いろどり · irodori - Japanese for life in Japan

IRODORI is a useful website made by The Japan Foundation. It is a series of 3 textbooks, with audios and materials completely free, focusing on developing skills useful for life in Japan.

The textbooks are super organized, divided in: starter (A1), elementary 1 and elementary 2. Finishing elementary 2 means having an A2 level [At A2 level, you can hold short, basic everyday conversations on familiar topics.]

I recommend styling your learning method with the goal you have in mind. You can understand more about it reading the post I made.

Hope it was helpful! Let me know and let's share resources~

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Hi everyone! I realised I had this awesome cheat sheet of over 100+ HSC Japanese grammar structures that I used to ace my HSC exams! This is useful for anyone currently studying Japanese. 

This is a complete list of all the grammar structures you learn in senior HSC and that you need to use to score a Band 6 in all reading, writing, listening and speaking tasks! The more structures you use the better! Enjoy!!

Download as a single handy A4 page printable!

1.      ～て

2.      And　て。。。

3.      But　が・けれども

4.      About　。。。のこと・。。。について

5.      Present form　～ている

6.      Called　という

7.      I’ll go and…　～て来る

8.      Comparing　どちら・どれ・方

9.      The most　一番。。。

10.  Than　。。。より

11.  Plain form

12.  Because　。。。から

13.  Probably　。。。でしょう・だろう

14.  I think　。。。と思う

15.  To become　～くなる・「に」なる

16.  Verb plain forms

17.  I’ve heard　。。。そう

18.  It seems　～そう

19.  Adverbs　～そうな・～そうに

20.  Because (verbs)　。。。から

21.  Because　。。。ので

22.  After　～てから

23.  From… To…　。。。から。。。まで

24.  But (plain)　が・けれども

25.  Having, taking, bringing　持って～・つれて～

26.  That much　こんなに・そんなに・あんなに

27.  I think (verbs)　。。。と思う

28.  Giving　あげる・くれる

29.  Doing favours　～てあげる・～てくれる

30.  Before/After　前｢に｣・後｢で｣

31.  Probably (plain)　。。。でしょう・だろう

32.  Beginning　～だす・～はじめる

33.  Doing a variety of things　～たり～たりする

34.  Purpose　～に

35.  When　。。。時

36.  I have to　～なければ　ならない・いけない

37.  Don’t/Without/Instead of　～ないで

38.  Negative　～て

39.  Because　～て。。。

40.  I’m glad　～てよかった

41.  Quoting　。。。と言う

42.  Try　～てみる

43.  Completely　～てしまう

44.  Dropping particles

45.  Relative clauses

46.  If/When　～たら

47.  I hope　～たらいい

48.  Past experiences　～たことがある

49.  Easy/Hard to do　～やすい・～にくい

50.  If/When　。。。と

51.  Audible/Visible　聞こえる・見える

52.  Whether or not　～かどうか

53.  While　～ながら

54.  Decisions　。。。ことにする・ことになる

55.  Volitional form　～ましょう

56.  Volitional form (plain)　～「お」う

57.  Intentions　～｢お｣うと思う

58.  How to　～かた

59.  Too much　～すぎる

60.  Seems like　～よう

61.  Intentions　。。。つもり

62.  And　。。。し

63.  Verbs into nouns　の・こと

64.  の・こと　。。。は。。。です

65.  ～のです・～んです

66.  Receiving　～てもらう

67.  Nouns into descriptive nouns　～てき「な」

68.  Potential form　～「え」る

69.  Potential (sentences)　。。。が　～「え」る

70.  While　うち・間

71.  If　～ば

72.  Giving advice　～た方がいい・～ない方がいい

73.  As many as　。。。も

74.  Even if　～ても

75.  Permission not to　～なくてもいい

76.  Perhaps　。。。かもしれない

77.  Something　何か

78.  Nothing/Anything　何も。。。ない

79.  Only　。。。しか。。。ない

80.  Purpose/So that　ように

81.  I can　。。。ことができる

82.  Seems　みたい

83.  よう・みたい

84.  Even though　。。。のに

85.  Ending　～おわる

86.  Instructions　～なさい

87.  Adjectives to nouns　～さ

88.  Expectations　はず

89.  If　なら

90.  No matter what　～ても

91.  Seems　～らしい

92.  Not as… as…　ほど

93.  Quoting requests　～ように言う

94.  Comparing actions

95.  Embedded questions

96.  Purpose　ために

97.  Transitive/Intransitive verbs

98.  Some are… others are…　～たり～たりする

99.  Relative clauses (nouns)

100.   You must not　～てはいけない・だめ

101.   Giving/receiving　～ていただく・～てくださる・～てやる

102.   Anything/Everything　何でも

103.   Purpose　のに

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Verb conjugations?

This one became a bit too big so the quality is a bit bad. Verbs are a bit part of grammar, so this is pretty much scraping the surface once again.

This is for beginners. I don't explain things like conditionals because they're not as important in the start.

I recommend Wikipedia and Uusi kielemme to learn more about these things. But I hope that you learn at least something from this.

(Sorry for the editing tooks being visible on the 2nd picture...)

"In the first 9 months of this year, Lithuania recorded over 768,000 traffic violations, almost half of which were related to speeding, which remains a serious problem. The authorities are planning to increase fines to reduce the number of violations.

In neighboring Estonia, however, instead of increasing fines, they are using an alternative punishment - forced standing on the side of the road, which has shown good results.

The Estonian experience shows the importance of not only material but also time losses, since drivers value their time more than money.

Lithuanian experts are discussing the possibility of introducing such measures, but implementation would require changes in legislation and additional resources."

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LMAOOOOOO

Naughty speeders get the "calm down stop" in Estonia

my friend and i were going to study a language together and wound up having to cancel our plans due to scheduling pressures, but! through research we came across a really cool resource for reading in a TON of languages: bloom library!

as you can see, it has a lot of books for languages that are usually a bit harder to find materials for—we were going to use it for kyrgyz, for example, which has over 1000 books, which was really hard to find textbook materials for otherwise. as you can see it also has books with audio options, which would be really useful for pronunciation checking. as far as i can tell, everything on the site is free as well.

I mean

Our slutty whores vs their useful rentals

When I was 14, I was in an exchange programme between my Dutch school and a German school. We all stayed at each other’s houses, we were each other’s host families. On day two of us Dutchies being in Germany after arriving in the city the evening before, we were on a bus. 25 German teens, 25 Dutch teens, and two teachers each from each school.

The driver starts driving us to the first excursion. The German teacher who was in charge of the whole programme takes the microphone and asks the whole bus the question:

“Seid ihr gestern gut klargekommen?”

In German, this means as much as: “Did you all get along well yesterday?”

Suddenly the 25 Dutch kids burst out into hysterical laughter.

The German teacher looks at us helplessly, no idea what he’d done wrong. My own teacher jumps up from his seat, and grabs the microphone from him, and yells in Dutch:

“HE WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER YOU’RE GETTING ALONG OKAY!”

You see, in German, “klargekommen” means “got along”.

In Dutch, “klaargekomen”, which is pronounced exactly the same way, means “had an orgasm”.

To these Dutch kids with only basic levels of German knowledge, this unknown teacher just asked them if they all had a good orgasm last night.

Finland (travel poster, 1949)

Alsacian children, France, by Jean-Pierre Badias

Norwegian bride, Norway, by Bunad Magasinet

Difference between🌸～てみる and ～ようにする

✨Example time! ✨

🍡1)大好きなことについて書いてみるのは簡単です。

🍡2) あしたからしごとにいくまえにまいにちラニングをするようにします。

Near Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon. Iceland, June 2017.

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the name "theresa" is so funny like. theres a what

de naam 'eris' is zo grappig. er is wat?

Navnet "erik" er så spøgst. Han er ik hvad?

الإسم فيفي مهضوم كتير. في في شو؟

Göran är också kul. Gör han vadå?

tuomas tapani karhu on hassu nimi. tuomasta pani siis mikä?