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うっかり

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently​

うっかり間違いをおかした。 うっかり まちがい を おかした。 I made a careless mistake.

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A very special letter! ✨

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When you don’t know what the word means but Google Images has you covered

ぐてー   (I guess it means ‘sprawled out’, mostly for animals)

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Company in Japanese

会社　かいしゃ　company

株式会社　かぶしきがいしゃ　corporation

有限会社　ゆうげんかいしゃ　limited company

大企業　だいきぎょう　large enterprise

中小企業　ちゅうしょうきぎょう　small- & medium-sized businesses

外資系　がいしけい　foreign-affiliated

設立　せつりつ　establishment, incorporation (of a business)

合併　がっぺい　merger

倒産　とうさん　bankruptcy

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こんばんは、皆さん

sorry for going dark for a few weeks after posting the first part of the animal crossing series, the next part is taking awhile, and I also had to break it down into smaller chunks again because there is SO MUCH vocab.

anyway, I figured I'd fill the space with a small informative post. Here's a screenshot I found while I was gathering vocab for the next part. I figured I'd break it down for you. Consider it a bite sized lesson!

So what's great about animal crossing games in Japanese is they add appropriately used spaces in between sections in the sentence, it makes it easier to read. Let's look at each part one at a time..

自分のテントを

自分（じぶん）is a word for oneself, and since の is after it, it's possessive. Meaning "one's own." テント means, "tent" in English, and the particle を is just object particle used before the verb at the end of the sentence, so it means that something happened to the character's tent... what happened?

張った！

張った（はった）is the past tense for 張る（はる）which means to pitch or set up a tent! So the first sentence means "I set up my tent!"

Here's a fun word... 無人島生活（むじんとうせいかつ）if you read the registration vocab list I put up for acnh, you would know 無人島 means "deserted island." we've previously seen it used in the in-game phrase "deserted island getaway package" but here we see it with the word 生活 which mean's one's life or daily living.

So 無人島生活 is best translated to "Deserted Island Life"

We see the possessive particle, の again, but in this case it is connecting two nouns together, the noun it's connected to is 第一歩（だいいっぽ）which means "first steps." After that, we have だ which is a casual version of です, basically saying it's the end of the sentence.

(It just occured to me how much I really hope that people know hiragana and what です is if they're reading my posts xD)

Anyway! Now that we have the breakdown, what does the screenshot translate into?

自分のテントを張った！無人島生活の第一歩だ！ or in other words "I set up my tent! That's the first step towards my deserted island life!"

Hope that is helpful! It was a very winded explanation for simply two sentences xD but that's the complexity of learning a second language.

- Nano

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ACNH Japanese Vocab - Registration

＊ The following are vocab I collected from the opening scene of ACNH, before you arrive to your island. I chose words that I didn't know, and sometimes, words I did know but thought would be important to put in. They also include some in-game terms, such as company/shop names and character names. I hope this is helpful for anyone playing the game in Japanese/wanting to prepare to play the game in Japanese. 

むじんとういじゅうパッケージ　無人島移住パッケージ　Deserted Island Getaway Package

むじんとう　無人島　(n) deserted island / unpopulated island いじゅう　移住　(n, suru, no-adj) immigration パッケージ　(n, suru) package

てつづき　手続き　(n, suru) procedure / (legal) process つとめる　務める　(ru-verb, vt) to serve (as)

たぬきかいはつ　たぬき開発　Nook Inc.

かいはつ　開発　(n, no-adj, suru) development

ともに　共に　(adv) together, jointly わたる　渡る　(u-verb, vi) to cross over, to go across くらし　暮らし　(n, n-suf) life, living, livelihood, life circumstances すえながく　末長く　(adv) for many years to come じゅんび　準備　(n, suru) preparation, setup, arrangments すすめる　進める　(ru-verb, vt) to advance もうしこみ　申込　(n) application かくにん　確認　(n, suru) confirmation よろしい　(i-adj) good, ok, all right みだしなみ　身だしなみ　(n) personal appearance ととのえる　整える　(ru-verb, vt) to arrange あんしん　安心　(na-adj, n, suru) peace of mind, relax けってい　決定　(n, suru) decision とうろく　登録　(n, suru) registration しうだん　相談　(n, suru) discussion しま　島　(n) island きめる　決める　(ru, vt) to decide とうしゃ　当社　(n) this company とくちょう　特徴　(n) feature, characteristic しき　四季　(n) four seasons ながれる　流れる　(ru-verb, vi) to pass (through) 

＊NOTE : in this context, 流れる means "to pass through the seasons", this is a complicated verb to translate, please look into it's multiple meanings

きせつ　季節　(n, no-adj) season へんか　変化　(n, suru) change ことなる　異なる　(u-verb, vi) to vary, to differ きたはんきゅう　北半球　(n) northern hemisphere みなみはんきゅう　南半球　(n) southern hemisphere しんせいかつ　新生活　(n) new life スムーズ　(na-adj) smooth なれしたしむ　慣れ親しむ　(u-verb) to become familiar with きこう　気候　(n) climate かんきょう　環境　(n, no-adj) environment オススメ　(n, suru, no-adj) recommendation (also お勧め) おすまい　お住まい　(n) house, residence ばしょ　場所　(n) place, location じっさい　実際　(no-adj, adv, n) practicality, practical えらぶ　選ぶ　(ru-verb, vt) to choose かしこまる　(u-verb, vi) to obey respectfully ちず　地図　(n) map ぶたい　舞台　(n) scene or setting ねぶくろ　寝袋　(n) sleeping bag あかり　灯り　(n) lamp, light しょくりょう　食料　(n) food ヒマつぶし　(n, suru) to kill time, waste of time, killing time ていばん　定番　(n, no-adj) standard, routine, regular, basic きょうみほんい　興味本位　(na-adj, no-adj) out of curiosity ごあんない　ご案内　(n) acquaintance, knowledge かんりょう　完了　(n, suru, no-adj) completion すみやか　(na-adj) speedy しゅっぱつ　出発　(n, suru) departure

Hope that is helpful! I plan on making more of these in the future, so hopefully this will be a good resource for a long time to come!

Also, if anyone is confused on the dictionary abbreviations, I plan on compiling their meanings and alternatives in a post another time! 

I am keeping a spreadsheet of the words in attempt to prevent unintentional repeats, but that also means there will be new words each time I make one, so try and keep up if you're interested (haha, sorry)

There's a lot of cool hidden things in the Japanese version of the game, like the sweet message from Timmy and Tommy I showed earlier, and the fact if you're in the northern hemisphere but not in Japan, they will translate it that area's language when you're flying in for the first time. Very wholesome stuff.

Point is, if you want to play in Japanese and feel brave enough, please do! Or just study from my vocab words... that's okay too I guess ; ;

Until then, take it easy, なのっち

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Let’s Learn Japanese! Through Sentences N5

Key Word: 川

①     信濃川は日本で一番長い川です。

           The Shinano River is Japan’s  longest river.

信濃川（しなのがわ）＝ Shinano River

日本（にほん）＝ Japan

一番（いちばん）＝best; first; number one;

長（なが）い　＝ long (distance; time);

川（かわ）＝ river; stream; (suffix used with names of rivers)

②     初めて天の川を見た夜のことを私は覚えている。

           I remember the night when I first saw the Milky Way.

初（はじ）めて　＝　for the first time;

天の川（あまのがわ）＝ Milky Way;

見（み）る　＝ to see; to look; to watch; to view;

夜（よる）＝ evening; night

私（わたし）＝ I; me

覚（おぼ）える　＝ to remember; to memorize; to feel;

③     　早川くん、中間テストの結果出てたわよ。またトップ！

                 Hayakawa, the midterm results are out. You’re top again!

早川（はやかわ）＝ Hayakawa (surname)

くん　＝ Mr (junior); master; boy;

中間（ちゅうかん）＝ middle; midway;

テスト　＝ Test;

結果（けっか）＝ result; consequence; outcome;

出（で）る　＝ to come out; to be published;

また　＝ again; also; still;

トップ　＝ Top; top position;

④     裸の男の子達が川で泳いでいた。

           Naked boys were swimming in the river.

裸（はだか）＝ naked; nude; bare;

男の子（おとこのこ）＝boy; male child;

達（たち）＝　pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals)

川（かわ）＝ river; stream

泳（およ）ぐ　＝ to swim

⑤     小川の水を飲む。

           Drink water from a stream

小川（おがわ）＝ streamlet; brook;

水（みず）＝ water;

飲（の）む　＝ to drink; to gulp; to swallow;

                                                                  「頑張ってください❣」

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Animal Crossing New Horizons Japanese - Character Customization Basics

Here’s some basics for the character customization sheet in ACNH, for those who want to play this game in Japanese and might need some help.

みだしなみ　身だしなみ　personal appearance

はだ　skin かみ　髪　hair (on the head) め　目　eye はな　nose くち　口　mouth チーク　cheek

えらぶ　選ぶ　to choose, to select けってい　決定　decision

I included some kanji, but most of the facial features were written in hiragana only, and all kanji in the game has furigana. It is a very good game for Japanese learners! Good luck!

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山高きが故に貴からず

やまたかきがゆえにたっとからず

人の値打ちは外見の立派さではなく、中身が大切だということのたとえ。

a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high. It’s what inside that matters.

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お腹空いちゃった。早くお家に帰ってご飯食べようよ🐶

#dog #doge #shiba #shibe #shibainu #shibastagram #komugi #柴犬 #赤柴 #しばいぬ #柴犬の小麦さん https://www.instagram.com/p/CBg1rgYhNjU/?igshid=11t6b5b2ikwdq

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I feel attacked...

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JLPT Level: Unlisted, but the kanji are Unlisted and N4 respectively.

…omg why isn’t 身 on the JLPT. IT’S SO COMMON lksdjfklsjf

Anyways. 

身 means “somebody, person, one’s station in life.” 

立てる means “to set up, to erect.”

So 身を立てる literally means to rise up, to stand up straight, and this leads to its figurative meaning of making something out of oneself.  

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湊かなえ『告白』

第一章 聖職者

愛美 「まなみ」 Manami

聖職者 「せいしょくしゃ」 clergyman, lit. a person of sacred profession (in context of this book refers to teachers)

実験台 「じっけんだい」 subject of an experiment, human guinea pig

真相 「しんそう」 truth, real situation

従事 「じゅうじ」 following (a profession), pursuing (studies, etc.)

余命 「よめい」 remainder of one’s life

思春期 「ししゅんき」 puberty​

情緒不安定 「じょうちょふあんてい」emotional instability

親バカ 「おやばか」 doting parent​

自己陶酔 「じことうすい」narcissism, self-intoxication

模範生 「もはんせい」 model student​

猟奇的 「りょうきてき」 bizarre, grotesque

エイズ acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS

感染者 「かんせんしゃ」 infected person

ドン引き 「どんびき」 backing away from someone (due to their words, actions, etc.)

陰性 「いんせい」 negative (reaction in patient, etc.)

断念 「だんねん」 giving up (hope, plans)

片田舎 「かたいなか」 remote countryside

シングルマザー single mother

人工呼吸 「じんこうこきゅう」 artificial respiration

告別式 「こくべつしき」funeral service

刑事罰 「けいじばつ」 criminal punishment

青酸カリ 「せいさんかり」  potassium cyanide​

心神喪失 「しんしんそうしつ」 unsound mind

静電気 「せいでんき」 static electricity

感電 「かんでん」 receiving an electric shock

水死 「すいし」 death by drowning​

不行届き 「ふゆきとどき」 negligence, carelessness

倫理観 「りんりかん」 ethics, sense of duty

『よく、やりたいことが見つからないと言い訳しながら、いい歳をして家でぐだぐだしている人がいますが、やりたいことがすぐに見つかり、それに従事できる人なんてごくわずかです。それなら、目の前にあることを精一杯こなしていけばいいのではないでしょうか。それは、やりたいことを見つけたときの自分にとって決してマイナスにはならないなずです。』

“Lots of people fritter away their lives complaining that they were never been able to find their true calling. But the truth is that most of us probably don’t even have one. So what’s wrong, then, with deciding on the thing that’s right in front of you and doing it wholeheartedly? That’s what I did, and I have no regrets.” (Translation by Stephen Snyder)

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ハウルの動く城

暖炉「だんろ」 fireplace, hearth, stove​

荒地「あれち」 wasteland, abandoned land

弱虫「よわむし」 coward, weakling, wimp, sissy​

魔力「まりょく」 magical powers, spell, charm

軍艦「ぐんかん」 warship, battleship

長女「ちょうじょ」 eldest daughter, first-born daughter​

魔女「まじょ」 witch​

決戦「けっせん」 decisive battle, deciding match, play-off

能弁「のうべん」 eloquence, oratory

山小屋「やまごや」 mountain hut

隠れ家「かくれが」 hiding place, hideout, retreat, hideaway

雨漏り「あまもり」 roof leak​

肩掛け「かたかけ」 shawl

回し者「まわしもの」 spy, secret agent​

心変わり「こころがわり」 change of heart, change of mind

中折れ「なかおれ」 felt hat, fedora; being interrupted or broken in the middle

帽子屋「ぼうしや」 hat shop, hatter, hatmaker

掃除婦「そうじふ」 cleaning woman

悪知恵「わるぢえ」 craft, cunning, guile, serpentine wisdom

我楽多「がらくた」 junk, rubbish, trash, garbage, odds and ends

魔方陣「まほうじん」 magic square

薄情者「はくじょうもの」 heartless, insensitive person

影武者「かげむしゃ」 body double

咳き込む「せきこむ」 to cough violently, to have a coughing fit

空襲警報「くうしゅうけいほう」 air-raid alarm

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Random Japanese vocabulary

純情 [じゅんじょう] - pure heart, naivete, innocence 歯科衛生士 [しかえいせいし] - dental hygienist 歯石 [しせき] - calculus, tartar 揶揄う [からかう] - to ridicule, to tease, to mock, to make fun of, to poke fun at 些細 [ささい] - trivial, slight 胎盤 [たいばん] - placenta 保存 [ほぞん] - preservation, conservation, storage, maintenance 発達 [はったつ] - development, growth 肥料 [ひりょう] - manure, fertilizer 過酷 [かこく] -  severe, harsh, hard, cruel, rigorous  洞穴 [ほらあな] - cave ときめき -  beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.), palpitation, throbbing, pounding, fluttering ひたすら -  intently, single-mindedly, devotedly, solely, earnestly, with all one’s heart

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Japanese vocab concerning family and family relations:

親戚・しんせき・shinseki “relative”, also 親類・しんるい・shinrui

家族・かぞく・kazoku “family”

実家・じっか・jikka “parent’s house” (meanings of individual kanji are “truth-house”, how sweet)

親孝行をする・おやこうこうをする・oyakoukou wo suru “to be good to one’s parents”, 孝 means “filial piety”, it can be found in a rather famous clip (and given the topic of the song, it fits)

祖先・そせん・sosen “ancestor” vs. 子孫・しそん・shison “descedant”

姉妹・しまい・shimai “sisters” vs. 兄弟・きょうだい・kyoudai “brothers” or “sibilings”

継母・けいぼ・keibo “stepmother” vs. 継父・けいふ・keifu “stepfather”

義姉・ぎし・gishi “sister-in-law” (older than you) vs. 義兄・ぎけい・gikei “brother-in-law” (older than you), also they can be read as義姉・あね・ane and 義兄・あに・ani

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Japanese lesson 35

Today's theme is "No way".

今日のテーマは「ありえない, まさか」です。

(きょうのてーまは　ありえない　まさか　です)

①A: I just won a million dollars in the lottery!

　宝くじで100万ドル当たったんだ！

(たからくじで　ひゃくまんどる　あたったんだ)

B: Really? No way!

　マジ？　ありえない！

② A: My car was stolen.

　　　車盗まれた。

　　(くるま　ぬすまれた)

　B: No way! Your kidding,right?

　まさか！　冗談でしょ？

　 (まさか　じょうだんでしょ)

You should use it!

See you again!!