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[aa-adev]

10.4.13 - will be on Skype x tumblr being weird

I did notice Tumblr's been a bit odd for me.  I can't reblog certain posts.

I will be on Skype tmrrw <3 I'm totally wiped from the week. It was a tough week at school. So I am hoping I won't oversleep. But the possibility is high.

I intend to log in as early as possible though. The earliest would probably be around 10:00 or 11:00. If I can get up at 9:00 though, I would. But I wouldn't count on it. And the latest would definitely be 12:00 or 12:30.

We have a lot to talk about~~~~~ yeyyyy

uhh.. last, the audio files -- it's too late for me to post about it now xD I can't keep my eyes open. Using all my energy just for this post. And I would've done it earlier in the week, but I had a lots of tests this week at school. And assignments. So by the time I got back home I was either swamped with studying and homework, or sleeping because I was too tired to even move.

So, anyway, I will be on skype. Posts will be kinda weird cuz reblogging isn't working "at certain" random times for me.

can't wait to see u soon <3

[aozo-kun-blog]

So you know how there were those flicks where these long lost twins end up swapping each other’s places, and one of them happens to filthy rich, and the other’s so-called poor (lower middle class or lower) ?

Now imagine that trope with POC characters. booyah. Got those characters imagined out in your head? Ok.

So let’s call them A1 and A2.

The scenario I was coughdaydreamingcough thinking of is that A1 is this business mogul who’s really really really successful (what business? leaving to your imagination) , and these are the early days of the swap for A2. And there are these two interns who are p close and hard workers, let’s call them B and C.

C is like really looking up to A1. B just thinks A1 is most likely a big-headed arrogant classist bigot who’s forgotten their roots and pushes their way around with status and cash cough. (Are they? Mmmmmaybe a little. or more than a little. yeahhh)

So C kind of reverently asks A2 (who everyone thinks is A1, hush hush), what’s their secret to their success. And A2 is kind of dazed, overwhelmed but also kind of a little shit, so they kind of laugh it off and answers that it’s a damn lot of luck. (I’ll just let you imagine B’s expression at this. yeah)

C then asks stuff like how hard was it to get here, what kind of difficulties did A1 face. And there’s this kind of atmosphere from the other interns, that they really want to know bc of all the added pressure of prejudice so how did A1 get there and so good, so respected? And A2 kinds of pick it up a little and inside, A2’s cringing like mad awkwardly bc hell, all that hope on them?? A2’s just barely making it through life before this c’mon. But A2’s as aforementioned, a little shit, mocks A1’s status by giving some story that opens up sounding inspirational but ends up about not getting the coffee/yacht/etc like they wanted or sth. yeahhhhh.

A lot of people are somewhat confused, but dutifully laugh (??); B is kind of disappointed, disgruntled; C is overly optimistic and interprets it as A1 telling them that even the most powerful people have little problems and insecurities. ( C is… …so very… hopeful… )

(let this bite A2 in the butt when B and C later recall/discover that A1 neither yachts or drinks that coffee pls)

Later, later, later on, when A2’s been in the A1’s shoes for a long time, and is in a sort of serious situation and has grown somewhat close to B and C, and possibly a bit addled/stressed, A2 confides a story to B and C, about being in the hard rocks, and thinking that it’d never get better, but then something changes A1’s view, and they decide to go for it, bit by bit, and it isn’t easy or smooth but they’re doing it. And now, they’re here //ironic laugh// (What A1 doesn’t tell them is that just when the going’s getting rougher again, A1 was then swapped with A2…)

And yeahhhh it’s just an idea that popped in to say hi.

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[aozo-kun-blog]

princess-sophitia replied to your post: tbh i want an event/show where the voice actors…

I wanna see that too!

*_*

boxer ladies, leader women, sportswomen, boys good with children, villainous mastermind ladies,

vastly underpowered male crushes with a good heart,

inventor ladies with messy hair working with science and cogs and mechanics and oil-and-ink-speckled and the constant sharp scent of metal on her mixed with some musty unpleasant chemicals,

super mechanic ladies with an obsession with lollipops,

mysterious aunts,

absent mothers pretending to be constantly travelling construction workers and actually being one of the leaders in a Mafia and always so in with the action,

loving, nurturing, apron-wearing fathers,

sharpshooting ladies

little lady with confidence issues and pessimism shouldered with a family cursed with ill reputation but trying so hard to win back the family’s honour and protect her precious family

who meets another lady so similar to her, yet so much more optimistic and seemingly with sudden fortune and fame dropped in her lap, and yet she can’t quite be jealous she just likes her so

and they save each other

and

yes. I want a genderswap shounen. KHR seems an excellent template for that hmmm.

[aozo-kun-blog]

tbh i want an event/show where the voice actors all switch roles by gender, so it’s

guys doing the stammering love love kouhai confessions and gals doing the aloof/embarassed/nice senpai rejections,

and guys playing the reluctant maid roles and gals being the patrons like being bossy customers, over praising customers etc. 

guys being the damsel in distresses going all “ah i had no life until I met you Hero come get me” and gals being the Hero going shounen shounen heroic burst “come with me!”  

guys being the reluctant eye candy who just as reluctantly turns out to be plenty of brains too, while the girls who’s been the brains and human best friend of werewolf main girls, crushes on them, but then fandom goes nuts over the signals between human girl and alpha werewolf girl (yes this is genderswap teen wolf.)

gals playing tsuna and reborn roles, gals being boxers, gals being pyromaniac explosives users (oh wait that’s baccano), gals being super inventors and triple crossers,

guys being baby kung fu masters and noodle deliverers, guys being the underpowered crush damsel, guys standing at the side virtually useless in a physical fight but being a super manager in Mafia affairs and caretaker of the children, guys in tears berating girl!tsuna for taking out her frustration on the children, guys having their dying will be eating cakes lmao.

gals being supervillains bending all the universes to their will, gals being leaders, gals being illusion gangleaders, gals needing their horde of female bodyguards/clan members to not be a klutz and be super, 

.

this just became a genderswap katekyo dream post gomen 

idk why i do want.

[aa-adev]

IMPORTANT UPDATE:: (aozo-kun plz read)

the group's private blog has changed to the default pass that we have used for everything else. please use that pass from now on.

also, members, please visit the ATE blog to read the opening post. it's very important to read it so that we can begin working on everything. i missed out on some details, but i'll have to work on that tmrrw. i will attempt to log onto skype as well. i couldn't today TAT; ateisthegeneratordevelopmentblog and keep an eye on that blog from now on. whenever i make new posts for the day, i will attempt to send an alert through either this blog or the adstash since this blog has followers and i don't want to put up anything that could be considered spam.

[mydraco]

mydraco font pack #2

Parisienne - Princetown let - Ruritania - Nova - Draconian typewriter - Myra - Telegrafico - Never let go

[caitcorrain]

This is the same man.

[jadelyn]

This works quite nicely at debunking the “beefcake guys in comics are objectified for women just like women in comics are for men!”, imo.  On the left: a magazine tailored for a male audience, showing him in full beefcake-type mode with headlines about how you, too, can look like this.  On the right: a magazine tailored for a female audience, which has a headline about romance and shows him looking more or less like a normal dude.

Tell me again how comic book guys are designed for female sexual enjoyment, completely equivalent to anatomically-improbable spines and giant tits with their own individual centers of gravity, and totes aren’t just male power fantasies.

[hellotailor]

How to communicate using Tumblr tags.

Now askbox messages are rebloggable, Tumblr is at least 30% less impossible to use as a communication platform. However! I’ve noticed that a lot of people don’t know seem to know how username tagging works?

The idea is that if you track your username tag (for example, I’m http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/hellotailor) then whenever someone tags a post with your username, you’ll see it. For example, when I answer an askbox message from cherrybina, I’ll tag it with #cherrybina so it shows up on her tag: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/cherrybina.

BUT. Many people don’t seem to realise that reblogs don’t show up on public tags. As in, when you tag any reblogged post with anything, it only appears on the tags on your own blog. So if you reblog something and tag it with #hellotailor, I am never going to see it. Ditto any other tracked tag.

Also:

Yes, I know some people reblog stuff and tag it with their friends usernames, knowing that their friends will check their blog personally. However, this only works if you’ve already told each other what’s going on, and can never function outside of your immediate social circle.

If you have a username that’s already being used as a popular tag for something else, like “moriarty” or “cupcake”, then you’re probably going to have to tell people to use a different tag, like #moriartymessages #cupcaketag. 

Edited to add: Remember, only the first 5 tags on any given post will show up on tracked/public tag searches!

(This PSA was brought to you by one of my friends advising me to tag reblogs with someone’s username so they could see them, and me screaming, “BUT REBLOGS DON’T SHOW UP ON PUBLIC TAGS!!!”)

[aa-adev]

lol XD i thought it was 1st 4 tags. 5 is cool. and lol for reblogs, when i search tags on tumblr, i do see several reblogs show up on the public search for the tag. is it a glitch / accident?

[hulkcuddles-deactivated20140617]

8  Minimalistic black and white textures

Please Like / reblog if you are downloading, any feedback is welcomed!

Zip / Rar 

[aa-adev]

fa | za

昭 - 雅 - 美 - 技 : ❤ : 技 - 美 - 雅 - 昭

This blog is basically dedicated to all things pretty, cute, clean, neat, elegant, cool, adorable, beautiful, wondrous, unique, etc. etc. etc

It became a miscellaneous "beauty" blog, while it started off as a fashion and ulzang (a term given to really attractive and/or physically beautiful people) blog. So here are the following things that can be posted.. the tag to be used is what's in bold next to the bullet point.

scenery : mostly aiming towards more modern stuff like cafes and shops and urban-scapes, but stuff from the countryside as well as victorian/rococo types of scenery are also accepted. tourist spots and luxury areas are also good too.  anything that's "scenic" / and-or takes place "outdoors" can use this tag freely. - tag is: scenery sophie-chan r u fangirling yet?

facep : for special pictures of people that you'd personally like to draw or use as future reference. NOTE: just because something doesn't have the "facep" tag, doesn't mean that the person in the pic is not pretty or not art worthy. it just means that "for now" u have plans to draw the picture for reference. that being said, if you don't want your facep tags to get mixed in with someone else's, you can add your name to the facep tag. which is something i should've done. xD or just add your username as a tag to whatever facep pic you post so you can find it later. i posted so many i feel like it's kinda too late to go back and edit them. but it's only if you want to really mark what you posted as something for you to use and not get it confused with someone else's. it's not mandatory and you don't have to do this with all of your facep posts.

plantlife : all plant-based pics, flowers, petals, trees, botany, etc. can have the plantlife tag. that's the official tag that will be used to differentiate from all the other posts.

animals : any animal-based pics gets this tag.

fashion : anything that you feel is fashionable or can be a good fashion ref. for later.

accessories : for anything you can accessorize with. i tried to differentiate these from the fashion tag just in case what you want to look for is a bag, jewelry, berets, etc. 

items : all miscellaneous items such as lanterns, lamps, plates, tools, etc. just random items and object. they'll all be categorized under the items tag.

atmosphere : what the name says. the picture passes a "mood" to you. like sitting in a cafe with raindrops hitting against a glass window. or sitting in a park with sunlight beaming on your shoulder. for pictures that passes off different moods like that, you can use the atmosphere tag. use at your own discretion. there is no right or wrong with this tag and i'm not really sure how to explain this better. XD just look at what's currently in the atmosphere tag if you really need an idea of what i mean.

special : the final tag. as the name says, it's for posts that you feel are really special. perhaps there's a pair of shorts that had such an amazing design. or maybe a picture that triggered an amazing idea for your. or perhaps even something that had amazing patterns that really made you think it was amazing or unique. therefore, you really want to set that picture apart from the other pics so you can go back to it later. just like the atmosphere and facep tags, it's really opinionated and there is no right or wrong answer at all for this tag. it just depends on whether the picture is special to you and you'd like to go back to it again later. or you feel that the picture is just so amazingly grand, the best of the best. whatever it is you're thinking, if the word "special" comes to mind, then tag it as such w/ no regrets. also, again, you are allowed to tag in your name with the tag [ for example: specialao (for aozo-kun) or you can just use the special tag and then include your name in the tags list. whatever is most convenient for you. just know that it's not mandatory. :3 and that you can freely switch between how you decide to tag your posts.

  ------- EDIT :: I forgot to include a few important tags

male : the official tag for ulzang & similar boys and men. if you're not reblogging for appearance, but just for the outfit OR the person's face is cut off from the picture and all you can see is their clothes for example, then this tag isn't needed. use at your own discretion. and also, just like the facep tag, just because a pic doesn't have this tag does NOT mean the person isn't good looking or attractive -- it just means that you did not reblog/post it with the intention of the focus being on the person's face. that's really all it means. also, if you managed to find a shirtless guy and feels his body would be good reference for later (lol) then you can also use this tag.

menswear / men's fashion : these 2 are interchangeable, use which ever one you wish, but these are the official tags for men's clothing. boy's clothing can be included in this tag as well OR you can opt to use: boyswear instead.  to be honest, i prefer using the "menswear" tag over the "men's fashion" tag. But since the first few posts were made with only the men's fashion tag, i decided to include it here for future reference.

androgynous : for cross-gendered pictures as well as images where you can't tell whether the person is male or female clearly.  so it'd be either one of the 2 situations... 1. a very masculine woman / a very feminine man 2. a picture where it isn't clear whether the person is male or female. - don't get this confused w/ crossdressing/trap.  if the person is in a dress, even if you'd be wrong, you mind discerns that the person is female. i'm referring to the images where you can't at all guess properly if the person is male/female. if that makes sense.. it's an "androgynous" photo entirely and the outfit they're wearing can pass as unisex - something that could be worn by either gender. for crossdressers, use a crossdressing tag. xD lol

art : i'm trying to keep this to a minimum because this isn't supposed to be on the blog, but if it's something that you feel would fit well w/ the blog and/or the current set of photos on the blog, then you have the option to do it. for all drawn images, tag it with: art Anything that has scribbles, paintings, or people drawing in it can also have this tag.

decor : for anything you'd use to decorate your house, room, living space, etc.

interior : for any photo that takes place "inside" of something: a house, building, restaurant, cafe, etc. so for example, if you take a picture of someone inside their room, use the "interior" tag. you "CAN" include the tag: room if you want to be detailed like that. but interior is the official tag for it.

expressions : almost forgot to include this. pictures that dictate "facial expressions" or a wide variety of different "facial expressions" or unique "facial expressions" will use this tag. lol. so just consider "expressions" to = "facial expressions". don't over-abuse the tag though. think of it from a "i want to draw this" kind of perspective. for images that really show a glowing smile. or images that show multiple expressions/moods/reactions at the same time. or.. images that show a "different" way of expressing a certain emotion that might not be so commonly drawn / displayed in artwork you've seen before. those are the kinds of images that'd go to this tag.

hairstyle / hairstyles / hair : i was half asleep last night so some of the posts appear under some of the tags while others don't. but from now on, the official tag for all things hair-related is of course: hair for hair that has a nice color or unique color: hair color for hair that is "styled" in a certain way: hairstyle - no "s". if you do include an s by accident, it's ok. it confuzzling i know.

  warning about tagged posts: for some reason, i don't know if it's the layout code, but the tagged images don't show up where they;re supposed to. example: http://fashionzang.tumblr.com/tagged/expressions that;s the expressions tag page for this blog. however, you see tons of images appear there that were NOT tagged with "expressions". so it's weird. instead of giving you the tagged images properly, it's just a slightly edited / jumbled version of the entire blog all over again. so i'm not really sure what to do about that.. Through experimentation, I found out, xD lol that the tagged images will be "moved" to the top of the page and then you will see the entire blogged collection underneath it. so for example it's like this, http://fashionzang.tumblr.com/tagged/lights so everything with the "lights" tag is pushed to the top. but then as you scroll down, you will see the entire collection of blog images again. but the good part is that every single image tagged with: lights will be pushed to the top of the page. here's another example again to further prove my point, http://fashionzang.tumblr.com/tagged/art the first 4 images are everything i tagged with the "art" tag.

[aozo-kun-blog]

Sel and I have made a colour blog. The aim is to collect pictures with creatively enticing colour combinations, for inspiration.  Follow the blog, if that sounds like your thing~

Currently, I’m mostly reblogging old colour posts from my main blog.  Main colours are all tagged.

Theme is by 7-district.

[aa-adev]

Go to C010R

[aa-adev]

Learn Japanese language with free to use and fun online games. Games to learn Japanese phrases, vocabulary, numbers and grammar. Free online language games include audio to learn pronunciation Japanese.

courtesy of aozo-kun awesome job finding this >D

[aa-adev]

JapaneseClass.jp is a web application to help you learn Japanese Language like playing RPG game, earn EXP, gain Level, and get Ranked.

[aa-adev]

3-way chat: Let's Learn Japanese........ TOGETHER

[2:50:07 PM] aozo: tadaima

[2:50:08 PM] aozo: lol

[2:50:12 PM] sel: OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[2:50:15 PM] sel: D8

[2:50:26 PM] aozo: and they'll say okaeri to her

[2:50:27 PM] aozo: lol

[2:50:38 PM] sel: .-. how do u know all this?!

[2:50:43 PM] aozo: ANIME

[2:50:45 PM] aozo: lol

[2:50:53 PM] sel: butiwatchanimetooandidunnoit

[2:50:55 PM] sel: xD

[2:51:03 PM] aozo: japanese voiced anime?

[2:51:05 PM] Sugarbud: *trips over my dress* DX

[2:51:05 PM] aozo: yeahh

[2:51:06 PM] Sugarbud: I'm back

[2:51:12 PM] sel: i watch my subs

[2:51:13 PM] aozo: classy entrance

[2:51:18 PM] sel: xD wb leafyyyy

[2:51:19 PM] Sugarbud: u_u; Yes

[2:51:25 PM] Sugarbud: Thankies

[2:51:28 PM] Sugarbud: *clings to Sel*

[2:51:33 PM] sel: *helps cleans off leafy's dress*

[2:51:54 PM] sel: k i'll have to practive then

[2:51:57 PM] sel: i mean practice

[2:52:02 PM] sel: everytime i come back i say tadaima

[2:52:05 PM] Sugarbud: Thankies ;u;

[2:52:11 PM] sel: and everytime u guys come back u say tadaima

[2:52:18 PM] sel: leafy, say "tadaima"

[2:52:19 PM] Sugarbud: I missed a huge conversation D:

[2:52:21 PM] Sugarbud: Ah, yes, Mommy

[2:52:25 PM] Sugarbud: Tadaima

[2:52:26 PM] Sugarbud:

[2:52:28 PM] sel: Okaeri

[2:52:29 PM] sel:

[2:52:31 PM] Sugarbud: Thankies

[2:52:41 PM] sel: no, leafy, that's arigatou D:

[2:52:43 PM] aozo: okaeriiiiii

[2:52:47 PM] aozo: domo domo

[2:52:59 PM] Sugarbud: Arigatou

[2:53:03 PM] Sugarbud:

[2:53:13 PM] Sugarbud: *bows head*

[2:53:57 PM] aozo: suminasennnn wakarimasu nihongo??

[2:54:22 PM] aozo: (realy failed whoops i forget what is the suffix for not)

[2:54:25 PM] sel: D:

[2:54:31 PM] sel: naniiii?!

[2:54:36 PM] sel: nandesuka?!?!?!

[2:54:54 PM] sel: i no understand

[2:54:57 PM] sel: *cries*

[2:55:00 PM] Sugarbud: ;A;

[2:55:09 PM] aozo: excuse meee understand japanese??

[2:55:12 PM] aozo: is what i said

[2:55:19 PM] aozo: i wanted to say no understand tho

[2:55:28 PM] sel: sumimasen = excuse me?

[2:55:37 PM] aozo: yeah!

[2:55:40 PM] aozo: or sorry

[2:55:40 PM] sel: then sorry = ????

[2:55:43 PM] Sugarbud: Gomen D:

[2:55:44 PM] sel: ohh

[2:55:46 PM] sel: ohhhh

[2:55:48 PM] aozo: gomennasai!

[2:55:50 PM] Sugarbud: We're speaking Japanese, neh?

[2:56:05 PM] sel: yes im taking lessons irl and i need to practice. because im gonna have a test

[2:56:11 PM] sel: + a skit i have to perform in class

[2:56:18 PM] Sugarbud: Ohhh!

[2:56:19 PM] Sugarbud: How fun~

[2:56:20 PM] sel: so i have to work on conversations and how to reply

[2:56:31 PM] Sugarbud: I have stage fright D: I hope you don't

[2:57:06 PM] aozo: lol

[2:57:12 PM] sel: uhhh (does not remember how to say"it's ok")

[2:57:16 PM] aozo: hai

[2:57:21 PM] sel: hai

[2:57:29 PM] Sugarbud: Hai :3

[2:57:32 PM] sel: uhhh

[2:57:35 PM] sel: Genki desuka?

[2:57:49 PM] aozo: iya daa

[2:58:16 PM] sel: eh? nande? (i dont remember how to say "why" xD)

[2:58:17 PM] Sugarbud: Kawaii~

[2:58:27 PM] aozo: doushite?

[2:58:43 PM] sel: lol i think we need to pause i just got thoroughly lost

[2:58:48 PM] aozo: LOL

[2:59:07 PM] aozo: tadaima. okaeri. genki desu? iyaa da. doushite?

[2:59:09 PM] sel: i asked "Are you ok"

aozo said "No or I don't want to"

and then sugar said "Cute"

[2:59:19 PM] Sugarbud: >w

[2:59:32 PM] aozo: it's cute that i say i'm not ok lol

[2:59:36 PM] sel: LOL

[2:59:38 PM] sel: XD

[2:59:46 PM] sel: doushite = why? right?

[3:00:09 PM] Sugarbud: Nande?

[3:00:25 PM] sel: nande = what

[3:00:26 PM] sel: XD

[3:00:34 PM] Sugarbud: Nani?

[3:00:38 PM] sel: also means what

[3:00:57 PM] sel: i dunno, i think it's kinda like the difference between daisuki and suki

[3:01:06 PM] Sugarbud: @_@

[3:01:11 PM] sel: im srry leafy

[3:01:12 PM] Sugarbud: Sugoi

[3:01:12 PM] sel: XD

[3:01:17 PM] sel: im just as confused as u r

[3:01:34 PM] Sugarbud: Daisuki Oka-san

[3:01:40 PM] sel: and i forgot how to respond to Genki desuka?

[3:01:58 PM] aozo: genki desu!

[3:02:06 PM] Sugarbud: ?

[3:02:29 PM] aozo: tomodachitachi, genki desuka?

[3:02:32 PM] sel: oh yeah that's how u do it! XD

[3:02:40 PM] sel: aozo-kun u savedmylife

[3:02:51 PM] sel: the response to genki desuka is genki desu

[3:03:03 PM] sel: that's 100% on the test.

[3:03:11 PM] sel: >_< *tries to remember it*

[3:03:16 PM] Sugarbud: :O

[3:03:19 PM] sel: "Genki desu"

[3:03:20 PM] Sugarbud: Aozo knows Japanese?

[3:03:27 PM] sel: she's a wonder sensei

[3:03:42 PM] Sugarbud: Aozo-senpai *w*

[3:03:51 PM] sel: aozo-sensei, sugoi

[3:03:58 PM] sel: oh... uhh..

[3:04:07 PM] sel: is it senpai or seMpai?

[3:04:35 PM] Sugarbud: Err...

[3:04:36 PM] Sugarbud: Ano...

[3:04:37 PM] aozo: it depends i think lol

[3:04:41 PM] aozo: and no i'm not good

[3:04:45 PM] aozo: it's just anime lmao

[3:04:48 PM] sel: one is for shoujo and one is for shounen

[3:04:48 PM] Sugarbud: Eto...

[3:04:51 PM] sel: cant remember which

[3:05:01 PM] aozo: i think it doesn't matter much

[3:05:02 PM] aozo: lol

[3:05:16 PM] aozo: i mean kun can be used for girls too, just not as common

[3:05:17 PM] aozo: so

[3:05:29 PM] aozo: nande, sophie-kouhai?

[3:05:45 PM] sel: on my test it's probly gonna matter... XD afterall i never knew there was such a strict rule on ohayo

[3:06:14 PM] sel: sophie-chan, uhh..

[3:06:15 PM] Sugarbud: I'm a kouhai? :O

[3:06:16 PM] sel: uhh...

[3:06:21 PM] sel: lol

[3:06:21 PM] Sugarbud: Sophie-chan >w

[3:06:22 PM] Sugarbud: Yay

[3:06:25 PM] Sugarbud: Cute

[3:06:37 PM] sel: sophie chan .. uh.. wa..? kouhai?

[3:06:40 PM] sel: uh no.

[3:06:45 PM] sel: sophie-chan no kouhai

[3:06:55 PM] aozo: sophie-chan, anata wa kouhai?

[3:07:01 PM] aozo: is that...it...?

[3:07:06 PM] Sugarbud: Eto... ? o.o

[3:07:12 PM] sel: Hai????

[3:07:14 PM] sel: xD lol

[3:07:25 PM] sel: sugoi ne.

[3:07:32 PM] sel: etto..

[3:07:43 PM] aozo: nande?

[3:07:48 PM] sel: (i dont know how to say, "this is fun, but confusing" )

[3:07:55 PM] sel: xD lol

[3:08:17 PM] Sugarbud: Gomen D:

[3:08:22 PM] sel: thats it when i dont know something, im just gonna put

[3:08:26 PM] aozo: let me check google

[3:08:27 PM] sel: (insert proper japanese here)

[3:08:32 PM] aozo: kore wa tanoshi!

[3:08:34 PM] aozo: this is fun!

[3:08:39 PM] sel: kore wa tanoshi!!!

[3:08:43 PM] Sugarbud: I wanna learn Japanese D:

[3:08:47 PM] sel: ohhh i remember tanoshi!

[3:08:48 PM] sel: XD

[3:08:55 PM] sel: lol ok leafy, we will learn together

[3:09:02 PM] sel: i mean this is learning right

[3:09:11 PM] sel: technically we're all learning from aozo-senpai

[3:09:25 PM] Sugarbud: ;u; Aozo-senpai

[3:09:29 PM] aozo: kore wa tanoshi, demo konran shitemasu

[3:09:38 PM] aozo: this is fun but confusing

[3:09:40 PM] aozo: ??

[3:09:46 PM] aozo: idk is that the right term

[3:09:49 PM] sel: lol Hai

[3:09:55 PM] sel: uhh

[3:10:02 PM] sel: i don't know

[3:10:04 PM] sel: *laughs*

[3:10:07 PM] sel: XD

[3:10:21 PM] sel: i'll use the hiragana for laughing

[3:10:29 PM] sel: ha

[3:10:34 PM] Sugarbud: Eh?

[3:10:41 PM] sel: hmm i set my font to japanese and its not showing up

[3:10:42 PM] sel: XD

[3:11:00 PM] sel: ha

[3:11:03 PM] sel: ............

[3:11:04 PM] aozo: lol i have chinese type shortkey

[3:11:09 PM] aozo: 哈

[3:11:14 PM] sel: lol how

[3:11:30 PM] aozo: は

[3:11:34 PM] Sugarbud: OOh

[3:11:37 PM] Sugarbud: Chinese is so lovely

[3:11:44 PM] aozo: はははははははっははははははあっはははは

[3:11:44 PM] sel: i need something like that

[3:11:51 PM] sel: i need to practice how to read and write

[3:11:57 PM] sel: all my hiragana

[3:12:01 PM] sel: TAT

[3:12:05 PM] aozo: you have to use the language bar?

[3:12:12 PM] aozo: do you have that on your taskbar?

[3:12:20 PM] sel: i am, i set it to JP in the taskbar but it doesnt show

[3:12:31 PM] aozo: press the character thing

[3:12:35 PM] aozo: and set it to hiragana?

[3:12:41 PM] sel: and there's two options: Japanese and Microsoft IME

[3:12:55 PM] sel: there's an option for that???

[3:13:10 PM] aozo: use the microsoft ime

[3:13:21 PM] aozo: and then there should be a character beside it

[3:13:26 PM] sel: ohhh i see it

[3:13:31 PM] aozo: hiragana would be あ

[3:13:35 PM] sel: は

[3:13:38 PM] aozo: yay

[3:13:52 PM] aozo: げんきです

[3:13:57 PM] sel: ｈｏｗ　ｄｏ　ｉ　ｇｏ　ｂａｃｋ　ｔｏ　ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ？

[3:14:03 PM] Sugarbud: :O

[3:14:06 PM] sel: ｏｈ　ｗａｉｔ　ｉ　ｊｕｓｔ　ｄｉｄ　ｂｕｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｏｎｔ　ｌｏｏｋｓ　ｋｉｎｄａ　ｆｕｎｎｙ

[3:14:10 PM] Sugarbud: Kawaii

[3:14:12 PM] sel: ＸＤ　

[3:14:25 PM] sel: ａｒｉｇａｔｏｕ

[3:14:31 PM] aozo: Ｎ　Ｅ　Ｖ　Ｅ　Ｒ　Ｇ　Ｏ　Ｎ　Ｎ　Ａ　

[3:14:39 PM] sel: ｉ　ｄｏｎｔ　ｋｎｏｗ　ｗｈｉｃｈ　ｓｙｌｌａｂｅｒｙ　ｔｏ　ｕｓｅ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈａｔ　ｒｏｆｌ

[3:14:49 PM] sel: あははははははあはははははははははは

[3:14:59 PM] aozo: Ｔ　Ｈ　Ｉ　Ｓ　ｉｓ　ｆｕｌｌ　ｗｉｄｔｈ　ａｌｐｈａｎｕｍｅｒｉｃ

[3:15:10 PM] sel: ＬＯＬ　ｙｅａｈ　ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｒｏｆｌ

[3:15:11 PM] aozo: ｂｕｔ　ｌｏｌ　ｊｕｓｔ　ｐｒｅｓｓ　ｔｈｅ　ｊｐ　ｂｕｔｔｏｎ

[3:15:20 PM] aozo: english

[3:15:22 PM] aozo: yo

[3:15:24 PM] sel: yeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[3:15:25 PM] sel: XD

[3:15:28 PM] sel: ty ty ty

[3:15:53 PM] sel: and leafy, : あははははははあはははははははははは

[3:15:59 PM] sel: means AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA

[3:16:00 PM] sel: xD

[3:16:08 PM] sel: i was laughing

[3:16:23 PM] Sugarbud: :O

[3:16:38 PM] sel: あ = a

は = ha

[3:17:01 PM] sel: in manga they write out their soundeffects like that too when a character laughs, right?????

[3:17:07 PM] aozo: yup~

[3:17:12 PM] sel: awesomeeee

[3:17:13 PM] aozo: a ha a ha a ha

[3:17:18 PM] aozo: basically lol

[3:17:26 PM] aozo: for maniacal laughing

[3:17:30 PM] sel: LOL

[3:17:31 PM] sel: cF

[3:17:34 PM] sel: i mean xD

[3:17:39 PM] aozo: xF

[3:17:42 PM] sel: rofl

[3:17:43 PM] sel: xD

[3:17:45 PM] aozo: chew lip much

[3:17:50 PM] sel: ahahahahahahaha

[3:18:03 PM] sel: ok w/ this we can test each other on hiragana

[3:18:08 PM] sel: i have a test on the entire chart

[3:18:14 PM] sel: soon. not yet, but soon

[3:18:25 PM] Sugarbud: o_o;

[3:18:33 PM] Sugarbud: Aozo, how did you know I was chewing my lip

[3:18:35 PM] sel: and then basic greetings follow on the same day i think, not sure

[3:18:52 PM] sel: uwah dont chew ur lip XD it no good for u. it'll leave marks

[3:19:09 PM] aozo: the emote lol

[3:19:15 PM] aozo: me emote :F

[3:19:20 PM] Sugarbud: Gomen, it's a habit D:

[3:19:23 PM] sel: D8

[3:19:29 PM] sel: i thought that meant vampire teeth

[3:19:36 PM] aozo: lol idk

[3:19:46 PM] sel: same idk

[3:19:47 PM] sel: xD

[3:20:17 PM] aozo: lol it starts off p simple don't worry

[3:20:27 PM] aozo: i mean it's greetings and an intro

[3:20:32 PM] aozo: that's p standard

[3:20:35 PM] sel: lol ty

[3:20:39 PM] sel: k so

[3:20:43 PM] sel: lets try again

[3:20:45 PM] sel: uhh

[3:20:50 PM] sel: komban wa

[3:21:03 PM] sel: Genki desuka?

[3:21:45 PM] Sugarbud: Gomen ne

[3:22:05 PM] aozo: am i back yet

[3:22:07 PM] sel: Hai.

[3:22:24 PM] sel: (wait, leafy do u mean u dont understand?)

[3:22:29 PM] sel: Okaeri

[3:22:32 PM] sel: XD

[3:22:36 PM] Sugarbud: Ah

[3:22:39 PM] sel: Okaeri, aozo-kun, okaeri~

[3:22:40 PM] Sugarbud: Eto

[3:22:45 PM] aozo: tadaima

[3:22:47 PM] Sugarbud: Okaeri, Oka-san

[3:22:49 PM] sel: Okaeri

[3:22:59 PM] sel: *shoots out infinite okaeri*

[3:23:03 PM] aozo: lol we need to stay on track lol

[3:23:10 PM] sel: XD ahahahhahaa

[3:23:15 PM] sel: *is srsly cracking up now*

[3:23:41 PM] sel: Aozo-kun, Leafy-chan, Genki-desuka?

[3:23:49 PM] aozo: genki desu!

[3:24:02 PM] sel: Hai

[3:24:04 PM] sel: Leafy?

[3:24:09 PM] Sugarbud: Sophie-chan x3

[3:24:13 PM] Sugarbud: Oka-san

[3:24:15 PM] Sugarbud: And Oka-san

[3:24:18 PM] sel: Sophie-chan

[3:24:26 PM] sel: Sophie-chan, genki desuka?

[3:24:32 PM] aozo: LOL sophie is just saying anything in japanese lmao

[3:24:37 PM] sel: lol

[3:24:47 PM] sel: sophie, genki desuka = how are you?

[3:24:59 PM] sel: you reply = genki desu = i am well

[3:25:07 PM] Sugarbud: Ah...

[3:25:14 PM] Sugarbud: Oka-san, daisuki

[3:25:18 PM] sel: lol

[3:25:19 PM] Sugarbud: I dun know what that means

[3:25:26 PM] sel: it means i luv u mommy

[3:25:31 PM] Sugarbud: ;u;

[3:26:00 PM] Sugarbud: Oka-san #2, daisuki

[3:26:19 PM] sel: (aw spit, i forgot what 2 is in japanese)

[3:26:21 PM] sel: uhhhhhhhhh

[3:26:24 PM] sel: NII?

[3:26:35 PM] sel: Oka-san ni?! Nande?

[3:27:07 PM] aozo: oka-san wa iu watashitachi totemo judaina >(inlove)

[3:27:10 PM] Sugarbud: ?

[3:27:21 PM] sel: mind = blown

[3:27:24 PM] aozo: (mum says we really be serious)

[3:27:31 PM] aozo: i google translated some

[3:27:36 PM] sel: ur cheating?!

[3:27:40 PM] aozo: ofc

[3:27:43 PM] sel: xD

[3:27:52 PM] sel: we need to put this whole convo on tumblr

[3:27:55 PM] sel: all of it

[3:27:59 PM] sel: i cant take anymore

[3:28:00 PM] aozo: noooooo

[3:28:16 PM] sel: is copy/pasting

[3:28:22 PM] aozo: nooooooooooooooo

[3:29:08 PM] aozo: no

[3:29:11 PM] aozo: lol

[3:29:16 PM] aozo: srsly?

[3:29:35 PM] sel: lol did u think i was kidding?!

[3:29:36 PM] sel: XD

[3:29:39 PM] Sugarbud: :O

[3:29:42 PM] Sugarbud: Oka-san cheated?

[3:29:54 PM] aozo: i cheated for words i don't know??

[3:30:01 PM] aozo: it's not cheatinf

[3:30:05 PM] aozo: it's being resourceful

[3:30:08 PM] aozo: ehe

[3:30:08 PM] sel: one day someone will look back at this and make it into a 12 episode drama

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C010R & AN1M8

C010R -- blog for color palettes, coloring materials/ sources/ stock, misc. colorful pics  AN1M8 -- blog for animations, animation materials/ sources/ stock, misc. 2d animations and motivational works

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The link to joining both blogs & details on how to use them will be put up on ADev's private blog.

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Learning JPN - 2 - Memorization Methods w/ Hiragana & Speaking Japanese

In this lesson, we're going to be doing the following...

Discovering different methods on how to study / memorize things.

Increase the amount of Hiragana you should study since the previous post in JPN - 1. If you're reading this post, you should already be "familiar" with the first vertical and horizontal rows of the Hiragana chart. You don't have to be a complete "master" of those rows. But you should be familiar enough with it that you'd be able to recognize some of the characters.  If not, and you happen to be having a very hard time studying them, that's ok. Read this post anyway because you'll be seeing tips on how to help studying be a bit easier.

Basics of Japanese Speech: Introductions and Greetings

Before I get into the lesson, there's a few things I should say first since I noticed Atelier Dev got a few followers (thanks for following btw ❤ ).

  1.------

The title for lesson 2 seems like "a lot". XD What happened was, I'm kinda behind in the lessons on tumblr. Offline, I am taking lessons (the purpose of this was to convey the most important aspects of those lessons to tumblr for those who can tolerate self-teaching without "direct" one-on-one help).

But I'm taking more classes this semester than just japanese. So I have my hands full. So, there's a lot of content that I'm behind on. What I'll try to do is break them apart into "pieces" (using my own judgement & a bit of how I remember we did things in class). And I'll also be giving you tips on possible methods you can use to memorize things. Because, when learning anything (especially language), the premise is usually to understand and "remember". You won't be able to master this language if you're not willing to study and memorize anything. It's a fact. So get yourself hyped up to learn it. If you want to learn Japanese so you can visit Japan, start reblogging a bunch of pictures of Japan. If you're learning it so you can shop on japanese sites easier, begin visiting those sites more often. If you're learning this so you can read manga or play games that are untranslated or won't be released here for a long time, start looking up trailers, pictures, music, whatever of the series that you want to read/watch/play. Get yourself motivated because doing this is going to require effort.

2.----

For followers, you might see me post more than one lesson in a day. That does -not- mean you have to follow -both lessons- in -one- day.

At best, each Learning JPN post should take anywhere between 1 week -or- half a week (2 to 3 days) to complete. Especially if you're studying adamantly. That doesn't mean you have to avoid doing anything besides staring at text, reciting it, and trying to memorize it. Some people who aren't used to studying often or haven't developed their own tricks and methods to studying might think they have to do that, when actually, unless your memory is THAT bad, you don't.

So to help with that, as I've said, I will be giving tips and methods to studying the material. I don't know if it will work for you definitely, but I feel that it's better than just saying "Here, study this." and leave you be without further help or advice.

3.---- Study at your own pace. Again, don't feel intimidated or ambushed when I'm putting up these posts. Go at your own pace. When learning on your own, the benefit you should take advantage of is that you don't have anyone breathing over your shoulder saying: "You have an exam 10 days from now." or "You have to have a C or higher to pass."

If you are looking at these while taking courses yourself, then that doesn't apply to you as much.. But either way, try to spread things out and give yourself a decent pace.

If you study too little and take too much time in between studies, it's -not- good for you. But it's "terrible" for you, if you try to cram everything into your mind at once. Don't get impatient. Attempt to take your time and make use of it bit by bit.

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Okay, with all that being said, let's begin lesson #2 of Learning JPN.

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Lesson 2 pt 1. - Memorization Methods w/ Hiragana (& other materials)

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This method is something I kinda came up with because I remembered seeing in anime that whenever there was a very studious character (the typical diligent or ace anime student), they always had this string with what looked like... some kind of.. boomark-shaped cards or something.... It's the object being held in the hand of the character below.

I'm not sure what they call it in Japan, but it seems to be the equivalent of "flash cards".

------------------------------- How to Use Flash Cards: -------------------------------

While you're walking, eating / drinking, talking to others, or even watching TV -- the point of flash cards is that it helps you study things "quickly" and in the moment. It's a combination of studying and testing yourself spontaneously at the same time.

You're supposed to have a statement written (or drawn depending on what it is) on the card (preferably short being from one sentence to one word).

You go through each card trying to remember what's written or drawn on it. Afterward, you can shuffle the cards (or keep them in order, the decision is up to you) and test yourself on whether you remember them or not by "flashing" the card again in front of you.

So for example.. if you have on one card.., something written like... や is "ya"

What you'd do is look at that card. And either on the back or the front (make sure the answer is hidden from you) -- look at the question or word or picture...

や

and then ask yourself in your head: "What does that mean?" or "How do I pronounce / read this?"

And say the answer out loud. If you're in a place where you can't speak out loud, you can say it in your head instead -- but it's extremely important that you find the time to practice saying them out loud. It not only helps you remember them better, but it also helps you get used to "pronouncing" them properly.

I tried this method and.. it works. It worked for me, at least. If it doesn't work for you, don't feel bad about it. If there was this one perfect easy way to remember something then everyone on the planet would easily be able to remember every single thing they wanted to. But at least, you have another option now if you're looking for a different method of how to study Japanese (or anything else in particular).

NOTE:: This method is helpful in learning how to write, but it's specifically targeted at helping you be able to read and pronounce Japanese characters and words and to remember certain terms. If you want to be able to "write" in Japanese, then obviously, you'll have to go out of your way and take a piece of paper and practice writing each character repetitively, one by one. Doing that would also help you remember how to read & pronounce them, especially if you pronounce them out loud as you write. But, most of you here wanna watch tv or watch k-dramas or youtube or do something else as you study. The flash cards are for situations like that.

-------------------------------------------- How to " Make " Flash Cards (D.I.Y.): --------------------------------------------

If you go to places like maybe Barnes & Nobles, or shop for "flash cards" online, you could probably buy some at a price that's not too expensive. They'd look pretty, be more durable, fancier or easier to carry and keep around and so on.

But, if you're in a situation right now where you don't have the mindset nor the care to run out and buy yourself a fancy set of Japanese flash cards or "blank" flash cards you could write on yourself, you don't have to worry. I made this method myself, and it's quite simple. We're going to make our very own "paper flash cards".... or "flash papers". There aren't a ridiculous amount of Hiragana characters, so this shouldn't take too long to make. But also, since this is PAPER, the cards won't be very durable.. at all... So when you're making these, keep the following in mind...

You should consider them disposable. Easily throw them away when you're done or if they get damaged. And easily make new ones when you need them.

Since they're paper and so fragile, you should only make what you need at the time. Meaning: Last time, in Learning JPN - 1 - you were supposed to study the first vertical and horizontal rows:  a, i, u, e, o, ka, sa, ta, na, ha, ma, ya, ra, wa, n So then that means, those characters (from a to n), would be what you would use the flash papers for. The rest of the characters, since you're not studying them for now, don't bother making flash papers for them "yet". Because by the time you get around to it they could be torn, crumpled, lost, or whatever -- it's "paper".

~~~~~ Tools :: ~~~~~

Scissors (or the ability to rip up paper neatly enough w/ your hands)

Hiragana Chart (you can find it here in this post: Learning JPN 1 )

Paper (or any other rippable and writable material - even napkins would work)

Pen (or marker or pencil. whatever you can write with.)

~~~~ Steps:: ~~~~

(this tutorial is going to assume you're using some kind of foldable "material")

Take 2 sheets of paper, I used computer paper (2 will give you more than you need, but having at least 2 is good.)

Fold the sheets of paper in half.

Fold it in half again.

Fold it again.

And again.

You could stop here, but if you feel you can force one more good fold out of it, go ahead. The goal of this is to have it be either "card" sized or some kind of size that makes it comfortable to hold and manage in your hands. You'll be flipping through these self-made cards as you study. Make it in a size that's convenient for that. Not too big, but not tooooo small either.

Take out your scissors and cut the cards up, following the indentation lines of the folds. If you don't have a scissors available, keep folding the paper repeatedly until the crease (fold-line / indentation) is clear. Then rip it following that line carefully.

Now, we're going to be using each paper card to hold "one characters" each. So one paper card will hold the hiragana for "ya". Another paper card will hold the hiragana for "wa", and so on. For now, don't write anything on the papers. Wait until you read the rest of this post before you make a solid decision on what to write.

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Lesson 2 pt 2. - Speaking Japanese & further studies of Hiragana

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I forgot to mention this in the previous Lesson, but I guess it's ok since you had hiragana to study, but it's important to memorize and practice terms and methods of speech in Japanese. Even if you know what the hiragana for "a" is ( あ), that's only half the battle. In order to actually understand how to read and write japanese, you also have to understand the speech.

You have to not only be able to read こんにちは (Konnichiwa), you also have to understand what it "means", which is: Hello

You have 3 syllaberies to learn in terms of writing. That's a lot of content and as such, requires a fair amount of time. That's why, as you learn the Hiragana, separately, you should attempt to learn (at least the basic terms and phrases of) Japanese as well.

It'll also make it easier for you later on, when learning to read it. So later on when you're learning more and more characters, you can have fun putting them together as well as spotting them around the internet or wherever it is you see japanese characters being used. You'll know which character means ko, another character means n, another is ni, and so on. And when you put it together you'll be like "Oh! I just read "Konnichiwa!" That means, Hello!" and you'll be able to flow and move forward like that.

So that's what we're going to work on today, the basic greetings and terms for Japanese. I wanted to do all the greetings, but this post is too long. Plus you have the Hiragana to work on on the side. So I'm only going to cover how to introduce yourself when meeting someone for the first time in Japanese.

Introductions The first step is knowing how to introduce yourself. This is the most polite / formal / casual way of doing it. It basically means, "Nice to meet you, my name is __. Please take care of me." or "Hi, my name is ___. Nice to meet you." If you watch anime, this one statement is usually translated in a variety of either one of the two above ways. The book I'm using for my lessons is  Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese so I'm just going to use the exact definition given by that book along w/ what I was told in the lessons I'm taking. "Nice to meet you. My name is (insert your name here). Please take care of me."  ("Nice to meet you" is "How are you?" according to the Genki book. But in class, we used it as: "Nice to meet you."  "Please take care of me." can also mean "I'm in your debt." or "I'm in your care." or "Please do well for me." according to the internet.) " Hajimemashite. (insert your name here) -desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. " Something you should know:: Pronouncing "r" and "l" is a bit similar for the Japanese.  The way you, if you're a fluent english speaker, usually pronounce "r" (ra, ri, ru, re, ro) is not the way the Japanese pronounce it. My sensei (who is a Japanese native) told me that in terms of comparisons, the Japanese "r" is closest to the Spanish "r". It doesn't sound exactly like it, but it's similar in the sense that they roll their r just a little bit. Basically, if you can get your "r" to sound somewhere between the English "r" and "l", then you're doing it right. When pronouncing "desu", fluent speakers don't over exaggerate the "oo" in "su". Instead of sounding like "deh-soo", it sounds more like "deh-s". Don't misunderstand this. It doesn't mean that the "oo" in "su" isn't pronounced. It's just that it's pronounced very fast and in such a subtle way, that it almost sounds like all you hear is "des" (minus the "u"). So the key here is to "not" over-accentuate the "u". Pronounce it, but do so subtly and quickly. Don't prolong it. If you're into Naruto, you've probably heard about the whole controversy on how to pronounce Sasuke's name. There's even a catchphrase meme going around saying things like: "It's NOT 'Sauce-kay'." In a sense, that's half right and half wrong.  Fluent speakers will not say "Sa-soo-kay". Even though that IS what they are saying: "Sa-su-ke".  Fluent speakers will pronounce the "u" in a subtle, quick way. So if you actually watch the subbed version of Naruto, Sasuke's name almost completely sounds like "Sa-s.-ke". I apologize if I confused you, but just know not to stay too long on the "u" sound, when pronouncing "su". Read this entire statement again if you have to.  Also, when you watch anime, try to pay closer attention to how they pronounce their words.  Especially "su".

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Lesson 2 - Homework

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It's time to use those flash papers~ ❤

Write the 1st and 2nd horizontal and vertical rows of the Hiragana chart on your flash papers.

So, you're basically writing the Hiragana you studied last time, plus one more row.That would give you a total of 22 hiragana flash papers. Hiragana from last time: a, i, u, e, o, ka, sa, ta, na, ha, ma, ya, ra, wa, n New Hiragana for this lesson: ki, shi, chi, ni, hi, mi, ri On your flash papers, write (draw) each character on each paper. And on the back or next to it (in very small letters) write the translation of the word. Basically, write it in a way that you can hide the answer and test yourself afterward. So one flash paper, for example, you will have this hiragana character: あ Behind or next to that character (in small font) you write “a”. So when you see the character あon the flash paper, you can test yourself and say what character you think it is.

Take one flash paper and write "Please introduce yourself." and then write (in smaller letters) "Nice to meet you. My name is__. Please take care of me." underneath it. All of this is on one side of the flash paper. On the back, write "Hajimemashite. ___-desu. Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu." as LIGHTLY as possible. Make sure you can't see the answer on the back through the front of the paper. Whenever you see “Please introduce yourself”, repeat the phrase “Hajimemashite. (your name)-desu. Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu.”

  Now you are ready to study.

Using the flash papers, "look", "read" (out loud preferably), and “test” yourself. This method is easy, in my opinion. And it’s something you can do easily while you’re watching TV or using the internet or eating or whatever.

In future posts, I won’t go into descriptive details about “flash papers” anymore. This post was basically a tutorial for it. So I hope this option helps you. In the next post, I’ll give a “different way” of studying besides the method I mentioned in this post. And I’ll also be giving more lessons on the basic terms, words, and phrases of Japanese speech.

Have fun. Ganbatte~ ❤

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Art Trade Challenge/Prompts with Sel

Sel’s request for me:

Mori fashion with a punk twist

with lace, and a prevalent flower theme

Model: the prettiest bishounen ever (emphasis; also manga style)

My request for Sel:

A muscular person (either male/female/other)

in fashion of flower theme and soft, traditionally feminine colours

preferably a sharp suit

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Ganbare, both of us!

[aa-adev]

the main tag for this challenge will be this --> at: flower people ('AT' standing for art trade)