My Japanese Notebook

I am learning Japanese, and I'm sharing what I learn here!

[tokidokitokyo]

蛙の子は蛙

蛙の子は蛙

かえる の こ は かえる

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

(lit.) The child of a frog is a frog.

[tofugu]

Japanese Sentences and the Best Ways to Study with Them

Studying only vocabulary will keep you stuck in beginner mode. Learn how to use Japanese sentences to graduate to intermediate and beyond.

The idea of using flashcards – or some kind of spaced repetition system – to study Japanese vocabulary words is probably common knowledge to you. However, most people don’t know the next step: using flashcards to study Japanese sentences.

Even if you’re already studying Japanese sentence flashcards, there’s a lot you can do to make it more effective, including patterns of study, where to find the best sentences, and more.

Who Should Study with Japanese Sentences?

Beginner Students and Japanese Sentences

Intermediate Students and Japanese Sentences

Advanced Students and Japanese Sentences

How to Study with Japanese Sentences

Defining a “Correct Answer”

“Learning” the Sentence

Japanese-to-English Sentences

English-to-Japanese Sentences

Where to Find Japanese Sentences to Study With

Sentences with Translations

Sentences You’ll Need to Translate

You Should Study With Japanese Sentences

There’s a table of contents for you, but no matter who you are, I recommend you start reading from the beginning.

[xotsukare]

Learn Japanese with Animal Crossing - Lesson 1 (もちもの)

持ち物 - もちもの

もつ - to possess, to hold, to carry, to take (持つ)

もの - thing, object (物)

もちもの - one’s property, things you carry (持ち物)

How to form a noun from a verb with もの

1. put the verb in ます form (もちます) 

2.cut down the ます end (もちます) 

3.attach もの (もちもの) 

4. In the end we will get a noun (もちもの). 

Unfortunately it doesn’t apply for all verbs but I will list some of them which works with もの. 

たべもの - food　(食べ物)

のみもの - beverage (飲み物)

かいもの - purchased goods　(買い物)

かぐ - furniture  (家具)

もっている家具 - furniture you have, furniture you carry (持っている家具)

ている grammar

1.put the verb in て form (もって)

2.attach いる (もっている)

Be doing something, is/am/are doing

For example: 私はミルクを飲んでいます - I am drinking milk.

いふく - clothes (衣服) 

あつめる - to collect (集める)

そざい - raw materials (素材)

クラフト  - craft

ざいりょう - ingredients, material (材料)

どうぐ - tool, implement (道具)

タネ - seed  (種)

しょくぶつ - plant, vegetation  (植物)

めずらしい - unusual, rare  (珍しい)    

いく, いきる - to live, to exist (生く, 生きる)  

いきもの - living thing, animal  (生き物)  

I hope you enjoyed the first Lesson ^^! It’s a little bit short, because I don’t really have time these days, I apologise for that. If you liked the lesson or you want a sequel just reblog or like the post ^^! If you find any mistake please write me a message and I will correct it urgently. Thank you ^^! - Dzseni

[aaoposts]

Honestly, I live off Japanese food and would love to share that with the rest of you <3

[warau-okami]

Understand Vocabulary 分かる

分かる「わかる」wakaru: to understand/ to comprehend/ to grasp/ to see/ to get/to follow/  become clear/ to be known/ to be discovered/ to be realized/ to be realized/ to be found out

心得る「こころえる」kokoroeru: to know/to understand/ to be aware of/ to regard as/ to take for/to consent/ to agree

難解「なんかい」nankai: difficult to understand/ unintelligible/ abstruse

物心「ものごころ」monogokoro: awareness of things around one/ ability to understand what is going on around oneself/ judgment, judgement/ discretion

解する「かいする」kaisuru:  to understand/ to appreciate/to interpret

聞き取る「ききとる」kikitoru: to catch (a person’s words)/ to make out/ to follow/ to understand/to find out by asking

通じ合う「つうじあう」tsuujiau: to communicate with/ to understand

分かりにくい「わかりにくい」wakarinikui: hard to understand/ incomprehensible/ unintelligible

分かり良い「わかりよい」wakariyoi: easy to understand

分かり切る「わかりきる」wakarikiru: to be evident/ to be obvious/ to understand completely

諒とする「りょうとする」ryoutosuru: to acknowledge/ to understand/ to appreciate

了覚「りょうかく」ryoukaku: coming to understand

見とる「みとる」mitoru: to perceive/ to understand

意味を取る「いみをとる」imiwotoru:  to follow the sense/ to understand the meaning of

解せる「げせる」geseru: to understand/ to comprehend

会す「えす」esu: to understand, to comprehend

りょ ryo: understood/ I understand/ roger/ agreed

話が見えない「はなしがみえない」hanashigamienai: to not understand what somebody is getting a/ to not understand what is being talked about

井蛙は以って海を語る可からず「せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず」seiahamotteumiwokatarubekarazu: a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it i.e. a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world

含み置く「ふくみおく」fukumioku: to understand/ to keep in mind

悟る「さとる」satoru: to perceive, to sense/ to discern/to understand/ to comprehend/ to realize

[easy-japan]

Japanese Conversation: Is this A or B?

Let’s learn from a conversation!

A: それはチーズケーキですか、バナナケーキですか? B: これはバナナケーキです。チーズけーきはあれです。 A: Is that a cheese cake or a banana cake? B: This is a banana cake. Cheese cake is that one (over there). A: あれもバナナけーきですか？ B: はい、そうです。 A: それとあれおねがいします A: Is that (over there) also a banana cake? B: Yes, it is. A: Give me that and that (over there) please~

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Important Points

Below are some points you might need to know~

これ、それ、あれ Basically これ (kore) is “this” (near speaker). それ (sore) is “that” (near listener). あれ (are) is “that” (over there) which is far from both speaker and listener. Learn more about these words here.

A か B か As you might have known, か (ka) is a question particle. If you didn’t know yet, read this article here. Literally, you’re asking “A? B?”. Translated naturally, it becomes “A or B?”

おねがいします This might be one of the most useful phrases when you’re traveling in Japanese. Use おねがいします (onegaishimasu) to politely ask for what you need. Another word you can use is ください (kudasai). You can learn more about them here.

Happy learning °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°  

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Useful Links:

• CrunchyNihongo - Easy to Learn Japanese Lessons Site • Get our easy Japan lessons on your facebook timeline • FREE DOWNLOAD! Resourceful app to start learning Japanese! • Books to guide & help you learn Japanese

[learningjapanese]

Japanese Sexy Time Vocabulary

Okay I am creating this post for the second time because literally as I wanted to click “Post”, Chrome randomly crashed. Thank you very much -.-

Anyways, if you have a Japanese partner and engange in sexual activities with them, it might be nice to know some basic vocabulary and phrases because from experience I can tell you that forming sentences is quite difficult while doing it. I advise you to learn them well so you don´t have to spend a minute thinking how to voice your thoughts.

I might post a continuation of this in the future, when I have collected new vocabulary ;)

Body Parts

ちんこ、ちんちん、おちんちん…・casual words to call a penis

まんこ、まんまん…・casual words to call a vagina

お尻・おしり・butt

おっぱい・breasts

唇・くちびる・lips

勃起・ぼっき・erection

膣・ちつ・vagina 

胸・むね・chest (can also be used for the male chest)

乳首・ちくび・nipples

Verbs

やる・to “do it”

舐める、しゃぶる・なめる、しゃぶる・suck, lick

脱ぐ・ぬぐ・to undress

キス・kiss

濡れる・ぬれる・to be wet (マンゴが濡れてる・the vagina is wet)

いかせる・to make someone cum  Examples: いかせてあげたい・I want to make you come

いく・to climax

なまでする・do it “raw” (without a condom)

中で出す・なかでだす・to come inside (you can either say it´s okay or it isn´t)

嵌める・はめる・to fuck (can also mean to put on a glove or a ring)

突く・つく・thrust, poke

激しく（verb)・はげしく・(to do something) intensly

めちゃくちゃにする・to mess up

Things you just kind of say while doing it

深く・ふかく・deeper! (literally “deeply”)

奥に当たってる・おくにあたってる・translates to “I can feel it deep inside”

もっと強く突いて・もっとつよくついて・(thrust) harder!

君はいけない子・きみはいけないこ・bad girl (or boy if you like)

声出して・こえだして・Let your voice out, let me hear you

気持ちい・きもちい・”It feels amazing”

もっと（Adverb)・Whatever you want them to do more of

いきそう・I am about to climax

Words I failed to categorize

セックス・sex

ぐちょぐちょ、びちゃびちゃ・wet (as in vagina) (なAdjective)

かちかち・hard (as in dick) (なAdjective)

アへ顔・あへがお・the face you make while climaxing

ゴックン・swallowing (Onomatopoeia)

がんき・face sitting

言葉ぜめ・ことばぜめ・dirty talk

思いっきり・おもいっきり・with all one´s strength

君をめちゃくちゃにしたい・きみをめちゃくちゃにしたい・I wanna mess u up

キスマーク・hickey

[nihongokudasai]

I was reading an essay on ladies’ comics and one example was a woman saying 「めっちゃくっちゃしてよっっっ！」translated as “….drive me wild!”

(Here’s the essay if you want to read it: Office Sluts and Rebel Flowers: The Pleasures of Japanese Pornographic Comics for Women)

[learnjp]

Common Japanese Verbs Hey guys, below is a list of what I believe to be common Japanese verbs! I’ll also be posting a list of common adjectives, adverbs, and nouns in the future too, so keep an eye out for them! There are a number of ways that verbs have been categorised in Japanese, such as Ichidan 「一段」 and Godan 「五弾」, andうverbs and るverbs. I’ve listed them all in the titles for easier understanding, depending on what distinction you’re familiar with. These classifications come in handy when you need to conjugate verbs so try to remember what category they belong to! うverbs・五弾「ごだん」・Class 1: To begin (something starts on its own)・始まる・はじまる To buy・買う・かう To close・閉まる・しまる To die・死ぬ・しぬ To drink・飲む・のむ To eat・食べる・たべる To end・終わる・おわる To enter・入る・はいる To give back (return something to someone)・返す・かえす To go・行く・いく To go back・戻る・もどる To have/exist (inanimate objects)・ある To know・知る・しる To learn・習う・ならう To listen・聞く・きく To make・作る・つくる To meet・会う・あう To play・遊ぶ・あそぶ To receive・貰う・もらう To repair・直す・なおす To return・帰る・かえる To ride on・乗る・のる To run・走る・はしる To send・送る・おくる To sit・座る・すわる To speak・話す・はなす To swim・泳ぐ・およぐ To take・取る・とる To take off (shoes, clothes)・脱ぐ・ぬぐ To understand・分かる・わかる To use・使う・つかう To wait・待つ・まつ To wake up・起こす・おこす To wash・洗う・あらう To write・書く・かく るverbs・一段「いちだん」・Class 2: To answer・答える・こたえる To bathe・浴びる・あびる To be able・出来る・できる To be born・生まれる・うまれる To be enough・足りる・たりる To begin (to start something)・始める・はじめる To borrow・借りる・かりる To break・壊れる・こわれる To check・調べる・しらべる To cut・切れる・きれる To exceed・過ぎる・すぎる To find・見つける・みつける To forget・忘れる・わすれる To get off・降りる・おりる To get tired・疲れる・つかれる To give・あげる To go out・出る・でる To greet・迎える・むかえる To have/exist (animate objects)・いる To help・助ける・たすける To make a mistake・間違える・まちがえる To open・開ける・あける To remember・覚える・おぼえる To see・見える・みえる To show・見せる・みせる To sleep・寝る・ねる To stop・止める・やめる To teach・教える・おしえる To think・考える・かんがえる To wear・着る・きる Irregular verbs・Class 3: To come・来る・くる To do・する

する verbs: する verbs are made by adding する to a noun. To ask questions・質問する・しつもんする To be surprised・びっくりする To call・電話する・でんわする To do the cleaning・掃除する・そうじする To do the washing・選択する・せんたくする To get married・結婚する・けっこんする To go shopping・買い物する・かいものする To have a meal・食事する・しょくじする To reserve・予約する・よやくする To study・勉強する・べんきょうする To take a walk・散歩する・さんぽする To travel・旅行する・りょこうする

[warau-okami]

Negative Word Vocabulary

否: いいえ (iie) - no

ううん (uun) - no/ ur well../ groan

嫌や: いやや (iyaya) - no/ quit it/ no way

嫌や: やや (yaya ) - no/ quit it/ no way

非ず: あらず (arazu) - no/ never mind

決して: けっして (kesshite) - never/ by no means/ not in the least/ in no way

絶対に: ぜったいに (zettaini) - absolutely/ unconditionally/ never (with neg. verb)

終ぞ: ついぞ (tsuizo) - never, not at all

一度も: いちども (ichidomo) - never/ not even once

露聊かも: つゆいささかも (tsuyuisasakamo) - never/ by no means/ not in the least/ in no way

二度と: にどと (nidoto) - never again (with negative verb)

ことがない (kotoganai) - (something) has never occurred/ to have never done (something)/ such a thing has not happened/ never happens/ there is never a time when

これっ切り: これっきり (korekkiri) - last time (as of now)/ never again/ only this

っこない (kkonai) - no chance of/ no way that/ certainly not/ will never happen

ままよ (mamayo) - whatever/ never mind/ I don’t care/ the hell with it

とんでもハップン (tondemohappun) - it’ll never happen

何も: なにも (nanimo) - nothing (with neg. verbs)/ not any/ and everything else (with noun plus “mo”)/ all

なんでもない (nandemonai) - easy/ trifling/ harmless/ of no concern/ nothing

絶無: ぜつむ (zetsumu) - nothing/ nil/ naught/ nought

皆無: かいむ (kaimu) - nonexistent/ nil/ none/ nothing (at all)/ bugger-all

どうってことはない (douttekotohanai) - nothing special/ no big deal/ doesn’t matter

特になし: とくになし (tokuninashi) - nothing in particular/ none in particular

全然: ぜんぜん (zenzen) - not at all (with neg. verb)/ wholly, entirely, completely

不: ふ (fu) - negative prefix i.e. non/un

[easy-japan]

Japanese Conversation: Is this A or B?

Let’s learn from a conversation!

A: それはチーズケーキですか、バナナケーキですか? B: これはバナナケーキです。チーズけーきはあれです。 A: Is that a cheese cake or a banana cake? B: This is a banana cake. Cheese cake is that one (over there). A: あれもバナナけーきですか？ B: はい、そうです。 A: それとあれおねがいします A: Is that (over there) also a banana cake? B: Yes, it is. A: Give me that and that (over there) please~

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Important Points

Below are some points you might need to know~

これ、それ、あれ Basically これ (kore) is “this” (near speaker). それ (sore) is “that” (near listener). あれ (are) is “that” (over there) which is far from both speaker and listener. Learn more about these words here.

A か B か As you might have known, か (ka) is a question particle. If you didn’t know yet, read this article here. Literally, you’re asking “A? B?”. Translated naturally, it becomes “A or B?”

おねがいします This might be one of the most useful phrases when you’re traveling in Japanese. Use おねがいします (onegaishimasu) to politely ask for what you need. Another word you can use is ください (kudasai). You can learn more about them here.

Happy learning °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°  

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Useful Links:

• CrunchyNihongo - Easy to Learn Japanese Lessons Site • Get our easy Japan lessons on your facebook timeline • FREE DOWNLOAD! Resourceful app to start learning Japanese! • Books to guide & help you learn Japanese

[nihongokawaii]

📕   こんらんする   📙   Konransuru   📒   Confused   📗   Confundido   📘   混乱する

[nihongokawaii]

📕   しんぱいする   📙   Shinpaisuru   📒   Worried   📗   Preocupado   📘   心配する

[nihongokawaii]

📕   うんざりする   📙   Unzarisuru   📒   Bored   📗   Aburrido   📘   -

[learnjp]

Weather & Seasons | In Japan Hey guys, today we’re gonna talk about the seasons and weather in Japanese! It’s common to talk about the weather in any language when making small talk, so let’s check out what you might say in Japanese! Winter・冬・ふゆ In Japan Winter is from December to February! In Northern and Central Japan you’re likely to experience snowfall during Winter. Spring・春・はる In Japan Spring is from March to May! The Cherry Blossoms bloom during Spring. Summer・夏・なつ In Japan Summer is from June to August! There’s a month long rainy period during Summer in Japan. Besides the rainy season it’s generally very hot and humid. Autumn・秋・あき In Japan Autumn is from September to November! Autumn in Japan is very cool and breezy. Vocabulary Seasons・季節・きせつ Autumn・秋・あき Dry Season・乾季・かんき Four Seasons・四季・しき Rainy Season・雨期・うき Spring・春・はる Summer・夏・なつ Winter・冬・ふゆ Weather・天気・てんき Cloud・雲・くも Cloudy・曇り・くもり Cool・涼しい・すずしい Cold・寒い・さむい Flood・洪水・こうずい Fog・霧・きり

Evening Fog・夕霧・ゆうぎり

Morning Fog・朝霧・あさぎり

Hail・雹・ひょう Heavy Rain・大雨・おおあめ Heavy Snow・大雪・おおゆき Hot・暑い・あつい Humidity・湿度・しつど Hurricane・ハリケーン Rain・雨・あめ Snow・雪・ゆき Sun・太陽・たいよう Sunny・晴れ・はれ Temperature・温度・おんど Thunder・雷・かみなり Tsunami・津波・つなみ Typhoon・台風・たいふう Warm・暖かい・あたたかい Weather Forecast・天気予報・てんきよほう Wind・風・かぜ You can add the word 「とても」, which means ‘very’, before the phrases to emphasise the weather. For example, to say that it’s very cold 「とても寒い」or very hot「とても暑い」. Expressions: e.g.  風が強いです。         It’s windy.         今日はいい天気です。         The weather today is nice.         ひどい天気ですね。         Terrible weather, isn’t it?I         外は雨が降っています。         It’s raining outside.         ここ最近はとても暑いですね。          It’s been very hot lately, hasn’t it?

[nihongokawaii]

📕   びっくりする   📙   Bikkurisuru   📒   Surprised   📗   Sorprendido   📘   吃驚する

[nihongokawaii]

📕   つかれる   📙   Tsukareru   📒   Tired   📗   Cansado   📘   疲れる

[writeitdownmaka]

ASKING ABOUT JAPANESE (IN JAPANESE)

****If there are corrections or additions I should make to this list, please send me a message!****

So I just started using HelloTalk for Japanese, and found out pretty quickly that asking people to help you IN Japanese gets you MUCH better answers so long as you’re up to the challenge of figuring out slightly more complicated explanations! Here are some ways to do that:

THINGS TO ASK

Can I ask you a question?

ちょっと質問していいですか？

How do you say “_____” in Japanese?

「＿＿＿」は日本語で何と言いますか？

日本語で「＿＿＿」はどうやって言いますか？

What does “_____” mean?

「＿＿＿」の意味はなんですか？

「＿＿＿」って、どういう意味ですか？

Could you please correct my sentences/check them for errors?

文章を直してください/くれませんか/もらえませんか

間違いがあるかどうかチェックしてもらえますか？

What is the difference between “__” and “__”?

「＿＿」と「＿＿」の違いは何ですか？

Which one sounds more natural?

どちらがもっと自然に聞こえますか？

どちらの方が自然ですか？

What kind of situation should I use it in?

どんな場合に使いますか？

Is there another way to say it?

日本語で同じような言い回しがありますか？

How would you say it?

___さんなら、これを何と言いますか？

Do people normally use this word/phrase?

このフレーズ/言葉を普段に使いますか？

How do I use (this word/phrase)

「＿＿＿」をどうやって使いますか？

Is it similar to/Is it like “_____,” for example?

「＿＿＿」という事ですか？

「＿＿＿」と同じような意味ですか？

AND IF U DIDNT REALLY GET THEIR CORRECTIONS/COMMENTS:

I’m sorry, I didn’t really understand “_____.” Could you explain it to me?

（すみません、「＿＿＿」はよく分からなくて）、ちょっと説明してもらえませんか？

I’m sorry, would you mind explaining your corrections?

すみません、訂正を説明してもらえませんか？

OTHER TIPS

Say thank you afterward!

The sentences above are mostly starting points. The more you talk to people, the more you’ll notice how people ask things like “Oh, can you explain that thing on the bottom?” or “So it’s okay if I say this instead of this?” etc. etc. But these sentences will help you get on your feet!

What I sometimes like to do if they’re using really complicated Japanese to explain to me, it try to explain it in my own words and then add っていうことですか？ to find out if I’m understanding right!

Challenge yourself by answering Japanese-speakers’s questions in Japanese! You’d be surprised how much you can learn about explaining just by reading explanations!

Good luck! Please let me know if you have any questions! <3 頑張ってください！皆さん何か聞きたいことがあったら、何でも聞いてくださいね！<3

-Maka