Want to say YES in Japanese? Well, here are 17 fun ways to say yes, agree and confirm. No nay-sayers allowed to read this.

Japanese Possessive Adjectives 日本の所有格形容詞 The possessive adjectives are my, your, his, her, its, our, their, and whose. A possessive adjective sits before a noun (or a pronoun) to show who or what owns it. 所有格形容詞は、my、your、his、her、its、our、their、whose. 所有格形容詞は、名詞（または代名詞）の前にあり、所有者または所有者を示します。 Adjectives 形容詞 Possessive Adjectives 所有格形容詞 The Japanese language has different ways of expressing the possessive relation. There are several "verbal possessive" forms based on verbs with the sense of "to possess" or "to have" or "to own". An alternative is the use of the particle no (の) between two nouns or noun phrases. Some Sentence Examples: いくつかの文の例： ジョンさんが車を所有している　John-san ga kuruma wo shoyuushite iru: "John has a car" (lit. "John car possess be.") ジョンさんが犬を飼っている（持っている）　John-san ga inu wo motte iru: "John has a dog" (lit. "John dog hold be."). watashi no te 私の手 me NO hand 'My hand.' jon no kuruma 　 ジョンの車 John NO car 'John's car.' watashi no inu no beddo... 　 私のいぬのベッド me NO dog NO bed... 'My dog's bed...' watashi no okasan 　 私のお母さん me NO mother 'My mother.' jon no ani 　 ジョンの兄 John NO big brother 'John's big brother' kore wa jon no mono desu 　 これはジョンの物です this SUB John NO one COP ‘This is John’s one.’ kore wa jon no Ø desu 　 これはジョンの～です this SUB John NO Ø COP ‘This is John’s.’ kore wa merii no Ø desu ga, are wa jon Ø desu 　 これはメリーの～ですがあれはジョン～です this SUB Mary NO Ø COP but, that SUB John Ø COP ‘This is Mary’s, but that is John’s.’ watashi ga hoshii no wa merii no Ø desu 　 me SUB want NOM OBJ Mary NO Ø COP ‘What I want is Mary’s.’

Remodeling House Ideas : A Japanese Way of Sitting 01 The Japanese custom of sitting on the floor instead of on chairs is closely related to the habit of removing one's shoes before entering the house. In the past in a country where it rains an average of 120 days a year, simple dirt-floored rooms would become very damp. Thus floors came to be laid with planks or bamboo raised 1-11/2 feet above ground level, and straw or matting was spread on them for people to sit on. Eventually, as we have seen, tatami came to be used to cover the entire floor. The custom of removing one's shoes still continues today in Japan even in Western-style homes. Of course, sitting on the floor is not a particularly Japanese custom. It is practiced by many people all over the world, and is quite common on carpeted floors. Furthermore, as the Japanese way of life becomes more and more Westernized, the Western way of sitting on chairs, especially at mealtime or when entertaining guests, has become popular. The wearing of trousers instead of kimono also has the effect of making the knees visible, and destroys the visual poise and balance of the traditional Japanese sitting posture. Despite these trends, however, taking one's shoes off and sitting on the floor—regardless of whether it is tatami, carpeting, or just wood—still instills in the Japanese a feeling of relaxation. And, as long as some vestiges of the traditional sitting posture remain, the traditionally low perspective or line of sight will continue to influence ways of looking at objects, nature, and even people. WAYS OF SITTING A low table with collapsible legs, legless collapsible chairs, and independently standing armrests can be easily moved around and stored away.

After several attempts, I understood the technicalities of Japanese bow

In Japanese, word order is not as important as particles, but there is usually a particular word order that sounds more natural than others.

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