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I’m back !

August was weird

I hope September will be kinder

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft: At the Mountains of Madness

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知らない街に行くのが好き。

一人旅も楽ちん

やっほーわたし生きてる

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august 12-18, 2024 — senior year, week 1

lots of late night study sessions, random management notes, and gardening in my spare time🌿

🎵: wait for it - hamilton cast

📖: catching fire, suzanne collins (5/5)

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sunday morning studying ☕️

i spent the morning planning my week and organizing files on both of my laptops

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dagon

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Wednesday 21st August 2024 🏙️

Todays going well 🌊 I’m honestly really tired but thats just how life is sometimes, the new job is going okay? I still strongly dislike the kind of people that work in law but it’s just something i will have to deal with for a while… other than that its good 😊

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19.08.2024 [😁]

🛩: 항공권 예매하기/ The day I booked my flight to Canada

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10.08.24

at the airport

the coffee was enormous and unfortunately tasted awfully

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absolutely loving my new desk set up in my university apartment !!

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today’s study || happy first day of classes!!!

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fall 2024 planner ✨🍓🎀🍒🫖

usually im not really into the pink aesthetic, but i had a lot of fun redecorating my planner for the fall semester~

planner link!

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About how to say "to try" in Japanese

In English, the verb "to try" can have different connotations depending on the context. Among its various meanings are the following:

Experimenting or testing something: this implies attempting to do something to see what happens, often with an open mind and no guarantee of success. For example, "I'll try this new recipe" suggests that you're testing out the recipe, perhaps for the first time, to see how it turns out.

Attempting with effort: this implies making an effort to accomplish something, even if the outcome is uncertain. For example, "I'll try to finish this project by tomorrow" suggests that you're putting in effort with the hope of succeeding, but there's a possibility you might not.

In Japanese, these nuances of "to try" are expressed using different grammatical forms:

1. ～てみる (te miru) This form is used when you want to "try" something in the sense of experimenting, testing, or doing something for the first time to see the result. You use ～てみる when you're not sure about the outcome and want to see what happens, often in a casual or exploratory sense. For example, you use it when trying a new food or testing a new activity: 初めて寿司を食べてみる (hajimete sushi o tabete miru) - I'll try eating sushi for the first time; テニスをしてみる (tenisu o shite miru) - I'll try playing tennis.

2. ～ようとする (yō to suru) This form is used when you're making an effort to do something, with the understanding that the result is uncertain or difficult to achieve. You use ～ようとする when you're expressing your intention to make an effort, especially in situations where success is not guaranteed. For example, you use it when you're attempting something challenging or you're making an effort with uncertain results: 明日早く起きようとする (ashita hayaku okiyou to suru) - I'll try to wake up early tomorrow; 宿題を時間通りに終わらせようとする (shukudai o jikan dōri ni owaraseyou to suru) - I'll try to finish my homework on time.

In the ～てみる (te miru) form, the use of 見る (miru), meaning "to see," suggests that the speaker is metaphorically "seeing what happens" by performing the action. It implies a lower level of commitment to a specific outcome; the action is undertaken with curiosity or a desire to experience something new. The result is not the primary focus; rather, the process of doing or experiencing something is emphasized. In contrast, the ～ようとする (yō to suru) form uses the volitional form よう (yō) to signal a strong intention or will to carry out the action, and する (suru), meaning "to do," emphasizes the attempt. This form conveys a higher level of personal involvement and responsibility, focusing on the effort required to reach a desired goal. While the outcome is uncertain, the focus is on the attempt itself, with an underlying hope or expectation that the effort might lead to success.

In conclusion, we can say that in English "to try" is a verb that must rely on context or additional modifiers to convey whether the action is exploratory or effortful. On the other hand, Japanese uses separate constructions to encode these nuances directly within the verb forms, reflecting a more fine-grained linguistic approach to expressing different types of attempts.

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Yeah i got my last travelers size notebook therapy journal out 🎞️ going to be extra minimal with this one i think

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I thought about making a few sideblogs for all the things I do/things that interest me, but I find that truly bothersome so I'm going to cry over my whacky handwriting right here

studying was never meant to be aesthetic!!!

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i'm afraid my study session has been hijacked!

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~ haru