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Kurau 🧣

@AnthoDerv I use:
- jisho.org if on computer and can write
- 10ten firefox extension if reading on the screen
- 白檜辞書 (Shirabe Jisho) on iOS
- 大辞林 for iOS
- ChatGTP if the content is long, isn't confidential and I only wanna get the gist of it before diving deep
- Online searches mostly including words like 辞書、意味、違い、由来、語源学 depending on my goal

#Japanese#JapaneseLanguage#日本語
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Sylke’s home cooking
I don’t know who created this graphic and can’t give credit but I find it very interesting as my beloved topics of cooking and linguistics intermingle here, so I had to post it. I always find it interesting how loan words start to change in meaning in their new language environments.

The underlying etymology can be found here:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/katsu

#katsu #KatsuCurry #linguistics #loanword #JapaneseLanguage #EnglishLanguage
A map showing how the words côtelette/cutlet and curry came to Japan via the UK and became katsu karee there only to be then reintroduced to the UK and to be shortened to katsu meaning Japanese curry sauce.
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Debby

Words matter! 🗣️ Kenji Yanagawa (@Kenji_yngw@twitter.com) discusses the different ways to say 'people with disabilities' in Japanese and the ongoing debate about which term best represents the social model of disability. It's a fascinating look at how language reflects our values! Check it out: equalentry.com/people-with-dis #LanguageMatters #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #JapaneseLanguage #a11y #Inclusion #JapaneseCulture

Equal Entry · How Do You Say "People with Disabilities" in Japanese? - Equal EntryThe Japanese language consists of two writing systems known as hiragana and katakana based on Chinese characters. Together, they’re known as kana. Hiragana and katakana are easily pronounced just like the English alphabet. Chinese characters have meanings. They also have certain emotions or feelings attached in a way that basic or simple letters do not. […]
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スパックマン クリス

Wow!!! It is a major miracle - got the #EncyclopediaOfJapaneseHistory to compile with #Xelatex after only two minor errors!

Made the mistake of switching from #TexLaTeX to #OpenOffice back in like 2005, in hopes of including more actual #JapaneseLanguage. Sure, that was easier, it was just everything else that was much harder.

I do NOT recommend word processors for documents over ~100 pages or so. Certainly not those with cross-references, appendices, an index, and a bibliography.

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🇯🇵The #JapaneseLanguage is renowned for its unique linguistic and cultural heritage. Its complex grammar and writing system 📚🖋️, combining #kanji, #hiragana, and #katakana, reflect #Japan's rich history and diverse influences. While its origins are debated, theories suggest links to #AustroTai, #Altaic, and other families. This post explores the origins, development, and distinctive features of Japanese and its writing system:

🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_

Map of Japanese dialects and Japonic languages (without Ryukyuan islands). Blue: Tokyo accent (standard accent pattern), orange: Kyōto-Ōsaka accent, white: no accent. Descriptions are in German. At the time I wrote this post, there was no English version available. Source: Wikimedia Commonsꜛ (license: CC BY-SA 2.5).
Map of Ryukyuan languages (the Ryukyuan islands are in the south of Japan). Source: Wikimedia Commonsꜛ (license: public domain).
Painting of Kūkai (空海; his posthumous name is Kōbō Daishi, 弘法大師, which means “The Grand Master who Propagated the Dharma”) from the Shingon Hassozō, a set of scrolls depicting the first eight patriarchs of the Shingon-shū (真言宗), Japan, Kamakura period (13th-14th centuries). Kūkai, who played a crucial role in the development of the Japanese writing system, is generally a prominent figure in Japanese Buddhism. He is the founder of the esoteric Shingon school of Buddhism, which is one of the major schools of Japanese Buddhism. He is also prominent as a calligrapher, poet, and scholar. It is also said, that he never died but rather meditating in the mausoleum on Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san), a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture. At his mausoleum in Oku-no-in, food offerings are presented daily to him in the early morning and before noon. Source: Wikimedia Commonsꜛ (license: CC BY-SA 4.0).
Derivation of hiragana from Chinese characters (kanji). The upper letters show the regular Chinese script, the middle letters in red show the cursive Chinese script, and the lower letters show the hiragana. Source: Wikimedia Commonsꜛ (license: CC BY-SA 4.0).
#WeekendStories#JapaneseCulture#histodons
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𝘌𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘉

⚫︎ これから辞書を揃えたい翻訳者
⚫︎ 無料辞書やネット検索に限界を感じている方
基礎の基礎から取り上げる辞書セミナーだそうです！「今さら聞けない辞書の基礎」を辞書マイスターの帽子屋さんとネストさんから学べるのは嬉しいですね。
#JapaneseLanguage #Translation #語学 #翻訳
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BT
オノマトペ、行間に漂う空気、世捨て人のような哀しさを持つ独特の語尾。中原中也の世界観を訳すのは難しいですよね。

Translating Chūya Nakahara’s world is not easy. The onomatopoeia, the sense of recluse-like pathos between the lines & with those unique endings of his words… it’s all so delicately intertwined.

#Japan#JapaneseLanguage#Language
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How is emphasis represented in Japanese, as in emphasis of a word in a sentence?

In languages written with the Latin alphabet it’s mostly via italics (or bolding) - or in handwriting we might underline. I can’t recall seeing anything equivalent to underlining or bold script in Japanese books.

Italics I don’t think would even be possible.

I don’t get the impression emphasis is applied via word order.

Is it just via particles?

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Ross of Ottawa

At first I found it confusing that the Japanese word "omoshiroi" (おもしろい) could mean funny OR interesting. I mean, how was I to know which was intended in a sentence?

Well context tends to help, but beyond a writer's intent, I rather like suggestion that interesting things are also enjoyable and learning is entertaining.

Is there a fuzziness between those two meanings in usage sometimes? I'm not immersed enough to know.

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