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A Handy Guide to JJWXC Tags, Part 2

Part 1 Here

The more specific category tags deserved their own post, because some of them are amazingly specific subgenres/premises! Again, please let me know if I got anything wrong!

清穿 = transmigration to the Qing dynasty

强强 = two equally strong protagonists, generally see applied to romantic pairings

生子 = involves childbirth, indicates mpreg when applied to BL

年下 = younger partner is dominant/seme

灵魂转换 = protag’s soul enters a new body

性别转换 = genderbend

幻想空间 = extremely “imaginative”

灵异神怪 = supernatural elements like spirits, sages, demons

奇幻魔幻 = fantasy, magic

科幻 = science fiction

恐怖 = horror

都市情缘 = urban romance

花季雨季 = youthful love

宫廷侯爵 = court drama involving nobles/royalty/ministers/generals etc.

豪门世家 = rich/powerful families

江湖恩怨 = passionate personal loyalty/justice/feud dynamics, like in wuxia or gangster works

三教九流 = protag is outsider to a field (then gets better at it than everyone else)

异国奇缘 = romance in a foreign land

布衣生活 = historical urban romance (between regular people)

情有独钟 = one party has only ever loved one person

欢喜冤家 = enemies to lovers

虐恋情深 = passionate but destructive romance, can end happily or badly

边缘恋歌 = love forbidden by society

因缘邂逅 = main couple meets by accident but come to develop a romance

近水楼台 = MC and LI have preexisting close relationship– can be friend/friend, lord/servant, teacher/student, etc.

破镜重圆 = getting back together with someone

恋爱合约 = fake relationship

前世今生 = reincarnation

爱情战争 = coercive relationship

乔装改扮 = secret identity

天作之合 = fated lovers

阴差阳错 = kept apart by fate

天之骄子 = someone privileged/extraordinarily talented/high-born/famous

平步青云 = someone of humble circumstances suddenly gets a massive rise in fortunes

随身空间 = protag has a personal hyperspace dimension e.g. allowing him to bring modern goods when he transmigrates to an ancient setting

异世大陆 = secondary world fantasy

乡村爱情 = rural romance

西方罗曼 = romance with Western setting

穿越时空 = time/setting travel, transmigration

民国旧影 = set during Republican China

青梅竹马 = childhood friends-to-lovers

骑士与剑 = set in Western medieval-esque settings with knights, dragons, etc.

娱乐圈 = entertainment industry setting

古穿今 = protag from ancient times winds up in the modern day

种田文 = typically non-modern-day setting with a plot focused on the MC’s gradual base-building, financial development, day-to-day life, relationships, characterization, etc. rather than scheming or geopolitics.

洪荒 =set in primordial times with the creation gods

仙侠修真 = cultivation

血族 = vampires

竞技 = competition, usually sports competitions

异能 = supernatural ability

宅斗 = family/clan internal feuding

宫斗 = harem feuding

重生 = do-over, protag reborn as a past version of themselves while retaining their knowledge of the future

婚恋 = marriage

七年之痒 = seven years’ itch

婆媳 = mother-in-law conflict

末世 = apocalyptic setting

女强 = strong independent female MC

无限流 = protag trains and continually levels up in power in fictional setting, usually that of a preexisting work

网配 = stories set in online voice actor circles

制服情缘 = romance with people in uniforms

传奇 = essay of extraordinary events/experiences for original fic, stories with mythological background for non-original fic

游戏网游 = gaming

女配 = female side character is reborn, or MC transmigrates into a female side character, and works to supplant the female lead

机甲 = mecha

职场 = focus on career

美食 = romance with delicious food

业界精英 = top-tier in their field

相爱相杀 = love-hate relationship

星际 = IN SPAAAACE!

打脸 = protag shows up their detractors

励志人生 = inspirational, shows the protag improving their circumstances through hard work 

系统 = system/cheats, i.e. the protag gets stuff like quests/skills/exp/stat points but in his “real life”.

商战 = corporate warfare

甜文 = sweet and fluffy story

快穿 = protag transmigrates to a series of different settings

现代架空 = set in a vague unspecific “present day” without identifiable real-world city names/locations/etc.

未来架空 = set in an imagined future

悬疑推理 = mystery/suspense 

穿书 = protag transmigrates into a character in a book

女扮男装 = crossdressing girl

爽文 = feel-good, stress-free plot without setbacks

升级流 = protag levels from ordinary person to highest of the high

网红 = story about internet famous people

直播 = stories about livestreamers

西幻 = western fantasy

东方玄幻 = Eastern fantasy (something in the vein of Twelve Kingdoms?)

复仇虐渣 = revenge plot complicated by feelings

市井生活 = everyday urban life

科举 = imperial examinations

年代文 = set between Republican China and the ‘90s with a strong sense of era

小门小户 = life of ordinary people

朝堂之上 = imperial court politics

经商 = business world

都市异闻 = urban fantasy 

时尚流行 = lives of glamorous people/trendsetters/designers/etc.

成长 = bildungsroman

逆袭 = protag turns the tables and goes from zero to hero

校园 = school stories

姐弟恋 = older woman with younger man

古代幻想 = “extremely imaginative”, but set in historical or fictionalized historical times

异想天开 = AU fics?

魔法幻情 = creative fantasy with a lot of magic (not sure of the exact difference between some of these “fantasy” labels)

亡灵异族 = secondary world with souls of the dead, sorcerers, fantasy races, and the like.

秘术/异术 = secret technique (not sure of the exact difference between these terms)

超能 = superpowers 

异闻传说 = “mysteries, plot twists, new and different things, suspense, and deduction that contain rather shocking events.” (conspiracy theories??? I feel like it’s an euphemism for something.)

奇谭 = dreamlike, fairytale style

大冒险 = adventure/exploration 

史诗奇幻 = epic fantasy with worldbuilding

[kkeunimopssii]

The kanji for the word "to scoop" is so nice. You have the "hand" radical on the left, and then the "wrapping" radical wrapped around the "rice" radical. Like, you can clearly see what they were going for with this when they made the character - it's saying "scooping up rice with your hands". I haven't looked too closely into the history of this word/character but I wouldn't be surprised if its original meaning was only scooping rice specifically, or only scooping something with your hands, and then changed to mean scooping up any small objects or liquid with any implement. (This source seems to think so but I'm not sure how reliable it is)

I love seeing cultural history baked into the parts of a language itself.

[kkeunimopssii]

I was searching for some grammar stuff and stumbled upon this Korean textbook (e-book) designed specifically for self-studying!

It’s from EPS (the employment permit system), which has their own Korean proficiency exam for foreign workers. The EPS-TOPIK is pretty different from the regular TOPIK, but this textbook seems like a really great resource! It starts with Hangul and then covers a whole bunch of grammar patterns while also teaching cultural stuff. There’s a lot of industry-related vocabulary and phrases because it’s designed for migrant workers in Korea, but even if those sections aren’t personally relevant, the grammar is still useful!

(I also think a lot of people don’t realize/forget that the majority of foreigners who live in Korea aren’t teaching English or working white collar office jobs; they are working in industrial factories and agriculture, often in shitty conditions. This textbook gives a glimpse into the hiring process and the kinds of situations migrant workers need to prepare for.)

Also it’s free!

[kkeunimopssii]

In ghost trick there’s a hippie guy who lives in a park who keeps going on about 「神のイシ」 (kami no ishi), handing out flyers to everyone about it. In English this is translated as “the rock of the gods”, but this doesn’t preserve the big reveal that the original Japanese has!

In Japanese イシ can mean rock, 石, (and it does in this case) but it can also mean “will”, 意志. Since this character is kinda portrayed as a bit of a religious nut, and in the context of being something “of the gods”, it’s much more likely for a reader to assume it means “will of the gods”. Since it’s always written in katakana, we don’t get any clue as to its real meaning until the reveal: the guy is talking about an actual rock, not the abstract “will of the gods”!

It’s a shame this didn’t translate well into English because I had forgotten this reveal and it really worked on me when I replayed it in Japanese and it was great!

Here's a video of a Japanese person playing ghost trick and realising the word play!

[kkeunimopssii]

𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕤 | 中文迷因

please accept and enjoy some obscure memes that my friends and i use everyday in our “我们的中文比较好” group chat

*more will be added as a continued thread*

[kkeunimopssii]

成语故事 – 望梅止渴

望梅止渴 / wàng méi zhǐ kě

lit: "to quench one's thirst by imagining plums"

meaning: to relieve hurt / console oneself by imagining something good/illusions

生词：

部队 (部隊) / bù duì / army, troops

讨伐（討伐） / tǎo fá / to send (army) to suppress / crusade

叛军（叛軍）/ pàn jūn / rebel group/army

正直 / zhèng zhí / just when...

随身（隨身） / suí shēn / to carry (on one's person)

携带（攜帶）/ xié dài / to carry (TW pronunciation: xī dài)

喝光 / hē guāng / to drink all of, to drink up/finish

体弱（體弱）/ tǐ ruò / debility

中暑 / zhòng shǔ / heatstroke

晕倒（暈倒）/ yūn dǎo / to pass out, faint

向导（嚮導）/ xiàng dǎo / guide, escort

绕路（繞路）/ rào lù / to make a detour

饥渴（飢渴）/ jī kě / hungry and thirsty

沉思 / chén sī / to ponder, contemplate

声张（聲張）/ shēng zhāng / to disclose, make public

加把劲儿（加把勁兒）/ jiā bǎ jìn er / to make extra effort

解渴 / jiě kě / to quench thirst

仿佛（彷彿）/ as if

步伐 / bù fá / pace

故事：

东汉末年，曹操率领部队去讨伐叛军张绣。当时正值盛夏，太阳火辣辣地照着大地，将士们随身携带的水中就喝光了，行军速度越来越慢，有几个体弱的士兵还因为中暑晕倒在路边。看到这种情况，曹操非常着急，他立刻叫来向导，悄悄问他：“这附近有没有水源？”

向导摇了摇头，说：“最近的水源也在山谷的另一边，要绕路才能过去。”

曹操看了看饥渴的士兵，沉思了一会儿，对向导说：“你专心带路吧，不要声张，水的事情让我来想办法。”

说完，曹操骑马爬山一个山头，他假装向远处看了看，然后扭过头对士兵们说：“大家加把劲儿，我找到解渴的东西了！”

士兵们一听，一下子来了精神，忙问：“什么东西？”

曹操指了指前方，说：“这条路我以前曾经走过，我知道在前面不远的地方有一片梅林，梅子结得又多又大，到了那儿就可以解渴了。”

士兵们听了，口水直流，仿佛已经吃到了酸甜可口的梅子，顿时觉得没那么渴了，步伐也随之加快了。这时，曹操派人快步翻过山谷，取来水，士兵们痛快地喝足了水，又继续赶路了。

[kkeunimopssii]

Articulatory Phonetics - 调音语音学

字音 zǐyīn - (n.) consonant (also 福音 fǔyīn)

调音部位diàoyīnbùwèi - (n.) place of articulation (also 发音部位)

双唇音 shuāngchúnyīn - (n.) bilabial sound

唇齿音/齿唇音 chúnchǐyīn/chǐchúnyīn - (n.) labiodental sound

齿音 chǐyīn - (n.) dental sound

齿龈音 chǐyínyīn - (n.) alveolar sound

龈腭音 yín'èyīn - (n.) alveolo-palatal sound

卷舌音 juǎnshéyīn - (n.) retroflex sound

腭音 èyīn - (n.) palatal sound

软腭音 ruǎn'èyīn - (n.) velar sound

小舌音 xiǎoshéyīn - (n.) uvular sound

咽音 yānyīn - (n.) pharyngeal sound

声门音/喉音 shēngményīn/hóuyīn - (n.) glottal sound

调音方法 diàoyīnfāngfǎ - (n.) manner of articulation

阻碍音 zǔ'àiyīn - (n.) obstruent

塞音 sèyīn - (n.) stop, plosive

擦音 cāyīn - (n.) fricative

咝音 sīyīn - (n.) sibilant

塞擦音 sècāyīn - (n.) affricate

响音 xiǎngyīn - (n.) sonorant

鼻音 bíyīn - (n.) nasal

流音 liúyīn - (n.) liquid

边音 biānyīn - (n.) lateral

近音 jìnyīn - (n.) approximant

半元音bànyuányīn - (n.) semivowel, glide

颤音 chànyīn - (n.) trill

弹音 tányīn - (n.) tap

闪音 shǎnyīn - (n.) flap

发声态 fāshēngtài - (n.) phonation

清音 qīngyīn - (n.) voiceless sound

浊音 zhuóyīn (n.) voiced sound

送气音 sòngqìyīn - (n.) aspirated sound

不送气音 búsòngqìyīn - (n.) unaspirated sound (also 非送气音)

发声起始时间 fāshēngqǐshǐshíjiān - (n.) voice-onset time (VOT)

元音 yuányīn - (n.) vowel

元音高度 yuányīn gāodù - (n.) vowel height

元音舌位 yuányīn shéwèi - (n.) vowel backness

前元音 qiányuányīn - (n.) front vowel

央元音 yāngyuányīn - (n.) central vowel

后元音 hòuyuányīn - (n.) back vowel

闭元音 bìyuányīn - (n.) close vowel

次闭元音 cìbìyuányīn - (n.) near-close vowel

半闭元音 bànbìyuányīn - (n.) close-mid vowel

中元音 zhōngyuányīn - (n.) mid vowel

半开元音 bànkāiyuányīn - (n.) open-mid vowel

次开元音 cìkāiyuányīn - (n.) near-open vowel

开元音 kāiyuányīn - (n.) open vowel

圆唇元音 yuánchúnyuányīn- (n.) rounded vowel

不圆唇元音 bùyuánchúnyuányīn - (n.) unrounded vowel

鼻化元音 bíhuāyuányīn - (n.) nasal vowel

声调/声 shēngdiào/shēng - (n.) tone

阴平声 yīnpíngshēng - (n.) high level tone

阳平声 yángpíngshēng - (n.) rising tone

上声 shǎngshēng (also shàngshēng) - (n.) falling-rising tone

去声 qùshēng - (n.) falling tone

轻声 qīngshēng - (n.) neutral tone

声道 shēngdào - (n.) vocal tract

发音器官 fāyīnqìguān - (n.) articulators, speech organs

肺脏 fèizàng - (n.) lungs

喉 hóu - (n.) larynx

声带 shēngdài - (n.) vocal folds

振动 zhèndòng - (v.) vibrate

口腔 kǒuqiāng - (n.) oral cavity

颚 è - (n.) jaw

鼻腔 bíqiāng - (n.) nasal cavity

舌根 shégēn - (n.) tongue root

舌面 shémiàn - (n.) tongue body (dorsum) (also 舌背）

舌尖 shéjiān - (n.) tongue tip

We can also divide the tongue like this: 舌前部，舌中部，舌后部

气流机制 qìliújīzhì - (n.) airstream mechanism

外呼音 wàihūyīn - (n.) egressive sound

内吸音 nèixīyīn - (n.) ingressive sound

肺部外呼音 fèibùwàihūyīn - (n.) pulmonic egressive sound

声门外呼音 shēngménwàihūyīn - (n.) glottalic egressive sound

挤喉音 jǐhóuyīn - (n.) ejective consonant

声门内吸音 shēngménnèixīyīn - (n.) glottalic ingressive sound

内爆音 nèibàoyīn - (n.) implosive consonant

舌内吸音 shénèixīyīn - (n.) lingual (velaric) ingressive sound

搭嘴音 dāzuǐyīn - (n.) click consonant

声源-滤波器理论 shēngyuán-lǜbōqì lǐlùn - (n.) source-filter theory

[kkeunimopssii]

ART HISTORY WORD LIST [part 2]

구조 [構造] - structure

왕릉 [王陵] - royal tomb

계급 [階級] - class, rank

장식되다 [裝飾되다] - be decorated

정면 [正面] - facade front

분담하다 [分擔하다] - to share

설화 [說話] - tale

별자리 - star constellation

도교 [道敎] - Taoism

고분 벽화 [古墳壁畫] - tomb fresco

권위적 [權威的] - authoritative

천장 [天障] - ceiling

승려 [僧侶] - Buddhist monk

공양하다 [供養하다] - to offer food to Buddha

기상 [氣像] - spirit

배치하다 [排置하다] - to arrange

웅혼하다 [雄渾하다] - dynamic

원근감 [遠近感] - perspective

설채 [設彩] - to draw background with ink and then color it

씨름 - korean wrestling, ssireum

유래되다 [由來되다] - to originate

무예 [武藝] - martial arts

색채 [色彩] - tone (color)

내세 [來世] - afterlife

귀족 [貴族] - aristocracy

제왕 [帝王] - emperor

사신 [四神] - Four Symbols - four mythological creatures appearing among the Chinese constellations along the ecliptic, and viewed as the guardians of the four cardinal directions. These four creatures are also referred to by a variety of other names, including "Four Guardians", "Four Gods", and "Four Auspicious Beasts". They are the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Tortoise of the North. Each of the creatures is most closely associated with a cardinal direction and a color, but also additionally represents other aspects, including a season of the year, an emotion, virtue, and one of the Chinese "five elements" (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water). Each has been given its own individual traits, origin story and a reason for being. Symbolically, and as part of spiritual and religious belief and meaning, these creatures have been culturally important across countries in the East Asian cultural sphere.

청룡 [靑龍] - Azure Dragon, Blue Dragon 백호 [白虎] - White Tiger 주작 [朱雀] - Vermilion Bird, Red Phoenix 현무 [玄武] - Black Tortoise

#korean#word list#korean vocabulary#korean language#langblr#learning languages#language study#foreign languages#language blog#korean word of the day#hangul#hanja#korean history#korean art#한국어#한국미술사

[kkeunimopssii]

An azure-winged magpie (灰喜鹊).

English added by me :)

[kkeunimopssii]

Vocab Highlight: 一生

一生（いっしょう） is a word in japanese that is used in many more situations than it would seem at first glance from looking up the english meaning in a dictionary.

From this you can gather that you can use 一生 to describe actions you habitually do for your whole life, like study. And, you can use it to mean “once-in-a-lifetime” or “~est thing of your life”. These seem like pretty limited usecases compared to how often it’s actually used in japanese conversation. In reality, japanese people often use the word 一生 where we would use the word “forever” (or “never” in a negative sentence).

偽りの生活を一生続けることはできない You can’t keep living this lie forever.

一生付き合っていくのか、こんな足と？ Am I gonna have to live with this foot (pain) forever?

これは私にとって一生忘れられない思い出です This is a memory I’ll never forget.

This is just another reminder that memorising dictionary definitions is not enough to get the real meaning of a word! You must learn how the words are actually used (from immersion, or studying lots of example sentences)

[kkeunimopssii]

some korean vocab I learned from the random schedule

some new vocab for me that I encountered in this schedule of training camp for social workers.

성희롱 - sexual harassment

마음건강검사 - mental health examination

효과적인 의사소통 - effective communication

수료식 - completion ceremony

사회재난과 안전 - social disaster and safety

갈등대처 - conflict response

귀가 - return home

규율과 규정 - discipline and regulation

[kkeunimopssii]

I would say comedy genre has more verbs and action situations in general, so maybe look up these? my suggestions:

랑데뷰

인삼류

위아더좀비

월유메리미

신혼일기 (and other from the author)

대신 심부름을 해다오

하루땃따

드로잉 레시피

소소한 일상기록둔

좌충우둘 미대생존기

hope it helps!

does anyone know of some webtoons that would be good for learning Korean if you have a lot of random noun vocabulary but not a lot of grammar & verbs

[kkeunimopssii]

231126 chinese journal log

我出去散步，外面正下着暴风雪。 时速约 50 公里。街上没有人。也看不到汽车。我走了一个小时，一路上没有看到任何人。一切看起来都像是后世界末日的景象。我只能听到呼啸声和脚下积雪的嘎吱声。我再次确信，冬天是我最喜欢的季节。

散步 - take a walk 暴风雪 - snowstorm 公里 - kilometer 街上 - on the street 一路上 - along the way 后世界末日 - post-apocalypse 景象 - scene 呼啸 - whistle 脚下 - under the foot 嘎吱 - crunch 再次 - once again 确信 - to be convinced 季节 - season

[kkeunimopssii]

have u heard of the phrases 直男癌 and 凡尔赛 they r unrelated to eachother but i thought it would be inconvenient 2 send 2 asks

直男癌 (literally "straight male cancer") refers to male chauvinism

凡尔赛 is slang for the act of humblebragging (usually on social media). It is originally/also the transliteration of "Versaille", the famously ornate palace of King Louis XIV, so you can perhaps see where the slang comes from. If you see something that's saying a post is 凡尔赛文学 ("Versaille literature"), it's saying that the post was made as a humblebrag. A person who talks like Versaille is boasting while pretending to be modest.

[kkeunimopssii]

小红书 Vocab

小红书 (also referred to as xiaohongshu or XHS) is a Chinese image-based social media platform. It is a combination of the feed, likes, shopping, and video aspects of instagram, with the ~aesthetics~ and majority female audience of pintrest. I've grown really fond of it and found that it's algorithm is better than instagram and MUCH better than pintrest with giving me content I enjoy.

I'm going to offer some vocab that is either unique to the platform, or slang that is found on the platform (esp in bullet comments). I don't want this to be too long, so some terms may be omitted if they are found on many other social media apps

APP 小红书: Literally "Little Red Book". Probably a play off of Chairman Mao's book of speeches and writings which is also referred to as the Little Red Book. The app is not at all political, but more so trying to evoke the "essentiality" and "knowledge" aspect of the term. 笔记: Notes. XHS's name for its posts 收藏: Favorites. Separate from likes, these are bookmarked collections. This and Likes can be hidden 赞过: Likes. Notes that you "heart" will appear here. 关注: Notes from people you follow 发现: Discovery tab 附近: Recent notes

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Excerpt from the Heart Sutra

是諸法空相 = All phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness

不生不滅 = no Birth no Death

不垢不浄 = no Defilement no Purity

不増不減 = no Increasing no Decreasing

(Translation by Thich Nhat Hanh)

The Heart Sutra is one of the most important sutras (religious texts) in Buddhism. It celebrates the idea that all things of the physical world are "empty"; this is the true nature of reality.

This insight can help us to overcome all pairs of opposites: birth/death, defilement/purity, increasing/decreasing, subject/object….

This is a state of coolness, peace, and non-fear which can be experienced in this life.

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神無月 (kan-na-zuki) "October" (archaic)

神 = god 無 = not 月 = month

The modern Japanese word for October is 十月 (literally "10th Month), however in the old-fashioned calendar is was known as 神無月, or "the month with no gods". 

In October, all the gods in Japan (there are believed to be 8 million of them) go to Izumo Shrine in Shimane Prefecture for a meeting, thus leaving most of Japan with no gods.

The huge shimenawa (sacred rope) at Izumo Shrine.