typophile

the-book-design

Source: the-book-design

chouhatsumimi

tanuki-kimono

Know your mochi! Cute chart by @T_marohiko listing famous mochi cakes variations (my favourites is kinako mochi -especially if served with kuromitsu syrup :D)

First row - zunda mochi ずんだ餅 / bota mochi 牡丹餅 / yomogi mochi 蓬餅 / kinako mochi 黄粉餅

Second row - kashiwa mochi 柏餅 / sakura mochi 桜餅 / warabi mochi 蕨餅 / uguisu mochi 鶯餅

Third row - daifuku 大福餅 / mame daifuku 豆大福餅 / ichigo daifuku 苺大福餅 / pudding daifuku プリン大福餅

Fourth row - age mochi 揚げ餅 / imo mochi 芋餅 / habutae mochi 羽二重餅 / kagami mochi 鏡餅

Source: tanuki-kimono

a-kichi

Mi-Ya-Bi

balloonnaart

zoe-oneesama

tom-nippleston

I have waited ALL FUCKING YEAR TO POST THIS

Santa is coming tonight.

plainsstriding

@alltheshit-althetime

suntosirius

THE ONLY CHRISTMAS POST I DON’T BLOCK

venicksen

dancer is my life

theunnamedsin

@unhelpfulalienwholovesyou

unhelpfulalienwholovesyou

Thank you all so much, this is my first holiday season on tumblr!

This, this is why I am here

thescienceofobsession

God I fucking love these so much

Source: tom-nippleston

sunny-narai

40 Important Mandarin Chinese Verbs!

colonelstudy

1. 是 [shì] ~ (to) be

2. 有 [yǒu] ~ (to) have

3. 做 [zuò] ~ (to) do; (to) make

4. 可以 [kě yǐ] ~ can; (to) give permission

5. 认识 [rèn shí] ~ (to) be acquainted qith

6. 知道 [zhī dào] (怎样) (zěn yàng) ~ (to) know (be aware)

7. 理解 [lǐ jiě] ~ (to) understand

8. 讲 [jiǎng] ~ (to) speak; (to) talk

9. 听 [tīng] ~ (to) listen to

10. 听到 [tīng dào] ~ (to) hear

11. 看 [kàn] ~ (to) see

12. 觉得 [jué de] ~ (to) feel

13. 活着 [huó zhe] ~ (to) live

14. 要 [yào] ~ (to) want

15. 需要 [xū yào] ~ (to) need

16. 喜欢 [xǐ huān] ~ (to) like

17. 爱 [ài] ~ (to) love

18. 给 [gěi] ~ (to) give

19. 拿 [ná] ~ (to) take

20. 玩 [wán] ~ (to) play

21. 笑 [xiào] ~ (to) laugh

22. 来 [lái] ~ (to) come

23. 去 [qù] ~ (to) go

24. 坐 [zuò] (…) 去 [qù] ~ (to) go by (…) (e.g. by car)

25. 写 [xiě] ~ (to) write

26. 读 [dú] ~ (to) read

27. 计数 [jì shù] ~ (to) count

28. 发音 [fā yīn] ~ (to) pronounce

29. 拼 [pīn] ~ (to) spell

30. 共轭 [gòng è] ~ (to) conjugate

31. 记住 [jì zhù] ~ (to) remember

32. 忘记 [wàng jì] ~ (to) forget

33. 吃 [chī] ~ (to) eat

34. 试 [shì] ~ (to) try

35. 用 [yòng] ~ (to) use

36. 打开 [dǎ kāi] ~ (to) open

37. 关闭 [guān bì] ~ (to) close

38. 欢迎 [huān yíng] ~ (to) greet; (to) welcome

39. 开始 [kāi shǐ] ~ (to) begin

40. 结束 [jié shù] ~ (to) end

Source: follownewaccount

sunny-narai

trinandtea

Random words I’ve picked up since arriving to Tokyo

Hello! I’m sorry for the distance from actual language posts. I’ve been really busy between school and trying to get all the boring “adulty” stuff done (also the WiFi isnt very reliable at all). Here are some random words I’ve managed to add to my vocabulary by mostly just observing and experiencing the life here in Tokyo.

あたため (on the microwave) : heat
すくなめ (a jasmine tea bottle) : small amount; lower Ex: caffeine
ふく (in a department store) : clothes
せっけん (in the cleaning department of Daiso) : soap
ほっぺた (on the packaging of blush) : cheek
きって (in the park info center) : stamp
だめです。🙅‍♀️ (when I tried to ask for change for to much ¥) : Not possible.
やま (on a poster for Mt. Fuji) : mountain
くやくしょ (a place I had to go) : ward office
にゅうかん (yet another place I had to go) : immigration center
まち (some random sentence I translated) : city
えび🦐 (at CoCo Curry 🍛) : shrimp
かぎ (learned from my landlord) : key
こちらこそ。(replaced my slang “same”) : me too.
うけつけ (when I needed help in fancy buildings) : reception
えき (while entering the station) : station
ちず (while panicking at the station) : map
あつい (while dying of heat in school) : hot
まつり ( while in Ikebukuro during a dance 💃) : festival

Source: trinandtea

rystudy

japanese emojis — meaning

0-koi

emoji – meaning – origin

🈁️ here – ココ

🈂️ service – サービス

🈷️ month/moon – 月 (げつ / がつ / つき)

🈚️ free of charge / there isn’t – 無料 (むりょう) / 無し (なし)

🈶️ not free of charge / there is – 有料 (ゆうりょう) / 有り (あり)

🈯️ reserved – 指定 (してい)

🉐️ bargain – 得 (とく)

🈹️ discount – 割引 (わりびき)

🈲️ prohibited – 禁止 (きんし)

🉑️ acceptable – 可 (か)

🈸️ application – 申請 (しんせい)

🈴️ passing grade – 合格 (ごうかく)

🈳️ vacancy – 空室 (くうしつ)

🈵️ no vacancy – 満室 (まんしつ)

㊗️ congratulations – お祝い (おいわい)

㊙️ secret – 秘密 (ひみつ)

🈺️ open for business – 営業 (えいぎょう)

💮 well done/good job – 大変よくできました (たいへんよくできました)

Source: 0-koi

shitpostingisart

talesfromweirdland

Some sample pages from Andrew Loomis’s series on how to draw comics, 1939-1961, concerning perspective and composition. (The changes in font and layout stem from the fact the pages come from different prints.)

I tried to collect the most useful pages, but of course I’m limited to only 10 images per post.

This is a follow-up of sorts of the Disney “how to draw comics” handouts I posted earlier, and which can be found HERE.

Source: talesfromweirdland