Today I learned that the jōyō kanji (official list for everyday use) basically deprecated some characters and replaced them with variants, but some of those variants (essentially) aren't in the old fonts, so the older variants remain in common use.
Which means full-text search has to treat the variants as equivalent, or the user has to search for both. It also means documents using the new forms will cause laptops running very old word processors to explode.
My wife used the word トリセツ to talk about our toddler. It's an abbreviation of 取扱説明書（とりあつかいせつめいしょ） or "user's manual." But can also be applied to how to handle people, such as celebs (and small children). #japanese
A mysterious tattoo artist puts his masterpiece, a human-faced spider, on a kidnapped woman’s back. She and her lover are then forced into a conspiracy-born nightmare... #japanese#cinema#film#japan#cinemastodon#movies
Just finished reading volume 25 of Jujutsu Kaisen in Japanese! Now I have to decide if I want to wait for the next volume to release or start reading chapter by chapter until I catch up to Shounen Jump
Like with all Jujutsu Kaisen volumes I've read in Japanese, the typical Shounen battle manga power/ability discussion was very difficult to follow, but the battles themselves are easier to understand.
Well would you look at that--I managed to squeak by the JLPT N4!! (practice exam from easyjapanese.net; not official, but close enough for my purposes.)
😁 Occasionally, guesses work. When I can pass it reliably I'll move up to level 3. #japanese
Is there a #japanese#cooking bubble here? Reading about washing #sushi rice, there seems to be an even split between soaking the rice in cold water after washing (up to „overnight), and letting is soak in a strainer (between 10 and 30 minutes).
Daikon and I will be #streaming#HappyHour tonight from 9PM JST! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play!
"How is it that so many Western immigrants and long-term residents of Japan are still unable to speak or understand Japanese? Is it really that big of a problem? Or is there something deeper to this seeming inability, and in some cases complete unwillingness, to learn the native language of the country in which you choose to settle?"
Retro computer friends: do any of y'all have any recommendations on books (in English) about retro Japanese computers? I've read and have quite a few on the US side of things, but would like to read more about the Japanese scene.
Pic of some old Japanese machines related. I took these at Free Play Florida 2019.
This grade 7 student in #Japan was dissatisfied with her dad not paying her monthly #PocketMoney as promised, so she did an award-winning project in how to calculate late fees, including domestic and foreign interest rates as well as statutory late penalties, and then presented it as a bill to her dad. I think #PersonalFinance awareness in childhood is essential, and so is keeping #promises in #parenting, but this method does sound a bit too pushy...
Recently got addicted to #Japanese#retail#store#songs. (Those been to Japan know they play shorter ones on loop especially in appliance stores, but here I mean full size.) Gotta say, they make capitalism sound good, literally. By the way, my personal favourite for now is Hello Sofmap World (both original Japanese and English "soul" versions). #music