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One of the most fundamental skills required for Japanese language learning, this video teaches you how to recognise which class a Japanese verb falls under and how to turn Japanese verbs from the polite form (ます form) into the plain form.

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GROOKEY IS SO CUUUUUUTE……………..

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(7) ~ japanese verbs ♡

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信じる • しんじる • believe

そんな話は少しも信じてはいけません。

you can’t believe a word of that.

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分かる • わかる • understand

ドイツ語は分かりません。

i don’t understand german.

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想像する • そうぞうする • imagine

あなたには想像もつかない、でしょ？

you can’t imagine it, can you?

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忘れる • わすれる • forget

明日忘れずに彼に会ってください。

please don’t forget to see him tomorrow.

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探す • さがす • search

僕は君を探していたのだ。

i’ve been looking for you.

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As a Japanese learner and native English speaker, what do I think are some of the biggest differences between English and Japanese? Hoe does this relate to the idea of salience in language learning? Find out by watching this video!

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Japanese Space Vocabulary

english - japanese

space/universe - 宇宙 (うちゅう - uchū)

alien - 宇宙人 (うちゅうじん - uchūjin)

astronaut - 宇宙飛行士 (うちゅうひこうし - uchūhikōshi)

spaceship - 宇宙船 (うちゅうせん - uchūsen)

spacesuit - 宇宙服 (うちゅうふく- uchūfuku)

star - 星 (ほし - hoshi)

planet - 惑星 (わくせい - wakusei)

comet - 彗星 (すいせい - suisei)

asteroid - 小惑星 (しょうわくせい - shō wakusei)

meteor - 流星 (りゅうせい - ryūsei)

meteor shower - 流星群 (りゅうせいぐん- ryūseigun)

galaxy - 銀河˙’系’ ( ぎんが’けい’ - ginga’kei’)

nebula - 星雲 (せいうん - seiun)

sun - 太陽 (たいよう - taiyō)

solar system - 太陽系 (たいようけい - taiyōkei)

moon - 月 (つき - tsuki)

eclipse - 食 (っしょく - shoku)

solar eclipse - 日食 (にっしょく - nisshoku)

lunar eclipse - 月食 (げっしょく - gesshoku)

constellation - 星座 (せいざ- seiza)

a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe - 幽玄 (ゆうげん -yuugen)

we are not alone - 私たちは一人じない ( わたし-たちはひとりじない - watashitachi wa hitori jinai)

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Learn some vocabulary related to talking about your hometown in Japanese!

Ideal for listening practice regarding the ～があります and ～が見えます constructions, but also just a small insight into my life and where I live in Australia.

Also, this is a re-edit/re-purpose of an old video from 2017 (which I deleted from my channel), so it may look slightly outdated haha.

日本語が勉強している人のための動画ですけど、英語が勉強していて、南オーストラリアのアデレードへ来るつもり日本人ものための動画です。よろしくお願いします。

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Giant Freaking Japanese Color List

This list’s intention is to give quite a few common-ish colors a home together in one post for learning purposes and spicing up one’s color vocabulary. For color names that don’t match their English equivalents, I’ve given what I feel is the most accurate translation of the name, plus the literal meaning of the Japanese name for the color. I’ve mostly excluded color names like

真っ黒（まっくろ）pure black

墨色（すみいろ）inky black (literally ink color)

濡れ羽色（ぬればいろ）jet black (literally wet wing color)

烏羽色（からすばいろ) glossy black (literally crow wing black)

鈍色（にぶいろ）dark, dull grey (literally dull color)

鉛色（なまりいろ）lead color (livid)

鼠色（ねずみいろ) darkish grey, like rat fur (literally rat color)

鋼色（はがねいろ）steel color (steel blue, blueish-gray)

桜色（さくらいろ）pale pink (literally cherry blossom color)

桃色（ももいろ）light pink (literally (Japanese) peach color)

岩礁色（がんしょういろ）coral reef color (darkish pink)

真っ赤（まっか）pure red

紅梅色（こうばいいろ）red Japanese plum color

紅色（べにいろ）crimson

鉄色（てついろ）reddish-black (literally iron color)

橙色（だいだいいろ）orange

茜色（あかねいろ）deep reddish-orange (like that of a sunset) (literally madder red)

柿色（かきいろ）reddish-brown (literally persimmon color)

朱色（しゅいろ）vermillion/ cinnabar

緋色（ひいろ）vermillion (often translated as scarlet)

鳥の子色（とりのこいろ）eggshell color (literally bird’s egg color)

玉子色（たまごいろ）light yellowish (literally egg color)

山吹色（やまぶきいろ）bright, golden yellow (literally mountain blow color (wish I knew about this one for my previous color post..))

黄土色（おうどいろ）yellow ochre

琥珀色（こはくいろ）amber color

萌黄色 (もえぎいろ) yellowish-green (literally sprouting yellow color)

柳色（やなぎいろ）pea green (literally willow green)

鶯色(うぐいいろ）similar to olive green, perhaps slightly lighter (literally Japanese nightingale green)

苔色（こけいろ）moss green

若草色（わかくさいろ）chartreuse, lime grren (literally young grass color)

翡翠色（ひすいいろ）jade green

千歳緑 (ちとせみどり）evergreen (literally 1,000 year green)

仙斎茶 or千歳茶 (せんさいちゃ）dark brownish-green (literally 1,000 year tea)

鴨の羽色（かものはいろ）teal (literally duck wing color)

青緑色 or 青緑（せいりょくしょく or あおみどり) turquoise/ aqua (literally blue-green color)

碧色（へきしょく）greenish-blue (sorta that sea water blue color)

真っ青（まっさお）pure blue

白殺しor 藍白 (しろころし or あいじろ）very light whitish blue (literally white killing or indigo white)

瓶覗色（かめのぞきいろ）lightish blue (literally water jug peek color)

水色（みずいろ）light blue (literally water color)

空色（そらいろ）sky blue

浅葱色（あさぎいろ）dark cyan (literally pale leek color.. ??)

縹色（はなだいろ）light blue

瑠璃色（るりいろ）cobalt blue

紺碧（こんぺき）azure

紺色（こんいろ）navy blue

勝つ色（かついろ）dark, blackish indigo (literally victory color)

藍色（あいいろ) indigo

藤色（ふじいろ）lavender (literally wisteria color)

ライラック lilac

菫色（すみれいろ）violet

葡萄色（えびいろ or ぶどういろ）dark purple, maroon (literally shrimp color or grape color respectively)

ベージュ色（ベージュいろ）beige

肌色（はだいろ）skin color

茶色（ちゃいろ）tawny brown, lightish brown (literally tea color)

狐色（きつねいろ）light brown, orangish-brown (literally fox color)

褐色（かっしょく）brown

鳶色（とびいろ）auburn (literally black kite color (a type of bird))

焦げ茶色（こげちゃいろ）dark brown (literally burnt tea brown)

銅色（あかがねいろ）copper

青銅色（せいどういろ）bronze (that sort of greenish rusted bronze) (literally blue copper/bronze color)

—-these last few are just color-related terms—-

蛍光（けいこう）fluorescent

透明（とうめい）clear

メタリック（metallic)

Alright, that about covers everything I wanted to put in this post. I shied away from including colors that are loanwords (like オリーブ色）because they are usually pretty self-explanatory. feel free to correct me if I made any errors, or add other colors you find important which I may have missed. If people make enough additions to add other advanced colors, I may end up making a part 2 for this post. Thanks for reading.

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This week’s video is a bit early (partly because I am the worst at waiting but also because I’m going to be super busy tomorrow, so I’m happy either way haha)

Three compelling and useful grammar points in one sentence! Learn Japanese with Dragon Ball Z by analysing the scene where Vegeta talks about hybrid Saiyans!

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Video time!

Ever wondered what this "koto" (こと) is that you keep hearing in Japanese? How about why Japanese people sometimes say "koto" (こと) but then use the "no" (の) particle instead? Have you ever wondered how to use a verb or an adjective as the topic of a sentence in Japanese? Today I'm hopefully going to answer those questions for you with this video about nominalizers in Japanese!

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ちょっと is one of the more useful and commonly used words in the Japanese language. Even if you’re very new to Japanese, it’s pretty likely you’ve come across ちょっと before, because it’s short, simple, and easy to say.

But not all ちょっとs are alike. For example, two of ちょっと’s meanings, “little” and “very,” contradict one another.

If I combine ちょっと with a word like 難しい, meaning “difficult,” it can mean either “a little difficult” or “very difficult.”

That’s a pretty significant change, don’t you think?

Luckily, learning the differences between all of these ちょっと usages should be as short and sweet as the word itself, so let’s get right to it!

Prerequisite: This article is going to use hiragana, kanji, and provide example sentences. A beginner level of grammar will be very helpful as well.

Read more!

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Let’s learn from Japanese conversation!

Today’s topic is “What do you want?”

What do you want?

A: いま、なにがほしいですか？ B: ミルクセーキとホットケーキがほしいです。 A: What do you want now? B: I want milkshake and hotcakes. A: そうですか? わたしもホットケーキをたべたいですよ!いっしょにたべましょう B: うわーいきましょう！ A: Is that so? I also want some hotcakes. Let’s eat together! B: Uwaa! Let’s go!

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Important Points

Below are some points you might need to know~

About ほしい Although you can use ほしい (hoshii) to express what you want. You cannot use it to express what other people want. You can never know what other people really want so it’s impolite to talk as if you know about it. When you want to talk about other people, you need to use another word. We won’t share it for now, but just keep in mind that you can only use this word to talk about yourself or to ask what other people might want.

そうですかそうです (sou desu) is often used as a response to other people’s talking. Without ending particle か (ka) or ね (ne), it has a nuance which means “I see”. そうですか (sou desu ka) often translated as “Is that so?” or “Really?”. While そうですね often translated as “Right?” or “Isn’t it?”.

…ましょう Japanese conjugates their verbs to give additional meaning. Verbs conjugated with ましょう (mashou) have a nuance to ask other people to also do the action. So it’s often translated as “Let’s”.

うわー The stripe (ー) in this word means that the last kana sound is prolonged. So it shall be read as “Uwaaa~”

Happy learning °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

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New video up on my channel! I’m nervous about this one and it was challenging to film, but I haven’t had to speak Japanese in such as time so it was definitely worthwhile ^_^

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Hey Tumblrinos! Spent the day slaving away on a new video; one which I hope will be of great use to people struggling with the “te form” (て form) of Japanese verbs! Hope you’re all well and learning lots ^_^