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Common Japanese Adjectives Hey guys, as promised, below is a list of what I believe to be common adjectives in Japanese! Be sure to check out my post on common Japanese verbs! In Japanese, adjectives fall under two categories, い adjectives, and な adjectives. There is one irregular adjective in Japanese that will be discussed below! い adjectives: Bad・悪い・わるい Big・大きい・いいきい Bright/smart・明るい・あかるい Busy・忙しい・いそがしい Cheap・安い・やすい Close・近い・ちかい Cold (to touch)・冷たい・つめたい Cold (weather)・寒い・さむい Cool・涼しい・すずしい Cute・可愛い・かわいい Dangerous・危ない・あぶない Delicious・美味しい・おいしい Difficult・難しい・むずかしい Early・早い・はやい Expensive/tall・高い・たかい Far・遠い・とおい Fast・速い・はやい Fun・楽しい・たのしい Happy・嬉しい・うれしい Heavy・重い・おもい Hot (thing)・熱い・あつい Hot (weather)・暑い・あつい Interesting・面白い・おもしろい Kind・優しい・やさしい Light・軽い・かるい Long・長い・ながい Lukewarm・温い・ぬるい Many/numerous・多い・おおい Narrow・狭い・せまい New・新しい・あたらしい Noisy・煩い・うるさい Old (inanimate objects)・古い・ふるい Painful・痛い・いたい Sad/lonely・悲しい・かなしい Short・短い・みじかい Sleepy・眠い・ねむい Slow/late・遅い・おそい Small・小さい・ちいさい Spicy (taste)・辛い・からい Sweet・甘い・あまい Thin・細い・ほそい Unappetizing・不味い・まずい Want・欲しい・ほしい Warm・温かい・あたたかい Wide・広い・ひろい Young・若い・わかい な adjectives: All right・大丈夫な・だいじょうぶな Beautiful/clean・綺麗な・きれいな Convenient・便利な・べんりな Dislike・嫌いな・きらいな Famous・有名な・ゆうめいな Fine・立派な・りっぱな Free time・暇な・ひまな Healthy・元気な・げんきな Important・大切な・たいせつな Like・好きな・すきな Love・大好きな・だいすきな Polite・丁寧な・ていねいな Quiet・静かな・しずかな Serious・真面目な・まじめな Skill/good at・上手な・じょうずな Strong・丈夫な・じょうぶな The same・同じな・おなじな Unskilled/poor at・下手な・へたな Various・色々な・いろいろな * Very・大変な・たいへんな Very well・結構な・けっこうな Worry・心配な・しんぱいな * ＝々 is a sign of repetition. The kanji that proceeds it is repeated, however sometimes the pronunciation can change. In this example the pronunciation didn’t change 「色々・いろいろ」, but the pronunciation of the kanji for people/everybody changes「人々・ひとびと」. If you guys would like me to go into this repetition kanji further just let me know in my messages! Irregular: In Japanese there is one irregular adjective which is ‘いい・good’. Originally, the word for good was written in kanji 「良い」but overtime the reading for the kanji changed from いい to よい. This means that いい is almost always written in hiragana. At first glance, いい looks like any other い adjective and generally follows the same rules as one. It can be used in front of a noun and conjugate with です, however when it comes to negative form and past tense, いい changes drastically. The final い is dropped in the negative form and is replaced by 'くありません’, and the first い becomes よ. The final result of いい in the negative form is よくありません. いい conjugation: Present Positive・いいです・いい Present Negative・よくありません・よくない Past Positive・よかったです・よかった Past Negative・よくありませんでした・よくなかった 「かっこいい・cool」also follows the same rule as いい!

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queer is a slur, grow up

‘Queer’ was reclaimed as an umbrella term for people identifying as not-heterosexual and/or not-cisgender in the early 1980s, but being queer is more than just being non-straight/non-cis; it’s a political and ideological statement, a label asserting an identity distinct from gay and/or traditional gender identities.People identifying as queer are typically not cis gays or cis lesbians, but bi, pan, ace, trans, nonbinary, intersex, etc.: we’re the silent/ced letters. We’re the marginalised majority within the LGBTQIA+ community, and‘queer’ is our rallying cry.

And that’s equally pissing off and terrifying terfs and cis LGs.

There’s absolutely no historical or sociolinguistic reason why ‘queer’ should be a worse slur than ‘gay.’ Remember how we had all those campaigns to make people stop using ‘gay’ as a synonym for ‘bad’?

Yet nobody is suggesting we should abolish ‘gay’ as a label. We accept that even though ‘gay’ sometimes is and historically frequently was used in a derogatory manner, mlm individuals have the right to use that word. We have ad campaigns, twitter hashtags, and viral Facebook posts defending ‘gay’ as an identity label and asking people to stop using it as a slur.

Whereas ‘queer’ is treated exactly opposite: a small but vocal group of people within feminist and LGBTQIA+ circles insists that it’s a slur and demands that others to stop using it as a personal, self-chosen identity label.

Why?

Because “queer is a slur” was invented by terfs specifically to exclude trans, nonbinary, and intersex people from feminist and non-heterosexual discourse, and was subsequently adopted by cis gays and cis lesbians to exclude bi/pan and ace people.

It’s classic divide-and-conquer tactics: when our umbrella term is redefined as a slur and we’re harassed into silence for using it, we no longer have a word for what we are allowing us to organise for social/political/economic support; we are denied the opportunity to influence or shape the spaces we inhabit; we can’t challenge existing community power structures; we’re erased from our own history.

I’m not kidding. Cis LGs have literally taken historical evidence of queer people’s involvement in the LGBT rights struggle and photoshopped it to erase us:

Pro tip: when you alter historical evidence to deny a marginalised group empowerment, you’re one of the bad guys.

“Queer is a slur” is used by terfs and cis gays/lesbians to silence the voices of trans/nonbinary/intersex/bi/pan/ace people in society and even within our own communities, to isolate us and shame us for existing.

“Queer is a slur” is saying “I am offended by people who do not conform to traditional gender or sexual identities because they are not sexually available to me or validate my personal identity.”

“Queer is a slur” is defending heteronormativity.

“Queer is a slur” is frankly embarrassing. It’s an admission of ignorance and prejudice. It’s an insidious discriminatory discourse parroted uncritically in support of a divisive us-vs-them mentality targeting the most vulnerable members of the LGBTQIA+ community for lack of courage to confront the white cis straight men who pose an actual danger to us as individuals and as a community.

Tl;dr:

I’m here, I’m queer, and I’m too old for this shit.

There’s this theory that in any given language, there are 600 basic words that are really, really good to know, because, you guessed it, they are the most common. Up next: a list of conjunctions useful in daily conversation. As always, don’t be afraid to add onto this post or comment!

and　－　と（exhaustively）；　や（in-exhaustively）

but　－　でも；　けど；　けれど

or　－　か

as　－　〇〇だけ

than　－　〇〇より

like　－　〇〇と同じ｛おなじ｝

when　－　いつ

while　－　Vながら

before　－　〇〇の前（に）

after　－　〇〇の後（で）

since (=time)　－　〇〇から

until　－　〇〇まで

where　－　どこ

how　－　どう；　どうやって

why　－　何で｛なんで｝

because　－　ので；　から

although　－　のに

if　－　もし；　～なら；　〇〇と… (make sure to check the context you will be using this in!)

what　－　何｛なに｝

who　－　誰｛だれ｝

whose　－　誰の

which　－　どれ（between more than 2 things）；　どっちら（about two things or people; also used for “where”）

that　－　これ；　それ；　あれ

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