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Happy to announce that I've completed my #Japanese slang dictionary, summarizing all of the words I've covered so far in my monthly reviews.
Hope people find this to be a useful resource. It is live at the link below:
wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2022/06/19/liv…
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After exhaustive research, I am happy to present the kanji alignment chart
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Tired of cringe "Japanese is hard lol" memes so I'm creating my own overly positive cringe "Japanese is great" memes to be the change I want to see in the world.
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A simple/beginner's guide to the particles を, に, and で in #Japanese
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A paper plate is a Western serving vessel made of paper - paper means "paper", plate means "plate". But it's also a way of thinking about the impermanence of objects, a way of questioning the norms of the day-to-day of the kitchen. twitter.com/NYTmag/status/…
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One of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my entire life was microwave tea. It truly was a 茶レンジ
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I've studied Japanese for over a decade. In doing so, I've learned ancient wisdom through the language.
New ways of being, in words that cannot be translated, but are deeply intertwined with a unique culture. One we can all learn from.
A thread.
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Looks like it's time to repost this meme I made last year twitter.com/Bakarichigi/st…
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Listen kids, I know doing taxes isn't fun, but don't give your SSN to the anime waifu. twitter.com/HD_Kirin/statu…
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A beginner's guide to basic #Japanese verb conjugation (1/2)
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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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Slowly working on something (hopefully) cool
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Been practicing my kanji with Adam recently but he's really critical and it's killing my motivation
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A grammar-focused beginner's guide to differentiating は and が in #Japanese (1/2)
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This image goes viral every year or so with some comments about how "wacky" or "crazy" Japanese is. It's a funny sentence, for sure, but there's nothing bizarre here.
First let's just check out what's going on, and how the five sentences work:
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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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Teaching Japanese in 2022 is so hard. You try to introduce basic stuff like これは私のリンゴです and someone suddenly asks about a cat-samurai manga where they say こりゃ俺様の林檎でこざニャンる instead and by the time you unpack everything there's three days till the midterm
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The best kanji are kanji where they just slapped the same kanji on three times. 蟲, 森, 轟, all genius. Fantastic design, no notes.
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.