ファシストになるより豚のほうがましさ

せいりげんしょう

physiological phenomenon; physiological response

普段の生活の中で、「あくび」や「くしゃみ」、「げっぷ」や「おなら」などの生理現象は必ず起こってしまうのですが、これらの英語って学校では勉強しませんでしたよね。

ふだん の せいかつ の なか で、「あくび」や「くしゃみ」、「げっぷ」や「おなら」など の せいりげんしょう は かならず おこって しまう の です が、これら の えいご って がっこう では べんきょう しません でした よね。

In our daily lives, physiological phenomena, such as "yawning" or "sneezing," "burping" or "passing gas," are bound to occur, yet, we never actually learned the English terms for these things in school, did we?

春はあけぼの。 ようよう白くなりゆく、山際少し明かりて、紫立ちたる雲の細くたなびきたる。

- The Pillow Book (枕草子) by Sei Shōnagon

1⃣ Literary translation

In Spring It Is the Dawn. / In spring it is the dawn that is most beautiful.

As the light creeps over the hills, their outlines are dyed a faint red and wisps of purplish cloud trail over them.

2⃣ Literal translation

Spring is dawn.

It is becoming white, the mountain edges are slightly brightening and the purple-risen clouds are thinly trailing.

3⃣ Vocabulary

春（はる）＝ Spring 曙（あけぼの）＝ Beginning

白い（しろい）＝ White なる＝ To become 行く（ゆく）＝ To go (this is older Japanese, now we use いく） 山際（やまぎわ）＝ Mountain ridge, near a mountain, near the edge 明く（あく）= Becomes bright 紫（むらさき）＝ Purple 立つ（たつ）＝ To stand, to rise 雲（くも）＝ Clouds 細い（ほそい）＝ Thin たなびく＝  To trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.), to hang (of mist, haze, etc.),

4⃣ Grammar

白く and 細く = the adverbs of the い-adjectives (い becomes く)

なりゆく、= 行く is used as an auxilary verb to show that the action of it becoming light outside is still ongoing as the narrator is speaking.

明く is an intransitive verb, this means that it does not need an object. It is also mainly, or rather exclusively used to describe the breaking of dawn. (not important)

新垣結衣

First tweet: “I saw a piece of fabric? on the floor of my room so I went to pick it up but it was actually the moonlight that entered through the window lmao”

Since I started having general Chinese classes again and found out my favorite app to review vocabulary - Tofu - had been discontinued, I've been searching for a substitute...

I've been adding the new vocabulary to Anki and trying to use it regularly, but I always find it boring and frustrating... adding a deck for writing practice (I added someone's deck and used the settings for my own cards) helped a bit, but it misses feedback and... idk something else...

A few weeks ago, someone recommended DuoCards. The mascot thing is kinda cute but some might find it annoying, there is no writing feature, and I hit the paywall very quickly and can't add new cards. There are also some short texts and videos (such as Peppa Pig) and AI chats, but also behind the paywall. The person who recommended it loves it and got the paid version, but they're using it to study English...

Now just a few days ago I discovered Laoshi and I really like it so far. The writing feature is pretty good, it's very simple to add new words, the visuals are less boring than Anki, and I haven't hit any paywalls (nor seen any adds) yet.

It even has a "choose the correct tones" feature that's been kicking my ass...

The only downside until now is that I tried the suggested deck when I first opened the app and it had pretty basic stuff despite the fact that I had selected my level as HSK4, so now among the words I added they also occasionally show me 二 and I can't seem to get rid of it lmao