The difference between "jorunal" and "diary"
Dec 23rd 2009 20:40
diary
journal
I have been wondering about the difference between "journal" and "diary" meaning.
Japanese people usually use "diary" for their writing daily things sentence. However I found that many English speakers use "journal" for that.
I read a dictionary and I understood like this;
"Journal" have a meaning of "writing things that happened around him, and thought of himself".
"Diary" have a meaning of "writing things that he felt himself, and it won''t be seen by other people".
I'm happy if someone tell me a nuances.
Japanese people usually use "diary" for their writing daily things sentence. However I found that many English speakers use "journal" for that.
I read a dictionary and I understood like this;
"Journal" have a meaning of "writing things that happened around him, and thought of himself".
"Diary" have a meaning of "writing things that he felt himself, and it won''t be seen by other people".
I'm happy if someone tell me a nuances.
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I'll tell you why. It's very simple.
Just change your "Interface" from English to "Japanese" and look at the top of your page, where you'll find the word "日記" instead of "Journal."
We were taught that the English word for "日記" is "diary."
I also used "diary" in my English entries first because I didn't know that English speakers were using "journal" for that.
The only real difference is according to the dictionary you used is that a journal may be read by others and a dairy will not be read by others.
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Diary derives from Latin (dies) which means a day.
Journal derives from French (journal) which means daily.
They are both meant to be something that one writes daily.
For some reasons, people tend to refer to Journal almost as a log of daily events and facts, while referring to Diary as a private log where one writes intimate facts or events.
But I used to wonder the same thing!
>Roomy
Thanks a lot!
I found my mistake and modified it.
>vernongstamm
Ah, that's a simple and very understandable explanation. Thanks!
>Asimah
Thanks!
>不思議な光
Thank you very much!
By the way, your name is so mysterious and sounds good!
I only use the word journal. Diary has a much stronger personal connotation. A place where you write really intimate things. And I can't imagine a man keeping a diary. Feels like something mostly women would keep. In a journal I think you could write about a broader variety of topics too. Like, I, personally, would write about my thoughts on politics or the environment in a journal, but not in a diary.