県道
けんどう

=D

(すみません、) えいご の メニュー が ありますか?

That said, if you look obviously Caucasian and they actually have an English menu, chances are they’d probably bring it out to you anyway. Also, THEY might not be able to read the English menu – as I discovered at one place in Koyasan, where much hilarity was had by all. Basically, be prepared to order from pictures, or else find something reasonably-priced, then point and hope. Adds a bit of adventure to the meal. It never let me down, save for the one time when I was trying to order off the takeaway menu.

浦風
うらかぜ

剣道
けんどう

Cursive is joined-up letters. Running writing. =)

Also, happy 200th reply. =D

Emphasis – katakana is how Japanese does italics. Alternately, animal and plant species names are often written in katakana, but I’m not entirely sure if that’s what’s going on here.

> 八日からイギリスに行きます。 (I go to England on the eighth.) Why is it から and not に?

Because the sentence is probably more llike “I’ll be going to England starting from the eighth.”

> それはどういう意味ですか。 (What does that mean?) どういうはどういう意味ですか。 :)

どういう = somehow, in what way, why, what kind of

> この大きさの封筒が欲しいのですが。 (I’d like an envelope of this size.) Is it the same as この大きさの封筒が欲しいです。

The が here is the conjunction が – it’s implying the following sentence. That is “I’d like an envelope of this size, (so please give me one)” without being so crass as to actually make the request directly. =)

一人 and 二人 are the only exceptions for the 人 counter – for every other number, it’s read as にん. 七 can be read as both なな and しち – and I’m pretty sure it’s しち more often than not. For more information, check out Tofugu’s shiny new counters guide: http://www.tofugu.com/guides/japanese-counters-guide/