The world stops functioning if there's no coffee ( sh.itjust.works )
This one is a bit tricky, in fact. What it means to say in English is “when the coffee is empty, we won’t refill it”....
三ドイッチ ( sh.itjust.works )
"We are free" ( sh.itjust.works )
It wanted to give out a message of freedom, but the mistranslation ended up meaning “we are free of charge”....
If you want to challenge yourself to a very fun podcast: ゆる言語学ラジオ - 単語はすごい ( www.youtube.com )
I love this podcast. They discuss a lot of the more mind-blowing quirks of language from a Japanese perspective. It has led to some truly mind-blowing moments for me, where I have understood English from a completely new perspective, and I really enjoy it....
An introduction to japaneselanguage!
Hello everyone, I realised we don’t really have an introductory or meta thread for this community, and I thought it might be wise to create one....
The road to JLPT #3 - 本日の文法
Hello everyone, and welcome to our daily JLPT thread! It’s insane seeing the community grow up to 20 users. I want to keep these posts up in hopes of building an active community that focuses on what the Japanese language is, and how it works. It really is a fascinating subject to study!...
The road to JLPT #2 - 本日の文法
Hello everyone, and welcome to our daily JLPT thread! As the tests get nearer and nearer, I’m thinking on focusing on N4-N3 grammar for a few days, since I think those are probably the most popular tests, and the bulk of potential readers will fall under that level most likely. That said, let us begin!...
The road to JLPT #1 - 本日の文法
Hello everyone, and welcome to our daily JLPT thread! The July tests are coming up quickly, so I thought we could have a daily thread where we discuss questions, or talk about what we’ve been practicing. In this thread I will also be sharing one graded grammatical structure every day, so feel free to use it for your own...
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....
Couldn't get this wrong because there was only one option ( lemmy.world )
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?
Is ChatGPT a reliable tool for learning?
When I mean learning I do not mean translating big sentences or something like that, I mean things like: “Is this japanese sentence correctly written? 雲の日が好きです” In this example it answered: "...