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    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Another one! 「晴れの天気を晴天、雨の天気を雨天といいます」 I think it means something like "We call sunny weather '晴天', and rainy weather '雨天'", but I'm not sure. I assume that there is an implicit 「といいます」 before the com...
bchallenor The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2012-05-06, 4:51 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Thanks!
bchallenor The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2012-05-05, 9:13 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I'm trying to understand 混んでたよ in the sentence 高速道路は混んでたよ. My guess is that we've got 混む in the て-form, and a final よ, but what's that た doing there? Is it a contraction of 混んでいた?
bchallenor The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2012-05-05, 7:14 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

Nice. I've only just started Core 400 so I've considering switching to this deck. Currently my listening is a bit poor so I was studying kana + audio -> kanji + meaning. I was planning on doing th...
bchallenor The Japanese language 712 401,684 2012-04-22, 4:53 am
    Thread: I need some Japanese music that I will like...
Post: I need some Japanese music that I will like...

I just found TCY Radio this weekend, and I love it. They play dubstep, dance etc - probably the same songs you already listen to, but the commentary is in Japanese. Actually Taku Takahashi, the founde...
bchallenor General discussion 23 12,963 2011-08-30, 3:29 pm