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What's the difference between ๅ้ก and ่ณชๅ? They both mean question but is one more formal than the other or used for certain types of questions?
Hi there! These two can be quite tricky for learners to differentiate between! You could try thinking of ๅ้กใใใใ ใใas meaning โproblemโ, and ่ณชๅใใใคใใใas โquestionโ in order to differentiate between them. So ๅ้ก would be a problem that needs to be resolved, and ่ณชๅ a question that needs to be answered. Someone once explained the difference to me as this; in a classroom environment a teacher presents ๅ้ก (problems) to the students, while the students ask the teacher ่ณชๅ (questions).
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Omoinohokaใใ, in your latest post, you mentioned using etymology sites. I was wondering if you would have the time to share them, or maybe your favorite one? In any case, thank you for always creating such interesting posts!! I hope you're having a nice, peaceful evening. Take good care of yourself! :)
namidagawaใใใthanks for your lovely ask! ๐
I use a ton of different resources to make the Word of the Day posts. Hereโs the ones that I use the most.
First, I go to good old Google and type in the word and ่ชๆบ gogen (etymology). I also do the same thing with the word and ็ฑๆฅ yurai (source). Then I comb through all the different results and find the most credible ones.
1. ่ชๆบ็ฑๆฅ่พๅ ธ gogen-allguide.com
This site doesnโt have all words, but it is my first go-to. Hereโs where I learned about ๆๅ ซๅ murahachibu (ostracism). It gives you the definition and then the etymology and is very highly reputed.
2. ๆผขๅญใปๆผขๅใป่ชๆบ่พๅ ธ okjiten.jp
This site explains how each kanji means, how it came to be, and the etymology behind its very first iteration. Hereโs what it had to say about ่, one of the recent words of the day.
3. Yahoo Questions
I know that the English Yahoo Questions are kinda famous for being meme and joke fodder, but the Japanese take Yahoo Questions very seriously. While I donโt like relying on it for answers, sometimes I find that Japanese people have asked the same questions about words Iโm looking up. If the best answer includes sources, I will use it as an explanation.
4.ย ๆใ็ซใกใง็ฅใๆผขๅญใฎใใใใไธ็: ไบบไฝ็ทจ The World Becomes More Interesting by Knowing Kanji Etymology: Human Radical Collection
This is a book I found very recently online. It has a lot of explanations about kanji and their etymology. This is where I found ่ใโs etymology the other day.
5. Wikipedia
Itโs not very common for there to be an entire page about a word, but sometimes there are! When I was looking up the etymology of ๅใ nageku (to wail, lament) I read up about ๆฑ้ญ Kanbatsu (drought or the God of Drought) on Wiki.
6. ่ๅญ็ฑๆฅnetย https://myoji-yurai.net/
Sometimes I do collections of unusual Japanese surnames, and this is where I get all of that information from. Itโs a super cool site! I use this to look up peopleโs names when I canโt read them or I want to know more about them as well.
It gives you their name, how common it is in Japan, about how many people have it, how itโs read, and, sometimes, the etymology of the surname.
7. jisho.org
Where would any learner of Japanese be without jisho? God praise the people that made that site. This is where I get each word and kanjiโs on-yomi, kun-yomi, and meaning in English. I also use their example sentences if they have them.
8. ็จไพ.jpย http://yourei.jp/ย and ใตใใใชๆๅบซย https://furigana.info/
Sometimes the words I have are so low-frequency that jisho doesnโt have an example sentence, so I turn to other examples on Japanese sites like yourei.jp or furiganabunko, which both have examples of words pulled from various published works like books and newspapers. Some of the examples they use are very old, like from before WWII, and are hard to understand, so I have to hunt for ones that I think will be easier to understand for everyone.
And thatโs about it!
Other than that, sometimes I happen to come across entire articles aboutย โDid you know the true meaning of x kanji?!โ that are super helpful haha.ย
Now you guys know all of my secrets and can look up the etymologies all on your own! XD

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Japanโs Prefecturesใๆฅๆฌใฎ้ฝ้ๅบ็
Hokkaidลใๅๆตท้
1. Hokkaidลใๅๆตท้
Tลhokuใๆฑๅ
2. Aomoriใ้ๆฃฎ
3. Iwateใๅฒฉๆ
4. Miyagiใๅฎฎๅ
5. Akitaใ็ง็ฐ
6. Yamagataใๅฑฑๅฝข
7. Fukushimaใ็ฆๅณถ
Kantลใ้ขๆฑ
8. Ibarakiใ่จๅ
9. Tochigiใๆ ๆจ
10. Gunmaใ็พค้ฆฌ
11. Saitamaใๅผ็
12. Chibaใๅ่
13. Tokyoใๆฑไบฌ๏ผ้ฝ๏ผ
14. Kanagawaใ็ฅๅฅๅท
Chลซbuใไธญ้จ
15. Niigataใๆฐๆฝ
16. Toyamaใๅฏๅฑฑ
17. Ishikawaใ็ณๅท
18. Fukuiใ็ฆไบ
19. Yamanashiใๅฑฑๆขจ
20. Naganoใ้ท้
21. Gifuใๅฒ้
22. Shizuokaใ้ๅฒก
23. Aichiใๆ็ฅ
Kansaiใ้ข่ฅฟ
24. Mieใไธ้
25. Shigaใๆป่ณ
26. Kyotoใไบฌ้ฝ๏ผๅบ๏ผ
27. Osakaใๅคง้ช๏ผๅบ๏ผ
28. Hyลgoใๅ ตๅบซ
29. Naraใๅฅ่ฏ
30. Wakayamaใๅๆญๅฑฑ
Chลซgokuใไธญๅฝ
31. Tottoriใ้ณฅๅ
32. Shimaneใๅณถๆ น
33. Okayamaใๅฒกๅฑฑ
34. Hiroshimaใๅบๅณถ
35. Yamaguchiใๅฑฑๅฃ
Shikokuใๅๅฝ
36. Tokushimaใๅพณๅณถ
37. Kagawaใ้ฆๅท
38. Ehimeใๆๅช
39. Kลchiใ้ซ็ฅ
Kyลซshลซใไนๅท
40. Fukuokaใ็ฆๅฒก
41. Sagaใ็ธๆจก
42. Nagasakiใ้ทๅด
43. Kumamotoใ็ๆฌ
44. ลitaใๅคงๅ
45. Miyazakiใๅฎฎๅด
46. Kagoshimaใ้นฟๅ ๅณถ
Okinawaใๆฒ็ธ
47. Okinawaใๆฒ็ธ
Japan has 47 prefectures (้ฝ้ๅบ็ใใจใฉใใตใใ). 43 are prefectures or ใผ็ (ใใ), 1 circuit or ใผ้ (ใฉ) [Hokkaidล],ย 1 metropolis or ใผ้ฝ (ใจ) [Tokyo], and 2 urban prefectures or ใผๅบ (ใต) [Kyoto, Osaka].
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Realized that there are quite a few expressions that begin with ใ่บซใใ - so I looked some up and made a little list. I cannot vouch for their usage; Iโd imagine some (if not most) of these are only used in formal or literary texts. But I have so much trouble with ่บซ as โoneselfโ, for some reason, so I thought Iโd at least look up some expressions that includes it.
่บซใ่ชคใ๏ผใฟใใใใพใ๏ผ
to err; to take the wrong path
ๅฅฝๅฅๅฟใฏ่บซใ่ชคใใใโใcuriosity killed the cat
่บซใ็ฟปใ๏ผใฟใใฒใใใใ๏ผ
to dodge; to turn aside adroitly
่บซใ็ผใ๏ผใฟใใใ๏ผ
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
่บซใๅใ๏ผใฟใใใใ๏ผ
to undergo great hardships
่บซใๅ ฅใใ๏ผใฟใใใใ๏ผ
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
ไปไบใซ่บซใๅ ฅใใใใโใto put your heart into your work
่บซใๅบใใ๏ผใฟใใใใใ๏ผ
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family
ๅฝผใฏ่บซใๅบใใใ ใใฎ้ใฏๆใฃใฆใใใใโใHe had enough money to settle down.
่บซใๅงใญใ๏ผใฟใใใ ใญใ๏ผ
to devote oneself to something; to surrender to something
ไปใซใใใใใ่บซใๅงใญใใใโใ to place (oneself) in the hands or under the supervision of another
่บซใ่ฝใจใ๏ผใฟใใใจใ๏ผ
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself
่บซใๆใกๅดฉใ๏ผใฟใใใกใใใ๏ผ
to ruin oneself
่บซใไนใๅบใ๏ผใฟใใฎใใ ใ๏ผ
to bend forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement)
ไธ่ชใ่ใใใใใชใใใใซ่บซใไนใๅบใใใโใto lean over to catch every word
่บซใ็ฒใซใใ๏ผใฟใใใซใใ๏ผ
to make the utmost effort
่บซใใใใใ
to stoop; to huddle oneself up
่บซใใใใ
to twist; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to turn in oneโs seat
่บซใไปปใใ
to place oneself in anotherโs power; to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man)
ๅฝผใใใ ๆ็ฉบใฎๆตใใซ่บซใไปปใใใใโใHe let himself go with the flow.
่บซใๅญใ๏ผใฟใใใจใ๏ผ
to take good care of oneself

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You might think that the counter for books is ๆฌ, but you'd be wrong. Learn how and when to use the Japanese counter ๅ (SATSU).
The Japanese counter ๅ (ใใค/satsu) is generally used to count only one thing: books. Simple, isnโt it? If you look closely, youโll see the kanji ๅ itself is a pictograph of a book, bound by a string. (Back in the day, Chinese tablets were bound this way.) After reading this guide, youโll be able to count all those tsundoku books that have been piling up by your bedside!
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