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*disclaimer - anything language other than english / japanese are languauges I’m currently learning so they may not be 100% correct
母国語 - 英語 / native language - english
Also the owner of @24rlemed (main) / @ongakuluva / @neocity140
I don't have a lot of time to post, but I'll try to when I can
Also I'm not sure what to post most of the time so feel free to send me asks!!!
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Today is 猫の日 (ねこのひ)/ cat day in Japan!
Why Japan is Called Japan
The reason why we call Japan 'Japan' is believed to be because of Marco Polo. He never actually came to Japan but he went to China. He had heard stories of Japan and wrote it in is diary but since he never went there he could only write the Chinese pronunciation of Japan at the time which was 'Cipan' (pronounced chi-pan)
The C sound apparently slowly became the 'J' sound that we know today
Vegetables in Japanese
Vegetable 野菜 やさい
Carrot
人参 にんじん
人参 is also ginseng. I looked it up and it apparently comes from the word 高麗人参
(こうらいにんじん) meaning Goryeo Ginseng
Random Fact -Goryeo is the Korean reading for 高麗 and was a state in Korea that unified the three kingdoms. It's also where the word 'Korea' comes from.
Pic of a carrot and ginseng next to each other
Radish /Daikon
大 (だい) big
根 (こん) root
Spring onion/green onion
ネギ
Cucumber
Broccoli
ブロッコリー
Tomato
Spinich
草 (そう) grass
ほうれん草 ほうれんそう
トマト
Chinese Cabbage
白菜
白 はく white
菜 さい leaf
胡瓜 きゅうり
Lotus Root
蓮根 れんこん
蓮 れん lotus
根 こん root
I don't know whose photo this is, but I absolutely love it
It's says
"Have you been cat harassed?:
(Going from left to right)
1. Has your work been disrupted?
2. Have your movements been limited?
3. Has your bed been taken over?
4. Have you been pressured?
Cat - give me more food, do you think this is enough??
5. Has the number of boxes you can't throw away increased ?
6. Have you been ignored?
7. Have your clothes become covered in fur?
8. Been watched while taking a bath?
9. Haven't been able to do anything because your cat is too cute?
For those who are happily troubled, please proudly consult us
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Today is my 20th birthday which means I'm officially an adult in Japan
Japanese titles of Disney movies
白雪姫 しらゆきひめ
白 しら white
雪 ゆき snow
姫 ひめ princess
= Snow White
眠れる森の美女 ねむれるもりのびじょ
眠れる ねむれる sleeping
森 もり forest
の (place holder) means "of" in this case
美女 びじょ beautiful girl
Sleeping beauty of the forest
= sleeping beauty
ラマになった王様 らまになったおうさま
ラマ llama
に (place holder) / to
なった became
王様 おうさま king
The king that became a llama
= the emperors new groove
シュガーラッシュ Sugar Rush
= wreck it ralph
アナと雪の女王 アナとゆきのじょおう
アナ Anna
と and
雪 ゆき snow
の (place holder)
女王 じょおう queen
Anna and the snow queen
=Frozen
ノートルダムの鐘
ノートルダム Norte Dame
の place holder/ of
鐘 かね bell
The bell of Norte Dame
= the hunchback of Notre Dame
The names of your fingers in Japanese
Finger 指 ゆび
Thumb
親指 おやゆび
親 おや parent
Index/pointer finger
人指し指 ひとさしゆび
人 ひと person
指し さし to point
*can be written as 人差し指 (same reading)
Middle finger
中指 なかゆび
中 なか middle/inside
Ring finger 薬指 くすりゆび
薬 くすり medicine
Apparently, people used this finger to mix medicine
Pinky
小指 こゆび
小 こ small
Japanese activities by grammar points
So... I made these for myself last month by assembling exercises from different textbooks. They're about really basic stuff cause I'm just getting started, but I thought they may be of help to someone else and wanted to share! <3
Causative
Causative-passive
Conditional forms (ば-conditional, -たら, なら)
Passive
Potential
ので、のに
のです / んだ
Some of them also include an explanation from the book "A Handbook of Japanese Grammar Patterns for Teachers and Learners" (it's wonderful, i really recommend it!).
vocab from 魔女の宅急便, finale!!
やっと読み終えたわ！！！ thank you for sticking with this extremely long vocab series everyone!!!
nouns:
ほっぺた = cheek (colloquialism)
跡継ぎ（あとつぎ） = heir, successor
横目（よこめ） = sidelong glance
レンガ = brick
いっとき = a moment, a while
荷造り（にづくり） = packing
あわてんぼう = flustered person, hasty person
verbs:
おどける = to jest, joke
ほどく = to untie, unfasten; to unpack
横切る（よこぎる） = to cross (e.g., a road)
adjectives:
甘ったれ（あまったれ）の = being overly reliant on others; spoiled
ぶっきらぼうな = curt, blunt
誇らしい（ほこらしい） = proud
のっぽの = tall and lanky
adverbs/onomatopoeiae:
せかせか = restlessly, fidgeting
いよいよ = more and more; finally, beyond doubt
コツコツ = steadily, untiringly
expressions:
あっけに取られる（とられる） = to be taken aback, astonished
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Comparing Chinese character readings in Japanese & Korean pt 2
JP/KR
Easy - 簡単 (kantan)/간단 (gantan)
Very Easy - 超簡単(chōkantan)/ 초간단 (chogantan)
Cook/cuisine 料理 (ryori)/ 요리 (yori)
Bag 鞄(kaban)/ 가방 (gabang)
Memory 記憶(kioku)/기억 (gieog)
Mountain 山 (yama or san)/ 산 (san)
In Japanese language, describing a third person’s emotion is different from describing a first person’s emotion: in English, the sentences "I am happy" and "He is happy" are grammatically structured in the same way. However, in Japanese, this direct equivalence is not possible: you can say "私は嬉しいです" (Watashi wa ureshii desu), but you can't simply say "彼は嬉しいです" (Kare wa ureshii desu).
This is due to cultural and linguistic nuances that emphasize the acknowledgment of another's internal state as somewhat inaccessible. In fact, Japanese typically employs expressions that convey a level of inference or indirectness, such as:
Using observational phrases: one might say 「彼は嬉しそうです」 (Kare wa ureshisō desu), which translates to "He seems happy" or "He/she looks happy." This phrasing respects the notion that one can only observe outward signs of emotion, not definitively know another's internal state.
Adding "ようだ" or "みたい": these suffixes add a sense of speculation. For example, 「彼は嬉しいようだ」 (Kare wa ureshii yō da) or 「彼は嬉しいみたいです」 (Kare wa ureshii mitai desu), both meaning "He appears to be happy."
Using conditional clauses: Another approach is to use conditional forms, like 「彼が嬉しければ」 (Kare ga ureshikereba), meaning "If he is happy," which implicitly acknowledges the uncertainty of truly knowing his feelings.
One characteristic of Japanese syntax is its extreme sensitivity to epistemological considerations based on the ego/nonego distinction or the distinction of I/the other. Our knowledge about the mental state of another person must necessarily come from our interpretation of external evidence, and this is well reflected in the Japanese language.
Source material: http://human.kanagawa-u.ac.jp/gakkai/publ/pdf/no157/15712.pdf
Baby Words in Japanese
にゃんにゃん nyan-nyan - cat
わんわん wan-wan - dog
モーモー mōmō - cow
ブーブー būbū - a car
ポッポ poppo - pigeon
まんま - manma - food/to eat
ねんね-nenne - to sleep (from 寝る/neru - to sleep)
ねんね- nenne - blankey
おめめ- omeme - eyes (from 目/me - eyes)
キレイキレイ - kirei-kirei - to clean up/wash (kirei can mean tidy, cleaned, spotless. If you are using kirei to describe someone, it means they are pretty)
Since children tend to mess up certain sounds, you will often hear 'chi' instead of 'shi' and so on (s and t sounds often get mixed)
A great example of this is when instead of 'san' at the end of someone's name you sometimes hear 'chan' or 'tan'
Also, for some reason, in the pronunciation for phone 'denwa', the w isn't really heard leading to some children saying 'dema'
Two Chinese words you do not want to confuse (trust me):
出轨 | 出軌 chūguǐ - to be derailed; to go off the rails / to overstep the bounds / to have an extramarital affair
出柜 | 出櫃 chūguì - to come out of the closet; to reveal one's sexual orientation
I often confuse these two, so if I read about a celebrity cheating scandal, there's a 50% chance I'm accidentally going to say said celeb came out of the closet instead.
Banned hiragana from Japanese license plates and why
Most Japanese license plates have a hiragana on them, but some are banned
お (o) - looks similar to あ (a)
を(wo) - pronounced the same way as お(o)
し(shi) - the character for death (死) is also pronounced shi
へ(he) - there is another character pronounced the same way (屁) and it means fart
ん (n) - cause it is hard to pronounce on its own
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Colours in japanese
(Are also sometimes said in english)
Colour 色 いろ
white 白 しろ /ホワイト
yellow 黄色 きいろ /イエロー
gold 金 きん /ゴールド
orange 橙色 だいだいいろ/オレンジ
red 赤 あか /レッド
pink 桃色 ももいろ(literally means peach colour) / ピンク
purple 紫 むらさき/ パープル
blue 青 あお /ブルー
green 緑 みどり /グリーン
brown 茶色 ちゃいろ (tea colour) /ブラウン
grey 灰色 はいいろ (ash color) / グレー
silver 銀 ぎん /シルバー
black 黒 くろ / ブラック
Banned hiragana from Japanese license plates and why
Most Japanese license plates have a hiragana on them, but some are banned
お (o) - looks similar to あ (a)
を(wo) - pronounced the same way as お(o)
し(shi) - the character for death (死) is also pronounced shi
へ(he) - there is another character pronounced the same way (屁) and it means fart
ん (n) - cause it is hard to pronounce on its own
