Wanikani memes

ahahahha damn that’s already a legend

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I can’t breathe!!! :rofl:

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I am out of the loop, what happened? what is this fugu?

I’ve just unlocked it, too. Might quit WK later.

@evandcs The Fugu That Broke The Camel's Back (Why I'm quitting WaniKani)

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They all have different nuances, but I usually forget them. :T

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Most of them oddly enough don’t even mean “action”, like 活動, which means “activity” as in ボランティア活動 (volunteering activity) or some such. I think the only one which would mean “action” would be 作用 from the ones I learned so far.

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策, 企, 案, 予定, 計画, 企画…

At this point I just write “plan” whenever I’m not sure of the meaning.

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wow the actual definition of this kanji doesn’t sit so great with how I think of it in terms of vocab (企業)

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joe mama reference?



joe mama,,

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企てる


repeating a meme to add something of purpose ^^

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Lies!

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The crabigator won’t let me…

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Hah, you’re doing it the proper way, reviews first, then forums :smiley:

I remember the days when i too was waiting for new reviews like this:

Good old carefree times.

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If only I were so organised!

No, I start a round of reviews, get distracted by YouTube, do some work, pop onto the forums, then remember I’m doing reviews, more work, some YouTube, read a chapter of a manga, rinse and repeat until about 5 hours after I initially started the reviews I’m finally finished.

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Don’t forget about casually watching “just another” episode of your favorite anime :smiley:

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Why mnemonics don’t work for me. I see this kanji and all I can think of is…
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Actual usage of 企てる 企てる #sentences - Jisho.org
does not appear to support the plain english definition of ‘plan’ either.

彼女は自殺を企てた。
She attempted suicide.

彼は試験で不正行為をしようとくわだ企てていた 。
He contrived to cheat in the examination.

投資家グループは企業買収を企てています。
An investors’ group is attempting a leveraged buy-out of the firm.

It appears that other synonyms such as “attempt” are more accurate, though also not exact. It’s good to remember that one-to-one translations between languages rarely exist, especially when they don’t share roots (such as latin)

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yeah, “attempt” seems closer in these cases, with a connotation of planning or seeking a goal, though sometimes “plan” seems fine. But you said it yourself, one-to-one translations are difficult/limited, especially between japanese and english. So i’m fine with close enough matches, and getting a better feel for the word in context (later). Thanks for the example sentences, i think i got a better feel already :slight_smile:

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