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Escapism Cover. This is my first post! I don’t have any sort of fancy system for my recordings, I just play the audio on my laptop and record it on my phone. The piano audio credit goes to Amosdoll on YouTube :)

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Basic Math in Japanese

あけましておめでとうございます

I’m sorry for the lack of posts recently, I promise I didn’t forget about this blog.

I hope you all find this useful. I formatted the post this way so you can see the phonetic guide. Let me know if it is hard to read; I can upload it again without the guide.

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Resources: Japanese Class

When recommending resources, I always see the usual Duolingo, Memrise, and Genki. They are great, but I never see this one mentioned:

Japaneseclass.jp

This website offers SRS practice for kana, kanji, and vocabulary.

There are eight chapters for vocabulary and kanji. In total, you can learn 2,000 kanji and 2,300 vocabulary words from this resource alone.

If that isn’t enough, people often post their own notes and vocabulary words in the note section. Of course, you can always create your own through this feature.

Another neat thing about this website is the ranking system. Points can be earned through the attendance section or during vocabulary, kanji, and kana tests in the lessons section. This encourages people to learn as many new words as possible to get to the top.

I will admit that there are a few issues so far. For a while now, the social feed has been flooded with advertisements from bots. It’s easy enough to ignore if you don’t care for the social feed, but for those who would still like to interact with the community, the forum and chat are relatively active and have no bots.

I highly recommend this website for it organization of content and the sense of completion obtained for finishing each lesson. It is not to say that other SRS apps are not as competent, I just think that this website is worth trying out alongside other resources.

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I finally finished making flash cards for Genki I. I didn’t see a “complete” list on Memrise when looking for a course, so I have decided to share it with you all.

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Duolingo Vocabulary

It’s finally here! Here’s a list of words I encountered while doing the reverse Japanese tree on Duolingo.

Material スキル  noun; skill レッソン  noun, lesson 単語  たん・ご  noun; vocabulary 台詞  せり・ふ  noun; speech, words, one’s lines, remarks

Activities 訳す  やく・す  godan verb su ending; to translate, to interpret 選ぶ  えら・ぶ  godan verb with bu ending, transitive verb; to choose, to select 入力  にゅう・りょく  noun, suru verb; input, (data) entry Listening: 聞く  き・く  godan verb ku ending; listen ゆっくり  adverb; slowly

Corrections 正解  せい・かい  noun, suru verb; correct, right, correct interpretation (solution) 正しい  ただ・しい  i-adjective; right, correct 訳  やく  noun; translation; version (e.g. “English version) 例  れい  noun; example, usage

Losing a Life Message 一つ目  ひと・つ・め  noun, no-adjective; first (in a series), initial 間違い  ま・ちが・い  noun; mistake, error 大したことではありません  (たい) expression; trivial, not amounting to much 必要  ひつ・よう  na-adjective, noun; necessary, needed, essential, indispensable なくなる  godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb; to be used up, to run out 時  とき  expression; when… at the time of… (e.g. When hp runs out) 苦手  にが・て  na-adjective; poor (at), weak (in), not very good (at) 復習  ふく・しゅう  noun, suru verb; review, revision 回復  かい・ふく  noun, suru verb; restoration, improvement, recovery

Completing a Lesson 目標  もく・ひょう  noun; mark, objective, target 完了  かん・りょう  noun, suru verb; completion, conclusion 日+連続 (に+れんぞく) = day+consecutive  this is basically your daily streak 達成  たっ・せい  noun, suru verb; achievement できる  ichidan verb, intransitive verb; to do, to complete

Completing a Skill 習う  なら・う  godan verb u ending, transitive verb; to be taught, to learn 能力  のう・りょく  noun; ability, faculty ゲージ  noun; gauge 常に  つね・に  adverb; always, constantly 満タン  まん・たん  noun; full tank, filling up the tank 状態  じょう・たい  noun; current status, condition, state, circumstance 保つ  たも・つ  godan verb tsu ending; to keep, to preserve, to maintain 内容  ない・よう  noun; subject, contents, matter 定着  てい・ちゃく  noun, suru verb; taking hold, establishing

Challenge チャレンジ  noun, suru verb; a challenge, self-challenge 挑戦  ちょう・せん  noun, suru verb; challenge, attempt, try, dare 日数  にっ・すう  noun; a number of days ~日間  か・かん  counter for a number of days.  Ex. 5日間  for five days 続ける  つづ・ける  ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb; to continue 賭ける  か・ける  ichidan verb, transitive verb; to wager, to bet 2倍  に・倍  noun; double, twice, twofold

The Annoying Ads ご覧  ご・らん  (please) try to, (please) look スポンサー  noun; sponsor 提供  てい・きょう  noun, suru verb; sponsoring, program, offer 送る  おく・る  godan verb with ru ending, transitive verb; to send (a thing); to transmit スキップ  skip

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7/30 Update

In the past few days, I have been working on a song translation. I finished typing up the song, so I'm putting all the words into memrise to share with you guys. I'm also trying to learn new grammar concepts from the song to make separate posts. Also, to not be completely inactive while I work on the translation, I have been putting together a regular vocabulary list that I will post within the next day or two. I don't want to give away the topic of what I'm working on, but I really hope you all find it useful.

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I have been jumping around a bit with the material I used, but I really want to get through this book. I am spending some time writing the vocabulary down, taking note of the grammar, and inputting it into memrise. My goal is to do a paragraph a day so I can still use other resources.

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About the network

This is a blog dedicated to everything Japan, with the focus on Japanese. The main goal of this network is to get people together who share a common interest in Japan and hopefully be a place where people can further develop their Japanese skills and make new friends along the way. Everyone is welcome to join, no matter if you’re just starting out or if you are a pro at Japanese!

By joining and becoming a member, you will be able to:

Learn and develop your Japanese 

Make new friends through the members page and chats

Find useful resources to further aid your studies

Have your posts reblogged onto the network with the tag #jpnstudynet

Access a group chat, where you can talk with other people who also has an interest in Japan

Join in loads of fun and exciting challenges and events

You DO NOT have to be a member of the network to have your posts reblogged but it would be highly encouraged you join!

How to become a member

follow the network here

fill out the application form here

reblog this post

optional: follow me here

That’s it! If you decide to join chat, I will be messaging you asap so I can add you to the group chat either on LINE or Kakao.

Even if you do not study Japanese, it would be greatly appreciated if you could spread the word to perhaps friends and people you know who may be interested in joining.

If you have any questions at all regarding the network, feel free to ask me here or message the network. I am currently looking for an admin to help me run the blog. If you know a decent amount of Japanese and are interested in this role, please indicate so when filling the form. I’m so excited to meet everyone and I hope you join. Happy studies everyone! がんばって！

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I’m working on my own personalized Genki course on Memrise! I changed a few things to make the course easier for me to understand. If you want to use this course when it’s done, let me know so I can make it public.

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I need more practice with Japanese, so I thought having a bullet journal to write in would help.

I have been setting up my bullet journal for the past few days in Japanese. I kept the same layout as the traditional bullet journal, and I decided not to worry so much about decorating, since it usually overwhelms me.

The point of this bullet journal is to force me to use the language, not to get everything perfect on the spot. I did mess up quite a few things, as you can see with the scribbles and the kanji 年, but it is all apart of the learning process – as in, I learned how to write it the right way.

I am going to keep setting it up throughout the summer, and I will use it when school starts.

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🚨 The internet needs you 🚨

You’re up again, Tumblr. 

Back in 2015 you demanded that the FCC adopt strict net neutrality rules and establish a free and open internet. And you won. 

That should’ve been the end of it. But apparently not.

The new head of the FCC wants to undo the net neutrality protections you fought so hard for.

His proposed changes open the door to your web traffic being slowed down, or even blocked altogether. You could be forced to pay extra to use your favorite apps. You could even be prevented from getting news from the sources you trust.

Title II protects consumers and democracy by ensuring all voices can be heard.

You know the drill. Here’s what to do:

The FCC is taking comments from the public, and dearfcc.org is making it as simple as possible for you to make your voice heard.

Go there now 👉 dearfcc.org ✌️

You’ll just need to provide a name, an address, and then say a little bit about why rolling back Title II protections is a bad idea. If you’re not quite sure what to write, here’s something to get you started:

I’m writing to urge you to keep our Open Internet rules based on Title II in place. Without them, we could lose the internet as we know it.

The proposed changes to FCC rules would allow fast lanes for sites that pay, and force everyone else into slow lanes. We’ve already seen access to streaming services like Netflix, popular games like League of Legends, and communication platforms like FaceTime slowed down, or even blocked. Conditions like this hurt businesses large and small, and penalize the users who patronize them. 

The changes also open the door to unfair taxes on internet users, and could also make it harder for blogs, nonprofits, artists, and others who can’t pay up to have their voices heard.

Please leave the existing existing net neutrality rules based on Title II in place.

Thank you!

If you need more ammo, feel free to quote these experts from our net neutrality Issue Time. TechCrunch and Battle for the Net also have some good starters.

Everyone is counting on everyone else here. Do your part and tell the FCC to keep a free and open internet under Title II. 

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Motivational Bill Cipher 😁

I love you guys and I’m going to draw you so much art when I get back home. What do you wanna see??? I’ve been drinking I’m weak to requests now haha reply to this message and I’m going to sleep now but I will draw you all the things next weeks have a great niooooght

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JAKIGAN MEISTER (咲人) 1st live “Ejaculation” report

Before I start I need to say that there is no way a written report could ever do this live justice. At times it will sound like I’m exaggerating just because I’m a Sakito fan, but believe me, I am not. I can be critical of him and I notice mistakes when they happen, and he’s right when he says there are some things that he needs to improve on, but this changes nothing about the fact that this live was a mind-blowing experience.

I’m not going to bother with a setlist. He played all the songs from his album in a slightly different order in the main part, minus Korokke Soba, which came in the second encore together with a second performance of World’s End because the song means a lot to him. The first encore was Kenka Drive (but better), Dasei Boogie (but better) and Gokujou Noushin Rengoku Nishiki (but better).

So the live started with the support members entering the stage (Hiro of Raphael/rice had some fans there who cheered for him and of course there were some Nightmare fans who cheered for Ni~ya). Sakito entered a short while later, looking absolutely stunning in his outfit and heels with his hair adorably wavy. You could tell by his entrance that he was nervous, and by nervous I mean he looked like he was about to run right off the stage again and throw up.

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I really hope a DVD is sold. I need to see NiSaki this incredible performance

sakito first solo live - 2017.06.29

It has happened.

I don’t remember things that well and I did not research for MC.

I can promise you it is been one of the best lives IN MY LIFE

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