sure thing! As I’m new to BL (started in July??), so far everything I’ve seen are recommendable since I haven’t watched that many. Also using this as an opportunity to write down how I started watching BL, thanks!

My first BL anime was 異世界の沙汰は社畜次第, I was interested since the title had 社畜 (しゃちく) which is kinda a popular word for jokingly say that you spend too much time working for a company.

And then ユーリ!!! on ICE started their 10th year anniversary event so it is free to watch on YouTube for 30 days. Some people think this is just another sports anime, but I’d categorize it as BL too.

This became the turning point from consuming content to learning, as YouTube started recommending me ボイスコミック, simply put as voice actors reading the manga. This is when I realized I actually don’t need native language subtitles and can still understand the story by listening and reading the manga. Here are the three channels that specifically publish BL ボイスコミック:

• アンジェンテ
• GUSH_&.Emo公式
• CIELフルールチャンネル

From then on, most of what I watch just comes from YouTube recommendations.

Anime:

• 佐々木と宮野 – kinda funny to see them talking about BL, good for BL education too
• 黄昏アウトフォーカス – started with the characters trying to make a BL movie
• 30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい (Magic Cherry) – also adapted to real-person show
• パーフェクトアディクション (Perfect Addiction) – this is like 3 minutes per episode, good material for learning in a sense

Manga:

• たまらないのは恋なのか – it has a special anime episode, that’s how I knew about it
• 黄昏アウトフォーカス – there are many titles around it which I don’t remember at the moment
• パーフェクトアディクション – just wanted to know what would go on further in the story, but this one feels a bit too much for me
• スモークブルーの雨のち晴れ – this one also has a real-person show

There is another one that I’ve seen a lot of people talking about it, and it’s in my list: Given

Also if anyone has anything to recommend, please let me know too ❤️

meowbrown:

Small update for Meowbrown!

I’m currently prepping for my official teaching certification for Mandarin/Chinese, so expect more Mandarin-related notes for the next couple of months. Hope I can get that certificate on my first try ❤️

I just wanted to give a heads-up so the blog doesn’t feel unrecognizable. I’ll still be posting my other language notes. It’s still Meowbrown, just with a new goal added to the mix. Thanks for sticking around!

I’ve already taken the test in July, and waiting for the results in September, hope I’ll pass 🤞🤞🤞

In the end I actually made an app that can help me review all the past exam questions and study from that, so there wasn’t too much content regarding the test here.

And I’m prepping for N2 JLPT next year!

Small update for Meowbrown!

I’m currently prepping for my official teaching certification for Mandarin/Chinese, so expect more Mandarin-related notes for the next couple of months. Hope I can get that certificate on my first try ❤️

I just wanted to give a heads-up so the blog doesn’t feel unrecognizable. I’ll still be posting my other language notes. It’s still Meowbrown, just with a new goal added to the mix. Thanks for sticking around!

소개하기 Self Intro

Here’s my fake business card (명함) to help with the exercise in the lesson I’m taking:

제 이름은 미아우브라운입니다. My name is meowbrown.
제 직업은 블로거입니다. My job is a blogger.
사무실 전화번호는 02-1824-7195입니다. (pronunciation: 공이에 일파리사에 치릴구오임니다. Office phone number is…
핸드폰 번호는 010-3379-9154입니다. (pronunciation: 공일공에 삼삼칠구에 구이로사입니다. Mobile number is…
이메일은 hello@meowbrown.com입니다. (@ 골뱅이, . 점 pronounced as 쩜) Email is…
주소는 서울시 종로구 광화문로 142입니다. Address is…

Question: Do Koreans really carry over the sound for phone numbers when they speak? I’m wondering whether the teacher is trying to make us practice the carry over pronunciation or is this normal in Korea 🤔 The reason I can’t ask the teacher is because it’s an online course, that’s a difference between having a 1:1 session.

How I get stuck with conversations

I take classes once a week so it usually starts with my teacher asking:

• では、週末は何をしましたか？
  What did you do on the weekend?
• 何が予定がありますか？
  Do you have anything planned?
• 先週は何をしましたか？
  What did you do last week?

Main reason is 語彙が足りない

語彙 (ごい) が足りない (たりない): Not enough vocabulary

Examples

1. I had a health checkup recently, I know health is 健康 (けんこう) but don’t have the words to say checkup. If I knew the word, it’s just 健康診断 (しんだん) に行きました。It make sense to not know all of the words such as 採血 (さいけつ) or 血液 (けつえき) 検察, but at least I can say something like 血を取られた, but at that time I can’t even remember 血。
2. Saying I need to travel around the end of February, all I can remember is 二月中旬 (ちゅうじゅん) and not have the vocabulary for 下旬 (げじゅん), which is supposed to be a pretty common word when talking about my activities.

Explaining things that’s too hard for me

Recently, I’ve watched 陰の実力者になりたくて (The Eminence in Shadow) and am having trouble to explain what the anime is about. I feel it’s okay-ish for not being able to say it in Japanese because I’m even having a hard time saying it in English.

The main character is actually really strong, but has severe 中二病. He also has a hobby of acting like a background character that you usually see in anime. I tried to explain the “what you see usually” part as: like being the first one to get injured, and stuff like that.

It’s hard for me to explain it clearly, I should’ve focused on how the main character hides his powers and stop there.

cheese-enjoyer9471:

meowbrown:

地震 (じしん) related words

April has been full of earthquakes in Taiwan.

2024 Hualien earthquake – Wikipedia

In the past two days there’s been so many earthquakes 🥺 I wanted to talk to my teacher about it, so here’s the list of words I’ve collected.

Related pronunciations

• 地震 – earthquake
• 自信 – self-confidence
• 自身 – self

Related words

• 震度 (しんど) – seismic intensity
  震度5強 (きょう) の地震があった。
  There was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of strong 5.
• 余震 (よしん) – aftershock
  大きな地震の後に何度も余震が続いた (つずいた)。
  After the big earthquake, there were many aftershocks.
• 断層 (だんそう) – fault (geology)
  その地域 (ちいき) は複数 (ふくすう) の断層が存在 (そんざい) している。
  There are multiple faults in that area.
• 震源地 (しんげんち) – epicenter
  震源地は市 (し) の中心部 (ちゅうしんぶ) 近くにあった。
• マグニチュード – magnitude
  その地震のマグニチュードは7.2だった。
  The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2.
• 地震計 (じしんけい) – seismometer
  地震計が大きな揺れを検知 (けんち) した。
  The seismometer detected strong shaking.
• 揺れ (ゆれ) – shake
  地震の揺れがとても強かった。
  The shaking from the earthquake was very strong.

Difference between マグニチュード and 震度

マグニチュード: total amount of energy released by the earthquake at its source
震度: how big you felt it in your local area

as someone who was at hualien during the hualien earthquake, this is cool to learn about! taiwan is still experiencing some earthquakes, but not as bad as before. the more you know i guess 😀

The earthquake yesterday seemed to have caused a couple more buildings in Hualien to become slanted 🥺

Earthquake in Hualien causes hotel to tilt│TVBS新聞網

What a coincidence, didn’t expect to see someone staying in Taiwan on tumblr. Hi (BIG WAVE OF WAVES) 👋👋👋👋👋👋

地震 (じしん) related words

April has been full of earthquakes in Taiwan.

2024 Hualien earthquake – Wikipedia

In the past two days there’s been so many earthquakes 🥺 I wanted to talk to my teacher about it, so here’s the list of words I’ve collected.

Related pronunciations

• 地震 – earthquake
• 自信 – self-confidence
• 自身 – self

Related words

• 震度 (しんど) – seismic intensity
  震度5強 (きょう) の地震があった。
  There was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of strong 5.
• 余震 (よしん) – aftershock
  大きな地震の後に何度も余震が続いた (つずいた)。
  After the big earthquake, there were many aftershocks.
• 断層 (だんそう) – fault (geology)
  その地域 (ちいき) は複数 (ふくすう) の断層が存在 (そんざい) している。
  There are multiple faults in that area.
• 震源地 (しんげんち) – epicenter
  震源地は市 (し) の中心部 (ちゅうしんぶ) 近くにあった。
• マグニチュード – magnitude
  その地震のマグニチュードは7.2だった。
  The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2.
• 地震計 (じしんけい) – seismometer
  地震計が大きな揺れを検知 (けんち) した。
  The seismometer detected strong shaking.
• 揺れ (ゆれ) – shake
  地震の揺れがとても強かった。
  The shaking from the earthquake was very strong.

Difference between マグニチュード and 震度

マグニチュード: total amount of energy released by the earthquake at its source
震度: how big you felt it in your local area

Test which Winnie the Pooh Character you are in Japanese!

The Winnie the Pooh musical is going to tour in Japan!

Official website: https://winniethepoohshow.com/
Japan’s tour website: https://rkx-i.jp/musical-pooh/index.php

And they have a character type test! The test itself doesn’t have too much words, highly recommended as a practice 🎉

Here are my results:

Vocabulary

• ムードメーカー – Mood maker; someone who creates a positive atmosphere.
• 行動派 (こうどうは) – someone who prefers action over contemplation
• 滅多に (めったに) – rarely, seldom
• 前向き (まえむき) – positive, optimistic

Grammar

A より B (more preferred) + Adj

考えるより行動派で
Compared to thinker, action is more preferred

More Examples

• コーヒーより紅茶が好きです。Prefer tea
• 夏より冬の方が好きです。Prefer winter
• 大勢で遊ぶより、一人でいる方が落ち着きます。Prefer being alone

Transcript

あなたは、ティガータイプ！

いつも明るく元気いっぱいなムードメーカータイプのあなた。
考えるより行動派で、後悔することは滅多にありません。
自信たっぷりなあなたをうらやましく思う人も多いはず。
その持ち前の前向きな性格で、実は苦手な「高いところ」もいつか克服できるでしょう。

Hello World! 🐾

For some reason, my original post disappeared all of a sudden, glad that I backup periodically.

Last updated: 2026-07-11

你好世界！Hallo Welt! Halo Dunia! こんにちは世界！
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I am Meowbrown, you can also call me 貓布朗.

Obviously, I’m a cat and I meow 🐾

I love brownies and languages.

• #meowbrown for personal stuff.
• #meownotes for my language notes.
• #meowbook for curated content which I should be learning at the moment.
• #meowfollow for langblrs I’m following because this is a sideblog. I’ll also follow with my main blog.

Quick links

• Korean progress
• Apps/sites for learning Japanese
• 2025年日本語の勉強ゴール

What is this langblr for?

• Talk to other meow friends
• Organize notes and resources

Languages I meow

• English (Fluent)
• 中文 (Fluent)
• Bahasa Indonesia (Conversational)
• Deutsch (B1)
• 日本語 (probably N3)
• 한국어 (Super beginner)

Bisu is absolutely a legend.
Snow is absolutely funny in his streams.