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Something extremely surprising when one becomes familiar with Japanese culture and its language is that the names of days of the week are oddly similar to some European languages. Here is why.
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https://davidbilla.net/why-are-the-days-of-the-week-similar-in-many-unrelated-languages/
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Why are the days of the week similar in many unrelated languages?
Something extremely surprising when one becomes familiar with Japanese culture and its language is that the names of days of the week are oddly similar to some European languages. Here is why.
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@firefoxwebdevs @jesterchen @duke_of_germany
Immediately restore the work of japanese language translators that you paved over with AI slop
https://linuxiac.com/ai-controversy-forces-end-of-mozilla-japanese-sumo-community/
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🦋 One of my favourite detail shots. How adorable is this! Inside a traditional-style Japanese elementary school hidden in the mountains. The school has been abandoned since the 1990s.
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🦋 One of my favourite detail shots. How adorable is this! Inside a traditional-style Japanese elementary school hidden in the mountains. The school has been abandoned since the 1990s.
#Japan #Details #Photography #School #Japanese #Butterfly #Butterflies #Haikyo #Ruins #AbandonedPlaces
@jesterchen @duke_of_germany ah, I thought 🤷 was well understood to mean "I don't know/care, I just want to see the results". It's pretty commonly used, but clearly not commonly enough. Sorry!
@firefoxwebdevs @jesterchen @duke_of_germany
Immediately restore the work of japanese language translators that you paved over with AI slop
https://linuxiac.com/ai-controversy-forces-end-of-mozilla-japanese-sumo-community/
Interpreter – Offline screen translator for Japanese retro games
https://github.com/bquenin/interpreter
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Stagnated using Busuu for learning #Japanese - still at katakana (and hiragana) besides just basic phrases. I think I'm going to try watching shows with subtitles &repeat - maybe Midnight Diner, and I hear Shirokuma Cafe (will have to figure out how/where to watch).
Considering WaniKani - just signed up and maybe Bunpo
I should just get a copy of Genki and a workbook, shouldn't I? Though mostly I want conversational, comprehension ability.
Open to suggestions.
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Trop marre de découvrir toujours après coup des festivals et évènements cools auquel j'aurais aimé participer 😭
Quelqu'un·e connait un moyen de regarder en ligne les films du Festival du Cinéma Japonais Contemporain en France ??? Je suis trop triste d'avoir appris ça hier, les 3/4 des films de la sélection me donnent envie 😭
Trop marre de découvrir toujours après coup des festivals et évènements cools auquel j'aurais aimé participer 😭
Quelqu'un·e connait un moyen de regarder en ligne les films du Festival du Cinéma Japonais Contemporain en France ??? Je suis trop triste d'avoir appris ça hier, les 3/4 des films de la sélection me donnent envie 😭
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Dear fedi hive knowledge, please could you advise me if you know of any good language apps, (specifically to learn Japanese), we want a non ai one. My daughter was doing Japanese on Duolingo but its an ai hot mess now. ... #LanguageLearning #japanese #JapaneseLanguageLessons
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❥ I am happily married! 
❥ I am a 🐈 #cat mom to 3 and a 🐶 #doggo mom to 1 very crazy #whippet. I will likely be posting a lot of pictures of my #cats Saria, Majora, and Link, along with the occasional Mabel picture.
❥ I am a Linux Server Administrator. 
❥ I currently live in Arkansas in the US, but I'm trying my hardest to relocate out of the South for obvious reasons. 
❥ My memory is absolutely terrible, can't really recall a majority of my past. 
❥ I’m reasonably confident in my programming ability; my projects are often less so. 
❥ Took a 🇯🇵 #Japanese language course in high school only to forget it all the next year. Currently working on relearning what I've forgotten.
❥ Use to be super involved with 🎭 #theatre. I was in a mime troupe in high school; I learned mime stuff, stilt & ball walking, small bit of 🤸 acrobatic stuff, diabolo stuff. I was active on stage and behind the curtains for several shows throughout high school and college. My social anxiety has mostly put an end to that chapter of my life, though.
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#homelab, watching 
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playing video games (sometimes on #Twitch), or taking 📸 pictures of my cats.
Feel free to add me, I enjoy meeting new people! 
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❥ I am happily married!
❥ I am a 🐈 #cat mom to 3 and a 🐶 #doggo mom to 1 very crazy #whippet. I will likely be posting a lot of pictures of my #cats Saria, Majora, and Link, along with the occasional Mabel picture.
❥ I am a Linux Server Administrator.
❥ I currently live in Arkansas in the US, but I'm trying my hardest to relocate out of the South for obvious reasons.
❥ My memory is absolutely terrible, can't really recall a majority of my past.
❥ I’m reasonably confident in my programming ability; my projects are often less so.
❥ Took a 🇯🇵 #Japanese language course in high school only to forget it all the next year. Currently working on relearning what I've forgotten.
❥ Use to be super involved with 🎭 #theatre. I was in a mime troupe in high school; I learned mime stuff, stilt & ball walking, small bit of 🤸 acrobatic stuff, diabolo stuff. I was active on stage and behind the curtains for several shows throughout high school and college. My social anxiety has mostly put an end to that chapter of my life, though.
❥ In my free time I'm either tinkering with my #homelab, watching #jellyfin or youtube, reading #manga or #webtoons, playing video games (sometimes on #Twitch), or taking 📸 pictures of my cats.
Feel free to add me, I enjoy meeting new people!
Other various interests & relevant tags: #intro #trans #lgbt #linux #cyberSecurity #programming #yuri #videoGames #zelda #rimworld #dog
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I'm looking for good resources to learn about the radicals in #Japanese kanji. I.e., not whole kanji, but rather the component parts.
I don't want to memorize kanji. I don't want silly mnemonic devices. I don't want to look up kanji by radicals. I want to learn about the history, function, sound & evolution of radicals.
Can anyone recommend books, websites, apps, anything?
I know they exist but they're hard to find via search engines.
Thank you for recommendations. 1/2
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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Keeping in mind that I'm chronically ill and have very little brain juice for learning new things, so I need something easily digestible that I can absorb in tiny bits and at my own pace:
Anyone have any good recommendations for ways to learn Japanese casually, online/remotely?
(That aren't Duolingo, of course)