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We could invent a loss based wiriting system

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having the minions talks some weird mix of spanish, english and gibberish instead of just making them speak esperanto is actually the biggest flaw of the despicable me franchise

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Everybody in the language learning space that tries to tell you that you can learn a language in a certain amount of weeks or months is probably trying to sell you something

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Today's kanji that I fucking hated until 10 minutes ago is 財 (property, money, assets, wealth). Couldn't remember it for the life of me so I looked into the radicals more. Turns out 才 comes from 手 (hand) and this led me to do research and discover that yes shells were once used as currency. So having shells in your hand basically meant you had money and actually this kanji makes total sense. Love when kanji teaches me history!

Also here's a dumb mnemonic for the most commom onyomi readings:

By having lots of shellfish (貝), the genius (才) got wealthy by using them to make psychic (さい) xylophones (ざい)

The kunyomi is たから but it seems 宝 is used more often for that anyway?

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switching from one language to another because you're fluent in both is fun, but i propose a better option: switching from one language to another because you're really bad at both of them and your brain has no idea what to do

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I have become a regular at the local cafe. I sit at the lunch counter with my laptop to write. The workers keep me updated on all the tea.

Barista: Oh god here he comes.

Me: who?

Barista: White Ferrari guy. Hes banned from the other cafe. All he ever does is tell the same stories about the pyramids. Or ghosts. Or his car. Don't make eye contact with him. If he talks to you he won't leave you alone- Hi hello welcome!

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i'll let phie-san say it:

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One time I was reading the comments on the YouTube video for Villain - Teniwoha, and someone remarked that the way the phrase "多種多様の性" (meaning "a wide variety of genders") is sung right before the second chorus sounds a lot like "男子だよどうせ" (meaning "[I'm a] guy after all") and I have been thinking about it non-stop ever since

I'm very normal about this song

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This might be a very niche take but I think we should take people's reasons for learning a language in mind when suggesting how they go about it

I've seen people in a lot of Japanese learning communities tell other to never watch fantasy anime (or anime at all sometimes) or read anything that's not slice-of-life or actual literature because "people in real life don't speak like that"

And while, yes, that's true, native Japanese speakers do not generally speak like anime characters, uhhhh... The probability of me watching a fantasy anime in the course of a month is significantly higher than the probability of me going to Japan in the next five years. So understanding anime character speech is in fact more relevant to me than, idk, business lingo

And, I don't think that's a bad thing personally? Learning a language because you want to better understand content you find fun is just as good a reason as learning it to live in the country where the language is spoken, and it's fine and reasonable to adjust your learning strategies according to your personal goals

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Villain - Teniwoha Vocabulary list + notes

ゾッと: Shuddering, trembling, being horrified, being disgusted (onomatopoeia)

競争 (きょうそう): Competition, race, rivalry

通報 (つうほう): Report, notification

突然変異 (とつぜんへんい): Mutation

論者 (ろんじゃ): Debater, disputant

善悪 (ぜんあく): Good and evil

多頭飼い (たとうかい): Own multiple animals

侵害 (しんがい): Infringement, violation, invasion

言いふらす (い): To spread (a rumor), to disseminate

夜行性 (やこうせい): Nocturnal

フリする: To pretend

拝啓 (はいけい): Dear (in a letter)

蛇蝎 (だかつ): Detestation

挙句 (あげく): At the end

糜爛 (びらん): Inflammation, erosion, ulceration

逸脱 (いつだつ): Deviation

性 (さが): One's nature, custom, convention (this kanji can also mean "gender")

ひた隠す (かく): To cover up

雄蕊 (おしべ): Stamen

造花 (ぞうか): Artificial flower

果て (は): In the end

実 (み): Fruit

結ぶ (むす): To bear (fruit)

ぶるぶる: Trembling (with fear), shaking

多種多様 (たしゅたよう): Great variety of, diversity

幸あれ (さち): "Good luck!", all the best

嫉妬 (しっと): Jealousy, envy

微熱愛 (びねつあい): Little ardent love

皮膚 (ひふ): Skin

捧げる (ささ): To devote, to offer, to dedicate

悪辣 (あくらつ): Vicious, unscrupulous

猥雑 (わいざつ): Vulgar, indecent, disorderly, messy

広告 (こうこく): Advertisement

Extra notes:

Dr. Duran Duran: Reference to the main villain in the 1968 science fiction movie Barbarella.

1LDK: Apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen

乱歩 (らんぽ): Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese mystery fiction author (1894-1965) Notes from Wikipedia:

"Another of his interests was bringing attention to the work of his dear friend Jun'ichi Iwata (1900–1945), an anthropologist who had spent many years researching the history of homosexuality in Japan. During the 1930s, Edogawa and Iwata had engaged in a light-hearted competition to see who could find the most books about erotic desire between men. Iwata died in 1945, with only part of his work published, so Edogawa worked to have the remaining work on queer historiography published."

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You (derogatory)

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Villain - Teniwoha Vocabulary list + notes

ゾッと: Shuddering, trembling, being horrified, being disgusted (onomatopoeia)

競争 (きょうそう): Competition, race, rivalry

通報 (つうほう): Report, notification

突然変異 (とつぜんへんい): Mutation

論者 (ろんじゃ): Debater, disputant

善悪 (ぜんあく): Good and evil

多頭飼い (たとうかい): Own multiple animals

侵害 (しんがい): Infringement, violation, invasion

言いふらす (い): To spread (a rumor), to disseminate

夜行性 (やこうせい): Nocturnal

フリする: To pretend

拝啓 (はいけい): Dear (in a letter)

蛇蝎 (だかつ): Detestation

挙句 (あげく): At the end

糜爛 (びらん): Inflammation, erosion, ulceration

逸脱 (いつだつ): Deviation

性 (さが): One's nature, custom, convention (this kanji can also mean "gender")

ひた隠す (かく): To cover up

雄蕊 (おしべ): Stamen

造花 (ぞうか): Artificial flower

果て (は): In the end

実 (み): Fruit

結ぶ (むす): To bear (fruit)

ぶるぶる: Trembling (with fear), shaking

多種多様 (たしゅたよう): Great variety of, diversity

幸あれ (さち): "Good luck!", all the best

嫉妬 (しっと): Jealousy, envy

微熱愛 (びねつあい): Little ardent love

皮膚 (ひふ): Skin

捧げる (ささ): To devote, to offer, to dedicate

悪辣 (あくらつ): Vicious, unscrupulous

猥雑 (わいざつ): Vulgar, indecent, disorderly, messy

広告 (こうこく): Advertisement

Extra notes:

Dr. Duran Duran: Reference to the main villain in the 1968 science fiction movie Barbarella.

1LDK: Apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen

乱歩 (らんぽ): Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese mystery fiction author (1894-1965) Notes from Wikipedia:

"Another of his interests was bringing attention to the work of his dear friend Jun'ichi Iwata (1900–1945), an anthropologist who had spent many years researching the history of homosexuality in Japan. During the 1930s, Edogawa and Iwata had engaged in a light-hearted competition to see who could find the most books about erotic desire between men. Iwata died in 1945, with only part of his work published, so Edogawa worked to have the remaining work on queer historiography published."

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Daughter of Evil vocabulary part 2

悪ノ娘単語 part 2

幾多 (いくた): Many, numerous

焼き払う (やきはらう): To burn to the ground, to reduce to ashes

棘 (とげ): Thorn, prickle

ついに: Finally, at last

烏合 (うごう): Disorderly gathering

率いる (ひきいる): To lead, to command

積もり積もる (つもりつもる): To pile up more and more

包み込む (つつみこむ): To wrap up

王宮 (おうきゅう): Royal palace

囲む (かこむ): To lay siege on, to surround, to enclose

捕らえる (とらえる): To seize, to arrest, to capture

もろい: Brittle, fragile, weak

はかない: Short lived, ephemeral, vain

崩れる (くずれる): To collapse, to crumble

処刑 (しょけい): Execution

牢屋 (ろうや): Jail

民衆 (みんしゅう): People, populace, masses

のち: Afterwards, later, since

語る (かたる): To talk about, to speak of, to narrate

Part 1:

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Daughter of Evil vocabulary part 1

悪ノ娘単語

悪逆 (あくぎゃく): treason, atrocity

非道 (ひどう): unjust, inhuman

悪逆非道 (あくぎゃくひどう): atrocious, fiendish, diabolic

絢爛 (けんらん): gorgeous, dazzling

豪華 (ごうか): pomp, extravagance, splendour

絢爛豪華 (けんらんごうか): luxurious and gorgeous

調度品 (ちょうどひん): furniture

召使い (めしつかい): Servant

愚民 (ぐみん): Ignorant people

搾り取る (しぼりとる): To squeeze out, to extort, to exploit

逆らう (さからう): To go against, to oppose, to defy

粛清 (しゅくせい): (political) purge

ひざまずく: To kneel

可憐 (かれん): Lovely, cute, pitiable

鮮やか (あざやか): Vivid, vibrant

哀れ (あわれ): Pitiful, miserable

雑草 (ざっそう): Weed

養分 (ようぶん): Nourishment, nutrient

暴君 (ぼうくん): Tyrant, despot

嫉妬 (しっと): Jealousy, envy

大臣 (だいじん): Cabinet minister

滅ぼす (ほろぼす): To destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin

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If you’re reading this I hope in 2020 you get

Language books

Cute stationery

New friends to practice your target languages with

To travel to the countries where your target languages are spoken

Fluency