Family Life

a. When do children usually leave home?
I think that a lot of children usually leave home when they go to university where are far from thier home. Or when children want to do something in big cities, they leave home.

b. How many people live in your home?
There are four people, my father, my mother, my older brother, and me.

c. Do you have a head of the family?
Yes, I do. I think that my father is a head of my family.

d. Who does the housework?
I think that my mother does almost all housework. When I was a little, my mother did all housework. However recently I also do housework, and sometimes my father does housework.

e. Who runs the family?
My fahter runs my family, but I think that both my mother and my older brother also help to run my family.

f. How many rooms do you have to sleep in.
My house has five rooms, and three of them are used to sleep in.

Names and Addresses

1. How do you choose a child's given name in you family?
I think that my mother and my father chose names that they felt great for my brother and me. I don' t know how my parents chose our names, but they wonld think about number of characters, "kakusu", and suiting to our family's name. My name was named by my mother. She chose my name from her favorite novel's heroine. So I will choose my children's names that I feel great.


3.Does you given name or your family name mean anything?
I don't know what mean our family's name, but my given name means that my parens hope that I grow up gentle and beautiful woman.


7.How do you know if names are boy's name, girl's name, or both?
In Japan, there are a lot of characters, "kanzi". And lots of "kanzi" are given for boys, and lots of "kanzi" are given for girls. I feel that "kanzi" which are given for girls and boys are different. In addition, names of girls and boys are different. However sometimes the same name and "kanzi" are given for girls and boys. That time, I may not be able to judge girl or boy.