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    Thread: JLPT is over!
Post: JLPT is over!

Can someone please post the link to the 2級 solutions from yesterday? I can't find the "chinese forum" using google... :(
timewastin General discussion 116 19,062 2009-12-07, 1:17 pm
    Thread: JLPT is over!
Post: JLPT is over!

I took 2級 today in Berlin. - Vocab/Kanji was harder than past tests IMO, because in past tests there were always easy questions, but this time they all aimed at those slight differences between kanji ...
timewastin General discussion 116 19,062 2009-12-06, 6:49 pm
    Thread: Ultimate JLPT Study Tool.
Post: Ultimate JLPT Study Tool.

Evil_Dragon Wrote:That's a tricky one! :lol:
timewastin General discussion 23 6,361 2009-11-29, 3:06 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

timewastin Wrote:頭の良い夫婦の気配りのおすすめ Does anyone know this? :) Especially the meaning of 気配り in this context..
timewastin The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,855 2009-10-18, 11:43 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

yudantaiteki Wrote:Are you sure it's not おすすめ? Oh yeah, sorry. おすすめ it is.
timewastin The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,855 2009-10-17, 12:53 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Can somebody please tell me what the following phrase means? 頭の良い夫婦の気配りのおすずめ I saw it on a Japanese newspaper the other day and I'm not sure what the 気配りのおすずめ is supposed to mean ;)
timewastin The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,855 2009-10-17, 10:10 am
    Thread: cutting up video
Post: cutting up video

You can use VirtualDub for cutting parts out of your video: http://www.virtualdub.org/ Note that you may have to install the proper decode/encode codecs: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_li...c_p...
timewastin Learning resources 2 715 2009-10-11, 4:01 pm
    Thread: Eating healthy in Japan on the cheap?
Post: Eating healthy in Japan on the cheap?

I would recommend getting a big sack of rice (they have those really big ones), the aforementioned sashimi, and cup ramen (not neccessarily healthy, but a good sidedish to the rice).
timewastin Off topic 47 16,828 2009-10-10, 3:03 am
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

yudantaiteki Wrote:(If you really want a headache, try one of the games for even older systems that uses all katakana. I don't know of any RPGs like this, thankfully.) Ahh, that's gotta be horrible :...
timewastin Learning resources 87 21,473 2009-10-07, 4:48 pm
    Thread: Recommend Me A Jap-Eng Dictionary
Post: Recommend Me A Jap-Eng Dictionary

Nukemarine Wrote:There's a program called EBWin that's able to use EPWing formats. With that front-end, if you can find Kenkyusha 5th edition (研究社 新和英大辞典 第 5 版) for it, I think you'll be most pleased ...
timewastin Learning resources 8 1,499 2009-10-04, 5:42 am
    Thread: What's your writng style? Quick and Dirty or Slow and Pretty?
Post: What's your writng style? Quick and Dirty or Slow...

My かな used to be crappy all the time, but my Kanji used to be print-quality when I first started out. That's because I was writing them very slowly and precisely. The more Kanji I learn, the more quic...
timewastin General discussion 20 3,834 2009-10-04, 2:08 am
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

albion Wrote:「ときめきメモリアル Girl's Side 1st Love Plus」 http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/Girls_Side/1st_Love/ 「桜蘭高校ホスト部DS」 http://www.otomate.jp/host_ds/ 「緋色の欠片DS」 http://www.otomate.jp/hiiro_ds/ 「ヴァンパイア騎士(ナイト...
timewastin Learning resources 87 21,473 2009-09-29, 1:03 pm
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

Shingo Wrote:Do the Kanji render well on the screen for a non-native beginner in the language to recognise. I can imagine pixilated Kanji being a nightmare. Well, the DS certainly is better than the S...
timewastin Learning resources 87 21,473 2009-09-28, 6:20 am
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

Hashiriya Wrote:i also recommend Star Ocean on PSP because it has plenty of voice overs to go along with the text... Does anyone know any other voice-over games for Nintendo DS apart from Suikoden: Ti...
timewastin Learning resources 87 21,473 2009-09-27, 9:05 am
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

albion Wrote:you might trying looking for (certain) adventure games or sound novels. Make sure you check out Machi (for Playstation, you can play it on an emulator like ePSXe). Very text-intensive, an...
timewastin Learning resources 87 21,473 2009-09-27, 5:56 am
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

Ryajinor Wrote:It's a good idea, but keep an eye out for the games that use only hiragana. (I'm looking at you, Pokemon!) Actually, I've played through many pokemon titles in Japanese, more for the fu...
timewastin Learning resources 87 21,473 2009-09-27, 3:01 am
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

Nukemarine Wrote:SNES emulator Of course Zelda: A Link to the Past, Secret Of Mana (Japanese Title: Seiken Densetsu 2), Dragon Quest III and V, Romancing Saga series (haven't played it, but seems good...
timewastin Learning resources 87 21,473 2009-09-26, 1:24 pm
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

Heh, I'm glad some of you found this useful! :) I have been learning a lot from others' experiences on here. Definitely agree about the "playing games unreleased outside Japan". Also, there are many ...
timewastin Learning resources 87 21,473 2009-09-26, 11:35 am
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

Hi everyone! A few weeks ago I asked for recommendations for Japanese texts I could read in order to improve my reading speed. At that time I had just taken a past JLPT2 exam (2008) and failed it wit...
timewastin Learning resources 87 21,473 2009-09-26, 6:01 am
    Thread: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. (read first post)
Post: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. ...

Evil_Dragon Wrote:Soul Scream Yeah, they are great!
timewastin General discussion 60 24,308 2009-09-15, 5:14 am
    Thread: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. (read first post)
Post: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. ...

***Top J-Drama*** のだめカンタービレ **Top Movie*** 世界の中心で愛を叫ぶ ***Top Anime (series)*** Samurai Champloo Cowboy Bebop ***Top Anime (movie)*** 秒速5センチメートル ルパン三世 カリオストロの城 ***Top Web-Site (about Japanese ex: R...
timewastin General discussion 60 24,308 2009-09-14, 3:53 pm
    Thread: Causative Vs. Transitive
Post: Causative Vs. Transitive

From what I can tell at my level (not the grandmaster of the language): Transitive: Only possible when there actually exists a 他動詞 for what you want to say. Meaning: 灯を消す = turn off the light Causat...
timewastin The Japanese language 12 5,447 2009-09-13, 12:54 pm
    Thread: Matsuo Bashō 俳句全集、日本語で
Post: Matsuo Bashō 俳句全集、日本語で

Thank you! I didn't know that site. Found this: http://www2.yamanashi-ken.ac.jp/~itoyo/b...efault.htm It's a good start, but you have to click on every 俳句 to read it. Something in the form of a nice...
timewastin Learning resources 3 2,621 2009-09-13, 4:47 am
    Thread: Matsuo Bashō 俳句全集、日本語で
Post: Matsuo Bashō 俳句全集、日本語で

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a Japanese book of all the haiku written by Matsuo Basho. On Amazon there only seems to be an English translation "Basho: The Complete Haiku" (ISBN 4770030630). On the Ja...
timewastin Learning resources 3 2,621 2009-09-13, 2:55 am
    Thread: Where do you get your Japanese music
Post: Where do you get your Japanese music

b0ng0 Wrote:I would really recommend a program called Soulseek. I find tons of really obscure stuff using that, it even has a Japanese Music chat room built into it (along with many others). Yeah, tha...
timewastin General discussion 34 11,182 2009-09-05, 12:00 pm
    Thread: Macbooks are AWESOME for reading manga/light novels
Post: Macbooks are AWESOME for reading manga/light novel...

Foxit Reader in Fullscreen (using Alt+2 and CTRL+M for magnification). I change to Anki and the Wadoku Jiten using ALT+TAB. If an unknown word isn't already in Anki, I'll add it right away using the d...
timewastin General discussion 34 8,107 2009-08-29, 4:52 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Thank you! :D D'oh about the こう...Amazing how you can think "maybe it's a verb, maybe a noun" and forget that it's just what you have been using a 1000 times ;) Thank you. Is there a good resource w...
timewastin The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,855 2009-08-28, 2:20 pm
    Thread: Where do you get your Japanese music
Post: Where do you get your Japanese music

http://community.livejournal.com/ongaku_street http://miyomimusic.blogspot.com/ http://shibuya2.livejournal.com
timewastin General discussion 34 11,182 2009-08-28, 9:38 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Does anyone know what the following words mean? They are from the JLPT2 vocabulary list. こう (written without Kanji) 滑れる (ずれる) あひら ~帳 (~ちょう) Thank you!
timewastin The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,855 2009-08-28, 2:10 am
    Thread: Funniest/coolest/favourite sounding Word
Post: Funniest/coolest/favourite sounding Word

For me it's definitely 消防署 (しょう・ぼう・しょ). When you say it, it's like those long oooooo's all over the place, and the final short しょ always feels like "finally I'm through" ;) I imagine an emergency and...
timewastin The Japanese language 39 10,674 2009-08-27, 1:01 pm