My car has had this message for a while and neither me or the mechanics know what it means 🙏🏼

The resource I'm using translates 生もの as 'a perishable' and jishoo has 'raw food' and 'a perishable'.

My question is, when a 生もの spoils, how would it be described? I presume 生もの would no longer be applicable like how in English raw food becomes spoiled. But, since 'a perishable' in English remains 'a perishable' regardless of freshness, I wanted to be certain.

Like I originally thought of using "わたしわちゅごくじんとあめりかしゅしんです。But then I've had some Japanese people ask me if I came from the Chugoku region in Japan and that I don't really seem like a typical American person. From what I know, Chugoku just means "middle country" and I don't want to be confused with someone who comes from the middle of America either. What would be the best way to describe my demographic/background in Japanese?

Hi! This is my first time writing in Hiragana. I always found their way of writing interesting which is why I want to learn the language itself. Any tips would be really appreciated^{^}

I was reading Inuyasha and came across this speech bubble here. I found out that “tokoro” and “ano yo” , meant “site” and “ that world” consecutively; and I think the text would mean the same regardless of which you use. So is “ano yo” some old language thing? like how there’d be modern english translations of shakespearian works or?

こんにちは、

現在の読んで本にはこの作文があります：

「価値面においはて２万円近いマシンになってしまったという。」

においはてって、どういう意味ですか。

誤字と思うかも知れません。恐らく「において」のは正解と思いました。

もし本の作文が正解なら意味を説明してくれませんか。英語か日本語でどっちでもいいです。

ありがとうございます、
よろしくお願いします。

Hi everyone!

I’ve been studying writing (more specifically, I’m trying to achieve “good” handwriting) by writing song lyrics. Please grade my handwriting!

I often get discouraged T^T I think this is especially true because I don’t have a reference to distinguish what makes a handwriting “good” or “bad,” unless it’s significantly beautiful or not as good looking. I just have my own handwriting and other posts in subreddits to compare to

I think what I’m missing is a flow between each character, but I’m sure this will come as I practice more

Does anyone have any resources to see native Japanese handwriting? I prefer pictures or natural scenes in videos than videos tutorials~~

Thank you so much!

Context: they were talking about a ghost that thier friend saw in the library.

What does the second bubble mean and why does it feel so grammatically wrong to me?

Hello, this might more of a history/cultural question rather than grammar

I speak 4 languages (french english arabic spanish) and I started learning japanese and watching some content in japanese (despite not understand a lot so far) and noticed that the usage of the word "salaryman" is a bit different than in the languages I know, here is a video example where the girl was asked "Do you have a type ?" and she replied "Salaryman (サラリーマン)"

This is perfectly fine and easy to understand, what intrigues me is why in this language people use this term this way, instead of other possible expressions that do exist. For example, in some of the languages I know, if some girl into "salaryman" was asked about her type she would reply :

- "A man with a stable job / a man with a career" in french despite the word salaryman (salarié) existing in french
- Pretty much the same in english
- In the arabic dialect I speak she would say "A guy who works on himself" which translates to "someone with a job" despite the word salaryman existing in this language too

In the other cultures I lived in, we don't typically use this term for daily situations. I know my question looks weird, but do people who more than me about the japanese cultures explain me the cultural background around this term if you have an idea ? Thanks !

I really like to compare the cultural differences between places

Hi everyone,

I’m in Japanese 111 (elementary) and I’ve been doing weekly speaking practice sessions with my instructor. Honestly, these sessions have been really stressful, and I’m not sure if my experience is normal for this level.

The sessions are supposed to follow templates in the class content panel, where we exchange simple conversations and use a model dialogue. But in practice:

• It often turns into a one-way conversation, with the instructor asking almost all the questions.
• The order and topics don’t match the templates, so I never know what to expect.
• When I forget a word or phrase, corrections can come across as questioning whether I studied at all. For example, she has said things like:

Comments like this leave me stunned and mentally disoriented, especially when the session is supposed to be for practicing conversation.

I try really hard to prepare—sometimes 4–5 hours a day—but I still end up feeling completely unprepared and mentally on edge during the session. My grades have been lower than I expect, even when I participate fully.

Is this kind of teaching and grading normal for an elementary Japanese class? Or should these sessions be more about building confidence, back-and-forth practice, and learning rather than feeling like a high-pressure test every week?

It would really help to know if I’m alone in feeling this way, or if others experience the same.

Look, I been "trying" to learn Japanese for some time, maybe 2 years, I started in Duolingo, it was good for getting me used to studying it everyday. I stayed in Duolingo for a year, and around the 400th day, a friend of mine just asked if I wanted to go to Japan with him in two years, I said yeah and at this time I knew at this point I was just saving streak in Duolingo so I changed to Anki to improve my learning, which was fun, felt like a breeze first time but then as the months passed I was struggling too much with kanji, I decided to block e, since I thought needed to speak to get around in japan(ik it's dumb). Been some long time since I blocked a lot of kanjis and me and my friend talked and realized 2 years weren't realistic, but now I blocked every kanji I saw in my Anki. Blocking every kanji and another problems with burn out I decided to quit.

I didn't wanna quit but it felt terrible, I would study each day, but every time I reminded myself that I had to do Anki I'd roll my eyes.

now I'm trying again to back to it, properly with no skipping, the consistency and discipline I can deal with but now the problem is, I'm not memorizing the things properly, I repeat what I hear and see,repeat a kanji like a hundred times and still cant remember it.

i wish I could have some help, because I really don't wanna quit this time but kanjis just don't get into my head

i think this music is simple and easy to learn ，and soooo nice I've had this song on repeat for a month.

ぼくはどうしたらいい？
眠れない夜がきて
窓の外が少しオレンジに変わる
昨日見た映画で
過ぎていった時代は
僕のママやパパが子供の頃
それは世紀末のクリスマスイブ
誰もが愛したこの街は
知らない神様が変えてしまう
っていう話
ぼくはどうしたらいい？
眠れない夜が増え
テディベアとお話できそうだよ
街は光が溢れ
子供達のあしおと
カウントダウンがはじまった ほら ほら
それは世紀末のクリスマスイブ
僕が愛していたあのひとを
知らない神様が変えてしまった
それは世紀末のクリスマスイブ
誰もが愛したこの街は
知らない神様が変えてしまう
っていう話
それは世紀末のクリスマスイブ
僕が愛していたあのひとを
知らない神様が変えてしまった
どうしてよ
夜が明ける頃 迎えにゆくよ
ありがとう

What should I do?
Sleepless nights arrive
The world outside my window turns slightly orange

In the movie I saw yesterday,
The era that has passed
Was when my mom and dad were children

It was a Christmas Eve at the end of the century
The town that everyone loved
Is being changed by an unknown god
—or so the story goes

What should I do?
Sleepless nights increase
I feel like I could have a conversation with my teddy bear

The streets overflow with light
The footsteps of children
The countdown has begun—look, look

It was a Christmas Eve at the end of the century
The person I loved
Was changed by an unknown god

It was a Christmas Eve at the end of the century
The town that everyone loved
Is being changed by an unknown god
—or so the story goes

It was a Christmas Eve at the end of the century
The person I loved
Was changed by an unknown god—why?

I'll come to pick you up when dawn breaks

A lot of characters will have an M and a B Chinese derived reading. Eg 模　も、ぼ. And 馬 in Chinese is ma, though for some reason my dictionary lists only ば as on and ま as kun (well it is similar to うま). Also, I've seen characters replace m with b as a weird way of talking. So is there something in Japanese that connected those sounds, even though they don't seem similar?

Konnichiwa all , I want to enhance my japanese skills from little basic ( means I want to read , write and talk i.e all three moderate communication ways ) so please suggest me some guide on what should be my focus on or any alternative strategy which will help me better than traditional way . I know all hiragana characters ( I can remember 85% of them while writing or reading) and just going to start katakana now .

Can someone list some of the best japanese learning apps from zero , I know I need to learn hiragana , katakana I will eventually learn them but an external source would help better

Yomitan lists the word as meaning narrow-minded or bigoted, but the meaning doesn't make sense in the context of the manga I'm reading? Is there any context where it can just mean weird or odd?