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1. ninja8tyu (ninja8tyu@varishangout.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 16:20:35 JST ninja8tyu
   there's a specific word for being absent from school specifically
   
   i thought philtrum was stupid, but this one takes the cake
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   • チャガタイくん@喜多川海夢推し (moto_chagatai@varishangout.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 16:21:39 JST チャガタイくん@喜多川海夢推し

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     @ninja8tyu Maybe for formal/official documents? I think 休み is enough
   • Gyaru Enjoyer (locagainstwall@varishangout.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 16:23:54 JST Gyaru Enjoyer

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     @ninja8tyu I like this one. I think it's very fitting for a lot of countries at the moment
   • weissrespecter (weissrespecter@varishangout.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 16:34:30 JST weissrespecter

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     @ninja8tyu Applying an English understanding of language and compound words to everything you see is really not going to be conducive to learning Japanese.
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   • ninja8tyu (ninja8tyu@varishangout.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 17:12:29 JST ninja8tyu

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     • Gyaru Enjoyer
     @locagainstwall well that's oddly specific
     
     i think how to use oddly specific words is probably what fucks me up
     
     if i wanted to say, "i'm concerned about our country's future" in japanese, i guess i can say "俺は憂国がいるんだ"?
     
     words like that fuck me up no matter what language it is, because i could make up any word that oddly describes a specific situation or phenomenon and use it
     
     because isn't language supposed to be used to describe oddly specific things with its words, not as a word?
     
     then again, if it's common enough, then making a word for it would make it more convenient
   • Gyaru Enjoyer (locagainstwall@varishangout.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 17:12:29 JST Gyaru Enjoyer

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     @ninja8tyu It's just how the language works. You could say (私の)国に帰ります
     Or you could simply say 帰国します
     I've also seen 上京 used in anime as you can see
     
     実は母さん今度上京することになったの
     
     His mother's telling him that she's gonna be coming to Tokyo (for her class reunion) and so she wants to drop by and see how he's doing and discuss his future and stuff.
     Basically, a word like 上京 is just used like that, where as it seems weird in English. Of course she could have also said something like 東京に行くことになったの。But both work :zt_shrug:
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   • VidMasterEon (vidmastereon@varishangout.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 23:30:35 JST VidMasterEon

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     @ninja8tyu I think words like these are wasei kango
     during the meiji restoration the japanese made a bunch of new words for various ideas by just throwing kanji together
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei-kango
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   • ninja8tyu (ninja8tyu@varishangout.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Aug-2023 23:30:36 JST ninja8tyu

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     • VidMasterEon
     @Vidmastereon ...these are words that describe most of my interests and things i want to talk about
     
     might just memorize these words and use them more often
     
     バカ主義
     ロリ廣告
     セックス工業
     ロリ革命
     国際おっぱい
     ちんぽ銀行
     くそ電話
     肉奴隷出張
     クソガキ哲学
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