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DigitalAudio

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Professional audio engineer, specialized in DSP and audio programming. I love digital synths and European renaissance music. I also speak several languages, hit me up if you’re into any of that!

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いいと思います。全部理解できて、ちゃんと書いていると思います！ここは完璧な文法で書くスレッドではなく、逆にミスを多く書いて、他の文章を読みながら、学ぶスレッドになって欲しいです。私もミスをしても大丈夫だと思います！

よろしく！

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おお！すごい！6月から勉強していますか！頑張って！

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Holy shit. 15-18 hour shifts aren’t uncommon at all where I’m from. No wonder we placed well below Japan on work-life balance statistics.

The fact that there are places where people legitimately only work 8 hours a day is kind of mind blowing, thinking about it.

DigitalAudio ,
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Colombia. Solidly placed among the worst countries in the world in terms of work-life balance.

I have a decent job and I don’t work that much, but I’m basically a freelancer, so that’s already pretty different.

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....

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.

DigitalAudio Mod ,
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I started because I was super into Japanese music. This was almost 10 years ago already. But over time I’ve come to appreciate the lenguaje itself. Especially Kanji. Now I love it, and is the main reason why I still go out of my way to learn new vocabulary that I may never use.

That being said, I’m also trying to get into a Japanese university for my masters degree, and I use Japanese every day at my job, so it has financial and professional uses for me as well, and has sort of gone beyond a mere hobby at this point

DigitalAudio Mod ,
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Oh I had heard that w came from 笑い but yeah, it’s 草 because it looks like grass

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Basically: Japan has tried to get rid of Kanji for convenience several times since the mid-19th Century. However, the first attempts which were mainly supported by the idea that regular civilians had low kanji literacy, amounted to nothing as kanji literacy among regular Japanese civilians was higher than expected.

For a while in the 20th century the 常用漢字 was actually named 当用漢字 or "provisional kanji list" as there was yet another push for education reforms that would gradually diminish kanji use. This was especially poignant before the arrival of personal computers, as there were no convenient input methods for kanji with typewriters.

But this was halted, once again, as personal computers provided a convenient and easy way for typing Kanji. Which meant that there was no real need to stop using it.

Ultimately, Japan hasn't abandoned Kanji because it hasn't been necessary. Most people already know how to read it, and it provides easier access and understanding of their historical texts.

Personally, I also think Kanji provides several advantages, such as an immediate understanding of vocabulary based solely on its kanji, or the ability to transmit more information in fewer characters.

DigitalAudio Mod ,
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Assuming English is your native language:

Pronunciation is a majorly difficult thing for most native English speakers. I know people look at Japanese vowels and consonants and think “wow, only 5 vowels and a limited set of consonants and combinations, this is super easy!” And I guess it is easier than… Russian, Hungarian or French. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

But that’s mostly because they’re thinking of the “a” sound in English and the “o” sound, and so on. In reality, Japanese vowels are so radically different from English vowels, the vast majority of learners are going to completely butcher their pronunciation. You have to learn how to simplify all of them to their real sounds, because English vowels are usually rather complex, while Japanese are more similar to Spanish vowels. You also have to get rid of the plosives, which are also a dead giveaway when someone is a native English speaker.

As for what makes Japanese easier than others… hmm… well, not a lot, actually. I guess tenses and verb conjugations are considerably simpler than most Romance languages, for example. There are no gendered nouns but you have Kanji which is far more time consuming to memorise, and grammar structure and logic is usually completely different from English, and you’ll have to learn how to think differently to get your head around many concepts. This happens with most languages but even more so with Japanese.

So uh… the only thing that I think makes Japanese easier is that it’s arguably one of the most studied, documented and resource-rich languages to learn. There are millions of resources focusing on efficient and thorough study methodologies, as well as a lot of very popular media, books, TV shows, you name it. Cultural relevance is, in my opinion, Japanese’s biggest advantage, which is only rivalled by Spanish in the United States, or perhaps (I honestly have no clue but I’m guessing) French in the UK.

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@japaneselanguage I like how Japanese is simply structured. Especially as a programmer, I have been able to pick up Japanese due to how sentences are structured.

(I don't have a Japanese keyboard.)

watashi wa (
niji ni (
hirugohan o (
tabemasu
)
)
)

Everything can be broken into blocks which is really nice. This is what programming languages do, so this feels very natural to me.

My native language is English, but I am thinking of moving to Japan.

DigitalAudio Mod ,
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To be honest that’s also not exactly how I picture Japanese anymore, but I do remember feeling like this at some point during my learning process.

I think it’s partially because of the way in which Japanese is taught at large. You learn that Japanese follows a very rigid [word+particle] structure and these are your building blocks. Which while not completely untrue, obviously doesn’t exactly represent the way the language operates in the wild either.

Nowadays I’m far more likely to see the patchy and very chaotic nature behind Japanese. How okurigana uses are inconsistent a lot of the time, or how you can see the places where Classical Chinese was retrofit to very awkward grammar for it, or how historical changes in pronunciation has led to weird spellings or even entire conjugations.

But I guess that comes with getting more intimate with the language and knowing how to shape it to your own needs. I can see how a first approximation to Japanese language makes it appear blocky and structured. That’s kind of why you start with many of those forms in the first place.

The road to JLPT #5 - 本日の文法

Hello everyone, and welcome to our (kind of) daily JLPT thread! I’m sorry I couldn’t post one of these for the past week. I was busy with work and couldn’t get the time to prepare an entire review of a new structure. I’m back and hopefully will be posting these more regularly again. With that said, let’s get started!...

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This is amazing, and I’m actually going to pin it, and link it on our sidebar.

As I’ve mentioned before, although this instance is fundamentally different from r/learnjapanese and we won’t necessarily have the same approach as them, that doesn’t mean that we won’t be welcoming and discussing learning resources, so this is an incredible resource for us.

Thank you so much for this post!

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....

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...

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