Best dictionaries and Japanese-related APKs for Android?
I just switched to Android after being a very long time iOS user and I’m somewhat at a loss at the best apps and must-haves of Japanese content, dictionaries and similar stuff....
What are your motivations or goals that make you learn Japanese?
Mine was at the beginning to be able to read Visual Novels, but now is more than that, I like to learn more and there are few sensations like understanding new “symbols” as words.
Why doesn’t Japanese just get rid of Kanji? ( youtu.be )
This video by Kotorabo, one of the best YouTube channels about language and etymologies talks about the question we’ve all wondered at some point: why doesn’t Japanese just get rid of Kanji?
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Japanese pop-up dictionary with pitch accent?
Hi, I use Rikaichan/Rikaikun at the moment but I'm not sure how to turn on pitch accent if it has it. Does anyone use a pop-up dictionary that has pitch accent, by any chance?
凸凹 and 凹凸
I love the visual aspect. They areでこぼこ and おうとつ and mean bumpiness....
Use yourei.jp for better example sentences ( yourei.jp )
When I encounter a new vocabulary word, it is often useful to see how that word is used in other contexts. Previously, I would use Jisho.org and do a sentence search for the word, but they really only have sentences from tatoeba.org, which are not always the most natural, and sometimes, there just aren’t very many. I’ve...
Understanding manzai and the ボケとツッコミ dynamic is key for Japanese ( tvtropes.org )
One trope you’ll see repeated all over anime, manga, novels and even in real life is that of the ボケ (the idiot) and ツッコミ (straight man). Once you know a bit more about its dynamics and some of the more famous 芸人 duos, you start seeing it everywhere....
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Do any ebook platforms have better integrated dictionaries than Google Play?
I’ve gotten into reading Japanese books a lot more recently, and I prefer e-books as their built-in dictionaries are a god-send for foreign language learners....
Are there accent rules in Japanese?
I’m currently learning with Duolingo and even though I can read, I’ve realized I never know which syllable should be accented....
Is 「はぁ?」a universal word? - A study on "huh?" ( youtu.be )
I thought this was a very interesting vieo about the use of “huh?” or 「はぁ?」 and how many languages around the world have found a quick way to let the other party know that there has been a problem in communication....
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Oyakodon and its sibling dishes ( discuss.tchncs.de )
There’s a dish in Japan called 親子丼(おやこどん) which is a chicken + eggs rice bowl. 親子(おやこ) can be translated as parent and child, which was a bit disturbing the first time I knew about it....
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[Guide] Playing Visual Novels on GNU/Linux ( wiki.comfysnug.space )
We’ve been working on a guide to help players on all major GNU/Linux distributions play visual novels for the past few weeks. The main focus is on getting Japanese-only visual novels to work, because they tend to be much quirkier....
There's a 4-page manga about the Wikipedia mascot, Wikipe-tan ( lemmy.comfysnug.space )
Wikipe-tan has been the (cutest) unofficial mascot for Wikipedia since 2006. This manga was posted to PIxiv and Wikipedia in 2010 by Kasuga, where he said this:...
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Lemmy supports ruby annotations (furigana) in markdown as of 0.18.1: {学校|がっこう}
You can now use furigana in your posts via the DenDen Markdown syntax for furigana. If you write the following...
Calligraphy 書道 - Different ways of writing 様 ( youtu.be )
This channel is pretty fun whenever I need something to watch and relax without thinking much about it. It has also helped me realise I make a lot of mistakes when writing by hand which inevitably leads to messier characters. Definitely recommend watching if you’re into this type of stuff.
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Android tip: Google Lens + Aedict
I’ve been playing japanese games on my steam deck lately and have discovered a useful workflow for looking things up if you’ve got an Android device on hand....
Are Japanese podcasts good for for helping with learning the language? ( kbin.social )
If so, any recommendations on podcasts to listen to?...
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