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The International Phonetic Alphabet consonants found in English, with keywords and relevant parts of the mouth highlighted and colour-coded. (Source.)
Pronouncing each of these in sequence is a very strange and amusing physical sensation, and I highly recommend it.
Sami’s Surefire Games
Gonna start a series of posts on here I’ll tag as (#Sami’s surefire games) to compile the favorite lessons I use every year. This first one you may know already!
So, you wanna know the surefire game that gets my students hyped at all times, but my teachers love to use because it’s so flexible? Introducing THE CASTLE GAME!
The Castle Game involves grouping your students together (max like 6 ppl per group) then drawing each group a different colored castle on the board. Hand each group their chalk.
The castles can look like whatever (you can call this the spaceship game if you wanna put your spin on it) but it has 3 parts and 1 flag. That’s the point of the game, to destroy the 3 parts of the castle and GET THAT FLAG.
So how do you even attack? You get a question right.
How do you get a question right? The ALT & JTE will be dishing out some questions. One person from each castle will go up to rep their castle. They’ll bring their chalk. We ask a question, they write their answer, then they DUCK DOWN so that from the middle of the room the two teachers can decide WHO DID IT FIRST AND CORRECTLY. If one person ducked first but it’s incorrect, next one down and right is the winner.
So an attack… what’s it do? It erases one part of another castle.
We have to attack? NO actually. If you are missing pieces of your own castle, you can expend an action to draw ONE part of your own castle. ONE ANSWER, ONE ACTION, either DESTROY or FIX.
So what happens when you erase all three? Does that castle sit out? No. Let’s say Blue Castle gets shwasted. Blue team still gets up there and tries their best, and the next time they win a round, they get an entirely new castle. (I have been teaching/playing this for years, and this minimizes one group being targeted or giving up, just give them a whole new castle AND ANOTHER FLAG, it rallies the troops).
Okay, so who is the winner? Whoever has the most flags.
What kinda questions can you ask? LITERALLY ANYTHING THIS GAME IS SO GOOD. I use one level for spelling (one word, duck down). One level for jikoshoukai junk (what do you remember about sami). One level can be grammar (in a sentence). One can be dictation (copy what you hear). One can be rhyming, likes/dislikes, numbers written out, a picture of whatever you say aloud… the possibility are only limited by your imagination, Sport. //insert gentle fake-punch to the shoulder that shows you I’m sincere//
So can their group members help them? Up to you. But I do have them switch every time so that not only one person is writing.
How much time does this take? I have played it in 20 mins, I have played it in 50, it depends on the levels you use and how streamlined you can explain it. At this point, as soon as my students see me drawing on the board, they start to get their desks ready to have more time to play haha.
What if we only have white chalk? Label the castles with a name instead of the color.
What if I realize I don’t have 6 pieces, but I need to draw 6 castles, and I only have 5 chalks???? I have literally panicked and drawn a RAINBOW castle using all the colors before, then had them just use white chalk to write with. It is okay!
So now go forth, ye king of kings, and conquer yon team-teaching lessons with vim and vigor the likes of which have never been seen before!!!
Learn Japanese Grammar: よりほかない (yori hoka nai)
Resume Tips from the After JET Conference
I hope a few of these are helpful to you!
1. Don’t put your address, especially if it isn’t in the country you want to work in. Use that space for something else. You also don’t need an objectiveat the top of your resume anymore.
2. If you are able to, put down a local phone number, to make you look like a local hire. You can do this by purchasing a number from Skype that you can use.
3. Add what month you’re ending JET to your resume, so that they know when you are available.
4. Make subtitles and job positions pop off the page by making the font bolded, and a larger size than what the rest of the content is. Feel free to use colour, but be consistent. Make what you want a potential employer to focus on be immediately noticeable at a quick glance. For example:
Sub-title: WORK and VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE = size 12 Position: JET Program ALT = size 11 (obviously put in the full title) What you did: Created/Led/Developed….. = size 10
5. Use your space! You don’t have a lot to work with (2 pages maximum!) so make the most of it and make your margins as small as possible. If a sentence takes up two lines, use the full two lines or cut it down to a single line (preferred). If you’re going to use space for something, use it for content or to make things pop on the page, as mentioned before.
6. That being said, keep it short and sweet. Try your best to keep information to a single line. One position should have around 4 bullet points of what you did at that job. Quality over quantity, as seeing a wall of text can be overwhelming for whoever is reading your resume.
7. Quantifiable results are your friend. So you taught English in Japan. That’s vague! How many schools, how many students, and at what level. If you taught over 100 students regularly, that’s a huge thing! Highlight that. Put in how many JTEs you worked with so that they know you can work with lots of bosses. Do the same for anything else you can quantify. However, if the number of whatever you did isn’t impressive, you can leave it out.
8. Did you teach eikaiwa? Who did you teach and what was the content. How often? What did you achieve through that/what did your students take away from it? Did you coach speech contest? Put down what achievements your students may have won!
9. Don’t put in Japanese terms for a non-Japanese job. They won’t know what you’re talking about.
10. Tailor your resume to the job. I used to think that meant what job positions/skills you put on, but it’s more than that. Look at the job posting and the buzzwords they use. Are they looking for someone who can manage projects, collaborate with other departments, and promote the organisation to new businesses/partners? Use those words in your resume! As in you didn’t team-teach with 5 JTEs, you collaborated with 5 Japanese teachers of English to create and develop lesson plans for x number of students!
11. Use action words. You didn’t “oversee” a project, you “managed” it. You led/planned/created/developed/spearheaded/conducted/organised/analysed/presented/promoted/etc. There are lots of online resources to help you use different that show what you did in an active manner.
12. Don’t put it on if it isn’t relevant. Don’t put down anything to do with high school as it shows your age. If the job has nothing to do with teaching, don’t emphasise the teaching part of JET. Talk about teaching in a way that highlights what skills you picked up (flexibility, able to think on your feet, speak to large audiences, work with different types of people, multitask, etc). It’s not about WHAT you taught (unless it’s something cool like a Black History Month lesson, cultural lessons etc that are RELEVANT), but HOW you taught.
13. Don’t put down Dean’s List, etc because your academic achievement is shown through your GPA (USA of course). However, societies and scholarships, etc can be useful if you have the space for them as they show you as a well-rounded person. If you can also show that people have invested in you with scholarships/fellowships, no matter what the amount, then put it on there.
14. Have a Skills section to highlight anything else you want them to know. It can be your proficiency in Microsoft Word, programming skills, other software skills like Photoshop, and always put down social media since that’s something most of us can do! Feel free to put down a couple of interests if you have space too, so they know what kind of person you are outside of work things.
15. Have a Super Resume. That means a document with everything you could possibly put on a resume. When you find a job you want to apply for, simply cost and paste what you need from the super resume and then tailor it to the position from there. Keep updating it too!
Graphic Design Vocab in Japanese
類似色 (るいじいろ): analogous colors 補色 : complementary colors 暖色 (だんしょく) : warm colors 寒色 (かんしょく): cool colors グラデーション : gradient 色関連 (いろかんれん): color relevance 不透明度 (ふとうめいど): opacity 解像度 (かいぞうど): enhance 彩度 (さいど): hue 色相 (しきそう): saturation 明度 (めいど): brightness, lightness, value 色温度 (いろおんど): color temperature 3色配色 (３いろさいしょく): triads ラフ : rough design ホワイトスペース : white space フィギュアグラウンド : figure ground シンメトリカル : symmetrical アシンメトリカル : asymmetrical プライマリーカラーズ : primary colors 画像 : image; picture タイポグラフィー: typography セリフ : serif サンセリフ : sans serif スラブセリフ : slab serif キャップライン : capline 大文字 : upper case letter; large character ミッドライン :midline 小文字 : lower case letter; small character アセンダー : ascender ディセンダー : descender ベースライン : baseline キャップハイト : cap height エックスハイト : x-height ボディハイト : body height ステム : stem カーニング : kerning
Occupations (part 1)
＿員
公務員【こうむいん】civil servant
会社員【かいしゃいん】office worker
教員*【きょういん】teacher
店員【てんいん】store clerk
駅員【えきいん】train station employee
銀行員【ぎんこういん】bank employee
郵便局員【ゆうびんきょくいん】post office employee
客室乗務員【きゃくしつじょうむいん】flight attendant
＿師
教師**【きょうし】teacher
医師【いし】doctor
美容師【びようし】beautician, hairdresser
調理師【ちょうりし】cook
漁師【りょうし】fisherman
看護師 【かんごし】nurse
＿士
弁護士【べんごし】lawyer
介護士 【かいごし】caregiver
保育士【ほいくし】nursery teacher
運転士【うんてんし】driver
＿家
政治家【せいじか】politician
作家【さっか】writer, author
画家【がか】artist, painter
音楽家【おんがくか】musician
作曲家【さっきょくか】composer
建築家【けんちくか】architect
* 教員 is a role in a school. (teaching staff)
** 教師 is as an occupation.
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english and japanese medical terms - part two
panic attack - パニックほっさ
side effects - ふくさよう
antidepressants - こううつやく
suicide - じさつ
post traumatic stress - しんてきがいしょうごストレス
toxicity - どくせい
symptoms - しょうこう
sexual dysfunction - せいきのうしょうがい
angry - おこる
lack of energy - せいりょくがない
shame - しゅうちしん
guilt - ざいあくかん
hyperactive - かかつどう
Skin Care Vocabulary
Skin Care スキンケア
Makeup Remover メイク落とし 「メイクおとし」
Cleansing クレンジング
Oil-based オイルタイプ
Sunscreen 日焼け止め 「ひやけどめ」
Exfoliator/Scrub スクラブ
Peel ピーリングゲル
Toner/Lotion 化粧水 「けしょうすい」
Cream Lotion 乳液 「にゅうえき」
Essence 美容液 「びようえき」
Mask (generally gel/liquid) パック
Sheet Mask マスクシート
Night Mask ナイトマスク
‘Dewy’ Skin 潤い肌 「うるおいはだ」
Moisturizer 保湿 「ほしつ」
Face Washing 洗顔 「せんがん」
Skin Type 肌タイプ 「はだタイプ」
Oily skin 脂性肌 「あぶらしょうはだ」
Dry Skin 乾燥肌 「かんそうはだ」
Dry (onomatopoeia) カサカサ
Combination Skin 混合肌 「こんごうはだ」
T-zone Ｔゾーン
U-Zone Uゾーン
Pore 毛穴 「けあな」
Sebum 皮脂 「ひし」
Oxidation 酸化 「さんか」
Pimples/Acne ニキビ
Blackhead 黒ニキビ 「くろにきぶ」
Whitehead 白ニキビ 「しろにきび」
Sebaceous Filament 皮脂フィラメント 「ひしフィラメント」
To spread (i.e. apply moisturizer,etc.) 塗る 「ぬる」
To moisturize 保湿する 「ほしつする」
To wash 洗う 「あらう」
To wash off 洗い流す 「あらいながす」
To remove (makeup) 落とす 「おとす」
All about Japanese Particles The function of Japanese particles Japanese particles are small words that indicate relations of words within a sentence. They follow other words such as nouns, verbs, …
List of 188 Japanese particles with meaning / usage
は (wa)Indicantes the topic of a sentence
か (ka)At the end of a sentence indicating a question
が (ga)Indicates the subject of a sentence
に (ni)Indicates a location
の (no)Indicates possession
は (wa)Indicates a contrast between 2 items
に (ni)Indicates time or frequency
へ (e)Indicates direction
を (wo/o)Indicates the direct object of a verb
と (to)Used to connect and list up multiple items
や (ya)Used to connect and partially list up multiple items
など (nado)Used with や (ya) to partially list up multiple items
も (mo)means “too”, “either”, “also”
も (mo)both…and…, neither…nor…
に (ni)Indicates the indirect object of a verb
に (ni)Indicates the surface of a object where some action takes place
で (de)Indicates the location of an action
と (to)Together with
の (no)Indicates an apposition
から (kara)Indicates a starting point in time or place
より (yori)Indicates a starting point in time or place but more formal than kara (20)
まで (made)Indicates a limit on time, space or quantity
くらい (kurai)Indicates an approximate amount
ほど (hodo)Indicates an approximate amount
ばかり(bakari)Indicates an approximate amount
で (de)Indicates a means or material
か (ka)Indicates a choice or alternative
を (wo/o)Indicates a point of departure
を (wo/o)Indicates a route of a movement/motion
に (ni)Indicates a point of arrival
に (ni)Indicates an entering motion
に (ni)Used together with a verb to express a purpose
と (to)Used when quoting someone
と いう (to iu)Indicates the name of something
とか (toka)“something like”
で (de)Indicates a limit or scope
と (to)Indicates a comparison
より (yori)Indicates a comparison
より (yori)Indicates superlative
くらい (kurai)Indicates a comparison
ほど (hodo)Indicates a comparison in a negative sentence
か (ka)someone, something
も (mo)“nothing”, nobody”, nowhere” if used with an interrogative word
に (ni)Used with a verb to indicate a change or choice
をする (wo/o suru)Expresses an occupation or position
でも (demo)Indicates emphasis
でも (demo)Together with an interrogative word it means “anything”, “anyone”, any time”
で (de)Indicates a cause or a reason
から (kara)Indicates a source such as a giver, a cause or material
に (ni)Indicates a person who gives something or who provides a service
は (wa) + が (ga)Indicates the relation between an object / subjects and a verb or adjective
が (ga)Connects two sentences with the meaning “but…”
を (wo/o)Used with an verb expressing emotions, it indicates the cause of this emotion
で (de)Indicates a state / condition of something
で (de)Limits numbers
だけ (dake)Indicates a limit on things or amounts
だけ (dake)Indicates a limit on an action or state
で (de)Indicates the time of completion or expiration of something
でも (demo)Following a noun, means “or something like this”
も (mo)Emphasizes in a positive or negative way
でも (demo)Indicates two or more items as an example of a larger list
ばかり (bakari)Indicates that an item, state or action is a single one
ばかり (bakari)Indicates an action was just completed
ところ (tokoro)Indicates that an action takes place, just took place or is about to take place
が (ga)Indicates the subject of subordinate clause when it is different from the subject of the main clause
から (kara)conjunction meaning “after” or “since”
ながら (nagara)Indicates that an action is happening simultaneously
が (ga)Indicates the subject of a relative clause
の (no)Indicates the subject of a relative clause
から (kara)Used as a conjunction and indicates a cause or reason
ので (node)Indicates a strong reason
の (no)Indicates a modified pronoun
の (no)Used to nominalize verbs & sentences
なら (nara)Used as a conjunction and indicates a supposition or condition
なら (nara)Indicates a topics and is used as an alternative to wa (No.1)
と (to)Indicates a condition that results in an inevitable outcome
ば (ba)Used as a conjunction to express a probable results
ばいい (ba)“all you have to do…”
ば (ba)Used to enumerate two or more actions or states
たら (tara)Used as a conjunction, indicates a supposition or condition
たら (tara)Used as a conjunction to indicate that one action takes place before the action described in the main sentence
ところ (tokoro)Used as a conjunction to indicate a condition that brings about a discovery
ても (temo)a conjunction meaning “even if”
ても (temo)Used with a set of contrasting verbs and adjectives
ても (temo)Together with an interrogative word it means “no matter what/where/who”
ては (tewa)Indicates a condition which will bring a negative conclusion
のみ (nomi)Indicates a limit (similar to だけ dake)
まで (made)“even”, used to emphasize
さえ (sae)“even”, used to emphasize
さえ (sae)“if only” or “as long as”
のに (noni)“although”, “in spite of the fact that”
ながら (nagara)“although”, “though”, “but”
とか (toka)Indicates that a list of two ore more things or actions is not exhaustive
たり (tari)List of two or more actions in no particular sequence
たり (tari)Indicates actions or states that alternate
のに (noni)Indicates a purpose or function
のです (no desu)Asks for an explanation or reason
きり (kiri)Indicates a limit to an amount
きり (kiri)Indicates the last time a certain incident occured
とも (tomo)Used with numbers and counters to mean “both” or “all”
ながら (nagara)Used with numbers and counters to mean “both” or “all”
しか (shika)Used with a negative verb to indicate limits on conditions or quantities meaning “only”
しかない (shika nai)used with a verb meaning “to have no choice but to”
し (shi)Used as a conjunction, indicating two or more actions or states
し (shi)Used as a conjunction indicating a reason
とも (tomo)Indicates inclusion
に (ni)Indicates the one acting or the one acted upon
か (ka)Indicates uncertainty about something
か (ka)Indicates uncertainty about a state or reason
だの (dano) Indicates two or more items or actions of a longer list (similar to toka とか)
だの (dano)Indicates a pair of opposite actions or states
など (nado)“something to the effect”
やら (yara)Indicates two or more items of a longer list
やら (yara)Indicates uncertainty
ても (temo)Indicates an approximate limit with the meaning of “at the most”
とも (tomo)Indicates an approximate maximum or minimum
は (wa)Indicates that a number is the higher or lowest limit
と (to)Emphasizes a number in a negative sentence
など (nado)Indicates examples
くらい (kurai)Expresses an extent of an action or condition similar to ぐらい gurai
ほど (hodo)Indicates the extend of an action or condition
ほど (hodo)“the more… the more…”
だけ (dake)“as… as…”
だけ (dake)“the more… the more…”
と (to)“about to do something”, “trying to do something”
と (to)“even if…”, “whether… or not”
なり (nari)“either…”, “whether…or”
なり (nari)“anything”, “anyone”, “any time”
こそ (koso)Emphasizes the word preceding it
こそ (koso)Emphasizes a reason or a cause
ては (tewa)Expresses repetition of an action
に (ni)Joins two or more nouns to indicate a list of items
に (ni)Connects two or more items to indicate a matching or a contrast
にしては (ni shite wa)Indicates a generally agreed upon standard
にとって (ni totte)Indicates an effect or value of a person or thing
について (ni tsuite)“about”, “concerning” something or someone
とも…とも (tomo… tomo)“can’t say whether… or…”
が (ga)“even if”, “whether… or not”
は (wa)Emphasizes contrasting elements
として (toshite)Indicates status, capacity or function
として (toshite)Provides emphasis in a negative sentence
ばかりでなく(bakari de naku)“not only… but also”
だけ (dake) used to express “not only…but also”
のみ (nomi)used to express “not only…but also”
なり (nari)“as soon as”
146がはやいか (ga hayai ka)“as soon as”
やいなや (ya ina ya)“as soon as”
かないうちに (ka nai uchi ni)“no sooner had”, “hardly had”
ばかり (bakari)Indicates the only action left to do
ばかりに (bakari ni)Emphasizes a reason or cause
すら (sura)Emphasizes in the meaning of “even”
など (nado)Expresses a humble attitude towards an item
とも (tomo)“no matter what”, “even if”
ともあろうひと (tomo aroo hito)To express that someone did something not to be expected
どころか (dokoro ka)“far from”, “not to mention”
だけに (dake ni)Indicates a cause or reason
までもない (made mo nai)“there is no need to…”
ものの (mono no)“but” or “although”
ところで (tokoro de)“even if”
けれども (keredomo)Connects 2 sentences meaning “but” or “although”
けれども (keredomo)Indicates a preliminary remark
が (ga)Used to soften a statement or refusal
けれども (keredomo)Indicates a desire
ね (ne)At the end of a sentence to confirm a statement
ね (ne)At the end of a sentence to soften a request or suggestion
ね (ne)At the end of a sentence to indicate a reason or cause
ねえ (nee)At the end of a sentence to indicate emotion
よ (yo)At the end of a sentence to state a strong conviction
よ (yo)At the end of a sentence to articulate a request or suggestion
かしら (kashira)At the end of a sentence to express uncertainty, a request or a question and mainly used by women
かな (kana)At the end of a sentence to express uncertainty, a request or a question and mainly used by men
な (na)At the end of a sentence and used by men to confirm a statement
な (na)At the end of a sentence to express a prohibition, used by men
なあ (naa)At the end of a sentence to express emotion, used by men
なあ (naa)At the end of a sentence to express a desire
の (no)At the end of a sentence to express a question or soften a command, used by women
わ (wa)At the end of a sentence to soften a statement, used by women
さ (sa)At the end of a sentence to indicate slight emphasis, used by men
こと (koto)At the end of a sentence to indicate emotion, used by women
こと (koto)At the end of a sentence to express a suggestion or invitation, used by women
もの (mono)At the end of a sentence to express a reason or excuse
とも (tomo)At the end of a sentence to express an assertion
ものか (monoka)At the end of a sentence to express a negative determination, used by men
や (ya)At the end of a sentence to soften a statement, request or suggestion, used by men
たら (tara)At the end of a sentence to indicate a suggestion or proposal
やら (yara)At the end of a sentence to indicate a rhetorical question with a negative implication
ぜ (ze)At the end of a sentence to add for to sentence, used by men
ぞ (zo)At the end of a sentence to add force to a sentence or to express a question to oneself
Mental health and mental disorders vocabulary in Japanese
Inspired by @la-purpuro‘s vocabulary list! 精神的健康 [せいしんてきけんこう] - mental health 回復 [かいふく] - recovery 幸福 [こうふく] - happiness 希望 [きぼう] - hope 治療 [ちりょう] - treatment, therapy 療法 [りょうほう] - therapy 心理療法 [しんりりょうほう] - psychotherapy 診断 [しんだん] - diagnosis 薬 [くすり] - medicine 精神病院 [せいしんびょういん] - psychiatric hospital 精神科医 [せいしんかい] - psychiatrist 心理学者 [しんりがくしゃ] - psychologist セラピスト - therapist ソーシャルワーカー - social worker 精神障害 [せいしんしょうがい] - mental disorder 統合失調症 [とうごうしっちょうしょう] - schizophrenia 妄想性障害 [もうそうせいしょうがい] - delusional disorder 不安障害 [ふあんしょうがい] - anxiety disorder パニック障害 [パニックしょうがい] - panic disorder 社交不安障害 [しゃこうふあんしょうがい] - social anxiety disorder 心的外傷後ストレス障害 [しんてきがいしょうごストレスしょうがい] - post-traumatic stress disorder 気分障害 [きぶんしょうがい] - mood disorder 鬱病 [うつびょう] - depression 季節性情動障害 [きせつせいじょうどうしょうがい] - seasonal affective disorder 双極性障害 [そうきょくせいしょうがい] - bipolar disorder 強迫性障害 [きょうはくせいしょうがい] - obsessive-compulsive disorder パーソナリティ障害 [パーソナリティしょうがい] - personality disorder 解離性同一性障害 [かいりせいどういつせいしょうがい] - dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality disorder 摂食障害 [せっしょくしょうがい] - eating disorder 嗜癖 [しへき] - addiction 恐怖症 [きょうふしょう] - phobia 不安 [ふあん] - anxiety 自傷行為 [じしょうこうい] - self-harm パニック発作 [パニックほっさ] - panic attack 過呼吸 [かこきゅう] - hyperventilation 精神病 [せいしんびょう] - psychosis 孤立 [こりつ] - isolation オーバードース - overdose 自殺 [じさつ] - suicide スティグマ - stigma
こころの病（気）is the common, non-scientific term for mental illness I believe
Conditional Clauses || と、ば、たら、なら Hey guys, today we’re gonna talk about conditionals in Japanese. Conditionals are clauses and they often describe the result of something, such as “If A, then B.” In Japanese there are many conditionals and as a beginner it might be confusing trying to work out which one conditional is appropriate to use in a situation. と - “When A, B”: This basically means that when/if A happens, B will happen as a consequence. You can use と in situations when the clause is in present tense - you can’t use it in a past-tense situation. Rule = clause +と+ result e.g. 早く行かないと、遅刻します。 If you don’t leave soon, you will be late.
ば - “If A, then B”: This is pretty easy to comprehend because it just means “If A happens, then B”. There aren’t any assumptions or embedded meanings in ば statements, they’re pretty straightforward. You can use ば in situations when the clause hasn’t happened yet (future tense). Rule = clause +-えば+ result
verbs: change the U sound to an E sound and add ば (e.g. 食べるー食べれば)
い adj: drop the I sound and add ければ (e.g. 楽しいー楽しければ)
な adj and nouns: drop the NA sound and add であれば (e.g. 学生なー学生であれば)
e.g. 金持ちになれば、それを買います。 If I become rich, I will buy it.
たら - “If A, then B is possible”: This conditional is very similar to how you would use ば , but in order to use this conditional the clause has to be in past-tense (食べるー食べた). You can use たら in situations when you want to say what might happen if a nonexistent state came to be. Rule = change the noun, adjective, or verb to its past tense form and add ら (e.g. 会う―会えたら） e.g. お金があったら、旅行します。 I will travel when I have money.
なら - "If A, how about B”: This basically means that "if given a certain context, then this will happen”. This is a contextual clause and requires a context in order for it to be used, for example “If everybody’s going to the party, then I’ll go too”. You can use なら in situations where you’re recommending, requesting, or suggesting something, or drawing a conclusion based on the first clause. Rule = clause + なら+ result e.g. スーパーに行くのなら、ミルクを買ってきてください。 If you’re going to the store, please buy some milk.
In this article, I break down Japanese sentence structure and show you exactly how Japanese sentences work. A solid understanding of this will save you a huge amount of time trying to make sense of Japanese grammar.
Found this article super helpful!
Directions Hey guys, last time I made a post about location words, well this post is kind of an extension of that one - this time I’ll be focusing on directions!
まっすぐ行く・まっすぐいく・masuguiku ・ go straight
左に曲がる・ひだりにまがる・hidarinimagaru ・ turn left
右に曲がる・みぎにまがる・miginimagaru ・ turn right
道を渡る・みちをわたる・michiwowataru ・ cross the street
二つ目の角を左に曲がる・ふたつめのかどをひだりにまがる・ futatsumenokadowohidarinimagaru ・ turn left at the second corner
一つ目の信号を右に曲がる・ひとつめのしんごうをみぎにまがる・ hitotsumenoshingouwomiginimagaru ・ turn right at the first traffic light
道の左側・みちのひだりがわ・michinohidarigawa ・ left side of the street
道の右側・みちのみぎがわ・michinomigigawa ・ right side of the street
北・きた・kita ・ North
南・みなみ・minami ・ South
東・ひがし・higashi ・ East
西・にし・nishi ・ West
e.g. A: Excuse me, where is a post office? B: Go straight and turn right at the third corner. The post office is on the right. A: Thank you very much. A: すみません。郵便局はどこですか。 B: まっすぐ行って、三つ目の角を右に曲がってください。郵便局は右 側にありますよ。 A: どうもありがとうございます。
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Japanese lesson: Arguments
そんなに怒るな！(sonna ni okoruna) Don’t be so mad!
消え失せろ！(kieusero) Fuck off!
勝手にしてよ。(katte ni shite yo) Do what you want.
いったい何不満なのか言えよ。(ittai nani fumanna no ka ie yo) Tell me what the heck is bothering you.
いい加減にしろ。(iikagen ni shiro) Give me a break.
ほっといて！(hottoite) Leave me alone!
これ以上論じたくない。(kore ijou ronjitakunai) I don’t want to argue anymore.
言い過ぎよ。(iisugi yo) You’ve said too much.
|ʘ‿ʘ)╯ いらっしゃいませ! (Irasshaimase). Welcome! - Said in stores/restaurants to a customer. ご注文、よろしいでしょうか？(Gochūmon, yoroshī deshouka?) Would you like to order?
なにかのみものはいかがですか？(Nanika nomimonowa ikagadesuka?) Would you like something to drink? How are your katakana skills? Need practice? Well if you like coffee, it’s time to brush up on it. (⊙_⊙) ☆ ★ ━━━━━━━ ★ ☆ 喫茶店 (きっさてん) Cafe コーヒー Coffee メニュー Menu スターバックス Starbucks (often shortened to スタバ )
ホットコーヒー Hot coffee アイスコーヒー Iced coffee アイコ (abbreviation) エスプレッソ Espresso ラテ Latte カフェオレ Café au lait フラペチーノ Frappuccino モカ Mocha チャイ Chai カプチーノ Cappuccino カフェ アメリカーノ Cafe Americano マキアート Macchiato エス Small エム Medium エル Large ショート Short トール Tall グランデ Grande べんティ Venti ソイ Soy 豆乳 (とうにゅう) Soy milk 低脂肪乳 (ていしぼうにゅう) Low-fat milk 無脂肪乳 (むしぼうにゅう) Fat-free milk ホイップクリーム Whip cream フォームミルク Foamed milk ソース Sauce シロップ Syrup クリーム Cream さとう Sugar
チョコレート Chocolate バニラ Vanilla キャラメル Caramel 抹茶 (まっちゃ) Matcha シナモン Cinnamon ヘーゼルナッツ Hazelnut アーモンド Almond ☆ ★ ━━━━━━━ ★ ☆ ( ˘▽˘)っ♨ Can you read it?
▶ キャラメル マキアート ▶ マンゴー パッション ティー フラペチーノ ▶ さくら ブロッサム クリーム ラテ ☆ ★ ━━━━━━━ ★ ☆ Extra phrases: エスプレッソショットのついか。 Add an espresso shot. コーヒーおかわり Coffee refill. ホットコーヒーをひとつください。One hot coffee, please. ~おねがいします is a more polite way to say please than ください。 トールソイチャイ ティー ラテおねがいします。Tall soy chai tea latte, please. コーヒーにはミルクとさとうをください。I would like milk and sugar for my coffee, please. (S,M,L) サイズをください 。I’ll have a small/medium/grande/etc, please. ☆ ★ ━━━━━━━ ★ ☆ ♨o(>_<)o♨ . .
Pretending to be Innocent
猫をかぶってる
ねこ を かぶってる
Literally: Putting a cat on one’s head.
Medical Terminology! YAY! ✺◟( • ω • )◞✺
Just more fun words to know. :)
◎━━━━━━━━━━━◎ Acne にきび : 面皰 Allergy アレルギー Asthma ぜんそく : 喘息 Bee sting ハチさしきず : ハチ刺し傷 Bruise だぼくしょう : 打撲傷 Burn やけど : 火傷 Cold かぜ : 風邪 Constipation べんぴ : 便秘 Cough せき : 咳 Diarrhea げり : 下痢 Dizziness めまい : 目眩 Ear infection じえん : 耳炎 Fatigue ひろう : 疲労 Fever ねつ : 熱 Flu インフルエンザ Food poisoning しょくちゅうどく : 食中毒 Frostbite とうしょう : 凍傷 Headache ずつう : 頭痛 Heartburn むねやけ : 胸焼け Hives じんましん : 蕁麻疹 Indigestion しょうかふりょう : 消化不良 Ingrown nail かんにゅうそう : 陥入爪 Itchy かゆい : 痒い Lump こぶ : 瘤 Nausea はきけ : 吐き気 Nosebleed はなぢ : 鼻血 Pain くつう : 苦痛 Rash はっしん : 発疹 Runny nose はなみず : 鼻水 Sore throat のどのいたみ : 喉の痛み Sprain ねんざ : 捻挫 Sunburn ひやけ : 日焼け Toothache しつう : 歯痛 Vomiting おうと : 嘔吐 ◎━━━━━━━━━━━◎
