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New, more elegant version of 草 just dropped
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Share the worst Japanese learning meme you've ever seen I'll start
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When I did my first homestay in Japan, I brought out a gift for my host parents and did the whole つまらないものですが thing and they laughed in my face. twitter.com/takashionary/s…
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Before eating a meal, Japanese people say いた？だきます which means "Did it exist? Well then I will hug it.", a statement reflecting the long tradition of animism and respect which pervades the culture.
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Schrodinger's kanji is where a character exists simultaneously in two possible readings until an act of reading that may or may not occur.
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I love the "Japan has one culture" take. It's just amazing. Multiple civil wars, a massive number of dialects and subcultures, and the concept of a single Japanese language and/or way of writing is less than 200 years old, but it's all one single united entity. Great stuff. twitter.com/OneRadChee/sta…
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Fantasy is when all the weapon names are written in long strings of kanji.
Sci-fi is when all the weapon names are written in long strings of katakana.
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I love lots of memes about Japanese but stuff like this is awful, beyond just that these all have distinct translations in English too. When the point or "humor" is just "lol hard language" it feels like the intent is just discouragement, which is the last thing learners need.
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I'm 1/2 done, so I'm going to announce something I've told literally no one but my wife: I'm writing an intermediate #Japanese textbook. This will cover the content of books like Genki II + a bit more, and builds directly off my introductory ones. I will also release it for free.
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If they ever make a JLPT N-0 the reading section should just be the menu from a soba restaurant.
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An intermediate guide to the passive, causative, and causative-passive in #Japanese (1/2)
This guide assumes mastery of plain form, ～て（いる） forms, and giving verbs. I do not recommend it otherwise, as you may get confused using the forms here before learning the others.
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Friendly reminder that Japanese has a counter specifically for pairs of chopsticks (膳、ぜん）, so if you just want one chopstick you can theoretically say お箸を0.5膳ください and no one can stop you.
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I just saw a TV show translate "fuck it" as なるほど
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Do you like learning about the Japanese writing system? Wow, me too! If you are looking to unpack the crazy history behind it, there are two key authors you should know: 今野真二（こんのしんじ）and 笹原宏之（ささはらひろゆき）.
Here's a brief introduction to their books:
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Four quick guides to #Japanese grammar forms you absolutely shouldn't use (but might need to know).
Re-upload due to the embarrassing number of typos on the prior ones.
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A basic/beginners guide to using い and な adjectives in #Japanese
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An intermediate guide to giving/receiving verbs in #Japanese
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Most Japanese birds can speak three languages, because they are 鳥リンガル
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If you want to get better at keigo, one of the BEST guides I've ever found, assuming you speak Japanese, are at Bizkeigo (bizkeigo.koakishiki.com/scenes/). Their scene-based dialogues between a dog and a teacher (yes, seriously) are fantastic breakdowns. twitter.com/dwvcd/status/1…
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A beginner's guide to の, と, and sentence final particles in #Japanese
Sociolinguist @Macquarie_Uni @LanguagesMQ. @Brutalinguist co-host. Studies #Japanese script, media, language, and #metal. #日本語 の文字や #メタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.