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Japanese with Anime
Personal blog · japanesewithanime.comculture
Japanese with Anime is a personal blog at japanesewithanime.com about culture. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for in-depth explanations of Japanese grammar and etymology and the fine details of language use. One commenter says it is free of the pomposity found in technical discussion.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A blog about Japanese words in anime and manga, with romaji and explanations.
What Hacker News says?
The standard/formal way to emphasize in Japanese is with bōten "side dots": https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2018/03/furigana-dots-bout... However, there is no easy way to enter or display these online, hence hacks like spacing.
Comment linking /2018/03/furigana-dots-bouten.html
on “Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters”Submitted Adverbial Form as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBy the way, Japanese with Anime (cited in the article) is an absolutely great resource for digging into the fine details of language and language use, without the pomposity that often infects technical discussion coughStackExchange cough* https://www.japanesewithanime.com
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on “The beautiful dissociation of the Japanese language”Submitted Manga as a story · 1 points
HN discussion>As you may guess from the title, it's in French. Unfortunately that would leave me with the issue of now learning 2 languages. Interestingly enough the best (and only) resource I've been able to find for content like GP is https://www.japanesewithanime.com/ which – far from what I originally imagined given the domain name – actually has in-depth explanations of both grammar and etymology (see: [1], [2]) replete wit…
Comment linking /2019/12/kanou-doushi.html
on “Japanese Grammar in EBNF notation”