熟字訓 Jukujikun

in swedish it’s “tjuvlyssna” (tjuv-lyssna = thief-listen)

do other languages not have an equivalent of the English verb ‘to eavesdrop’?

twos germans, a portuguese & an italian I know, not only didn’t know what  the word meant, but said their languages don’t have a word for it after i explained.

そうじゃないの？

そう　じゃない　の？

That’s not it?

thank you, wiktionary

hi! I’m trying to start up a langblr and looking for a lot more people with resources to follow so if you’re learning japanese or russian and reblog this there is a rly strong chance i’ll follow you!! please and thank you c:

A MIND MAP ABOUT MIND-MAPPING

If you know me, you’d know that I am a highly visual person. I love learning from images and layouts, and my spatial intelligence is probably my strongest type of intelligence. Because of this, I often use mind maps to study, and so do a lot of other people. However, there are people who don’t really know how to make and utilize a mind map effectively. That’s what this post is for! Here’s how you can make your mind maps more effective and thus enable you to retain more information. (P.S. you might wanna zoom in)

By no means am I an expert in mind-mapping; these are just some habits I have when making a mind map that successfully does its job of helping me remember the topics I’m studying.

If you have any questions, feel free to drop an ask!

xx jo

Japanese Music Vocabulary ・音楽についての単語

I re-watched my favorite anime, Nodame Cantabile. The feels and obsession are real, like the heaps of music-themed vocabulary I learned from it! Here you are! EVERYONE, WATCH NODAME CANTABILE, I AM SERIOUS!  (のだめカンタービレ)

「楽しい音楽の時間だ」

The nice thing about music vocabulary is that there are some Kanji that keep appearing again and again, making the words easier to remember (the readings)

General Stuff

音楽・おんがく・music

弾く・ひく・to play (an instrument)

楽器・がっき・Instrument

楽譜・がくふ・sheet music

クラシック・classical music

演奏・えんそう・performance

演奏旅行・えんそうりょこう・tour

手中・しゅちゅう・concentration

奏法・そうほう・way of performing, playing

公演・こうえん・performance

Some instruments

ピアノ・piano

バイオリン・violin

オボエ・oboe

ティンパニ・tinpani

ファゴット・fagott

トランペット・trumpet

フルート・flute

ギター・guitar

チェロ・cello

コントラバス・contrabass

ビオラ・viola

ピッコロ・piccolo

ドラム・drum

マンドリン・mandolin

Compositions

作曲・さっきょく・composition (also a する verb)

楽曲・がっきょく・composition

器楽曲・きがくきょく・instrumental piece

練習曲・れんしゅうきょく・étude

交響曲・こうきょうきょく・symphony

協奏曲・きょうそうきょく・concerto (eg. ピアノ協奏曲 piano concerto)

狂奏曲・きょうそうきょく(yes, the same as in concerto)・rhapsody

曲名・きょくめい・title 

Artists and Ensembles

音楽家・おんがくか・musician

奏者・そうしゃ・player, musician

指揮者・しきしゃ・conductor

デュエット・duet

室内楽・しつないがく・chamber music

オーケストラ・orchestra

Music Theory

音楽理論・おんがくりろん・music theory

器楽・きがく・instrumental

長調・ちょうちょう・major key

短調・たんちょう・minor key

和音・わおん・accord

協和音・きょうわおん・consonant accord

不協和音・ふきょうわおん・dissonant accord

小節・こぶし・measure

音符・おんぷ・note

休符・きゅうふ・rest, pause (playing)

絶対音感・ぜったいおんかん・perfect pitch

楽想・がくそう・theme

作品・さくひん・opus number (e.g. 作品18 - op. 18)

楽章・がくしょう・movement (e.g. 第1楽章 - first movement)

[249]  かみなり  |  kaminari  |  thunder

random word of the day

苔 (こけ) - moss

The obsolete English -k suffix is my new favourite thing (source). It’s also the same -k that derives “hark, hearken” from “hear”. 

This is maybe the most frustrating aspect of studying kanji. You start learning 山 as やま. Cool, one kanji memorized. Wait… it can also be read as さん.

Wait. All your other kanji have 2 or 4 extra readings too! Some are on'yomi. Some are kun'yomi.

Why does this have to be so complicated?!

It may seem confusing at first, but if you learn the difference between on'yomi/kun'yomi readings, where they came from, and how they work, we promise it will make learning kanji a lot easier.

Listen to this kanji-tastic episode where Kristen explains all this and more. When you’re breezing through kanji like a pro, you’ll be glad you did.