holiday weekend, and I already knocked out the (very smol) work I'd promised to do, so now I can relax the rest of the day (already relaxed yesterday).
Excellent day yesterday, along with a nommy sushi dinner to wrap it up.
Made it to level 25 in Wanikani! #japanese Now manga is waiting for me, and google translate is helping a LOT. 😁
@TonyStark Hey there, I hope you are taking time to breathe and take care of yourself! I saw this on someone else's timeline and thought the absurdity reflects the kind of situation we find ourselves in-- 😜
Today I learned the #Japanese equivalent of the #English phrase 'Food Porn' is '飯テロ' or 'Meshi Tero', where the 'tero' part is a borrow word for 'terrorism'.
The literal translation is 'Food Terrorism'. Consider that in relation to the Japanese penchant for filling their #SocialMedia streams with pictures of every single thing they eat.
I learned a character in #japanese the other day that was defined as amount; or picture frame. 🤬
I was swearing at that--how can one word have meanings that dissimilar? How can I remember that?
But then today walking in the city I passed the Latitude nightclub. I'd seen that in other cities-- it is a good name for a nightclub, in the sense of permission to bend the rules a bit.
Or a line in the map marking distance from the equator.
A mysterious tattoo artist puts his masterpiece, a human-faced spider, on a kidnapped woman’s back. She and her lover are then forced into a conspiracy-born nightmare... #japanese#cinema#film#japan#cinemastodon#movies
I believe this was my first Masumura. Japanese conditions were so tough these directors had to do 3 films every year.
scenario adapted from Tanizaki written by the great Kaneto Shindo.
Masumura +Shindo + Ayako Wakao ! you dont have often such gifted People.
My baby sister is in town to visit. She likes #Japanese stuff (#anime, #Subarus, sushi, etc) and #thrift shopping. What do I need to show her while she's in #Portland?
Our itinerary includes the Japanese Garden, H-Mart, Kinokuniya, Hollywood Thrift, all the #vintage shops on Hawthorne.
What are some deep cuts, super weird kitchy #pdx spots I might not have heard of?
I bought some Black Black gum (Japanese product) from Amazon and got a package with random yellow pieces of gum included. Anyone know the difference from the original gum? I didn’t try translating the packaging before opening it (and ripping off half of the writing explaining the yellow pieces). 🤦♀️
@squipo@jezlyn I think it’s meant to mean ビリビリ as in getting an electric shock or a rattling sound, so “intense electric mint” or something along that line
In Japan, we call this “Hotchkiss”😊
The first stapler imported to Japan was made by this company 😉
My wife and I were talking about household items that we have been using for a long time on a regular basis. I got a 45 years old toolkit and 40 years old nail clipper 😉 But she has been using this Hotchkiss for 40 years 😊
I'm still learning Japanese vocabulary on the side. Every so often I'm excited to realise I can figure out the kanji for words I already knew. For example, I just now realised that "dojo" → dō jō → 道 場 → "way place", i.e. the place where you study the Way (whichever dō that is — kendo, judo, etc).
Another fun one is "daimyo", who are your old-timey samurai clan chieftains. I always used to mispronounce this as "diam-yo", but it's actually dai-myō → 大名 → "big name"!
Well would you look at that--I managed to squeak by the JLPT N4!! (practice exam from easyjapanese.net; not official, but close enough for my purposes.)
😁 Occasionally, guesses work. When I can pass it reliably I'll move up to level 3. #japanese
Is there a #japanese#cooking bubble here? Reading about washing #sushi rice, there seems to be an even split between soaking the rice in cold water after washing (up to „overnight), and letting is soak in a strainer (between 10 and 30 minutes).
@below We usually let ours soak in the rice cooker directly before starting the cook, usually an hour to 30min beforehand. The rice cooker even has an “umami” option that does this as a part of its timer - locks the lid for 40 min, then starts.
Googling Japanese dictionaries a bunch because I know I'm hearing the sounds correctly, but can't figure out the words. Apparently, one character speaks almost exclusively in slang with terms like https://kotobank.jp/word/あたぼう-425260 which is short form slang for あたりまえだ、べらぼうめ.
Whew, there are always challenges in learning a new language, but c'mon! Just learned that in #Japanese the word for 'painting' is the very short, and almost un-hearable micro-syllable 'e.' It totally disappears when used in a sentence.
I'll have to be sure to avoid art galleries when visiting Japan 'cuz I'll never know what people are talking about.
@ottaross We found out after we'd paid, so … And I really wish I could turn off all the silly gamification stuff. It's just annoying as I don't care about competing with anyone.
@WTL indeed, same. They hype the points and streaks, but I've been ignoring them. Don't mind the nag emails so much, as they keep it at the top of mind.
My wife used the word トリセツ to talk about our toddler. It's an abbreviation of 取扱説明書（とりあつかいせつめいしょ） or "user's manual." But can also be applied to how to handle people, such as celebs (and small children). #japanese
Anyone else getting hit with a lot of #spam today - much of it in #Japanese? Or is it just me? Sad to see that #Mastodon has reached this point in its evolution as a mainstream platform now...
