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japanese & mandarin chinese langblr // french native // main @aubergineranger

[escuerzoresucitado]

[in-tua-deep]

I know German has a lot of fun compound words but English does the same thing just with spaces or hyphens tbh

Thinking about this as I message someone about “spring-break-itis” complaining about the number of people who haven’t shown up for their appointments lol

[nihongo-ni-hon-yaku]

Not a translation, but Japanese has an established slang term for “spring-break-itis”, which I’ve seen and heard ever since I was old enough to go on the Internet:

五月病 gogatsubyou — literally “May disease”

It’s exacerbated by how the Japanese school year and fiscal year start in April.

[ruthsic]

Is it also helped by the fact that golden week occurs in May, and there's some excitement towards events/travel during that time (and hence resentment towards having to go to school/work)?

[nihongo-ni-hon-yaku]

Seems like it. Web searches for “五月病 ゴールデンウィーク” show lots of articles defining or describing May Disease as the lack of executive function after Golden Week.

[highlandvalley]

https://twitter.com/flyinggrasses/status/1331639402804568066

[tokidokitokyo]

変哲もない

へんてつもない

ordinary; plain; commonplace; usual; normal

でもまったくなんの変哲もない、普通の影でした。 でも まったく なん の へんてつもない、ふつう の かげ でした。 But it was a completely ordinary, regular shadow.

[tokidokitokyo]

Natural Scenery / 自然景観

Some words to describe natural scenery

自然景観　しぜんけいかん　natural scenery

谷　たに　valley

峡谷　きょうこく　canyon; gorge

渓谷　けいこく　valley; ravine; gorge

崖　がけ　cliff; precipice

断崖　だんがい　cliff; sheer precipice

平野　へいや　plain; flatland

草原　そうげん　grassland; prairie; meadow

丘　おか　hill; small hill

山脈　さんみゃく

滝　たき　waterfall

海岸　かいがん　coast; shoreline

岩　いわ　rock; boulder

岩壁　がんぺき　rock wall; cliff face

洞窟　どうくつ　cave

火山　かざん　volcano

湿原　しつげん　marsh; wetland

砂丘　さきゅう　sand dune

盆地　ぼんち　basin (low area surrounded by mountains)

[neko-no-oto]

夏ですな。

すっかり梅雨も明けて蝉も鳴いとります。うん、夏ですな。

Summer is here!! You can already hear the cicadas chirping, can't you?

※すべての写真および画像は私の所有物であり、私の許可なく使用することはできません。

※All photo & images are mine and cannot be used without my permission.

[neko-no-oto]

えきちょうさんでえきいんさん。

無人駅でお出迎え、お疲れ様でございます。

He was waiting to greet us at the unstaffed station, just like a stationmaster. Thank you for all your hard work, as always.

※すべての写真および画像は私の所有物であり、私の許可なく使用することはできません。

※All photo & images are mine and cannot be used without my permission.

[japanese-plants]

Japanese Primrose by Mouri Baien (1798–1851) from Baien Soumokukafu (Baien Flower Catalogue) 毛利梅園 梅園草木花譜 九輪草

[steampunktendencies]

Oil on Beetle by Akihiro Higuchi

[bluelightning42]

I wonder why the word for reptiles は虫類 has the kanji for insect 虫 in it?

[tokidokitokyo]

Oooh, pick me! *raises hand*

Because in ancient China they grouped everything like snakes and insects into 虫 without it really meaning "insect" but rather a garbage can term for anything not mammal, bird, or fish. So this has carried on through many other words, such as 爬虫類.

That's why you can write octopus (たこ) as 蛸 with the 虫 radical.

Some more info: https://bestiary.japanesewithanime.com/animals/mushi

[holespoles]

Jun Kumaori (Junkuma)

"chasing its tail too much"

「しっぽを追いかけすぎて」

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: Traditional Chinese yaoshan腰扇/waist fan, a type of fan that can be hung on the waist.

[nihongoseito]

some slightly weird vocab for your thursday (or friday jst)

nouns:

鬼子（おにご） = wild child, badly-behaved child; child which does not resemble its parents, changeling

心境（しんきょう） = mental state, state of mind

言霊（ことだま） = mystical power inherent in words, spirit of language

上目（うわめ）遣い（づかい） = looking up at someone (with upturned eyes), glancing upwards

駆け引き（かけひき） = tactics, strategy, maneuvering

verbs:

すがる = to cling to, hang onto; to rely on, depend on

キメる = to dress to kill, dress to the nines

盗み見る（ぬすみみる） = to steal a glance at, look furtively at

うねる = to wind (e.g., road, river, etc.), to meander; to surge, swell, roll

adjectives:

アリな = alright, acceptable, passable

過保護（かほご）な = overprotective, excessive care

adverbs/onomatopoeiae:

いずれ = in due course, eventually, one of these days

ただでさえ = even at the best of times, under normal circumstances, as it is

十中八九（じっちゅうはっく） = in eight or nine cases out of ten, in all probability

expressions:

取り付く（とりつく）島（しま）もない = left utterly helpless, having no one to turn to

〜一方（いっぽう） = keep on being ~, continuously doing ~

けしからん = outrageous, scandalous, disgraceful

虫（むし）の知らせ（しらせ） = feeling in one's bones, foreboding, premonition, gut instinct

他人（たにん）の空似（そらに） = accidental resemblance (to someone else)

それはそれで = in that case, if that's the case

世話（せわ）が焼ける（やける） = to require the care of others, need to be looked after, be a nuisance

[softsoundingsea]

20 Years Ago, My Son Came Out. How His Parents Faced It Then—and How They Feel Today.

振り返る　ふりかえる　to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)

幼稚園　ようちいえん　Kindergarten​

づらい　difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to

反応　はんのう　reaction; response

詰まる　つまる　to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule)　・　to be at a loss (for); to be pressed (for); to be stuck (for)​

しばらく　for a moment; for a minute

そういうふうに　in that kind of way

気まずい　きまずい　unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

存在　そんざい　existence; being; presence

[meowbrown]

目を開けた vs. 目を開いた vs. 目を覚ます

And another one that is related is 眼を覚ます, which means to wake up.

目を覚ましたけど、まだ目を開けたくなかった。 I woke up, but I didn’t want to open my eyes yet.

[slavic-roots-western-mind]

炎 Character breakdown

火 - huǒ - fire 炎 - yán - flame, inflammation 焱 - yàn - blazing flames 燚 - yì - intense fire 火炎焱燚 - huǒyán yàn yì - slang meaning something popular, trending 淡 - dàn - light, mild 毯 - tǎn - blanket, rug 痰 - tán - phlegm 啖 - dàn - to eat, to devour 欻 - chuā - onomatopoeia for footsteps 餤 - dàn - to eat 谈 - tán - to talk, discuss 婒 - tán - this isn't a very commonly used character, but it was used in female names 锬 - tán - a type of long spear 醈 - tán - this refers to wines or vinegars with weak flavours

[mangled-by-disuse]

genuinely curious pls respond

people always say that internet spaces are americanised because the users are majority americans.

and i do always wonder how much of that is "there are actually a majority of usamericans" and how much is "usamerican cultural markers are a default for many online spaces, and non usamericans are often indistinguishable from usamericans unless you're actively looking".

so here's an incredibly unscientific poll reblog for reach or whatever

where do you live?

in the usa

anywhere that is not the usa

Voting ended onJul 12

no nuance. if you live in a usa territory/colony like puerto rico or guam or american samoa, go with your heart.

[mangled-by-disuse]

additional poll, what the hell:

is english your first/native language?

yes, english is the main language i grew up speaking

yes, but i also grew up speaking another language(s)/i'm bilingual

no, i learned english as a second or additional language

Voting ended onJul 12