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Nogizaka Artworks!

So, I was recently in Japan, and I got the chance to visit the Sony Roppongi Museum and check out the Nogizaka exhibit…!!!

I apologize for blurry images, tumblr is not on my side.

I actually don’t have too many photos because photography wasn’t allowed in most areas of the exhibit, but I’ll walk through it with words.

First, there is a little photo spot, where you can take photos with members…as cardboard cutouts.

I would have taken photos with them, but unfortunately, I was traveling by myself :( and I don’t have enough courage to just pop into selfie mode.

You then watch a 3 minute video, featuring different clips and statements by people who were involved in making Nogizaka who they are - costume designers, MV directors, etc. and.. of course, Akimoto himself. After that, you’re let into exhibition room A, where you can see the startings of nogizaka. It had beta logo designs, and concept jacket art for Guruguru Curtain, Oide Shampoo, and a few other stuff from early Nogi days. Room A goes to about Girls Rule, and the next area (Room B) features Kizuitara Kataomi to Kaerimichi - theres different memorabilia (the suitcase Nanase uses in Mukuchi na Lion! Nanase’s glasses from Kaerimichi! Character designs from Nigemizu!)

The last area features an autograph wall:

I took a few close ups! First is Ikoma! Hers says “I too, was once part of Nogizaka46″

Captain! (who, off topic, I’ve recently started to like alot)

Kazumin! My current oshi now that Waka graduated…

Nogizaka’s King Piece, Nanase!

After the autograph wall, there was a large open area, featuring various stage outfits,

I wanted to get a really nice shot of this area, but there were alot of people, which made this kinda hard…

They also closed up the museum with another film, this time of Influencer being performed at Jingu (if I remember correctly) - which was on this super hi res screen, it was pretty breathtaking, even though it was just a screen.

I went pretty late, so I didn’t actually eat anything at the Nogizaka cafe - it was still open, but I had spent a fair amount of money at the store. I really wanted the N46 AW tshirt, but that was sold out, so I had to splurge on the hoodie instead. I also copped Misa’s Nigemizu cover T-shirt, the calendar, and a few postcards.

Sorry for the lack of good pictures, as photography isn’t allowed in most areas…

But, tldr, this was my experience at the N46 Artworks exhibit! It was definitely worth the admission fee.

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Pronunciation Caution

One reason you should be careful with your pronunciation is so that when you are talking about someone you know being engaged, you say “engagement” instead of “potato jelly.”

婚約「こんやく」engagement

蒟蒻「こんにゃく」konjac (potato jelly)

Best advice my Japanese friend gave me to avoid this is for こんやく you should pronounce it like こん and やく are two separate words so they don’t merge together into こんにゃく

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Grammar terms

Noun 名詞　めいし

Pronoun 代名詞　だいめいし

Proper Noun 固有名詞　こゆうめいし

Adverb 副詞　ふくし

Interjection　感動詞　かんどうし

Conjunction　接続詞　せつぞくし

Verb　動詞　どうし

Transitive verb　他動詞　たどうし

Intransitive verb　自動詞　じどうし

Adjective　形容詞　けいようし

Adjectival verb 形容動詞　けいようどうし

Auxiliary verb 助動詞　じょどうし

Subject 主語　しゅご

Predicate 述語　じゅつご

Nominal 体言　たいげん

Modifying word 修飾語　しゅうしょくご

Particle 助詞　じょし

Imperfective form 未然形　みぜんけい

Continuative form 連用形　れんようけい

Final form　終止形　しゅうしけい

Attributive form　連体形　れんたいけい

Perfective form　已然形　いぜんけい

Imperative form　命令形　めいれいけい

Conjugation　活用　かつよう

Irregular conjugation　変格活用　へんかくかつよう

Supplementary verb 補助動詞　ほじょどうし

Causative 使役　しえき

Passive　受身　うけみ

Potential　可能　かのう

Spontaneous　自発　じはつ

Negative　打消し　うちけし

Negative speculative　打消し推量　うちけしすいりょう

Past tense　過去　かこ

Recollective　回想　かいそう

Perfective　完了　かんりょう

Resultative　存続　そんぞく

Continuative 継続けいぞく

Self Desiderative 希望きぼう

Other Desiderative 願望　がんぼう

Speculative 推量　すいりょう

Case particle 格助詞　かくじょし

Conjunctive particle　接続助詞　せつぞくじょし

Adverbial particle　副助詞　ふくじょし

Bound particle　係助詞　かかりじょし

Final particle　終助詞　しゅうじょし

Interjectory particle　間投助詞　かんとうじょし

Prefix　接頭語　せっとうご

Suffix　接尾語　せつびご

Compound word　連語　れんご

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What is this weird character 々 and how do you read it?

When you’re learning Japanese for a while, you may stumble at this unknown character. “What is this 々 character here?”

You may think of it as a katakana at first since the similarity to マ or タ, but no, it’s not a katakana. It’s a kanji and the way you read it is not important. Why? Because you don’t read it, that’s why !

This 々 character has a lot of confusing and complex name which you don’t need to know about. You only need to know that this 々 kanji character marks repetition of the kanji before it. Yes, basically this 々 kanji is a repetition marker!

When you see 々 partnered up with another kanji, you must repeat the kanji before it. But there’s a catch to it. Remember the list of hiragana with quote or dot such as ひびぴ ? Some word, when repeated, will have a change of sound. There are no specific formula though, so you just need to memorize the sound change.

Some word doesn’t change such as these below: 段々 dandan: gradually 中々 nakanaka: very 色々 iroiro: various

Some word changes such as these below and you just need to memorize them: 日々 hibi: days, everyday 人々 hitobito: people 時々 tokidoki: sometimes

So why we don’t just repeat the kanji itself? Maybe because it’s simpler this way? Well anyway, now you know how to read this thing when you see it and that’s the only thing that matter!

Happy learning °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

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I thought the most interesting use of this kanji was in a drama.

The word was 翌日 (the next day). To show the passage of time from day-to-day, the drama had 翌日、翌々日、翌々々日.

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"Say something in [Japanese]!"

One of the most frustrating things about learning a language is the inevitable “say something in that language!” Something I like to do in response is say a tongue twister, which is impressive and a good way to practice pronunciation, anyway. Here are a few I’ve learned:

ばすがすばくはつ [basu gasu bakuhatsu] (3X) What it means: Bus, Gas, EXPLOSION! Note: I learned this from a particularly cute Japanese woman, who liked to throw her arms up to imitate the explosion as she taught us. あおパジャマあかパジャマきパジャマ [ao pajama aka pajama ki pajama] (3X) What it means: Blue pajamas, red pajamas, yellow pajamas. Note: I have been told the color order on this doesn’t matter, as long as you say it the same way all three times.

となりのたけがきにたけたてかけた。たけたてかけたかったからたけたてかけた。[tonari no takegaki ni taketate kaketa. take tate kaketakatta kara taketate kaketa.] What it means: I leaned on the bamboo fence next to me. The bamboo fence leaned also onto me. Note: This one is especially fun at parties. One of my coworkers thought this sounded particularly hilarious with an American accent, although that’s probably because she was used to my normal speaking, which I do try to keep close to actual Japanese.

すいたそうしゃじょうしろシャツじゅんしゃしゃさつじけん。[Suita soushajou shiro shatsu junsha shasatsu jiken.] What it means: The crime of the shooting of a white-shirted associate in a Suita railyard. Note: my fiance’s father taught me this one, and I’m only 90% sure I’ve mastered it. As I can’t find evidence of its existence on the internet, you’re just gonna have to trust me. These are called “Hayakuchi Kotoba (早口一言)” in Japanese. I like to learn the words first, then worry about correct intonation and rhythm second in this case. It makes the longer ones especially easier to memorize. I wonder about other languages’ tongue twisters…

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I wanted to update this with a new one: すもももももももものうち。[Sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi.] What it means: “Plums and peaches are both in the peach family.”