# Favorite Japanese Word, kanji, or Grammar concept?

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**Category:** Grammar\
**Created:** [October 6, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/favorite-japanese-word-kanji-or-grammar-concept/19982 "2017-10-06T23:17:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/favorite-japanese-word-kanji-or-grammar-concept/19982/3 "2017-10-07T00:18:34Z")

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I really love the word 最近（さいきん）which means recently. I just really like how it sounds. Any words with the あい sound in them I like, but also I really enjoy writing out the kana for this one. The flicks on さ and き are so satisfying.

As for favorite kanji, at the moment it’s 茶. I’m a big tea lover so I’m pretty bias, but the character is just so elegant and nice to look at.

I’ve never really thought about having a favorite grammar thing. I guess I’d say verb normalization, since the first time I learned about it, it blew my mind (shameful promotion of my [thread on mind blows in Japanese](https://community.wanikani.com/t/biggest-realizations-mind-blows-youve-experienced-learning-japanese/19859)).

Also another word I just thought of that made me laugh the first time I heard it: 言語道断（ごんごどうだん）, meaning ridiculous / outrageous. Personally I think this is the perfect autological word (a word which describes itself).

Bonus words: 学校（がっこう）、花火（はなび）、おはよ、ありがとう、回る（まわる）、雪（ゆき）、する

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