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someone: so you speak ___? How do you say ___?

me:

me: *forgets how to even say hi*

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大切なものは ある日突然なくなる。 だから絶対に 失っちゃダメなんだ

There will be a time when something important just gets lost That’s why you must never let go — Princess Jellyfish (2014)

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(ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ  Time for some new vocabulary!

Ocean names   (°)#))<<

Arctic Ocean  北極海   -   ほっきょくかい

Atlantic Ocean 大西洋   -   たいせいよう Indian Ocean インド洋   -   いんどよう Pacific Ocean 太平洋   -   たいへいよう Southern/Antarctic 南極海   -   なんきょくかい

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生きる｜いきる｜To be alive

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I can’t sleep so here’s a random vocabulary list ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Animals 動物 (どうぶつ)

鳥 (とり): bird

雌鳥 (めんどり): hen

雄鳥 (おんどり): rooster

豚 (ぶた): pig

雌豚 (めぶた): sow

牛 (うし): cow

羊 (ひつじ): sheep

馬 (うま): horse

鹿 (しか): deer

亀 (かめ): tortoise/turtle

兎 (うさぎ): rabbit

蛙 (かえる): frog

犬 (いぬ): dog

猫 (ねこ): cat

猿 (さる): monkey

熊 (くま): bear

狐 (きつね): fox

鼠 (ねずみ): mouse, rat

栗鼠 (りす): squirrel

縞栗鼠 (しまりす): chipmunk

蛇 (へび): snake

狼 (おおかみ): wolf

鼬 (いたち): weasel

ライオン: lion

ペンギン: penguin

コウモリ: bat

フクロウ: owl

キリン: giraffe

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Those people who constantly reblog your stuff but you never really talk:

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“i’m sad and idk how to feel better”

“i don’t know what to draw”

“i always mess up”

“BUT I SUCK”

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漢字をもう書いた(•-•)きれいだよね！

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Here is an initial worksheet for reviewing/practicing Japanese reading and writing. If you see an issue, please leave a comment, and it’ll be fixed if/when a later version goes up.

Thanks to @vennsync​ and @enasroterfaden​ for correcting my Japanese grammar.

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How To Write Without Experience

Writing about something you’ve never experienced can be a challenge, but it can be done! To make this task easier, I’ve compiled a list of tips I have found helpful in my own writing.

1. Research, research, research

I know, I know.  You’re probably sick of researching by now, but it’s the only way to make sure any details you add about something you don’t have first-hand experience with are accurate.

Get the facts, then double-check those facts.  It’ll help in the long-run.

2. Read works similar to yours

This goes without saying. Every writer will tell you that you must read in order to develop your skills. This can also help you research without having to comb through hundreds of Wikipedia articles (we’ve all been there).

Obviously, don’t trust everything, and don’t copy or plagiarize any of their work, but use what you read as reference materials. This goes for television as well. Now you can say you’re working when you’re binge-watching Netflix!

3. Don’t be insensitive

If you’re writing about an emotionally-charged situation that you haven’t experienced firsthand, you must ensure that you don’t block out those emotions. Writing something that doesn’t acknowledge all sides to a situation and the accompanying emotions is a sure-fire way to offend someone and create and overall unrealistic story.

Don’t just research facts. You have to research emotions as well.

4. Observe!

Anyone who’s been following me for a while can tell you that I’m a big fan of using real people to improve my reading. It’s a little difficult to explain, so I’ll use an example.

A large portion of important dialogue in my novel takes place between two middle-aged men in a bar. The problem? I’m a female teenager who obviously doesn’t frequent bars. The solution? I observed how people spoke to each other at bars in restaurants I went to, and incorporated that into my dialogue.

Though you might not personally experience what you’re writing about, you’re bound to find someone who does or has. Use your observations to your advantage!

5. Don’t get discouraged

I’ll tell you right now, you might take some heat for writing about something you don’t have personal experience with. You’re going to be told that you don’t know what you’re writing about. Someone will probably tell you that you shouldn’t write about things you don’t know about. If you’re young, you’re going to be told you’re not mature enough.

DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY THIS!

It’s so easy to take what people say about us and accept it as the truth. Don’t listen to those who doubt you. Do your research, work as hard as you can, and you’ll be able to prove them all wrong.

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Helpful things for action writers to remember

Sticking a landing will royally fuck up your joints and possibly shatter your ankles, depending on how high you’re jumping/falling from. There’s a very good reason free-runners dive and roll. 

Hand-to-hand fights usually only last a matter of seconds, sometimes a few minutes. It’s exhausting work and unless you have a lot of training and history with hand-to-hand combat, you’re going to tire out really fast. 

Arrows are very effective and you can’t just yank them out without doing a lot of damage. Most of the time the head of the arrow will break off inside the body if you try pulling it out, and arrows are built to pierce deep. An arrow wound demands medical attention. 

Throwing your opponent across the room is really not all that smart. You’re giving them the chance to get up and run away. Unless you’re trying to put distance between you so you can shoot them or something, don’t throw them. 

Everyone has something called a “flinch response” when they fight. This is pretty much the brain’s way of telling you “get the fuck out of here or we’re gonna die.” Experienced fighters have trained to suppress this. Think about how long your character has been fighting. A character in a fist fight for the first time is going to take a few hits before their survival instinct kicks in and they start hitting back. A character in a fist fight for the eighth time that week is going to respond a little differently. 

ADRENALINE WORKS AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU FIGHT. THIS IS IMPORTANT. A lot of times people think that adrenaline will kick in and give you some badass fighting skills, but it’s actually the opposite. Adrenaline is what tires you out in a battle and it also affects the fighter’s efficacy - meaning it makes them shaky and inaccurate, and overall they lose about 60% of their fighting skill because their brain is focusing on not dying. Adrenaline keeps you alive, it doesn’t give you the skill to pull off a perfect roundhouse kick to the opponent’s face. 

Swords WILL bend or break if you hit something hard enough. They also dull easily and take a lot of maintenance. In reality, someone who fights with a sword would have to have to repair or replace it constantly.

Fights get messy. There’s blood and sweat everywhere, and that will make it hard to hold your weapon or get a good grip on someone. 

A serious battle also smells horrible. There’s lots of sweat, but also the smell of urine and feces. After someone dies, their bowels and bladder empty. There might also be some questionable things on the ground which can be very psychologically traumatizing. Remember to think about all of the character’s senses when they’re in a fight. Everything WILL affect them in some way. 

If your sword is sharpened down to a fine edge, the rest of the blade can’t go through the cut you make. You’ll just end up putting a tiny, shallow scratch in the surface of whatever you strike, and you could probably break your sword. 

ARCHERS ARE STRONG TOO. Have you ever drawn a bow? It takes a lot of strength, especially when you’re shooting a bow with a higher draw weight. Draw weight basically means “the amount of force you have to use to pull this sucker back enough to fire it.” To give you an idea of how that works, here’s a helpful link to tell you about finding bow sizes and draw weights for your characters.  (CLICK ME)

If an archer has to use a bow they’re not used to, it will probably throw them off a little until they’ve done a few practice shots with it and figured out its draw weight and stability. 

People bleed. If they get punched in the face, they’ll probably get a bloody nose. If they get stabbed or cut somehow, they’ll bleed accordingly. And if they’ve been fighting for a while, they’ve got a LOT of blood rushing around to provide them with oxygen. They’re going to bleed a lot. 

Here’s a link to a chart to show you how much blood a person can lose without dying. (CLICK ME) 

If you want a more in-depth medical chart, try this one. (CLICK ME)

Hopefully this helps someone out there. If you reblog, feel free to add more tips for writers or correct anything I’ve gotten wrong here. 

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物の哀れ⁂もののあわれ⁂literally translates to the poignancy and sadness of transient things.

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ある罪で警察に逮捕されたネコと、ネコに尋問を試みる警官のやりとりが可愛いわ平和だわで超笑える #警察24時 - Togetterまとめ

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Sou-Matome JLPT N2 Vocab Pt 1

賃貸アパート (ちんたいアパート) : rental apartment

家賃 (やちん): monthly rent

管理日 (かんりひ): caretaker fee

無料/ただ: free, no charge

有料 (ゆうりょう): not free

徒歩 (とほ): going (by foot)

3階建て (さんかいだて): 3 story building

南向き (みなみむき): south facing

築十年 (ちくじゅうねん): built 10 years ago

自転車置き場 (じてんしゃおきば): bicycle lot

敷金 (しききん): deposit 

礼金 (れいきん):  key money

広々 (ひろびろ): spacious

日当たり (ひあたり): exposure to the sun

人通り (ひとどおり): pedestrian traffic

一軒家 / 一戸建て ( いっけにゃ/いっこだて): a house

物干し (ものほし): frame for drying clothes

 風呂場 (ふろば): bathroom

洗面所 (せんめんじょ): washroom

一人暮らし (ひとりくらし): single living

一人住まい (ひとりずまい): living alone

近所付き合い (きんじょづきあい):  relations with neighbors

付き合う (つきあう): to go out with

引っ越し (ひっこうし): moving 

荷作り (にづくり): packing

回覧板 (かいらんばん): bulletin, notice board

この辺り (あたり) / この付近 (ふきん): around here

真ん前 (まんまえ): right in front of…

真後ろ (まうしろ): right behind

真ん中 (まんなか): right in the middle

斜め前 (ななめまえ): kitty corner, diagonal

チラシ: leaflet, ad

ながめ:  view

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Day 3~ I’ve been finding it hard to stay focused today so I didn’t spend as much time studying as I would have liked, but I still managed to get everything done. If you want to see more pictures from my study sessions you can follow me on Instagram 😊

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I’ve always kinda wanted to do one of these - so here, have a timelapse of me writing in my terrible handwriting, recorded with an ancient phone, held by a tripod that’s actually a stack of books, and complete with cheesy music. Cheers!