勉きょうぱん

キョウ・

[alien-with-headphones]

learning another language is always beautiful, no matter the speed. like, what do you mean you are crying because you had to read a sentence twice to get it, when at the beginning you had to do it five times? kicking yourself because you had to listen to an audio at 75x to understand it fully, when two months ago you could barely understand one or two words, even at your second try? getting mad because you had to research how to spell a word, when a few days back you didn't even know how to pronounce it? hell, that's amazing. keep going. you'll get there.

[tokidokitokyo]

愛でる

めでる

① to love; to cherish

② to admire; to appreciate

心静かに花鳥風月を愛でる気持ちの余裕も最近になってでて来たよ。 こころ しずか に かちょうふうげつ を めでる きもち の よゆう も さいきん に なって でて きた よ。 Lately I've had the time to quietly admire the beauty and wonders of nature.

[witch-of-habonim-dror-blog]

Fingerspelling in Japanese sign language

[languagelvlup]

I made a little game for practicing kanji! You need a piece of paper and something to write with.

First, you pick a category. Then, you start the first column with a word from that category (must be in kanji). This is the word you play off of.

You pass the paper around, and each person has to write a word/phrase that uses a kanji from the previous word/phrase. For example, If the category is names then the first column might have 有紗 at the top. The chain might go 美月ー＞お正月ー＞正解ー＞ 解説 and so on.

When someone is unable to continue the chain, they can then start a new column by picking a new word from the previously determined category. Since our example was names, column two might start with 里菜 or 花 or 亜希人 or whatever! Then the next person can play off of either of the two columns.

If you're SUPER high-level, you can make people write the kanji from memory.

But me and my friends (N3, N2 ish) just made people say the word they were thinking of first, but then let each other look up the kanji in order to write it on the page.

[451isa]

palestinian embroidery obi project

The collective works with Palestinian women (refugees and those living in Gaza) to create tatreez (Palestinian embroidery) for Japanese obis (wide sash/belt). They also participate in cross cultural initiatives such as embroidery workshops and exhibitions.

[shoku-and-awe]

So they didn’t have a Halloween costume that would fit Iggy, BUUUUUT they *did* have a gorgeous navy blue hakama set that couldn’t look more like it was made for him and now I think we’re gonna do Shichigosan pictures next month 😭😭😭

[shoku-and-awe]

Every time I think about how cute it’s gonna be I want to cry

[shoku-and-awe]

It’s almost exactly this except for doggies

And he doesn’t even KNOW about any of this 😭😭😭😭😭

[shoku-and-awe]

I am going to FLING myself into the SUN

[gentlekiss]

gk

[karwailang]

ステキなひびきと意味だから使ってみたい言葉

日常 (にちじょう) everyday / daily / ordinary (life) (noun, adverb)

感動 (かんどう) する to be deeply and emotionally moved by, to be touched by

似合う (にあう) to suit, to match, to look good on (someone) (～が)

似る (にる) to look like, to be alike, to be similar, to take after

空想 (くうそう) fantasy, daydream (suru-verb)

青春 (せいしゅん) youth, springtime of life

日常ではないもの。へー、なんで。

[daigakusei-san]

あきらめない - akiramenai - I won't give up ♡

I made this for myself - to remind me to keep trying ♡

[languah]

Japanese Vocabulary Practice

Some vocabulary I keep forgetting with my own examples. Please correct me if you notice a mistake!

親切　『しんせつ』 kind, gentle

この猫は親切です。

私のお母さんは親切な女の人です。

開く　『あく』 to open (intransitive)

このドアがもう開きます。

図書館は午前八時から午後八時まで開きます。

住所　「じゅうしょ』 address, residence

ここは私の住所です。

この住所は違います。

試験　『しけん』 exam, test

あの試験は難しいかったです。

試験の問題は優しいかったです。

[sannastudies]

My Japanese Reading-Corner, feat. some free reading materials

I use OneNote for my studies & I created a dedicated section where I can keep track of all the things I am reading. It was important to me to give this page a pleasant design - I want to feel cozy the moment I jump to my Reading Corner ; u ; )

Since I am reading a lot of Graded Readers on Tadoku I am dividing them into their Levels as well.

LV 1 and LV 2 are very easy for me and I could jump to Lv 3 right away, however all these graded readers still teach me plenty of new words, so I don't want to miss out on any of them. Thus, I am making my way through Lv 1 & Lv 2 first - the more I read, the better! ( . u . )

Aside from Tadoku, I also read on EbookJapan - they have a very big selection of free Light Novels & Manga across all Genre. Access is time-restricted though, as after a while, the selection changes and new titles replace the current ones. Thus, if I find something interesting I have to keep in mind to finish reading it before it vanishes.

However, there is of course still the option to buy the ebook version for usually very cheap prices ( . u . )

If you are looking for websites where you can practice reading in japanese I definitely recommend these two sites.

Tadoku's graded readers should offer something interesting across many Levels - and so does EbookJapan~! ( . u . )

[orenjisupeesu]

私の字はあまり綺麗じゃないけど、しょうがない。

[mochayoubi]

this is a purely a personal thing but there's a way certain japanese learners talk about learning the language that really squicks me out.

terms like "mining" vocab and "i+1" and "ajatt" and "comprehensible input/output". I don't think they're bad concepts overall but when someone goes "yeah I'm immersing in this manga and I mined a couple of kanji out of it" it feels to me like placing a disconnect between yourself and the language in a way. also when you learn a language you're kind of following those concepts without putting a name to them anyway? the naming of it themselves feels like a way to market them for youtube videos or something.

also it seems like this is mostly a japanese learner thing... when I was learning spanish and tagalog and korean I didn't hear about these terms nearly as much, or at all. maybe it's just because I didn't stick with them as long as japanese, but I do feel like there's a culture to japanese learning that almost feels separate from japanese itself.

anyways, if it helps to frame learning japanese that way then obviously more power to you. at some point though I think it is necessary to engage in japanese at its own native concepts if you do want to fully understand it

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[swanmaids]

Recent reads - women in translation

Child of Fortune - Tsushima Yuko, 1978, tr. Geraldine Harcourt

Orignally published in Japanese. A single mother with a difficult relationship with her 11 year old daughter finds herself pregnant again after an affair. A dreamy and flashback-centred short story of motherhood and alienation.

The Mermaid’s Tale - Lee Wei-Jing, 2019, tr. Darryl Sterk

Originally published in Mandarin. A lonely woman in her thirties with an obsessive love for Latin dance attempts to make peace with her past and her body. Blends the whimsical and the excruciatingly real.

Consent - Vanessa Springora, 2020, tr. Natasha Lehrer

Originally published in French. A wrenching memoir of the author's sexual abuse by a celebrated author as a teenage girl, and the culture that colluded with her abuser. Devastating.

A Woman of Pleasure - Murata Kiyoko, 2013, tr. Juliet Winters Carpenter

Originally published in Japanese. In 1903, a teenage girl tries to survive after being sold into sex work. The novel's brutality makes its moments of light even more poignant.

Masks - Enchi Fumiko, 1958, tr. Juliet Winters Carpenter

Both a novel of tragedy and manipulation and an exploration of the role of women in noh theatrical tradition and the Tale of Genji. Lingers in the mind long after reading.

Abandon - Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay, 2013, tr. Arunava Sinha

Originally published in Bengali. A mother's conflict between caring for her sickly young son and her desire to abandon motherhood to pursue her art is personified by two narrations by the same "character". A fascinating self-referential novel that raises many questions on the conflicts between art and humanity.

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