/r/JapaneseInTheWild

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This sub is for people to share Japanese language that they have encountered in their everyday life (signs, advertisements, etc.) to benefit students of the language.

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Welcome to Japanese in the Wild. Studying off a textbook can get boring. I find that seeing real-life instances of a language can help motivate learners and will provide a lot of practical, everyday vocabulary.

Japanese in the Wildへようこそ。教科書ばかりで日本語を勉強することが退屈。リアルの日本語を見て日本語を覚えることによってモチベーションを高め、日常的に使える日本語も身につけられます。

Posting Guidelines 投稿ガイドライン

Submissions should all be photos of things such as signs, advertisements, etc. which contain Japanese writing. They should also ideally be either funny, interesting, or useful in some way.

投稿は日本語が含まれているサイン・広告等日常的にみられるもの。受ける日本語、面白い日本語、役に立つ日本語であればなおさらよし。

Formatting your Submission 投稿のフォーマット化

Please mark your submission based on level of difficulty. This will help people search and filter based on their skill level. If it's a mix, include both in the title.

難易度に応じて投稿に下記のどれかを付けてください。難易度フィルターにより、生徒が自分に合った難易度の投稿を探せます。両方混ざっている場合、括弧内に記入するのをどれか選んで、もう片方をタイトルで書いてください。

  • [Beginner]: Anything that is hiragana/katakana only, or just has a few basic kanji (JLPT N5 or lower)
  • [Intermediate]: Probably the largest category - has some more kanji mixed in but nothing too difficult (JLPT N4 - N3)
  • [Advanced]: Something for people with a fairly high level of fluency (JLPT N2 - N1)

  • [Beginner]: 初心者向け。ひらがな、カタカナのみ、もしくはシンプルな漢字(小学校一~二年生)が入っているもの

  • [Intermediate]: 中級。(一番大きいカテゴリー)中学生が分かる漢字が入っているもの

  • [Advanced]: 上級。それ以上難しいもの

IMPORTANT: When submitting, feel free to make titles humorous or get creative, but do not give away the meaning of the Japanese. The point is for learners to try and read themselves, going to comments as necessary to find the answer. The comment section is for translation attempts and general discussion (how certain words are used, etc.).

重要: 投稿の際に、タイトルは形式を問いません(面白くてもいいし、ドライでもいい)が、日本語の意味をばれさせないでください。生徒が自分で読んでみて、自分で辞書を引いたりして意味を調べることが目的です。必要に応じてコメントのところに行って翻訳を書いてみたり、他のユーザーに質問したりします。

Here are some examples of submissions and titles:
こちらは投稿例になります:

  1. [Beginner] In a restaurant toilet
  2. [Intermediate] My favorite kind

Comments コメント

There are no hard and fast rules for commenting (anyone who goes there can expect some spoilers) but it's a nice gesture to add a spoiler tag so that people can see hints but not the answer itself.

コメントに硬いルールを設けていません。コメントのところに行けば、スポイラーがあるかもしれないので覚悟したうえでコメントに行ってください。ただし、ヒントだけ出したい場合はスポイラータグを付けてあげることをお勧めします。

The way to do that is (記入方法) [Spoiler](/s "ぺけぺけ")
This will show up as (このように表示されます) Spoiler

Furigana 振り仮名

To create furigana in your posts, use the following syntax: 振り仮名を付けたい場合、下記のように記入してください:

[漢字](#fg "かんじ")

This will display 漢字.

The quotation marks are not optional. Read more here.

Related Subreddits 関連Subreddit

Feel free to make meta comments with suggestions on how to improve the sub as well. 全体改善の意見などあれば、Metaコメントを投稿してください。


Based on /r/simplit theme by /u/titleproblems. Modified by /u/boweruk.

/r/JapaneseInTheWild

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[Intermediate] I can't tell if my daughter is a bully or a boss

15 Comments
2024/10/24
02:03 UTC

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[Intermediate] please don't bother the wolves

5 Comments
2024/10/11
22:21 UTC

49

[Advanced]Book I bought in Kyoto for ¥330. Quiz: What is it? Who wrote it? When is it from?

11 Comments
2024/10/11
04:05 UTC

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[Intermediate] dame da ossan

3 Comments
2024/10/10
05:24 UTC

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[Advanced] What kind of award is this?

We stayed at a rental in Wakayama prefecture and the host had this on his wall. I'm honestly curious what kind of citation this is.

3 Comments
2024/10/08
01:41 UTC

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[Intermediate] Backwards ampersand

3 Comments
2024/10/03
15:38 UTC

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[Intermediate] Picking up garbage. When I saw this I thought it was a juice pouch. Lmao

3 Comments
2024/10/03
15:37 UTC

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[Intermediate] I like how the graffiti is contained to this one spot only

3 Comments
2024/10/02
16:00 UTC

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[Beginner] Lost in the underground

12 Comments
2024/10/02
14:33 UTC

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[Intermediate] This is so Showa

2 Comments
2024/10/02
14:33 UTC

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[Beginner] There's Japanese in here somewhere

3 Comments
2024/10/02
14:32 UTC

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[Intermediate] Posted to the mail cubbies in an abandoned apartment

0 Comments
2024/10/02
14:32 UTC

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[Intermediate] Cardboard boxes

1 Comment
2024/10/02
14:31 UTC

2

[Intermediate] Payphone

0 Comments
2024/10/02
14:31 UTC

2

[Intermediate] I ate this for the first time today. Yummy yummy. I'm pretty sure this is meant for children

2 Comments
2024/10/02
14:30 UTC

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[Intermediate] This sign is my mortal enemy

2 Comments
2024/10/02
14:29 UTC

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[Beginner] I've never seen one of these orange before

5 Comments
2024/10/02
14:28 UTC

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[Intermediate] I went to the boat races today (#3)

3 Comments
2024/10/02
14:28 UTC

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[Intermediate] Everything was dusty and rusty in this building

0 Comments
2024/10/02
14:27 UTC

3

[Advanced] The lid to my soba today (Advanced because of the fish kanji, lol I both love and hate fish kanji)

0 Comments
2024/10/02
14:27 UTC

3

[Beginner] My current prized possession

2 Comments
2024/10/02
14:26 UTC

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[Intermediate] I went to the boat races today (#2)

0 Comments
2024/10/02
14:25 UTC

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[Beginner] I went to the boat races today (#1)

1 Comment
2024/10/02
14:25 UTC

5

[Advanced] Block of text by the gate to a building

2 Comments
2024/10/02
14:24 UTC

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[Intermediate] At a station in the metro (explanation in comments)

7 Comments
2024/10/02
14:19 UTC

4

[Advanced] POV: you know all the words but you don't quite get the reference

0 Comments
2024/09/26
08:21 UTC

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[Intermediate] In a restaurant supply store

8 Comments
2024/09/23
10:09 UTC

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[Advanced][Ultra-advanced] Opening page to "Dassai Shooku Haiwa" (「獺祭書屋俳話」), one of Masaoka Shiki's first books. Not a period in sight

6 Comments
2024/09/22
09:46 UTC

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[intermediate] A tea house, Afuriyana shrine

A lot to read here 😊

4 Comments
2024/09/07
19:25 UTC

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[Beginner]This tag has been popping up all over Kansai the past few years. I really like this character

5 Comments
2024/09/07
18:26 UTC

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