我田引水

我田引水

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Literally: Drawing water for your own rice paddy. Meaning: Doing or saying things for your own benefit.

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8 years ago
Triacontakaitetragon

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Now here’s a smoke quartz mouthful to tongue twist our way around. It means a 34 sided polygon. The rough weighed about 18 kilos, and was faceted into this shape as a commission by gem artist Lawrence Stoller.

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7 years ago
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7 years ago

The Ivy Lee Method for Peak Productivity

At the end of each day, write down the six things you need to accomplish tomorrow. Do not write down more than six tasks and they can be anything. You choose.

Prioritise those six items in order of their true importance.

Tomorrow when you wake up and are fed and ready concentrate only on the first task. Work until the first task is finished before moving on to the second task.

Approach the rest of your list in the same fashion. At the end of the day, move any unfinished items to a new list of six tasks for the following day.

Repeat this process every day.

7 years ago

spanish expressions of the day:

“[name of a place] está donde Cristo perdió el mechero.” “[name of a place] está donde Cristo dio las tres voces.” “[name of a place] está donde Cristo perdió los clavos.” “[name of a place] está donde Cristo perdió las sandalias.”

Translation and examples:

El Ikea está donde Cristo perdió el mechero - The Ikea is where Christ lost his lighter.

El colegio está donde Cristo dio las tres voces - The school is where Christ screamed thrice (but + literally: where Christ gave the three voices.)

El museo está donde Cristo perdió los clavos - The museum is where Christ lost the nails.

Tu casa está donde Cristo perdió las sandalias - Your house is where Christ lost the sandals.

And all these Christ-y expressions mean ‘in a remote place.’

7 years ago

Kanji vocab #1

彼: かれ、かの he

彼(かれ) he, boyfriend

彼女(かのじょ)she, girlfriend

彼ら(かれら)they

代:ダイ、か age; replace

時代(じだい)age, era

電気代(でんきだい)electricity fee

九十年代(きゅうじゅうねんだい)the 90’s

十代(じゅうだい) in one’s teens

〜代わりに(かわりに)instead of ~

留: リュウ、ル to stay; to keep

留守(るす)absence, not at home

留学生(りゅうがくせい)foreign student

留学する(りゅうがくする)to study abroad

族: ゾク family; tribe

家族(かぞく)family

民族(みんぞく)race

水族館(すいぞくかん)aquarium

王族(おうぞく)member of royalty

親:シン、おや、した parent; intimacy

父親(ちちおや)father

母親(ははおや)mother

親友(しんゆう)best friend

両親(りょうしん)parents

親しい(したしい)intimate

親切(しんせつ)kind

切: セツ、き、きっ to cut

切る(きる)to cut

切手(きって)postage stamp

切符(きっぷ)ticket

大切(たいせつ) precious

親切(しんせつ)kind

英: エイ English; excellent

英雄(えいゆう)hero

英語(えいご)English

店: テン、みせ shop/store

店員(てんいん)store clerk

売店(ばいてん)stall

書店(しょてん)bookstore

去: キョ、コ、さ past; to leave

去年(きょねん)last year

過去(かこ)the past

去る(さる)to leave

消去する(しょうきょする)to erase

急: キュウ、いそ to hurry; emergency

急に(きゅうに)suddenly

急行(きゅうこう)express train

急ぐ(いそぐ)to hurry

特急(とっきゅう)super express

乗: ジョウ、の  to ride

乗る(のる)to ride

乗車(じょうしゃ)riding a car

乗馬(じょうば)horseback riding

乗り物(のりもの)vehicle

当:トウ、あ to hit

本当(ほんとう)really

お弁当(おべんとう)bento box

当時(とうじ)at that time

当たる(あたる)to hit

音:オン、と、ね  sound

音楽(おんがく)music

音(おと)sound

本音(ほんね)real intention/thoughts

発音(はつおん)pronunciation

楽:ラク、ガク、ガッ、たの  pleasure

楽しい(たのしい)fun

楽しむ(たのしむ)to enjoy

楽器(がっき)musical instrument

楽(らく)easy, comfortable

音楽(おんがく)music

医:イ   doctor; medicine

医者(いしゃ)doctor

歯医者(はいしゃ)dentist

医学(いがく)medical science

医院(いいん)clinic

者: シャ、もの  person

学者(がくしゃ)scholar

医者(いしゃ)doctor

若者(わかもの)young people

読者(どくしゃ)reader

8 years ago
»work No. 2325« By Martin Creed (+)

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7 years ago
Days Of The Week With Time Grammar! A Way I Was Taught To Remember Them Is With The Mnemonic “nine
Days Of The Week With Time Grammar! A Way I Was Taught To Remember Them Is With The Mnemonic “nine

Days of the week with time grammar! A way I was taught to remember them is with the mnemonic “nine green kangaroos stole my kid’s dog.” If you have any questions, feel free to ask

7 years ago

そうじゃないの?

そう じゃない の?

That’s not it?

7 years ago
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There’s this theory that in any given language, there are 600 basic words that are really, really good to know, because, you guessed it, they are the most common. Up next: a long list of determiners, including numbers (below the cut because wow, long).

this - これ

that - それ・あれ

my - 私の(わたし)

your - あなたの

his - 彼の(かれ)

her - 彼女の(かのじょ)

It’s a bit rude to use ‘his’ and ‘her’ like this (and 彼女 by itself often means ‘girlfriend’, too), so often you’d use [name]の instead for the same result.

its - Nounの

our - 私達の(わたしたち)

all - 全部(ぜんぶ)・全て(すべて)

some - 何らか(なん)

no - ありません・ない・なし

any - 何でも(なん)

many - たくさん

much - 多い(おお)

more - もっと

a few - 少ない(すく)

several - 複数(ふくすう)

whole - 全体(ぜんたい)

a little - 少し(すこ)

a lot of - 大いに(おお)

both - 両方(りょうほう)・とも

neither - も (In a negative sentence!)

each - それぞれ

every - 毎〇〇

Ex. 毎年(まいとし)=every year

other - 他の(ほか)

another - もう

same - 同じ(おなじ)

different - 違う(ちがう)

such - そういう

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earthquakedeer - サビーナです。
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Just a person learning Japanese. Self-learner. If you're also studying Japanese and want to practice with someone (and you're also very much a beginner) then message me! はじめまして! さびーなです。よとしく!

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