苔 (こけ) - Moss

It took a while, but now I've got a grasp on na-adjectives (and about half of the time I spent on them was for the sake of making my notes pretty)

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Japanese lesson: Arguments

そんなに怒るな！(sonna ni okoruna) Don’t be so mad!

消え失せろ！(kieusero) Fuck off!

勝手にしてよ。(katte ni shite yo) Do what you want.

いったい何不満なのか言えよ。(ittai nani fumanna no ka ie yo) Tell me what the heck is bothering you.

いい加減にしろ。(iikagen ni shiro) Give me a break. 

ほっといて！(hottoite) Leave me alone!

これ以上論じたくない。(kore ijou ronjitakunai) I don’t want to argue anymore.

言い過ぎよ。(iisugi yo) You’ve said too much.

Kommen and Prefixes

to come: kommen

to get away: abkommen

to arrive: ankommen

to make do: auskommen

to receive: bekommen

to come in: einkommen

to escape: entkommen

to come here: herkommen

to come along: mitkommen

to come after: nachkommen

to decay: verkommen

to happen: vorkommen

to approach: zukommen

The obsolete English -k suffix is my new favourite thing (source). It’s also the same -k that derives “hark, hearken” from “hear”. 

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

random word of the day

俳優 (はいゆう) - actor

My Japanese supplies

These are my favorite books, textbooks and supplies in general for studying Japanese. Sorry if it’ s a big post.

These are my textbooks. The Genki II and its workbook are good for practicing but they have many group activities which suck if you study on your own. The tobira is really good, it has many reading activities and cultural notes but it’s a bit more advanced.  For the living language books, I’d say the advanced one is more intermediate but they’re good for practicing and learning vocabulary.

These are my dictionaries. Tbh, I don’ t like the essential kanji dictionary, I don’t find it useful. The Japanese Verbs is a really good book, it has all the conjugations and examples and it explains them to you. The picture dictionary is a really fun way to learn more vocabulary.

These are my readings books. The ones about the cat are really easy to read, the folktales one is a bit harder but still very entertaining and Read real Japanese is more difficult but enjoyable. 

These are the notebooks I use.I use 5mm notebooks for repeating kanji and a normal notebook f everything else.

These are some extra books that are useful for improving your Japanese and sounding more fluent. 

And at last but not least, I use a lot of flashcards for writing every new kanji I learn. If you have any questions just ask! ❤️

指切り

ゆびきり- “finger cut-off”- pinky promise

In Japan, they say a song when pinky promising.

指切

ゆびきり

Finger cut-off

拳万、

げんまん

ten thousand fist-punchings 

(拳万 means if you break your promise you get punched 10,000 times. 拳万 can also be told as “linking little fingers to confirm a promise”.)

嘘ついたら

うそついたら

whoever lies 

針千本呑ます

はり せんぼん の〜ます

has to swallow a thousand needles.

指切った。

and cut my finger.

random word of the day

落ち葉 (おちば) • fallen leaves