basicjapanese:

Similar to our day post :)

Week before last   -   Sensenshuu  せんせんしゅう　　先々週

Last week     -   Senshuu     せんしゅう　　　先週

This week   -   Konshuu こんしゅう　　今週

Next week  - Raishuu  らいしゅう  来週

Week after next - Saraishuu さらいしゅう　再来週

So if someone asks “When is the homework due?” you could say something like Konshuu no kin’youbi 今週の金曜日 Friday of this week.

虫刺されを掻くのはやめたほうがいいよ。もっとひどくなっちゃうから。

You should really stop scratching that bug bite. It’s just going to get worse.

Words to know -

虫刺され「むしさされ」- bug bite

掻く「かく」- to scratch

やめる - to stop

ほうがいい - (after past tense verb) had better (verb)

もっと - more; further

ひどい- cruel; awful; severe; very bad; serious

なる - to become

(出典: fuckyeahnativejapanese)

彼の趣味は古い切手を集めることです。

His hobby is collecting old stamps.

Words to know -

彼「かれ」- he

趣味「しゅみ」- hobby

古い「ふるい」- old

切手「きって」- stamps

集める「あつめる」- to collect

こと - thing; matter

(出典: fuckyeahnativejapanese)

theotherjapanese:

fuckyeahnativejapanese:

Does anyone have a link to a complete like really full Japanese onomatopoeia list? Kana or romaji it doesn’t matter.

I only did a quick search so I am not sure if it gets any bigger than this. I have looked at other things like this and this but they seem to be derived from my original find. Ah, there is also this. 

thanks! Taken note of (:

(beemotymeから)

匿名からの質問: Have you checked thejadednetwork(d0t)com(/)sfx(/)?

Yeah! I use it for translating Manga, truly useful! 

But a good idea to share it with others ! 

Sound effects dictionary

F.

彼女には素晴らしい語学の才がある

She has a remarkable capacity for learning languages.

Words to know -

彼女「かのじょ」- she

素晴らしい「すばらしい」- wonderful; magnificent

語学「ごがく」- language study

才「さい」- ability; age; talent

(出典: fuckyeahnativejapanese)

ピンの落ちる音が聞こえるほどしずかだった。

It was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.

Words to know -

ピン - pin

落ちる「おちる」- to fall down; to drop; to fail (ie. a test)

聞こえる「きこえる」- to be able to hear

ほど - extent; degree

静か「しずか」- quiet

(出典: fuckyeahnativejapanese)

私はその事故と全く関係ない。

I have nothing to do with the accident.

Words to know -

私「わたし」- I

事故「じこ」- accident

全く「まったく」- really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

関係「かんけい」- relationship

(出典: fuckyeahnativejapanese)