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    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Lol, I have some sentences here that I've been neglecting to ask about for a while now. 「お二人さん、仲良く一緒に登校したんだって?詳しく聞かしてくれよー。」 「ちょっとやめてよ!彼とは、たまたま寮が一緒ってだけ。何でもそういう話に結び付けすぎだっての。」 This sentence kind of conf...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2015-09-11, 11:40 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Tzadeck Wrote:CloverJoker Wrote:今何時かと時計を見ると、針はとっくに昼をまわっていた。 Whats 何時かと mean? "Wondering what time it is." Sort of feels like a shortened version of 何時でしょうかと思って. 分かりました。なんかそれ勘があったですけど、正しく解釈できなかった。 あり...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2015-07-03, 2:36 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

今何時かと時計を見ると、針はとっくに昼をまわっていた。 Whats 何時かと mean?
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2015-07-02, 4:48 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Dope, now I get it. Hah, now I feel silly for not reading down to the 4th definition last night. Felt like a peculiar case since it was sarcastic but there it is, right in front of my face. Thanks fo...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2014-05-14, 4:01 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

よくそんなんで生徒会に入る気になったな The reason why よく is there eludes me. I noticed a few sentences on alc.jp too that seem to have the same kind of pattern. よくそんなお金がありますね。 よくそんなことが言えるね? They don't really help thou...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2014-05-14, 5:03 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Ahhh, okay. Before, I was just looking at definitions in dic.yahoo for やはり and it seems to mean something like anticipating something beforehand. So, it seemed odd to be able to do it afterward too :...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2013-02-24, 3:23 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

あ、あとやっぱり、呼び捨てでいいですよ。なんかさんづけって慣れません I don't really understand how you can use あと and やっぱり like that, what does it imply? The only thing I can think of is something like, after coming to a conclusion.
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2013-02-23, 4:28 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

笑顔……だけど何か寂しげな影が見える。 Is it 寂し with 気 as a suffix?
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2013-02-01, 1:12 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

邪魔にならない程度のさし障りのない会話を楽しみいただくまんがです Just came across this, and I'm not really sure what it means. Can anyone help me out?
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2013-01-10, 12:02 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

まぁ、面倒見はいいよな。佳織にも、こんなによくしてくれるし。 Can anyone explain the し at the end? 昏睡させようとしているのかわかったもんじゃなかった。 and こんな可愛い義妹が淹れてくれたコーヒーが飲めるんだもんな And for this, Im not sure what もん is there for.
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2012-12-13, 5:04 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Ash_S Wrote:It's the "quoting" と - the one you get in like ~~と言った/~~と思う etc. - and the verb following と has just been omitted. Are there any thinking/wondering/speaking kinda words in the previous sen...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2012-12-07, 7:18 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

あの声は、一体なんだったのかと。 のかと。 From looking at example questions, it seems to just to be indicating a question. Im assuming its actually, のか and と particles being used together. This と shouldn't be a conditi...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2012-12-07, 2:33 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

早く起きて朝御飯食べないとぉ (sentence is directed at someone) From what I understand, と at the end usually indicates sort of a casual question. Is that all it is? When is it usually used?
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2012-12-05, 5:38 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

何を引き替えにしても構わない。 Not 100% sure how to ask this but, for the 何を・・・しても Seems like when you have a case like this its, doing "anything" to whatever is inside 何を・・・しても. In this case it would be something ...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,523 2012-11-28, 3:32 am
    Thread: Making Vocabulary Easier?
Post: Making Vocabulary Easier?

Wall of text, coming up. If you want, skip to the bottom. I'm right where you're at as well and my personal experiences coincide with yours. RTK was easy 25-40 cards at day for 2-3 months. Tae Kim wa...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 19 5,650 2012-11-21, 3:02 am
    Thread: Vocabulary SRS layout
Post: Vocabulary SRS layout

Thanks to you guys, I think I've come up with a decent way to do it. Is it alright that I'm missing the cards a lot because of the readings? I seem to be doing okay, as far as knowing what the sente...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 31 7,133 2012-06-23, 4:24 am
    Thread: Vocabulary SRS layout
Post: Vocabulary SRS layout

vix86 Wrote:Thats fine. Also the bottom part on mine, which you seem to be using can be generated using a plugin on Anki called "Glossing" (or something like that. I can't recall exactly and can't c...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 31 7,133 2012-06-21, 6:53 pm
    Thread: Vocabulary SRS layout
Post: Vocabulary SRS layout

Ohhhh...okay. That makes a whole lot more sense. Anyway, thanks for all the help guys. I was a little confused about this process before and was unsure how to progress and was stuck, but I now I thi...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 31 7,133 2012-06-21, 6:10 pm
    Thread: Vocabulary SRS layout
Post: Vocabulary SRS layout

Okay, thanks to you guys, I think I've come up with something..Would this be okay? FRONT- あの人誰? BACK:Who is that man? 【あの】-say; well; errr ...; (P) 人-【ひと】 (n) man; person; human being; mankind; ...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 31 7,133 2012-06-21, 5:35 pm
    Thread: Vocabulary SRS layout
Post: Vocabulary SRS layout

@vix86 Ah. In other works, its probably not best to learn vocabulary as a stand alone. Tae Kim mentions I should learn it in context, and simply gives you a list. And then at the end, declares that yo...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 31 7,133 2012-06-21, 10:28 am
    Thread: Vocabulary SRS layout
Post: Vocabulary SRS layout

I've finished RTK, and someone recommended knowing some basic grammar rules before I head off to do some sentence mining. Which makes sense. So, I'm going through Tae Kim's Complete Guide and he give...
CloverJoker The Japanese language 31 7,133 2012-06-21, 4:43 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Finished it. Started on April 4th. So 2~Months. Honestly, this has got to be the most studying I've ever done for one subject this diligently in my life. It feels good, knowing I'm capable of startin...
CloverJoker Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,730 2012-06-09, 11:25 pm