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鮭 (さけ) vs. しゃけ 🐟

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.

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Learning about the history of education in Japan has helped add nuance to some Japanese words for me.

Jiyu, 自由, "freedom," was taken from Chinese during the Meiji Restoration and assigned it this new positive meaning, but originally it was used as a Buddhist term meaning "selfish" or "arbitrary."

Narau, 習う, "to learn," was the word already in usage for what commoners were doing at their unregulated community schools. Manabu, 学ぶ, "to learn," was invented to describe what students did at the new state-regulated schools. This helps me understand better why it is usually most natural to use 習う in non-academic contexts.

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N1 onomatopoeia ・N1で大事なオノマトペ102個

すべすべ　smooth/silky 肌がすべすべになります

ぐったり　exhausted 仕事でぐったりしてしまった。

へとへと　exhausted　一日中勉強してへとへとだ。

すんなり　smoothly/without difficulty　案はすんなり通った。

がやがや　noisy, clamorously 人々の話し声ががやがやと騒がしい

づくづく　keenly, firmly 健康の大切さをづくづく感じた

どんより　cloudy, overcast 空がどんよりと曇っている

みっちり：intensively, thoroughly 朝から晩までみっちり勉強する

べったり：stuck, clingy

めっきり：remarkably, notably めっきり春らしくなった。

うずうず：itching to do something ゲームをやりたくてうずうずしている。

おどおど：timidly 彼はおどおどして首を垂れた

きっちり：precisely, punctually 時間をきっちり守る。

やんわり：politely, so as not to make someone feel bad 誘いをやんわり断った。

きょろきょろ：looking around restlessly 道が分からなかったので、きょろきょろ見回した。

がらりと：completely (of change) 雰囲気ががらりと変わった。

ずるずる（と）：on and on, slowly, while putting off 宿題するのをずるずると伸ばした。

ぐらぐら：shaking, wobbling 地震で建物がぐらぐらと揺れた。

てきぱき：promptly and efficiently 彼女は物事をてきぱきできる。

あっさり：easily, readily 彼女は自分の間違いをあっさり認めた。

くたくた：exhausted, worn out 一日中働いてくたくただ。

ちくちく：pricking/tingling feeling このセーターは着るとちくちくする。

あやふや：vague 彼女はあやふやに返事をした。

ぶらぶら：(walking) leisurely パーティーの後一人でぶらぶらして帰った。

あたふた：hurriedly, hurrying about 仕事がたくさんあってあたふたしている。

ぎっしり：tightly packed, crammed エレベーターに人がぎっしり乗った。

ちやほや：to make a fuss over 　おばあさんにちやほやされて育った。

めきめき：remarkably 日本語がめきめき上達している。

しくしく：softly (crying) 　しくしく泣いている

ちょくちょく：often, frequently 仕事の関係でちょくちょくロンドンに行っている。

あっさり：lightly (seasoned food) あっさりした食べ物

こってり：rich, heavy 　こってりした食べ物

ひりひり：stinging 傷がひりひり痛む

ずきずき：throbbing 頭がずきずき痛い

むかむか：feeling queasy 胃がむかむかするので、胃腸薬を飲んだ。

げっそり：suddenly (lose weight) げっそり痩せる

ぱらぱら：flipping through (book) 　楽譜をぱらぱらめくる

てっきり：certainly, surely てっきり一緒に来ると思った。

ばちばち：to fight, to argue

そわそわ：restless, nervous 心配してそわそわし始めた。

どろどろ：mushy, melting チョコレートがどろどろ溶ける

からっと：bright and clear (weather) 秋らしいからっとした青空

がさがさ：dry 手ががさがさになる。

のろのろ：slowly, sluggishly 牛がのろのろと歩いていた。

こうこうと：brilliantly (shining) 夜空にこうこうと星が輝いていた。

きっかり：precisely 会議は９時きっかりに始まる。

ずっしり：heavy 一晩水に漬かっていた服はずっしり重たかった。

すっかり：entirely すっかり息が切れた。

ねちねち：sticky / persistent　彼はねちねちといつも文句を言っている。

くどくど：tediously, constantly くどくど同じことを言われる。

まんまと：completely　彼はまんまと罠にかかった。

いざこざ：trouble 彼は警察といざこざを起こした。

じわじわ：gradually 寂しさがじわじわと込み上げる

ひしひし：acutely (feel) 彼女の人柄の良さがひしひしと伝わってくる。

みるみる：instantly 泡はみるみるなくなった。

すやすや：sleeping peacefully 赤ちゃんがすやすや寝ている。

ぴくぴく：twitching レム睡眠が始まるとまぶたがぴくぴくする。

あべこべ：contrary, back to front シャツを前後あべこべに来ている。

まちまち：varying 意見は人によってまちまちだ。

めいめい：each, individual 学生はめいめい自分の意見を述べた。

ひらひら：fluttering, flapping 桜の花びらがひらひらと空を舞っている。

すくすく：growing quickly 植物がすくすく育つ

のそのそ：move slugglishly 亀がのそのそ歩く

もたもた：dawdling 　もたもたしないで、遅刻するよ！

はらはら：feeling anxious 彼ははらはらして息子を待った。

くっきり：clearly, distinctly 青空を背景にその塔がくっきり見えた。

ぐんぐん：rapidly, vigorously 成績がぐんぐんと上がる

ずんずん：rapidly, briskly 雪がずんずん積もっている。

しんなり：supple, pliant 野菜がしんなりしたら、塩を入れてください。

じっとり：damp, clammy 布団がじっとりするほど汗をかいてしまった。

すかすか：half empty, full of openings 箱の中身がすかすかだ。

ぎゅうぎゅう：packed in tightly 電車は通勤者でぎゅうぎゅう詰めだった。

ぱんぱん：bulging 荷物が多すぎてカバンがぱんぱんだ。

ぐにゃぐにゃ：flabby, soft 暑さでチョコレートがぐにゃぐにゃだ。

こちこち：solid 冷蔵庫に入っていた肉がこちこちだ。

とんとん：equal, barely any difference どこの店でも値段はとんとんです。

ぬけぬけ：shamelessly, brazenly 彼はぬけぬけとまたお金を借りに来た。

のこのこ：unconcernedly 授業中に学生がのこのこ入った。

おずおず：nervously, timidly 新人は何をするにもおずおずしている。

すごすご：in low spirits 試験に落ちた学生はすごすごと帰宅した。

ずけずけ：bluntly, frankly 彼はずけずけものを言うね。

ぽつりと：in a single word 彼はぽつりと’行きたくない’と言った。

てくてく：to walk a long distance at a steady pace お婆さんはてくてく歩いて川に行きました。

どたどた：walking noisily どたどた歩いていると下の階の人に悪いよ。

とぼとぼ：trudging along 老人がとぼとぼ歩いていた。

ひらりと：nimbly 泥棒はひらりと塀を超えていた。

しげしげ：fixedly 警官は私の顔をしげしげと見た。

じわり：gradually, slowly 薬がじわりと効く

まざまざ：clearly, vividly その景色はまざまざと記憶に残っている。

ぼそぼそ：in a subdued voice 話し方がぼそぼそしていて話の内容がよくわからなかった。

ちかちか：flickering テレビがちかちかする

ひんやり：cool

がぶりと：emphatically (chewing) ライオンは肉をがぶりと食べた。

ばくばく：gobbling 息子はバクバクとカレーを食べた。

ほとほと：truly (exasperation) ほとほと困る

ころりと：easily 彼は詐欺師にころりと騙される

くすくす：chuckle くすくす笑う

ごしごし：scrubbing 父は床をごしごし磨いた。

じりじり：irritatedly いつも遅刻する彼女をじりじりしながら待っていた。

もんもん：anxious 試験が近づき日々もんもんとしていた。

やきもき：fretting 彼女は母に会いたくてやきもきしていた。

ぽかんと：absentmindedly 子供は口をぽかんと開けて彼を見つめた。

There are certain public figures in the West who casually claim to know japanese as like fun personal trivia (not heritage learners) but never talk about their language learning experiences. And i just. Literally dont believe them. Like only someone who hasnt learned japanese could claim to have learned japanese without having like 1,000 stories about how they fucked up this language so bad. They probably took genki 1 in college and thought it would sound neat to pretend to be fluent.

my japanese teacher is once again so kind. 😭😭😭 i told him i was having trouble writing an essay in japanese because my thoughts become really jumbled when i try to explain complex topics. but i said if i just translate from english, then the japanese is unnatural. (subtext: im a loser and i suck at this and ill never be good at japanese!)

and he said the fact that im aware of when my japanese sounds english-influenced is a step in advancement. he said it's actually ok to translate complex things from english for now, and the focus should be on revising again and again until the japanese is appropriate.

(he has a linguistics phd so i always feel like when he says these things he's not pulling them out of his butt.)

anyway kinda posting this if it's also helpful to anyone else.

#japanese

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words for describing sake

...that i picked up at an izakaya last night.

軽い、かるい、light (used the same way as in English)

飲みやすい、のみやすい、eaay to drink

癖がある、癖が強い、くせがある, has a quirk, has a strong quirk, used for distinctive/unique flavors. I think i'd translate this as "it's an acquired taste"

しっかり, full-bodied

あまい, sweet, used the same as in English

旨味味がある、うまみあじがある, has an umami flavor. In this context "umami" seems to mean it has a strong, clear rice flavor, and is used more for high-end sakes.

からい, karai in this context doesn't mean "spicy" but "dry"

辛口、からくち, if you like a dryer sake, you can ask for one that's ちょっと辛口

And tbh im proud of myself for remembering all of these after drinking so much sake! Disclaimer that I'm obviously not a native speaker.

I also had a Japanese person explain to me why I see beverages labeled as "beer-like" in grocery stores. Apparently the Japanese government and beer breweries are locked in an eternal cat-and-mouse chase where the breweries keep altering how they make beer so that it's not legally classifiable as beer and thus can't be taxed at the same high rate.

There are now 3 levels of beer in Japan that exist basically because of the tax rates. There's regular ビール, then 発泡酒（はっぽうしゅ), which was described to me as basically being hops and water, and then there's 第3のビール, which is the non-beer beer that might be made from peas, for example, instead of barley. Apparently it became more popular thanks to the lower price and the breweries figuring out how to make it actually taste pretty decent.

But now that category 3 beers have become more popular, the Japanese government will lower the tax rate of regular beer and increase the tax rate of pseudo-beers, so we'll see what's next for the japanese beer market i guess

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charlesoberonn

Japanese can have one syllabic consonant, as a treat.

lotusandclouds

“family members, pigs, knives, etc”

that “etc” is haunting me. how could i possibly guess from the given list other possible concepts in the same category???

beyond 青い

I came across 藍色, あいいろ, in a book today. Indigo blue.

藍

I really like this kanji. When I image-searched it, color palettes in Japanese showed up

#Japanese

it's important to keep perspective when studying a second language.

i've been thinking lately like "when am I going to stop making mistakes with my Japanese particles?"

but i just reread a paragraph i'd written in english, my native tongue, and as a matter of routine i edited the in's that should have been at's or on's. it's very normal to make these small errors, actually; catching them is the thing. even in our native tongues we dont get everything correct on the first try, nor do we expect to.

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diary entry

ive been reading about Fukushima/3.11, so i learned a lot of words related to radiation. just watched Godzilla without subtitles, and admittedly there's not tons of dialogue in that movie, but i probably wouldnt have understood the most crucial lines if i hadn't already learned words like "hydrogen bomb" and "radiation."

my japanese teacher, kind of just for fun, taught me humble language used in historical dramas, like "segare," meaning punk, brat, or my son.

now i'm watching the 2025 film Kokuho. in it? "my family died of radiation sickness." "this is my segare..."

idk just!!! i keep learning things i think are niche and then they immediately come up again and again.

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meowbrown

目を開けた vs. 目を開いた vs. 目を覚ます

And another one that is related is 眼を覚ます, which means to wake up.

目を覚ましたけど、まだ目を開けたくなかった。 I woke up, but I didn’t want to open my eyes yet.

languagelvlup

Realizing that work doesn’t feel like it’s helping my Japanese improve because it’s teaching me things that are NOT what I want to learn.

At this point I’m upper intermediate, so I know most of the essential skills that carry over between different settings. Basic grammar, function words, listening fundamentals.

Now, it’s most filling in the vocab, and unfortunately I’m spending 40 hours a week learning things like INVOICE and LOGISTICS and TAX WITHHELD and surprise surprise these things don’t help me read my fantasy mystery romance manga any more smoothly

springbacktolife

the obvious solution is to read fantasy mystery romance manga AT work *nods sagely*

lunalingua

seriously though, this is what ive been talking about. Like they lure you in with "100 words cover 50% of the language!" or whatever bs factoid, and then it's like 15 years later and you have learned 250,4346,43222.642 words and somehow it is not enough

Japanese quick fact of the day

quotation marks in Japanese look like this:

「かぎかっこ」

You may have also seen these before: 『』

When you want to quote something within a quote in English, you do this:

"I'm talking to you. Didn't you say, 'I don't want you to quote me' yesterday?"

In Japanese, that'd look like this:

「君に言ってるんだよ。昨日、『私のことを引用しないでほしい』って言わなかった？」

『』 are also used to indicate the titles of books and magazines, the way you would put titles in italics in English.

『それから』は、夏目漱石の小説。

Sorekara is a novel by Natsume Souseki.

最後までお読みいただきありがとうございます。

Sorry for any mistakes. I'm learning!

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mintbees

Trying to find a YouTuber to watch in my target language for immersion learning while not speaking the language well enough to be able to figure out their political views

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bluelightning42

I wonder why the word for reptiles は虫類 has the kanji for insect 虫 in it?

tokidokitokyo

Oooh, pick me! *raises hand*

Because in ancient China they grouped everything like snakes and insects into 虫 without it really meaning "insect" but rather a garbage can term for anything not mammal, bird, or fish. So this has carried on through many other words, such as 爬虫類.

That's why you can write octopus (たこ) as 蛸 with the 虫 radical.

Some more info: https://bestiary.japanesewithanime.com/animals/mushi

i feel like there's not a lot of japanese ASMR channels that are active anymore. And the ones that do exist almost all have harsh whispering that hurts my ears.

I feel like an ASMR channel where someone just quietly talks about stationery products in japanese would be amazing. Does anyone know of anything like this?

#Japanese #Asmr

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