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Friendship with genki has ended - pixiv novels is now my best friend 🤝

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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!

[free-learner]

A little reminder(s) on second language/ foreign language learnering

Even native speakers make typos.

Even native speakers say the wrong word.

Even native speakers sometimes forget how to spell/write a word/character.

Studying for a test is not the same as learning to communicate.

Scores don’t mean anything other than your retention of a specific set of information and should be used as a progress tracker not and end mark. 

Though I’m all for testing and such, it’s important but it’s not the be-all end-all to mark how well you know something, and a lot of it is geared to a specific set of learners who have a very specific learning style.

If you say something and the other person understands you–or they say something and you understand them.. congratulations you spoke in a different language.

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この3語も、似ている

〇〇で働く（はたらく） = to work at 〇〇

〇〇に勤める（つとめる） = to be employed at/by 〇〇

〇〇に努める（つとめる） = to endeavor to do 〇〇, try hard at 〇〇

[free-learner]

Level 1 of learning a language is thinking that every word in your language has a direct translation to your target language, and if a word has two meanings in one language it’ll have the same two meanings in another language. (“忙しい means busy, so that means I can say that the park was 忙しい, right?”)

Level 2 of learning a language is realising that that’s actually supremely unlikely, statistically speaking, which means you need to start using a monolingual dictionary to understand meaning without your native tongue getting in the way.

Level 3 is realising that there are actually shitloads of cases of level 1 actually being true…

とる means to take (an object), but also take (a photo)

鋭い means sharp (knife), but also sharp (mind) and honed (sense of smell)

受け入れる means to accept (physically, e.g. a gift) and also accept (mentally, come to terms with)

取り上げる means to pick up (physically), pick up (a news story), AND take up (e.g. a new hobby)

[free-learner]

カプすけの

カプすけ = the cute ice cream cone🍦mascot (He ends his sentences with 「カプ」 like how Naruto says 「だってばよ!」)

の = possessive particle

あたま = head

いちごのつみかた

いちご = strawberry 🍓

摘む (つむ) = to pick

方 (かた) = method (how to)

カプすけの いちごあつめ

あつめ= collecting

よつばのクローバーを 見つけたカプ〜

よつば= a plant having 4 leaves on 1 stem

クローバー = clover 🍀

見つける (みつける)= to find

① トレーの下 から軽く���し出すカブ

トレー = tray (The chocolates come in a little plastic tray.)

下= under, below (トレーの下から= from under the tray)

軽く(かるく; conjugated from 軽い) = gently

押し出す (おしだす) = to squeeze out, to push out

② 落ちない ように手を 添えて取り出すカブ

落ちない (おちる) = to fall, to drop

ように = in order to, so that

手 (て) = hand

添えて (そえて; from 添える) = to prop up, to add as support

取り出す (とりだす) = to take out, to pick out

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１２月の覚えた単語

パート１☆

執筆　しっぴつ　writing (n.)

ズキズキ　throbbingly (of pain)

口実　こうじつ　excuse

途端　とたん　just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as

記事　きじ　article; news story

汚れ　よごれ　dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

抜け道　ぬけみち　shortcut

痕跡　こんせき　trace; mark; sign; evidence

絞る　しぼる　to narrow down

妄想　もうそう　delusion

叱る　しかる　to scold; to chide

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Asking the time - particles ね and よ

(⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧ N5 grammar [ことのは lesson 8]

What time is it?

何時 (なんじ) is an expression that means "What time is it?"

何 (なん) means "what" and 時 (じ) is a suffix which indicates "hour(s)".

ふん or ぷん is used according to the last number before this suffix which means "minute(s)"

note: sometimes it is acocmpained by 午前 (ごぜん) indicating A.M. or 午後 (ごご) P.M. placed in front of the time.

example: A: 今(いま) , 何時ですか B: 午後 (ごご)10時 (じ)22分 (ふん)です translation: A: What time is it? B: It's 10.22 pm

particles ね and よ

The particle ね is placed at the end of the sentence to express approval, and confirm what the speakers says. It means "right?"

example: 日本語 (にほんご)は 難(むずか) しいですね。 translation: Japanese is difficult, right/isn't it?

The particle よ is placed at the end of the sentence to confirm and insist on the speaker's opinion. It is also used to advice or inform something new for the listener.

example: このパンは 美味(おい)しいですよ! translation: this bread is delicious! (you should try it)

またね～@inkichan

꒰ა ˚₊ ✧・┈・╴﹕꒰ ᐢ｡- ༝ -｡ᐢ ꒱﹕╴・┈・𐑺 ‧₊˚໒꒱

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8月の覚えた単語　一

嫉妬深い ・しっとぶかい ・ (deeply) jealous

理不尽 ・ りふじん ・ unreasonable; irrational, absurd

ムッとする ・ moody; huffy; to be offended

修復 ・しゅうふく ・ repair; mending

発狂 ・はっきょう ・ madness; craziness; insanity

軽々 ・ かるがる ・ lightly

清潔感 ・ せいけつかん ・ (sense of) cleanliness and/or freshness; clean impression

距離感 ・ きょりかん ・sense of distance (physical or emotional)

時期的 ・ じきてき ・ time-wise

拘る ・こだわる ・ to be obsessive (about); to be particular (about); to be uncompromising; to get stuck

🍬 please correct any mistake/error

[free-learner]

Sentenceと（考えられている・思われている）

とびら- Grammar Chapt 4

Using と考えられている/ 思われている means ‘it is generally believed that/ it is considered that’. 

The difference between the two phrases is that  考えられている is an opinion that has arrived through logic, and 思われている is an opinion based on emotion. 

Example- 日本人はとても丁寧だと思われている。= It is generally believed that Japanese people are very polite. 

As you can see, 思われている has been used because this opinion is not derived from fact or logic, but an emotion based opinion. 

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タンポポ (Tampopo) 1985, dir. Jûzô Itami.

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恐縮

きょうしゅく

① feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful (business Japanese, formal Japanese)

いつもお世話になっております。ご連絡いただきまして恐縮でございます。 いつも おせわ に なって おります。ごれんらく いただきまして きょうしゅく で ございます。 We appreciate your continued support. Thank you for contacting us.

② feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); feeling embarrassed (e.g. by someone's compliments, hospitality, etc.) (business Japanese, formal Japanese)

恐縮ですが、来週の約束をキャンセルさせてください。 きょうしゅく です が、らいしゅう の やくそく を キャンセル させて ください。 I am very sorry, but I must cancel our appointment for next week.

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Japanese vocab: Valentine’s day

バレンタインデー   -  Valentine’s day

ホワイトデー - White day

マシュマロデー  - White day (Marshmallow day)

オレンジデー　- Orange day or Partner day

彼女  -  かのじょ - Girlfriend

彼氏  -  かれし - Boyfriend

情  -  じょう  - Feelings, emotion, sentiment​,  passion, affection

感情  - かんじょう - Emotion, feeling, feelings, sentiment​

デート  - Date

プレゼント - Present

贈り物  -  おくりもの  - Present, gift

お土産  -  おみやげ - Present, souvenir

飴  -  あめ  - Candy 

キャンディー  - Candy, sweets

チョコ���ート   - Chocolate

義理チョコ  -  ぎりチョコ - Obligation Chocolate

本命チョコ  -  ほんめいチョコ  - True feelings chocolate

友チョコ  -  ともチョコ　- Friendship chocolate

薔薇  -  ばら  - Rose ( It can also be written in katakana:  バラ )

花束 -  はなたば   - Boquet

縫いぐるみ  -  ぬ いぐるみ  - Plush

テディーベア  - Teddy bear

バレンタインカード  - Valentine’s card

心  -  こころ - Heart, mind, spirit

ハート - Heart

ロマンス - Romance

恋愛小説  -  れんあいしょうせつ -  Love romance, love story

恋  -  こい - Romantic love

愛  -  あい - Love, affection, care

恋愛  - れんあい -  Love, love-making, passion

愛する -  あいする - To love 

…　が　好きです。 -  …  が　すきです。- I like …. (You can use 大好き・だいすき if you want to say: I really like…) 

あなたが好きです - I like you

愛してる  -  あいしてる  - I love you

キスする - To kiss

キス - Kiss

接吻  -  せっぷん - Kiss, kissing

イチャイチャ - Flirting, making out

抱く -  いだく - To hug, to embrace 

寄り添う -  よりそう - To get close, to cuddle close together 

キューピッド  - Cupid

- Dzseni

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To miss someone/ something

I recently got these two phrases confused, so I’ll write it down here for future reference and hopefully this’ll help you not make the same mistake!

To miss someone- you use 寂しい- さびしい. For example- 彼が寂しがる= I miss him

To miss something- you use 恋しい-こいしい. For example- 日本の食べ物が恋しい= I miss Japanese food

If you get these mixed up Japanese people might be able to still understand you but they’d be a little confused.

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幸災楽禍

こうさいらくか

Being happy at the misfortune of others

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feb. vocab. part 二

ぼったくり ・ bottakuri ・ rip-off, unfair charging

揃える ・ そろえる ・ soroeru ・ to make uniform/even/match, to collect/gather/get together/complete, to arrange/put in order/prepare

乱れる ・ みだれる ・ midareru ・ to be disordered/disarrayed, to be discomposed/disturbed, to lapse into chaos

はぐらかす ・ hagurakasu ・ to dodge (e.g. a question), to evade

果てしない ・ はてしない ・ hateshinai ・ endless, boundless, everlasting

軽薄 ・ けいはく ・ keihaku ・ superficial, shallow, frivolous

こりごり ・ korigori ・ being fed up, bad experience, learning from a bad experience, having had enough (of something unpleasant)

下ネタ ・ しもねた ・ shimoneta ・ dirty joke, indecent topic

圧巻 ・ あっかん ・ akkan ・ highlight, best part

口直し ・ くちなおし ・ kuchinaoshi ・ removing a bad taste, cleansing one’s palate

🦋 please correct any mistake/error

[free-learner]

The funniest thing about learning a new alphabet is when you can finally read words but have no idea what it says