Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾

From Japan and live in Canada. I research & write for @Tofugu and @WaniKaniApp. | e-learning | linguistics | second language acquisition | Japanese grammar|

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

You use これ, それ and あれ to point out "this" and "that" in Japanese. But what about when you're referring to things you *can't* see? Have you ever considered why あの is used for "Well.../Let me see..."? Check out this article to find out the answers!
https://t.co/ft5NMyeqap

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

No way!

[先せいのゴツメ @sensei_to_met]

「そっちが部首なんかい」ランキング
暫定第１位　巡

[Anime Aesthetics @anime_]

Love this Ponyo art

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

@shida_morie @yuru_gengo Good question!

に→自分が乗り込む、乗り込んだ場所を単に指定してる感じ
(箱に入る、箱に入っていた、の“に”と同じ)

を→自発的に「乗る」という動作の対象としてそれを選んでいる感じ
(それ“を”選ぶ、それ“を”使う、の“を”と同じ)

だと思いますが、@yuru_gengoさんのお返事が気になります😊

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

If someone wishes to buy Disneyland tickets with cash, there is a way. You can buy them in advance at convenience stores in Japan and pay in cash at the cashier. I thought I'd pass this info along in case it's useful to anyone. No intention of detracting from his great narrative.

[… @hirosetakao]

We took them to Tokyo Disneyland to brighten their days, as it is near-impossible for the to book tickets without credit cards and banking apps.

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

And over time, these colourful, vibrant experiences, which involve both pleasures and challenges, will take the form of beautiful memories that you long to revisit🧡

[… @hirosetakao]

But, in doing all these things, I started to realize that I was re-discovering Tokyo, through the recent arrivals' eyes. Their excitements and frustrations were at once mine. In other words, I was young again.

[Let’s Japanese! (レッツさん) @_lets_japanese_]

長い首 nagai kubi: Long neck
首が長い kubi ga nagai: The neck is long.
首を長くする kubi o nagaku suru: To make one's neck longer

首を長くして待つ kubi o nagaku shite matsu:
To wait expectantly (lit. to wait while making one's neck longer)

#japanese #nihongo #langtwt #Vocab

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

It's a little literary, but you can also say 眠気に襲われる (to be hit by sleepiness), as in:

ターキーを食べたら、強い眠気に襲われた。
Eating the turkey made me so sleepy.

#japanese #nihongo #langtwt #sentence #vocabulary #Vocab #grammar

[Japan Dictionary @j_dictionary72]

@emmastudyy To add what others wrote, it sometimes means “to be hit (caught) with/by negative things”.

bad weather or bad feeling mainly used for this😉

私の町は台風に襲われた。
My town was hit by the typhoon.

私は急に孤独感に襲われた。
I was suddenly hit (taken) by loneliness.

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

Did you know that Japanese has four different verbs for "open": 開く (あく/ひらく) and 開ける (あける/ひらける)?

Here's an article that will *open* your eyes to the differences between them 👀✨

#japanese #nihongo #langtwt #grammar #vocabulary #Vocab

https://t.co/jMsGqZ85L1

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

こりゃ、面白すぎるでござニャンる(ΦωΦ)

[Dr Wes Robertson @ScriptingJapan]

Teaching Japanese in 2022 is so hard. You try to introduce basic stuff like これは私のリンゴです and someone suddenly asks about a cat-samurai manga where they say こりゃ俺様の林檎でこざニャンる instead and by the time you unpack everything there's three days till the midterm

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

@ayapizza OMG did you make the kirby cake?? 🧡

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

赤いスイートピー by 松田聖子
https://t.co/hEH8hUkTyi

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

Get が vs は?

なぜ あなた"が"時計をちらっと見るたび 泣きそうな気分になるの？
Why do "I" feel like crying every time you glance at your watch?

なぜ あなた"は"時計をちらっと見るたび 泣きそうな気分になるの？
Why do "you" feel like crying every time you glance at your watch?

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

You may know that いる is for "living things" and ある is for "non-living things."
But, you can also use いる for "buses," "trains," and even "cells in your body," and ある for "one's children" or "yourself" at times.
Why? Take a look at our grammar page!
https://t.co/HotxeQ0icz

[Let’s Japanese! (レッツさん) @_lets_japanese_]

Beginners frequently make the mistake of using あの to refer to anything from their memory; nevertheless, you should use あの when your listener shares the recollection with you. Why? This article can provide an answer to such question.

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

OMG this game looks awesome!!!

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

@hirosetakao 仰るとおり「息の長い」ブームだと思います。Netflixなどで日本語作品に触れる機会が増え、日本語に興味を持つキッカケが年々増えているからでしょうか。弊社のブログ(https://t.co/KFmrLF4rfv)や漢字学習アプリ(https://t.co/9DZ00NFiUV)なども、ご利用くださる方は長らく増加傾向にあります。

[Hiroko Yoda @Ninetail_foxQ]

Nice to see Japanese folklore get so much attention, but one thing drives me nuts about the coverage: the translations. Sessho-seki is “Life-taking Stone,” not killing. And a ninetailed fox is not a "demon." She's a yokai. Here's why that's important (1/12 https://t.co/KFhHAbb9yu

[Japan Dictionary @j_dictionary72]

I still remember that my mom was freaked out to clean up all the mess we made 2 mins before my teacher coming for 家庭訪問😂 Do you have this kind of teachers visiting in your country, too?

[Mami Suzuki👩🏻‍🌾 @MamiFugu]

@wangubaagu @_lets_japanese_ @sheepchase Glad you liked the article. @Cambardo also wrote this😊:

https://t.co/DtdIHyT2tl