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site for watching Japanese tv programs.

it aggregates streams offered by separate tv stations. some episodes are simulcast online with the tv broadcast. most are recorded.

the site is ad supported, i think. haven't watched without ad blocker. but being Japan, it is behind in technology so they have no ad block circumvention or anti-adblock features so far.

be aware: may need vpn to appear as Japan user.

SITE IS ALL IN JAPANESE

a friend recently asked me if the onomatopoeia for smacking/chomping fresh crispy veggies would also apply to the shaking of French fries (pommes frites) in a bag of powdered seasoning.

we were both frustrated at my answer...

fyi: for those still learning kana, the title is "shakishaki vs shakashaka"

I’ve previously studied Japanese language beginners courses but I need help relearning without an instructor. Can you share your video sources that are free to view? I’m mainly looking at YouTube and not a free instructor courses for ease of access as I don’t have a flexible schedule to dedicate specific time to ( like a class setting )

Also how has your learning journey been going? Are you learning solo or are you taking classes in real life or online? I’ve tried online learning and it was successful but I don’t have time for it anymore

I figured a meme for folks learning Japanese could be fun :)

Just wanted to share it because it's fast fun and easy and helpful for me at least.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/29705704

So I've been getting more into the Fediverse, as I already had a Mastodon account for a bit. But I've joined Lemmy (love it btw, used to login to Reddit before API death ⚰️🕊️) and am thinking of joining Misskey since there's such a huge Japanese speaking community there.

But is it a good idea, and has anyone here joined? I can read decently, I'm playing Ace Attorney 5 in Japanese (finished the 1st case), I'm doing a Wanikani beginner bookclub that seems right around my level, and I'm almost done with Genki 2 (Quartet books already ordered). So I feel like this is prime time for doing more immersing and interacting with Japanese content.

Which server did you join, main, or a more niche one? Did you focus purely on the theme/content of the server?

I like games, anime, and fanart, and I'm okay with some NSFW, but I'm a little afraid of the misskey servers cause the big art ones are full of hentai/NSFW (Pawoo...). I won't go on a crusade if I see some loli art, but I don't want it shoved in my face every 3 posts.

I'm currently thinking of joining the Splatoon themed server, いかすきー.

I've heard in many places that I should learn to write kanji and their use in vocabulary instead of stuff like readings. Is this true? Is that stuff actually useful or would you be wasting your time learning it?

I'm wondering where this extra stroke came from in the kanji for cicada that I have highlighted and would like an explanation since it doesn't match up with the kanji radicals on kanshudo

https://www.kanshudo.com/word/%E8%9D%89/1387080?oq=%E8%9D%89

わなしは　にほんじんです Here は is read as wa instead of its usual ha Can somebody explain this?

I want to say "If it was 〇〇, then... ", is "〇〇だったば、..." the right clause?

I'm wondering if これとこれ would work to say "this and this" in Japanese

I’m looking for anything out there that could help me navigate grocery stores in Japan? Maybe an Anki deck for food labels with proper kanji? I’ll be there for a period of time later this year and while my conversational skills are okay, I don’t know that I could grocery shop! I’ve got Genki 1 and 2 and some vocab cards for various ingredients, but they’re mostly hiragana or basic kanji like 肉 or 魚 or ご飯. Is there anything else I could get? Books, YouTube channels, anything that would help prepare me to buy ingredients would be appreciated!

For additional context it is from the anime 「のんのんびより」

I remember kanji by first tracing them a certain amount of times with my finger usually around 5 times

Then I'll remember it by remembering a visualisation of drawing of drawing the kanji step by step instead of trying to visualise or think of the whole kanji at once

Mentally it feels like I use less mental bandwidth remembering kanji this way so my mind doesn't get stuck

This might not work for everyone but I'm sharing it in hopes it will help some people

I'm not sure of the grammatical order in this scentence

I have learned about" Sentence topic, Time, Location, Subject, Indirect object, Direct object, Verb"

"学校から私に家へ手紙を送った"

Is "家へ手紙を" describing a direct object or is it something else ?"

I haven't learned all the kanji yet in the scentence and only know some of them

This scentence is from the sakubi grammer guide: https://sakubi.neocities.org/#moving

I can read and make scentences in japanese provided I know the words and particle usage but it gets complicated for me once more than one subject or object or verb is used in a scentence

I'd also like to know how to order indirect objects in scentences

I have tried looking online but haven't found any useful google results on this so far

Website with free resources for studying Japanese. It only has content for A1-A2 levels but is still quite good.

What is the difference between

「」

and

『』

i.e. single-line and double-line quote marks?

Hi,

I'm currently learning and memorising hiragana at a pace that is comfortable for me after recently starting to learn japense but I'd like to know of a good online resources to learn about Japanese vocabulary in the future once I'm at that stage in learning Japanese

I'd prefer that online resource to be free

Im not familiar with what best way works with me so i figured i try the trial run.

The lessons consisted of communicating with someone from Japan on a one lesson a week for 4 weeks. Sessons was about 30 min.

-Lessons were mostly meet and greet -Learning how to say various forms of nouns in a formal manner.

• using follow up questions as in which item -Counting and using different single digit numbers to form large numbers.

Its definitley some great feedback to learn as you go with responses from the teacher one in one over a zoom call.

• after the trial i was offered to continue through a plan but i stopped as I honestly couldnt afford another expense. If i do continue it id like to see how far self taught goes and maybe learning through a group class of some sort.

Mind you after classes i would go over the lessons on my own for about half hour a day. Consistency is pretty much the nature of the beast. I limited to 30 min because if i get to bored im not learning nothing.

Do i recommend 1v1 via online tutor, yes(if its in your budget) though find out if they will be giving you work material and the slides or a reference of what was learned in class. Im sure i wasnt given anything since it was a trial. I was typing it as the lesson was going on. Its real good for beginners and good to use to brush up since you are talking to someone who lives the language in that country.

Did all of the /r/learnjapanese users just migrate to Discord and call it a day?

I've been learning Japanese for a few years now, my reading is pretty good but my listening is terrible. I've been actively trying to watch more Japanese content but I'm not a huge fan of anime. So I've been getting into Japanese dramas. I've found some good ones from just randomly browsing Japanese netflix but I've found it hard to find recommendations. Anyone have any suggestions of something I need to watch?

Hey all, my goal is to be at an ability level where I would be comfortable living in Tokyo while working at a company that speaks English in the office.

To that end, I've been working through Genki and its workbook. I've noticed that the slowest part for me is the workbook exercises, because of all of the writing I'm doing. Additionally, while I'm learning kanji (through WaniKani) I'm not trying to learn how to write it. So I'm doing all of these exercises by writing down kana. This is starting to seem a little ridiculous because trying to read my kana-only answers is challenging (the kanji apparently helps me read).

Do I keep going like through all of Genki and even through Quartet? Or should I call it quits and start typing my answers?