Laughlin managed to escape, but chief liaison officer Lt Colonel Douglas Gilbert was captured by the enemy. A company of the 114th rushed to aid the situation, but were halted by the Japanese just before reaching Yupbang Ga. In late November the situation for the 112th began to improve when the 114th regiment reinforced them. However when they began attacking Yupbang Ga their artillery batteries were driven away by four Japanese machine gun positions. More attempts were made in december, but the Japanese were simply outperforming them. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The landings at Arawe was yet again another successful allied amphibious operation, but most assuredly it would soon be met with the typical Japanese counter attack. The Bougainville operation was now under new management, and the situation in Burma was starting to heat up again.
Special Conditions Podcast 158 Recording Date - 11/8/23 Publish Date - 11/15/23 Join us as we dive into the paradoxical realm of the latest expansion, "Paradox Rift," where the battles are intense and the surprises are endless. Can you feel the excitement? Cue the dramatic flair—Paradox, let it rift! The plot thickens as we investigate the latest buzz in the Pokémon community. Is Pokémon trolling us with a mysterious card featuring Wiglett art? The imagery and the vibration attack make us wonder. Pokémon Center has restocked Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Boxes! Get yours while you can before they're gone. And if you happen to get one, hit up Adam for a trade for the Iron Bundle promo card! In an unexpected twist, new art for Blastoise V and Venusaur V have emerged almost 3 years after initial release. We don't know why English and Japanese never received this version of the art, but what we do know is the Pokemon TCG is brand new in China. These Chinese expansions are years behind the sets as we know it. https://bit.ly/SC158ParadoxRift https://bit.ly/SC158BlastoiseinChina https://bit.ly/SC158WiglettVibration https://bit.ly/SC158PokemonCenterPR https://bit.ly/SC158IronValiantAmazon Use Code FULLHEAL20 at https://www.manscaped.com/ for 20% Off and FREE SHIPPING! Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order! Support the show by shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate SpecialConditions@PokemonProfessor.com Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork Music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com Intro Music Trapped In A Pokéball Dj CUTMAN and Belthesar GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ http://soundcloud.com/DjCUTMAN http://soundcloud.com/belthesar Break Music He Walk - Furret / Accumula Town Remix Dj Cutman http://soundcloud.com/djcutman http://twitter.com/videogamedj http://youtube.com/djcutman Outro Music Kanto Trainer Battle Mykah GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ https://soundcloud.com/mykah Hosts Adam Tuttle Justin Keller Producer Ken Pescatore Executive Producer Trainer Mystic Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2021 Pokémon Professor and Special Conditions are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo #pokemon #pokemontcg #podcast
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 119, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: True Crime 1: The threat to use physical harm, it becomes "aggravated" when combined with the use of a deadly weapon. assault. 2: On April 13, 2005 he pleaded guilty to 2 clinic bombings and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Park attack. (Eric) Rudolph. 3: In July 1894 Butch Cassidy was convicted of this crime, which branded him a crook. cattle rustling. 4: As leader of this urban terrorist "army", Donald de Freeze called himself Cinque. the SLA (the Symbionese Liberation Army). 5: These Chinese secret societies that met in tongs in North America started as groups of kung fu fighters. triads. Round 2. Category: The Dating Game 1: Bachelor No. 2, say hello to Madonna:"Hello, Madonna". Tom Selleck. 2: U.S. runners give black power salute at Olympics; Kubrick's "2001" released. 1968. 3: Bachelor No. 1, say hi to Donna:"Hey Donna, how ya' doing--oh, wait, I got all this money in the way!". Cuba Gooding, Jr.. 4: Federal building bombed in Oklahoma City; Kobe, Japan struck by 7.2 earthquake. 1995. 5: John Paul II shot; Iran releases U.S. embassy hostages. 1981. Round 3. Category: Watch This Space 1: There are 5 of these scheduled for 2001: 2 solar and 3 lunar. Eclipses. 2: On Sept. 29, 2004 Toutatis, one of these, will be close enough to the Earth to be seen with binoculars. Asteroid. 3: The large Zenith telescope being built near Vancouver will use a pan of this liquid metal as a reflector. Mercury. 4: Using data from the Chandra X-ray telescope, 3 teens in North Carolina discovered one of these spinning neutron stars. Pulsar. 5: (Hi, I'm Kevin Sorbo of Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda".) Using an earthbound telescope, he determined the Andromeda galaxy is 900,000 light years from Earth. Edwin Hubble. Round 4. Category: Israel 1: To promote saving water during 1986 drought, Israel advised citizens to do this "with a friend". take a shower. 2: If you're getting engaged, consider a visit to Netanya, a world center for cutting and polishing these. diamonds. 3: Sde Boker, one of these cooperative communities, was the retirement home of first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. kibbutz. 4: City in which March 26,1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt was signed. Washington, D.C.. 5: This port city on and around Mount Carmel has been compared to San Francisco, its sister city. Haifa. Round 5. Category: Debt 1: A time during which late payments aren't penalized, or the years 1956-1982 in Monaco. Grace period. 2: Repo, as in "They can't repo my car because I owe ten lousy payments!", is short for this. Repossess/repossession. 3: Insert 1 letter in "debt" to get this, a bookkeeping entry for money you owe. Debit. 4: These popular student loans are named for a Vermont senator. Stafford loans. 5: This partner of "forget" is what Bono wants Western nations to do with Third World debt. Forgive. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Welcome to East West Hurricane! 🌪We update you on the most essential news from Asia in tech, media, and business—the things you need to know that you probably haven’t heard in Western media.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! ⚡️How Google Helps Indian Students 🏫Google plans to create digital classroom programs in the Indian state of Maharashtra, which will reach 23 million students and teachers across 190,000 schools. Maharashtra, like most of India, has been affected by Covid and most physical schools have shut down. Google will partner with the Maharashtra government to provide new digital classroom tools and services free of charge. This includes products like G Suite for Education, Google Forms, Google Meet, Google Classroom, and more. Google has already started working with India’s national governmental body that regulates secondary schools (Central Board of Secondary Education) and has helped fund a grant for the Kaivalya Education Foundation to provide educational opportunities for underprivileged children.This fits within Google’s broader announcement earlier this year that they will be investing $10 Billion into India across a series of different programs and partnerships. As the world’s second most populous country, India is an important and huge market for Google’s products and services. Google’s investments in the country go all the way from government to schools to infrastructure to startups to non-profits and more. Of course, since Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai is originally from India, that adds an extra layer of prioritisation Google has for the country. Can Samsung Ride the Anti-China Wave? 📲The political tensions between India and China have made it harder for Chinese companies to operate in India. Samsung, as a Korean company, has been able to use this to strengthen their position in the Indian market. In Q2 of this year, Samsung moved up to become the country’s number two smartphone maker with 26% market share. In Q1, Samsung was the number three smartphone maker with 16% market share. Since June, Samsung has launched seven new smartphones. These are lower-priced smartphones, with the cheapest one priced at $75.This could be an important turning point for Samsung. Over the last few years, Samsung was losing market share in India to the newer, lower priced Chinese smartphone brands like Oppo and Xiaomi. These Chinese smartphone makers are still major players in the market, but they will need to aggressively change their marketing strategy given the current geo-political climate. India’s importance will only increase as the population and economy grows, so smartphone makers from all countries will continue prioritising India. There are so many second and third order consequences of this Chinese-Indian political tension, it’s kind of mind-blowing. Grab’s Next Priority: Financial Services 🏦After raising $856 Million earlier this year focused on expanding payments and financial services, Singaporean ride hailing company Grab has now announced a set of new consumer-facing financial products. Grab has already been providing B2B financial services to drivers and small businesses, but will now start offering consumer products like micro-investments, loans, and health insurance. One of these products is Autoinvest, which allows users to invest small amounts of money through the Grab app.Financial services has always been a priority for the company. Over the last couple of years, Grab has partnered with several financial services companies and acquired the startup Bento in order to provide investment and wealth management products. Similarly, ride-hailing companies around the world like Gojek, Uber, and Careem have all expanded into financial services as a logical next step on their strategic roadmap. Covid has actually unleashed increased consumer demand for digital financial services, which is especially important in a place like Southeast Asia. So Grab, eager to capitalise on this demand, is going to be moving fast to expand their product offering. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eastwesthurricane.substack.com
In this episode: * The Event Horizon Telescope’s first black hole image, explained in 500 words Watch Samsung fold the crap out of the Galaxy Fold * Amazon accused of abandoning 100% renewable energy goal * Google’s Wing drones approved to make public deliveries in Australia * New privacy assistant Jumbo fixes your Facebook & Twitter settings * Facebook still tracks you after you deactivate account * Reminder: Airbnb lets hosts put cameras inside your rental * New app shows you all the e-scooters nearby in one handy map * DCMS white paper: UK lays out proposed laws to regulate social media Weird and Wacky: * Samsung Made a Flower Vase That’s a Throwable Fire Extinguisher * The first research book written by an AI could lead to on-demand papers * These Chinese sanitation workers have to wear location-tracking bracelets now Tech Recommendations: Adam - Private Internet Access Showhighlights, Chrome Extension Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
With a trade war brewing between Washington and Beijing, mounting public scrutiny, and repeated warnings by U.S. officials that Chinese investment in certain industries constitutes a national security threat, Chinese investment and commercial activity in the United States face many challenges, which cast doubt on the trajectory of Chinese outward direct investment in the United States. As these issues flare up, Chinese companies in the United States face another hurdle that has not garnered the same attention: U.S. corporate law and regulation. As Chinese firms expand around the United States, their presence in American courts grows. Chinese companies, including state owned enterprises, must adapt to adhere to American corporate governance standards and legal requirements that are not prevalent in China. These Chinese companies face a steep learning curve as they navigate the legal and regulatory complexities of a market-based economy. In a new book, The Clash of Capitalisms? Chinese Companies in the United States, Rutgers University Law School Professor Ji Li analyzes the adaptation of these firms to U.S. tax, non-discrimination, and employment law, as well as CFIUS compliance. Professor Li shared his research, and discussed the future of Chinese investment in the United States and other free market economies, on September 20, in New York City. Dr. Ji Li is professor of law at Rutgers University and a member of the associate faculty of the division of global affairs. Professor Li received his Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University and J.D. from Yale Law School where he was an Olin Fellow in Law, Economics and Public Policy. Before joining the Rutgers faculty, he practiced corporate and tax law for several years in the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell. Professor Li’s teaching and scholarship explore a broad range of topics including international business transactions, taxation, contracts, comparative law, Chinese law and politics, and empirical legal studies. During the 2018-2019 academic year, Professor Li will be in residence at Princeton University’s Institute for Advanced Study working on his second book, a unified theory of Chinese judicial behavior.
There is more to life than just Apple and Samsung. These Chinese-made smartphones are just as slick and powerful as their more mainstream competitors and cost a lot less. Yahoo Finance's tech editor Dan Howley and Time's Lisa Eadicicco break them down. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
With more Chinese students going oversea to pursue high school education, one problem is becoming increasingly salient. They are having cultural problems with the host families charged with looking after them. These Chinese students need to stay with a local host family, as they are too young to live independently.
Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free!Today’s keyword is 원These Chinese character for this is 院.There are many other Chinese characters (or Hanja letters) that are used for 원, so keep in mind that not all the words that have 원 in them have related meanings.The word 원 (院) is related to “house” and “institute”.대 (big) + 학 (study) + 원 (house) = 대학원 大學院 [dae-ha-gwon] = graduate school병 (sickness) + 원 (house) = 병원 病院 [byeong-won] = hospital원 (house) + 장 (head) = 원장 院長 [won-jang] = head of an organization or an institute of which name ends with -원학 (study) + 원 (house) = 학원 學院 [ha-gwon] = private school, institute연수 (training, education) + 원 (house) = 연수원 硏修院 [yeon-su-won] = training institute퇴 (to retreat, to go back) + 원 (house) = 퇴원 退院 [toe-won] = leaving the hospital입 (to enter) + 원 (house) = 입원 入院 [i-bwon] = being hospitalized, hospitalization법 (law) + 원 (house) = 법원 法院 [beo-bwon] = court of law연구 (research) + 원 (house) = 연구원 硏究員 [yeon-gu-won] = research center고 (lonely) + 아 (child) + 원 (house) = 고아원 孤兒院 [go-a-won] = orphanage
Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free! Today’s keyword is 원 These Chinese character for this is 院. There are many other Chinese characters (or Hanja letters) that are used for 원, so keep in mind that not all the words that have 원 in them have related meanings. The word 원 (院) is related to “house” and “institute”. 대 (big) + 학 (study) + 원 (house) = 대학원 大學院 [dae-ha-gwon] = graduate school 병 (sickness) + 원 (house) = 병원 病院 [byeong-won] = hospital 원 (house) + 장 (head) = 원장 院長 [won-jang] = head of an organization or an institute of which name ends with -원 학 (study) + 원 (house) = 학원 學院 [ha-gwon] = private school, institute 연수 (training, education) + 원 (house) = 연수원 硏修院 [yeon-su-won] = training institute 퇴 (to retreat, to go back) + 원 (house) = 퇴원 退院 [toe-won] = leaving the hospital 입 (to enter) + 원 (house) = 입원 入院 [i-bwon] = being hospitalized, hospitalization 법 (law) + 원 (house) = 법원 法院 [beo-bwon] = court of law 연구 (research) + 원 (house) = 연구원 硏究員 [yeon-gu-won] = research center 고 (lonely) + 아 (child) + 원 (house) = 고아원 孤兒院 [go-a-won] = orphanage
Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free! Today’s keyword is 무.These Chinese character for this is 無.The word 무 is related to “none”, “nothing”, and “non-existence”.무 (none) + 공해 (pollution) = 무공해 無公害 [mu-gong-hae] = pollution-free, clean무 (none) + 료 (fee) = 무료 無料 [mu-ryo] = free of charge무 (none) + 시 (to see) = 무시 無視 [mu-si] = to overlook, to neglect, to disregard무 (none) + 책임 (responsibility) = 무책임 無責任 [mu-chae-gim] = irresponsibility무 (none) + 조건 (condition) = 무조건 無條件 [mu-jo-geon] = unconditionally무 (none) + 죄 (sin, guilt) = 무죄 無罪 [mu-joe] = innocent, not guilty무 (none) + 능력 (ability) = 무능력 無能力 [mu-neung-ryeok] = incapability, incompetence무 (none) + 한 (limit) = 무한 無限 [mu-han] = infinite, limitless무 (none) + 적 (enemy) = 무적 無敵 [mu-jeok] = unbeatable, invincible무 (none) + 사고 (accident) = 무사고 無事故 [mu-sa-go] = no accident무 (none) + 관심 (interest) = 무관심 無關心 [mu-gwan-sim] = indifference, showing no interest무 (none) + 명 (name) = 무명 無名 [mu-myeong] = not popular, unknown무 (none) + 인 (person) = 무인 無人 [mu-in] = unmanned, uninhabited
Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free! Today’s keyword is 무.These Chinese character for this is 無.The word 무 is related to “none”, “nothing”, and “non-existence”.무 (none) + 공해 (pollution) = 무공해 無公害 [mu-gong-hae] = pollution-free, clean무 (none) + 료 (fee) = 무료 無料 [mu-ryo] = free of charge무 (none) + 시 (to see) = 무시 無視 [mu-si] = to overlook, to neglect, to disregard무 (none) + 책임 (responsibility) = 무책임 無責任 [mu-chae-gim] = irresponsibility무 (none) + 조건 (condition) = 무조건 無條件 [mu-jo-geon] = unconditionally무 (none) + 죄 (sin, guilt) = 무죄 無罪 [mu-joe] = innocent, not guilty무 (none) + 능력 (ability) = 무능력 無能力 [mu-neung-ryeok] = incapability, incompetence무 (none) + 한 (limit) = 무한 無限 [mu-han] = infinite, limitless무 (none) + 적 (enemy) = 무적 無敵 [mu-jeok] = unbeatable, invincible무 (none) + 사고 (accident) = 무사고 無事故 [mu-sa-go] = no accident무 (none) + 관심 (interest) = 무관심 無關心 [mu-gwan-sim] = indifference, showing no interest무 (none) + 명 (name) = 무명 無名 [mu-myeong] = not popular, unknown무 (none) + 인 (person) = 무인 無人 [mu-in] = unmanned, uninhabited
TTMIK Level 5 Lesson 22 - Word Builder (식)Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters that will be introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free!Today’s keyword is 식.These Chinese character for this is 食.The word 식 is related to “food” and “to eat”. 식 (eat) + 사 (work, job) = 식사 食事 [sik-sa] = meal식 (eat) + 당 (house) = 식당 食堂 [sik-dang] = restaurant식 (eat) + 품 (thing, stuff, item) = 식품 食品 [sik-pum] = food product, groceries식 (eat) + 탁 (table) = 식탁 食卓 [sik-tak] = (dining) table음 (drink) + 식 (eat) = 음식 飮食 [eum-sik] = food음 (drink) + 식 (eat) + 점 (store) = 음식점 飮食店 [eum-sik-jeom] = restaurant간 (gap, space) + 식 (eat) = 간식 間食 [gan-sik] = snack분 (powder, flour) + 식 (food) = 분식 粉食 [bun-sik] = flour-based food외 (outside, exterior) + 식 (food) = 외식 外食 [oe-sik] = to eat out, to dine out과 (excessive) + 식 (food) = 과식 過食 [gwa-sik] = overeating, excessive eating후 (back, after) + 식 (food) = 후식 後食 [hu-sik] = dessert 시 (test) + 식 (food) = 시식 試食 [si-sik] = sample food, food sampling
TTMIK Level 5 Lesson 22 - Word Builder (식)Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters that will be introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free!Today’s keyword is 식.These Chinese character for this is 食.The word 식 is related to “food” and “to eat”. 식 (eat) + 사 (work, job) = 식사 食事 [sik-sa] = meal식 (eat) + 당 (house) = 식당 食堂 [sik-dang] = restaurant식 (eat) + 품 (thing, stuff, item) = 식품 食品 [sik-pum] = food product, groceries식 (eat) + 탁 (table) = 식탁 食卓 [sik-tak] = (dining) table음 (drink) + 식 (eat) = 음식 飮食 [eum-sik] = food음 (drink) + 식 (eat) + 점 (store) = 음식점 飮食店 [eum-sik-jeom] = restaurant간 (gap, space) + 식 (eat) = 간식 間食 [gan-sik] = snack분 (powder, flour) + 식 (food) = 분식 粉食 [bun-sik] = flour-based food외 (outside, exterior) + 식 (food) = 외식 外食 [oe-sik] = to eat out, to dine out과 (excessive) + 식 (food) = 과식 過食 [gwa-sik] = overeating, excessive eating후 (back, after) + 식 (food) = 후식 後食 [hu-sik] = dessert 시 (test) + 식 (food) = 시식 試食 [si-sik] = sample food, food sampling
TTMIK Level 5 Lesson 13 - Word Builder (회)Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters that will be introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free!Today’s keyword is 회.These Chinese character for this is 會.The word 회 is related to “to gather” or “gathering”. 회 (to gather) + 사 (to gather) = 회사 會社 [hoe-sa] = company회사 (company) + 원 (member) = 회사원 會社員 [hoe-sa-won] = employee, worker회 (to gather) + 의 (to discuss) = 회의 會議 [hoe-ui] = meeting회의 (meeting) + 실 (house, residence) = 회의실 會議室 [hoe-ui-sil] = meeting room, conference room회 (to gather) + 식 (food, to eat) = 회식 會食 [hoe-sik] = get-together dinner, company dinner회 (to gather) + 계 (to count, to calculate) = 회계 會計 [hoe-gyeo] = accounting회 (to gather) + 비 (to spend) = 회비 會費 [hoe-bi] = (membership) fee, (membership) dues회 (to gather) + 원 (the number of people) = 회원 會員 [hoe-won] = member회 (to gather) + 화 (word, to talk) = 회화 會話 [hoe-hwo] = conversation사 (to gather) + 회 (to gather) = 사회 社會 [sa-hoe] = society국 (country, nation) + 회 (to gather) = 국회 國會 [guk-hoe] = National Assembly대 (big) + 회 (to gather) = 대회 大會 [dae-hoe] = competition, tournament교 (to teach) + 회 (to gather) = 교회 敎會 [gyo-hoe] = church동 (the same) + 호 (to like) + 회 (to gather) = 동호회 同好會 [dong-ho-hoe] = club, society
TTMIK Level 5 Lesson 13 - Word Builder (회)Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters that will be introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free!Today’s keyword is 회.These Chinese character for this is 會.The word 회 is related to “to gather” or “gathering”. 회 (to gather) + 사 (to gather) = 회사 會社 [hoe-sa] = company회사 (company) + 원 (member) = 회사원 會社員 [hoe-sa-won] = employee, worker회 (to gather) + 의 (to discuss) = 회의 會議 [hoe-ui] = meeting회의 (meeting) + 실 (house, residence) = 회의실 會議室 [hoe-ui-sil] = meeting room, conference room회 (to gather) + 식 (food, to eat) = 회식 會食 [hoe-sik] = get-together dinner, company dinner회 (to gather) + 계 (to count, to calculate) = 회계 會計 [hoe-gyeo] = accounting회 (to gather) + 비 (to spend) = 회비 會費 [hoe-bi] = (membership) fee, (membership) dues회 (to gather) + 원 (the number of people) = 회원 會員 [hoe-won] = member회 (to gather) + 화 (word, to talk) = 회화 會話 [hoe-hwo] = conversation사 (to gather) + 회 (to gather) = 사회 社會 [sa-hoe] = society국 (country, nation) + 회 (to gather) = 국회 國會 [guk-hoe] = National Assembly대 (big) + 회 (to gather) = 대회 大會 [dae-hoe] = competition, tournament교 (to teach) + 회 (to gather) = 교회 敎會 [gyo-hoe] = church동 (the same) + 호 (to like) + 회 (to gather) = 동호회 同好會 [dong-ho-hoe] = club, society
TTMIK Level 5 Lesson 6 - Word Builder (문)Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters that will be introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free!Today’s keyword is 문.These Chinese character for this is 文.The word 문 is related to “writing” or “letter”.문 (writing) + 화 (to become) = 문화 文化 [mun-hwa] = culture문 (writing) + 서 (writing) = 문서 文書 [mun-seo] = document, papers문 (writing) + 장 (writing) = 문장 文章 [mun-jang] = sentence문 (writing) + 자 (letter) = 문자 文字 [mun-ja] = letter, character문 (writing) + 학 (to learn) = 문학 文學 [mun-hak]= literature문 (writing) + 법 (law) = 문법 文法 [mun-beop] = grammar한 (The country name : Han ) + 문 (writing) = 한문 漢文 [han-mun] = Chinese, Chinese character주 (to pour) + 문 (writing) = 주문 注文 [ju-mun] = order논 (to discuss) + 문 (writing) = 논문 論文 [non-mun] = thesis, research paper문 (writing) + 화 (to become) + 재 (property) = 문화재 文化財 [mun-hwa-jae] = cultural assets, cultural properties
TTMIK Level 5 Lesson 6 - Word Builder (문)Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters that will be introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all Chinese characters, or 한자 [han-ja]. Though many of them are based on Chinese characters, the meanings can be different from modern-day Chinese. Your goal, through these lessons, is to understand how words are formed and remember the keywords in Korean to expand your Korean vocabulary from there. You certainly don’t have to memorize the Hanja characters, but if you want to, feel free!Today’s keyword is 문.These Chinese character for this is 文.The word 문 is related to “writing” or “letter”.문 (writing) + 화 (to become) = 문화 文化 [mun-hwa] = culture문 (writing) + 서 (writing) = 문서 文書 [mun-seo] = document, papers문 (writing) + 장 (writing) = 문장 文章 [mun-jang] = sentence문 (writing) + 자 (letter) = 문자 文字 [mun-ja] = letter, character문 (writing) + 학 (to learn) = 문학 文學 [mun-hak]= literature문 (writing) + 법 (law) = 문법 文法 [mun-beop] = grammar한 (The country name : Han ) + 문 (writing) = 한문 漢文 [han-mun] = Chinese, Chinese character주 (to pour) + 문 (writing) = 주문 注文 [ju-mun] = order논 (to discuss) + 문 (writing) = 논문 論文 [non-mun] = thesis, research paper문 (writing) + 화 (to become) + 재 (property) = 문화재 文化財 [mun-hwa-jae] = cultural assets, cultural properties