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    Thread: Old and Simplified forms??? confusion
Post: Old and Simplified forms??? confusion

andikaze Wrote:Actually RTK teaches both the 臭い and the 嗅ぐ kanji. They're two different things. The former means "stinking", the latter "to sniff". OK... Well, the point in question here is whether 嗅 ...
blackhack Remembering the Kanji 7 1,508 2014-02-28, 5:30 am
    Thread: Old and Simplified forms??? confusion
Post: Old and Simplified forms??? confusion

There is an unofficial simplified kanji variant that looks like 口臭. It is even in some older fonts. However, it is now considered nonstandard in print. It is OK to use in handwriting though.
blackhack Remembering the Kanji 7 1,508 2014-02-28, 3:33 am
    Thread: verb + suru
Post: verb + suru

uisukii Wrote:Those whom speak with a semblance of professional or what is considered "correct" language usage are generally the minority of society "Those who speak" is correct here because "who" is ...
blackhack The Japanese language 16 3,200 2012-11-17, 8:19 pm
    Thread: Tae Kim Issues
Post: Tae Kim Issues

A lot of information in the guide is incomplete and/or wrong. "A Dictionary of Basic/Intermediate/Advanced Japanese Grammar" doesn't order things as nicely, but it has much better information...
blackhack Learning resources 18 5,395 2012-07-02, 1:36 am
    Thread: Tae Kim Sentence Translation Problem.
Post: Tae Kim Sentence Translation Problem.

The structure being used is て-form+いく. 生きていく means "go on living". 生きていけない means "can't go on living".
blackhack The Japanese language 2 844 2012-05-17, 11:27 pm