ぺらぺら言語

japanese language and culture study blog run by a transgender teenager from the american midwest. アメリカ中西部のトランスジェンダーティーンエイジャーが運営する日本語と文化のブログ。 resources / リソース

[peraperagengo]

other learners: i really like to read the news in my target language to learn vocab and improve my reading skills!

me: looks at a japanese newspaper

me: recognises one (1) kanji

me: bursts into tears

[linguajunkie]

For Japanese Learners: How to Agree/Disagree in Japanese

Took this list from www.JapanesePod101.com - check them out if you’re interested in learning more japanese and more lessons.

Absolutely.

全くその通り。  Mattaku sono tōri.

Maybe.

多分ね。  Tabun ne.

Yes, you’re right.

はい、正しいと思います。  Hai, tadashii to omoimasu.

I couldn’t agree with you more.

全く同感です。  Mattaku dōkan desu.

That’s exactly how I feel.

私も同じ考えです。  Watashi mo onaji kangae desu.

Exactly.

その通りです。  Sono tōri desu.

No doubt about it.

間違いありません。  Machigai arimasen.

You have a point there.

それは一理あると思います。  Sore wa ichiri aru to omoimasu.

I was just going to say that.

今、言おうと思っていました。  Ima, iou to omotte imashita.

I guess so.

そうだと思います。  Sō da to omoimasu.

Well, I’m not sure.

そうですね。ちょっと分かりません。  Sō desu ne. Chotto wakarimasen.

I don’t disagree with you.

間違っているとは思いません。  Machigatte iru to wa omoimasen.

If you say so.

そう言うのなら。  Sō iu no nara.

You’re wrong!

それは違います！  Sore wa chigaimasu!

I don’t think so.

そうは思いません。  Sō wa omoimasen.

I’m afraid I disagree.

賛成しかねます。  Sansei shikanemasu.

That’s not always the case.

必ずしもそうとは限りません。  Kanarazu shi mo sō to wa kagirimasen.

What do you think?

どう思いますか。  Dō omoimasu ka.

Can I add something here?

少し補足してもいいですか。  Sukoshi hosoku shite mo ii desu ka.

Let’s just move on, shall we?

次の議題に移りましょうか。  Tsugi no gidai ni utsurimashō ka.

I think we’re going to have to agree to disagree.

意見の相違は仕方がないと思います。  Iken no sōi wa shikata ga nai to omoimasu. I think we’re going to have to agree to disagree.

I agree.

賛成です。  Sansei desu.

Of course.

もちろんです。  Mochiron desu.

That’s true.

確かにそうですね。  Tashika ni sō desu ne.

I don’t agree. No.

賛成できません。  Sansei dekimasen.

[macaronic-lang]

Must-know Japanese Words for Coffee and Tea Addicts

The word for coffee in Japanese is コーヒー. This word derives from Dutch -koffie. コーヒー can also be written using kanji - 珈琲 (It is still pronunced the same way). 

カフェ - café

メニュー - menu

テラスカフェ - terrace cafe

コーヒーメーカー - coffee maker

路上カフェ（ろじょう。）- pavement cafe

ミルクコーヒー - milk coffee

アイスコーヒー - iced coffee

カフェ・オ・レ - café au lait

カフェ・ラテ - café late

フラッペ - frappé

モカ - mocha

アメリカンコーヒー - americano

カプチーノ - cappuccino

エスプレッソ - espresso

フィルターコーヒー - filter coffee

缶のコーヒー （かん。）- canned coffee

紙バックのコーヒー（かみ。） - takeaway coffee

インスタントコーヒー - instant coffee

ペットボトルのコーヒー - coffee in a pet bottle

ココアパウダー - cocoa powder

泡（あわ）- froth

ハーブ茶（。ちゃ）- herbal tea

緑茶（りょくちゃ）- green tea

アイスティー - iced tea

ミントティー - mint tea

紅茶（こうちゃ）- black tea

ミルクティー - tea with milk

レモンティー - tea with lemon

角氷（かくごおり）- ice cube

氷無し（こおりな。）- without ice

氷入り（こおりい。）- with ice

アロマ - aroma

カフェイン - caffeine

コーヒー生豆（。なままめ）-  (a) coffee bean(s)

[novice-heartbreaker-deactivated]

read this out loud:

• I am allowed to take a break today

• It’s not selfish to put my feelings and health first

• I need to remember to care for myself

• I should be allowed to express myself, I am lovely as I am

[easy-japan]

Japanese Aisatsu (greetings) list

Common Greetings

おはよう ohayou: Good Morning (from sunrise to 10.00) おはようございます ohayou gozaimasu: Good Morning (more polite) こんにちは konnichiwa: Good Evening (from 10.00 to dark) こんばんは konbanwa: Good Night (once dark) あきましておめでとう akimashite omedetou: Happy new year (used only after 1st of Jan). お誕生日おめでとう otanjoubi omedetou: Happy birthday おめでとう omedetou: Congratulations おめでとうございます omedetou gozaimasu: Congratulations (more polite) もしもし moshi moshi:Hello (only used on phone)

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Saying Goodbye

おやすみなさい oyasuminasai: Have a good night sleep / good night (when someone about to sleep) さようなら sayounara: Goodbye (for a long time) じゃまた ja mata: Okay, bye! また後で mata ato de: See you next time また明日 mata ashita: See you tomorrow

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Introduction

初めまして hajimemashite: Nice to meet you (used in the first meeting) よろしくお願いします yoroshiku onegaishimasu: Please take care of me (used at the end of a self-introduction) *Learn more about these words*

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Cultural Greeting at home

行ってきます ittekimasu: I’m leaving (used when going outside the house. Literally means “I will go and come back”) 行ってらしゃい itterasshai: Proper response for 行ってきます (ittekimasu), literally means “please go and come back”. ただいま tadaima: Translated as “I’m back”. おかえり okaeri: Translated as  “Welcome home”. Proper response for ただいま (tadaima). おかえりなさい okaerinasai: A more polite version of おかえり (okaeri). いただきます itadakimasu: Thanks for the food! (Used when you’re about to eat). ごちそうさまでした gochisousama deshita: What a well prepared dish! (Used after you eat as a compliment to the one who prepared it). おじゃまします ojamashimasu:Sorry for intruding (Used when entering other people’s house) 気をつけてください ki o tsukete kudasai: Please be careful. 気をつけて! ki o tsukete!: Be careful!

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Thank you & Sorry

ありがとう arigatou: Thank you ありがとうございます arigatou gozaimasu: Thank you (more polite) ごめんなさい gomennasai: I’m sorry (often used for someone equal or lower status) ごめん gomen: Less polite version of ごめんなさい (gomennasai) すみません sumimasen: Excuse me / Sorry (a polite word) 申し訳ありません moushiwake arimasen: I apologize (a formal apology used by worker when apologizing to guest. Literally means “I have no excuse”) おまたせしました omataseshimashita: Thanks for waiting (used by worker to guest)

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Work related and other useful phrases

どうぞゆっくりしてください douzo yukkuri shite kudasai: Please take your time. おかげさまです okagesama desu: It all thanks to you. (common greeting used when you’re about to leave from work or after you finish some work with someone). お先に osaki ni: This phrase is used as a goodbye greeting when you’re about to leave the office before someone else. お願いします onegaishimasu : Please. *Learn more about this word* 頑張ってください ganbatte kudasai: Good luck! (used to give encouragement to people so they can do well on something) 頑張って ganbatte: Good luck! (less polite version). お元気で ogenki de: Take care of your health お元気です ogenki desu: I’m doing good / I’m well どうぞ douzo: A phrase used to let someone do something or when you give something to someone.

Happy learning °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°  

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• 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

[tea-coffee-languages]

days of the month!The top with the number is how they are normally written out. The hiragana and kanji are how to say them. If you need any help let me know!

[tofugu]

Japan's Garbage Disposal System Explained

Japan has limited space for landfills. So you better get used to sorting garbage or else you're all gonna drown in trash!

If you take a walk in a city in Japan, you might notice something. Where are all the rubbish bins!? Seriously, you’ve been carrying this empty onigiri wrapper around for an hour now and you just want, no need, to find a bin! If you do find one of these rare public trashcans, you’ll notice that it isn’t just one, but many different bins grouped together. You may have been able to find them, but now you have to work out if this onigiri wrapper paper or plastic.

Read more!

[tea-coffee-languages]

There are two forms of sentence structure you can use with prepositions.

topic は something の position(preposition) に　あります・います

something の position に subject が あります・います

[hinodestudies]

itty bitty follower milestone giveaway

i recently hit a (relatively small but still important!) follower milestone recently, so I’ve decided to do a little stationery giveaway to celebrate!

PRIZES:

typo disney pencil case

memo me circular sticky notes

zebra mildliner cool & refined set

muji 0.5 gel ink pen (black)

RULES:

follow this blog

reblog this post

one entry per person - multiple reblogs don’t count for multiple entries

I need to be able to contact you somehow if you win - so please have your messages / ask box open!

Country of origin doesn’t matter - I’m happy to ship the prize anywhere worldwide!

the winner will be announced on October 30th!

good luck to everyone entering, and thank you to so much to all my followers! your support means more than you know <3

[valiantschool]

Japanese Vocabulary Lists: 028 to 033

Download at https://checkout.chec.io/s6W6CJ : 

www.instagram.com/valiantjapanese

[todoulist]

Hey, there guys ! I’m back with a small collection of some of my favorite websites and resources for studying and learning Japanese! I’m currently taking Japanese II in school but I’m a firm believer in the benefits of self-study out of the classroom and these sites really make my life easier (*´▽｀*)

Keep reading

[howtopolyglot]

BaBa Dum! A Fun Vocabulary Game

Vocabulary can be a difficult aspect of learning any language. There are so many different words to know and it’s hard to know words for seemingly random items. That is where BaBa Dum is a great resource!

BaBa Dum is a game based learning website where you have several different options to play with. The options include:

Choosing Picture from Word

Choosing Word from Picture

Choosing Picture from Sound

Typing Word from Picture

And a mixture of everything!

Obviously there are several options open for whatever method suits you.

Right now, BaBa Dum has a fairly extensive language list available, including:

British English

American English

Chinese

French

German

Italian

Greek

Portuguese

Japanese

Lithuanian

Polish

Russian

Spanish

Swedish

It also has a Japanese Kana learning game!

Overall, this website seems to be very useful, and is definitely worth checking out!

[slowpokestudies]

Kanji version of words usually written in hiragana

While these words are usually written in hiragana, sometimes you’ll see them written in kanji instead, so learning to at least recognize them is pretty helpful. Trust me on this, I got confused by 沢山 way too many times already haha

有難う（ありがとう）ー thank you 幾つ（いくつ）ー how many 流石（さすが）ー as one would expect 更に（さらに）ー furthermore, again, after all 既に（すでに）ー already 沢山（たくさん）ー a lot 丁度（ちょうど）ー just, exactly, precisely 出来る（できる）ー to be able 尚（なお）ー furthermore, still, yet 何故（なぜ）ー why 等（など）ー et cetera 程（ほど）ー degree, extent, approximately 然し（しかし）ー however 居る（いる）ー to be (people, animals) 有る（ある）ー to be (things) 恐らく（おそらく）ー probably, likely 下さい（ください）ー please (give me, do for me) 只（ただ）ー only,  just; free of charge 及び（および）ー and, as well as

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A list of things to practice your listening skills with, and to practice hearing the flow of Japanese, so as to better incorporate that in your own speaking (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ̑̑

YouTube

LayerQ - gaming channel, speaks clearly.

Mitoku - gaming channel, speaks at a nice pace. I’m currently watching her Breath of the Wild LP!

Roa - gaming channel, speaks really fast, but she’s just so 元気 that it doesn’t matter that she’s hard to follow. I enjoy having her in the background.

Fonimu - plays a lot of JRPGs, but he is very relaxing to listen to, and polite.

日本語の森 - I’m sure you all know this one! Get Japanese explained to you in Japanese. They have dedicated channels for N3, N2, and N1.

Just Duncan - Japanese youtuber, with Japanese subtitles. It’s been a year since he uploaded anything, but I enjoy his sense of humor.

Shows

If you want to use shows for practicing listening, either a) listen with closed eyes, b) turn off subtitles, or c) put on Japanese subtitles.

野武士のグルメ - Samurai Gourmet. I swear, this is the cutest show in the world. Go find it and just feel the warmth of watching a sweet elderly man having lunch.

Japanese Style Originator - a show where the origins of Japanese concepts are explained, and some people have to make some guesses. The game part of it isn’t terrible interesting, and the music they use is obnoxiously loud, but I’ve learned some very interesting things!

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories - as far as I understand this is a live-action adaptation of a manga. I haven’t watched it yet.

Terrace House - Japanese reality show about 6 young people living in a house together.

Little Witch Academia - anime about a witch school. It’s kinda cute.

AJIN: Demi-human - significantly darker anime than the one listed above. This is the only one on the list without any kind of Japanese subs available.

Good Morning Call - drama about two classmates accidentally renting the same apartment. I haven’t seen this, but it looks like it caters to every romance trope in the best way possible.

Keep in mind that availability varies greatly depending on countries! The ones I’ve listed are available on Netflix Denmark, so I’m thinking they are also available in most of Europe and America as well.

Podcasts

ひいきびいき - a super relaxing podcast with hour long episodes feat. two Japanese people just talking about their days and anything and everything. I really like this one.

バイリングアルニュース - Bilingual News. A Japanese-speaking woman and an English-speaking man discuss recent events. This is easier to follow along with, because you have the context very clearly in English.

そのアニ - Discussions about anime entirely in Japanese.

自由なラジオ Light Up! - Politics, society, news, and stuff like that. Difficult Japanese, but there are transcripts, so you can practice reading with them as well!

天使のモーニングコール - A slower paced podcast meant to be relaxing, discussing lifestyle-related topics.

[allentime]

Resources: Japanese Class

When recommending resources, I always see the usual Duolingo, Memrise, and Genki. They are great, but I never see this one mentioned:

Japaneseclass.jp

This website offers SRS practice for kana, kanji, and vocabulary.

There are eight chapters for vocabulary and kanji. In total, you can learn 2,000 kanji and 2,300 vocabulary words from this resource alone.

If that isn’t enough, people often post their own notes and vocabulary words in the note section. Of course, you can always create your own through this feature.

Another neat thing about this website is the ranking system. Points can be earned through the attendance section or during vocabulary, kanji, and kana tests in the lessons section. This encourages people to learn as many new words as possible to get to the top.

I will admit that there are a few issues so far. For a while now, the social feed has been flooded with advertisements from bots. It’s easy enough to ignore if you don’t care for the social feed, but for those who would still like to interact with the community, the forum and chat are relatively active and have no bots.

I highly recommend this website for it organization of content and the sense of completion obtained for finishing each lesson. It is not to say that other SRS apps are not as competent, I just think that this website is worth trying out alongside other resources.

[orenjisupeesu]

~であろうと~であろうと Whether it is A or B...

５５ページから;

「僕は急いで電話に出て（たとえ授業中であろうと、バイト中であろうと）、彼女と話した。」

I would rush to answer the phone (whether in class, or at work) and talk to her.

~ であろうと ~であろうと　means “Whether A or B”, “be it A or B”, “or”, “No matter which one is the case”.

~であれ~であれ  /  ~でも~でも  means the same thing and are used in the same way. They are pretty much interchangeable.

How to make it:

For Noun and なadjective: 夏であれ、冬であれ whether it is summer or winter (夏であろうと、冬であろうと) 便利でも、不便でも whether it is convenient or inconvenient (便利であろうと、不便であろうと)

For いadjective: い becomes かれ  /  かろうと 遅かれ早かれ sooner or later 難しかろうとやさしかろうと whether it is hard or easy

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There’s this theory that in any given language, there are 600 basic words that are really, really good to know, because, you guessed it, they are the most common. Up next: a long list of determiners, including numbers (below the cut because wow, long).

this　－　これ

that　－　それ・あれ

my　－　私の（わたし）

your　－　あなたの

his　－　彼の（かれ）

her　－　彼女の（かのじょ）

It’s a bit rude to use ‘his’ and ‘her’ like this (and 彼女 by itself often means ‘girlfriend’, too), so often you’d use [name]の instead for the same result.

its　－　Nounの

our　－　私達の（わたしたち）

all　－　全部（ぜんぶ）・全て（すべて）

some　－　何らか（なん）

no　－　ありません・ない・なし

any　－　何でも（なん）

many　－　たくさん

much　－　多い（おお）

more　－　もっと

a few　－　少ない（すく）

several　－　複数（ふくすう）

whole　－　全体（ぜんたい）

a little　－　少し（すこ）

a lot of　－　大いに（おお）

both　－　両方（りょうほう）・とも

neither　－　も (In a negative sentence!)

each　－　それぞれ

every　－　毎〇〇

Ex.　毎年（まいとし）＝every year

other　－　他の（ほか）

another　－　もう

same　－　同じ（おなじ）

different　－　違う（ちがう）

such　－　そういう

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