Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-24 Thread Dave Brill 
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 term Masu Box mean anything special?
>
> Louise in Norcal



Something else about the masu:
https://vallebird.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/masu.pdf

... and diagrams for a non-trad.origami version:
https://brilliantorigami.com/diagrams/#jp-carousel-94

Yours
Dave Brill
www.brilliantorigami.com

Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-23 Thread Hans Dybkjær 
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.
Redundant the same way as when we say “kami paper”?

Regards
  Hans

Hans Dybkjær 
Papirfoldning.dk

Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-23 Thread Anne LaVin 
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". Written with a different, but related, kanji character, it means
"box" as in theater-seating; it also can refer to a square on a grid, or
the bearing block at the top of a pillar.

> Looked online and found one source that defined the word as an
affirmative ending of a verb. Masen being the negative.

Not as a separate word, really, it is the imperfect postitive verb ending,
yes. So the verb "wakaru" (to understand) is conjugated "wakarimasu" ([I]
understand), for example.

> Another source said "masu" means "you."

None of my dictionaries have that, but as I said, Japanese abounds in
homophones. Just checked the Japanese wikipedia, and apparently it's also a
fish (trout relative, looks like.) There's a disambiguation page for the
word which has lots of other options (a bunch of transliterations from
English of the word "mass," among others).

But:

> Does the term Masu Box mean anything special?

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.
Here's a (Japanese) wikipedia page about it:  https://tinyurl.com/ycomu8up

Hope that helps!

Anne

Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-23 Thread Nyle Rodgers 
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 food-related purposes, such as drinking sake
and storing dry condiments.

See http://jisho.org/word/升 and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Masu_(measurement
) for more info.

Nyle

Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-23 Thread Peter Mielke 
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 the term Masu Box mean anything special?
>

There is a bit of information on the Masu box written by David Brill

https://vallebird.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/masu-booklet.pdf




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[Origami] Masu box

2018-03-23 Thread cafe...@pacific.net 

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 term Masu Box mean anything special?

Louise in Norcal



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[Origami] Masu box chest - is this a new design?

2013-11-16 Thread Tavin 
Hello dear friends of the folded sheet,
I just stumbeled upon a Chest that is based on the masu box. Am I the
first to make this discovery? Is it a traditional design?
It is basically hal a masu box with the other half being the lid.


I uploaded some pictures on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tavinsorigami/sets/72157637726557276/

all the best,
Tavin