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STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN
STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN
STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN
STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN
STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN
The correct term is weeb
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Useful Japanese phrase #37
「すみません」
Pronunciation: soo-mee-mah-sen
Meaning: anything you want it to mean
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Once a naruto impersonating weeb, always a naruto impersonating weeb
#MeAt20
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If you hate japan so much then why don’t you leave
Because I’m addicted to melon pan and mosburger coffee shakes stop asking
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Japanese textbooks often teach students to reply to ‘nihongo ojōzu desu ne’ with ‘mada mada desu’, but the proper response is actually ‘ohashi mo tsukaemasu yo’
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Useful Japanese phrase #72
よろしく
Pronunciation: yo-ro-shi-ku
Meaning: no one knows what it means
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Eigo ojōzu desu ne twitter.com/rumireports/st…
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never actually taken the JLPT so I can’t say for sure but the other day I rewatched the naruto pain fight and understood I wanna say like 3/4 of it so I guess that puts me at N2 maybe N1
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never underestimate the versatility of nihongo jōzu twitter.com/tinyintokyo/st…
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@TheAn1meMan Japanese learners when they learn to differentiate between ソ and ン
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力夕力ナ (katakana) seems much easier than 漢字 (kanji) until you realize I wrote three of the four above katakana with kanji and that it’s all just big mess
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like I understand Genki is a good textbook but what should I use if I’m depressed
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Japan is a magical place but it gets a lot less magical when you translate common words
sushi -> raw fish and rice
tatami -> straw mat
bentō -> sack lunch
origami -> folded paper
matcha -> ground-up tea leaves
hentai -> lewdy toons
ok hentai is pretty magical either way
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Most people know changing a word’s kanji changes its meaning. But did you know katakana and hiragana can also change meaning? For example, the katakana word シンプル means ‘simple’ but if you change the final character to a hiragana る it becomes シンプる which means ‘to simp’
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Whenever I go to a Japanese Starbucks I order aisu kōhī. Not because iced coffee is my favorite beverage, but because I don’t have the courage to try and say naitoro kōrudoburyū mūsu dāku kyarameru without a Japanese chaperone
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It’s important to learn Japanese pitch-accent in order to differentiate between common words. For example, HAshi is ‘chopsticks’ but haSHI is ‘bridge’, and KUmo is ‘clouds’ but KUmo is ‘spider’ so chotto those are literally the exact same
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Japan is brimming with state of the art technology
Tweet sent via Twitter for Fujixerox DocuCentre-V C2276 print copy fax all-in-one (check magenta toner levels)
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Not trying to brag about my Japanese abilities but I can understand 95% of hentai without subtitles
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Hiraganaiseasiertoreadthankanjisowhyisnteverythingjusthiraganaalready
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Japanese listening ability
N5: Stranger giving directions
N4: Karaoke with friends
N3: Visit from the NHK man
N2: Businesses meeting
N1: University lecture on Meiji-era geopolitics
N0: Basic conversation with drunk old man in rural Japan
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Foreigner: In order to master Japanese, I will memorize all 2,136 jōyō kanji by the end of 2020
Japan:
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Among Us is easy for me because I’ve been practicing tatemae for years
Japanese teacher