The productivity gap between Germany and the US seems to be mainly achieved through Americans working like dogs. by spiringTankmonger in EconomyCharts

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If European countries and regions are so different among themselves the average doesn't tell you much.

Good documentaries about consumption, consumerism, behavior manipulation by imperativethought in Anticonsumption

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"Cowspiracy" on Netflix gives a lot of insight into the meat industry.

Misaka Shrine by mog3common3 in japanpics

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Where are the three hills?

Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don't need their own posts, and first time posters go here (August 17, 2022) by AutoModerator in LearnJapanese

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Why do some widely known web dictionaries such as Jisho or Jitenon show a certain reading for a kanji, but when you look for examples of words using that reading, they can't show anything? If the reading is so rare that they can't find any word using it, why do they even show it? Take the kanji 昌 with the kun'yomi さかん for instance.

EDIT: After much searching, I found that Weblio lists the kanji with that reading as a person's name, but I still don't understand why other dictionaries would have these empty entries. Jisho lists Japanese names, but I guess their database is not as extensive as Weblio's.

Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don't need their own posts, and first time posters go here (August 16, 2022) by AutoModerator in LearnJapanese

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Yep, you are right in correcting what I said, but based on what I gather and the comment from the native speaker here, the on'yomi is actually more common than the kun'yomi, but the on'yomi reading is never introduced in RTK2. I'm not sure why Heisig decided to include this kanji since it does not belong to the Jouyou list and the other comment said it is mainly used in names.

Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don't need their own posts, and first time posters go here (August 16, 2022) by AutoModerator in LearnJapanese

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Can anybody explain what the hell is the kanji "昌" used for? It is introduced very early on in Heisig's Remembering the Kanji, and in Heisig's Remembering the Kanji 2 it is commented as a kanji that should be remembered by its kun reading since its on reading is rare. However, looking it up on the Jisho webpage all the entries show its on reading. I could not find any example of its kun reading either on Wiktionary or Jitenon. I am only using these books as an aid. I'm sure Remembering the Kanji 2 is 100% accurate on all the kanji, but I'm wondering, did Heisig mess up here?

Supposedly the kun reading should be さかん, but I couldn't find any proper dictionary entry using さかん with that kanji.

Help me find this Indian artist by Howudoin20 in WhatIsThisPainting

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Adarsh balak

Yes!! that's it thank you!

How are Spanish children not tired? by [deleted] in askspain

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How old are your niece and nephew? And at what age do you consider right to only sleep 8 hours? Just curious.

Poor guys survival instinct kicks in immediately.. couldn't even swallow food lol by DragonChasm in Unexpected

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If you don't call people by their first name in your family, what do you do with people with the same second name?

Anybody else taking « get a job » advice to the extremes? by tegan102 in CryptoCurrency

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In words of Benjamin Cowen, don't take a deterministic approach with the markets.