I just had a conversation with two Russian people in Japanese.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/14114202
I just had a conversation with two Russian people in Japanese. - sh.itjust.works
I met two Russian people who were running a booth at a festival. One greeted me
and tried to converse with me in English, but it soon became apparent that that
wouldn’t get us very far. So, we switched to Japanese, and made small talk for a
few minutes before I made my purchase. Not a huge deal overall, but I thought it
was super cool to be able to make use of Japanese in a novel context. It was
also interesting to meet someone where the best language for communication for
both of us was an L2. As a native English speaker, that doesn’t happen very
often.
Use yourei.jp for better example sentences
https://sh.itjust.works/post/4242135
Use yourei.jp for better example sentences - sh.itjust.works
When I encounter a new vocabulary word, it is often useful to see how that word
is used in other contexts. Previously, I would use Jisho.org [http://Jisho.org]
and do a sentence search for the word, but they really only have sentences from
tatoeba.org [http://tatoeba.org], which are not always the most natural, and
sometimes, there just aren’t very many. I’ve found yourei.jp [http://yourei.jp]
to be significantly better, as they take example sentences from real books and
display them in order of readability. Compare (example word: 円満) - Jisho.org
[https://jisho.org/search/%E5%86%86%E6%BA%80%20%23sentences] - yourei.jp
[https://yourei.jp/%E5%86%86%E6%BA%80] - weblio.jp
[https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%E5%86%86%E6%BA%80] One disadvantage is
that yourei.jp [http://yourei.jp] doesn’t provide English translations, so if
you need those you might be better served elsewhere. (For this particular
example word I chose, weblio.jp [http://weblio.jp] seems to have decent results,
but it overall seems to be hit-or-miss. For instance, ぼかす
[https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8B%E3%81%99]. Lots of
sentences, but they’re all basically useless. Most seem to be excerpts from
technical manuals.)
Sharing a small win - sh.itjust.works
I’ve been semi-casually studying Japanese for around 5 years. I currently live
in Japan, but since I already have a remote job for an English-speaking software
company, I’ve never had an interest in getting a job for a Japanese company, and
having a good level of Japanese was really only ever a matter of convenience and
personal achievement. On a whim, I participated in a mock JLPT session that was
held by a local university. To my surprise, I passed the N2 level. Not with
flying colors, but with enough margin that if it were the real thing, I probably
would have passed. This is a win, because I have never passed the JLPT before,
and haven’t done any test preparation. I mostly just read books and participate
in daily life. I have some Anki flashcards, but I’m far from consistent with it.
I signed up for the December test!
Rust Pro Tips (collection) - sh.itjust.works
Whenever I encounter an interesting Rust programming technique, I add it to this
blog post. I’ve amassed a bit of a collection. Hopefully someone finds it
interesting and useful!
Male fashion advice? - sh.itjust.works
As someone who definitively struggles in this area, I would love to know if
there is a community for male fashion on Lemmy. Looking for inspiration, advice,
and basic guidance.
