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japan & the pacific // world history

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07.26.18. 2:06. PM. I am creating some new stickers coming soon and I also sent out some stickers today. I am so glad people enjoy my Fooly Cooly stickers! || My Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MintGMilkT3a 💕

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Routledge Masterpost

Here are all of the Routledge Grammar PDFs that I currently have. I’ll be updating whenever I find more. Let me know if there’s one in particular you want me to look for^^

Last Update: 2017/04/24

Fixed Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook link 

Added books for Czech, English, French, French Creoles, Persian, Ukranian

Added more books in Cantonese, Danish, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Swedish

Arabic

Arabic: An Essential Grammar Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar

Cantonese

Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook

Czech

Czech: An Essential Grammar

Danish

Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar Danish: An Essential Grammar

Dutch

Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar Dutch: An Essential Grammar Intermediate Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook

English

English: An Essential Grammar

Finnish

Finnish: An Essential Grammar

French

Modern French Grammar Workbook

French Creoles

French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar

German

Basic German: A Grammar and Workbook German: An Essential Grammar Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

Greek

Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language

Hindi

Hindi: An Essential Grammar

Hebrew

Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

Hungarian

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar

Indonesian

Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Irish

Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Irish: A Grammar and Workbook

Italian

Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

Japanese

Basic Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Korean

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar

Latin

Intensive Basic Latin: A Grammar and Workbook Intensive Intermediate Latin: A Grammar and Workbook

Latvian

Latvian: An Essential Grammar

Mandarin Chinese

Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar Chinese: An Essential Grammar

Norwegian

Norwegian: An Essential Grammar

Persian

Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook

Polish

Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar Polish: An Essential Grammar

Portuguese

Portuguese: An Essential Grammar

Romanian

Romanian: An Essential Grammar

Russian

Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook

Serbian

Serbian: An Essential Grammar

Spanish

Basic Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Spanish: An Essential Grammar

Swahili

Swahili Grammar and Workbook

Swedish

Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar Swedish: An Essential Grammar

Thai

Thai: An Essential Grammar

Turkish

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

Ukrainian

Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Urdu

Urdu: An Essential Grammar

Welsh

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar

Yiddish

Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Textbook

Hope this helps everyone out a bit! Happy studying^^

-koreanbreeze

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Monday: chapter notes

Consecutive days studied: 6 (15)

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I’ve been super inactive lately ~ I’m blaming the hot weather. but it’s raining again in the UK so here is a small burst of productivity ♡

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ひろがるで「カフェ・お茶」の単語を勉強した。 僕の小さい手で笑

time to start posting original content. I got the readings on this page off of a site called ‘Hirogaru’. It’s a site that teaches you about your interests, completely in Japanese. I highly recommend it.

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japanese stationery = my biggest motivator i’m such a muji hoe

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The Art of Hiroshi Yoshida

Hiroshi Yoshida was a 20th-century Japanese painter and woodblock print-maker. He is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the shin-hanga style, and is noted especially for his excellent landscape prints. Yoshida travelled widely, and was particularly known for his images of non-Japanese subjects done in traditional Japanese woodblock style.

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How I Study Japanese Texts

Right now I’m mainly reading Level 1 books of the Japanese Graded Readers series (which I talk a little about in this post). It’s fairly easy for me to understand, so rather than just reading it, I go through a few more steps to learn from what I read. 

Read without looking up words. The first time I read a book, I avoid the dictionary and just try to get the gist of what it’s saying through what I already know and the pictures provided, if there are any. This is a good way of measuring your level. 

Transcribe the text line by line while looking up words you don’t know and looking out for grammar points. On the second read, I write down a line of text after I read it. I’m not too nitpicky about my stroke order because it’s not too hard to guess a kanji’s stroke order. I bought a notebook with squared boxes for this since I believe it helps with handwriting and spacing, but regular notebooks are fine. After writing down a line, I look up words I don’t know from that line, if any. I write the reading and definition on the side. For grammar, I take note on grammar points I’m currently studying by circling it. If there are any particle usages that I don’t understand, I look it up and jot down the usage on the side. 

Write a translation. After I finish transcribing the entire book, I write a little summary of translation on the bottom. It isn’t really necessary, but it’s helpful for me to write out exact translations rather than just having it in my head.

Have a space to practice kanji characters. I always pick out ten or so kanji characters or compound words to practice my writing. It helps with memorizing the vocabulary as well as what exactly the kanji looks like so I have better recall when I reencounter it.

Read the book a third time, out loud. This time, I know pretty much exactly what every line is saying, so it’s just a final review. Reading it out loud is just helpful for speaking.

I hope this was helpful! I feel like I’m getting a lot more out of these books through this process. What do you do when you read a Japanese book? 

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接辞の漢字：仕事 (せつじのかんじ：しごと） Kanji as affixes: activities/work (or, how to make a new word by sticking a kanji at the end of another: jobs edition)

〜者 (しゃ) 

医者 (いしゃ) → doctor 

記者 (きしゃ) → reporter

学者 (がくしゃ) → scholar

研究者 (けんきゅうしゃ) → researcher

教育者 (きょういくしゃ) → educator

 〜手 (しゅ)

歌手 (かしゅ) → singer

投手 (とうしゅ) → pitcher

選手 (せんしゅ) → player

運転手 (うんてんしゅ) → driver

 〜員 (いん) 

議員 (ぎいん) → member of an assembly

駅員 (えきいん ) → station employee

店員 (てんいん) → salesperson (shop’s employee)

船員 (せんいん) → sailor

会社員 (かいしゃいん) → company employee

銀行員 (ぎんこういん) → bank clerk

図書館員 (としょかんいん) → librarian

〜家 (か) 

画家 (がか) → painter

小説家 (しょうせつか) → novelist

政治家 (せいじか) → politician

音楽家 (おんがくか) → musician

写真家 (しゃしんか) → photographer

〜屋 (や) 

本屋 (ほんや) → bookshop

米屋 (こめや) → rice store

花屋 (はなや) → flower shop

肉屋 (にくや) → butcher

魚屋 (さかなや) → fish shop

酒屋 (さかや) → liquor shop

薬屋 (くすりや) → drugstore

写真屋 (しゃしんや) → photo shop

〜業 (ぎょう) 

工業 (こうぎょう) → industry

商業 (しょうぎょう) → commerce

農業 (のうぎょう) → agriculture

林業 (りんぎょう) → forestry

漁業 (ぎょぎょう) → fishery

観光業 (かんこうぎょう) → tourism industry

サービス業 (サービスぎょう) → service industry

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tumblr-vocab in Japanese

A brief overview of useful words to know, in case you switch the language of your tumblr to Japanese!

Posts （投稿数「とうこうすう」）

Text post　－　テキスト

Photo　－　画像（がぞう）

Quote　－　引用（いんよう）

Link　－　リンク

Chat　－　チャット

Audio　－　音声（おんせい）

Video　－　動画（どうが）

Notes　－　リアクション

Reply　－　返信（へんしん）

Reblog　－　リブログ

Like　－　スキ

Tags　－　タグ

Source　－　出典（しゅってん）

Blog （ブログ）

Account　－　アカウント

Username　－　ユーザー名（な）

Main blog　－　メインブログ

Sideblog　－　サブブログ

Draft　－　下書き（したがき）

Queue　－　予約投稿（よやくとうこう）

Schedule　－　スケジュール

Blog theme　－　サイトのテーマ

Settings　－　設定（せってい）

Activity　－　アクティビティ

Past 24 hours　－　過去24時間（かこ24じかん）

Biggest fans　－　熱烈ファン（ねつれつ）

Most popular post　－　人気投稿（にんきとうこう）

Interaction （相互作用「そうごさよう」）

Ask box　－　受信ボックス（じゅしん）

Anonymous ask　－　匿名での質問（とくめいでのしつもん）

Tumblr IM　－　メッセージ

To follow　－　フォローする

Follower　－　ファン

X began following Y　－　XがYのフォローを開始しました（かいし）

Search tumblr　－　tumblrを検索（けんさく）

Blocked blogs　－　ブロック済み（ずみ）ブログ

Submission　－　ゲスト投稿

X submitted a post　－　Xからのゲスト投稿

X mentioned Y　－　XはYについて投稿で言及しました（げんきゅう）

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Beginners Japanese textbooks

So I get a lot of questions here and on Instagram about the books I use for Japanese and what I would recommend to beginners. So I thought I’d put together a little list of books I would suggest you start off with as a beginner in Japanese (these are all books I have used myself or had/would consider using) Obviously I’m not saying you need all of these books, pick one and see how it goes (although I do recommend using more than one resource)! I may do another post like this for intermediate learners if there’s enough interest (with the textbook series they will take you to a higher level, but this is just recommendations as a starting point) ^^ 

Learning Hiragana and Katakana Flashcards

Japanese Kanji Flashcards Volume 1

Japanese Kanji for Beginners

Japanese From Zero Series

Kana From Zero | Hiragana From Zero | Katakana From Zero | Kanji From Zero

Japanese From Zero 1 | Japanese From Zero 2 | Japanese From Zero 3 | 

Japanese From Zero 4

Genki Series

Level 1 textbook | Level 1 workbook | Level 2 textbook | Level 2 workbook

Japanese For Busy People Series

Kana workbook | Level 1 kana ver | Level 1 romaji ver | Level 2

Basic Japanese

Japanese for Beginners

A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar

Essential Japanese Grammar

Essential Japanese Vocabulary

600 Basic Japanese Verbs

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Academic Subjects & Majors

Anthropology: Jinruigaku じんるいがく　人類学

Art: Bijutsu びじゅつ　美術

Biology: Seibutsugaku　せいぶつ　生物学

Chemistry: Kagaku　かがく　化学

Computer Science: Konpyuuta Saiensu　コンピュータ　サイエンス

Economics: Keizaigaku けいざいがく　経済学

Education: Kyouikugaku　きょういくがく　教育学

Engineering: Kougaku　こうがく　工学

Foreign Languages: Gaikokugo　がいこくご　外国語

History: Rekishigaku　れきしがく　歴史学

Law: Hougaku　ほうがく　法学

Linguistics: Gengogaku　げんごがく　言語学

Literature: Bungaku　ぶんがく　文学

Mathematics: Suugaku　すうがく　数学

Music: Ongaku　おんがく　音楽

Philosophy: Tetsugaku　てつがく　哲学

Physics: Butsurigaku　ぶつりがく　物理学

Political Science: Seijigaku　せいじがく　政治学

Sociology: Shakaigaku　しゃかいがく　社会学

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ASKING ABOUT JAPANESE (IN JAPANESE)

****If there are corrections or additions I should make to this list, please send me a message!****

So I just started using HelloTalk for Japanese, and found out pretty quickly that asking people to help you IN Japanese gets you MUCH better answers so long as you’re up to the challenge of figuring out slightly more complicated explanations! Here are some ways to do that:

THINGS TO ASK

Can I ask you a question?

ちょっと質問していいですか？

How do you say “_____” in Japanese?

「＿＿＿」は日本語で何と言いますか？

日本語で「＿＿＿」はどうやって言いますか？

What does “_____” mean?

「＿＿＿」の意味はなんですか？

「＿＿＿」って、どういう意味ですか？

Could you please correct my sentences/check them for errors?

文章���直してください/くれませんか/もらえませんか

間違いがあるかどうかチェックしてもらえますか？

What is the difference between “__” and “__”?

「＿＿」と「＿＿」の違いは何ですか？

Which one sounds more natural?

どちらがもっと自然に聞こえますか？

どちらの方が自然ですか？

What kind of situation should I use it in?

どんな場合に使いますか？

Is there another way to say it?

日本語で同じような言い回しがありますか？

How would you say it?

___さんなら、これを何と言いますか？

Do people normally use this word/phrase?

このフレーズ/言葉を普段使いますか？

How do I use (this word/phrase)

「＿＿＿」をどうやって使いますか？

Is it similar to/Is it like “_____,” for example?

「＿＿＿」という事ですか？

「＿＿＿」と同じような意味ですか？

AND IF U DIDNT REALLY GET THEIR CORRECTIONS/COMMENTS:

I’m sorry, I didn’t really understand “_____.” Could you explain it to me?

（すみません、「＿＿＿」はよく分からなくて）、ちょっと説明してもらえませんか？

I’m sorry, would you mind explaining your corrections?

すみません、訂正を説明してもらえませんか？

OTHER TIPS

Say thank you afterward!

The sentences above are mostly starting points. The more you talk to people, the more you’ll notice how people ask things like “Oh, can you explain that thing on the bottom?” or “So it’s okay if I say this instead of this?” etc. etc. But these sentences will help you get on your feet!

What I sometimes like to do if they’re using really complicated Japanese to explain to me, it try to explain it in my own words and then add っていうことですか？ to find out if I’m understanding right!

Challenge yourself by answering Japanese-speakers’s questions in Japanese! You’d be surprised how much you can learn about explaining just by reading explanations!

Good luck! Please let me know if you have any questions! <3 頑張ってください！皆さん何か聞きたいことがあったら、何でも聞いてくださいね！<3

-Maka

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any japanese langblrs out there?

first japanese lesson today and looking for any japanese studyblrs/langblrs out there to follow :))) like/reblog so I know who you are!!

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japanese-revision:

Textbooks:

A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar

A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar

A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar

Read Real Japanese Fiction

GENKI: Integrated Elementary Japanese I and II [beginners]

An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese

Basic Connections: Making Your Japanese Flow

Tobira (Gateway to advanced Japanese)

TextFugu [an online textbook]

Heisig’s Remembering Kanji

Basic Kanji Book Vol.1

Kanji in Context

Shadowing: Let’s Speak Japanese! (Beginner to Intermediate Level)

Japanese The Manga Way

Making Out in Japanese [for informal/vulgar language]

Minimum Essential Politeness: Japanese Honorific

Online and Phone Dictionaries:

ALC (I use this everyday) →Expression encyclopaedia

Goo dictionary

Weblio

WWWJDIC (with audio clips) + for Android phones (incl. handwriting)

JWPce (downloadable dictionary for Windows)

JEDict (downloadable for Mac users)

Idiomatic Expressions

Idioms dictionary [Japanese only]

Counters dictionary

Hovering dictionaries:  →Rikaikun for Chrome →Rikaichan for Firefox →Floating Dictionary for Mac

Current Affairs dictionary

Tangorin

Imiwa? (a dictionary for the iPhone)

Tagaini Jisho (downloadable for Windows, Mac and Linux)

Nihongodict (also an app. for iPhone and Android phones)

For kanji.

Jisho (I use this for spelling kanji for if I can’t read it)

Yamasa (I use this for learning to write)

A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters

Associative Kanji Learning (stroke orders)

Handwritten kanji search

WaniKani (reviewed and explained here)

Online reading:

Hukumusume Fairytales

竹取（Bamboo-Cutting） (vertical writing)

吉田秀幸の日記（Hideyuki Yoshida’s Diary） (recipes)

Chokochoko’s reading texts to help with JLPT

TED Talks (with Japanese subtitles and transcripts)

Learning through Films [Japanese subtitles/scripts]

Blue Sky Library (public domain books, explained here)

Manga.

Free online manga

Vomic (free online manga with voice actors)

Sound Effects (in manga, etc)

Improving your speaking:

Japanese pronunciation guide

Interactive Hiragana Pronounciation table

Topics for Language Exchanges.

Bubbly (a Twitter-like app where you can record yourself)

Audioboo (similar to Bubbly, but also a website)

My Language Exchange [to find a language partner]

Japanese Kana (Chrome app)

Listening:

“Real World” Japanese

My Kikitori

Reading & Writing practice:

Lang-8

Japan-Guide [for getting Japanese penpals]

Read, Write, Learn: Macaronics

原稿用紙の使い方 (How to write an essay with Japanese writing paper)

Shiritori (Japanese word-chain game)

iTalki [similar to Lang-8]

手書きブログ (Blogging by hand)

ChatPad (Japanese chatroom site)

Real Kana practice

News:

NewsWeb Easy

NHK News (audio news with speed controls)

Mainichi Primary School student Newspaper

Podcasts and radio:

JOQR (Cultural Broadcasting)

TBS Radio’s Junk

TOKYO FM

CSRA fm(+ App for Android)

JIN Radio (bilingual)

Radio dramas

Medicine in Times of Tears

My Home, My Life

The Infirmary for 17-year-olds

YouTube:

Afternoon Hirusagari

Jet Daisuke

バイリンガール英会話

Analog TV Forever (collections of adverts)

Real Japanese Studio

Japancast

Tofugu

Japanese Let’s Play gamers

サイエンスチャネル

TheWannabeBC

Gaijin Goombah

Genki Lessons

Japanese sign language.

Heartful Power Hideo

Shuwa Island

TV:

Japanese subtitles for anime

KeyHole TV (to stream Japanese TV and radio)

風雲LIVE日本語（Feng Yun LIVE Japanese） (to stream TV)

映画で学ぶ実践英会話

Tumblr:

Kanji-a-Day

Holy crap Japanese

Nihongo ga Suki

Jumpstart Japanese

Nihongolog

Japanese Idioms

Nadine Nihongo

That Japan Addict

ChilliMuffin

Japanese through Fandom

F-Yeah Native Japanese

J-Vocab of the Day

ぶらりめし [Japanese only]

Peaceful Chef [Japanese only]

Kumako365jp

Japanese Revision (my blog for intermediates)

Those who are studying in Japan

My Japan Travels (Yokohama National University)

Mechakuchajan (Osaka University)

Hola-Itza (Meiji Gakuin)

The Disaster Chronicles (Toyo University) [wordpress]

Welcome to Moonside (University of Kitakyushu)

2012 - 2013 exchange students

Japanicking in Yamanashi (at Yamanashi University)

Samxuel (at Kyushu Sangyo)

Katy in Japan Town (at NUFS)

Chocotastie (at Seinan Gakuin)

Kim in Sapporo (at Hokkaido University)

Yeonhwa Japan (Chuo University)

Mago Mago (Ritsumeikan University)

Marta in Japan (Waseda University)

Working as part of the JET Programme

A Girl in Japan

Ramandab in Sapporo-shi

Ikemasu

Boukendan desu

Blogging:

Yaplog

Ameba

Learning websites:

JapaneseClass.jp

The Japanese Page

JapanesePod101

Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese

Erin’s Challenge (with listening and reading practice)

Maggie Sensei

Tofugu

All Japanese All The Time

Japanese Level Up

Learning Japanese with Lingualift

JPLang

Yes Japan!

Marugoto: Japanese Language & Culture

Other resources:

Lots of threads with a variety of resources for Japanese learning

JLPT Resources

Top 100 learning resources via Lingualift

Anki (flashcards for your computer, phone and online) →Yomichan (plug-in for Anki)

Common things said by cashiers

Quizlet (flashcards)

DJT and Okra’s pastebins (lots of resources and textbooks for download, etc)

Japanese.Livejournal (including tips on using IME)

Human Japanese (for PC and phones, excl. Linux)

Study Groups

Help with Japanese via StackExchange

I’ve added even more to the list since I first posted this and am continuing to add new things to it. So, I thought I’d re-post it. As always, if anyone has anything they would like to add, let me know!

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🌸✨🌸please reblog this if you’re an active japanese langblr!!! thank you!!!✨🌸✨