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Did you know that 鮭 and しゃけ both mean "salmon" in Japanese?

I came across しゃけ in my Marugoto textbook:

I know "salmon" is pronounced さけ, but what does しゃけ mean? Does it also mean "salmon?" 🤔

Yes and no, apparently!

しゃけ is for food while 鮭 is for the living fish

According to WaniKani:

Typically when you refer to the living animal, you use さけ, and when you refer to salmon as a food, it's more likely to be しゃけ (but it can go either way). There might be some generational and regional differences, though.

A quick Google search revealed this fascinating regional difference:

Basically:

鮭 (さけ) is the standard, formal, and written term. It is often preferred when referring to the living fish in nature.

しゃけ is a colloquial, spoken pronunciation. It is very commonly used in daily conversation, especially when referring to the fish as food (cooked, grilled, or as an onigiri filling).

What about サーモン?

サーモン: This term is used—particularly at sushi restaurants and other dining establishments—to refer to raw, farmed salmon. Farmed salmon is apparently more commonly used in sushi because there's less risk of foodborne illnesses such as parasites.

All linked from this reddit post made by redditor AdrixG.

My List (a ton of youtubers are on this list)

Some lists by other users linked on that post:

Japanese Media Recommendation List

Migaku's Spreadsheet

Podcast collection (also has learners podcasts)

warum- why (general/all purpose)

wieso- because of what (asking for the cause of something) 

weshalb- to/for what purpose 

weswegen- for what reason

darum- that’s why* 

deshalb- that’s why/therefore

deswegen- it was because of that (”(explanation). That’s why/it’s because of that that I’m late.”)

*(”darum” can be used in a lot of contexts to mean different things, it’s a really common word- “deshalb” and “deswegen” are a little more specific. these last three are all used in answers specifically, not in questions.)

Language moodboard: Greek

Dictionaries:

greek-language

leksiko

wordreference

dict.cc

slang dictionary

PDF:

FSI Greek (1) (2) (3)

Free online material for Learning Greek

Websites:

filoglossia

greek grammar

kypros

greek language

Learning Greek Videos

greek lessons

agni

Unilang - Greek for Beginners

Goethe Verlag (Tests)

Memrise

Learn101

Ba ba dum

Duolingo (coming soon)

Wikipedia - Modern Greek Grammar

Youtube:

linaaaap1

Christos

Papaloizos Publications - Learn Greek the Easy Way

greekpod101

Easy Greek

Greek Shows for Kids (Playlist)

Greek cartoons (Playlist)

65 episodes of Pepa the Pig NON STOP

Greek Movies Comedy (Playlist)

GREEK MOVIES (Playlist)

Greek Movies. Old and new Greek Movies. (Huge Playlist)

Greek Movies 80 - 89 (Playlist)

Listening:

Greek Web TV

Greek Radio

Conjugation:

cooljugator

Since masterposts for Greek are not exactly common, I figured I would make one for learning it! :D Please message me if there are any broken links, and if it needs to be updated with correct/more links I shall do so! A bold asterisk means it is recommended you check it out. c: Note: This post is entirely for learning Modern Greek, so I haven’t included any Ancient Greek resources. It is also really difficult (for me) to find Greek bands/artists that are current and are like absolutely amazing, so if anyone has recommendations, I’ll add them here. :’>

my other masterposts

another greek masterpost

η γλώσσα - language

η μητρική γλώσσα - native language

η ξένη γλώσσα - foreign language

η διάλεκτος - dialect

η νοηματική γλώσσα - sign language

η γλωσσολογία - linguistics

ο/η γλωσσολόγος - linguist

μαθαίνω - to learn

το γλωσσομαθής - language learner

το επίθετο - adjective

το επίρρημα - adverb

το ουσιαστικό - noun

το ρήμα - verb

ο τόνος - accent mark (thanks @vasilissa-studies)

η προφορά - accent

το αλφάβητο - alphabet

το άρθρο - article

η έκφραση - expression

ο ορισμός - definition

το γράμμα - letter

το φωνήεν - vowel

το σύμφωνο - consonant

δίγλωσσος - bilingual

η διγλωσσία - bilingualism 

πολύγλωσσος - polyglot / multilingual

η πολυγλωσσία - multilingualism

μιλάω - to speak

προφέρω - to pronounce

η προφορά - pronunciation

επικοινωνώ - to communicate

ακούγομαι - to sound

Little note here: (Thanks @alife-full-of-lyrics <3) The following words are only used when you want to refer to the language. They can’t be used to express nationality. 

E.g. Μιλάω ελληνικά - I speak Greek

Είμαι Έλληνας (for males) / Ελληνίδα (for females) - I am Greek

τα (νέα) ελληνικά - (modern) greek 

small thingy here as well: you never say you speak νέα ελληνικά (aka modern greek), the word νέα is only included when speaking about linguistics or literature

τα αρχαία ελληνικά - ancient greek

τα αγγλικά - english

τα γαλλικά - french

τα γερμανικά - german

τα ισπανικά - spanish

τα πορτογαλικά - portuguese

τα ολλανδικά - dutch

τα ιταλικά - italian

τα τουρκικά - turkish

τα αραβικά - arabic

τα νορβηγικά - norwegian

τα σουηδικά - swedish

τα φινλανδικά - finnish

τα δανικά - danish

τα κινεζικά - chinese

τα κορεατικά - korean

τα ιαπωνικά - japanese

τα ρωσικά - russian

τα εβραϊκά - hebrew

April - Απρίλιος

birth - η γέννηση

bee - η μέλισσα

butterfly - η πεταλούδα

warmth - η ζεστασιά

Easter - το Πάσχα

eggs - τα αυγά

flowers - τα λουλούδια

green - πράσινος

grass - το γρασίδι

to grow - καλλιεργώ

fresh - φρέσκο

lamb - το αρνί

March - Μάρτιος

May - Μάιος

sunny - ηλιόλουστος

nest - η φωλιά

rabbit - το κουνέλι

rainbow - ουράνιο τόξο

season - η εποχή

spring - η άνοιξη 

plant - το φυτό

sun - o ήλιος

bird - το πουλί

tree - το δέντρο