# Translating "WaniKanian English" into English thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips & Tricks\ **Created:** [May 24, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100 "2017-05-24T12:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![polv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/polv/32/572691_2.png) [@polv](https://community.wanikani.com/u/polv)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/1 "2017-05-24T12:15:57Z")
I have learnt much English vocab from WaniKani… ---
**Author:** ![polv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/polv/32/572691_2.png) [@polv](https://community.wanikani.com/u/polv)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/2 "2017-05-24T12:16:32Z")
What is? 1. [Splinter](https://www.wanikani.com/radicals/splinter) 2. [Instigate](https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/%E5%94%86) ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/3 "2017-05-24T12:19:14Z")
Here, splinter is a pop culture reference to [a character from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=splinter+teenage+mutant+ninja+turtles&safe=off&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS693US693&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5hODGwYjUAhXCKZQKHRsqCVAQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=770) Instigate means to provoke, to cause something to start EDIT: But… it says what splinter is in the mnemonic, I just realized. What was your confusion? ---
**Author:** ![alysonskye](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/alysonskye/32/6894_2.png) [@alysonskye](https://community.wanikani.com/u/alysonskye)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/4 "2017-05-24T12:25:37Z")
I’ve never gotten around to watching the Lord of the Rings, so Wanikani filled me in on some missing pop culture knowledge. In the Lego Batman movie when the eye of [Sauron](https://www.wanikani.com/radicals/sauron) appeared I was like, “Hey!! I know that’s a thing now!” I should probably just watch those movies at some point though haha. ---
**Author:** ![polv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/polv/32/572691_2.png) [@polv](https://community.wanikani.com/u/polv)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/5 "2017-05-24T12:26:25Z")
Sorry. I forgot to google Splinter. ---
**Author:** ![Korinoshikkan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/korinoshikkan/32/33278_2.png) [@Korinoshikkan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Korinoshikkan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/6 "2017-05-24T12:59:41Z")
So, wait… the english word ‘splinter’ isn’t the same as the dutch word? Then what’s a little piece of wood stuck under your skin called in english? ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/7 "2017-05-24T13:02:57Z")
You’re describing… a splinter. But they must have figured that Splinter is more effective for mnemonics than splinter. ---
**Author:** ![Korinoshikkan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/korinoshikkan/32/33278_2.png) [@Korinoshikkan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Korinoshikkan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/8 "2017-05-24T13:24:13Z")
ooohh alright. I guess Splinter is indeed more memorable than a piece of wood X] ---
**Author:** ![tmahrt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tmahrt/32/3942_2.png) [@tmahrt](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tmahrt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/9 "2017-05-24T13:44:52Z")
I’ve learned a lot about spelling from Wanikani. 🙂 These days with autocorrect, it’s not important to be able to spell words correctly. And even though the wanikani system is rather generous with English spelling, for me I’ve gotten words wrong because I mistyped them horribly enough ‘camouflage’ was the most recent one. ---
**Author:** ![Wenimira](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@Wenimira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Wenimira)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/10 "2017-05-24T13:48:39Z")
Yeah and if you’re not an English native it’s even better… like what even is a cleat xD sometimes I get new radicals and I’m not even sure what they mean but I memorize them anyway. ---
**Author:** ![polv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/polv/32/572691_2.png) [@polv](https://community.wanikani.com/u/polv)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/11 "2017-05-24T13:51:18Z")
^ For that word, I added Stud as a synonym. ---
**Author:** ![CareVader](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/carevader/32/6443_2.png) [@CareVader](https://community.wanikani.com/u/CareVader)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/12 "2017-05-24T13:51:51Z")
> [@tmahrt](#): > > These days with autocorrect, it’s not important to be able to spell words correctly. And even though the wanikani system is rather generous with English spelling, for me I’ve gotten words wrong because I mistyped them horribly enough “Chrysanthemum” ftw ---
**Author:** ![vargsvans](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/vargsvans/32/6330_2.png) [@vargsvans](https://community.wanikani.com/u/vargsvans)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/13 "2017-05-24T13:58:00Z")
Top 3 (I’m sure there are more) words I learned from Wanikani as a non-native speaker of English, 1. Boisterous 2. Filial 3. Piety ---
**Author:** ![Rincewind](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rincewind/32/63810_2.png) [@Rincewind](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Rincewind)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/14 "2017-05-24T14:12:42Z")
I don’t know if I learned any new words, but I realised I cannot spell bureaucrat to save my life. _(Didn’t mean to reply to you)_ ---
**Author:** ![Owl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/owl/32/4733_2.png) [@Owl](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Owl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/15 "2017-05-24T14:25:25Z")
Even as a native english speaker, i’m relearning alot about grammar / learning new words or even realising i didn’t know i was spelling some words wrong all my life. Thanks mr crabigator ---
**Author:** ![MaximizedNOVA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/maximizednova/32/266202_2.png) [@MaximizedNOVA](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MaximizedNOVA)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/16 "2017-05-24T16:00:37Z")
Even as a native speaker such as myself, I constantly misspell 40 (fourty/forty). Good thing Wanikani doesn’t berate me for not spelling correctly, I don’t think any amount of conditioning would help with (fourty/forty) thing. ---
**Author:** ![rmizuno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rmizuno/32/63162_2.png) [@rmizuno](https://community.wanikani.com/u/rmizuno)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/17 "2017-05-24T16:27:04Z")
I wonder how many native english speakers knew what “filial piety” is. I certainly did not… ---
**Author:** ![jhgoforth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jhgoforth/32/36936_2.png) [@jhgoforth](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jhgoforth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/18 "2017-05-24T17:18:08Z")
cleat is the sharp bits on the bottom of certain sports shoes like football/soccer shoes. they are there to help keep your feet from slipping on the grass. ---
**Author:** ![jhgoforth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jhgoforth/32/36936_2.png) [@jhgoforth](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jhgoforth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/19 "2017-05-24T17:22:06Z")
I knew that only due to having read alot about religions when I was young. I was fascinated by the variety around the world and read on confucianism a fair amount. having said that, i definitely still had to refresh my memory on the term when it popped up here again. not exactly something we use in every day conversations lol ---
**Author:** ![Mordoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/mordoc/32/307_2.png) [@Mordoc](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Mordoc)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100/20 "2017-05-24T17:25:59Z")
I learned about “filial piety” in college in a world literature class that involved various Chinese texts. The professor loved to talk about filial piety. I definitely wouldn’t have known it had it not been for that class. [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/translating-wanikanian-english-into-english-thread/18100.md?page=2)