The Obsolete English -k Suffix Is My New Favourite Thing (source). It’s Also The Same -k That Derives

(after six)

always itching to look at memories, theirs and strangers’ waiting for the lights to wake before the dark curtain falls they hardly say their thanks and their sorry here never leave shapes of their absence, just their leftover warmth

玉に瑕

玉に瑕 (たまにきず) - a flaw, something that spoils something otherwise pleasant. Literally “a scratch on a jewel”.

そうじゃないの？

そう　じゃない　の？

That’s not it?

In Japanese we don’t say “I’m just going to stay home tonight” we say “今夜は家でゴロゴロしてる (konya wa ie de gorogoro shiteru)” meaning “Tonight I’m just going to roll around at home” and … #same

Submitted by anonymous

- Is there anything else to say? -

by Pedro Gabriel

Do one thing today that moves you one step closer to your goal!

“cute” in German

The basic translations for “cute” are either: niedlich or süß (the second one also meaning sweet like in taste) and here are some phrases and other words you might encounter or want to know! :) Some synonyms: drollig - cute and funny, derpy (like when a cat does weird but cute stuff) flauschig - soft and fluffy (in a cozy way like for a blanket or any animal you wanna touch) fluffig - fluffy (like an angora rabbit or a cake) klitzeklein - really small, very tiny knuddelig - cuddly knuffig - small and cute, cute so you want to hug it because it’s helpless and harmless lieb - lovely, kind, well behaved herzallerliebst - really very lovely and kind and cute (lit. heart-all-lovely) putzig - cute (can include animals wearing cute things), “not pretty but still or therefor cute”-cute, smol and cute weich - soft winzig - tiny zum Knutschen - cute so you wanna kiss it (knutschen=küssen - to kiss) Wie niedlich!/Wie süß! - How cute! Wie niiiieeedlich!/Wie süüüß!etc. - How cuuute! (you know, more vowels = more cuteness) (niedlich) aussehen (sieht aus, hat ausgesehen) - to look (cute) der Piepmatz - small and cute (song-)bird die Schnute - (belittlement of die Schnauze - snout) small and cute mouth (like of a cat) Diminutive (belittlement): Add -chen (sometimes -lein) to almost any noun. All nouns ending in -chen are neuter. Pay attention to vowel changes that usually occurs: a -> ä die Katze -> das Kätzchen (cat -> kitty or kitten) a final -e often disappears o -> ö der Vogel -> das Vögelchen (bird -> birdy) u -> ü der Hund -> das Hündchen (dog -> puppy-dog) u -> ü das Buch -> das Büchlein (book -> small book) au -> äu die Maus -> das Mäuschen (mouse -> cute tiny mouse) e, i, ei and eu don’t change. For example: e -> e die Ente -> das Entchen (duck -> duckling) e -> e das Ferkel -> das Ferkelchen (piglet -> smaller piglet) i -> i der Fisch -> das Fischchen (fish -> small fish) ei -> ei das Schwein -> das Schweinchen (pig -> small pig or piglet) There are also rather childish suffixes like: -leinchen, -i, -ilein, -ileini, -ileinchen, which are almost only used in speech. And regional suffixes like: -le. For example: Hundi (my aunt had a dog named like that… :D ) Hundileini (this is what a 5yo might refer to when they talk about their really cute and lovely dog) unser Katerle (our dear and lovely male cat) I probably forgot some stuff (like always) but those are some basics. And of course it’s not very easy to describe the exact difference between all those “cute"s. I’ll make a list of belittled/cute verbs later.

I’ve been preparing for the JLPT N5 myself, so I thought I’d make a little list of some of the resources I’ve found!

websites

Nihongo Ichiban N5 Study Material

JLPT Website:

Self Evaluation List

Sample Questions

japanesetest4you JLPT N5 Resources

JLPT Boot Camp

Mock Test

JLPT Study Page (a bit of an older page, but still a good study resource)

Memrise

JLPT N5 Vocab 

JLPT N5 Readings

books

Official JLPT Reference Books

Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese Characters (4th Edition)

Compact Japanese Dictionary

Read Japanese Kanji Today

apps (android)

Kanji Study

Obenkyo

Duolingo

Write Japanese: Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana

Tinycards by Duolingo: Fun & Free Flashcards

London, January 2016.

There are two forms of sentence structure you can use with prepositions.

topic は something の position(preposition) に　あります・います

something の position に subject が あります・います