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熊本県山鹿市番所の棚田

#棚田（たなだ） = rice terrace #写真

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i'm serious once i've graduated by like late may you guys have to be on my case about getting back into wanikani. if it's june first and i haven't said anything at all about weird mnemonics or how many reviews i have someone needs to politely but firmly step into my ask box and say sasha, you are literally going to japan in two months and this is not the time to fuck around

#i would LOVE to make it to level 40 by the time i leave #that's a stretch goal for sure though lol #sasha.txt

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Vocabulary and sentence composition exercises #1

Vocab

気がつく (きがつく)- to realize

蹴る (ける) - to kick

刺す (さす) - to sting; to bite

触る (さわる)- to touch; to feel

捕まる (つかまる)- to be arrested; to be caught

包む (つつむ)- to wrap; to cover

殴る (なぐる) - to strike; to hit; to punch

sentence

気がつく - 父がレストランでスマホを忘れられちゃった。

蹴る - 今日は、弟に店で自分を蹴られちゃった。

刺す - 蜂(はち)に刺されちゃった。

触る - これを触ってみてもいいですか？

捕まる - 彼は捕まった。

包む - バッグでサンドイッチを包んでおく。

殴る - 娘に殴られちゃった。

#vocab

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Dancing Frog Flower Basket (Hanakago)

Artist: Hayakawa Shōkosai III (Japanese, 1864–1922)

Period: Taishō period (1912–26)

Date: 1918

Culture: Japan

Medium: Twisted (henchiku) bamboo and rattan

Dimensions:H. 20 ½ in. (52.1 cm); W. 8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm)

Classification: Bamboo

Credit Line: Promised Gift of Diane and Arthur Abbey

MET

#芸術

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知的

ちてき

intellectual

知的な読書のための正しい速度などというものは存在しない。 ちてき な どくしょ の ため の ただしい そくど など と いう もの は そんざい しない。 There is no such thing as the right speed for intellectual reading.

#vocab

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ここぞ

at the critical moment, when it counts

usually written using kana alone; often used as ここぞというとき or ここぞとばかり

あいつは駄目だ, ここぞという時に一発が出ないんだから。 あいつ は だめ だ、ここぞ と いう とき に いっぱつ が でないん だから。 That guy is no good, because he won't make a move when it matters most.

#vocab

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”side entrance” / 通用口

Why did I forget about this coolest social networking site? I'm home.

#trying to decipher all those tiny kana lol #all i can really see is インフルエンザ #絵

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Japanese Apps instead of Duolingo

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

HeyJapan

Hiragana Quest

Infinite Japanese

kawaiiDungeon

Ling

Lingodeer

Lingopie

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Oyomi Japanese Reader

renshuu

Takoboto Japanese Dictionary

Todaii

Qlango

Write It! Japanese

#i haven't used bunpo in a long time but i've heard it's gotten a lot of great updates! #also ofc wanikani for kanji #resources

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しわ

しわ - wrinkle, crease

スーツを着る前に、しわをアイロンで取りましょう

Before wearing this suit, let's remove the wrinkles with an iron.

最近、顔にしわが増えてきた

Recently, the wrinkles on my face are increasing.

私は４０歳けど、しわがない

I'm 40 years old, but I don't have wrinkles.

#vocab

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Ōyō Sketchbook   1903

#絵

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訓令式（くんれいしき）: the kunrei romanization system

i saw people in the japanblr community talking about this recently, so i thought i'd post a quick explanation in case anyone wasn't already familiar with it!

in any case, you've probably noticed that there is not a consensus on how to write japanese using latin letters, whether it's what letters to use, whether to spell out long vowels, or even where to draw word boundaries. nowadays, people (especially non-japanese people) mostly use the hepburn system, which is quite phonetically intuitive. but there's also an older system called the kunrei system (訓令式)

the kunrei system was invented by the japanese government for official usage inside japan in the 1930s. unlike hepburn, kunrei is NOT based on the sounds of the japanese language but rather the strictest interpretation of its syllabic orthography (that is to say, the kana).

to my understanding the kunrei system is still taught in japanese schools, but it definitely feels old-fashioned (it's actually especially common to see in writing by japanese linguists!). you also may have heard that recently the japanese government is changing their official romanization rules, for exactly the reasons that most people prefer the hepburn system, i.e., kunrei doesn't make much intuitive sense compared to the actual spoken language. but it's still useful to be able to read it!

if you're interested, here are the general rules of the kunrei system:

whichever consonant precedes /a/ in the /aiueo/ vowel order, that consonant should precede all the other vowels as well. so, さ is /sa/, and therefore し is /si/. は is /ha/, and therefore ふ is /hu/. わ is /wa/, and therefore を is /wo/.

in words with little ゃゅょ, that whole kana is always spelled out. so しゃしん becomes /syasin/.

the diphthong おう is interpreted as a long お vowel. so とうきょう becomes /tookyoo/. this reanalysis does not happen for the えい diphthong (for some reason?? lol).

here are some wacky kunrei romanizations:

サーシャ → saasya (my name lol)

不可欠（ふかけつ） → hukaketu

手作り（てづくり） → tedukuri

充実（じゅうじつ） → zyuuzitu

故障中（こしょうちゅう） → kosyootyuu

anyways yeah the kunrei system is nuts....as i said, transcription of any language into a new writing system is never easy, and i think it's really cool to see what the first official steps were towards romanization back in the 1930s!

#japanese #日本語 #langblr #kana #sasha.txt

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#生け花 #芸術

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walkjFA.jpeg

#aww

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let's build a village together 💕

i found this super cute animal crossing picrew and decided i wanted to live in a video game with y'all today 😂 disclaimer: i've never actually played animal crossing because i fear if i start, i'll never stop 😅

also drop an "achievement" you unlocked lately to make things more interesting and celebrate the small wins(?) in life!! 🎉

🏆 CHAOTIC MULTI-TASKER — achieved when i added 2 books to the one i'm currently reading and started learning one more language in addition to my main 3 💀 (and making barely bare-minimum progress in everything now 🤡)

tagging all my moots because this is my first time starting a tag game and i'm excited 🤭 love you guys!! (and sorry if i missed anyone who follows me via main but i follow your sideblog or smth 😭 just consider yourself tagged as well 😉) 💞 @pianistbynight @winryrockbellwannabe @megumi-fm @obakanosandoitchi @manasseh @jukain4216 @shoosiopao @tea-tuesday @yughostlavia @shhhitscoffeetime @phnxstudies @girl-please-study @studykac @nelyastudies @soul-ology @lemonempress @alittlebreak @whenmemoriesfrost @cheste7 @juststudyyy @solarsapphic @ros3ybabe @malaidarling @indigostudies @tokidokitokyo @cinammon-buns @hanabeeri @relativeficti0n @issacovegx @sayitalianohome @perabera @paramnesia9 @cravingstudyvalidation @mortuarymorticia @getbreaded @roxysbbg @ilonar0 @panda-studiesmed @casiopeasmiles @strangeclayanimal @anna--studies @socksgrowssocks @the-awesomecosmos-studies @wwitss

#omg cuteeeee!!! #not japanese

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後味

あとあじ

aftertaste

言い争いをして後味の悪い思い出が残った。 いいあらそい を して あとあじ の わるい おもいで が のこった。 The quarrel left an unpleasant aftertaste.

#vocab

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related: はずだ = should be the case that

トイレはあそこにあるはずです。 = the bathroom should be over there.

もう帰っているはずだ。 = she should be home by now.

あの人は、きっと試合に勝つはずだ。 = that person should win the match for sure.

N4 文法: はずがない

はずがない= cannot be (its impossible)

How to use:

verb stays in dictionary form + はずがない

For な-adjective you な before the はずがない, for nouns you add の before.

Examples:

彼はそなことを言うはずがない- he would never say that

そんなはずがない。- That cannot be true

彼女の話は本当のはずがない- her story cannot be true

そな大きな量を全部食べられるはずがない- there's no way you can eat that whole portion

#i hope you don't mind i added to your post! #i feel like these are both p common constructions #grammar #sasha.txt

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Essay Phrases in Japanese

Beginning

初めに　はじめに　to begin with (first of all)

まず　to start with (first of all)

最初に　さいしょに　first

第一に　だいいちに　first of all

劈頭第一　へきとうだいいち　first and foremost

Continuation

次に　つぎに　next

更に　さらに　furthermore

そして　and (thus)

そのうえに　in addition (furthermore)

また　also

並びに　ならびに　both ～ and ～ (～ as well as ～)

及び　および　and (as well as)

それだけでなく　not only ～ but also ～

のみならず　besides (as well as)

しかも　however

すでに　already

その結果　そのけっか　as a result

それにしては　considering that

それに対して　それにたいして　in contrast

ため　in order to (because of)

というのは　the reason why is

にしたがって　following (in accordance with)

にとって　for (concerning)

によって　due to (because of)

一方で　いっぽうで　on the one hand

まったく　really, truly, entirely

全て　すべて　overall (in general)

多数の　たすうの　majority

必ず　かならず　definitely

急速に　きゅうそくに　rapidly increasing

ますます　increasingly (more and more); decreasingly (less and less with negative)

次第に　しだいに　gradually (little by little)

現在　げんざい　nowadays

確かに　たしかに　it is true that... but

要すると／要するに　ようすると／ようするに　in short

非常に　ひじょうに　extremely

絶対　ぜったい　absolutely

誠に　まことに　absolutely

によると　according to

したがって　accordingly (therefore)

事実上　じじつじょう　actually (as a matter of fact)

だって　also

それに加えて　それにくわえて　in addition to this

Ending

結局　けっきょく　after all

最後に　さいごに　in closing, in conclusion

要約すると　ようやくすると　in summary

つまり　to sum up, in the end

結論は　けつろんは　in conclusion

結論というと　けつろんというと　to conclude

このように　thus, hence

全体的に　ぜんたいてきに　overall, on the whole

Phrases from Quizlet by @uni-venture and Talk in Japanese

#vocab #save