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[tokidokitokyo]

JLPT Grammar みたいだ・らしい・っぽい

What is the difference in usage among みたいだ、らしい、and っぽい? These grammar points can be difficult to differentiate, so I have gathered some notes and examples here. These grammar points are JLPT N4 or N3 grammar points.

★みたいだ★

Used for first-hand information or information you are observing for yourself.

Often used for something that has characteristics of something else (metaphorical similarities).

Most common in spoken language.

ここの砂は星みたいな形をしている。 ここ の すな は ほし みたいな かたち を して いる。 The grains of sand here are in the shape of a star.

このアパートは誰も住んでいないみたいだ。 この アパート は だれ も すんで いない みたい だ。 It looks like no one lives in this apartment building.

明日は雨みたいね。 あした は あめ みたい ね。 It looks like rain tomorrow.

リンさんみたいに日本語がうまくなりたい。 I want to be able to speak Japanese as well as Lin.

★らしい★　

Used for things you infer, or information you have from another source.

Often used to something that has especially strong characteristics of its group (stereotypical similarities).

Most common in spoken language.

今日は春らしい暖かい日でした。 きょう は はる らしい あたたかい ひ でした。 Today was a warm spring-like day. *Note: It is spring, and this is a stereotypically spring day.

私は女性らしい洋服はあまり着ない。 わたし は じょせい らしい ようふく は あまり きない。 I don't often wear feminine type clothes.

寝すぎるのは体に悪いらしいです。 ねすぎる の は からだ に わるい らしい です。 Sleeping too much is apparently bad for your body. *Note: Second-hand source of information.

今日は君らしくないな。 きょう は きみ らしくない な。 You don't seem like yourself today.

★っぽい★　

Can be used to say what something is like.

Can be used to say that something appears to be the opposite of what you would expect.

Can be used to describe something that someone is likely to do or often does.

Note:

When following a noun or い-adjective, the meaning is similar to -ish, -like, -ly. The number of adjectives that can be used with this grammar are limited. Usually negative when used after a noun or adjective, but not always.

When following a verb, the meaning is easy to do, often do. This grammar cannot be used with all verbs.

あの小学生は大人っぽい。 あの しょうがくせい は おとなっぽい。 That elementary school student acts like an adult.

油っぽい食事は好きじゃない。 あぶらっぽい しょくじ は すき じゃ ない。 I don't like oily foods.

飽きっぽいから何事も成功しないのだ。 あきっぽい から なにごと も せいこう しない の だ。 You don't succeed in anything because you are quick to lose interest.

年を取ると、忘れっぽくなる。 とし を とる と、わすれっぽく なる。 As one gets older, one tends to become more forgetful.

[inkichan]

いろどり | irodori - Japanese for life in Japan

(⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧ ~ resources

IRODORI is a useful website made by The Japan Foundation. It is a series of 3 textbooks, with audios and materials completely free, focusing on developing skills useful for life in Japan.

Whether you are planning to come to Japan in the future and want to learn what you should be able to do before you arrive, or whether you are already living in Japan and wish to check your Japanese ability and increase the number of things you can do, we sincerely hope that this textbook will help you achieve your goals. - "what is irodori" website page.

The textbooks are super organized, divided in: starter (A1), elementary 1 and elementary 2. Finishing elementary 2 means having an A2 level [At A2 level, you can hold short, basic everyday conversations on familiar topics.]

I recommend styling your learning method with the goal you have in mind. You can understand more about it reading the post I made.

Hope it was helpful! Let me know and let's share resources~

またね～@inkichan

꒰ა ˚₊ ✧・┈・╴﹕꒰ ᐢ｡- ༝ -｡ᐢ ꒱﹕╴・┈・𐑺 ‧₊˚໒꒱

[meichenxi]

For all of my Japanese-learning followers out there, I thought I’d recommend this website:

https://marshallyin.com/course/

It’s a really in-depth course right from beginners up to intermediate level, completely free (though some features you only get if you have an account), complete with games, tests, downloads, forums, leaderboards etc. 

My friend pointed it out to me, and I’ll definitely use it when I start learning Japanese next year! Check it out!

[kingseph]

@czbeans maybe you would like this?

[czbeans]

I do!!

[languagessi-deactivated20210423]

Reblog this if you are a langblr learning Japanese!

[nyahongo]

は～い！♡ヽ(´▽｀)/

[todayintokyo]

Japan’s 3rd COVID-19 wave

First it was 密ですmitsu desu, avoid the three “dense” things: closed spaces, crowded places and close contact with people.

Now, with Japan boasting record numbers* of COVID-19 cases, Tokyo Governor Koike has announced the “5つの小  itsutsu no ko, 5 small things” for dining out (bars, izakaya and restaurants are potential hot spots for infection):

小人数 koninzu, small groups 小一時間 koichijikan, small i.e. short time of 1 hour or less 小声 kogoe, small voice, whisper, don’t speak loudly 小皿 kozara, small plates, don’t share food 小まめ komame, pay attention to small details (masks, wash hands, ventilation) + こころづかい kokoro dzukai, be considerate (of medical staff who will have to save your life)

Will the five small things help? Hmm. Let’s see.

* Please don’t tell me Japan’s figures are much lower than [insert country of choice]. Yes, I know. I’m comparing mikan with mikan.

[breezy-jpn]

Do any of you have tips for keeping yourself motivated to study your language? Anything you can suggest would be a great help, not only to me, but a lot of others, I’m sure!

[jpnwithme]

JPN Grammar: Potential Verbs

Source: Genki II Lesson 13.1

Intermediate Japanese Review Day 1/15

To express ability to do something (“can”) or possibility.

る-verbs: drop final -る and add -られる

見る→見られる (to see)

う-verbs: drop final -う and add える

行く→行ける (to go)

話す→話せる (to speak)

買う→買える (to buy)

泳ぐ→泳げる (to swim)

遊ぶ→遊べる (to play)

待つ→待てる (to wait)

読む→読める (to read)

死ぬ→死ねる (to die)

取る→取れる (to take)

irregular verbs:

くる→こられる

する→できる

1. The verbs below have alternative, informal variations:

見る→見られる→見れる

出る→出られる→出れる

くる→こられる→これる

2. Potential verbs conjugation pattern:

Short forms

Present: 見られる・見られない

Past: 見られた・見られなかった

Long forms

Present: 見られます・見られません

Past: 見られました・見られませんでした

て-form

見られて

3. Particles

Verbs with を particles: either が or を

漢字を読む→漢字が読める・漢字を読める

する (できる):

仕事をする→仕事ができる

Verbs with other particles:

山に登る→山に登れる

4. Sentence examples:

私は日本語が話せます。I can speak Japanese.

私は泳げないんです。Actually, I can’t swim.

雨が降ったので、海に行けませんでした。We couldn’t go to the beach because it rained.

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Language Learning Ideas Printable

Here is a printable I made that I hope can help you out on your language learning journey. It has different activities based on how much time you have, as well as a checklist for frequent activities. By using it, you can see what works for you and what doesn’t. 

I tried to include as many things that many people can use, but some activities can’t be used by all language learners, unfortunately. The links to the website are clickable in the PDF file. I tested this myself and have even included a blank version if you prefer to write your own activities. Again, these are just some ideas for you to incorporate and I hope that they are useful.

Download Links: Dropbox

Full Activities 

Blank Version 

[gachagachagogo]

Japanese Resources

Essentials

Rikaisama - Pop-op Dictionary - based on Rikaichan Yamasa.cc - Learn Handwritten Stroke Order Anki - Spaced Repetition Software Japanese Stack Exchange - Ask Questions, Get Answers Dictionary Codes and Meaning - ex: v4k, vi Chinese and Japanese Characters Mnemonics - Stroke Orders, Lists, Study Sheets A better Japanese font for Windows web browsers Verb Conjugation Chart - gaoshukai Similar Kanji Lookup

Dictionaries

Jisho.org Tangorin - English⇆Japanese Online Dictionary Honyaku Star - Simple and Fast Dictionary | No ローマ字 | Specifically for Translators JLect - Japanese Dialect Word Search TMdict - vocabularies from games, books, anime, and other works by Type-Moon.

Kanji Alive_ Web App - Kanji Lookup, Stroke Orders, Examples, Picture Mnemonics Kanji Dictionary - 漢字辞典 Etymologies - A comprehensive, illustrated dictionary with etymologies, pictographs & definitions in English and Japanese More Eymologies - Traditional & Simplified CH/JP Oichan’s Dictionary - CN/JP/EN Dictionary Proverb Dictionary - Dutch, English, and Japanese

語源由来辞典 - Etymology Dictionary 平明四字熟語辞典 - 4-Character Idiomatic Compound Dictionary 故事ことわざ辞典 - Proverb Dictionary 日本語俗語辞書 - Colloquial Language Dictionary 日本語コロケーション辞典

IT用語辞典 e-Words - Internet and Technical Terms 三省堂 Web Dictionary - Sanseido Weblio - 辞書 - Main Dictionary Weblio - シソーラス - Thesaurus Weblio 翻訳 - Translate alc.co.jp - Another Great Dictionary goo.ne.jp - Goo’s Dictionary kotobank.jp - Uses yahoo.co.jp dictionary with a nice Interface Tatoeba - Example Sentences Tsukuba Corpus 複合動詞レキシコン - Compound Verb Lexicon Yamasa.cc - Learn handwritten stroke order kotoba.ne.jp - Extremely useful once you learn its capabilities Excite.co.jp’s Dictionary with Pitch Accent

Software

Houhou SRS - Dictionary + SRS Tagaini Jisho - Dictionary on each OS zKanji - Another Dictionary + SRS Capture2Text - Get Text from Manga and Other Images JGloss - Automatically annotate Japanese text with readings and translations KanjiTomo aard OmegaT - Translation Memory Tool Foreign Language Text Reader Learning With Texts Language Tool - Proofreading/Spellcheck Program Lingoes - Dictionary & Translation StarDict Wakan - Dictionary App for Chinese and Japanese

Thesauri

Goo.ne.jp’s Thesaurus 類語同義語辞典 - Quasi-synonym/synonym Dictionary

Learning the Language

Wanikani - Learn Kanji Through Spaced Repetition (Paid Subscription) Japaneseclass.jp - Vocabulary and Kanji Kapibara - Apps and Materials U-biq - Japanese study Japanese Stack Exchange - Ask Questions, Get Answers Tae Kim’s Guide - Site for Complete Beginners Chinese and Japanese Characters Mnemonics - With much more material Japanese Parts of Speech - 日本語 Japanese Linguistics - General Terms, Parts of Speech, Particles, etc - General Linguistics Loanwords - gaoshukai.com Esaura - Q&A site dedicated to J<->E translation. Lang-8 - Write Journals, Get Corrections from Natives (All Languages) Japanese Reading Practice with Tanaka Corpus Tips on Japanese JLPT Study Materials JLPT Vocabulary Lists HiNative - Q&A OnomatoProject - Practice Japanese onomatopoeia (擬音語) and mimetic words (擬態語) with examples and illustrations!

Grammar

Imabi - Lessons From Basic to Classical Japanese | Everything You Need for Grammar Kanzen Grammar - Sentences broken down in detail JGram - Japanese Grammar Database Renshuu.org - Over 600 entries for Grammar Jtest4you Auxiliary Verb Chart

Radicals

Kanji Radical Names - 仮名 and ローマ字 214 Traditional Radicals - From Kanji Alive Radical Names in Japanese - with kanji used More Kanji Radicals

Kana

Rapid Recognition Trainer for Hiragana and Katakana Multiple Font and Stroke Magnifier Kana - Anomalous Cursive Syllabary

Advanced Learning

Mistakes & Differences Guide Different Kanji With Same Reading and (Usually) Meaning Slight Different Meanings Read Your Level

Reading Material

Aozora Bunko - Japanese Project Gutenberg Bauddha.net - Similar to Aozora Children’s Reading Material - Fairy Tails Reajer - Bilingual Texts & Frequently-updated Language Blog

Manga & Light Novels

Comico - Manga & Light Novels Mangabox Vomic - Manga with Voice (Mac users download VLC web plugin) Kadokawa - Free Comics

Light Novels

Tueee 小説を読もう！

Anime

AniChart Anime List Hummingbird - MAL Alternative Anime Recommendation Finder

Crunchyroll - Watch Anime Legally Japanese Subtitles

News

SmartNews - Japanese Smartphone News App SANSPO.COM（サンスポ） NHKニュース and NHK Easy Version 朝日新聞 - Asahi and Children’s Edition Japan Times Japan Today MATCHA and Easy Japanese Version - Japan Travel Magazine Metropolis Magazine | Japan’s Number 1 English Magazine Tokyo Weekender - English Magazine Yomiuri, Children’s Edition, and English Edition Easy News - Newsinslowjapanese.com Nikkei Sankei

Japanese Sign Language

ITEC More Lessons

Dialect Study

JLect - Dialect Word Search Osaka-Ben Kansai-Ben Kansaiben.com Kansai-Ben Word List

Pitch Accent

U-Biq Pitch Accent Diagram Excite.co.jp’s Dictionary with Pitch Accent OJAD Online Japanese Accent Dictionary

Recommended Books

White Rabbit Japan - Buy Things From Japan - A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar - A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar - A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar - Dictionary of Misused Japanese - Kanji Dictionary - 1006 Kanji Picture Dictionary - ALC’s Japanese for Business: Business Etiquette

J-LIST - Buys Things From Japan - Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants and Immigrants to Japan - Bilingual - Encyclopedia of Japan - Bilingual

Amazon - The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary: Revised and Expanded - Kodansha’s Furigana Japanese Dictionary (Kodansha Dictionaries) - The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary - The Original Modern Reader’s Japanese-English Character Dictionary - The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary

Culture & Life

AFA Channel - Japanese Pop Culture Video Channel Becomming Legally Japanese - Information on Naturalization Danny Choo - Culture Japan Japan-guide - Your Guide to Japan Japan Subculture Research Center - Yakuza and other cool culture information Just Bento - Blog About Bentos Just Hungry - Japanese Food & Recipes néojapanisme Spoon & Tamago - Japanese Art, Design, and Culture What Japan Thinks - Surveys of Japanese People Niponica - Free Multilingual Magazine in HTML, PDF, or E-Book Nippon.com - Your Doorway to Japan

Music

JPop Asia - Asian Music Videos, Top Charts, Lyrics, & Forum Kasi-time - Lyric Search Utamap - Another Lyric Search utaten - Lyrics with Furigana Lyric Get - Copy Lyrics on Restricted Japanese Lyric Websites

Information

JLPT - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Information JNTO - Japan National Tourism Organization JET Programme - Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Japanese Language Schools - List of language schools in Japan Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language

Scholarships

JASSO - Japan Student Services Organization Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program - U.S. Citizens

Work

GaijinPot - Jobs and Other Information Japan Today Jobs - International Jobs in Japan Kansai Flea Market - Jobs, Classifieds Metropolis Classifieds O-Hayo Sensei - The Newsletter of (Teaching) Jobs in Japan White Companies - Information

Wanikani Extensions

KaniWani - Reverse WaniKani Duendecat - Sample Sentences from WaniKani Progress WaniKani to Anki Exporter

Misc

Free Japanese Kana and Kanji Fonts http://www.find-job.net/startup/ Convert Japanese Dates and Western Dates Japanese History - Wikibooks Japanese Ghost Stories - Hyakumonogatari Reading Speed, Comprehension and Eye Movements While Reading Japanese Novels - Scholarly Article Hinoki Project 何年.jp/ - Japanese 平成 (Heisei) Year Lookup Math Symbols & Readings Traditional Colors of Japan - With Hex Values Color-sample - Colors in detail Onomatopoeia Picture Game - in Japanese Kanji Used in Important Documents Free Beautiful Handwriting - Handwriting Practice Sheets with Your Own Data

[justletmedieinpeace]

@godsllama

[peistudies]

10日目の単語

Hi guys! I am really going all over the place with this vocabulary, but I decided that I want to start learning the vocabulary for the podcast “Let’s Learn Japanese from Small Talk!” so I can listen more easily :) I will be making my vocabulary lists based off of textbook words, JLPT words, conjunctions, and the wordlists from the podcast!

addiction 中毒 (ちゅうどく)

self-introduction 自己紹介 (じこしょうかい)

program 演目 (えんもく)

last month 先月 (せんげつ)

so, therefore だから・なので

by the way ところで

for example 例えば (たとえば)

because 何故なら (なぜなら)

but けど・けれども

disgusted with; to dislike 嫌い (きらい)

quiet 静か (しずか)

very fond of; to love 大好き (だすき)

lively にぎやか

To really solidify my learning, I’m gonna take the words from these lists and make them into a big flashcard set with the Shirabe Jisho dictionary app! I’ll study it today too of course :)

I’m frustrated because I’m not learning my textbook words fast enough but we r trying... I’m gonna take a break to work on my new server :3

[kosa-photo]

ほっこり

[learnjapaneseseriously]

Japanese News Article No. 5

神奈川県座間市で9人が殺害された事件の裁判で最後の被告人質問が行われ、被告が「結果として捕まってしまったので後悔している」などと述べました。

Vocabulary

1. 神奈川県 (かながわけん) Kanagawa Prefecture

2. 座間 (ざま) Zama (a city's name)

3. 市 (し) City

4. 殺害 (さつがい) murder

5. 事件 (じけん) incident, case

6. 裁判 (さいばん) trial, judgment

7. 最後 (さいご) conclusion, end

8. 被告人 (ひこくにん) accused, defendant

9. 質問 (しつもん) question, inquiry, enquiry

10.  行われ (from おこなれる) to be done, to take place

11. 結果 (けっか) result, outcome

12. 捕まって (from 捕まる = つかまる) to be caught, to be arrested

13. 後悔 (こうかい) regret

14. 述べました (from 述べる = のべる) to state, to express to mention

　白石隆浩被告（30）は3年前、座間市の自宅アパートで男女9人を殺害した罪などに問われています。25日は22回目の公判が開かれ、最後の被告人質問が行われました。弁護側が「一連の事件を起こして後悔はしていますか」と聞くと、白石被告は「結果として捕まってしまったので後悔しています」と述べました。また、検察側が「判決を待つ今の心境は」と尋ねると、白石被告は「頭のなかは母親のことでいっぱいで、迷惑を掛けて申し訳ないと思っています」と述べました。午後には被害者参加制度に基づいて遺族らが意見を述べることになっています。26日の検察側の論告では厳しい求刑が予想されます。

Vocabulary

15. 白石隆浩 (しらいし たかひろ) Takahiro Shiraishi (the defendant's name)

16. 自宅 (じたく) own house/home

17. アパート apartment

18. 男女 (だんじょ) men and women

19. 罪 (つみ) crime, sin, wrongdoing

20. 問われて (from 問う = とう) being asked, being inquired

21. 回目 (かいめ) - th time

22. 公判 (こうはん) public hearing, trial

23. 開かれ (from 開く = ひらく) to be held

24. 弁護側 (べんごがわ) the defence side

25. 一連 (いちれん) chain, sequence

26. 起こして (from 起こす = おこす) to cause

27. 検察側 (けんさつがわ) the prosecution side

28. 判決 (はんけつ) judicial decision, judgment, sentence

29. 待つ (まつ) to wait, to anticipate, to look forward to

30. 心境 (しんきょう) state of mind

31. 尋ねる (たずねる) to ask

32. 迷惑 (めいわく) trouble, inconvenience

33. 被害者 (ひがいしゃ) victim

34. 参加 (さんか) participation

35. 制度 (せいど) system

36. 基づく (もとづく) to be grounded on, to be based on

37. 遺族 (いぞく) bereaved family, family of the deceased

38. 意見 (いけん) opinion, comment

39. 論告 (ろんこく) prosecutor's closing argument

40. 厳しい (きびしい) strict, severe, harsh

41. 求刑 (きゅうけい) recommended sentence, prosecution's demand for punishment

42. 予想 (よそう) expectation, anticipation

[aringoaday]

[524]  しかい  |  shikai  |  dentist For all the kanji and to support A RIngo A Day have a look at my Patreon!

[tablejp]

今年のクリスマスケーキ。 よいお年を！

This Year’s Christmas Cake. Happy Holidays!

[oishi-tabetai]

クリスマスケーキ

In Japan, people celebrate Christmas by buying or making a Christmas Cake (usually a small and a big one) and they all eat it together while giving each other presents. People around the world celebrate Christmas.

Sources (from first to last): mechiko, 034, GENuine1986, ai_chu0803, alphalead, afrog_5130

[aringoaday]

WEEK 103 しょくぎょう  |  shokugyō  |  profession

[yorminroud]

A quick guide to kansai-ben

In Japanese, there are many dialects. What you learn in your Japanese lessons is hyojungo（標準語）, or standard Japanese, but the way people speak changes a lot across regions. Kansai-ben（関西弁） is the dialect spoken in the Kansai area (Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, etc.). It is widely spoken, even amongst teens and young adults, so if you’re planning on visiting the Kansai area, I’d recommend learning a bit of it :)

Actually, even inside Kansai there are different dialects, the people from Kyoto and from Osaka speak in a different way, but this is just a basic introduction of what you may encounter.

First, I’ll explain some basic grammar and then I’ll post a list of important vocabulary.

～ い adjectives: In kansai-ben, many adjectives lose their final い, such as: 痛い->いたー/いてー、暑い->あつー、早い->はやー、高い->たかー

Negative form: The negative ending ～ ない changes into ～へん. 分からない->分からへん、食べなかった->食べへんかった、買えない->買えへん.

Informal copula: The ending of informal sentences ～ だ becomes ～ や. 好きだけど … ->好きやけど…、何だ->なんや、そうだろう？->そうやろ？

To be: The verb いる is replaced for おる. In hyojungo, おる is keigo, but in kansai-ben it’s just plain language. どこにいるの？->どこにおるん？、彼女がいない->彼女がおらへん、 家にいた-> 家におった.

Kansai-ben word · Hyojungo word · Translation/comment

あかん　·　ダメ　·　No good, useless

アホ　·　バカ　·　Stupid. DO NOT use あほ outside Kansai area

いける　·　大丈夫　·　It’s ok, you can do it

おおきに　·　ありがとう　·　Thank you

おもろい　·　面白い　·　Funny, interesting

しもうた　·　しまった　·　To do something you didn’t mean to

しんどい　·　疲れた　·　To be tired

せ　·　そう　·　So, seemingly

ちゃう　·　違う　·　Wrong, to be wrong

へたれ　·　弱虫　·　Good for nothing

ほんま　·　本当　·　Really, truth

まいど 　·　X　·　Thank you for your visit!

めっちゃ　·　すごく/とても　·　Very, extremely

～ でやん　·　 ～だよ　·　Ending a sentence in an informal and emphatic  way.

ゆう 　·　言う　·　To say

 This is all I could think of for now. Please feel free to add more words :)