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Revised #Japanese vs “I’m sorry” Venn diagram. “I’m sorry it had to end like this.” (Naomi Osaka) was translated as [gomennasai] by Japanese media but is that correct?
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GENIUS: “Useless machine” inventor @togenkyoo creates Christmas light that flashes every time someone tweets ‘we broke up’ to overcome her loneliness during Japan’s favorite romantic holiday 🎄ch.togetter.com/2019/12/16/767…
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Align left for #Japanese katakana シ [shi], align top for ツ [tsu]. And their hiragana equivalents し and つ are in fact cursive forms of シ and ツ.
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"Learning Japanese" in your Twitter profile:
1⃣日本語学生/日本語の学生 > Common but incorrect! 学生 = full-time student, not "studying." You wouldn't say "Japanese language full-time student."
2⃣日本語を勉強しています。> OK but a full sentence
3⃣日本語勉強中 > Most natural IMO.
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