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I don’t quite have the time + heart to study japanese right now (or for the foreseeable future). So I hope this blog can function as an archive of information for some of you. I think I’ll come back when I find my motivation again.

I do have notifications muted, because they make me feel a bit sad. I hope you guys continue your language journeys and don’t burn yourselves out like I did. I love Japanese, but I need a break to heal from pushing myself too much

New spread for June!

Feeling more confident with my new set of daily Japanese goals! They align well with my online lessons.

I also got back into ドラマCDs to beef my listening skills up more. I used to be really into seiyuus when I was younger (lol) so I have TONS of downloaded audio. I enjoy the sweet dialogue, miyano mamoru is by far my favorite!

#japanese studyblr #japanese langblr #japanese study #bujo spread #bujo

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Giant Freaking Japanese Color List

This list’s intention is to give quite a few common-ish colors a home together in one post for learning purposes and spicing up one’s color vocabulary. For color names that don’t match their English equivalents, I’ve given what I feel is the most accurate translation of the name, plus the literal meaning of the Japanese name for the color. I’ve mostly excluded color names like

真っ黒（まっくろ）pure black

墨色（すみいろ）inky black (literally ink color)

濡れ羽色（ぬればいろ）jet black (literally wet wing color)

烏羽色（からすばいろ) glossy black (literally crow wing black)

鈍色（にぶいろ）dark, dull grey (literally dull color)

鉛色（なまりいろ）lead color (livid)

鼠色（ねずみいろ) darkish grey, like rat fur (literally rat color)

鋼色（はがねいろ）steel color (steel blue, blueish-gray)

桜色（さくらいろ）pale pink (literally cherry blossom color)

桃色（ももいろ）light pink (literally (Japanese) peach color)

岩礁色（がんしょういろ）coral reef color (darkish pink)

真っ赤（まっか）pure red

紅梅色（こうばいいろ）red Japanese plum color

紅色（べにいろ）crimson

鉄色（てついろ）reddish-black (literally iron color)

橙色（だいだいいろ）orange

茜色（あかねいろ）deep reddish-orange (like that of a sunset) (literally madder red)

柿色（かきいろ）reddish-brown (literally persimmon color)

朱色（しゅいろ）vermillion/ cinnabar

緋色（ひいろ）vermillion (often translated as scarlet)

鳥の子色（とりのこいろ）eggshell color (literally bird’s egg color)

玉子色（たまごいろ）light yellowish (literally egg color)

山吹色（やまぶきいろ）bright, golden yellow (literally mountain blow color (wish I knew about this one for my previous color post..))

黄土色（おうどいろ）yellow ochre

琥珀色（こはくいろ）amber color

萌黄色 (もえぎいろ) yellowish-green (literally sprouting yellow color)

柳色（やなぎいろ）pea green (literally willow green)

鶯色(うぐいいろ）similar to olive green, perhaps slightly lighter (literally Japanese nightingale green)

苔色（こけいろ）moss green

若草色（わかくさいろ）chartreuse, lime grren (literally young grass color)

翡翠色（ひすいいろ）jade green

千歳緑 (ちとせみどり）evergreen (literally 1,000 year green)

仙斎茶 or千歳茶 (せんさいちゃ）dark brownish-green (literally 1,000 year tea)

鴨の羽色（かものはいろ）teal (literally duck wing color)

青緑色 or 青緑（せいりょくしょく or あおみどり) turquoise/ aqua (literally blue-green color)

碧色（へきしょく）greenish-blue (sorta that sea water blue color)

真っ青（まっさお）pure blue

白殺しor 藍白 (しろころし or あいじろ）very light whitish blue (literally white killing or indigo white)

瓶覗色（かめのぞきいろ）lightish blue (literally water jug peek color)

水色（みずいろ）light blue (literally water color)

空色（そらいろ）sky blue

浅葱色（あさぎいろ）dark cyan (literally pale leek color.. ??)

縹色（はなだいろ）light blue

瑠璃色（るりいろ）cobalt blue

紺碧（こんぺき）azure

紺色（こんいろ）navy blue

勝つ色（かついろ）dark, blackish indigo (literally victory color)

藍色（あいいろ) indigo

藤色（ふじいろ）lavender (literally wisteria color)

ライラック lilac

菫色（すみれいろ）violet

葡萄色（えびいろ or ぶどういろ）dark purple, maroon (literally shrimp color or grape color respectively)

ベージュ色（ベージュいろ）beige

肌色（はだいろ）skin color

茶色（ちゃいろ）tawny brown, lightish brown (literally tea color)

狐色（きつねいろ）light brown, orangish-brown (literally fox color)

褐色（かっしょく）brown

鳶色（とびいろ）auburn (literally black kite color (a type of bird))

焦げ茶色（こげちゃいろ）dark brown (literally burnt tea brown)

銅色（あかがねいろ）copper

青銅色（せいどういろ）bronze (that sort of greenish rusted bronze) (literally blue copper/bronze color)

—-these last few are just color-related terms—-

蛍光（けいこう）fluorescent

透明（とうめい）clear

メタリック（metallic)

Alright, that about covers everything I wanted to put in this post. I shied away from including colors that are loanwords (like オリーブ色）because they are usually pretty self-explanatory. feel free to correct me if I made any errors, or add other colors you find important which I may have missed. If people make enough additions to add other advanced colors, I may end up making a part 2 for this post. Thanks for reading.

#colors #vocab #vocabulary

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When You Want To Refuse || 断りたい時・ことわりたいとき Hey guys, long time no post! Today’s post is going to focus on the different ways of refusing someone. Whether it be refusing plans, refusing more drinks or food, or refusing an annoying retail employee that won’t leave you alone! Sometimes straight up refusing someone can seem rude if you’re not close with them, that’s why we’re also going to explore some different ways of politely declining an offer. Vocabulary・単語・たんご：

Event・イベント

Offer・オファー

Party・パーティー

Plans・予定・よてい

Refuse・断る・ことわる

Parties・Events || パーティー・イベント： No, I can’t. 無理です。・むりです。 No, I’m not interested. いいや、興味ないんだよね。・いいや、きょうみないんだよね。 Well, I don’t want to go. ええと、行きたくないや。・ええと、いきたくないや。 I really want to go but… すごく行きたいけど…・すごくいきたいけど… I’d love to go, but I have something else that day．行きたいのは山々だけど、その日は別の予定があって。・いきたいのはやまやまだけど、そのひはべつのよていがあって。 I’m sorry I can’t. 残念だけど行けないや。・ざんねんだけどいけないや。 I already have plans tonight. 今夜はすでに予定があるんだよね。・こんやはすでによていがあるんだよね。 Thank you for inviting me, but I can’t make it. Maybe next time. 誘ってくれて嬉しいけれど、どうしても都合がつかないの。また次回！・さそってくれてうれしいけれど、どうしてもつごうがつかないの。またじかい！ Food・Drinks || 食べ物・飲み物： I don’t like that. それは好きじゃないんです。・それはすきじゃないんです。 No thank you, I can’t eat this. 結構です。食べられないので。・けっこうです。たべられないので。 I’m good/I’m fine. 結構です。・けっこうです。 I’m good, thank you. I’ve already had enough. 結構です。ありがとうございます。もう十分頂きました。・けっこうです。ありがとうございます。もうじゅうぶんいただきました。 Thank you, I really want to try but I’m allergic to prawns. ありがたいのですが、エビアレルギーなんです。 I’m happy with water, thank you. お水で結構です。ありがとうございます。・おみずでけっこうです。ありがとうございます。 I don’t like coffee very much. コーヒーはあまり好きじゃないんです。・コーヒーはあまりすきじゃないんです。 Thank you, but I think I’ll pass. I get drunk easily. ありがとうございます、でもやめておきます。酔いやすいので。・ありがとうございます、でもやめておきます。よいやすいので。 I don’t like to drink. 飲むのは好きじゃないんです。・のむのはすきじゃないんです。 While Shopping || 買い物中・かいものちゅう Um, no thank you. ええと、結構です。・ええと、けっこうです。 Well, I think I’ll leave it. ちょっと今回はやめておきます。・ちょっとこんかいはやめておきます。 I really like it, but it didn’t fit. すごく素敵ですが、サイズが合わないので。・すごくすてきですが、さいずがあわないので。 I’ll think about it. ちょっと考えます。・ちょっとかんがえます。 I can’t decide at this moment. Let me think it over. すぐには決められません。ちょっと考えさせてください。・すぐにはきめられません。ちょっとかんがえさせてください。

P.S. Please follow my Japanese studygram @sarahloucheese! I’m trying to only use Japanese on this account but if you have a question or just wanna chat in English or Japanese feel free to comment or dm me!

#phrases #vocab

👀 just asking because I’ve noticed a trend in my new followers..how many of you guys are bts stans learning japanese?

#/textpost #hello my fellow armys

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A playlist featuring Taichi Mukai, Yaffle, Tempalay, and others

Threw together a playlist of my Japanese music for those of you looking to find some new artists, or just something to listen to while you study.

There’s a mix of:

→Alternative R&B

→Indie

→Pop

→A little rock

→A few anisongs/idol songs

I’ll try to add more whenever I come across new music

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updated with a few iconic jrock songs from my youth lol~

#japanese music #playlist

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tonight we will be holding a funeral for the Japanese language learners who forgot to put the tenten on マンゴ。

#💀💀 oh nooooooo

My new bujo for organizing my self studies (งᐛ )ง I was so frustrated yesterday that I sat and wrote out some small daily goals that align with my online course.

Hoping that this helps with the constant burn out that I go through!! I also try to force long study sessions on myself and it never works, like, ever.

#bujo spread #japanese studyblr #japanese langblr #japanese study #bullet journal

Just did my first japanese lesson in maybe..two months? I’ve been so burnt out（ ⑉´ᯅ`⑉ ）

I need to rework my study schedule into something more manageable

#/textpost

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Under a eugenics law repealed in 1996, thousands of Japanese were sterilized because of intellectual disabilities, mental illness or genetic disorders.

More than 20 years after it repealed a eugenics law, Japan has agreed to compensate victims of a decades-long government program under which thousands of people were forcibly sterilized because of intellectual disabilities, mental illness or genetic disorders.

Eugenic Protection Law (wikipedia)

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合う： to come together; to merge; to match

話し合う（はなしあう）　・　to discuss; to talk together

間に合う（まにあう）　・　to be in time for

付き合う（つきあう）　・　to associate with; to go steady with (dating)

似合う（にあう）　・　to suit; to be like

知り合う（しりあう）　・　to get to know someone

見合う（みあう）　・　to exchange glances

助け合う（たすけあう）　・　to cooperate

競り合う（せりあう）　・　to compete with

向き合う（むきあう）　・　to be opposite; to face each other

抱き合う（だきあう）　・　to embrace each other

触れ合う（ふれあう）　・　to come into contact with; to touch (each other)

隣り合う（となりあう）　・　to sit side by side; to adjoin each other

絡み合う（からみあう）　・　to be intertwined

溶けあう（とけあう）　・　to melt together

釣り合う（つりあう）　・　to balance; to be in harmony

落ち合う（おちあう）　・　to meet; to rendezvous

呼び合う（よびあう）　・　to call out to one another

組み合う（くみあう）　・　to form a partnership; to join together

切磋琢磨し合う（せっさたくましあう）　・　to work hard together; be in a state of friendly rivalry

These are just a few words you might see with 合う tacked on the end. Luckily, it’s auxiliary function is pretty much the same as its meaning by itself, so it’s easy to remember that if there’s an 合う at the end, something/someone is involved with something/someone else.

#vocab #verbs

2000のフォロワー！サンキュー！٩(๑'о'๑)و✧*

Thank you so much for 2k followers, I want to do something special but it might have to wait a month or so!

#/textpost #2k!#wow!!

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Overcoming fear in language learning

You might be the most extroverted person on the planet, but as soon as you start learning and speaking a new language, something in you changes and you feel a bit more shy. You’re nervous you’ll make a mistake in front of a native speaker. What if they laugh at me? you think.

Fear when speaking a new language is very normal when starting out. It’s healthy and OK as it drives us to be conscious of correct grammar and vocabulary usage. I think it’s because we don’t want to be seen as inferior or stupid, and learning a language brings us down to a baby’s level again. It’s important to remember that babies and kids aren’t afraid of making mistakes - the more they mess up the faster they learn!

You’re probably reading this because you’re looking for a practical way to get over the fear of making mistakes. Me telling you it’s OK to make mistakes is not going to help. Here are 3 ways you can feel less shy when speaking a new language:

1. ANALYZE THE SITUATION & GO EASY ON YOURSELF

What helps is to identify WHY you’re afraid of speaking a language. It could be because you’re too shy (same tbh) or because you don’t know enough vocabulary. It’s great advice to tell someone to start speaking a language from day one, but for some people, a combination of shyness and lack of vocabulary makes this nearly impossible. Remember to be kind to yourself - if you don’t feel ready, take some more time.

If you use the wrong particle, grammar structure or word, what’s the worst that can happen? People will either correct you, ignore the mistake because they understood you anyway, or, in the least likely scenario, be a bit confused and ask you to repeat - which is a good opportunity to learn from the error. If people laugh at you, that’s a reflection of them as a person, not you.

2. PREPARE IN ADVANCE: VOCAB & PHRASES FOR SPECIFIC CONTEXTS

When I was working as a design intern at a Japanese company, I was VERY scared that I wouldn’t understand anything during meetings and presentations. It’s impossible to know what words to expect, but luckily I had an idea of what we would be talking about. It helped me a lot to look up words I suspected I might hear during the internship. I built vocabulary lists and example sentences of design-related vocabulary. In this way, I taught myself. You can’t find a textbook for every topic under the sun, so taking matters into your own hands and creating your own language learning materials boosts your confidence and helps you improve faster since you’re learning something that has direct value to your life.

You may even want to write out a full conversation the way you imagine it going. I do this for job interviews in foreign languages a lot. I have taken many job interviews in Japanese and Korean, and to ease my nerves, I like to write out what I expect my interviewer to ask me, and how I’ll answer accordingly. It’s an effective way to learn new vocabulary too.

You might be interested in: Tips & Tricks for Vocabulary Acquisition

In the case of online interviews, I pasted some vocabulary cards on my wall and laptop screen for quick reference. Obviously you can’t do that when you’re talking to someone in the flesh - but people will certainly understand if you pause for a while to try and look for the right word. If you cannot remember or don’t know a word, you can always talk around the word and describe it in another way. If you don’t know the word for “cake” for example, but you know the words “sweet” and “food”, you can say “sweet food” and they might say “cake?” in return.

3. PRACTICE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT

Just like practicing a speech for a presentation, you can practice using new words and phrases in a safe environment until you’re ready to use it with a native speaker. This could be talking to yourself, a pet, a chatting partner online, or a tutor. My favorite method is talking to people on voice apps. When I can’t see someone’s face and they can’t see mine, I feel less ashamed of making mistakes.

For practicing Mandarin, Japanese and Korean, I use an app called Goodnight. It’s not really for language exchange per se, but it’s a great way to be connected to people around the world via a phone call. Since it’s just a voice chat, you don’t even need to know what the person looks like, and you can practice talking to them in your target language. The worst that can happen is one of two things: 1. They’re a creep 2. They hang up. No biggie, right? In the former case, just cancel the call and move on. If they hang up on you - no worries - you can just dial to connect to the next person. It’s a very effective way to improve your pronunciation too since you’ll be hearing your target language so much! Other apps you can look into are Saito San, Kakao Talk and Wakie (click those links to see me practice Japanese and Korean on apps!) You can try Omegle too but it’s full of creepy people.

Lastly, remember not to take language learning too seriously. Your goal is to communicate with others, right? It’s counter-effective to worry about using the right words and grammar each time you try to say something. Rather be natural and throw in a bunch of words hoping it makes sense, instead of staying quiet and missing the point of communication. Your listener will more often than not help you in the right direction. Originally posted on my website Language YouTube Instagram

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finding pen pals had been crazy hard since japan-guide got rid of their exchange page (✽´ཫ`✽) HelloTalk isn’t getting me much either. I just want to write snail mail!!!!!!

#i want to write letters!!!!!!!!!!!#/textpost