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Thread: Why do you want to move to Japan? Post: Why do you want to move to Japan? . |
sethg | General discussion | 72 | 10,249 | 2014-06-07, 12:04 pm | ||
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Thread: If you could go back in time, what would you tell yourself Post: If you could go back in time, what would you tell ... Sadly, I'd tell myself, "Enjoy learning the language. Have fun! Make friends. But never go to work in Japan. Never put yourself through the ridiculous torture of working at a typical Japanese company.... |
sethg | General discussion | 53 | 11,160 | 2014-06-02, 8:44 am | ||
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Thread: Job Interviews in Japanese Post: Job Interviews in Japanese I think in a job interview, it's a bit unprofessional. All the literature I've read has said stick to 私（わたし, not わたくし）for business situations. My current boss has chided me about it before too, but it... |
sethg | General discussion | 5 | 1,729 | 2013-05-30, 10:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Job Interviews in Japanese Post: Job Interviews in Japanese Anyone have any advice for job interviews in Japanese? I had a brief interview over the phone this morning, but let a 僕 slip out and didn't feel confident in my responses. I know there is a wealth ... |
sethg | General discussion | 5 | 1,729 | 2013-05-30, 9:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Please help me translate this literally into English Post: Please help me translate this literally into Engli... How you should refer to someone really depends on that person. If they don't like it, they'll usually say something. I call my girlfriend お前 when I'm "play mad". Normally, I stick with her name or 君. ... |
sethg | The Japanese language | 53 | 6,463 | 2013-05-05, 9:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Mono-dictionaries and making the switch Post: Mono-dictionaries and making the switch Yeah, I think it's bad to think you have to necessarily "switch" 100% right away. Mix for a while. Use both at the same time. I, too, occasionally use J-E together with J-J for proper nouns and words ... |
sethg | Learning resources | 43 | 9,557 | 2013-04-14, 9:16 pm | ||
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Thread: SRS Reset/Quit? Post: SRS Reset/Quit? So, first, a little background: August 2008 - Lightly start learning Japanese September 2008 - Begin Japanese classes in college November 2008 - Friend introduces me with AJATT, which introduced me t... |
sethg | Learning resources | 9 | 2,585 | 2013-03-31, 10:52 pm | ||
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Thread: 原発20キロ圏内に生きる男 - Vice Post: 原発20キロ圏内に生きる男 - Vice Heh, 猫に小判... Zgarbas, indeed, I was curious about the families as well. Still, hearing these two voices is incredible. If you don't find this interesting, I have to assume it must be because you do... |
sethg | Learning resources | 6 | 1,222 | 2013-03-12, 8:14 am | ||
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Thread: 原発20キロ圏内に生きる男 - Vice Post: 原発20キロ圏内に生きる男 - Vice [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llM9MIM_9U4] This video is great. It also has fairly accurate Japanese subtitles, though it doesn't transcribe all the dialect things and rephrases a few unusua... |
sethg | Learning resources | 6 | 1,222 | 2013-03-11, 9:22 am | ||
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Thread: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers are arrogant? Post: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers a... Just use their arrogance as motivation. Four years ago, I was surrounded by people who had studied abroad and supposedly really knew Japanese and they made me feel stupid when asking questions about s... |
sethg | Off topic | 77 | 17,685 | 2013-02-19, 8:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Leaving Japan, dealing with stuff Post: Leaving Japan, dealing with stuff Book-off and Hard-off? |
sethg | General discussion | 15 | 4,160 | 2013-02-17, 8:48 am | ||
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Thread: Parrot Player - A langauge learning tool for iPhone Post: Parrot Player - A langauge learning tool for iPhon... Cool! Downloaded :) |
sethg | Learning resources | 10 | 1,932 | 2013-02-13, 9:13 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2012 Results! Post: JLPT 2012 Results! Thanks! I'm not sure if it's Japan only since this was the only time I've taken the test. I'd rather not have my picture on it though.. :P Actually, I'm not sure if this is the same thing as the offi... |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 96 | 25,540 | 2013-02-05, 10:24 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2012 Results! Post: JLPT 2012 Results! I got my 合格通知書 today! [Image: http://i.imgur.com/bNSOaPCl.jpg] I wish I had taken a better picture now though... I might re-take the test just to get a better picture on this thing. |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 96 | 25,540 | 2013-02-05, 10:08 am | ||
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Thread: Pilot FriXion versus Crayola Erasable Post: Pilot FriXion versus Crayola Erasable I use the Pilot FriXion. They're really popular in Tokyo right now. Just avoid the blue one... it is too dark and you can't see the text beneath very well. The plain yellow one is great though! |
sethg | Learning resources | 2 | 429 | 2013-02-03, 8:12 pm | ||
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Thread: The journey to monolingual learning. Post: The journey to monolingual learning. mmhorii Wrote:I was being intentionally ambiguous. There were two things I was trying to say: 1. Creating your own dictionary definition first before looking up the dictionary entry is a good test of... |
sethg | Learning resources | 50 | 10,844 | 2013-02-01, 6:26 pm | ||
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Thread: The journey to monolingual learning. Post: The journey to monolingual learning. mmhorii Wrote:Sometimes it's good to make up definitions for the words you already know. What does that even mean? |
sethg | Learning resources | 50 | 10,844 | 2013-02-01, 8:53 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2012 Results! Post: JLPT 2012 Results! I passed N1 after almost four years of, basically, AJATT and no focused study for the JLPT itself. Reading manga/books, watching TV/anime/movies, and using Anki with hefty deletion has been my strateg... |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 96 | 25,540 | 2013-01-31, 10:01 pm | ||
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Thread: The journey to monolingual learning. Post: The journey to monolingual learning. The basic path I took was to look up common and easily definable words in the J-J dictionary, and kind of keep a mental list of words that often appear in definitions. 行為・行動・様・こと・感じ取る・etc etc. Someti... |
sethg | Learning resources | 50 | 10,844 | 2013-01-31, 9:42 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2012 Results! Post: JLPT 2012 Results! Ah, a bit premature then? Sorry sorry... Thanks :) Even though I never really put much value on the test, after I took it... it started to feel important... like... "Wow... this is a measurement of t... |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 96 | 25,540 | 2013-01-29, 10:25 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2012 Results! Post: JLPT 2012 Results! I took the JLPT 1 on December 2, 2012 in Tokyo and I was finally able to see my results today. Pass!! I'm so happy! I was pretty worried about it, thinking I'd screwed up on 言語知識, but it turns out I... |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 96 | 25,540 | 2013-01-29, 10:18 am | ||
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Thread: Found a good site to chat in 日本語 Post: Found a good site to chat in 日本語 vix86, the dyurarara chat is full of real Japanese people. |
sethg | General discussion | 15 | 3,268 | 2013-01-27, 1:22 am | ||
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Thread: Found a good site to chat in 日本語 Post: Found a good site to chat in 日本語 Thanks! This is fun! |
sethg | General discussion | 15 | 3,268 | 2013-01-27, 12:07 am | ||
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Thread: Famous Quotes in Japanese Post: Famous Quotes in Japanese That's a great quote. To be honest, though, I somehow find the Japanese easier to process than the English. Haha :D In context, of course, it makes great sense. |
sethg | General discussion | 10 | 14,048 | 2012-12-20, 9:14 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread It depends on the tone. It's the same as saying: - もう一度やってみて - もう一度言えるものならいってみろ！ Sometimes, just like in English, saying things that are really polite with a tone that isn't polite, can be intimidat... |
sethg | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,149 | 2012-12-06, 8:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Is it true that even natives Japanese people will struggle on JLPT N1? Post: Is it true that even natives Japanese people will ... I'm pretty sure any Japanese person in high school or older who isn't a complete idiot could almost perfectly pass the JLPT 1 without much effort. Most of the "archaic grammar" is used in business eve... |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 53 | 28,398 | 2012-12-06, 8:10 am | ||
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Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread I took it in Kamata in Tokyo and had no clock either and forgot a watch :/ Advice for future JLPT-takers: take. a. watch. |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 297 | 78,497 | 2012-12-03, 8:59 pm | ||
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Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread Ugh, I missed 由緒、規模、AND 手際. 億劫 was easy enough, as it's a word I'm used to hearing from friends about homework and work :P I'm feeling less and less comfortable about my performance on the 言語知識 sectio... |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 297 | 78,497 | 2012-12-03, 8:44 am | ||
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Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread By the way, when will copies of this year's test start popping up? I'm really anxious to look up a certain word. It was on the reading about Fast Food and it had a footnote explaining it's meaning, bu... |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 297 | 78,497 | 2012-12-02, 8:44 pm | ||
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Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread I took N1 near 蒲田駅 (Kamata-eki) yesterday. It was my first JLPT and I've been studying Japanese AJATT style for just over 3 years + one year of just a college course. I found the 言語知識 section to be mu... |
sethg | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 297 | 78,497 | 2012-12-02, 8:29 pm | ||
