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Last updated: 2026-03-15

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I am Meowbrown, you can also call me 貓布朗.

Obviously, I’m a cat and I meow 🐾

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English (Fluent)

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Deutsch (B1)

日本語 (probably N3)

한국어 (Super beginner)

Hiatus

April has been full of earthquakes in Taiwan.

In the past two days there's been so many earthquakes 🥺 I wanted to talk to my teacher about it, so here's the list of words I've collected.

Related pronunciations

地震 - earthquake

自信 - self-confidence

自身 - self

Related words

震度 (しんど) - seismic intensity 震度5強 (きょう) の地震があった。 There was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of strong 5.

余震 (よしん) - aftershock 大きな地震の後に何度も余震が続いた (つずいた)。 After the big earthquake, there were many aftershocks.

断層 (だんそう) - fault (geology) その地域 (ちいき) は複数 (ふくすう) の断層が存在 (そんざい) している。 There are multiple faults in that area.

震源地 (しんげんち) - epicenter 震源地は市 (し) の中心部 (ちゅうしんぶ) 近くにあった。

マグニチュード - magnitude その地震のマグニチュードは7.2だった。 The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2.

地震計 (じしんけい) - seismometer 地震計が大きな揺れを検知 (けんち) した。 The seismometer detected strong shaking.

揺れ (ゆれ) - shake 地震の揺れがとても強かった。 The shaking from the earthquake was very strong.

Difference between マグニチュード and 震度

I take classes once a week so it usually starts with my teacher asking:

では、週末は何をしましたか？ What did you do on the weekend?

何が予定がありますか？ Do you have anything planned?

先週は何をしましたか？ What did you do last week?

Main reason is 語彙が足りない

語彙 (ごい) が足りない (たりない): Not enough vocabulary

Examples

I had a health checkup recently, I know health is 健康 (けんこう) but don't have the words to say checkup. If I knew the word, it's just 健康診断 (しんだん) に行きました。It make sense to not know all of the words such as 採血 (さいけつ) or 血液 (けつえき) 検察, but at least I can say something like 血を取られた, but at that time I can't even remember 血。

Saying I need to travel around the end of February, all I can remember is 二月中旬 (ちゅうじゅん) and not have the vocabulary for 下旬 (げじゅん), which is supposed to be a pretty common word when talking about my activities.

Explaining things that's too hard for me

Recently, I've watched 陰の実力者になりたくて (The Eminence in Shadow) and am having trouble to explain what the anime is about. I feel it's okay-ish for not being able to say it in Japanese because I'm even having a hard time saying it in English.

The main character is actually really strong, but has severe 中二病. He also has a hobby of acting like a background character that you usually see in anime. I tried to explain the "what you see usually" part as: like being the first one to get injured, and stuff like that.

The Winnie the Pooh musical is going to tour in Japan!

Official website: https://winniethepoohshow.com/ Japan's tour website: https://rkx-i.jp/musical-pooh/index.php

And they have a character type test! The test itself doesn't have too much words, highly recommended as a practice 🎉

Here are my results:

Vocabulary

ムードメーカー - Mood maker; someone who creates a positive atmosphere.

行動派 (こうどうは) - someone who prefers action over contemplation

滅多に (めったに) - rarely, seldom

前向き (まえむき) - positive, optimistic

Grammar

A より B (more preferred) + Adj

考えるより行動派で Compared to thinker, action is more preferred

More Examples

コーヒーより紅茶が好きです。Prefer tea

夏より冬の方が好きです。Prefer winter

大勢で遊ぶより、一人でいる方が落ち着きます。Prefer being alone

Transcript

あなたは、ティガータイプ！

Here's my fake business card (명함) to help with the exercise in the lesson I'm taking:

제 이름은 미아우브라운입니다. My name is meowbrown. 제 직업은 블로거입니다. My job is a blogger. 사무실 전화번호는 02-1824-7195입니다. (pronunciation: 공이에 일파리사에 치릴구오임니다. Office phone number is... 핸드폰 번호는 010-3379-9154입니다. (pronunciation: 공일공에 삼삼칠구에 구이로사입니다. Mobile number is... 이메일은 [email protected]입니다. (@ 골뱅이, . 점 pronounced as 쩜) Email is... 주소는 서울시 종로구 광화문로 142입니다. Address is...

This will be updated so I can see how I'm doing

2024-03-19 Bought online course (total of 12)

2024-04-06 Finished Course 1 the alphabet along with most pronunciation rules