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Thread: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる？ Post: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる？ I do learn through immersion(to the best of my ability, I live in the whitest part of the world), but when I find things like this it perks my interest and I actually take joy in finding out the meani... |
kaempfer0080 | The Japanese language | 15 | 5,891 | 2011-04-14, 6:07 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる？ Post: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる？ Oh, I remember why I posted this now. 起きる Wake Up 起こす Wake other up 起きる Occur 起こる Happen yudantaiteki Wrote:This is because the す ultimately derives from the classical verb す (to do, modern する). Tha... |
kaempfer0080 | The Japanese language | 15 | 5,891 | 2011-04-13, 10:36 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる？ Post: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる？ Thanks for clearing that up. The reason I included 起こる is because it uses the same kanji. Sometimes I'll see one of the words and wonder if its one of the "wake ups" or "occur". I think just talking a... |
kaempfer0080 | The Japanese language | 15 | 5,891 | 2011-04-13, 12:06 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる？ Post: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる？ Does anyone have a clever way of distinguishing these words? What's the difference between 起きる and 起こす anyway? Is 起きる for when you wake up and 起こす for when you wake someone else up? These words are dr... |
kaempfer0080 | The Japanese language | 15 | 5,891 | 2011-04-12, 11:16 am | ||
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Thread: 房 = TASSEL: background information Post: 房 = TASSEL: background information WolfErrant Wrote:青房 = east associated with the Azure Dragon 青龍 (せいりゅう) and spring 赤房 = south associated with the Vermillion Bird 朱雀 (すざく) and summer 白房 = west associated with the White Tiger 白虎 (びゃっこ)... |
kaempfer0080 | Remembering the Kanji | 19 | 18,318 | 2009-12-03, 3:22 pm | ||