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japan’s greatest tragedy is having the world’s best toilets and no mexican food. what’s the point of owning a ferrari if you never take it to the track.
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at this rate bro will be acting in japanese by the wano country arc.
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How to laugh in Japanese. 2000: ははは.2005: (笑).2010: ちょwww.2015: 草.2030: Grass.
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“iT’s nOt pOSsiBLe to LeARn jaPaNesE frOm aNiMe!1!!”. hate to say it but this is true. one must also use manga and hentai.
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People often say that Japanese has three alphabets, but it actually has six. -ひらがな.-カタカナ.-漢字.-Rōmaji.-☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆.-空気.
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Friend asked for some cool kanji tattoo recommendations, so I gave him a list. Power: 冷蔵庫.Love: 床屋.Vitality: 横須賀.Dragon: 六月.Immortal: 即死.Courage: 冷麺.Persistence: 靴 (or 靴下).Spirit: ツ.Samurai: 外人. tldr: always double check with a trustworthy native before inking.
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Japanese listening ability. N5: Stranger giving directions.N4: Karaoke with friends.N3: Visit from the NHK man.N2: Businesses meeting.N1: University lecture on Meiji-era geopolitics. N0: Basic conversation with drunk old man in rural Japan.
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just got out of surgery and am in excruciating pain. the nurse called my nihongo jōzu
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STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN. STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN. STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN. STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN. STOP CALLING FOREIGNERS GAIJIN. The correct term is weeb.
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After living in Japan for almost ten years, I can now say with conviction—. Saitama didn't become One Punch Man by doing 100 pushups, 100 crunches, 100 squats, and running 10 kilos a day. He became One Punch Man by not using his AC during the Japanese summer.
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Not trying to brag about my Japanese abilities but I can understand 95% of hentai without subtitles.
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は & が. Stage 1: How are these different?.Stage 2: Oh this is easy, は is used with です, and が with verbs.Stage 3: Ah ok は is for contrast, が for emphasis, simple.Stage 4: Right now I get it, が points to what comes before it, は to what comes after.Stage 5: Korean looks fun.
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The trick to speaking Japanese as well as your native language is to suck at your native language.
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Japanese textbooks often teach students to reply to ‘nihongo ojōzu desu ne’ with ‘mada mada desu’, but the proper response is actually ‘ohashi mo tsukaemasu yo’.
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Hiraganaiseasiertoreadthankanjisowhyisnteverythingjusthiraganaalready.
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Black hole in Japanese is 無限空間重力点 (point of infinite spatial gravity). jk it's burakku hooru.
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Breaking: no new coronavirus cases in Japan since release of Final Fantasy VII demo.
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Short (incomplete) list of useful Japanese resources.1. The Genki series.2. Minna No Nihongo.3. Oxford’s Take Off in Japanese.4. JapanesePod101.5. Hentai.6. Pimsleur’s Japanese.
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力夕力ナ (katakana) seems much easier than 漢字 (kanji) until you realize I wrote three of the four above katakana with kanji and that it’s all just big mess.
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In Japanese ‘tai’ (鯛) means ‘red-snapper fish’ and ‘yaki’ (焼き) means ‘cooked’. This, of course, is why ‘tai-yaki’ means ‘azuki bean paste cake’ wait what.
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My Japanese is perfect unless.-I’m sleep deprived.-I’m on the phone.-I’ve had coffee.-I’m talking to my boss.-Other foreigners are around.-I haven’t had alcohol.-It’s a Wednesday.-There’s a chance of rain.-Native speakers are listening.-I’m awake. Other than that though.
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The four steps to learning kanji.1. Memorize proper stroke order.2. Drill the fundamental radicals.3. Enroll in a two-month shodō class.4. Move to Japan and forget how to write everything except 日本, 東京, and four of the five kanji in your address.
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N5: わかった.N4: はい、分かりました.N3: 了解しました.N2: 承知致しました.N1: オッケーです*. *オッケーです = わかった.
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Whenever I go to a Japanese Starbucks I order aisu kōhī. Not because iced coffee is my favorite beverage, but because I don’t have the courage to try and say naitoro kōrudoburyū mūsu dāku kyarameru without a Japanese chaperone.
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The secret to passing the JLPT is to stop studying Japanese and instead study for the JLPT.
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never underestimate the versatility of nihongo jōzu.
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Demon Slayer is a great anime for learning Japanese . if you plan on slaying demons.
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If a foreigner speaks Japanese in a forest and no Japanese people are around to hear it, is the foreigner nihongo jōzu?.
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The surest way to avoid making mistakes in Japanese is to never open your mouth.
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It’s easy to say sports in Japanese. basketball is basukettobōru.football is futtobōru.soccer is sakkā.tennis is tenisu.golf is gorufu.and baseball is yakyū wait what’s up with baseball.
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Seriously thinking about going for N1 this year. Just need to get past シ and ツ.
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all japanese learners:. how it started how it’s going.nihongo jōzu nihongo jōzu.
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Most people know changing a word’s kanji changes its meaning. But did you know katakana and hiragana can also change meaning? For example, the katakana word シンプル means ‘simple’ but if you change the final character to a hiragana る it becomes シンプる which means ‘to simp’.
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Families trying to enjoy a quiet day at the park:.Japanese politicians:. #選挙 #選挙カーうるさい
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It’s important to learn Japanese pitch-accent in order to differentiate between common words. For example, HAshi is ‘chopsticks’ but haSHI is ‘bridge’, and KUmo is ‘clouds’ but KUmo is ‘spider’ so chotto those are literally the exact same.
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The great thing about kanji is that they are are so intuitive. For the example, dentist is tooth-doctor, Tokyo is east-capital, and the United States is rice-country wait why is it rice country.
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If you hate japan so much then why don’t you leave. Because I’m addicted to melon pan and mosburger coffee shakes stop asking.
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Eigo ojōzu desu ne.
📺 A theory on why Japan was able to contain the coronavirus outbreak. according to TBS
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looks – 0/10.creativity – 0/10.health – 0/10.empathy – 0/10.intelligence – 0/10.trustworthiness – 0/10.social skills – 0/10.patience – 0/10.humour – 0/10.optimism – 0/10.memory – 0/10.Japanese – jōzu.
looks – 7/10.creativity – 8/10.health – 6/10.empathy – 7/10.intelligence – 7/10.trustworthiness – 9/10.social skills – 7/10.patience – -3/10.humour – 7/10.optimism – 6/10.memory – 8/10.
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Thinking about becoming a translator. Recently failed N4 but an old lady in the elevator said I was jōzu so.
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What Japanese politicians say:.“We will make Japan a global hub, full of people from different cultures, countries, and upbringings. We will embrace multi-lingual communication, cross-continental tradition, and trade!”. What I hear:.“Peanut butter coming to Japanese supermarkets”.
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like I understand Genki is a good textbook but what should I use if I’m depressed.
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Today someone got really mad and called me 前, but they put an honorific お in front, so I know they still respect me.
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The fastest way to learn modern Japanese is to relearn English with Japanese pronunciation . yua uerukamu.
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if you have trouble reading it try crossing your eyes.
KESEL BANGET LIATNYA ASTAGAAAAA 😭. Udah mikir "Rarohire rochi terochichimomo apaan?" Taunya tulisan alay 🙂
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Katakana characters can hard to read, but once you memorize them all, you're set. ア is always 'a', オ is always 'o', ケ is always 'ke', unless it's 'ka' as in ヶ月, マ is always wait what just happened with ケ.
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In Japan, today is ‘white day’, the day when guys forget to buy chocolate for their girlfriend’s moms.
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