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    Thread: How easy is it to adapt to everyday speech and local dialects?
Post: How easy is it to adapt to everyday speech and loc...

To be honest, I don't think you should worry about understanding Japanese people in Kansai. I used to live in Mie, where there is also Kansai-ben, and while I was still adjusting to the dialect, adult...
Kotoko General discussion 23 4,696 2014-08-08, 3:41 am
    Thread: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only)
Post: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only)

Ash_S Wrote:6月はまだ可愛い方ですよ。8月あたりから本当につらくなる(笑) 6月って、可愛い?意味わからない! もちろん、場所によって、温暖などは違いますね。名古屋に住んでいたとき、6月も信じられないぐらい暑かったです。 扇子は別に上品じゃないわ!お土産として貰ったのもあるし、いくつも持っているよ。
Kotoko General discussion 237 101,228 2014-08-08, 3:36 am
    Thread: Textbook for Business Japanese
Post: Textbook for Business Japanese

Thank you! It does look like it focuses on conversation still quite heavily, but I'll give it a shot. If I find any websites on this subject I'll make a list here.
Kotoko Learning resources 2 728 2014-08-08, 3:24 am
    Thread: My Situation in Learning Japanese
Post: My Situation in Learning Japanese

If I were you, I'd fill in the gaps with websites like lang-8 (write diaries in Japanese and native speakers will correct you), and maybe podcasts like Japanesepod 101. Though I started from scratch, ...
Kotoko The Japanese language 4 1,578 2014-08-08, 3:23 am
    Thread: Good videogames to "learn" japanese
Post: Good videogames to "learn" japanese

It's a hard one to get to play if you don't have a Japanese Wii, but there's a game called Kiki Trick which is VERY good for Japanese listening skills. It's a listening game, with lots of minigames - ...
Kotoko Learning resources 27 10,852 2014-08-07, 7:45 am
    Thread: Textbook for Business Japanese
Post: Textbook for Business Japanese

Hi everyone. I'm looking for an advanced Japanese textbook (or, I suppose, website) that can act as a guide for business Japanese. I own "Practical Business Japanese" from the ALC group which is g...
Kotoko Learning resources 2 728 2014-08-07, 7:26 am
    Thread: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only)
Post: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only)

日本に旅行なら、6月は辛いですよ! ちゃんと飲んで、扇子もあれば役に立つと思います。 日本の秋は一番いいと思います。紅葉は綺麗だし、食べ物も美味しいです。 皆さん、どうですか?一番好きな日本季節はなんですか?
Kotoko General discussion 237 101,228 2014-08-07, 5:59 am