Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
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Chair of Languages & Cultures @Macquarie_Uni @LanguagesMQ. #Japanese sociolinguist & @Brutalinguist co-host. #日本語 の文字や #メタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.
Joined October 2019
New 📌: I'm a sociolinguist of Japanese, and I produce Japanese learning materials, slang reviews & a dictionary, and general articles here: I have a podcast on metal: And you can help keep things ad-free:
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N4 Kanji practice book is done! You can download it here: . It's got kanji! It's got words you can write in kanji! It's got sentences which awkwardly jam a single kanji into them as many times as possible! It's got an answer key! Enjoy!
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Delighted to announce that my second book, Peripheral Linguistic Brutality (co-authored with Dr. Jess Kruk) is coming out via University of Hawai'i Press in October of this year! This book has been like 5 months of my life, and I can't wait for you to all be able to read it.
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August #Japanese slang review! Click for:. ドン勝.回します界隈.ぷくぷく界隈.ダル着.グラドル.筋通しましょうや.ひな？やったー！.生まれ持った顔ポーカー.入れ違いグッジョブ.ほん𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚わかんのでskrrrrメロいちゃむ〜ドカ鬱横転ちゃんねるでしぬ〜セブンのカリカリ梅しか勝たんのやめれる.
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RT @frogs4girls: i think projects like KnowYourMeme and lost meme archive are actually really cool because i believe they will be crucial i….
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New Blog Post! A guide to understanding the nuances behind different uses of #kanji to write a single word in #Japanese (things like 飲む vs 呑む or 見る vs 診る and 観る).
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A while ago, I made a video discussing how to navigate cases where a single word is written in multiple kanji. That is, cases like とる being written as 取る and 摂る and 撮る. In making that video, my goa…
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RT @satoshi_nambu: Japanese/Korean Linguistics Volume 31 (the proceedings of the 2024 conference held at Monash University) has now been pu….
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It's time for the July #Japanese slang review! Click the link below to learn about the words:. 神ってる.ガイガイ音頭.ネット乞食.ビジュイイじゃん.自発光メイク/モカムースメイク.裏山.詐胸.対立厨/出会い厨/カプ厨/懐古厨.水素の音.マコモ湯構文.
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And it’s time for the seventh Japanese slang review of 2025 (see all prior posts here)! In these posts I deep dive into the world of Japanese terms you probably won’t see in a textbook,…
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RT @janna_e_haider: in class this week I summarized Saïd's "Orientalism" by comparing it to AI: "you know how AI content is getting worse b….
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Great new book out and I've got a chapter in it! If you're keen to have a read, you can get 50% off until end of month (I make 0 dollars from this btw, it's just a really interesting book!)
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It's time for the June #Japanese slang review! Click the link below to learn about . 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン.エッホエッホ .まずは、ありがとう .きょコ .羽ばたいてるね .ケチャ .マジマジマジンガー .ぽれ・ぽまえら .私信 .バチギレ案件.
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And it’s time for the sixth Japanese slang review of 2025 (see all prior posts here)! In these posts I deep dive into the world of Japanese terms you probably won’t see in a textbook, l…
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Hey! I've got a chapter on script-based language ideologies across Japanese history in this new book Ideologies of Communication in Japan out via Multilingual Matters! Use the code in the image for 50% off if you order a copy by the 31st of July!
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RT @tbaudinette: Japanese Studies team from @LanguagesMQ promoting studying Japanese Culture and Language at the university level to 400 hi….
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Hey! I have a new research paper out called "Yokomoji arerugī"! This study examines social beliefs about katakana among both Japanese natives and Japanese learners in the journal Japan Forum. And it's open access (you can read it FREE)! .Check it out @
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Since becoming Japanese’s primary script for loan words, katakana has been a major target of hostility in Japanese metalinguistic discourse. Often lumped into one entity with the words it represent...
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