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What's the newest Japanese word you have learned from a non-Rocket source?

ClaudiaR-sc5G

November 28, 2018

I just subscribed to TV Japan and am learning lots of new words.  The two latest are:
問い, question, query
and 戦線, war front.

What words have you learned from somewhere other than Rocket Japanese?

Tony-S10

November 29, 2018

Many from the N4 study books like 踏む　ふむ　to step on, 　非常口　ひじょうぐち　emergency exit かむ to chew.

Another sentence to add instead of the 予約をしました　よやくをしました　I made a reservation is 予約を撮って　よやくをとって I took reservation which is also the same as in a test I scored 100 points テストで百点を撮った

teacup

December 1, 2018

壁掛け
かべかけ
wall hanging or wall-mounted

I learned this word while shopping for a 2019 calendar.
 

ClaudiaR-sc5G

December 7, 2018

ぎむ  meaning "duty" from playing shiritori

teacup

December 8, 2018

迷う
まよう
to lose one's way

I saw this in an e-book preview as part of the sentence, "みちにまよったのですか？/ Are you lost?"

teacup

December 9, 2018

笑
Technically わら(い)—laugh; laughter— but I see it used everywhere on twitter as the equivalent of LOL (laughing out loud) .

ClaudiaR-sc5G

December 9, 2018

クリスマス, meaning Christmas.  I just looked it up because of the season.

Tony-S10

December 10, 2018

I finally have the N3 level books for the JLPTs I plan to do next year and have 2000 new words to sort through and remember. I will add a few interesting ones I come across on here.

ClaudiaR-sc5G

December 10, 2018

2000 words?  That will keep you busy for a while!

teacup

December 10, 2018

興奮
こうふん
excitement

Another one from twitter (☆^ー^☆)

Tonyさん、N3-JLPTをべんきょうするためにどの本買いましたか。
(I hope I asked that correctly.)

teacup

December 11, 2018

職人
しょくにん
artisan

Heard it while watching Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

Tony-S10

December 12, 2018

はじめて日本語能力試験N3単語を持っています

ISBN978-4-87217-983-5

I am loading it all into BYKI flash card programs and by new year I intend to learn them all. I find the BYKI program is the best flashcard program to use but it is a discontinued product and as soon as this computer of mine goes, the program goes along with it and the activation key for it. As long as I have the files I created saved I can load the older BYKI 3.6 version and import the cards. With that 3.6 version that I can keep loading onto new computers I cannot create and edit my own cards.

The BYKI deluxe version allows editing. The flashcard program as a whole has a stale timeout function that makes you review them. There are several sides to the flashcards.
1- is view
2 - is recognise and mark yes or no. When complete
3 - is write it from seeing foreign side.
4 - is know it from seeing English side and saying it in foreign side
5 - is to write it in foreign side which means knowing it as well. 

5 sides to flashcards opposed to front and back on this site.

If I get the chance I would love to communicate with admin directly about changes to their flashcards that would enable better memory retention.

teacup

December 13, 2018

しょっぱい
salty
*there is kanji for the "しょ" part, but indications are that the word is usually written in kana

It's unfortunate that BYKI was discontinued. Based on the handful of videos I've seen on YT, I would have purchased the deluxe version if it were still an option. 

ClaudiaR-sc5G

December 16, 2018

故  prefix for "the late, deceased".  I went to the funeral of my Japanese helper tonight.  He would have wanted me to learn a new word from his death.  Pronounced "ko".

ClaudiaR-sc5G

December 17, 2018

天才    pronounced tenn sai
 meaning "genius"

Learned from my Kanji studies.

teacup

December 17, 2018

密室殺人
みっしつさつじん
misshitsu satsujin
Locked room mystery

While trying to remember another word I learned from reading The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada (島田 荘司), I found this one. It's the Japanese word used to describe the genre that in the west is called "locked room mystery", but the kanji technically says "locked room (密室) murder (殺人)". 

My condolences on the loss of your friend Claudia.

ClaudiaR-sc5G

December 18, 2018

夫婦茶碗, thank you.  He was a good person to ask questions of when I got confused on a Japanese problem.  He was so excited that I wanted to learn Japanese, so I will miss his wisdom.

teacup

January 4, 2019

すんごい
It's a variant of すっごい 　or　すごい
dreadful OR amazing
Came across it in a Japanese tweet.

Tony-S10

January 8, 2019

Could have been a typo. I have never heard of it being sungoi only sugoi.

teacup

January 8, 2019

I thought it might be a typo too, but Jisho.org lists すんごい as another form of すっごい . It's not mentioned under the entry for すごい, but if you look at the entries for すっごい and すごい , they have the same translations:
  1. terrible; dreadful​
  2. amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific​
  3. to a great extent; vast (in numbers)​
 

Tony-S10

January 9, 2019

Seems random that it would list it. I have a physical dictionary I bought in Japan last year that is titled precise and it does not have the sun version in the reverse lookup. The word has a kanji and is listed as an adjective.

teacup

January 19, 2019

煎茶
せんちゃ
green tea

Strangely not included in Module 1.2 "Tea Time"

Tony-S10

January 24, 2019

There are a lot of tea varieties not included in the modules. buncha, mugicha. From my recent extended studies I need to build up vocabulary outside this course and then get stuck into grammar.

teacup

January 26, 2019

顧客
こきゃく
customer

This word is used constantly in an anime I'm watching.

teacup

February 3, 2019

徳利
とっくり
sake bottle

Great additional vocabulary for Module 3.2 Taste for Sake. (•‿•)

ClaudiaR-sc5G

May 7, 2019

かさ
傘

umbrella

I learned this one from "Chatty Jay's Sundry Shop", a children's program, on TV Japan.

teacup

June 1, 2019

いやはや
Oh dear! / good gracious / by golly

I learned this one on twitter (☆^ー^☆)

ClaudiaR-sc5G

June 1, 2019

I like that one!

ClaudiaR-sc5G

June 1, 2019

ことし
今年
this year

I just saw this word on TV Japan on the weather map showing how much rain there has been this year.
 

teacup

August 24, 2019

焚き火
たきび
bonfire

A very useful word for those who like to camp.

ClaudiaR-sc5G

May 23, 2020

あくま
悪魔
Demon, devil

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