mi pilin pona tan ni: mi ken sona e sitelen sina
Friday 21 August 2026:
mi pilin pona tan ni: mi ken sona e sitelen sina.
Wikipedia | sona pona wiki | (gestrand bij les 10?)
表記法
Tuesday 4 August 2026
こういう漢字の使い方を万葉仮名と言います。 古墳時代の雄略天皇陛下も使うてはった、現存するわが国最古の固有表記法です。
※ 表記 hyóuki
- [n,vs,vt] expression in writing; written representation; notation; transcription; orthography
- [n,vs,vt] writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
表記法(ひょうきほう)平板型 [n] notation; orthography; writing system; representation
古墳時代(こふんじだい)[n;hist] Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
使うてはった seem to be 関西弁. See for the long vowel in the verb this Wikipedia section. はる seems to be honorific, perhaps like いらっしゃる.
- はる [aux-v,v5r;hon;ksb] [after the -nai or -masu stem of a verb; honorific strength varies] to do
出馬目指した
Saturday 11 July 2026
2年前のロシア大統領選出馬目指したナデジディン氏、米欧のスパイを意味する「外国の代理人」に指定
選 seemingly an abbreviation for 選挙
※ 出馬(しゅつば)whispered: sh'tsuba
- [n,vs,vi] running (for election); coming forward as a candidate
- [n,vs,vi;hist] going on horseback (to a battle)
- [n,vs,vi] going in person
- [n,vs,vi;arch] letting out a horse; taking out a horse
别发外网
Wednesday 8 July 2026
cedict:
- 别 bié to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one’s face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don’t ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])
- 发 fā to send out / to show (one’s feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- 外网 wài wǎng the Internet outside the GFW 防火長城|防火长城[Fang2 huo3 Chang2 cheng2]
- 别 (bié) — don’t (used to tell someone not to do something)
- 发 (fā) — post, send, or publish
- 外网 (wàiwǎng) — literally external network. In mainland Chinese internet slang, this usually refers to the internet outside China’s domestic internet, such as X, YouTube, Reddit, Instagram, etc., as opposed to the Chinese domestic internet.
- Don’t post this on foreign social media.
- Don’t share this outside the Chinese internet.
- Don’t upload this to overseas websites.
NB 别 is een vereenvoudigd karakter, maar ik zag niet direct het verschil. De vereenvoudiging is eigenlijk een standaardisatie, het gebruikt het bekende element 力 onder 口 in plaats van de unieke samenstelling in 別 (zowel Japans als traditioneel).
虚しい
Wednesday 17 June 2026だからかな...どんどん絵描いて何言われても本当かな?って考えちゃうのは。ものすごく寂しいし虚しい。
The quote is from bluesky.
※ 虚しい;空しい(むなしい)
- [adj-i] empty; void; vacant
- [adj-i] vain; fruitless; futile; ineffective
- [adj-i] lifeless
However, I came across munashii in the film 亀は意外と速く泳ぐ. In the context I understood it as “shallow” (for behavior of certain people) but I don’t recall the full sentence.
WaRan has:
空しいmunashii leeg; ijdel; [w.g.] ijl; loos; [fig.] hol; vergeefs; betekenisloos; inhoudsloos
NB
※ 胸(むね、むな) 1. [n] [むな is usually used in compounds] chest; breast 2. [n] breasts; bosom; bust 3. [n] heart 4. [n] lungs 5. [n] stomach 6. [n] heart; mind; feelings
折衷
Saturday 13 June 2026季旭昇は、許慎説と字形と折衷して「枝葉が成熟して滋味がある」とするが、牽強付会である。
※ 折衷;折中(せっちゅう) [n,vs,vt,adj-no] compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism
NB I confused 衷 with 哀...
※ 成熟(せいじゅく)[n,vs,vi] maturity; ripeness
※ 枝葉(えだは、しよう)1. [n] branches and leaves; foliage 2. [n,adj-no] [esp. しよう] unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue; digression
牽強付会;牽強附会(けんきょうふかい)[adj-no,n,vs,vt;yoji] strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
Ψαράδες (Σε καινούργια βάρκα μπήκα)
Friday 12 June 2026Αμάν
Σε καινούρια βάρκα μπήκα (x3)
Και στον Άη Γιώργη βγήκα (x2)
Έχετε ψαράδες ψάρια; (x3)
Αστακούς και καλαμάρια; (x2)
Αμάν
Έχετε ψητή σαρδέλα; (x3)
Βρε για την όμορφη κοπέλα (x2)
Αμάν
Τα καλά δεν τα πουλάμε (x3)
Βρε με τους φίλους θα τα φάμε (x2)
(YouTube)
In Greek folk songs, especially those from Asia Minor, the Aegean islands, rebetiko traditions, and other eastern Mediterranean musical styles, αμάν is an interjection expressing emotion. It can convey: sorrow longing admiration surprise pain passion (chat)
- βάρκα, boat
- μπήκα, I entered", "I got into (1st person singular aorist of μπαίνω)
- Άη- is a folk contraction of Άγιο- / Άγιος
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ψαράς | ψαράδες |
| Genitive | ψαρά | ψαράδων |
| Accusative | ψαρά | ψαράδες |
| Vocative | ψαρά | ψαράδες |
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ψάρι | ψάρια |
| Genitive | ψαριού | ψαριών |
| Accusative | ψάρι | ψάρια |
| Vocative | ψάρι | ψάρια |
I got on a new boat
And got off at Saint George
Fishermen do you have fish?
Lobsters and squids?
Do you have roasted sardine?
For the beautiful girl
We don't sell the good stuff
We will eat them with our friends
μισώ
Friday 12 June 2026Δεν σε μισώ.
Δεν σε μισώ. Ποτέ δεν θα μπορούσα να σε μισήσω· απλά με απογοήτευσες που έγινες όλα αυτά που έλεγες ότι δεν θα γίνεις...
Ook een woord in het Japans, tevens mnemonic.
I don’t hate you.
味噌が嫌い
不特定多数
Thursday 11 June 2026不特定多数の人間をゴーストハックして操る手口から、付いたコードネームが人形遣い。 この国に現れたのは初めてのはずよ。
(Ghost in the Shell, 1995)
- 不特定多数 f’tok’teitasúu [n,adj-no] unspecified large number (of people)
- ※ 手口 téguch’ [n] modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
- 人形使い;人形遣い(にんぎょうつかい、にんぎょうづかい)ningyouts’kai (accent op de stemloze つ voor かい) [n] puppet operator; puppet manipulator; puppeteer
凄腕
Monday 8 June 2026そんな凄腕が、なんで旧式のHA3なんかで?
Original translation:
Well, if he’s so skilled how come he’s using an outdated HA-3 virus?
(Ghost in the Shell, 1995)
凄腕;スゴ腕[sK];すご腕[sK](すごうで)
- [n,adj-no] remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique
- [n] go-getter; resourceful person; wizard; virtuoso
I didn’t hear a separate “ude”, just /sɯgoɯde/ where ごう is just like any long ō syllable, compare 豪華 /goɯka/ (except 豪華 is 頭高型).