What’s the most recent vocabulary word or phrase you’ve learned, and where did you learn it? Of course vocabulary you just guru’d on WK is fine, but you can also share useful words you picked up from a book, TV show, manga, song, etc! My hope is that we can look at each others posts and learn somet…

飼い殺し which apparently refers to when you’re just kinda kept at a job with no progression or purpose? Death by being kept as a pet. Nice.

日本 (にほん) - Japan. I know both these individual Kanji and think it is so cool it incorporated “The Land of the Rising Sun”. And now I know how to properly say Japan, and also notice anything written in Japanese by its name.

音 (おと) vs 物音 (ものおと) vs 雑音 (ざつおん) vs 騒音 (そうおん) Sounds and noises. 音 (sound) is the general denomination. It includes all types of sounds, from something hitting the floor to the sound of a musical note. 物音 (sound) is a category of 音. It usually refers to sounds that you don’t know their orig…

kau - to raise (a pet). Learned it through WaniKani about 30 minutes ago! :grin:

女の子 (おんなのこ) 女子 (じょし) So what is the usage of these vocabulary words if they mean the same thing? WaniKani didn’t really go into why you would use one or the other when referring to girl. Anyone know the actual vocab usage?

[image] Greenfire311: 女の子 (おんなのこ) 女子 (じょし) So what is the usage of these vocabulary words if they mean the same thing? WaniKani didn’t really go into why you would use one or the other when referring to girl. Anyone know the actual vocab usage? Oh, oh, I was waiting for someone to ask. …

Today I learned 情報じょうほう収集しゅうしゅう - intelligence gathering; information gathering One of the kanji I didn’t know, so I looked it up, which lead me to my new favourite word: 情報収集衛星じょうほうしゅうしゅうえいせい - information-gathering satellite I just love how long and rhyme-y it is. :joy:

Thank you so much! I bookmarked that one!

Came across 尊い (とうとい) in a Tokyo Ghoul episode recently (the cafe owner grandfather type says it). I was pleasantly surprised. It sounded rather formal / poetic. And the next entry in jisho was 尊い油, huh. (たっとい - anointing oil) I would never have guessed.

Most recent Japanese word you've learned?

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Leebo November 18, 2018, 2:29pm 1216

Oh, oh, I was waiting for someone to ask.

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