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    Thread: Subtitle Viewer - watch SRT subtitles
Post: Subtitle Viewer - watch SRT subtitles

http://justsubsplayer.codeplex.com Seems to work well enough. Bear in mind, though, that most subtitles are rarely in sync with the video and you may have to sync them more than once in the same vide...
ivanov Learning resources 5 3,016 2014-08-20, 10:55 am
    Thread: japanese speech
Post: japanese speech

Perhaps this is relevant. From Making Sense of Japanese Grammar (p. 120): "Another special use of the past tense marker involves verbs expressing gratitude or apology, as shown below. In such cases, ...
ivanov The Japanese language 35 7,941 2012-09-20, 7:37 pm
    Thread: Japanese video news on technology
Post: Japanese video news on technology

Small interesting articles (video + transcript) on technology: http://jp.diginfo.tv/ To access the English version of each article, replace "jp" with "www" and with "en". http://jp.diginfo.tv/v/12-01...
ivanov Learning resources 3 795 2012-06-23, 4:24 pm
    Thread: Innocent book reviews and reccomendations
Post: Innocent book reviews and reccomendations

Lindley Wrote:Has anyone run across a "slice of life" innocent book? Something that isn't too sci-fi (as long as it's just a background, and not a main focus it's okay) and describes daily life of ch...
ivanov Learning resources 26 9,304 2012-06-02, 9:50 am
    Thread: Learning collected vocab in frequency order
Post: Learning collected vocab in frequency order

cb4960 Wrote:tuliaoth Wrote:Anyway, I'm beginning to see that it may be too difficult to sort a custom vocab list to prioritize the most useful words. Unless one of the generous programmers here is ev...
ivanov The Japanese language 12 4,613 2012-05-25, 10:10 am
    Thread: Improved word list
Post: Improved word list

No. You've had time to internalize grammar and have a solid enough vocab base. Just keep reading. Use material under your level, on the same topic or by the same author. Do you have any idea how much ...
ivanov Learning resources 6 2,394 2012-03-05, 9:44 am
    Thread: Things to Be Careful About
Post: Things to Be Careful About

More testimonials here.
ivanov The Japanese language 6 2,328 2012-02-07, 8:36 pm
    Thread: AJATT fosters depression?
Post: AJATT fosters depression?

IceCream Wrote:I didn't intend to insult you, there's nothing wrong with learning a little of lots of different languages to get by more easily in those countries. Perhaps i don't understand the scale...
ivanov Off topic 88 16,732 2011-11-24, 12:15 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hinode Wrote:"涼しくって快適な秋がすぐにやってくるのが待ちきれません。" I'd say this translates to "I can't wait for the cool and pleasant autumn to come soon enough", a friend of mine says it's "I can't wait for the cool and p...
ivanov The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,362 2011-09-18, 10:24 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

tomusan Wrote:この場合は、翻訳は事実上不可能だ。 In this sentence should 上 be read as うえ or じょう? According to Rikaichan it's じょう. No expert here, but the reason may be as DoIJG (p. 76) says: 〜上 (〜じょう): a suffix wh...
ivanov The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,362 2011-08-26, 5:45 am
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

cb4960 Wrote:▲ EPWING Mode: Added option to remove lines that match the user specified regular expression. For example, here is a RegEx that will remove the romaji and the example sentences for kenkyu...
ivanov Learning resources 859 244,159 2011-07-09, 12:31 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

Firstly, secondly and thirdly, let me say a big THANK YOU for the epwing support. If it's ok with you, I've a small feature request: having the option to delete parts of the "Translation" field ($...
ivanov Learning resources 859 244,159 2011-07-05, 3:02 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Semantic confusion: Could someone please explain the difference(s), if any, between 秀才, 人材 and 天才? I realize they're similar, but I'm looking for the specifics. Here's what I've found: 秀才 非常にすぐれた学...
ivanov The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,362 2011-06-02, 3:10 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

@vinniram, nest0r & pm215 Wow, I was surprised to see that this exact sentence had been discussed here before. I'm editing my DBJG with yudantaiteki's post. Thanks for your help.
ivanov The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,362 2011-03-06, 4:41 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

DoBJG, p. 110: "春学期は五月十日で終わる。 春学期は五月十日に終わる。 The spring term ends on May 10. When で is used, the nuance is that the spring term lasts up to May 10. When に is used, however, the sentence simply indica...
ivanov The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,362 2011-03-06, 5:41 am