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Nine People I'd Like To know Better

@alby-noted tagged me so I figured why not!

Last Song I Listened To: Too Sweet by Hozier or Pink Venom by Blackpink, I don't necessarily remember

Currently Watching: My Demon, Avatar The Last Airbender (Live Action), and I want to start watching Shogun and a Spanish tv show soon!

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy?: Savory and Spicy!!! (my favorite indulgent meal is spicy cheesey ramen!)

Relationship Status: about to hit 2 years with my man that I've been long distance with for the last...8 months? I love my boyfriend <3;

Current Obsession: watching study/productivity youtube videos, specifically studyquill, The Bliss Bean, Study To Success, Mikayla Mags, Lindie Botes, etc (and also being efficiently productive)

No pressure to anyone I tag! much love 🩷

@mystudyrecords @study-diaries @tokidokitokyo @gretheresa @zzzzzestforlife @slavic-roots-western-mind @winryrockbellwannabe @wonyoungismind @alcnek

I tagged people I'm mutuals with since I don't really know anyone here (besides maybe my accountability buddy zesty!)

#tag game #mutuals

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Utagawa Hiroshige | Public Domain Review

#歌川広重 #utagawa hiroshige #reading practice #美術 #japanese art

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Welcome to my little corner of the world.

私の小さな世界コーナーにようこそ！

I’m a mum to a little one and am using Tumblr while my little one sleeps to post about my life.

私は母で、小さな子がいます！その子は昼寝時に、私の考えとかを書いてTumblrブログにアップします！

Just me having fun!

楽しく書いています！

Topic:

Motherhood / ママの生活

Japanese /日本語

Baking / パン、お菓子作り

Journal / 日記

Poetry / 詩

Photos / 写真

Art / アート

Other /他

#ママ友になりましょう #boost

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language learning tip: get a cat and make up little songs about the cat in your language of interest

me, at kitchen counter: should I make a cake

cat: back on her bullshit

me, scooping up cat to her great dismay: je vais prendre un gâteau….un gâteau au CHAT. Te veux un gâteau? Tu veux un peu de mon gâteau au chat? Non, tu as déjà un gâteau….parce que tu es un bœuf-gâteau (elle est grosse)

cat: (¬_¬)

#always talk to your pets #they don't judge #all speaking practice is good #ワロタ

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背負う

しょう

to carry on one's back

Note: if you look this up in the dictionary the pronunciation is せおう but according to my sources when you pronounce it it should be しょう

リュックを背負ってください。 リュック を しょって ください。 Please put on your backpack.

#日本語 #japanese #japanese language #japanese langblr #japanese studyblr #langblr #studyblr #単語 #語彙 #japanese vocabulary #tokidokitokyo #tdtstudy

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Love this skeletal, wavy handwriting! 月光荘 is read Gekkōsō. Breaking it down:

月光 [げっこう] means moonbeam or moonlight.

月 means month or moon. It’s read つき, ゲツ, or ガツ.

光 means light or ray. It's read ひか.る, ひかり, or コウ.

荘 means villa, inn, cottage, feudal manor, solemn, or dignified. It often shows up as a suffix in hotel or business names, conveying a sense of luxury or dignity. It's also the counter for games of Mahjong, in which case it's read チャン. Otherwise, it's usually read ソウ or ショウ, rarely ほうき or おごそ.か.

#kanji #logo kanji #stylized kanji

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#岡山県 #岡山城 #japanese castle #okayama castle #写真集め

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レタスクラブ

I wanted to recommend レタスクラブ to advanced Japanese learners.

レタスクラブ (Lettuce Club) is a site that has both レシピ and 読み物 that someone introduced me to recently. I came for the 読み物, but the レシピ looks good too.

I have been reading through some of the comics under the 読み物 section 趣味, which has a variety of artists and themes to choose from. This is definitely a site for advanced readers, but if you'd like to try to navigate around the site you can practice reading.

Start Here for Comics, then try:

趣味

くらし

育児・子育て

Happy reading!

#レタスクラブ #reading japanese through manga #comics #reading japanese for advanced learners #reading in japanese #読書 #tokidokitokyo #tdtstudy

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Podcast Review: ことのは

Podcast Title: 日本語の会話のpodcast −ことのは−

(にほんごのかいわのpodcast −ことのは−)

Available On: Spotify, YouTube

Ease of Listening: ★★★★★

Length of Episodes: ★★★★★

Level of Engagement: ★★★★★

Episode Frequency: ★★★★★

Overall: ★★★★★

Today I will be reviewing the Japanese conversation podcast ことのは (Kotonoha) by Yamamo-sensei and Kibi-sensei. They have episodes for all levels, separated by JLPT level N5-N1 and labeled so you can determine which episodes best suit your level or challenge yourself with a higher level.

Do I currently listen to this podcast?: Yes, I like this podcast a lot and listen to it frequently.

General Overview

Good For Levels: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

In this series, Yamamo and Kibi, two Japanese language teachers based in Japan, speak on a variety of topics in a conversation style of podcast. The conversation-style format is good for training your ear to listen to questions and responses, and every day banter between two speakers. They talk about Japanese culture and their own personal experiences which gives listeners an insight to the particulars of daily life in Japan.

Length of Episodes ★★★★★

The podcasts are usually around 20-30 minutes long. This is ideal for a commute or when you have some down time. They cover 2-3 subtopics within each topic they pick, so the conversations are very interesting and catch my attention and they don't seem too short or too long. They plan out each conversation topic carefully and keep it interesting and informative.

Level of Engagement ★★★★★

The conversation format is very engaging because they cover 2-3 subtopics within the main topic and structure the conversation to focus on each point of the topic. They keep the listener engaged with carefully planned-out topics and conversations, and there is obviously a lot of work that goes into their podcast. They match the vocabulary and pace of speaking with the level they are targeting, but even in the higher level podcasts I believe beginners would be able to catch the general flow of the conversation and challenge themselves to understand the content.

Episode Frequency ★★★★★

New podcasts come out once a week, and with the planning that goes into each episode it's a very good pace. There is also a lot of episodes already produced so you can go through them fairly quickly without running out of material.

Overall ★★★★★

This podcast is designed by two Japanese language teachers to convey information about Japanese culture completely in Japanese. The episodes are labeled by JLPT difficulty and I find the label system to be very accurate. It is a good podcast with which to practice your listening skills for every day conversation and to learn a bit more about Japanese culture.

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欲張り

よくばり

greed, avarice, covetousness, greedy person

持てば持つほど、欲張りになる。 もてば もつ ほど、よくばり に なる。 The more you have, the more you want.

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Formal outfits for upper ranks samurai & Most formal for lesser ranks samurai - Hitatare, Daimon and Suô court dress,

(as worn by samurai of the Edo period - great charts by Nadeshico Rin). You can find more about samurai ranks and their regulated attires under the tag "samurai kimono".

The Hitatare

直垂 Hitatare first appeared as an attire worn by lower class warriors. As buke (warrior class) rose into status, it was slowy established as a formal garb for samurai during Kamakura period.

In Edo period, hitatare was the most formal attire worn by samurai of the 3rd rank and above. Fabrics used were luxurious, such as 精好織 seigo-ori (a type of textured silk, also used for Shinto priest clothing nowadays).

風折烏帽子 Kazaori-eboshi - black-lacquered hat made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by Heian nobility. Many eboshi shapes exist, this one is a upright style (tate-eboshi 立烏帽子) with top folded to the left.

袴 Hakama - formal pants, more exactly 長袴 nagabakama trailing pants

小さ刀 Chîsagatana - a small decorative katana

胸紐 Munahimo - chest ties​, first appeared on Heian nobility clothes

菊綴 Kikutoji - decorative tassel-like knots, first appeared on Heian nobility clothes

袖括 Sodekukuri - decorative sleeve ties. Originally appeared on Heian clothings (like kariginu, nôshi, etc) where they were used to tighten sleeve cuffs. Later types like the tiny ones above are purely decorative.

The Daimon

The 大紋 daimon is a specific hitatare set patterned with large 紋 mon (clan/family crests). It was worn by fifth court rank samurai (rank of the daimyô lords for example).

It was put over a 熨斗目 noshime, a type of kosode (=ancestor of the kimono) worn by samurai, with stripes or lattice pattern around waist area.

The Suô

The 素襖 Suô, also a variation of the hitatare, was the ceremonial dress of the lower-ranked samurai. Via explicit permission of the shogunate, some samurai could be granted the right to wear 布衣 hoi (a type of kariginu).

It looked very similar to daimon set, but showed fewer crests of much smaller size. The hat was also different as they wore one called a 侍烏帽子 samurai eboshi.

#歴史的な衣装 #japanese historical fashion #samurai #samurai kimono #Hitatare #Daimon #Suou #江戸時代 #edo period

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'24.4.21 春日大社にて

開門してすぐの春日さんへ到着。西回廊慶賀門前の藤棚で1枚撮った後、門越しに砂ずりの藤を撮り始めます。その後境内に入るのですがチラリズムな気分で撮り進め、全体像は抑え気味に。しかもポスターなんかも写してみたり･･･何故かって？

「･･だって五分咲き程度なんだからしょうがないじゃないか」（えなりかずき風）

･･失礼しました。

#奈良県 #奈良公園 #春日大社 #藤 #鹿 #nara park #shrine and temple #wisteria #deer #写真集め

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starting a collection

#pov #ワロタ

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海象

せいうち; セイウチ

walrus

妖精

ようせい

fairy; sprite; elf

誰かがあなたの部屋のドアをトントンした時、その相手が海象の時と妖精の時とだったらどっちの方が驚きですか？ だれかがドアにトントンしたら、せいうちかようせいだったらどっちのほうがもっとおどろきますか？ If someone knocked on your door, would you be more surprised if it was a walrus or a fairy?

#日本語 #japanese #japanese language #japanese langblr #japanese studyblr #langblr #studyblr #単語 #語彙 #japanese vocabulary #tokidokitokyo #tdtstudy

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#猫 #cat #動画

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#本棚 #猫 #bookshelf #cat #動画

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調節しやすい「気温23度」の人気コーデ

CanCam, 2024年2月

調節 ちょうせつ regulation; adjustment; control

しやすい easy to (do ～)

気温 きおん (air) temperature

23度 にじゅうさんど 23℃ (73°F)

人気 にんき popular

コーデ coordinate (e.g. outfit)

#日本語 #japanese #japanese langblr #japanese studyblr #ファッション #japanese fashion #コーデ