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Thread: Use of に following ~の時 Post: Use of に following ~の時 Are there any rules governing whether or not to use に following a 「~の時」 phrase? I've just come across 2 sentences in the same practice exercise in Genki 2 that look really similar to me, but only th... |
scarby dancer | The Japanese language | 1 | 600 | 2014-08-26, 9:56 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! ariariari Wrote:Any recommendations on N4 prep books? Check out some of these. http://shop.whiterabbitjapan.com/search?q=jlpt+n4 |
scarby dancer | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,279 | 2014-08-25, 10:07 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! kassiaJ Wrote:is it possible to start studying for N5 right now? From what I've heard, it's quite common to not begin studying for N4/N5 until around this time of the year. So it's definitely possibl... |
scarby dancer | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,279 | 2014-08-25, 2:23 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thank you. I recall now being told that that was one of the grammar points that had been revised in the new edition (but I haven't seen the newer Genki 1 - and clearly didn't learn the old Genki 1 ve... |
scarby dancer | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,531 | 2014-08-25, 12:01 am | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Can anyone tell me, please, if completion of Genki 2 would be an absolute minimum, or more than enough, for the grammar points covered in N4? |
scarby dancer | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,279 | 2014-08-24, 11:00 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I bought the latest edition of Genki 2, and this sentence is in the first chapter (Lesson 13): 長いレポートを書かなきゃいけません。 I understand it means, "You have to write a long report." But I don't get the なきゃ p... |
scarby dancer | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,531 | 2014-08-24, 10:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Leaning Japanese & anti-Japanese friends/family/peers Post: Leaning Japanese & anti-Japanese friends/family/pe... qwertyytrewq Wrote:Did anyone else experience a similar situation? Not just Chinese Japan-haters, Western ones too. Maybe you're the son of an American soldier or the descendant of a South East Asian ... |
scarby dancer | Off topic | 32 | 6,960 | 2014-02-02, 11:44 pm | ||
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Thread: New song played on Hang / Ocarina Post: New song played on Hang / Ocarina Really, really lovely composition. Your music is a gift to our world. zorlee Wrote:It's exciting, but at the same time terrifying, to share my own compositions. Ah, the life of an artist - so daun... |
scarby dancer | Off topic | 6 | 1,810 | 2014-01-13, 8:23 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON! Post: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON! Hi. I know most of you are at N2 or N1 level, but I wanted to post anyway, in case there are any other beginners like me out there reading this. I've been studying on my own for ages with a zillio... |
scarby dancer | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 156 | 35,100 | 2013-12-01, 8:09 pm | ||
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Thread: When reviewing, which should take priority? Post: When reviewing, which should take priority? Congratulations on finishing RTK1! Remind yourself that you've really achieved something, even if you don't feel you did so well towards the end. You kept going and that's what matters. It's easy t... |
scarby dancer | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 2,465 | 2013-06-19, 5:34 am | ||
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Thread: Confused by english multiple meanings Post: Confused by english multiple meanings Yes, you can change a keyword, or add a hint to it, by clicking on it on the Study page - and re-set it to the original again later if you no longer want the hint. One of the most valuable things I... |
scarby dancer | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 3,022 | 2013-03-27, 11:39 am | ||
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Thread: Questions re particles Post: Questions re particles Stian Wrote:I think most of that is answered in about every beginner's textbook or grammar guide out there. Please accept my apologies if you thought I was wasting forum members' time or if it was ina... |
scarby dancer | The Japanese language | 10 | 3,554 | 2013-03-27, 11:03 am | ||
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Thread: Questions re particles Post: Questions re particles I read in a grammar book the following example sentences to illustrate: “Use が before わかる.” (i) この漢字の意味がわかりますか。 (“Do you understand the meaning of this kanji?”) (ii) 日本人の言うことがよくわかりません。(“I don’t un... |
scarby dancer | The Japanese language | 10 | 3,554 | 2013-03-27, 3:42 am | ||
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Thread: How to use my weekends? Post: How to use my weekends? Work your way through a grammar book - or get the box set of Dictionaries of Basic/Intermediate/Advanced Japanese Grammar and absorb them cover to cover! |
scarby dancer | The Japanese language | 18 | 5,864 | 2013-03-23, 10:52 am | ||
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Thread: Practice reading and pronouncing Hirigana/katakana words Post: Practice reading and pronouncing Hirigana/katakana... I am currently studying this book and can highly recommend it to beginners for learning how to read, write, and build vocab with more than 1500 words in カタカナ. (Personally, I had no idea there were so... |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 19 | 4,832 | 2013-03-21, 3:39 am | ||
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Thread: Kyoto meetup! :) Post: Kyoto meetup! :) Tzadeck Wrote:Kyoto meetup was a success! The four of us went to an izakaya and had a lot of fun. Just curious... wondering how much of the time you spoke in Japanese / English / other language ? :) |
scarby dancer | Off topic | 30 | 6,522 | 2013-03-18, 3:19 am | ||
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Thread: How to learn to read from photos of kanji Post: How to learn to read from photos of kanji Inny Jan Wrote:Not an online dictionary but standard Microsoft Japanese IME has "IME Pad" where you can draw a character and it will try to recognise it.... HTH Thanks, Inny Jan! It's exactly what I... |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 14 | 2,082 | 2013-03-15, 5:17 am | ||
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Thread: #2269 捗 make headway Post: #2269 捗 make headway Really interesting - thank you! [Merci beaucoup :) ] And I see there are already some stories for 穢 31330. |
scarby dancer | Remembering the Kanji | 6 | 1,579 | 2013-03-15, 5:13 am | ||
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Thread: How to learn to read from photos of kanji Post: How to learn to read from photos of kanji DevvaR Wrote:Be careful, that sentence is written in keigo. Meaning, ご使用 and ご遠慮 don't begin with ご ? |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 14 | 2,082 | 2013-03-13, 3:12 am | ||
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Thread: How to learn to read from photos of kanji Post: How to learn to read from photos of kanji DevvaR Wrote:jisho.org Online Kanji Dictionary. Thank you!... Obviously, I could tell from the accompanying red prohibition circle over a phone what this meant: バスの中で電話携帯のご使用はご遠慮下さい. But now I can a... |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 14 | 2,082 | 2013-03-13, 3:05 am | ||
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Thread: How to learn to read from photos of kanji Post: How to learn to read from photos of kanji I have dozens of photos of kanji taken during a week's visit to Tokyo before I did RTK. Now I'd like to learn to read them... I can recognise many of the keywords, but putting them together doesn't ... |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 14 | 2,082 | 2013-03-13, 1:48 am | ||
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Thread: Finding the established loan words Post: Finding the established loan words From the introduction to "Easy Katakana, How to Read English Loanwords in Japanese" by Tina Wells & Aoi Yokouchi: "...not all gairaigo spellings have been standardized. This is especially true w... |
scarby dancer | The Japanese language | 7 | 1,464 | 2013-03-12, 11:38 am | ||
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Thread: Complete Introduction to Japanese Grammatical Particles Post: Complete Introduction to Japanese Grammatical Part... Thanks so much, uisukii. This looks excellent. And as a beginner, it will help enormously with learning to read as well. |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 12 | 5,169 | 2013-03-09, 11:15 am | ||
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Thread: Please assess my study method... Post: Please assess my study method... tokyostyle Wrote:... imagined the situation in the story turning into a kanji... Although I did try to visualise the stories, I clearly didn't do enough imagining of the actual primitive elements turn... |
scarby dancer | The Japanese language | 19 | 3,818 | 2013-03-02, 4:11 am | ||
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Thread: #2269 捗 make headway Post: #2269 捗 make headway Does anyone else consistently forget to alter the "few" primitive in this kanji? None of the stories seem to have any reference to it. Are there other kanji in which 少 is written with 3 strokes, not... |
scarby dancer | Remembering the Kanji | 6 | 1,579 | 2013-03-02, 3:00 am | ||
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Thread: Help needed with srsing generally & Surusu specifically Post: Help needed with srsing generally & Surusu specifi... Aspiring Wrote:If you mine and make all your cards, surusu's fine. Surusu's probably very convenient for clozed deletion too. Anki's much better for creating automated decks (vocabulary/shows) Thank y... |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 10 | 3,970 | 2013-02-17, 11:52 am | ||
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Thread: Help needed with srsing generally & Surusu specifically Post: Help needed with srsing generally & Surusu specifi... Thanks, tokyostyle. I have Windows. I'm going away for the next few days - will check it out on my return. In the meantime, given that some people here follow Khatz's method, I can't help but wonde... |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 10 | 3,970 | 2013-02-12, 10:12 am | ||
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Thread: Help needed with srsing generally & Surusu specifically Post: Help needed with srsing generally & Surusu specifi... Aspiring ... Thank you, your post was really helpful. ryuudou Wrote:If Susuru has an export feature you can always switch over to Anki if you like. Thanks. As far as I can tell, Surusu only has an I... |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 10 | 3,970 | 2013-02-11, 11:10 am | ||
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Thread: Help needed with srsing generally & Surusu specifically Post: Help needed with srsing generally & Surusu specifi... I'm sick of being at beginner level Japanese and want to move on. Having finally completed RtK1 in December, I was shocked on returning to Surusu this year to discover I had started about 20 decks ov... |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 10 | 3,970 | 2013-02-10, 11:12 pm | ||
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Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy RawrPk Wrote:The reading section of Japaneseclass.jp has many news articles... There is a small Weather&News section from CosCom... Thank you for these links. Unfortunately, the NHK Easy is stil... |
scarby dancer | Learning resources | 68 | 15,020 | 2013-01-01, 5:14 am | ||
