Is there ant dictionary app or just a website which have every single words which mean the same thing? Like 食べる、食う and 食らう they all mean ''to eat''. So if there is some type of website just like this it would be amazing. If you know smth guys please let me know 😊

I have a question are there new laws now in Japan, regarding the period of time needed to live in Japan to be eligible o be awarded the Permanent Residency (PR). Is there any changes in the time period, it is being said that now a foreginer who marries a japanese or another PR holder gets the PR after 1 year of living? Is that truth as on google it requires 3 years and can an investor be award PR after 1 year only is that true, if you dont mind can u share the details regarding for the investor as well. Thanks

Hi! So my dum dum here applied to a Japanese university (international program) just to realize that I will have to take lots of Japanese unit courses there for uni too... I pretty much got scared of the burden of failing those language classes lol as I am with a scholarship contract to not fail my GPA

I'm new to Japanese (I used duolingo a little and bought some newbie books) and had experience of learning Mandarin for 9 years in school (I slept all the way though, class was until HSK 3 but prolly I'm spiritually HSK 1.5 lol -- If that helps learning kanji?).

Is it "ideal" to not sign up for a Japanese course for these 6 months? And will that amount of time be okay to prepare for uni in Japan? Thanks!

I am trying to learn Japanese, but I don't know many words yet, but my Kana is going well, and I learned the meaning of about 100 Kanji.

One of my favourite inputs for listening is a talk show from Sakura Gakuin (さくら 学院）LoGiRL. In this format 4 random teenagers from the Idol group Sakura Gakuin talk about pretty much anything with their 'teacher' Mori-sensei. It seems they use a mix of different politeness levels (between themselves, their senpai, their sensei and to the audience), I think it is probably a nice way of learning normal conversational styles.

One of the things I am trying to learn is how they pronounce words, and I am confused in how they pronounce their Rs. I've noticed that when a 'r' sound is at the front of the word is it mostly said as a 'd', 'l' or it is dropped. When the 'r' is in the middle it is split in the middle if they pronounce it as a 'd' or a rolling-'r' (like the Dutch 'r', with at least a triple trill). I am Dutch so I am probably hearing things differently from people who speak English natively.

I did look up if a rolling-r is used in Japanese, but all the sources I found is that it is only done in very small amount of circumstances, like in Anime for angry characters, very old style singing and theater, and some regional accents. But that does not cover how often these girls from different regions use it in normal speech patterns.

I do know that in one of their classes (singing or speech) they do specifically learn how to roll their Rs, to, according to them, improve their pronunciation and clarity.

Did those lessons cause them to subconsciously roll their Rs in normal speech? Is this what Japanese is supposed to sound like, but Japanese people don't put attention in learning it properly (that would be weird). Anything else?

[I tried posting this in r/Japaneselanguage but they deleted this as a "translation request", so I am trying a more appropriate subredit, I hope this is the correct one.]

I am an 11th-grade humanities student learning Japanese. What additional courses or degrees should I pursue if I want to settle in Japan or build a career related to my Japanese skills?

Hi,

My story:

I have been learning Japanese probably all my life, unfortunately it was never effective so that I could actually converse freely. I also studied Japanese culture and graduated with a N5. I remember a lot, but I also need to repeat grammar and characters.

Chinese I am halfway through the HSK1 textbook. I am keen to develop skills in this language. I like the sound of it, and learning the characters makes me happy.

Asian languages in general are my passion, I have surrounded myself with them and the culture since I was a child, but I would also like to have solid skills already. Especially after so many years... I would like to use them in my art career and open up to these markets.

Main question:

Do you think that Iearning two asian languages at once is possible? and if so, I want to know your stories and tips

Is there any website or app that shows the pitch accent of a spesific sentence? I couldn't find anything about pitch accent except takoboto. And as you know, takoboto only shows the words accent, not the sentence. So i wonder if there is any app or website which shows the pitch accent of the sentence you text to it. If you guys know smth please let me know 🙏🏼🙏🏼

anyone know of any "teaching" music thats in the rock/metal genre?i listen to BabyMetal, Man With a Mission, Bandmaid, Trident etc.i have a hard time keeping up as it is fast but i am slowly learning.hopefully something more on the teaching side.i also uae pimsleur on top of it but prefer music.

I wonder if there is any ultimate grammar resources with every single subject inside of it. It can be e book, pdf or a real book so if you guys know anything like that please let me know. Looking to subjects by using google is kinda boring and feels wrong. Its really hard to find a spesific subject too. I hope you guys know smth 🙏🏼🙏🏼

This may be a stupid question, but based on what I've experienced in real life and seen, everyone says oishii after eating some food with more or less enthusiasm in the voice.

But what to do when the food isn't good ? Where I'm from we wouldn't say anything unless the waiter or chef asked us what we think and then politely say very good thank you. If it's with a friend it depends on the closeness, we would be honest with family but with other people only if you're really close if not we would say it's good thank you like in a restaurant put without being prompted.

So is saying something about the food in a public setting a social requirement? (which would explain the never failing oishii comments) and can you be honest with family and close friend ?

On an other note, if something is delicious or very refined, do people "only" say meccha oishii hontoni oishii desu ?

Thank you!!!

Ko ni chi wa ! I have been learning Japanese from a month.... Trying to get basic hands on Hiragana before i start learning any words. Anything you guys would suggest is welcomed. For now i am struggling to remember hiragana for similiar sounding letters like ka-ki, ra-ri and letters that look alike like ma-o, u-tsu, chi-ra.

Another basic problem i am facing is to differentiate between "m"-"n" sound and 'chi'-'ki' sound like mi and ni sound very very similar, idk what to do i get my questions wrong and lose some hearts on this.

A ri ga to go za i mas

Hello!

I've been looking for this doll for a while now. It's a retro 80s doll, so it's always sold out in the Japanese market.

I've searched on Mercari, Yahoo! Auctions, Mandrake, and Surugaya. No luck.

Magical Princess Minky Momo Year of manufacture 1982 Doll size approx. 26-28cm Manufacturer Poppy

Country of origin Japan

Can anyone tell me where I can find it, or if anyone has it and is planning to sell it?

こんにちは！

しばらく前からこの人形を探していました。80年代のレトロな人形 なので、日本の市場ではいつも売り切れです。

メルカリ、ヤフオク、マンドレイク、スルガヤで検索しまし た。運がありませんでした。

魔法のプリンセス ミンキーモモ 製造年 1982年 人形サイズ 約 26～28cm 製造元 ポピー

原産地 日本

どこで見つけられるか、または誰かが持っていて売る予定が あるかどうか、誰か教えてくれませんか？

Hello. Im learning japanese on my own. Ive learnt the hiragana, and now moving on to katakana. However, I'm considering not continuing because I tried to read vertical japanese, like the classical format, and I got so dizzy and naseous. Since most books are like that maybe I should just quit? Has anyone felt like this? Did it get better? I know it sounds silly, but Im serious. Im used to learning hiragana through reading japaneae in western horizontal format on instagram captions.

I'm struggling to remember some Vocab. Generally I learn the chapter from Genki, add the vocab to my Anki decks (Type it in both ways) but I'm really struggling to remember certain words in Ch6 as they just hate my brain.

Beyond using Anki flashcards, and doing the workbooks, do you guys have any other tips to help remember words that your brain cannot remember?

Thank you!

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So I've very recently started seeing this Japanese girl, and when we were getting a bit frisky this one time, she said that she loved me in English. I kind of let it go in the moment, but she could tell that that kind of startled me. Later, I brought the moment up with her and asked if she really meant it and she said that she did, but that "I love you" was commonly used more casually and platonically in Japanese culture. She then said she would say "aishiteru" instead going forward.

I'm wondering if her claims are true, or if she's just attempting to backtrack, because I remember hearing that Japanese people do not often say "I love you" to one another, much less "aishiteru", which had very intense connotations.

I don't know which dictionary app or website to use for improving my japanese. Do you guys know any good dictionary apps which has pitch accent, writing system, lots of example and lots of kanji infos? If you have some, please let me know :)

So for about a year now, I've been doing some research about all types of Japanese swords, and I want to know what the in general length of the O classification of blades would be, both blade and hilt. To be exact, the length of an: Odachi, O Katana, O Wakizashi, and O Tanto.

This is for a story that I am writing, my character uses these weapons but has a twin pair of O tanto knives instead of one. Also, what would the length of a KO Katana be?

Obviously questions about personal things and travelling is fine but questions about Japanese particles, grammar, vocab, etc are completely redundant and tedious to see in this thread when ChatGPT exists. 80% of questions you have are likely already online or EASILY obtainable through ChatGPT. FIND YOUR ANSWERS THERE!!

I was using yomu yomu to read but they want $90 dollars a year. Please help with alternatives looking $30-$40 a year free or cheaper would be great also. Please and thank you. Ps Need to have furigana.

I wonder if there is an website or app that shows every single reduplication words in japanese. I couldn't find any good sources so i wanted to ask you guys. Is there any good one that you know?

Hey I just want to make both sure these sentences make sense grammatically, I was practicing a basic sentence in japanese and I noticed I could use both sono and sore as follows:

そのけんさんのほんです

それはけんさんのほんです

both are just "that is ken's book" and I wanted to know if there was any reason to use one over the other, but more importantly with the first sentence I tried to use は(as in wa for the topic) right before the のほんです but I felt like that wouldn't make sense, is their any situation where I could put those two particles next to each other in a sentence?(I assuming not based on the nature of them) or any particles for that matter.

I wonder if there is an app or website that tells the names of all the prefectures and counties in Japan and how to pronounce them. As far as i know, they usually have different types of pronunciations compared to their (i mean the kanjis which is used for the prefectures) popular onyomi and kunyomi readings. Soo if you guys know smt like that let me know.

Backstory:
Hey guys, I am switching careers as a 28M married to a 29F with a 1-year-old son. My wife and I both want to move to Japan after I finish my Cyber Engineering degree, she is a civil engineer but wants to be a homemaker when we move. I know Japanese at N3 and she is willing to learn. When our son is older also want to have him in classes to learn Japanese so his transition isn't too hard either. My wife is Indonesian and holds a green card in America. We want to live outside Tokyo and commute to the city for work. I have a few connections for IT jobs in Tokyo already but don't want to limit myself as I know job loyalty is a major part of the culture.

Question:
1. How is it living there as a foreigner (mostly fluent) who is already married with a family?
1A. What challenges should I expect?
1B. What Kind of communities could we be apart of in the outskirts?
2. How easy/hard is this job field as a foreigner?
3. What recommendations do you have for me and my family to make this transition easy?

P.S. It's our dream to live and thrive in Japan as a family. Even if it's the old traditional way. IE.. lives in an old traditional home and lives on homegrown resources and just living a simple life.

(We will still have to go over the living and visiting laws)

I was about to text my host sister from when I visited japan in 2023, and every phrase I was thinking of saying are used for before December 31st and on January 1st, or wouldn’t make sense after New Year’s Day is over.

Any help is appreciated :)