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    Thread: Minor complaint
Post: Minor complaint

timcampbell Wrote:The people involved in the heated debates certainly seem to be OK with it. It's the others I'm concerned with. It's like a big noisy party. It's fun if you're part of it, not so fun ...
Jasta Off topic 53 6,197 2009-01-23, 6:44 am
    Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread
Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab...

nest0r Wrote:Nukemarine Wrote:I had hoped the arguments in this thread would not get too serious. Considering the abortion discussion came from a blatant joke shows I thought wrong. Since it's not a t...
Jasta Off topic 465 58,543 2009-01-23, 4:52 am
    Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread
Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab...

Smackle Wrote:I would like to chime in. What igordesu believes is not representative of all Christians. I would like to say for the sake of both him and his opposers in this thread: what he believes i...
Jasta Off topic 465 58,543 2009-01-23, 4:49 am
    Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread
Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab...

Hashiriya Wrote:God didn't come from anything IMO he has always been there... time did not create God but God created time... Revelation 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the firs...
Jasta Off topic 465 58,543 2009-01-23, 4:36 am
    Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread
Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab...

"So maybe that wasn't my last post. Lol. Hopefully, this really is my last post. But yes I would consider that murder and therefore deserving of the death penalty. Of course, I really have no way ...
Jasta Off topic 465 58,543 2009-01-23, 4:27 am
    Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread
Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab...

Hashiriya Wrote:i've been half-way following this thread here and there... i'm just curious to the people that aren't Christian here, where do you believe that man and the Earth originated from... jus...
Jasta Off topic 465 58,543 2009-01-23, 12:05 am
    Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread
Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab...

"Now, I guess after thinking this issue over, there really is no logical reason to condemn abortion w/o faith in some "God" (I use the term "God" loosely...). *If* I was an atheist, I would be an avi...
Jasta Off topic 465 58,543 2009-01-23, 12:03 am
    Thread: RTK1: One kanji, one picture discussion
Post: RTK1: One kanji, one picture discussion

I wish I hadn't studied these kanji yet. It looks great to study like this. Can't you start with RTK3?:)
Jasta Remembering the Kanji 91 55,717 2009-01-22, 6:51 pm
    Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread
Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab...

@igordesu: if the mother who was raped can't cope with raising the child, can't give the appropriate love a mother needs to give, then do you think the baby will grow up an be able to function in a no...
Jasta Off topic 465 58,543 2009-01-22, 6:35 pm
    Thread: Anki or RvTK
Post: Anki or RvTK

I agree, great picture. You can actually see the kanji in it.
Jasta Remembering the Kanji 18 5,677 2009-01-22, 9:16 am
    Thread: obama teaches japanese
Post: obama teaches japanese

igordesu Wrote:Lol. Even if I wasn't basing what I believe on faith, I still wouldn't give the guy a chance. BABY KILLER. COMMUNIST. I mean, even an atheist could be against those values? Please k...
Jasta Learning resources 33 4,186 2009-01-22, 8:19 am
    Thread: Where can Fabrice go on holiday?
Post: Where can Fabrice go on holiday?

Osaka, next year maybe Kyoto
Jasta Off topic 32 4,593 2009-01-14, 7:05 am
    Thread: I study Nihongo because...
Post: I study Nihongo because...

@igordesu: thanks for answering my question. I forgot about heaven and hell. I am also not going to discuss any further, I made my point. The time we would spend explaining our positions in detail wo...
Jasta Off topic 358 111,130 2008-12-27, 9:18 pm
    Thread: I study Nihongo because...
Post: I study Nihongo because...

I agree that nobody is right 100%, so my stance is to let everybody just be/believe what they want if they don't do harm to others. But if you go out and preach you are 100% certain about your cause o...
Jasta Off topic 358 111,130 2008-12-26, 11:22 pm
    Thread: I study Nihongo because...
Post: I study Nihongo because...

Ben_Nielson Wrote:Moved to Japan, lived with a roommate who spoke Japanese, and I got jealous. :) A year and a half later, still workin' at it. And to the OP: under-evangelized? Tell that to the ...
Jasta Off topic 358 111,130 2008-12-26, 10:19 pm
    Thread: なく?
Post: なく?

I don't know the context, but I would say it means "without" eg: ちゃんと間違いなく書いてください ”please write it properly without mistakes" edit: I guess that's what iSoron was saying
Jasta General discussion 8 2,511 2008-12-19, 7:18 pm
    Thread: Tokyo fishmarket closed for foreigners
Post: Tokyo fishmarket closed for foreigners

Dragg Wrote:@kaze It's actually not just foreigners being barred, it's tourists in general. This news story was written specifically about an auction in which spectators were never officially allowe...
Jasta Off topic 104 14,399 2008-12-17, 5:46 am
    Thread: Rtk good to learn new english words too
Post: Rtk good to learn new english words too

I often fail reviews because I forget the English word. Recent ones I failed were eaves, frugal, precipitous, rapids. I have written the English definition above my stories.
Jasta Remembering the Kanji 75 14,999 2008-12-17, 5:37 am
    Thread: Tokyo fishmarket closed for foreigners
Post: Tokyo fishmarket closed for foreigners

didn't hear any mention of police on the news. I think it was a managerial decision. Because of the continuation over time of those small incidences they want to send out a strong signal.
Jasta Off topic 104 14,399 2008-12-16, 7:47 pm
    Thread: in japan
Post: in japan

To answer the original question: In January I will have lived in Japan for about 2,5 years. My experience is that Koreans and Chinese often can get good to very good over the course of 1 to 1.5 years,...
Jasta Off topic 111 13,279 2008-12-16, 7:34 pm
    Thread: Tokyo fishmarket closed for foreigners
Post: Tokyo fishmarket closed for foreigners

Just saw the news on tv and the Tokyo Fishmarket will be closed for foreigners/tourists for one month as a reaction to the bad behaviour of some tourists. They showed some footage of a French guy real...
Jasta Off topic 104 14,399 2008-12-16, 7:08 pm
    Thread: Defaulting to L2
Post: Defaulting to L2

When I started studying Swedish I always mixed it with German and now I mix in Japanese in my English and the other way around.
Jasta General discussion 17 1,973 2008-12-16, 6:44 pm
    Thread: What is your favorite Japanese word or phrase?
Post: What is your favorite Japanese word or phrase?

I think I saw another thread once for long words but can't find it. This topic is pretty close. I just came across this beast: 国協議首席代表会合
Jasta Off topic 60 14,951 2008-12-12, 11:29 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2008 Cream Puffed?
Post: JLPT 2008 Cream Puffed?

Thanks for the link to the results. They sure are fast. I graded thetest and it confirmed what my feeling was: vocab 61%, listening a meagre 48% and reading/grammar 55%. That makes my overall score ar...
Jasta JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 96 21,481 2008-12-08, 9:09 am
    Thread: JLPT 2008 Cream Puffed?
Post: JLPT 2008 Cream Puffed?

Yesterday I practised on the 2級 test from 2006 and it went ok. But today I don't think I passed. Vocab and Kanji went ok bewteen 60 and 70% Listening: the picture questions I found to be difficult, m...
Jasta JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 96 21,481 2008-12-07, 4:40 am
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

28 I am not good at long time planning: started august 2006-oktober 2006 continued november-december 2007 all the time in between I have been occasionally reviewing or shamefully neglecting stuck ...
Jasta Off topic 357 73,688 2008-02-21, 6:40 pm
    Thread: Why so many political stories?
Post: Why so many political stories?

Bush and his bunch have been on tv every day for the past 8 years. The name Bush resonates even further back thanks to his wonderful daddy. Both have tried to turn the world into a safer, cleaner and ...
Jasta Remembering the Kanji 23 4,498 2008-02-21, 6:29 pm
    Thread: How hard was it for you to finish Remembering The Kanji 1?
Post: How hard was it for you to finish Remembering The ...

I am stranded at 1805. I had wished to finish this year but the past few days I didn't find the time to learn new kanji and from tomorrow I will go on a 16 day trip with limited internet access. I wil...
Jasta Remembering the Kanji 44 15,368 2007-12-21, 7:56 am
    Thread: Most reviews in a day?
Post: Most reviews in a day?

After being lazy for a long time, and letting all my cards pile up in the orange stacks I decided to really go for it a month and half ago or so. So I reviewed (relearned) all the 1000 cards I already...
Jasta Remembering the Kanji 12 3,922 2007-12-16, 10:48 pm