Recently signed up for emails from the wanikani guys which led me to this interesting and relevant discussion: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/kanji-radicals-mnemonic-method/
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 September 2021 00:05 (two years ago) link
These two always get me:相手助手
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 September 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
会社 and 社会 is driving me nuts, I can never remember which one is which
This one is an easy one for me as I’m often looking for the name and address of a sale brewery in the side of the bottle and anchoring to 株式会社 is the easiest way. 社会 is just the other one.
On the other hand, 相手 and 助手 are infuriatingly close. Inevitably I always do better if I can anchor to something outside of the flash cards.
Recently I have been struggling with
仲良し仲が良い
which are infuriatingly close in meaning but definitely not the same.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Friday, 3 September 2021 04:18 (two years ago) link
This related word gets mixed in too:仲良く
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 September 2021 11:38 (two years ago) link
Just mixed up these two 専寺
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 September 2021 11:55 (two years ago) link
Sound is back on Tsurukame.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 September 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
Thing that I am starting to get straight:The short and long pronunciation of the first kanji here:世界世紀世辞Thing that still gives me grief:All the different nuances of meaning as well as whether to rendaku or not for words that start with 大
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 September 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
I thought I was getting a feel for when to rendaku until I came to 早口, my brain really thinks this should be guchi dammit
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 5 September 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 01:04 (two years ago) link
Wikipedia article quite good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku#Examples
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
Sorry, linked in the middle instead of the top.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 01:30 (two years ago) link
Both readings are correct for 早口, and you certainly hear both said. There’s a lot of regional and personal variation in rendaku in any case.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Sunday, 5 September 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link
Ah, yeah, so they are, thanks. Me, I can never quite remember the meaning of this one:早速
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 01:51 (two years ago) link
Basically stuff that means something like recently, soon, nearby, just now right away etc. always gets jumbled up in my head.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 01:53 (two years ago) link
Right now my recent rendaku issues center on a particular kanji that is already voiced材vs a lookalike with similar pronunciation that does have a rendaku and non-rendaku version財
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 02:04 (two years ago) link
Anyway I feel kind of good that I aware of and know how to type the special rendaku kana ぢ and づ as in 鼻血(はなぢ) . Can’t think of a word for the other one, actually.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
早まって喜ぶな。
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 03:02 (two years ago) link
^From Clozemaster, which I highly recommend.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
Have been forging ahead on Duolingo but it just got insanely hard. I was on the level Memories and The Arts 1And just got to Weather 2 and Lawbut the sentences are just too long at this point
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
So probably should just stick to Clozemaster
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
These three, but getting close:神禅福
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 September 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 September 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
These two:温湯
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 02:25 (two years ago) link
村材
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
I finally came up with a system to get it thru my thick skull lol会社 kaisha - begins with a k sound, company社会 shakai - begins with an s sound, society
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
That’s pretty good actually. I have something like that for another, hopefully will post soon.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
Sitting here at level 20 going on 21 with a thousand reviews.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 September 2021 12:07 (two years ago) link
A thousand years I’ve been imprisoned in this bottle studying wanikani!
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 September 2021 12:39 (two years ago) link
The Wanikani guys really like The Dictionary of Japanese Grammar, all three volumes, but I don’t know if I can buy too many physical volumes these days and the ebook seems suspect.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 September 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 September 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
Sometimes a pair like this can confuse me:時期期待
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 September 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
So I just started to dip into Japanese in anticipation of a trip (that is now very likely postponed) and because it intersting and came across "80/20 Japanese" which to my very novice eyes seems pretty good? anyone else have experience with this?
― gbx, Friday, 17 September 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
Not me, sorry.
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 September 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
i found this particularly (ha ha) helpful: https://8020japanese.com/japanese-sentence-structure/
― gbx, Friday, 17 September 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
if you can get past the voice and creepiness, the first couple of videos here finally made japanese sentence structure click for me: hxxps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOFZu06WlhnypWj
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 17 September 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
particularly the insight that every japanese sentence has a subject marked with が, whether explicit or implied by the context
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 17 September 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
急行列車
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 September 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
私はあれを知らない
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Saturday, 18 September 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
https://onomatoproject.com/
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 September 2021 22:25 (two years ago) link
会議議会but this pair seems a little easier, famous last words
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 September 2021 13:10 (two years ago) link
せっかくの苦労もあだになった。
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 September 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
Getting used to the terminal の
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 September 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
齢Has a slightly different stylization that was throwing me off
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 September 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
I have…a very big backlog of Wanikani reviews.
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 September 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
These two域識
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 September 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
Don’t look that similar but they also rhyme.
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 September 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
I splurged for Kodansha learners pack bundle of apps and it does seem kind of useful.
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 October 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
weird that a bunch of radicals I got today only appear in exactly one kanji.
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 October 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
Oh but then those kanji may have multiple vocabulary words
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 October 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
These:案委
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 October 2021 01:12 (two years ago) link