Hello everyone, I realised we don’t really have an introductory or meta thread for this community, and I thought it might be wise to create one.

So first of all, you might be wondering what japaneselanguage’s particular scope is and how it might be different from other Japanese communities in other instances.

Generally, I don’t like to think that we will be competing with other instances, but rather that we will be filling a niche for people that might be interested in discussing the language itself rather than it’s study methods. This community isn’t going to be a place to discuss the speedrunning or the efficiency of learning Japanese as there are other communities dedicated to those subjects.

Instead, this will be a place where we can discuss how the Japanese language works, it’s phonetics, it’s writing system, calligraphy and other related topics, our handwriting, as well as all other sorts of topics.

Learning materials, media, and literary discussion are very much welcome and encouraged! The only subject that will be discouraged (though not downright banned) is discussion of study methods exclusively without also including discussion about the language itself. So threads in the style of “how I learned 1,000 Japanese sentences over a three-week period” and similar threads focusing more on the methods than the language will probably belong in more specific communities.

Thank you very much for browsing this community and I hope we will be able to build a fun space for all of us who love Japanese.

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    1 year ago

    I just found this community and am really enjoying your Road to JLPT posts. Please keep them coming.

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      1 year ago

      Yay! Thank you so much! I’m really hoping we can get a good place going for more language-oriented discussion. I’m also thinking of creating a weekly chat thread where people will be able to practice, and more advanced users or natives will help them with their Japanese.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t know we have native Japanese on Lemmy. It’s awesome!

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          1 year ago

          Oh no, I’m not a native speaker. But I am an N1 and have been a professional Japanese translator and interpreter for years. I worked translating anime for major streaming services for a while, and also worked as a live interpreter for Japanese artists at music festivals and stuff, until the pandemic basically destroyed that lol.

          There is a (presumably) native Japanese instance somewhere though. I’m not following anything from it, but it’s there.