Most recent Japanese word you've learned?

Haha yeah, that stage can feel a bit overwhelming :sweat_smile: but it also means you’re making real progress. Running into that many new kanji in just a few pages is intense, but adding them to Anki is honestly the best move long-term. Words like 呟く popping up repeatedly actually help a lot with retention after a while. And it’s kind of fun when you start noticing an author’s favorite kanji or themes—makes the reading experience more personal in a way. Keep going, it gets easier! :flexed_biceps:

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Never heard of them before, are you from Germany?

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They are definitely not mainstream :sweat_smile: Also, although they still exist, I feel like their prime time was in the 80‘s and 90‘s. So I‘m not surprised you haven’t heard of them.

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Super cool band; I love Halber Mensch. Yeah I think it’s less a question of where you’re from and more how much digging into obscure music movements you’ve done. I feel like if “industrial music” as a term means anything to you, you probably know them.

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砂肝 - すなぎも, gizzard

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科白 - can be read せりふ and have the same meaning as 台詞

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昇降機 - rising-descending-machine (aka elevator)

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茶飯事 さはんじ
matter of no importance; commonly occuring thing

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罵詈雑言 (ばりぞうごん) - all manner of verbal abuse

Encountered this yesterday when watching Oshi no Ko S3, and then again today when watching Mob Psycho S2… Seems like the universe really wants me to memorize more yojijukugo, I’ve encountered 一期一会 (once-in-a-lifetime encounter) twice this week as well

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Just for fun, I learned about: 火災保険 (かさいほけん) - meaning “Fire Insurance,“ or so I’ve been told. I found it while looking for a different definition on jisho.org. The word was so unique that it’s stuck with me. I cant wait for the day when I can use it in the wild!

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磁気単極子 - magnetic monopole
磁気双極子 - magnetic dipole
強磁性 - ferromagnetism
統一場理論 - unified field theory
量子力学 - quantum mechanics
常磁性体 - paramagnet
強誘電体 - ferroelectric

Etc

I’m really going through it right now.

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