Useful resources [Updated 2023-12-16]
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My experience travelling Japan with a barely passed N3
Hey all, I barely passed the December 2022 N3 and last month, I went to Japan for the first time and spent two weeks there....
TIL Japan has something called アメリカンコーヒー, often referred to in English by the unintentionally condescending name "weak coffee".
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An introduction to japaneselanguage!
Hello everyone, I realised we don’t really have an introductory or meta thread for this community, and I thought it might be wise to create one....
Is ChatGPT a reliable tool for learning?
When I mean learning I do not mean translating big sentences or something like that, I mean things like: “Is this japanese sentence correctly written? 雲の日が好きです” In this example it answered: "...
Japanese is harder/easier than other languages in what ways?
I want something to say when my other language-learning friends talk about how hard/easy XYZ language is....
Do any ebook platforms have better integrated dictionaries than Google Play?
I’ve gotten into reading Japanese books a lot more recently, and I prefer e-books as their built-in dictionaries are a god-send for foreign language learners....
Best dictionaries and Japanese-related APKs for Android?
I just switched to Android after being a very long time iOS user and I’m somewhat at a loss at the best apps and must-haves of Japanese content, dictionaries and similar stuff....
What do you say when asked to say something in Japanese?
At break with coworkers today, I mentioned learning Japanese since a bit over a year now. I was then asked to say something in Japanese, but I couldn’t really think of anything good....
I just had a conversation with two Russian people in Japanese.
I met two Russian people who were running a booth at a festival. One greeted me and tried to converse with me in English, but it soon became apparent that that wouldn’t get us very far. So, we switched to Japanese, and made small talk for a few minutes before I made my purchase....
Where to chat with natives?
Where should I go to chat with natives?
The [bird] told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. (sopuli.xyz)
Not a plea for help since I imagine using the word bank allows the text to be accepted. And no, I’m not trying to get it to fail by using 二 instead of ニ. I’m pretty sure the exercise is bugged.
Does anyone know what 「いらり」 mean, I'm having trouble finding it in any online dictionary
For additional context it is from the anime 「のんのんびより」...
吉 is pronounced き↑ち↓ but 不吉 is ふ↑きつ
吉(き↑ち↓)= Lucky (especially from a fortune)...
Difference between V[過去形]としたら and V[連用形]終えたら
As the title says: Why is e.g. 靴を脱いだとしたら、家に入り下さい considered unnatural and 靴を脱ぎ終えたら、家に入り下さい is the more natural way of communicating "Please enter the home after you have finished taking off your shoes"...
"We are free" (sh.itjust.works)
It wanted to give out a message of freedom, but the mistranslation ended up meaning "we are free of charge"....
Are there accent rules in Japanese?
I’m currently learning with Duolingo and even though I can read, I’ve realized I never know which syllable should be accented....
What are your motivations or goals that make you learn Japanese?
Mine was at the beginning to be able to read Visual Novels, but now is more than that, I like to learn more and there are few sensations like understanding new “symbols” as words.
How important are the different types of lines in writing?
In language school, our Japanese teacher told us that in Japanese writing, the type of stroke that you use is important. When learning Kana or Kanji, we should always take special note of Tome, Harai and Hane....
999命士
救急救命士(きゅうきゅうきゅうめいし / paramedic) is one of my favorite Japanese words because it has きゅう three times in a row....
practice... (lemmy.world)
many mistakes were made
Lemmy supports ruby annotations (furigana) in markdown as of 0.18.1: {学校|がっこう}
You can now use furigana in your posts via the DenDen Markdown syntax for furigana. If you write the following...
When should I stop writing?
Hey all, my goal is to be at an ability level where I would be comfortable living in Tokyo while working at a company that speaks English in the office....