#Japanese

Either my #Japanese is regressing, or TAWADA Yoko's writing is really difficult. But the imagery is often beautiful:

言葉の錐に突かれて血を滲ませながら

Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" placed in the window of a store, at 401 - 403 Eighth and Franklin streets, on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. The store was closed following orders to persons of Japanese descent to evacuate from certain West Coast areas. The owner, a University of California graduate, will be housed with hundreds of evacuees in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

#Oakland #Calif #American #Franklin #PearlHarbor #Japanese #WestCoast #IAMANAMERICAN #WorldWarII #California #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004665381/

As far as anyone can tell, "pien" as a word came into fashion among middle and high schoolers around 2018. It took off in popularity around that time. According to Google Trends, it hit its peak Internet usage around 2020 and has since leveled out.

https://unseen-japan.com/pien-japanese-meaning-history-fashion/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

Is there any value at all in using AI to practice Japanese speaking? You probably already know the answer, but we decided to try and test it out for ourselves. (Spoiler alert: it's as bad as you think.)

https://unseen-japan.com/ai-japanese-speaking-practice/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Kanji: 妥

gentle, peace, depravity

ダ

妥協 (だきょう) — compromise
妥当 (だとう) — valid
妥結 (だけつ) — settlement
妥当性 (だとうせい) — validity
妥協点 (だきょうてん) — common (meeting) ground
妥協案 (だきょうあん) — compromise plan
説明的妥当性 (せつめいてきだとうせい) — explanatory adequacy
記述的妥当性 (きじゅつてきだとうせい) — descriptive adequacy
普遍妥当性 (ふへんだとうせい) — ability to fit into any situation
普遍妥当 (ふへんだとう) — universal validity

✍ 7
🏫 中学

#kanji #japanese

Watching Asura 阿修羅のごとく, I came across the term 八つ当たり, which is weird if you don't know it. It means "taking your anger out on someone else", or "misdirected anger".

Literally (I think) it just means "hitting something eight times", so I wonder how that came to have this meaning.

#日本語 #Japanese

Held inside a long-running folding fan shop in Kyoto, the "Ikezu Bunka" event challenged people to take a crack at reading the true intentions behind the shop proprietress's veiled language. One group said they got kicked out in a minute and 20 seconds.

https://unseen-japan.com/kyoto-unkindness-culture-event/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #culture #japanese

In Kyoto, telling someone they're wearing a nice kimono might be the meanest thing you can say. Here's how a recent event gave people across Japan a chance to experience the area's "culture of unkindness" by challenging them to read between the lines.

https://unseen-japan.com/kyoto-unkindness-culture-event/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

ICYMI: How you address someone in Japan tells a lot about how you see them and their relationship to you in society. In recent years, according to researchers and news reports, many Japanese managers are taking a more respectful tone with their subordinates.

https://unseen-japan.com/santsuke-japanese-business-honorifics/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #Japanese

There is a song from 2016 by the #Japanese band Chirinuruwowaka called みずいろの恋 (mizu-iro no koi, love the colour of water or pale blue love).

It's a fantastic song with beautifully constructed lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f6nv1eCSvc

開けず仕舞いのその目の中に
幸運の女神が映っていたとしても

"even though in those eyes that will never open the goddess of good fortune would be reflected"

No doubt Wowaka knew of the existence of a song from the 1970s, 水色の恋 (mizu-iro no koi). It was the debut of Amachi Mari and a great hit in 1971.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmF64PpUBWs

さよならの言葉さえ 云えなかったの
白雪姫みたいな 心しかない私

"I couldn't even say the word "Goodbye"
I only have a heart like Snow White."

Looking at the wiki page of that song, I noticed that the credits for the song were Tagami Eri, Tagami Midori, Carlos Pesce and Feliciano Latasa.

Some further digging led to an interesting story: Feliciano Latasa is sometimes credited as composer of the well-known #tango "Gran Hotel Victoria", from 1906. (It turns out that this tango is older than that and anonymous.)
Carlos Pesce wrote a lyric for it much later, in 1935. So Eri and Midori Tagami based their song on that tango, maybe after hearing the 1968 recording by Tita Merello.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpU9jCVA-QI

"Hotel Victoria, fue el año veinte,
que de tus puertas partió mi amor.
Y desde entonces llevo una pena
que va matando a mi pobre corazón."

(I love it that Merello sings "l'ingrato" instead of "mi amor")

Now reading:

生きる演技
(いきるえんぎ)
2024

by

町屋良平
(まちや りょうへい, Machiya Ryōhei)

#Japanese #literature #books #bookstodon
#日本語 #日本文学 #読書

Now reading:

生きる演技
(いきるえんぎ)
2024

by

町屋良平
(まちや りょうへい, Machiya Ryōhei)

#Japanese #literature #books #bookstodon
#日本語 #日本文学 #読書

The sales highlight how rising #Japanese interest rates after years in neg territory are reshaping financial markets around the world. #Japanese investors returning home is a game-changer for global markets, chart @FT
https://www.ft.com/content/7f6b6ed7-7c55-4a41-a068-67131922363c

Updated #Introduction for the newcomers out there.

🌱 I'm a #Vegan #Childfree #Asexual #Pagan

🌊 I work in #MarineScience as a Sediment Specialist, but my first 💙 is #MarineMammals. #MarineBiology

📚 Hobbies include learning #Japanese, #Reading, & #Lego. #AFOL #Bookstadon #BookSky #LanguageLearning

📝 I sometimes write & #SelfPublish #SciFi novels (@KLlewellin).

🚀 I'm a massive nerd/geek & love computer games, comics, #manga & #Anime.

Updated #Introduction for the newcomers out there.

🌱 I'm a #Vegan #Childfree #Asexual #Pagan

🌊 I work in #MarineScience as a Sediment Specialist, but my first 💙 is #MarineMammals. #MarineBiology

📚 Hobbies include learning #Japanese, #Reading, & #Lego. #AFOL #Bookstadon #BookSky #LanguageLearning

📝 I sometimes write & #SelfPublish #SciFi novels (@KLlewellin).

🚀 I'm a massive nerd/geek & love computer games, comics, #manga & #Anime.

Here's the Eiga Sai lineup with video trailers. Of note are international award winners "Perfect Days" and "Monster." There are also 4 anime films and a Godzilla movie.

Starts showing Jan.31 to Feb. 9 in Shangrila Mall, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. Free, but online reservation is required.

#Philippines #Asian #Japanese #EigaSai #FilmFestival #NCR #ShangrilaMall #Movies #Films #Japan #8ListPH @pinoy

https://8list.ph/japanese-film-festival-2025/

Obelisk, Main Cemetery, Manzanar Internment Camp, Independence, California. April 2021. When we give in to fear and xenophobia we get places like this #shame #manzanar #photography #cemetery #internment camp #blackandwhite #racism #Japanese #xenophobia

ICYMI: Native Camp originally started as an online English language school for Japanese speakers. Now, Native Camp Japanese also offers lessons for Japanese learners on an on-demand, all-you-can-learn model.

https://unseen-japan.com/native-camp-japanese-unlimited-lessons/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

The days of using "chan" and "kun" in the Japanese business world may be ending. Research shows that most company managers are now referring to their staff w/ the honorific "-san." Some companies even mandate it. The goal: reduce workplace harassment.

https://unseen-japan.com/santsuke-japanese-business-honorifics/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #work #japanese #busines

Hiroshige

#OldMasters #Woodblock #Japanese #Okiyoe

Hiroshige

#OldMasters #Woodblock #Japanese #Okiyoe

TIL this Japanese expression, quite funny and so appropriate on this very day:

【金玉が上がったり下がったりする】　ひどく恐れて落ち着かない。びくびくする。

[From Apple Dictionary application on macOS]

#japanese #expression #dictionary #entry #macos

A service says it can connect you to native Japanese speakers via on-demand, unlimited lessons every month. But it'll cost ya. Is it worth it? We tried and reviewed Native Camp Japanese - here's what we think.

https://unseen-japan.com/native-camp-japanese-unlimited-lessons/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese #languages

ICYMI: Some say Generative AI will “revolutionize” language learning. After trying AI Japanese teachers & chatbots, I remained convinced you shouldn’t rely on a bot to do a job that living, breathing native Japanese speakers already do 1000x better.

https://unseen-japan.com/ai-japanese-speaking-practice/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

"Accelerated language learning happens when you know enough of a language that you can immerse yourself in it for hours a day....At that point, language learning goes from a chore to a pleasure."

https://unseen-japan.com/how-to-learn-japanese-quickly-online/

#japan #unseenjapan #uwjebsite #japanese

#IKEA #akira #manga #anime #comic #comics #japan #japanese #sweden #swedish #satire #fun #funny #cartoon #meme #humor #humour #LOL #film #films #movie #movies #cinema #cinemastodon #furniture

#IKEA #akira #manga #anime #comic #comics #japan #japanese #sweden #swedish #satire #fun #funny #cartoon #meme #humor #humour #LOL #film #films #movie #movies #cinema #cinemastodon #furniture

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942--Residents, of Japanese ancestry, appearing at the Civil control station for registration in response to the Army's exclusion order No. 20--The evacuees will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration

#SanFrancisco #Calif #Japanese #Civil #JapaneseAmericans #WorldWarII #California #DorotheaLange #America #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96521724/

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942--Residents, of Japanese ancestry, appearing at the Civil control station for registration in response to the Army's exclusion order No. 20--The evacuees will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration

#SanFrancisco #Calif #Japanese #Civil #JapaneseAmericans #WorldWarII #California #DorotheaLange #America #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96521724/

Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" placed in the window of a store, at 401 - 403 Eighth and Franklin streets, on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. The store was closed following orders to persons of Japanese descent to evacuate from certain West Coast areas. The owner, a University of California graduate, will be housed with hundreds of evacuees in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

#Oakland #Calif #American #Franklin #PearlHarbor #Japanese #WestCoast #IAMANAMERICAN #WorldWarII #California #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004665381/

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Early comers, part of the first contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco, who will later be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

#SanFrancisco #Calif #first #Japanese #WorldWarII #JapaneseAmericans #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001705945/

"People keep telling me that AI chatbots are the future of Japanese language learning. So I tried a few. Here's why I came away more convinced than ever that the best way to practice Japanese is - wait for it - talking to an actual native Japanese speaker."

https://unseen-japan.com/ai-japanese-speaking-practice/

#japan #japanese #languages #unseenjapan #ujwebsite

"When people tell me they’re using Duolingo for Japanese and ask for alternatives, here’s what I recommend. This approach mirrors the way that I learn languages. It’s how I learned Japanese, and it’s how I’m learning Korean."

https://unseen-japan.com/learn-japanese-without-duolingo/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

A lot of us get stuck in learning Japanese, bogged down in the tedium of memorizing new words or studying dry grammatical explanations. Here's how sentence mining can revive your love of language learning.

https://unseen-japan.com/sentence-mining-japanese-how-to/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

ICYMI: McDonald’s Japan is known for its online ad campaigns that draw international attention. Its latest stunt, however, drew a few heads, as it employed a writing system that some people have tried to pretend is an ancient Japanese form of writing.

https://unseen-japan.com/mcdonalds-japan-jindaimoji-edo-era/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

Friends don't let friends use Duolingo. When it comes to Japanese, there are so many better ways to learn than giving money to a company that's firing its workers and replacing them with AI. Here's our roadmap for a cheap and effective Duolingo alternative.

https://unseen-japan.com/learn-japanese-without-duolingo/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

McDonald's Japan went viral for this stone-etched ad written in an odd-looking script. Turns out the text is Wojite, a form of Jindai Moji (Characters of the Age of the Gods) - an Edo Era forgery that claimed to be Japan's pre-Chinese character writing system.

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

ICYMI: 町 is an incredibly common character used in the names of towns throughout Japan. But whether it’s pronounced chou or machi seems like a crapshoot. Which raises the question: is there any way to tell? Are there any handy rules to follow?

https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-place-names-chou-vs-machi/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

An updated #introduction! (Dec 2024)

Living in #Portland since 2020. Married to a sweetheart of a man. Have dabbled in various artistic endeavors over the years (choreography, illustration, etc.) but concentrating for now mostly on making #music (https://eerietom.neocities.org/), #blogging (mostly about my #cannabis experiences https://eerietom.dreamwidth.org/), and improving my #Japanese. #ポートランド #オレゴン州

ICYMI: New app Tsuita operates as an anonymous message board. There’s no user sign-in – you can start posting to it immediately. You just can’t include Japanese kana – attempting to will produce an error message that prevents you from posting.

https://unseen-japan.com/tsuita-kanji-only-social-media-app/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

Somewhat dumbfounded and feeling out of touch with today’s youth, a Japanese reporter set up shop outside Nagano Station and ran an informal survey of people in their teens and 20s: do you see "egui" as good? Or bad? The vast majority said they saw it as good.

https://unseen-japan.com/egui-japanese-meaning-change/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

The character 町 - pronounced either "chou" or "machi" - is common in Japanese town and neighborhood names. But how do you tell if a given place is a "chou" or a "machi"? The answer is that, like everything else related to languages, it's complicated and messy.

https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-place-names-chou-vs-machi/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

Wanna stress-test your Japanese knowledge? A new social media app for Japanese users, Tsuita, dares you to ditch kana by allowing only kanji input, a.k.a. "Pseudo-Chinese." The app's been such a hit that users crashed the service temporarily (it's since been restored).

https://unseen-japan.com/tsuika-kanji-only-social-media-app/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

Being called “tako” in Japanese might sound like someone’s calling you a marine animal. In fact, the insult goes back to Japan’s Edo era – and, according to one theory, is deeply associated with the era’s feudal hierarchy.

https://unseen-japan.com/octopus-tako-japanese-insult/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

Last year, we were extremely honored to be able to speak with both Taylor and Fuglekongerige about He Fucked The Girl Out Of Me, an autobiographical game that deals with trauma, sex work, suicidal ideation, and a whole lot more. I am proud of all the interviews I have up on the site but this one is at the tippy top. Do yourself a favor and check it, and then play the game

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-05-21-Taylor-McCue-Fuglekongerige-HFTGOOM-en.html

#Japanese #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #Interviews #Translation #Trans

Japanese translator @fuglekongerige is back with another Japanese translation of @taylormccue's games, this time with Saving You From Yourself, one of Taylor's earliest games and a powerful work about the trans experience and harms surrounding medical gatekeeping. I encourage everyone to play and think about this game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1277310/Saving_You_From_Yourself/

https://taylormccue.itch.io/savjp

#Japanese #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #Trans

The people have spoken: The Kanji of the Year for 2024 is 金 (kin, kane), meaning money or gold - a character reflecting a range of topics from the Olympics to the LDP's embarrassing political slush fund scandal. Learn what other characters also made the news below.

https://unseen-japan.com/2024-kanji-of-the-year/

#japan #Unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Finally finished this landscape drawing

#PixelArt #mastodonart #ekkaart #pixelartist #pixelfed #game #gamedev #isometry #games #set #asset #digitalart #digital #harvest #fall #autumn #forest #grass #moss #mosstodon #tree #trees #mushroom #mushrooms #leaves #house #waterfall #WaterfallWednesday #waterfalls #wood #rock #rocks #stone #path #pathfinder #china #japan #japanese #southkorea #asia #mountain #mountains

Snowy night in Hokkaido, Japan.

#japan #snow #japanese #Pic #pictures #picture #pics

The 2024 Autumn issue of #IndieTsushin is out now! It is viewable in browser and available to download in PDF, ePub, and MOBI formats on itch and Ko-Fi. We also have digital postcards and the Japanese interview editions (インタビュー特集) to download. It is PWYW, so everyone can enjoy!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2024-12-07-2024-Autumn-Issue-and-Wrap-Up.html

Be sure to follow @indietsushin for the latest updates! 📰

#Zines #VideoGames #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #Japanese #Japan

Fluffy pastel painting of a Japanese Geisha/geiko/geigi woman in MediBang Paint
#medibangpaint #geiko #geigi #Japanese #Japan #pastelpainting #Geisha #geishaart

My #introduction post. I like a bit of everything and always appreciate learning something new. On the Fediverse since Nov 2022.

Highlights include:
#tea, #books, #languages (especially #italian and #japanese), #StarWars, #JamesBond, #IndianaJones, the film scores of #JohnWilliams, playing the #violin, #piano and #ukulele, looking at the fish/frogs in my #aquarium, #chocolate, #Chinese food, #pastries, #astrophysics, pro #EU, I like #CrossStitch, #crafting, #painting, and Jenkins the rabbit is the real star of the show.

Achieve #nihongo conversational fluency in 30 seconds, thanks to this helpful flowchart.

#japanese

A friend pointed me at Kaishi (https://github.com/donkuri/Kaishi) which looks to be a very nicely constructed Anki (https://apps.ankiweb.net/) deck for studying/reviewing basic Japanese vocabulary.

Adding this into the rotation alongside Wanikani (https://www.wanikani.com/), which I've been managing to keep up with daily for almost eight months now and certainly seems to be helping with building up my kanji and vocabulary.

#Japanese #Learning

Dear Japanese speakers of Fedi,

I'm making a square stamp to sign my sumi-e drawings (it won't be signing anything official).

What I'd like to know is what order the katakana should be, to look like a normal modern signature:

ラア
スム

アラ
ムス

アム
ラス

#AskFedi #Japanese #Sumie

MORIMURA Ray/Rei（森村玲 #Japanese, b.1948） 中尊寺金色堂 Chuson-ji Golden Hew Pavilion 2006 #woodblockprint.

Magazines for the Japanese community in the Netherlands, being handed out by my dentist, which seems to be a bit of a hubworld for Japanese immigrants

#netherlands #japanese

一期一會 (ichi-go, ichi-e), one time, one meeting, #Japanese saying to treasure every meeting because they will never happen in the same way again.

November reboost since it's been half a year and people still forget that Japanese is my first language (though both Japanese and English are both mother tongues for me )

Hi, I'm a professional violinist who plays soundtracks

Ok, #Introduction over. I'm a musician, not a wordsmith
... ... ...
I'm being gently informed by my responsible half that I'm to write a *proper* intro, as she puts it...
... ... ...

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Hi Fedi/Mastodon, I'm Octavia, a 30ish Japanese and USian violinist (and composer) whose mother introduced her to the violin at age 5 and Super Mario Brothers at age 3. This would go on to have profound consequences, chief amongst which was that the majority of the activities I enjoy involve fingertip dexterity. The secondary effect was that I would go on to use the classical training I received throughout my childhood to, for the most part, play soundtracks while letting my classical repertoire languish

Nintendo classics like Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Pokemon, and Smash, JRPG classics like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy (IX and X specifically), movie soundtracks including a bunch of Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki Hayao works, Disney, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Carribbean, and Master & Commander (which is just my excuse to play the Bach Cello Suite no. 1: Prelude ), and a few anime pieces here and there (along with at least one My Little Pony theme ) are the bulk of what I play when I perform solo. I do play classical pieces here and there, but they mostly tend to be various movements from the Bach Cello Suites, along with a smattering of Celtic music, though I try to mix everything together in my sets, leaving people guessing as to what's a soundtrack and what's not

I perform at various conventions in the Pacific Northwest of the US (formerly in Brook and Link cosplays), whether inside or outside, and also perform as part of Troupe Seven Stars at faires in the area over the summer months while filling the rest of my time playing solo or ensemble shows, mostly near Portland. I also stream performances when the mood strikes me.

I tend to spend my free time dissociating in the shower, overcoming whatever ADHD lobs my way, and running out the door like an alternate-universe fusion of Bilbo Baggins and the March Hare from Alice in Wonderland (though, to my astonishment, I've only been late to 2 gigs in my life that I remember). What crumbs of time are spared from those tend to be spent on gaming, reading manga/watching anime, listening to and sharing music (yes, mostly soundtracks), and enjoying what the internet has to offer. The fact that I can just read manga in Japanese really helps because of the mountains of deserving manga that never get translations.

Aside from needing to hop instances, I've found my time on the Fedi to be enjoyable, and I hope to keep meeting interesting, genuine people and sharing time and conversations together
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Interest tags:
#Music #Musician #Violin #Violinist #Composer #Theatre #Games #Gaming #Soundtracks #GameDev #Cats #KajiuraYuki #YukiKajiura #Bach #Manga #Anime #Discworld #TerryPratchett #LolitaFashion #Trans #Transgender #TransFem #Bi #Queer #LGBTQ #Portland #PDX #ADHD #Japanese

I thought I'd do an updated #introduction since my first one was a bit sparse on details. Also, #HappyNewYear 😊

I'm an #editor working full-time from home for a small publication. The organisation has gone through a lot of changes over the past six months, which have been stressful, but hopefully things will be more stable this year.

#2024 will also be the year I finish my #PhD. I know I said that last year but I've run out of time so I really have to do it now. It's a #creative PhD -- I'm writing a #steampunk novel set in #WesternAustralia and my #thesis discusses Australian steampunk. Weirdly, despite having spent years on this, I still like the topic and I hope to write some more papers on specific elements when I'm finished. (But first I need to finish).

I have a partner and four #children and live with them plus two #dogs, three #cats and a bunch of #chooks (aka #chickens) in a little regional city on the south coast of Western Australia. I love #cooking, #reading, #writing, #gardening and #hiking and am interested in all things #green ... I've been banging on about the #environment for decades and despite the dire predicament we humans collectively find ourselves in now, I'm heartened by the fact that #climate issues are mainstream news now. I believe in #hope because I think it's a radical act of defiance against the #doom.

I'm fascinated by #science and #space and the #history of how humans have learnt and passed down #knowledge through millennia. I love to learn new things from people whose backgrounds are different from my own. I spent a little time in Germany and did languages in my undergrad degree, so ich spreche #deutsch et parle un peu #français. I'm also learning #Japanese on Duolingo so now I can say 'this cake is tasty', which, I think we can all agree, is a very handy phrase to know.

Ooh! Nearly forgot. Love #tea. Big fan.

re #introduction Hi, I'm Chris (he/him), 49y, nerd, cyclist, gamer.

I'll post and boost mostly gaming related posts, thoughts and recommendations, no rants, no spoilers.

Things I enjoy: #biketouring #hiking #filmphotography with old #analogphotography cameras #bookstodon #books #FOSS #linux #anime

I care about #climatechange, pedestrian-friendly and bike-friendly cities and #sustainability but not here to talk politics.

I'm currently learning #Japanese #日本語.

はじめまして
よろしくお願いします

Sakurajima.moe is an inclusive Glitch Mastodon server for fans and content creators interested in Japanese anime, manga, games etc. The server is highly moderated to provide a safe, non-toxic environment.

:Fediverse: https://sakurajima.moe

They also run a Sharkey server at:

:Fediverse: https://sakurajima.social

Find out more at https://sakurajima.moe/about or contact the admin @sakurajima

#FeaturedServer #Anime #Manga #Japan #Japanese #Otaku #Glitch #GlitchMastodon #Sharkey #FreeFediverse

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, and @hollo, a fediverse microblog for single users.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文/#漢文)!

#introduction

My #introduction post. I like a bit of everything and always appreciate learning something new.

Highlights include #tea, #books, #languages (especially #italian and #japanese), #StarWars, #JamesBond, #IndianaJones, the film scores of #JohnWilliams, playing the #violin, #piano and #ukulele, looking at the fish in my #aquarium, #chocolate, #Chinese food, #pastries, #astrophysics, a fan of the #EU, not a fan of the Tories, I like #CrossStitch, #crafting, #painting...

Since there's been a big migration and my server has kinda connected a bit more a new intro post.

Dan. 🇮🇪🏳️‍🌈
Husband: @[email protected]

Talks about #horror #videogames #nintendo #anime #comics #manga. Studying #japanese. Makes websites. Collects soundtracks on #vinyl.

Time for #introductions 😅

Hi everyone, I am Norbert, a Data Architect and photography enthusiast living in Tokyo. I am mostly going to post travel and daily life photography, topics related to my Japanese Language learning, impressions from cafés that I went to (or newly discovered), and some other random musings. よろしくお願いします。

All the photos below were shot on film with a Mamiya 6 medium-format camera.

#photography #mediumformat #mamiya #cafe #日本語の勉強 #日本語 #japanese #japaneselanguage

As #Japanese studies #English, I've been encouraged by everyone who share that they are studying a language that is not their native language in #Fediverse ⁂ :fediverse: :tony_smiling: :vivaldia_heart:

If you believe that Chinese characters in #Chinese, #Korean, and #Japanese should all be divided into language-specific codes, then it is logical that the Latin characters in English, French, Italian, and German should all be divided into language-specific codes as well. Caveat: I don't believe so.

#Unicode

I guess I should write a brief introduction. I'm not quite sure exactly how I'm going to use Mastodon yet but I'm interested in #folklore and #mythology, especially from #Japan and East Asia, Japanese #culture and #art, especially #ukiyoe prints, and anything magical or #supernatural. I am trying to learn #Japanese, but it's a very slow process. I have a website mostly about Japanese folklore, see link in bio.

Looking forward to connecting with others here.

Ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Hiroshige.

I just realised that I haven't done a proper intro for this account which I use to share mostly #JapaneseFolklore, #yokai and #JapaneseArt, especially #ukiyoe art. I also love East Asian #folklore, British folklore, Greek #mythology and anything #supernatural. I have a website with content I've shared over the years & I'm currently playing around with the idea of writing a beginner level book about #Japanese folklore. I also have a personal account @angela which I use to connect & chat.

This #drawing is based on a still of a scene from the #Japanese movie Tokyo Story, made by Yasujirō Ozu in 1953.

This is one of my favourite scenes in that movie, where the mother, Tomi, bonds with her widowed daughter-in-law, Noriko. The scene is when they're about to go to sleep.

As usual, I used rough paper (Fabriano Artistico, 300 gsm, NOT), about 50 cm x 70 cm. I set up the drawing in ordinary pencil and worked it in Conté pencil (from HB to 3B). I don't sharpen the Conté pencils to a point. I als o used kneaded putty and a piece of soft rag for blending.

#fediart #TraditionalArt

Intro post time (again)!

Hi! I'm Smitha. I've landed here after searching for a #fedipact-friendly server.

Proessionally, I'm a #UX/user experience designer. I care about #TechEthics + #TechForGood.

Personally, I play #violin + #viola, study #Japanese, and geek out over #geology and #aviation. I'm a #JETProgram alumna (#Tokushima 2005-07) and involved with #JETAA.

Antiracist. Antifascist. Black Lives Matter. Protect trans kids.

One of the most typical narratives in #philosophical / #sociological texts in #Japanese is to be cynical and ironical against the free society: even if you think you lived freely, your life style has been set up for the sake of the capitalism which exploits your freedom by tricking you into believing you were free.

This type of cynicism is seen so broadly that it plagues any narratives which try to be constructive to propose a principle for fixing the actual problems of the society.

Revised #introduction, w/hashtags: I loved living in #SanFrancisco for decades, but moved back to #Brooklyn last year to be with my Sweetie. I'm a front-end #WebDev (#ReactJS, #NextJS) in the early stages of writing an #urbanFantasy novel (maybe 1st of 3?). I love languages and #linguistics; I speak some #Spanish, some #Japanese, and lots of #LangBelta from #TheExpanse. I love #Celtic stuff, #sushi, and #cocktails. I'm #bisexual, #Pagan, #feminist, and #progressive. I'm here to find new friends.

#introduction

👋 I’m Stuart. I spend my days running the Brand and Experience #design team at Deliveroo.

I live in #Devon - in SW England - where I’m #renovating a Victorian house having moved from #London after almost a decade in #Amsterdam and spells in #Aotearoa and #Japan before that.

I have a degree in #Japanese and I occasionally make #music and #okonomiyaki, take #photographs & waffle on about #cycling and #ebikes and Coventry City (#pusb) and #tech and #politics and my #HondaElement.

There are many #introductions but this #intro is mine.

I'm a professional technical #generalist. I write #code, read code, research, discover problems, and develop solutions.

Been in some form of the computer industry starting in 1995. It's what pays the bills: Career trajectory was #dialup ISP #helpdesk ➡️ Corporate IT ➡️ firewall/IDS analyst ➡️ CERT/SOC #Technical #Leader ➡️ Cisco Talos Technical Lead.

For fun/enrichment/growth: I dabble in making #DJ mixes, #woodworking, #3dprinting /CAD, #circuit design, #music production, studying #Japanese language & culture, a little bit of a #coffee snob learning #latte art, I love to cook, and I make a bangin margherita #pizza.

I guess instance migration is a good time for an #Introduction post. Hello lovely people, I'm here both as a scientific researcher and as a human being, and you can expect a range of genres of posts and interactions from me.

On the work side, I'm a computational scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the field of biological X-ray crystallography, specifically at free electron lasers. It's a glorious interdisciplinary mess, and the description I give to non-scientists is that i use my degree in chemistry to write software to do math that models the physics of experiments that we're running to learn about biology.

For fellow structural biologists: I work on crystallography data reduction software for the steps between photons hitting the detector and a merged set of structure factors. I also support XFEL experiments, both on site and remotely, and assist in post-experiment data processing as needed. My PhD focused on using simultaneous XFEL crystallography and XES spectroscopy to probe the water splitting reaction in oxygenic photosynthesis. I did a postdoc in computational methods development for cryoEM, and I'm now back to XFEL crystallography but still in methods development.

For fellow software developers: all of our work is open source and mostly under the cctbx project/repo. It's mostly python with a bunch of C++ under the hood (including some low-level stuff redundant with scipy and numpy because those weren't around yet!), plus a user-facing wxPython GUI. More recently we've done a ton of work with GPU acceleration (using Kokkos, for NVIDIA, Intel and AMD architectures) and scaling up at three different national labs' supercomputing centers in anticipation of next-gen experimental capabilities. I derive too much joy from writing bash-sed-awk monstrosities on the occasions we need them to fix an urgent problem during an experiment, and I guess I'm most proud of the fact that I somewhat understand git.

As far as hobbies, the longest-standing one is probably #coffee, followed closely by #language (s) / #languageLearning and a love of #patterns and #symmetry in various contexts. I have too many different ways of making coffee (they have overrun my coffee cupboard), but my favorite remains the classic latte, and by now I can make a better latte than I can buy. I'm trying to refresh my #Japanese and learn #Dutch and #German simultaneously/comparatively, which of course is terrible for speed of learning, but fascinating. So far I've found #ASL the most challenging but also deeply satisfying -- I only have one semester under my belt but hope to take a lot more. I studied and continue to study all the #math and #science I possibly can. Right now I seem to be pretty engrossed in #electronics, #CAD, #3DPrinting, and just generally #DIY-ing/fixing/repairing things. Other active interests include #sewing, #reading, #cooking, #bike commuting, and #publicTransit. My journeys in #aikido and #pottery are on hold but I definitely want to pick them back up when I'm not already overcommitted. I'm casually interested in #neurophilosophy, #neuropsychology, #neurodivergence and #neuroscience. I've taken one course in neurophilosophy and can read literature in the rest, with effort.

On a personal note, I'm trans and nonbinary and very open about it -- I transitioned back when I had to explain what that meant. I've retired from some forms of community engagement and support but I'm very happy to answer any questions I can about the US legal and medical landscapes, available resources, policy and terminology best practices, or whatever you know you shouldn't ask [person in your life].

Finally, I spend a lot of time with my cat Rory (pictured), who is perfect and the most affectionate creature I have ever met. I promise to share photos of him from time to time.

Japanese Mastodon achieved to make some hashtags trending about "permanent residence permit cancellation by the Japanese government."

Some of the posts have the cutest antiracist posters I've seen in a while! 😍 :QueerCatHeart_Pride: :acabkitty:

Can somebody give some context?

#永住許可の取消しに反対します
#日本政府は国連の書簡を無視するな
#日本政府は人種差別撤廃条約を守れ

#Japan #Japanese #Racism

#introduction 2.0

I'm Jeroen from the Netherlands and a problem solver.

Interests:
#bsd #freebsd #unix
#buddhism #folklore #mythology
#cats
#commodore #c64 #amiga #retrocomputing #hardware
#DevOps
#DigiPres #metadata #SemanticWeb
#documentation #TechnicalWriting
#fantasy #SciFi #books
#history
#heraldry #vexillology
#japanese
#linguistics (#ProtoGermanic #ProtoIndoEuropean)
#programming #assembly #c #golang #nim #odinlang #python #rust #zig
#typography

Some assume that other languages lack multi-use vocab like the "F"-word in English. Words so adaptable that you can use them to express exact opposite sentiments without batting an eye.

But that isn’t exactly true. After all, just look at the Japanese language's “yabai”.

https://unseen-japan.com/yabai-the-most-versatile-word-in-the-japanese-language/

#japan #unseenjapan #japanese #languages

Time for an updated #introduction.

I'm into #programming (#PHP, #TypeScript, #Go, one day #Rust).

#LanguageLearning rocks - some competence in #Esperanto, #Japanese and #German; less in others. Currently learning #Greek and #French, among others, and building @vortmaro.

#ClimateChange is a big deal and to mitigate it, let's switch to #renewables, #ElectrifyEverything, and adopt #PlantBased diets.

#COVID sucks, we should nuke it (with masks, filtration, ventilation, far-UV, etc.)

Final result of #Usonian word in #Chinese #Japanese #Korean:

- The man you spoke to – are you sure he was Usonian?
- 与你交谈的那个人——你确定他是合众国人吗？
- あなたが話した男性 – 確か合衆国人でしたか？
- 당신과 이야기한 그 사람 – 그 사람이 미국인이 학실하냐?

🎲 Playing on the #SteamDeck or #NintendoSwitch is nice to calm down, especially with cozy games. In contrast, the TCG #Lorcana is a new excitement for me since 2024.

🌱 #Vegetarian since 2017 and #Vegan since 2022.

🧠 #PKM enthusiast and building my digital garden of notes in #Obsidian.

🎌 I adore #Japan and it's culture, so I visited it in 2023 and started to (slowly) learn #Japanese どうぞよろしく

🇩🇪 Most of my posts are in English but sometimes I also post in German.

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Unicopedia Plus is a developer-oriented set of Unicode, Unihan, Unikemet & emoji utilities wrapped into one single app, built with #Electron.

Repository: 🔗 https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/unicopedia-plus

#characters #chinese #cjk #codepoints #desktopapplication #electronjs #emoji #ivd #japanese #javascript #kangxi #kangxiradicals #korean #normalization #opensource #regex #segmentation #strokecount #unicode #unicopedia #unihan #unikemet

Unicopedia Sinica is a developer-oriented set of #Unicode utilities related to ideographs, wrapped into one single app, built with #Electron.

Repository: 🔗 https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/unicopedia-sinica

#characters #chinese #cjk #cjkrelated #cjkv #codecharts #codepoints #components #confusables #desktopapplication #electronjs #glyphs #ideographs #ideographicdescriptionsequences #ids #japanese #javascript #kangxi #kangxiradicals #korean #localfonts #opensource #strokes #tangut #unicode #unicopedia #unihan #vietnamese

October 31 - the birthday of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) school. His famous print series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji,” published between 1826 and 1833, marked the summit in the history of the Japanese landscape print.

https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/under-the-wave-off-kanagawa-1830s-katsushika-hokusai.html

#art #ArtHistory #ArtistBirthday #Japan #Japanese #Fuji #vintage #seascape

An updated #introduction! (Oct 2023)

Will be in #Fukuoka, #Japan beginning Nov 1 thru Jan 2024, then returning to #Portland. Married to a sweetheart of a man. Have dabbled in various artistic endeavors over the years (choreography, illustration, etc.) but concentrating for now on making #music (http://eerietom.com), #blogging (mostly about my #cannabis experiences https://eerietom.dreamwidth.org/), and improving my #Japanese. #福岡 #日本 #ポートランド #オレゴン州

Hi! 👋 My name is Renkon or renkotsuban. I'm 4世日系人, born and raised in Hawaiʻi. I've been living in #Japan since 2008. I am #nonbinary and go by they/them.

I keep myself busy by...
📝 #blogging @ https://renkotsuban.com
🎮 doing #GameDev with my partner Daikon as @nicegeargames
📰 making #zines highlighting #IndieGames from Japan @indietsushin
📚 #reading very slowly
💮 studying #Japanese
📸 taking amateur #photography
🏕️ yuru #camping

It's nice to meet you! 🤝

Hello lovely new space, it's time for an #introduction!

My name is Blair, I am a #bipoc trans woman and multi-instrumentalist that actively enjoys video game music and video games in general! It's my hope one day to compose music for video games!

Until then, I learn Japanese in my spare time and play in a rock band while working a simple day job. Nice to meet you!

ハイハイ、みんなさん！
私の名前はブレア、そして私はトランスジエンダー女性とシンセサイザーのプレヤーです！

ゲームが好きです、いつかゲームの音楽を書きたいと思っています。

その間、日本語を勉強しています、そして私のバンドを遊びです！よろしくお願いします！

#musicians #trans #Japanese #rockmusic #synthesizer

Drawing and painting of a Japanese geisha/geiko woman calming a person down from an anxiety attack/panic attack. I was thinking of this idea randomly. She's a service geisha/geiko woman, who is trained to calm down people from anxiety/panic disorders, autism (ASD), etc. I used the following tools in Autodesk Sketchbook: color builder, pencil, fountain pen, and course watercolor.
#arttherapy #panicattack #geisha #geishaart #japan #japanese #mixedmedia #watercolor #watercolorpainting #Sketchbook

Hello World!

New instance, new #introduction

I'm Eren. I'm interested in #programming, #informationsecurity, #reverseengineering, #operatingsystems and #retrogaming. I read tech news and play games in my free time.

I've been on Mastodon for a long time. I have no idea how many times I've switched instances. I like all the platforms related to the Fediverse, so I ended up here because it was the best instance for me.

The stuff I write is mostly about daily life, the programming/software scene, and games. I mostly write in #Turkish, but you can also see my toots in #English and #Japanese

Happy tooting to everyone ^^

#programming #cybersecurity #os #operatingsystem #gaming #tech #cyberpunk #unix #linux #macos

There is a song from 2016 by the #Japanese band Chirinuruwowaka called みずいろの恋 (mizu-iro no koi, love the colour of water or pale blue love).

It's a fantastic song with beautifully constructed lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f6nv1eCSvc

開けず仕舞いのその目の中に
幸運の女神が映っていたとしても

"even though in those eyes that will never open the goddess of good fortune would be reflected"

No doubt Wowaka knew of the existence of a song from the 1970s, 水色の恋 (mizu-iro no koi). It was the debut of Amachi Mari and a great hit in 1971.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmF64PpUBWs

さよならの言葉さえ 云えなかったの
白雪姫みたいな 心しかない私

"I couldn't even say the word "Goodbye"
I only have a heart like Snow White."

Looking at the wiki page of that song, I noticed that the credits for the song were Tagami Eri, Tagami Midori, Carlos Pesce and Feliciano Latasa.

Some further digging led to an interesting story: Feliciano Latasa is sometimes credited as composer of the well-known #tango "Gran Hotel Victoria", from 1906. (It turns out that this tango is older than that and anonymous.)
Carlos Pesce wrote a lyric for it much later, in 1935. So Eri and Midori Tagami based their song on that tango, maybe after hearing the 1968 recording by Tita Merello.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpU9jCVA-QI

"Hotel Victoria, fue el año veinte,
que de tus puertas partió mi amor.
Y desde entonces llevo una pena
que va matando a mi pobre corazón."

(I love it that Merello sings "l'ingrato" instead of "mi amor")

Here's my #introduction for this instance.

Interested in #bikes #cycling , especially #RoadCycling & #UltraCycling , also #BurngingMan but more than that #RegionalBurns especially #BurningFlipside . I read a lot of #sf and spend too much time on #metafilter . I'm a #japanese #translator for my day job. Longtime resident of #AustinTX .

#Introduction I'm here to listen to you gush about your passions!! These days I'm into #Symphogear, #IdolAnime, and #Yuri (#LGBT anything, tbh). I also really like #TheUntamed/#CQL, #DanMei, #WuXia, and will get around to reading all of #MXTX one of these days. I'm also a language student, mainly #Mandarin and #Japanese atm. Oh I'm also probably the biggest fan of "#Ojou" type characters in #Anime that you know...a little weird/niche but hey, that's why we're on this instance, right?!?!

#introduction #自己紹介

Hi from Japan! Joined here in case birdsite dies...
#japanese & #english speaker. I like #languagelearning and recently resumed studying #german and sometimes #irish for fun but still a beginner.
I love #videogames (#FF14 & #indiegame), #boardgames, #drawing, #movies, #traveling abroad, #stationery, #beer and #wine.

はじめまして。
語学に興味あり、英語中心に、時々ドイツ語（長くやってるけど片言ビギナー）とアイルランド語（入口レベル）を勉強中。
インディーゲームやFF14などプレイしていることが多いですが、他にもボドゲ、お絵描き、映画、文具、海外旅行、ビール、ワイン等々。
よろしくお願いします。
#fedibird

Quick #introduction.

#UNIX system administrator since 1996, when I started working as a webmaster in an NCR MP-RAS system.

Born and raised in Madrid (Spain), lived in Cambridge (UK) and moved to #Catalonia in 2005 where I live with my three sons.

The main topics I care about are #feminism, #diversity, #WorkerRights, #FreeCulture and #OpenSource.

I write and boost content in multiple languages (#Catalan, English, #Esperanto, Spanish, French, #Japanese) about a broad range of interests.

Been here a few days, so time for my #Introduction...

🌊 My background's in #MarineScience. I work at a #MarineConsultancy as a Sediment Specialist, but my first ❤️ (& education) is #MarineMammals.

📚 In my free time, I try to get my old brain to learn #languages (#Japanese, #German, & just started #SouthKorean).

📝 I occasionally write & #SelfPublish #SciFi novels (see bio).

👽 I'm a massive nerd/geek & love computer games, comics, manga & anime.

#LanguageLearning #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishing