Search Results

Post Author Forum Replies Views Posted [asc]
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

rich_f Wrote:I got Niji up and running (and it's pretty awesome for a free player), but I can't seem to do anything about the aspect ratio. Is there a button I'm missing? I just downloaded it and luck...
kudokupo General discussion 278 155,999 2014-10-06, 3:31 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

「私の知ったこっちゃ ないってわけね」 Anyone help with this?
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2013-08-15, 7:21 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

「前の方はぬれた後があるけど 後ろはそれがない」 This sentence is talking about someone's front side being wet but not the back side, from running in the rain. But the subtitle shows 後 to mean "trace of". Is that right or sh...
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2013-08-09, 11:21 pm
    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

I'd like an invite...
kudokupo Off topic 199 73,065 2013-08-09, 5:33 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

「いい教訓になっただろ。今度から大切なテープはちゃんとツメ折っておけよ」 "It's a good lesson for you, isn't it? Next time, set your important tapes as read-only." I don't understand ツメ折って. Can anyone help?
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2013-08-05, 7:00 pm
    Thread: Dealing with hard sentences
Post: Dealing with hard sentences

I always attempt to understand it on my own first, then look at translation, and never put the translation on the card unless it's some kind of literal translation that helps me understand a complicat...
kudokupo The Japanese language 14 3,914 2013-07-31, 8:15 pm
    Thread: Dealing with hard sentences
Post: Dealing with hard sentences

It would be great if I could always find what the grammar pattern is that's preventing me from understanding some sentences, but almost always I don't know where to turn to understand it. I suppose I'...
kudokupo The Japanese language 14 3,914 2013-07-31, 7:11 pm
    Thread: Dealing with hard sentences
Post: Dealing with hard sentences

I just finished core 6000. I kept using watered-down example sentences because they were an easy way to learn vocabulary...but now I really need to get used to real Japanese. It's frustrating though w...
kudokupo The Japanese language 14 3,914 2013-07-31, 5:47 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

It's the definition for 倒産. Have to learn those verbs as phrases I guess with everything. I think I understand well enough.
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2013-05-31, 4:49 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

企業が経営資金のやりくりがつかなくなってつぶれること。 Can anyone help with this super verb つかなく. つく I think? What's the meaning in this sentence?
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2013-05-31, 4:27 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

今、耳鼻科にかかっています。 I go to an ENT specialist now. What's the meaning of かかる here?
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2013-04-27, 8:49 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

彼は永久に帰らぬ人となったのよ。 Can anyone explain this sentence from core 6000? "He passed away." ...such a helpful translation.
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2013-04-19, 4:25 pm
    Thread: Is this sentence correct?
Post: Is this sentence correct?

Stansfield123 Wrote:The way to avoid errors is by not using bad sources, not by running everything by the rule books. As for asking on this site, you should probably trust the Core deck before you tru...
kudokupo The Japanese language 18 3,500 2013-03-19, 4:18 pm
    Thread: Is this sentence correct?
Post: Is this sentence correct?

いろいろな花を組み合わせ花束を作りました。 Found in a core 2000/6000 deck, shouldn't it be 組み合わせて?
kudokupo The Japanese language 18 3,500 2013-03-18, 4:42 pm
    Thread: Question about Japanese dictionary
Post: Question about Japanese dictionary

I looked up the word 罪, which should have the reading つみ because that's the only reading for it I see in the bilingual dictionary, but the monolingual dictionaries only come up with ざい. http://dic.sea...
kudokupo The Japanese language 1 432 2013-02-02, 5:28 pm
    Thread: Has anyone else tried this?
Post: Has anyone else tried this?

shinsen Wrote:What you're aiming for is to be able to read in Japanese, not translate kanji to English keywords. In my opinion one of the benefits RTK gives is recognizing the meaning of kanji instant...
kudokupo Remembering the Kanji 14 3,954 2012-08-01, 1:10 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

なんたって今 17試合連続ゴール中だからな! Can anyone explain なんたって in this sentence?
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2012-07-31, 10:41 am
    Thread: Systematically practicing output
Post: Systematically practicing output

Yeah I realize with enough input, output will come, but it often seems like I'll have to wait until I'm able to read and understand almost anything, read a ton of it, and then finally it'll move to ou...
kudokupo The Japanese language 37 8,103 2012-07-25, 10:22 am
    Thread: Systematically practicing output
Post: Systematically practicing output

I've always had a problem when practicing output, for instance on lang-8. I can understand a ton of grammar, but almost none of it is active. I know that's a common problem and the solution is to just...
kudokupo The Japanese language 37 8,103 2012-07-25, 8:51 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Ok if 確認を取る means to get confirmation then I understand. I was looking at the verb とう meanings.
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2012-07-18, 9:57 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

HonyakuJoshua Wrote:I think it is te plus aru and that toru is a verb and not "totte" "for" Hmm I still don't understand :/ what's the meaning of とって?
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2012-07-18, 7:36 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

それに親友である山崎氏とは 金のことで もめていたことも 確認はとってある I don't understand that last line, especially とって. Is it saying there are inquiries into the confirmation? There will be charges after confirmation? It's after t...
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2012-07-17, 9:45 pm
    Thread: Quiting core 6000
Post: Quiting core 6000

vix86 Wrote:I think if one's goal were to be able to understand spoken language exceptionally well, then sub2srs would be great. However if you have plans to read, then a deck like the core6k will get...
kudokupo General discussion 28 11,234 2012-07-16, 2:59 am
    Thread: Quiting core 6000
Post: Quiting core 6000

I've quit and restarted core a few times already, and could never decide if it's a good idea to just get that foundation of the common words and then move to native materials. It was mostly laziness f...
kudokupo General discussion 28 11,234 2012-07-15, 8:33 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Tori-kun Wrote:@kudokupo: I like Detective Conan :D Which episode was it? Ok, if you omitt the でも, do you understand the sentence? よう=みたい? The very first episode, just started subs2srsing it. I love ...
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2012-07-15, 6:42 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Some lines from Detective Conan: 「おそらく 内密の話があるとでも言って」 「内側から鍵をかけて待つよう」 「犯人が指示したんでしょう」 I don't quite understand 「とでも言って」 and 「待つよう」
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2012-07-14, 9:43 pm
    Thread: Kitsunekko down, japanese anime subtitles
Post: Kitsunekko down, japanese anime subtitles

Hmm you're right, I've tried to re-time stuff before but I never knew about shift forward and backward from selection forward. That is pretty easy.
kudokupo Learning resources 21 11,514 2012-07-12, 4:59 pm
    Thread: Kitsunekko down, japanese anime subtitles
Post: Kitsunekko down, japanese anime subtitles

Sorry this is off topic, but does anyone know why some subtitles are impossibly mistimed? I can't find one detective conan subtitle file that is timed properly at all. Will I just have to edit the tim...
kudokupo Learning resources 21 11,514 2012-07-12, 3:49 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

「この荷の目方は70キロってとこかね。」 I don't understand 「とこ」in this sentence.
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2012-06-27, 9:03 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

彼は3人兄弟です。 is translated as "he has two siblings", does that mean it's like "he is the third sibling" or something?
kudokupo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,208 2012-06-08, 10:15 pm