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Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread (2015-12-03, 5:58 pm)Elidan456 Wrote: Anyone knows a website where I can get my hand on more mock tests? Try searching on Baidu. http://wenku.baidu.com/view/4c1055eef533...rom=search There are tra... |
quanticism | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 313 | 56,789 | 2015-12-03, 9:27 pm | ||
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Thread: When to use ～得ない, ～かねる, ～っこない Post: When to use ～得ない, ～かねる, ～っこない Thanks Vempele. anotherjohn Wrote:Are those J-Test questions?( They're from the old Kanzen Master N2 Grammar book (page 100) |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 4 | 778 | 2015-07-05, 2:36 pm | ||
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Thread: When to use ～得ない, ～かねる, ～っこない Post: When to use ～得ない, ～かねる, ～っこない http://i.imgur.com/asvwBMQ.png The answer to 1 is かねます. But how do I decide between this and 得ません? I'm under the impression that 得ない is used when something is objectively impossible to do whereas かね... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 4 | 778 | 2015-07-05, 6:57 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I believe that literally reads as: Everyone has had times where they talk about various things over the phone. And depending on what their business is, it can even become a long phone call. So は is j... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2015-01-03, 9:06 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Is it 祝? |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-12-02, 4:44 am | ||
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Thread: ば~ほど Post: ば~ほど ktcgx Wrote:So 'ほど' is making the shizuka proportional to the mimizawari, the more shizuka it is, the more mimizawari any sound becomes. Wouldn't you need to change the order of 静か and 耳障り to express ... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 30 | 4,408 | 2014-11-09, 8:06 pm | ||
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Thread: ば~ほど Post: ば~ほど Yeah, it probably does depend on the phrase preceding ほど. I'll need to keep an eye out on this pattern as I come across it while reading to get more comfortable with it. Thanks guys. |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 30 | 4,408 | 2014-11-09, 12:21 am | ||
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Thread: ば~ほど Post: ば~ほど Thanks for the reply. I have some questions that will hopefully clear things up some more for me. Can I rearrange 「パーティーは人が多いほど楽しい。」 to this phrase? 人が多いほど楽しいパーティー (just so that it's more similar to ... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 30 | 4,408 | 2014-11-08, 11:05 pm | ||
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Thread: ば~ほど Post: ば~ほど According to the dictionary of Intermediate grammar, these 3 sentences are equivalent in meaning. 私は難しい仕事ほどやる気が出る。 私は仕事が難しいほどやる気が出る。 私は難しい仕事であればあるほどやる気が出る。 Some more examples from that grammar book: ... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 30 | 4,408 | 2014-11-08, 9:39 pm | ||
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Thread: How long does a 100 reviews take you? Post: How long does a 100 reviews take you? Vempele Wrote:About 4 minutes. And 21 days or greater. Do you mind outlining your routine study method? Or directing me to a link of a previous post if you've explained it before? I'm currently at th... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 21 | 5,617 | 2014-10-29, 11:21 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks for clearing that up guys. Does "Reikaが第三者に敵意や悪意を持たれ" imply that Reika incurred the hostility due to her own actions in this context? Since the next sentence is contrasting where the danger or... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-10-07, 3:58 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Not sure about the first sentence. Context: Genzou (Reika's father) is talking to Kaito (Reika's bodyguard), who's being "threatened" by someone unknown. Genzou「Reikaが第三者に敵意や悪意を持たれ、危険な目に合わせられるのであれば、ま... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-10-07, 2:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence Post: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence Many thanks to everyone for clearing this up :D seventhfonist425 found this line in a visual novel. I think all the relevant context is given in the first post. seventhfonist425 said the subsequent l... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 41 | 7,668 | 2014-09-23, 1:40 am | ||
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Thread: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence Post: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence I initially thought of it like that too. (i.e. "getting forced to get a girlfriend" was a silly thing) But Arupan's post seems to suggest that "getting half forced to get a girlfriend" is not a silly... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 41 | 7,668 | 2014-09-22, 12:00 am | ||
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Thread: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence Post: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence So it's: The "chains" in her life are no laughing matter. [Her "chains" are] similar to how I was half-forced to get a girlfriend. "I am being half-forced to get a girlfriend" is along the lines of ... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 41 | 7,668 | 2014-09-21, 6:51 am | ||
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Thread: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence Post: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence I thought I did read it like that? But I'm not sure about the clause which he compare her life's shackles to. (i.e I'm not sure what 俺が叔父さんに恋愛を半ば強いられている means) I suppose another mistake I could have ... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 41 | 7,668 | 2014-09-21, 5:33 am | ||
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Thread: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence Post: Confusion about an Indirect-Passive sentence I was asked what these two sentences mean by a friend. 俺が叔父さんに恋愛を半ば強いられているような、半端なものじゃないのだ。彼女の人生における『束縛』は。 Apparently the context is as follows: These two sentences cross the protagonist's mind while t... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 41 | 7,668 | 2014-09-21, 2:25 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Tzadeck Wrote:quanticism Wrote:>> 【カイム】「ありがたく経験を積ませてもらったらどうだ？」 Sounds to me like "Why not gratefully get them to let you have (more) field experience?" Thanks Tzadeck. I asked someone else too a... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-09-14, 2:07 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks, I definitely wasn't expecting ん to be something else completely. Learning it now will definitely save me a lot of confusion further down the track. And I hope you guys don't mind the flood of... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-09-12, 1:20 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks for the reply Ash. Yeah, I see verb stems used in place of their te-form all the time. I may not be noticing it when I come across it, but the adjective version seems a lot more rare. It's nice... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-09-10, 12:15 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Wow, I definitely glossed over that point. I didn't even think about about why it was written as 期待に応えて instead of simply being 期待に応える. So 期待に応えてってわけじゃない is negating "do (ellipted action described in... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-09-09, 6:21 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks for the clarification Vempele. (Hopefully, I'll finish the VN before the week is over despite my snail's pace) |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-09-09, 4:47 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Wow, do you know any books/sites that explains the omission of て? I'm not sure if I've read about it before. It definitely makes a lot more sense now though. Now, I understand how this phrase works to... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-09-09, 4:40 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I'm not sure what to make of the second last line. I'm especially confused as how the に particles are functioning in it. 【ジーク】▼「俺も暴動を起こさせるつもりはない」 Sieg: I also have no intention of causing a riot. (C... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-09-09, 4:01 am | ||
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Thread: J-CAT Post: J-CAT 聴解 / Listening 49 語彙 / Vocabulary 48 文法 / Grammar 50 読解 / Reading 42 合計 / Total 189 3.5months of RtK + 0.5months of Tae Kim + 4 months of crawling through Visual Novels |
quanticism | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 65 | 37,170 | 2014-08-04, 1:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki - Alarm/notification to Review New Cards? Post: Anki - Alarm/notification to Review New Cards? Vempele Wrote:The above will tell you what time the next card is going to be due at (and how long it is until that time, but the latter value won't be updated automatically). It takes your learn ahead... |
quanticism | Learning resources | 6 | 3,470 | 2014-07-28, 1:55 am | ||
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Thread: Anki - Alarm/notification to Review New Cards? Post: Anki - Alarm/notification to Review New Cards? Up until now, I've been manually reviewing new cards several times throughout the day before adding them to Anki at the end of the day (with the default step: 1 10). I'm thinking of starting reviews e... |
quanticism | Learning resources | 6 | 3,470 | 2014-07-27, 8:39 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread 無事に落ち着くところで落ち着いた話題。 I'm not sure how ところ is used here. "the topic was resolved just as it was about to be resolved peacefully"?? I googled around and found some similar sentences. ことはみな落ち着くところに落ち着く。... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-06-30, 12:09 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Ash_S Wrote:http://www.tjf.or.jp/hidamari/4_mondou/mondou08.html My Japanese is extremely limited (i.e. beginner level, only recently started core2k) so I need to crawl through a dictionary/Rikaichan ... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-06-13, 1:35 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I'm confused about knowing when まで is inclusive or exclusive. The Dictionary of Basic Grammar has this note but I don't see how it applies to the rest of the examples. http://i.imgur.com/J8LnMpT.png ... |
quanticism | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2014-06-12, 11:52 pm | ||
