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    Thread: New site for live Japanese TV
Post: New site for live Japanese TV

Seems to work fairly well, although these things tend not to last very long unfortunately.
Gingerninja Learning resources 8 1,726 2013-08-17, 12:09 pm
    Thread: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers are arrogant?
Post: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers a...

People always being told they're excellent and then never having the self reflection skills to actually understand that it's a friendly compliment, not an assessment. So they get big headed about it....
Gingerninja Off topic 77 17,685 2013-02-20, 3:36 pm
    Thread: Video Games
Post: Video Games

Zlarp Wrote:Time Travellers PSP/Vita/Ithink3DS - Haven't started this yet, but it's by Level 5, so it's furigana approved and is bound to be a quality game I played that last year, the story is really...
Gingerninja Learning resources 21 3,355 2013-02-01, 9:43 am
    Thread: Ever Met Any Famous Japanese?
Post: Ever Met Any Famous Japanese?

I met the comedy Duo Span! although I don't think they're really well known outside of local tv in Osaka. A few NMB48 members out in Namba, otherwise no one actually nationally famous that I'm aware ...
Gingerninja Off topic 23 5,547 2012-10-06, 10:20 am
    Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread
Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread

Wow you guys exaggerate. I haven't even finished the core2k because it's boring as shit, let alone core6k and I passed N3.
Gingerninja JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 297 78,496 2012-09-04, 6:59 pm
    Thread: Pet peeves regarding "fluency"?
Post: Pet peeves regarding "fluency"?

The thing that annoys me most is when people ask you to "say something" in Japanese. Yes. ok, because you'll understand anything I say anyway. Why even waste my time, I'm not a performing monkey...
Gingerninja General discussion 30 6,398 2012-08-12, 8:59 am
    Thread: 日本人の知らない日本語
Post: 日本人の知らない日本語

I've watched the first 3 episodes and yes it's stupid but I've found some of it funny. マジでございますか .. lol It suffers from what most J-Drama's do, each episode a different characters get a story and th...
Gingerninja General discussion 24 5,741 2012-06-02, 1:59 pm
    Thread: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions"
Post: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions"

JimmySeal Wrote:I do. Maybe saying "riceball" is a bit of a contrivance, but there's nothing unnatural about "convenience store." I can't say I use the word convenience store in English.. I usually sa...
Gingerninja General discussion 99 12,517 2012-05-24, 12:40 pm
    Thread: How to stop spewing Japanese gibberish?!!
Post: How to stop spewing Japanese gibberish?!!

This happens to everyone, your spoken output (active) will always be less than your listening / reading (passive) input. There's no way around but to keep practising. Copy and use phrases used by ...
Gingerninja The Japanese language 22 4,793 2012-04-29, 3:50 pm
    Thread: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months?
Post: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months?

The OP is a year old, people were discussing some guys claim about learning Chinese in 3 months.
Gingerninja The Japanese language 131 43,167 2012-04-29, 1:15 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

kainzero Wrote:apparently hirata rina is a returnee and a native speaker of english. (i had no idea who she was) now she can teach them this: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-UmecArqTk] 12th ...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-27, 10:07 pm
    Thread: What to do after finishing Japanese for Busy People I,II,II
Post: What to do after finishing Japanese for Busy Peopl...

Japanese for busy people 3 is about JLPT 4, with some of the grammar from 3 maybe. Next you want to look at an intermediate textbook, like an integrated approach to Japanese, or something similar. ...
Gingerninja Learning resources 7 3,186 2012-03-26, 10:32 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

I read a quote on twitter yesterday that said, AKB is the only fandom in which the fans fear concerts rather than get excited for them. 3 days of big announcement's culminating in that ^, to say the ...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-25, 5:36 pm
    Thread: Going to Kansai, Suggestions Appreciated
Post: Going to Kansai, Suggestions Appreciated

syntoad Wrote:and Osaka has an instant ramen museum which I take everyone who visits me to. You go there? I must admit my twist on the standard noodles was better, but I wouldn't say it was must see. ...
Gingerninja General discussion 27 7,137 2012-03-24, 11:45 am
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

TheVinster Wrote:Uh... the old creepy dudes want to sleep the the AKB48 members. You want to practice Japanese whether it's with people your age or further apart. These are not the same two things tha...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-21, 7:05 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

@IceCream.. Britney Spears, You are aware that the staying a virgin until marriage was a marketing ploy, despite what the IMDB profile will tell you. You started sleeping around at 14 based on her...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-20, 8:59 am
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

There is a lot of fear in the foreign fan base of how they are looked at. Anyone who even mentions anything inappropriate is ostracised rather quickly. I think because some of the stuff can be borde...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-16, 6:37 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

A man can't be raped by a woman in English law either I'm pretty sure, it's classed as sexual assault, not rape. about 制服を邪魔をする it's more recently been performed by NMB48 as part of their first sta...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-14, 7:50 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

Eikyu Wrote:I also liked this article on AKB, it's a good introduction to the topic: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424...61496.html It's one of the better articles written, most western journal...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-14, 3:42 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

Personally I hated wearing my school uniform, but then I went to a state school. Not of that private nonsense for me!
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-14, 7:44 am
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

vix86 Wrote:It destroys the marketability of the girls if they have b/fs. Pretty hard to imagine you having a chance to date the girl and screw her if she already has a bf/. Just saying. This is a pre...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-13, 8:49 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

IceCream Wrote:the lie detector one i saw was where Matsui Jurina was asked 「かわいいメンバーを見るとキスがしたくてしょうがなくなる」. Asking anyone stuff like that under lie detector on national TV is more than a bit off, but a...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-13, 8:09 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

turvy Wrote:What are the dating games? Apart from a blight on the gaming industry? :p lol. http://www.amazon.co.jp/AKB1-%E3%82%A2%E...922&sr=8-1 Like most games of the genre I'm lead to believe...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-13, 8:03 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

You can argue the flip side in that, are they influencing younger teens? or are they themselves just acting as a mirror of society, which of course then reinforces it, but if it was damaged to begin w...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-13, 7:30 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

IceCream Wrote:Starting them at 11 to peak at 16-22 is also kinda unnecessary, with extra pressures and problems. Why not just have one group for the younger audience and another for the softcore / ol...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-13, 5:50 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

A lot of the foreign fan base (not that we're directly targeted at) is upset by most of the suggestive stuff anyway. The girls are most likely fully aware of what they are doing.. I mean what teen...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-13, 4:30 pm
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

There has been talk about changes to the handshake events, because of stuff like this. I don't really think anyone took into account people rubbing cum on the girls.. i mean what kind of a deranged p...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-13, 11:36 am
    Thread: Funniest Sentence In KO.
Post: Funniest Sentence In KO.

Now there's a word I didn't think I'd learn today...
Gingerninja General discussion 148 35,166 2012-03-13, 11:26 am
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

IceCream Wrote:i found this linked from the AKB lesbian kissing post that Vix linked to: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/09/13...dol-otaku/ So, @gingerninja or anyone else defending the marketing ...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-13, 7:48 am
    Thread: An AKB48 Thread
Post: An AKB48 Thread

IceCream Wrote:And it's not just Western people who think like this... i found this video: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_s0kCrYH...re=related] 3 million views, overwhelmingly Japanese men a...
Gingerninja Off topic 273 43,614 2012-03-13, 6:19 am