Dr. Wes Robertson

Has to be hard copy really

私に訊けばよかった

It's perfect.

都合の良い時に都会に行こうよ

Anyway flashcards more like trashcards

Wrongthink

A Guide to Words With Multiple Kanji A while ago, I made a video discussing how to navigate cases where a single word is written in multiple kanji. That is, cases like とる being written as 取る and 摂る and 撮る. In making that video, my goa…

New Blog Post! A guide to understanding the nuances behind different uses of #kanji to write a single word in #Japanese (things like 飲む vs 呑む or 見る vs 診る and 観る).

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I mean, for most etymologies we don't know for sure, so showing cited theories is the best you can do.

Thank you! The 『日本語源大辞典』seems best from here given my needs

Not qualified by any remote concept of the term

Lmao noooo

Looking for something more authoritative (compiled by academics etc) but thanks!

Any recommendations for an authoritative Japanese etymology dictionary?

ゴレンなさい

He did good!

Wait are you the translator?

Good translation in Apocalypse Hotel #learnjapanese #nihongo #日本語 #translation #apocalypsehotel TikTok video by Dr. Wes Robertson

thanks to @scriptingjapan.bsky.social for the great video (watch apocalypse hotel) www.tiktok.com/@scriptingja...

The painting is more a work of art than this AI background monstrosity

Ah okay will check

Why?

Dessin humoristique reprenant mon explication. Sous le hō on voit un chat se détendre et laisser le tel sonner. Sous le ren on le voit dormir sous le sō on le voit en costume, heureux de partir tôt

ほうれんそう(hōrensō) désigne normalement le fait d’être un bon élément dans une entreprise en communiquant avec les collègues et les clients. Ici, on en a fait un jeu de mots.

Hō pour hōchi, négliger les choses

Ren pour renkyū, prendre plusieurs congés d’affilée

Sō pour sōtai, partir tôt du taf

What's to discuss?

Yeah fair

Since when can you count trumpets with 匹?

Japanese Slang Review – July 2025 And it’s time for the seventh Japanese slang review of 2025 (see all prior posts here)! In these posts I deep dive into the world of Japanese terms you probably won’t see in a textbook,…

It's time for the July #Japanese slang review! Click the link below to learn about the words:

神ってる
ガイガイ音頭
ネット乞食
ビジュイイじゃん
自発光メイク/モカムースメイク
裏山
詐胸
対立厨/出会い厨/カプ厨/懐古厨
水素の音
マコモ湯構文

wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/j...

Japanese Slang Review – July 2025 And it’s time for the seventh Japanese slang review of 2025 (see all prior posts here)! In these posts I deep dive into the world of Japanese terms you probably won’t see in a textbook,…

It's time for the July #Japanese slang review! Click the link below to learn about the words:

神ってる
ガイガイ音頭
ネット乞食
ビジュイイじゃん
自発光メイク/モカムースメイク
裏山
詐胸
対立厨/出会い厨/カプ厨/懐古厨
水素の音
マコモ湯構文

wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/j...

Doesn't pay my bills no. We make almost no money on academic presses. But it is required to work on this stuff at work. They don't pay me to vibe unfortunately.

This is the entire field of evolutional psychology.

It covers some things but you can't just self publish stuff and call it research. There's no peer review or quality control. Just because someone had a PhD doesn't mean they won't do immoral acts.