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"cup" in japanese is コップ. but there's another word for cup, too: カップ. what's the difference?
and did you know ガラス and グラス mean different things?
here's a quick guide how to refer to different types of cups in japanese!
#learnjapanese
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心を鬼にする: harden one's heart; steel oneself; toughen up
(literally, make one's heart an oni*) lol #nihongo
*creature in Japanese folklore kind of like an ogre
this kanji is actually a rare variant form of 崎. another more common variant is 﨑.
compare the rankings for the various ways to write the surname やまざき:
- 山崎 - #21 - 479,000 ppl
- 山﨑 - #659 - 29,600 ppl
- 山㟢 - unranked
(via myoji-yurai.net/, h/t @moegami2)
practical japanese@無理よりのＭＵＲＩ retweeted
"Balloon art: 'Large Intestine'"
大腸 (だいちょう): large intestine
盲腸 (もうちょう): cecum (also means appendix or appendicitis)
[上・横・下]行結腸: ascending/transverse/descending colon
Ｓ状結腸 (エスじょうけっちょう): sigmoid colon
直腸 (ちょくちょう): rectum
#learnjapanese
practical japanese@無理よりのＭＵＲＩ retweeted
船(ふね)を漕(こ)ぐ
Literally "row a boat"
= "nod off when sitting, i.e. what a sea of Japanese 'salary-men' (businessmen) do on a train late at night"
(It likens to rowing a boat how you sway your head while sitting asleep)
#日本語勉強 #Japaneselanguage
"The sheep's butt is stuck!
...But don't worry.
It stuck itself there. It likes being in this position.
Sometimes the sheep will even shove its head through because it wants to. No need to worry." #jptweets
practical japanese@無理よりのＭＵＲＩ retweeted
🇯🇵Today’s slang
✅パクる=pakuru
=1️⃣to steal 2️⃣to copy
✅借りパク=karipaku
=to borrow and steal, never return
😃借りる=kariru=borrow←not slang, a general word
✅パクツイ=pakutsui
=copycat of someone’s good tweet posts
😃ツイ=tsui=abbreviation of tweet
practical japanese@無理よりのＭＵＲＩ retweeted
（ｒｙ is such a fun slang expression!
it's short for (略), which would be (ryaku) in romaji. （ｒｙ is a jocular expression that you use to cut off a sentence when you don't need or want to say the rest.
you can even cut yourself off while typing a word in にほんｇ(ry
practical japanese@無理よりのＭＵＲＩ retweeted
Probably blew their minds because the conception of 外国人 most Japanese have is not “foreigner” but specifically “non-Japanese” (def 2: “one without Japanese citizenship”). Perfectly natural for a Japanese person to arrive in LA and say, “わあ、外人いっぱいいる”
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記念受験 (きねんじゅけん)
Literally "taking memorial exams"
= "taking tests for qualification/admission with little chance of success"
For instance, it is going to be a ‘memorial exam’ if you take the JLPT N1 test armed with in-depth knowledge about anime and manga only
#日本語
practical japanese@無理よりのＭＵＲＩ retweeted
ドクターストップ DOKUTAA SUTOPPU (refraining from something under doctor's orders) is top-tier Japan-coined English (和製英語).
I taught it to my physician friend who was visiting from the US, and he liked it so much he says he uses it with his patients sometimes. 🤣 #nihongo
practical japanese@無理よりのＭＵＲＩ retweeted
October #Japanese new youth slang review is out! Click the link below to learn how to use the terms:
履修
親指溶鉱炉
ジオブロ
宇宙猫
情弱
ヒンナ
ニシパ
おそらきれい
貴族の遊び
Yガール
ヌン活
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