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Thread: Two questions regarding the Windows Japanese IME Post: Two questions regarding the Windows Japanese IME Oh, it works with the windows language bar. OK, looks good, thanks. |
Rujiel | General discussion | 47 | 26,556 | 2011-06-04, 2:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Two questions regarding the Windows Japanese IME Post: Two questions regarding the Windows Japanese IME I installed that tool, but how do I use it? |
Rujiel | General discussion | 47 | 26,556 | 2011-06-04, 1:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Two questions regarding the Windows Japanese IME Post: Two questions regarding the Windows Japanese IME Sorry to necro this topic, but what alternatives are there to MS' buggy trash IME? I tried installing SKKIME (a windows version of SKK), but then I can't find the program! The installer never even all... |
Rujiel | General discussion | 47 | 26,556 | 2011-06-04, 12:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Is there a reason people don't use "butt" as a meaning for "flag"? Post: Is there a reason people don't use "butt" as a mea... A nun simply being indicated as having a spoon up her butt, and then indicated to be mudfighting when splashed with water, seems a lot more memorable than spooning mud out of a corpse's anus.. :P |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 4,348 | 2010-01-01, 4:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Is there a reason people don't use "butt" as a meaning for "flag"? Post: Is there a reason people don't use "butt" as a mea... Jarvik7 Wrote:If you have urine coming from your butt, you may want to consult a doctor. 尿 Seriously, "butt-water" made that one instantly memorable. |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 4,348 | 2009-12-31, 3:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Is there a reason people don't use "butt" as a meaning for "flag"? Post: Is there a reason people don't use "butt" as a mea... Yeah. |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 4,348 | 2009-12-31, 4:28 am | ||
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Thread: Is there a reason people don't use "butt" as a meaning for "flag"? Post: Is there a reason people don't use "butt" as a mea... It seems like such a colorful primitive, and is etymologically true on occasion. But I see almost no-one utilizing it as such in stories. Is there some reason (maybe "butt" is more useful for someone ... |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 4,348 | 2009-12-30, 5:05 pm | ||
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Thread: What are the full spectra of like/dislike? Post: What are the full spectra of like/dislike? I'm curious about how to express degrees in between 大好き and 大嫌い. Is it "OK" to use 大好き about a movie or a hobby, or is it used purely for people? What would you use for something you are emphatic abou... |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 1 | 758 | 2009-11-28, 8:42 pm | ||
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Thread: The characters with the "mandala" radical seem messy Post: The characters with the "mandala" radical seem mes... Gondola and hipster are excellent ideas, thanks. |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 33 | 9,827 | 2009-11-27, 4:17 am | ||
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Thread: The characters with the "mandala" radical seem messy Post: The characters with the "mandala" radical seem mes... 漫--"Loose".. actually seems to be used most of the time in "manga".. in fact, I can't find a definition anywhere that coincides with loose. 慢--"ridicule"? ALWAYS seems to deal with conceit or chronic ... |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 33 | 9,827 | 2009-11-26, 5:58 pm | ||
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Thread: How common is volitional verb use? Post: How common is volitional verb use? cool site, thanks. |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 6 | 3,148 | 2009-11-12, 3:42 pm | ||
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Thread: How common is volitional verb use? Post: How common is volitional verb use? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl...Volitional Seems complicated. not sure why I'd want to express volition in any case. edit: ah, I see some common examples.. but most of these volitional fo... |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 6 | 3,148 | 2009-11-07, 2:37 am | ||
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Thread: "ikikaeru" Post: "ikikaeru" Ah, thanks. |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 25 | 5,329 | 2009-11-03, 4:23 am | ||
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Thread: "ikikaeru" Post: "ikikaeru" Tzadeck Wrote:Vash also uses it all the time in Trigun, often exclaiming it in bars after he has the first sip of his drink, 「生き返った！」 I think Misato might actually use it as a drinking phrase in an e... |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 25 | 5,329 | 2009-10-31, 5:08 pm | ||
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Thread: "ikikaeru" Post: "ikikaeru" Ohh, rareru, not kaeru. silly me. (also, damn, that's hard to pronounce for my foreigner tongue. Thanks. |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 25 | 5,329 | 2009-10-27, 9:12 pm | ||
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Thread: "ikikaeru" Post: "ikikaeru" I'm somewhat familiar with passive forms, but I have to wonder how 生きてる becomes 生きかえる, as well as why "to live" needs a passive form, since there isn't an equivalent in english other than maybe in the... |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 25 | 5,329 | 2009-10-27, 8:53 pm | ||
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Thread: 有る and 在る Post: 有る and 在る Is one use more common, or does each have a different nuance? |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 3 | 1,178 | 2009-10-23, 2:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Nasty little abstract meaning - 毎 Post: Nasty little abstract meaning - 毎 "Dark", maybe. http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-d...i_id=ONM40 |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 19 | 2,800 | 2009-10-01, 1:36 am | ||
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Thread: "State of mind" doldrums Post: "State of mind" doldrums The introduction of the "state of mind" petit heart radical around frame 600 has slowed me down considerably. Several recommended using Data from Star Trek as an image, but I'm not familiar enough wit... |
Rujiel | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 1,731 | 2009-09-17, 4:03 am | ||
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Thread: I searched for "黒人" on google.co.jp image search, look at this gold Post: I searched for "黒人" on google.co.jp image search, ... Have you heard of this group, 黒人天才 (Black Prodigy)? Black american rappers, based in Japan. http://404er.com/blog/image/kokujin-tensai.jpg [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In0bn2c0Q6s] DANSU DA... |
Rujiel | General discussion | 4 | 1,269 | 2009-09-12, 2:14 am | ||
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Thread: Why does japanese have/need the ichidan/godan verb classes? Post: Why does japanese have/need the ichidan/godan verb... why is the one for replace written as 換える ? is there another form where the え isn't used? |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 17 | 6,777 | 2009-09-07, 6:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Why does japanese have/need the ichidan/godan verb classes? Post: Why does japanese have/need the ichidan/godan verb... Yeah, on watching an anime OVA (Apocalypse of Amon) I kept wondering why everyone was talking about "flying birds". Turns out a character's name (Asuka Ryou) somehow translated to such in Japanese -&g... |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 17 | 6,777 | 2009-09-07, 1:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Why does japanese have/need the ichidan/godan verb classes? Post: Why does japanese have/need the ichidan/godan verb... Irregular verbs exist due to how often they're used. Verb groups cut deeper into the language than that. Just as der/die/das for nouns has an origin, verbs being placed in certain groups must've had a... |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 17 | 6,777 | 2009-09-06, 2:06 am | ||
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Thread: Why does japanese have/need the ichidan/godan verb classes? Post: Why does japanese have/need the ichidan/godan verb... the grouping seems as arbitrary as the masculine/feminine/neuter ways of saying "the" in romantic languages. |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 17 | 6,777 | 2009-09-06, 1:18 am | ||
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Thread: Why does Japanese seem to have so many conjunctions for "however"? Post: Why does Japanese seem to have so many conjunction... (です)が けど だが でも なのに なれど たって/ だって (same thing?) しかし でさえ I know some (especially なのに) have a much more specific usage, but this seems overboard.. once I got to the third or fourth vocab conjunc... |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 4 | 1,336 | 2009-09-02, 3:00 am | ||
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Thread: Why do Japanese TV stations sport a clock? Post: Why do Japanese TV stations sport a clock? Many of the early-morning shows seem to have this clock. Though, maybe it's just one station.. Why does Japan feel it needs this? |
Rujiel | General discussion | 15 | 9,010 | 2009-09-01, 1:24 am | ||
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Thread: Can anyone find the etymology of "takusan" Post: Can anyone find the etymology of "takusan" Thanks, that's interesting. |
Rujiel | Learning resources | 4 | 3,866 | 2009-09-01, 1:22 am | ||
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Thread: Can anyone find the etymology of "takusan" Post: Can anyone find the etymology of "takusan" "many" 沢山 marsh-mountain If you can, please post the site. |
Rujiel | Learning resources | 4 | 3,866 | 2009-08-28, 7:10 pm | ||
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Thread: "-nanda" Post: "-nanda" Thanks. |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 3 | 1,133 | 2009-08-18, 6:24 pm | ||
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Thread: "-nanda" Post: "-nanda" I understand the explanatory form -nda, but why do some phrases end with "nanda" (not to be confused with "what?")? The na is what I don't get. |
Rujiel | The Japanese language | 3 | 1,133 | 2009-08-18, 6:02 pm | ||
