Japanese Lesson: Arguments

Weather in German

das Wetter - weather

der Wind - wind

die Luft - air

der Sonnenschein - sunshine

der Wirbelwind - whirlwind

das Polarlicht - aurora/polar light

der Schneeregen - sleet/rain and snow

der Hagel - hail

der Donner - thunder

der Blitz - lightning

der Schauer - downpour

der Sturm - storm

die Wolke - cloud

der Regen - rain

das Gewitter - thunderstorm

der Nebel - fog/mist

der Schnee - snow

der Regenbogen - rainbow

der Raureif - frost/white frost

das Eis - ice

der Frost - freeze

der Eiszapfen - icicle

der Hurrikan - hurricane

der Tornado - tornado

der Monsun - monsoon

die Überschwemmung - flood

die Brise - breeze

die Kühle - coolness

die Kälte - coldness

die Hitze - heat/hotness

die Wärme - warmth

sonnig - sunny

bewölkt - cloudy

heiß - hot

kalt - cold

warm - warm

trocken - dry

stürmisch - stormy/tempestuous

nass - wet

feucht - damp/humid

windig - windy

nebelig - foggy

es regnet - it’s raining

es schneit - it’s snowing

“x” Grad minus - minus “x” degrees

Learn JLPT N5 Vocabulary: 立つ (tatsu)

Just my luck

In Japanese this phrase is ついてない and is used the same in English

例えば:

A:今日は雨が降りそうね B:ついてないな

Peace of mind.

Japanese Vocabulary

The main topic is common adjectives (12/4/16):

新しい - あたらしい - Atarashii

古い - ふるい - Furui

厚い - あつい - Atsui (Thick, used for nouns besides weather)

薄い - うすい - Usui (Thin)

暑い - あつい - Atsui (Hot, used for weather or temperature)

寒い - さむい - Samui (Cold, used for weather or temperature)

暖かい - あたたかい - Atatakai (Warm, used for weather)

涼しい - すずしい - Suzushii (Cool, used for weather)

大きい - おおきい - Ooki (Big)

小さい - ちいさい - Chisai (Small)

重い - おもい - Omoi (Heavy)

広い - ひろい - Hiroi (Wide)

狭い - せまい - Semai (Narrow)

高い - たかい - Takai (Expensive)

安い - やすい - Yasui (Cheap)

美味し - いおいしい - Oishii (Delicious)

まずい - Mazui (Tasteless, unappetizing) 

可愛い - かわい (Cute)

悪い - わるい (Bad, disgusting)

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This simple challenge is for anyone who is trying to learn a language. Every day of November, try to write a sentence or small paragraph containing all of the words for that day! You may conjugate all you want, you may use several more nouns/verbs/adjectives, as long as the prompted words are there and recognizable.

Post to tumblr or write for yourself! And don’t forget to tag with your language and #NVA November, so that others may help and correct you, and so we can see if it’s possible to make weirder sentences than Duolingo.

Vocabulary list below.

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Guys, please be careful to vet that what you choose to signal boost is actually accurate. I’m seeing a lot of well-intentioned posts today about Net Neutrality that are likely to do just as much harm as good due to misinformation in them.

For instance, we are not all suddenly shouting that the sky is falling because the FCC has PASSED the bill abolishing Net Neutrality and the changes are to be put in place some time this month. As claimed by one post I just saw with over 5,000 notes already. This is simply, unequivocally NOT true, and it can actually get in the way of the call to action that very post made, asking people to call and email their congressmen, because a lot of people who see that might think “what’s the point, if its already passed?”

It hasn’t. Chairman Ajit Pai of the FCC unveiled in April his proposed plan to strike back the Net Neutrality regulations Obama’s administration passed in 2015, and which have since 2015 been upheld by the courts in the face of Republican opposition’s attempts to claim they overreached. What has people shouting the sky is falling NOW is because yesterday (November 21st) is when the date of the official vote on this proposed plan was announced. That date is December 14th.

Which means there IS still time to affect the outcome of the vote. People are pessimistic about the chances of this vote because the FCC board is held by a Republican majority at the moment, but make the passing of this bill seem toxic enough to other Republican interests and there is still a chance to keep it from passing. 

Which is still a hell of a lot better than assuming the bill has already passed and that there’s really no point.

We have until December 14th to kick up enough of a fuss that the Republicans on the FCC board think twice about voting for this bill. And even after that, there are still legal recourses. The courts have refused to uphold other bills Trump’s administration has attempted to pass as overreaching, unconstitutional, and/or in opposition of the true will of the people - just as the Republicans attempted to do back in 2015 when the FCC under Obama passed the Net Neutrality laws in the first place.

This does not mean be complacent. This does not mean assume enough other people will raise enough of a fuss without adding your voice to the mix. It simply means THERE IS STILL TIME TO ACT. The sky may be falling, but until it finishes falling, there’s still a chance to catch it instead. 

25 Japanese words for clothing items

1。 ベルト [beruto] ~ belt

2。母子 [bōshi] ~ cap; hat

3。ブラジャー [burajā] ~ bra

4。ブリーフ [burīfu] ~ briefs; men’s underwear

5。ドレス [doresu] ~ dress

6。ジャケット [jaketto] ~ jacket

7。ジーンズ [jīnzu] ~ jeans

8。コート [kōto] ~ coat

9。靴 [kutsu] ~ shoes

10。靴下 [kutsushita] ~ socks

11。ネクタイ [nekutai] ~ neck tie

12。サングラス [sangurasu] ~ sunglasses

13。セーター [sētā] ~ sweater

14。シャツ [shatsu] ~ shirt

15。スカート [sukāto] ~ skirt

16。スーツ [sūtsu] ~ suit

17。スニーカー [sunīkā] ~ sneakers

18。トランクス [torankusu] ~ boxers; men’s underwear

19。ズボン [zubon] ~ pants

20。手袋 [tebukuro] ~ gloves

21。スカーフ [sukāfu] ~ scarf

22。宝石 [hōseki] ~ jewelry

23。水着 [mizugi] ~ swimsuit

24。パジャマ [pajama] ~ pajamas

25。服 [fuku] ~ clothes