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A MIND MAP ABOUT MIND-MAPPING

If you know me, you’d know that I am a highly visual person. I love learning from images and layouts, and my spatial intelligence is probably my strongest type of intelligence. Because of this, I often use mind maps to study, and so do a lot of other people. However, there are people who don’t really know how to make and utilize a mind map effectively. That’s what this post is for! Here’s how you can make your mind maps more effective and thus enable you to retain more information. (P.S. you might wanna zoom in)

By no means am I an expert in mind-mapping; these are just some habits I have when making a mind map that successfully does its job of helping me remember the topics I’m studying.

If you have any questions, feel free to drop an ask!

xx jo

In Japanese we don’t say “I’m just going to stay home tonight” we say “今夜は家でゴロゴロしてる (konya wa ie de gorogoro shiteru)” meaning “Tonight I’m just going to roll around at home” and … #same

Submitted by anonymous

Kanji vocab #1

彼： かれ、かの he

彼（かれ） he, boyfriend

彼女（かのじょ）she, girlfriend

彼ら（かれら）they

代：ダイ、か　age; replace

時代（じだい）age, era

電気代（でんきだい）electricity fee

九十年代（きゅうじゅうねんだい）the 90’s

十代（じゅうだい） in one’s teens

〜代わりに（かわりに）instead of ~

留： リュウ、ル to stay; to keep

留守（るす）absence, not at home

留学生（りゅうがくせい）foreign student

留学する（りゅうがくする）to study abroad

族： ゾク family; tribe

家族（かぞく）family

民族（みんぞく）race

水族館（すいぞくかん）aquarium

王族（おうぞく）member of royalty

親：シン、おや、した parent; intimacy

父親（ちちおや）father

母親（ははおや）mother

親友（しんゆう）best friend

両親（りょうしん）parents

親しい（したしい）intimate

親切（しんせつ）kind

切： セツ、き、きっ to cut

切る（きる）to cut

切手（きって）postage stamp

切符（きっぷ）ticket

大切（たいせつ） precious

親切（しんせつ）kind

英： エイ English; excellent

英雄（えいゆう）hero

英語（えいご）English

店： テン、みせ shop/store

店員（てんいん）store clerk

売店（ばいてん）stall

書店（しょてん）bookstore

去： キョ、コ、さ past; to leave

去年（きょねん）last year

過去（かこ）the past

去る（さる）to leave

消去する（しょうきょする）to erase

急： キュウ、いそ to hurry; emergency

急に（きゅうに）suddenly

急行（きゅうこう）express train

急ぐ（いそぐ）to hurry

特急（とっきゅう）super express

乗： ジョウ、の　 to ride

乗る（のる）to ride

乗車（じょうしゃ）riding a car

乗馬（じょうば）horseback riding

乗り物（のりもの）vehicle

当：トウ、あ to hit

本当（ほんとう）really

お弁当（おべんとう）bento box

当時（とうじ）at that time

当たる（あたる）to hit

音：オン、と、ね 　sound

音楽（おんがく）music

音（おと）sound

本音（ほんね）real intention/thoughts

発音（はつおん）pronunciation

楽：ラク、ガク、ガッ、たの　 pleasure

楽しい（たのしい）fun

楽しむ（たのしむ）to enjoy

楽器（がっき）musical instrument

楽（らく）easy, comfortable

音楽（おんがく）music

医：イ   doctor; medicine

医者（いしゃ）doctor

歯医者（はいしゃ）dentist

医学（いがく）medical science

医院（いいん）clinic

者： シャ、もの  person

学者（がくしゃ）scholar

医者（いしゃ）doctor

若者（わかもの）young people

読者（どくしゃ）reader

Spanish Expression of the Day #52

El que no llora no mama

If you don’t ask you don’t get

Lit.: Whoever doesn’t cry, doesn’t breastfeed (or get breastfed)

e.g.: “Quería sentarme al lado de mi amiga en clase pero no pude porque no se lo pedí al profesor.” “Claro, el que no llora, no mama.” – “I wanted to sit beside my friend in class but I couldn’t because i didn’t ask the teacher.” “Of course, if you don’t ask you don’t get.”

住む vs.暮らす

Both of these verbs means “to live” but there is a slight nuance in meaning.

住む「すむ」simply means to live somewhere, the act of of you residing in a house, apartment, etc

暮らす「くらす」means to live but focuses on the 生活 (daily life) and interactions with the place you live

例えば：

僕は東京に住んでいる。This sentence simply means that I live in Tokyo, that I existence and take residence in Tokyo.

僕は東京に暮らしている。This sentence means that I not only reside in Tokyo, but my daily life and interactions are in Tokyo. May imply that I also work there, my whole life is in Tokyo, more than just a place of existence. 

Both words are interchangeable, so if you use one in place of the other it’s totally fine, they only really matter when you want to imply something more in the meaning. Also, 一人暮らし「ひとりぐらし」 is a noun that means to live alone or have a solitary life. Thought you guys might find that word useful!

German Verbs

A list of useful verbs because my knowledge of verbs in German is very limited

sein - to be haben - to have gehen - to go laufen - to walk rennen - to run fahren - to drive reisen - to travel schwimmen - to swim stehen - to stand sitzen - to sit machen - to make/do erschaffen - to create kochen - to cook essen - to eat trinken - to drink sprechen - to speak sagen - to say fragen - to ask hören - to hear zuhören - to listen mögen - to like wissen - to know (a concept) kennen - to know (a person) denken - to think glauben - to believe wollen - to want können - to be able to brauchen - to need lernen - to learn schreiben - to write lesen - to read lernen - to study verstehen - to understand vergessen - to forget erinnern - to remember üben - to practice sehen - to see beobachten - to watch tragen - to wear aufwachen - to wake up schlafen - to sleep arbeiten - to work kaufen - to buy spielen - to play benutzen - to use bringen - to bring kommen - to come zurückkommen - to return (come back) geben - to give bekommen - to receive nehmen - to take schauen - to look finden - to find treffen - to meet anfangen - to start beenden - to finish versuchen - to try entscheiden - to decide geboren werden - to be born sterben - to die leben - to live (a life) wohnen - to live (in an area) helfen - to help schicken - to send verändern - to change (alter)

[French]

If there are any mistakes or better translations please let me know!

Edit: I fixed a few mistakes

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