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biggest language wtf moment is when you can understand every single word of a sentence but you still have no idea what it actually means

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One of poet Ishigaki Rin’s best-known works is “Hyōsatsu” (Nameplates), written, she explained, at a time when “I had shifted from being one among many to one within myself.”

Nameplates

When you live in a place nothing comes close to putting the nameplate up by yourself.

When you rest in a space the nameplate another attaches never works out.

In the hospital they added Miss to the card on the sickroom door Miss Ishigaki Rin.

If I stay at an inn there’ll be no name on the door but by and by I’ll be in a cremation oven and they’ll slam the door tight and hang a tag that says Ishigaki Rin, the Honorable— how will I protest then?

Miss the Honorable a hex on them both,

when you live in a place nothing comes close to attaching the nameplate with your own hand.

And as for the home of your soul never let the nameplate be attached by anyone else but you Ishigaki Rin that will do.

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I'm pretty sure this is not a big deal for most intermediate and even some beginner Japanese language learners, but it's a first for me and it makes me feel motivated to learn more so I'm gonna share:

I've always struggled with the onyomi and kunyomi of kanji and today, I figured out a kanji that I didn't know simply because I figured out the readings of the kanjis that make up the word.

The word was 生花　(いけばな), the art of Japanese flower arrangement, and incidentally something I find fascinating and hope to learn some day.

I'm sure most people I know would say I should have reached this milestone much earlier in the journey but it happens to be something I struggle with so I'm happy to have overcome it today.

#milestone moment #it takes as long as it takes #personal #my journey #japanese #japanese langblr #kanji #japan #japanese vocabulary #ikebana #生花 #いけばな

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猫背 (ねこぜ）

猫 (cat) and 背 (back)

bent back, hunchback

猫舌 （ねこじた）

舌（tongue)

dislike of very hot food or drink, being that person who waits till it cools cause they just can not handle hot stuff

猫の額 (ねこのひたい）

額（forehead), literally cat’s forehead

tiny area, tiny surface

猫かぶり (猫かぶり)

かぶる to put on (one’s head)

Feigned innocence or naivete, ( think of it like putting on one’s head a mask to feign innocence) 

猫に小判  (ねこにこばん）

小判 （koban, an old gold coin from the Edo period)

Casting your pearls before swine. What use is a koban to a cat? They couldn’t appreciate it (=^ェ^=)

#japanese #in celebration of @todayintokyo's purrsday #purrsday #japaneseblr #langblr

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信号無視

しんごうむし

running a red light, jaywalking

#japanese vocabulary #japanese #japanese langblr

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someone said you can’t have depression in japan/japanese bc you can’t spell it. ✨cured✨

#kanji

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シマエナガ

#here have some tiny birds #shima enaga シマエナガ in japanese

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Anybody else really dislike katakana?

I got no problem with kanji and hiragana. Katakana letters just make No. Sense.

I get that it’s useful and all.

I just don’t like it.

#katakana #japanese #japanese langblr #langblr #japaneseblr

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Kimono shop “KAPUKI” in Nakameguro, Tokyo has announced a new furisode collection “Kan”. 

#love it #japanese #japan #furesode #kan #kapuki #nakameguro #fashion #japanese fashion #traditional #modern

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Source

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#source seems legit #this is so cool

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バケツの中身はなんじゃろな→おいしーー。

It looks like you had a bucket full of fresh water. Good for you.

#japanese cat bloggers are the backbone of this economy #photography #cat #ねこ #neko

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Interesting word I came across:

物色する　(ぶっしょくする) - looking for a (particular) person or thing

Such an interesting choice of kanji! Like distinguishing in one’s thoughts, the colours of the one being searched for..

#kanji #lovely concept #japanese #langblr #japanese langblr #japaneseblr #japanese vocab #japan #japanese vocabulary #japanese language #日本語 #物色 #物色する

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Did you know that Christmas cake is a thing in Japan? This is the 2020 selection at Odakyu Department Store, and since Odakyu also runs a private railway, there’s a Romancecar cake. Cute train, but I rather fancy that chocolate cake at the top. :)

#japanese #langblr #cake #sweets #japanese sweets #cakes in japan

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「声かけてもらえると助かる」”I’d appreciate it if you could call me.”

〜てもらえると助かる (~てもらえるとたすかる) “I’d appreciate it if you could ~/it’d be helpful if you could ~”

This grammar point is a really polite way to ask someone to do something for you.

The 〜てもらえる part is from the potential form of one of the grammar points for receiving favors 〜てもらう  So basically もらう (to receive) –> もらえる (to be able to receive) 〜てくれる can be used too but 〜てもらう has a more thankful feel to it and the verb 助かる means “to be saved” or “to be helped”

Ex: 明日、空港に迎えに来てもらえると助かります。 　  あした、くうこうにむかえにきてもらえるとたすかります。       I’d appreciate it if you could pick me up tomorrow from the airport.

#grammar

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1. 会長 (kaichou) - chairman

2. 社長 (shachou) - president

3. 副社長 (fukushachou) - vice president

4. 部長 (buchou) - division head

5. 課長 (kachou) - section head

6. 係長 (Kakarichou) - subsection cheif

7. 社員 (shain) - staff

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理事長 (rijichou) - board chairman

院長 (inchou) - director

翰長 (kanchou) - chief cabinet secretary

隊長 (taichou) - commanding officer

店長 (tenchou) - shop manager

市長 (shichou) - mayor

#日本語

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handy guide

そうですね = i agree

そうですか = i’ll consider it

そうですかね = I’M NOT COMMITTING AND YOU CAN’T MAKE ME

#そうですかね

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是非 (ぜひ) - by all means, absolutely

ぜひそれをしなさい。

Do it by all means.

#japanese #japanese langblr #japanese vocab #japanese vocabulary #日本語 #日本語の勉強 #にほんご #漢字 #是非 #japanese language #langblr #studyblr