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today I learned

jkl — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:22:12 +0000

Today I learned that it is possible to mix on and kun readings in the same word. For example the word 長年 means “long-standing” or “for many years,” and it is read ながねん.

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MisterM2402 [Michael] — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:53:18 +0000

Today (yesterday, actually) I learned some rather pleasant words: 血膿, 血反吐, 血尿, 血たん and 下血.

That would be (respectively): bloody pus, bloody vomit, bloody urine, bloody phlegm and bloody bowel discharge…

Yeah…

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リンディ — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:37:47 +0000

hot?

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jkl — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:34:53 +0000

Today I learned the idiom 上京する, which means “to go to Tokyo.”

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Rachel — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:52:53 +0000

Today, while sharing with a co-worker what I learned in my kanji lesson, I realized that 入 was the button I was supposed to push to turn on the vacuum cleaner, not whatever weak sauce button I was using before. Thank you TextFugu for making me more efficient employee.

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Rachel — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:54:43 +0000

Today I learned that in the movie Spirited Away, when Yubaba steals Chihiro’s name off of the contract, the kanji she leaves behind is 千　(“sen” or “a thousand”), a kanji I learned yesterday. Thanks TextFugu Kanji!

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jkl — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:12:59 +0000

Today I learned there are verbs whose stem is written using katakana, for example サボる.

また仕事をサボっています = Skipping work again

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Sheepy — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:47:54 +0000

Or with names like マクる <– to eat at mcdonalds