In older Japanese articles, essays etc., authors often used 君 to refer to their peers. While it’s a casual "you" today, it then functioned as a formal and respectful way to address a colleague in public discourse.

It’s not casual intimacy but a sign of intellectual equality and professional esteem, closer to a respectful "my friend" or a formal address than the "tutoying" (duzen) style it implies today.

#Japanese #JapaneseLanguage #Linguistics #JapaneseLiterature #Etymology

Compatibility Fortune Telling and Love Fortune Guide for Better Relationships

https://futurology.today/post/9741764

Japanese expressions of happiness – 悦に入る

Let’s learn how to describe entering a state of happiness! We could also describe this feeling as being very self-satisfied, or being happy at the result of something.

This word is written with Kanji and Hiragana as 悦に入る. Using just Hiragana, we can spell it like as えつ・に・いる. Please take care to remember that we use the いる reading of 入る here, not the はいる reading.

The Kanji and their meanings

The phrase 悦に入る is made up of two Kanji characters:

• 悦・Happiness, joy
• 入・To enter

When to use 悦に入る in a sentence

• When you’re so filled with self-satisfaction that you become very happy.
• When you’re so pleased with your progress / results that you become ectatic.

Sample sentences using 悦に入る

** The English translations are more on the literal side for easier comprehension **

English: After taking the top place in the exam, she was extremely pleased with herself.

Hiragana only: しけん　で　いちい　を　とって、かのじょは　えつに　いっていた。

Japanese: 試験で一位を取って、彼女は悦に入っていた。

English: The presentation I stayed up all night to make was praised by the teacher, so I was very self-satisfied.

Hiragana only: てつや　して　つくった　はっぴょうを　せんせいに　ほめられて、えつに　いりました。

Japanese: 徹夜して作った発表を先生に褒められて、悦に入りました。

English: When I saw my favourite actress wearing the same dress as me, I thought “I have good style” to myself smugly.

Hiragana only: すきな　はいゆうが　わたしと　おなじ　ワンピースを　きているのを　みて、「わたし、センスが　いい」と　えつに　いった。

Japanese: 好きな俳優が私と同じワンピースを着ているのを見て、「私、センスがいい」と悦に入った。

English: On top of getting a promotion, my boss also treated me to dinner, I was feeling good about myself for a week!

Hiragana only: しょうしん　できた　うえ、かちょうが　ばんごはんを　ごちそう　して　くれて、いっしゅうかん　えつに　いっていました。

Japanese: 昇進できた上、課長が晩ご飯をご馳走してくれて、一週間悦に入っていました。

Ofuda

https://feddit.dk/post/20989842

Yang Haiying’s Twisted Logic of Exporting Hatred Under the Guise of Victimhood

https://thelemmy.club/post/47268461

楊海英の被害者としての立場を利用した憎悪の輸出――その歪んだ論理（1）

https://thelemmy.club/post/47268400

Japanese expressions of desire – 欲の皮が張る

Have you ever desired something so strongly that the feeling enveloped your whole body Almost like you were wearing a “pelt of greed”? Today we’re going to learn how to describe that feeling in Japanese!

The phrase is: 欲の皮が張る

Sometimes you may also see it written as: 欲の皮が突っ張る

The Kanji and their meanings

欲の皮が張る is a set phrase, consisting of three Kanji characters.

• 欲・to want, desire
• 皮・pelt, skin, leather
• 張・to stretch, to spread

When to use 欲の皮が張る in a sentence

• When you want something so badly that you’re exasperated
• When you feel desire so strongly that you do something you may otherwise not do
• When you desire something desperately

Sample sentences using 欲の皮が張る

** The English translations are more on the literal side for easier comprehension **

English: I worry about whether she won’t fall for a scam (because she’s desperate).

Hiragana only: よくの　かわが　はる　かのじょは、さぎに　あわないか　しんぱいだ。

Japanese: 欲の皮が張る彼女は、詐欺に遭わないか心配だ。

English: When you want something badly enough, you’ll easily do things you normally wouldn’t.

Hiragana only: よくの　かわが　はると、ふだん　やらない　ことは　かんたんに　やってしまう。

Japanese: 欲の皮が張ると、普段やらないことは簡単にやってしまう。

English: You never know what a desperate person will do.

Hiragana only: よくの　かわが　はる　ひとは、なにを　しでかすか　わからない。

Japanese: 欲の皮が張る人は、何をしでかすか分からない。

English: You must not trust his words (because he’s desperate for something and will say anything to get it)

Hiragana only: よくの　かわが　はる　かれの　ことばを　しんじちゃ　だめ。

Japanese: 欲の皮が張る彼の言葉を信じちゃダメ。