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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
Jules of Nature
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One of the decorations at my favorite local Chinese restaurant.
だいじょうぶ。 ニャンとか生きていけるよ。
"It's all right. I can live through this some-meow."
● だいじょうぶ 【大丈夫】 OK, all right, fine; safe, secure; without fear; surely, undoubtedly ● 何とか 【なんとか】 somehow, one way or another; something, so-and-so ● 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist; to subsist, to make a living ・[verb]て+いく to continue to [verb], to go on [verb]ing; to start to [verb] ・生きていく 【いきていく】 to subsist; to keep on living ・生きていける 【いきていける】 potential form of 生きていく: to be able to keep on living.
Putting it all together, this is a photo of a very scuncht cat who looks done with all of this. He's saying, "It's all right. I can live through this somehow." The joke is that the 何 【なん】 in 何とか is replaced with ニャン, the sound a cat makes.
Apps/sites for learning Japanese
Can't believe how high quality these free resources are!
Last updated: 2025-01-05
コース
Minato
Free high-quality interactive self-guided courses. It also has live courses (I haven't tried it yet).
Preview
TUFS Language Modules
From Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
The English version currently only has the pronunciation and dialog modules, so I'm studying the Traditional Chinese version.
Features
Vocabulary list by topics (Chinese)
Dialog
Pronunciation guide
辞書
Kakimashou
Features
Stroke order
Tone
Preview
Jisho
Super clean interface
Features
Tone
Has JLPT tags
Lots of sentence examples
アプリ
Miraa
The Miraa app makes it easy to listen and repeat (the shadowing/echoing technique).
It has a paid version, but I find the free version to be good enough
Features
Can directly paste links from YouTube
Can ask AI for an explanation of words/sentences you don't understand
Has search built in to search for podcasts in Japanese
renshuu
Also available as a web app
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Google - Text-to-Speech AI
Useful for reading out my transcripts. It already sounds much more natural than I do, so I can import it to Miraa and shadow my writings.
10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp)
This is a Chrome extension that I use. I used to use Yomichan and then Yomitan after Yomichan sunsetted. But I personally like 10ten's UI.
Preview
German Vocabulary: Herbs and Spices
der Anis -- anise; aniseed das Basilikum -- basil das Blatt (pl. die Blätter) -- leaf (pl. leaves) der Bund -- bunch der Cayennepfeffer -- cayenne die Chilischote -- chilli pepper das Currypulver -- curry powder der Dill -- dill die Fenchelsaat -- fennel seed die Flocken (pl.) -- flakes das Gewürz (pl. die Gewürze) -- seasoning; spice der Ingwer -- ginger das Kardamom -- cardamom der Kerbel -- chervil die Knoblauchzehe -- garlic clove der Koriander -- coriander; cilantro das Kraut (pl. die Kräuter) -- herb das Lorbeerblatt -- bay leaf der Meerrettich -- horseradish die Minze -- mint die Mischung -- mixture; blend die Muskatnuss -- nutmeg die Nelken (pl.) -- cloves der Oregano -- oregano das Paprikapulver -- ground paprika die Petersilie -- parsley der Pfeffer -- pepper der Piment -- allspice der Rosmarin -- rosemary der Safran -- saffron das Salz -- salt der Schnittlauch -- chives das Senfkorn (pl. die Senfkörner) -- mustard seed der Sternanis -- star anise der Stiel (pl. die Stiele) -- stem der Thymian -- thyme die Vanille -- vanilla der Zimt -- cinnamon
garnieren -- to garnish mahlen -- to grind reiben -- to grate salzen -- to salt würzen -- to season
aromatisch -- aromatic bitter -- bitter frisch -- fresh gemahlen -- ground getrocknet -- dried mild -- mild roh -- raw scharf -- hot; spicy süß -- sweet zart -- delicate
(die) geheime Zutat -- secret ingredient (die) Prise Salz -- pinch of salt der Salz-/Pfefferstreuer -- salt/pepper shaker nach Belieben -- to taste; as desired
German Cooking and Baking Vocabulary
das Backblech – baking tray die Backform – baking tin das Backpapier – baking paper der Esslöffel (pl. die Esslöffel) – tablespoon das Küchenmesser (pl. die Küchenmesser) – kitchen knife die Küchenwaage – kitchen scales der Küchenwecker – kitchen timer der Messbecher (pl. die Messbecher) – measuring cup der Ofen – oven das Papierbackförmchen – patty pan; paper case die Pfanne – pan der Pfannenwender – spatula die Reibe – grater das Rezept (pl. die Rezepte) – recipe das Sägemesser – serrated knife der Schneebesen (pl. die Schneebesen) – whisk das Schneidbrett (pl. die Schneidbretter) – cutting board der Schongarer – slow cooker das Sieb – sieve der Sparschäler – peeler der Stabmixer – stick blender der Teelöffel (pl. die Teelöffel) – teaspoon der Topf (pl. die Töpfe) – pot; saucepan der Topfhandschuh – (pl. die Topfhandschuhe) – oven mitt der Topflappen (pl. die Topflappen) – potholder die Zutat – ingredient
(etwas) ausrollen – to roll (something) out braten – to roast; to fry einfetten – to grease entkernen – to core garen – to cook hacken – to chop kochen – to cook; to boil messen – to measure pürieren – puree raspeln – to grate reiben – to grate schneiden – to slice umrühren – to stir (etwas) verquirlen – to whisk (something) vorheizen – to preheat (etwas) wenden – to turn (something) over; to flip (something) wiegen – to weigh würzen – to season zubereiten – to prepare
cremig – creamy frisch – fresh klebrig – sticky knusprig – crispy körnig – grainy schmackhaft – tasty tiefgefroren – frozen
sich eine Schürze umbinden – to put on an apron lange Haare zusammenbinden – to tie up long hair sich die Hände waschen – to wash one’s hands
Arriba 8.2 Vocabulary
la farmacia = pharmacy
la perfumería = beauty supply shop
el acondicionador = conditioner
el cepillo de dientes = toothbrush
la colonia = cologne
la crema hidratante = facial cream
la crema de afeitar = shaving cream
el desodorante = deodorant
la pasta de dientes = toothpaste
el perfume = perfume
el talco = talcum power
la joyería = jewelry store
el anillo = ring
los aretes = earrings
la cadena = chain
el collar = necklace
los pendientes = earrings
la pulsera = bracelet
el reloj inteligente = smartwatch
el reloj de pulsera = wristwatch
descripciones = descriptions
de diamantes = diamond
de oro = gold
de perlos = pearl
de plata = silver
más tiendos = more shops
la carnicería = butcher shop
la florería = flower shop
la heladería = ice cream shop
la panadería = bakery
la papelería = stationary shop
la pastelería = pastry shop
la quesería = cheese shop
la zapatería = shoe shop
devolver = to return something
gastar = to spend
hacer juego = to match
la nevería = nieve shop
la paletería = paleta shop
la floristería = flower shop
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10 movies I watched in Chinese class
This post is the unofficial sequel to 10 iconic Mandopop songs from Chinese class. No one asked for it, but I watched to chronicle what I could remember before more fades from my memory! I saw these movies in Chinese class in high school and college, and I had to do some sleuthing to find some names.
The synopses are from IMDb, revised by me. I put links to watch for free on YouTube when I was able to find one, but they might not work in your country.
1. 《和你在一起》 Together (2002) A violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing, where the father seeks the means to his son's success while the son struggles to accept the path laid before him.
Watch on YouTube
2. 《谁的青春不迷茫》 Yesterday Once More (2016) Lin Tianjiao, the top student in her class, is struggling to cope under intense academic pressure. After she is nearly caught cheating on a test, she befriends Gao Xiang, a free-spirited slacker.
Watch on YouTube
3. 《活着》 To Live (1994) Based on the novel by Yu Hua, four generations of the once-wealthy Xu family experience the difficult changes of the Chinese Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
Watch on YouTube
4. 《喜宴》 The Wedding Banquet (1993) To satisfy his parents, Gao Wai-Tung, a gay man in a fulfilling relationship with his partner Simon, marries his female tenant Wei-Wei. Things get out of hand when his parents come to visit.
*gripping bathroom sink* every foreign accent is a sign of bravery, every foreign accent is a sign of bravery-
Phones in Japanese
Some vocabulary for phones in Japanese.
携帯電話 けいたいでんわ mobile phone, cell phone
携帯 けいたい mobile phone, cell phone (abbreviated)
スマートフォン smartphone
スマホ smartphone (abbreviated)
電話番号 でんわばんごう phone number
シムカード・SIMカード SIM card
(携帯) メール (けいたい) メール text message (usually just メール)
通話 つうわ phone call
データプラン data plan
契約 けいやく contract
適法契約 てきほうけいやく legal contract
保証期間 ほしょうきかん warranty period
分割払い ぶんかつばらい installment payment plan
プリペイド式携帯電話 プリペイドしきけいたいでんわ prepaid mobile phone
データ量上限 データりょうじょうげん data cap
ローミング roaming
モバイルネットワーク事業者 モバイルネットワークじぎょうしゃ mobile network operator
ネットワーク受信エリア ネットワークじゅしんエリア network coverage area
サービス状況 サービスじょうきょう service status
サービス停止 サービスていし service outage
セルラーネットワーク cellular network
ワイヤレスブロードバンド wireless broadband
ワイファイ Wi-Fi (usually written as Wi-Fi)
Japanese Vacation Vocabulary
休み やすみ vacation, break
冬休み ふゆやすみ winter vacation
夏休み なつやすみ summer vacation
春休み はるやすみ spring break
休暇 きゅうか vacation, break
クリスマス休暇 クリスマスきゅうか Christmas vacation
年末年始休暇 ねんまつねんし New Year's holiday, end-of-the-year holiday
気晴らし きばらし recreation
冒険旅行 ぼうけんりょこう adventure travel
贅沢旅行 ぜいたくりょこう luxury holiday
パッケージ旅行 パッケージりょこう package holiday
日帰り旅行 ひがえりりょこう day trip
アクティビティ旅行 アクティビティりょこう activity holiday
スタディツアー study tour
ファームステイ farm stay
ワーキングホリデー working holiday
短期休暇 たんききゅうか getaway (short term)
海水浴旅行 かいすいよくりょこう beach holiday
スキー旅行 スキーりょこう skiing holiday
サファリ旅行 サファリりょこう safari
クルーズ cruise
キャンプ camping
ドライブ (scenic) drive (trip)
バックパッキング backpacking
ハイキング hiking
Japanese Summer Vocabulary
夏 なつ summer
夏休み なつやすみ summer vacation, summer holidays
暑い あつい hot (temperature)
蒸し暑い むしあつい humid and hot
じめじめ humid, damp (onomatopoeia)
海 うみ ocean
浜 はま beach, seashore
ビーチ beach (lit. beach)
砂浜 すなはま sandy beach
水着 みずぎ swim suit, bathing suit, swimming costume
日焼け ひやけ sun tan, sun burn
日焼け止め ひやけどめ sunscreen, sunblock
水泳 すいえい swimming
スイカ watermelon
スイカ割り スイカわり breaking a watermelon with a wooden stick whilst blindfolded, usually on the beach, so that everyone can eat it
扇風機 せんぷうき electric fan
うちわ uchiwa, traditional Japanese handheld fan (not a folding fan)
エアコン air conditioner (lit. air con)
風鈴 ふうりん wind chimes
セミ cicada
虫捕り むしとり bug collecting
花火 はなび fireworks
花火大会 はなびたいかい fireworks display
祭 まつり festival (usu. traditional Japanese style festival)
フェス festival (lit. fes, usu. music festival, etc.)
ひまわり sunflowers
かき氷 かきごおり shaved ice, snow cone
妖怪 ようかい yokai, apparition, monster
幽霊 ゆうれい ghost, apparition
肝試し きもだめし test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a place with yokai or yurei)
Pine's Ridiculously Long List of Free Japanese Study Materials
First Month Edition
All my current study materials, because sharing found resources is caring. These are not JLPT-specific and are for pre-beginners to beginners like me. I can't believe I have been studying for a month. Comparison is truly the thief of joy. I am a slow learner, but that's okay. Find a community because it truly does make a difference. Shoutout to Seitokai's Nihongo Discord, and to @tokidokitokyo whose post let me know about it and is just overall a great person too.
Main study material: Marugoto Online A1 Self-Study Kastudoo and Rikai with downloaded PDF and Wordbook (my original post about it)
Supplemental references:
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (The only NOT free resource in this list, sorry! The e-book sold on Amazon does not have good reviews as it's a scanned copy of the book, rather than a properly formatted e-book. A free alternative to this is JapBase which also contains Intermediate and Advanced content.)
Marugoto Plus which accompanies the Marugoto courses and includes videos, audio files, etc.
Apps: Anki, Renshuu
Anki decks:
Tatsumoto's Kana (Recognizing and Writing)
Tatsumoto's AnkiDrone Sentence Pack V7
Official KanjiDamage Deck (from the creator of KanjiDamage, crude language warning for both the deck and the site)
Marugoto A1 Rikai Katsudoo 2021
Dictionaries:
Rikaitan browser extension (installed JMDict English V4, JMExtra, 日本語文法辞典(全集), and Kanjium)
Takoboto app (with offline access)
Other resources:
Sukiruma for practice writing sheets
Reader Ttsu for reading Japanese materials on a browser (used in conjunction with Rikaitan, since I couldn't find an e-book reader that I can install a Japanese dictionary in)
Sousakuba for downloadable genkouyoushi without watermarks
Youtube:
Favorites marked with a ⭐️.
Comprehensible Input for what it says on the tin, in bite-size formats
Daily Japanese with Naoko for vlogs with Japanese subtitles
Dogen for the funny videos that you can learn from and/or relate to
Game Gengo because Japanese learning through games, and has JLPT geared content if you're looking for it
Gino Kei who has shorts teaching Japanese in a not so serious way
Hiro - Food in Japan for cooking videos, not in Japanese, but these make me crave for Japanese food anyway so that counts
⭐️ Japan Eat for Japanese food commentary in English and also makes me hungry. So, yeah, not in 日本語 but it's delicious so that also counts
Japanese Koro mostly for kana reading practice which actually helps you get short serotonin boosts for when you do actually get to read the words correctly
Japanese Quest which plays games in Japanese
⭐️ Japarrot! for fun, animated comprehensible input videos
Let's ask Shogo for culture content
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matcha Samurai for delightfully unhinged culture content, debunking Japanese misconceptions one video at a time
Namba Tsuyoshi for no narration Japanese walk with me style vlogs, very chill and relaxing
⭐️ NihongoDekita with Sayaka for fun, short grammar content
ShekMatz Japan has videos/playlists where she teaches Japanese in Tagalog, so if you can't understand Tagalog, you'd better skip it
Sora The Troll because why not
⭐️ Takashii from Japan is honestly one of my favorites, even before I started learning Japanese. His interviews are just really good!
Taro's Sewing because my toxic trait is thinking I can sew the cool things they post. Also comes with short Japanese commentary on screen
Tokyo Lens counts as uh, immersion even if it's not in Japanese, but it's in Japan so that counts? Yeah, let's go with that
もしもしようすけ for Japan vlogs/walk with me with Japanese and English subtitles
Yomii Japan Piano if you like piano and the occasional trolling
Japanese Calligrapher Takumi because my other toxic trait is thinking I can write this beautifully
here are a few podcasts I listen to weekly for practice!
Japanese with Teppei and Noriko
short, concise episodes covering various topics! easy to follow along!
Let's Learn Japanese from Small Talk
longer more detailed episodes with very casual Japanese! they explain some of the vocab they use while speaking (especially slang) and have a vocab list at the end that they go over with a link to read along!
Japanese with Kanako
great for shadowing practice with a few listening exercises mixed in. perfect if you are using the genki series!
what are some podcasts you like to listen to? 教えてください!😊
l'océan p.1
la mer - sea
l’océan - ocean
l’île - island
la plage - beach
le sable - sand
la vague - wave
l’eau - water
les algues - seaweed (pl.)
le coquillage - shell
le poisson - fish
la crevette - shrimp
le requin - shark
l’anguille - eel
l’hippocampe - seahorse
la pieuvre - octopus
le calmar - squid
le homard - lobster
le crabe - crab
la méduse - jellyfish
l’étoile de mer - starfish
la moule - mussel
l’otarie - sea lion
le morse - walrus
le phoque - seal
la loutre - otter
la baleine - whale
le dauphin - dolphin
disclaimer: i'm not a native french speaker. this is a list i put together by myself to help me learn the language!! corrections are welcomed and appreciated :)
credits: @cafekitsune , ocean-themed divider
★ the body en français *ೃ༄
★ le corps - the body
la peau - skin
la tête - head
le cou - neck
le dos - back
la poitrine - chest
le ventre - stomach
le bras - arm
la jambe - leg
le derrière - behind (aka butt)
la main - hand
le pied - foot
★ la tête - head
les cheveux - hair
le cuir chevelu - scalp
l'oreille - ear
★ le visage - face
le œil / les yeux - eye / eyes
le sourcil - eyebrow
les cils - eyelashes
le nez - nose
la joue - cheek
le menton - chin
la mâchoire - jaw
★ le abdomen - abdomen
la taille - waist
les hanches - hips
le nombril - belly button
★ les bras - arms
l´épaule - shoulder
les biceps - biceps
l'avant-bras - forearm
l'aisselle - armpit
le coude - elbow
★ les mains - hands
le doigt - finger
les ongles - fingernail
la paume - palm
le poignet - wrist
★ les jambes - legs
les cuisses - thighs
le genou - knee
le mollet - calf
la cheville - ankle
★ les pieds - feet
le talon - heel
les orteil - toe
la plante - sole
🌃 lieux dans une ville ~ places in a city
le quartier - neighborhood
le parc - park
la bibliothèque - library
le musée - museum
la mairie - town hall
la poste - post office
l’hôpital - hospital
l’école - school
le cinéma - movie theater
le restaurant - restaurant
le magasin - store
la boulangerie - bakery
le café - cafe
le bar - bar
la pharmacie - pharmacy
la banque - bank
la gare - train station
la station de métro - metro station
l’arrêt de bus - bus stop
l’aéroport - airport
la station-service - gas station
le marché - market
le centre commercial - mall, shopping center
le centre-ville - downtown
le stade - stadium
l’église - church
la mosquée - mosque
la synagogue - synagogue
le temple - temple