One day...maybe...

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Edo-era geta clogs types, handy chart by Nadeshiko Rin showing from left to right:

First Row

Azuma geta (made fashionable by a courtisan named Azuma, with tatami soles) . 吾妻下駄

Shikan geta (made fashionable by kabuki actors Utaemon the third and the first, note the wide space between the teeth for the first pair) . 芝翫下駄

Second Row

Hiyori geta (low teeth, for sunny weather) . 日和下駄

Doujima (used by merchants in Osaka, with tatami soles) . 堂島

Atomaru (round shape, slanted front) . あと丸

Third Row

Kushigata (lit. ”comb shape”) . 櫛形

Atoha (round shape, empty back) . あと歯

Atosumi (round shape, empty front) . あと角

Fourth row

Ashida (high teeth for rainy/snowy weather, worn by men) .  足駄

Ashida (high teeth for rainy/snowy weather, worn by women) . 足駄

Tsumakawatsuki geta  (with front covers, for rainy/snowy weather) . 褄皮付下駄

Last Row

Pokkuri (for young girl, or hage/courtisan servants) . ぽっくり

Yoshiwara yuujo you (used by Yoshiwara prostitutes) . 葦原遊女用

Hanshirou geta (made fashionable by kabuki actor Iwai Hanshiro V) . 半四郎下駄

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Dutch Learning Resources

Websites:

https://www.duolingo.com

https://www.heardutchhere.net/index.html

https://www.netinnederland.nl/

https://www.kidsweek.nl/nieuws

https://www.nt2.nl/nl/ 

https://www.clozemaster.com/languages/learn-dutch-from-english

https://www.forvo.com/languages/nl/

https://www.welklidwoord.nl/

https://www.cactus2000.de/uk/conjug/irrenied.php

http://www.valley-trail.com/index.htm

https://www.taalthuis.com/

https://www.npostart.nl/

https://www.een.be/

https://jeugdjournaal.nl/

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnu/kanalen/canvas/?utm_medium=redirect&utm_source=canvas_home&utm_campaign=canvasmigratie&utm_content=vrt-nu/

https://nos.nl/

https://www.nrc.nl/

https://www.volkskrant.nl/

https://www.demorgen.be/

https://www.standaard.be/

https://www.knack.be/nieuws/

https://www.groene.nl/

https://radio1.be/programma/de-ochtend

https://www.dekennisvannu.nl/

https://forum.nl-ganz-schnell.de/

https://taalblad.be/

http://www.wablieft.be/nl/krant

https://www.eoswetenschap.eu/

http://users.telenet.be/orandago/nlintro.html

https://nt2taalmenu.nl/

https://npofocus.nl/

https://oefenen.nl/

https://www.ictnoordlimburg.be/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=4

Grammar: 

https://thedutchonlineacademy.com/en/dutch-grammar

http://www.dutchgrammar.com/

https://www.nedbox.be/

https://www.learndutch.org/dutch-grammar/

https://www.learndutch.org/dutch-grammar-2/

https://www.learndutch.org/dutch-grammar-3/

Klare taal!

Taaltrainer voor gevorderde anderstaligen

Youtube:

The Dutch Online Academy

Learn Dutch with Niels!

Learn Dutch with Alain

learndutch.org

Dutchies to be - Learn Dutch with Kim

Learn Dutch Official

Clear Dutch Grammar

Learn Dutch Online With Rozemarijn

Learning Dutch Flemish

Learn Dutch with Karin

Dutch & Go

Tumblrs:

@dutch-class

@geschiedenis-en-talen

@join-the-dutch-clan

@hotairballoon221

@allthingsdutch

Dutch resources by @lovelybluepanda

Edit: I had to fix some of the Youtube Channel links

[join-the-dutch-clan]

They’ve put a lot of work in this, so please reblog! 😊

[huariqueje]

The Foothills of the Mountains, Atagoyama -  Hiroaki Takahashi (also known as Shotei) , 1932

Japanese, 1871–1945 

Woodblock print, 20 ½ x 14 ¼

[radstudies]

Tsuchiya Koitsu (Japanese, 1870-1949) - Sacred Bridge at Nikko

[sesiondemadrugada]

Fintan Whelan.

[coiour-my-world]

Kinkakuji-temple, Kyoto, Japan | criss1016

[wonderlartcafe]

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — Karasu Marsh, Akita, 1927

[dadalux]

Homo Homini Lupus (Man is a Wolf to Man), 1901, by Maximilian Pirner (Czech, 1854–1924)

[shihlun]

[shihlun]

郭雪湖 KUO Hsueh-Hu 

- 南街殷賑 Festival on South Street

1930.

[samatmarios]

“‎I strongly believe that the idea of ‘Shu Ha Ri’ applies to everything that exists in the world… 'Shu’ is to study, to focus through repeating the teachings and methods of your predecessors. 'Ha’ is to express new ideas through the incorporation of your own thoughts and skills… Finally, 'Ri’ is the world that is created by furthering and improving the ideas of Ha. This progression is at the heart of Shu Ha Ri.”

— Horiyoshi III

[inland-delta]

Horace Bristol, Yakuza Public Baths, Japan, 1947

[historical-nonfiction]

“A Bride.” Photograph taken in Japan somewhere between 1873 and 1883, by Shin'ichi Suzuki.

[sakurabreeze]

Ito Yuhan

Tenno-ji, Yanaka 1930s

[aubergine-study]

japanese songs for the holidays  (rec)

here’s a bunch of songs i found while looking for music to get into the christmas spirit~ please don’t hesitate to add to this list :)

- Matsuoka Yumi (松任谷由実) / 「恋人がサンタクロース」 

- Yamashita Tatsurou (山下達郎) /「クリスマス・イブ」

- Takeuchi Mariya (竹内まりや) /「素敵なホリデイ」

- Shimizu Nobuyuki (清水信之) /「クリスマスキャロルの頃には」

-  Karashima Midori ( 辛島美登里 ) / 「サイレント・イヴ」

- Makihara Noriyuki (槇原敬之) /「冬がはじまるよ」

- Ninomiya Kazunari (二宮和也) /「メリークリスマス」

- BoA / 「メリクリ」

- Nissy (西島隆弘) /「GIFT」

-  E-girls / Merry × Merry Xmas★

-  E-girls / Mr.Snowman

-  SEKAI NO OWARI /「スノーマジックファンタジー」

-  back number /「クリスマスソング」

-  スキマスイッチ /「クリスマスがやってくる」

[beifongkendo]

Snowfall at Mukojima, by Kawase Hasui (1931).

[onceuponatown]

A ride through 1919 New York City. 

[japanesetranslated]

How To Talk Like A Samurai

Samurai Japanese is actually just old Japanese from the Edo period. Taking this way is old fashioned and can be compared to how we view Shakespearean English. Here are some words and phrases to talk the way of the Samurai.

お主 (おぬし) second person

used to people of a lower rank.

お主は何者じゃ？ （おぬしはなにものじゃ？）

Who are you?

拙者 （せっしゃ) first person

拙者 is a word that humbles the user to the listener. It literally means a clumsy person. the kanji “拙” means clumsy, unskillful and 者 means person, someone.

拙者は侍だ！（せっしゃはさむらいだ！）

I’m a samurai!

でござる

＝です

ご機嫌いかがでござるか? (ごきげんいかがでござるか？）

How are you?

Another alternative is “ 達者 (たっしゃ) でござるか？” 達者 means “ in good health”. 達者でござるか also means “ how are you?”

いざ

now, a 掛け声(かけごえ）used when urging someone, similar to さあ

いざ 参ろう！ ( いざ まいろう！）

Let’s go now!

いざ 討ち入り！( いざ うちいり）

Raid!

かたじけない

The samurai way of saying thank you.

うつけ

＝ばか

Describes an absentminded person. A blockhead. It can be written as 空け and 虚け.  One of the 空’s meaning is empty, vacant. The kanji 虚 also means emptiness, void. Makes sense, doesn’t it? A ぼんやりしてる人.

 うつけ！お主にこれは無理じゃ！（うつけ！ おぬしにこれはむりじゃ！）

You idiot! This is too much for you!

たわけ者(たわけもの ) is a similar word. It means a stupid person, fool, idiot.

このたわけ者めが、何をする?

What is this fool doing?

謀事（たばかりごと)

scheme, plan, plot, conspiracy

これは、敵の謀事じゃ！(これは、てきのたばかりごとじゃ！）

This is the enemy’s plan!

御家の一大事（おいえのいちだいじ）

This is serious!

This is big!

When a samurai says this phrase, they mean 主君 (しゅくん lord) when they say 御家（おいえ home). 一大事( いちだいじ) means a serious affair. The Samurai can also use this to talk about something happening to themselves. This is a phrase used when a serious event happens to exaggerate the magnitude of the serious event. The land is being attacked by the enemy? 御家の一大事！

仕る （つかまつる）

やります、 致します(いたします）

仕る is 丁寧語（ていねいご polite language) of the simple word “to do”.

委細承知仕りました (いさいしょうちつかまつりました。）

委細(いさい)＝詳細(しょうさい). 委細 means details.

承知 means awareness, consent, acknowledge. 

So 委細承知 means ‘total situation fully understood’. Then 仕る means to do. Therefore, 委細承知仕りました is a very very polite, kinda excessive way of saying  “I understand completely’. This was to be directed to someone you’re supposed to give a lot of respect to. 

感服仕りました。（かんぷくつかまつりました。）

I’m impressed!

感服 (かんぷく) means admiration. Use it when someone drops some impressive サムライ語 in conversation.