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♫ X Japan - 紅 ♫ 浜崎あゆみ - M ♫ ゴールデンボンバー - 女々しくて ♫ 宇多田ヒカル - First Love ♫ はっぱ隊 - やった！ ♫ 伊藤由奈 - Endless Story ♫ Mr.Children - しるし  ♫ Juju - 明日が来るなら ♫ SMAP -  世界に一つだけの花 ♫ 小塚愛 - Planetarium ♫ 森山直太朗 - さくら ♫ 中島美嘉 - 雪の花 ♫ レミオロメン - 粉雪 ♫ 倖田來未 - Butterfly ♫ スピッツ - ロビンソン ♫ シェネル - Believe ♫ 修二と彰 - 青春アミーゴ ♫ 西野カナ - Thinking of you ♫ 福山雅治 - 蛍 ♫ ZONE - Secret Base 〜君がくれたもの〜  ♫ FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - あとひとつ ♫ YUI - CHE.R.RY ♫ GACKT - Mizerable ♫ BoA - No.1 ♫ GReeeeN - キセキ 

Simple Japanese Phrases and Words

…and vice versa. Well, since katakana was derived from kanji elements in the first place, it’s no surprise to see things like ム、マ、ネ、イ、リ appear in kanji. But look at these guys!

二 ｖｓ ニ (ni) 二つ 「ふたつ」 2 (things) 二十 「にじゅう」 20 二十歳 「はたち」 20 years old ニュース news

三 ｖｓ ミ (mi) 三つ 「みっつ」 3 (things) 三月 「さんがつ」 March ミルク milk

八 ｖｓ ハ (ha) 八 「はち」 8 八百屋 「やおや」 ハンカチ handkerchief​

口 ｖｓ ロ (ro) 口 「くち」 mouth 人口 「じんこう」 population タメ口 「ためぐち」 casual talk ローマ字 romaji

力 ｖｓ カ (ka) 力 「ちから」 power 全力 「ぜんりょく」 all one’s might カレー curry

工 ｖｓ エ (e) 工事 「こうじ」 construction work エアコン AC, air conditioner

夕 ｖｓ タ (ta) 夕べ 「ゆうべ」 evening タバコ tobacco

才 ｖｓ オ 才能 「さいのう」 talent オートバイ motorcycle (wasei: autobike)

Today we’ll be learning how to tell the time in Japanese!

The formula is quite simple, but you have to take note & memorize the irregularity of some reading, especially in minutes. The irregular are colored in red~

Note that you will need to add Japanese AM & PM before stating the hour and minute! Happy learning! ｡ﾟ✶ฺ.ヽ(*´∀`*)ﾉ.✶ฺﾟ｡

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Useful Links:

To Japanese learners,

if you’re constantly looking up references online or using Google translate for vocabulary, you should definitely bookmark jisho.org – NOT JISHO.COM IT’S NOT THE SAME LOL

Jisho (辞書) means dictionary. But this website has a lot of functions! On the home page it tells you some. It’s free and you don’t need an account. You can look up words in English or Japanese and you can even use romaji. 

Verb and noun conjugations, they have them!

Kanji details? Stroke order? Vocabulary combinations? They have them!

I think the most useful part is the sample sentences. You’ll find when you look up a certain word, there’s about 5 different ways to say it. The sample sentences definitely provide great context. 

Hey everyone! There’s been some interest around making a langblr study group where we can motivate each other, share our successes, and get advice regardless of what language we’re learning.

@fuckonsdeneige suggested using Discord (thank you so much for setting it up!!!), as we can have a thread for a big group discussion, as well as side discussions amongst people who are learning the same language. There’s also the ability for voice chats (no video), so there’s also the option to practise speaking in your target language. To access the server, click this link HERE.

Some things to note:

You’ll have to create an account (just basic username and password. I used my tumblr username as my Discord username).

You have the option to use the desktop app or mobile app, but it works just fine on the internet as well.