japaneselanguage

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Or 華金? Well, either way: TGIF!

In the car on the way to a castle (お城) with my host family’s kids, no less. They thought it was hilarious that I was excited to see the お尻 (butt)....

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....

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....

聾者（ろうしゃ） looks like 龍（たつ・りゅう / dragon）＋耳（みみ / ear）then 者（しゃ/person）...

I love the visual aspect. They areでこぼこ and おうとつ and mean bumpiness....

吉（き↑ち↓）= Lucky (especially from a fortune)...

こんにちは皆さん！ 久しぶりですね。このコミュニティが結構静かで少し復活しようと思っていました。...

Where should I go to chat with natives?

I’ve been semi-casually studying Japanese for around 5 years. I currently live in Japan, but since I already have a remote job for an English-speaking software company, I’ve never had an interest in getting a job for a Japanese company, and having a good level of Japanese was really only ever a matter of convenience and...

I watched a TV show with Japanese subtitles, and noticed the sentence: “秘密にしててほんとごめん。”...

Has anyone used Italki or a similar platform to aid in their studies?...

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I’ve been doing it since day one, but I fear that if I don’t do it carefully enough, it might cripple my accent later on....

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....

Is there any free or paid software or browser extension that can read japanese text?

I’m currently learning with Duolingo and even though I can read, I’ve realized I never know which syllable should be accented....

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....

You can now use furigana in your posts via the DenDen Markdown syntax for furigana. If you write the following...

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.

I’ve been playing japanese games on my steam deck lately and have discovered a useful workflow for looking things up if you’ve got an Android device on hand....

If so, any recommendations on podcasts to listen to?...

知ってる慣用句は少ないけど、「死んだ魚の目」という慣用句が好き（英語の意味は「thousand-yard stare」それとも「empty eyes」）。...

It seems like it’s every day that I get advice that is aimed at beginner learners, like how to learn kana, or to pick up Genki or Minna no Nihongo, or use an app like Duolingo or Lingodeer. However, I’m closer to intermediate level (approximately N3, maybe N2), and I’m kind of stumped when it comes to studying....