Search Results

Post Author Forum Replies Views Posted [asc]
    Thread: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?
Post: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?

thenightwithin, the author of the blog post I mentioned above, has replied to my comment and apparently has or is going to upload screenshots of how she did it. Just for anybody checking out this thre...
Whatsifsowhatsit Learning resources 8 2,675 2013-11-08, 3:18 pm
    Thread: Is it possible?
Post: Is it possible?

When I was halfway through RtK1, I decided to do 30 kanji a day from that point on, which meant I pretty much would do the second half in one month's time. That's only slightly slower than the pace OP...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 15 4,510 2013-10-30, 9:14 am
    Thread: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?
Post: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?

Well, I suppose if I can't listen to music on the radio and scrobble it, I can at least listen to Japanese news and talk and such. It's not what I was hoping/looking for, but it'll still be some immer...
Whatsifsowhatsit Learning resources 8 2,675 2013-10-28, 12:20 am
    Thread: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?
Post: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?

Thank you, Bokusenou and RawToast, for clearing that up for me. Explains why I couldn't find anything. I could try and get things going with a Japanese VPN, but if it still won't scrobble like Bokusen...
Whatsifsowhatsit Learning resources 8 2,675 2013-10-27, 10:38 am
    Thread: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?
Post: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?

Hmm. As it turns out, I just got my first (Android) smartphone a few days ago, so I might just not understand the workings of it quite right yet, but I'm afraid I can't find the app you're talking abo...
Whatsifsowhatsit Learning resources 8 2,675 2013-10-27, 6:15 am
    Thread: Book tip: Helen DeWitt - "The Last Samurai"
Post: Book tip: Helen DeWitt - "The Last Samurai"

My all-time favorite book is "The Last Samurai" by Helen DeWitt. First off, let me say that it is not based on or related to the movie with Tom Cruise of the same name -- different story entirely. If ...
Whatsifsowhatsit General discussion 0 686 2013-10-26, 11:25 am
    Thread: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?
Post: Japanese radio that lets you scrobble to Last.fm?

Dear fellow Japanese students! I've been gone from my Japanese studies for quite a while and all of my kanji are scheduled for repetition again & I find that I miss most of them now. But it's oka...
Whatsifsowhatsit Learning resources 8 2,675 2013-10-26, 10:28 am
    Thread: Cultural cringe in Japan?
Post: Cultural cringe in Japan?

bodhisamaya Wrote:chair Wrote:Jarvik7 Wrote:Nationalism is a personality defect... +1 +2
Whatsifsowhatsit General discussion 185 33,010 2010-12-24, 8:30 pm
    Thread: Language learning = time-consuming for the rest of your life?
Post: Language learning = time-consuming for the rest of...

I know exactly what you are talking about, Dairwolf, I have a bit of that fear also. Although in my case, it's more that I want to know so MANY languages that I feel in the end, even after reaching so...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 21 5,863 2010-12-24, 7:41 pm
    Thread: 2010 Reflections and 2011 Resolutions
Post: 2010 Reflections and 2011 Resolutions

Congratulations Splatted :) Sheesh, do I even still remember my 2010 resolutions? I'm pretty sure it'd have been about not starting drinking, smoking or doing drugs, and at the same time keeping up w...
Whatsifsowhatsit General discussion 69 15,718 2010-12-24, 7:30 pm
    Thread: For fellow atheists, how do you regard Christmas?
Post: For fellow atheists, how do you regard Christmas?

I'm also an atheist, but I never really thought about Christmas and whether to celebrate it too much - to me, it's not so much about the religious background of the party as it is about the party itse...
Whatsifsowhatsit Off topic 39 5,831 2010-12-24, 6:54 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I see, thanks Jarvik :) that's very helpful. By the way, could you tell me where you found that dictionary entry? Is it one of the dictionaries available on the wwwjdic site? (I have only searched the...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-04-09, 7:28 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I'm back with another question. If you're keeping track, I haven't gotten much farther in the story since last time because I've been working on it less recently. Anyhow, my question is about this sen...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-04-09, 5:31 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I see :) I wish they had used that word in the English translation... it seems that's really not a very literal translation, unfortunately. Thanks again, yudantaiteki and magamo, for your help.
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-14, 10:26 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Thanks magamo, I guess I thought it was something like that :) To be honest I'm not too sure what stories I like yet, 狐 is only the first one that I'm really reading/studying after finishing (mostly) ...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-14, 7:20 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Right, I felt that way too :) I guess I have another question, though I think this one won't require as large a reply as my last one... still working on the same story, I came across this: 「あののイ、小母(お...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-14, 6:27 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Sorry Smackle, didn't see your reply before - thanks. And also, thanks very much to kame3, yudantaiteki, Aijin, Jarvik7 and especially magamo, I read all you said and it was very interesting. Very kin...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-14, 5:21 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

theBryan Wrote:Whatsifsowhatsit Wrote:So I had a question of my own again. 「本郷にはいるとまもなく、道ばたに下駄屋さんがあります。」 I'm confused about the さん in that sentence. Why a getaya-san? I didn't now you could do that wi...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-13, 9:34 am
    Thread: Americans Fluent in Japanese -Youtube Video
Post: Americans Fluent in Japanese -Youtube Video

liosama Wrote:No it's not a made up genre it is used quite often. And tease me all you want, but if you want to call that music hiphop, then you may as well call all the romance languages as one "Ind...
Whatsifsowhatsit General discussion 28 6,917 2010-03-12, 7:05 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

No worries, mistakes help us learn :)
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-12, 7:01 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

kame3 Wrote:To my beginner eyes, it looks like the -te form of the verb 立てる. To mine too, and WWWJDIC says so as well. It also gives a special meaning for this particular form, so it can be used as mo...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-12, 3:06 pm
    Thread: Americans Fluent in Japanese -Youtube Video
Post: Americans Fluent in Japanese -Youtube Video

sokino Wrote:I'm sighing because it IS kind of depressing that people like terrible music artists. :) It just brings back flashbacks of these same girls I know acting like he's the best thing ever to ...
Whatsifsowhatsit General discussion 28 6,917 2010-03-12, 2:56 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I think it's the quotation, to go with the verb "to expect"... so it quotes the part before it as the expectation. I'm not very proficient at Japanese yet though, so you might want to wait for someone...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-09, 1:53 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

That would make sense... unfortunately, she really says かそやか and the text definitely says かそか. However, the English translation does make use of the word faint (though it talks about the "faint sound"...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-09, 1:43 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Okay, I would help if my Japanese was better (which I'm working on), but for now I just have another question. 「かそかな春の夜風」 I'm having trouble with the first couple of kana... I'm guessing it's a na-ad...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-09, 1:13 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Ah, okay... thanks, Mr Moleman :) I suppose that's about what I thought, I guess it was just the も particle that confused me. Now that I have an idea of how to translate something like that, I can sta...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-08, 2:29 am
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

Oh goodness, I would love real life achievements such as "500 books read". I feel like I need to be ashamed of that fact though...
Whatsifsowhatsit General discussion 131 24,157 2010-03-07, 2:18 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hey there! I just finished the most of Tae Kim with the sentences method and have now moved on to an audiobook, 狐 or "the fox boy". Since I'm still pretty new at interpreting real-life sentences like...
Whatsifsowhatsit The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,563 2010-03-07, 11:31 am
    Thread: Japanese audiobooks?
Post: Japanese audiobooks?

Hey, thanks :D that's strange though, shouldn't that post have just showed up if I searched for Audiobooks, especially in the topic text? Ah well, thank you very much!
Whatsifsowhatsit Learning resources 10 2,753 2009-09-26, 4:39 am
    Thread: Japanese audiobooks?
Post: Japanese audiobooks?

Really, there is? In that case I'm sorry, I didn't find it - are they called something different in the post? Anyway, I'll look again...
Whatsifsowhatsit Learning resources 10 2,753 2009-09-25, 5:05 pm