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Thread: N1Grammar- studying differences between similar expressions Post: RE: N1Grammar- studying differences between simila... I have not sat any of the JLPT tests so my experience may not be the most relevant, but my speaking and listening are JLPT1ish and I know all the words from the JLPT1 vocab decks. I have never sat do... |
afterglowefx | Learning resources | 87 | 8,930 | 2016-02-18, 6:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese "politeness levels" Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels" Just wouldn't want any young learners of Japanese to get caught up in thinking that mastering polite / honorific language is going to make any real difference on the ground :heart: Of course once yo... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 52 | 4,355 | 2016-02-08, 7:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese "politeness levels" Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels" (2016-02-08, 5:32 pm)RawrPk Wrote: You might find this useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific_...nese#Usage wiki Wrote:Mastery of politeness and honorifics is important for functioning in ... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 52 | 4,355 | 2016-02-08, 6:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese "politeness levels" Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels" I think you're trying to ask if 1) people use polite forms of language because it's the rule and all people have to or 2) people use polite forms of language because they want to in order to express t... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 52 | 4,355 | 2016-02-08, 12:50 am | ||
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Thread: Honkin' thru RTK, 3rd time -- 200 a Day God-Challenge Post: RE: Honkin' thru RTK, 3rd time -- 200 a Day God-Ch... (2016-01-19, 7:40 pm)yogert909 Wrote: I hate to point out the obvious, but adding cards is the easy part. Reviewing for a few months afterwards is the hard part. I'm guessing you'll be spending a ... |
afterglowefx | Remembering the Kanji | 18 | 2,339 | 2016-01-19, 10:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Life in Japan and bubbles Post: RE: Life in Japan and bubbles (2016-01-15, 8:27 am)Robik Wrote: What about children from mixed marriages, are they considered Japanese? Yes and no. But depending on what half you are, your experience will vary quite a bit. To p... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 47 | 5,890 | 2016-01-18, 12:22 am | ||
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Thread: Life in Japan and bubbles Post: RE: Life in Japan and bubbles (2016-01-14, 8:29 pm)cophnia61 Wrote: What about japanese people who live in the USA? Are they more "open-minded"? Is it easier to make japanese friends among those who live outside of Japan (see Ya... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 47 | 5,890 | 2016-01-15, 2:02 am | ||
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Thread: Life in Japan and bubbles Post: RE: Life in Japan and bubbles (2016-01-13, 11:13 pm)vix86 Wrote: Most people that speak the language, I find, tend to not hate their life and the country nearly as much. At worst, most are strongly apathetic about everything whi... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 47 | 5,890 | 2016-01-14, 6:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Life in Japan and bubbles Post: RE: Life in Japan and bubbles What I'm about to get into may be unpopular. This is me. Except it's 10am and I have a can of beer in my hand. Probably my third. Also, instead of "months after coming to Japan" go ahead and put in "... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 47 | 5,890 | 2016-01-13, 9:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Restarting from Zero Post: RE: Restarting from Zero Sometimes I think about reviewing RTK again. But then I look at the 2200 due cards and my deck stats and just think ....nah. Who needs writing anyway. [Image: http://i67.tinypic.com/1zfszz5.jpg] |
afterglowefx | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 2,140 | 2016-01-07, 8:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Success stories Post: RE: Success stories (2016-01-05, 4:15 am)tetsueda Wrote: Imo, the worst aspect of the word is not that has no definite definition, it is that it focuses on your spoken output. More so, it focuses on the lack of pauses ... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 21 | 2,896 | 2016-01-07, 8:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Success stories Post: RE: Success stories (2016-01-05, 2:29 am)Zgarbas Wrote: I don't really hang out outside campus, but every now and then I find myself interacting with expat bubbles and it's always interesting for me to see their idea o... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 21 | 2,896 | 2016-01-07, 8:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Success stories Post: RE: Success stories Like we've seen from the start of this thread a lot is going to depend on your definition of fluency. Yours seems to be "indistinguishable from a native speaker" which is as strict as the definition g... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 21 | 2,896 | 2016-01-05, 1:41 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji vs Hiragana (How to check how common some words are written in hiragana?) Post: RE: Kanji vs Hiragana (How to check how common som... I actually do find the "usually kana" tag to be pretty accurate, even if there are some cases where people out there will use the kanji. But given that it seems to be pretty spot on the majority of th... |
afterglowefx | Learning resources | 8 | 1,184 | 2016-01-04, 11:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Success stories Post: RE: Success stories Quote:People who are quick to use the word 'fluent' are usually the ones who are not :P. Quote:There's also probably a fair amount of "imposter syndrome" when it comes to advanced learners... This ... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 21 | 2,896 | 2016-01-04, 6:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Success stories Post: RE: Success stories I'm fluent. This is why. [Image: http://i65.tinypic.com/2hi8kmp.jpg] Also being in a 100% Japanese environment 100% of the time has given me multiple hours of speaking and listening practice a day,... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 21 | 2,896 | 2016-01-04, 1:09 am | ||
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Thread: Using my commute Post: Using my commute I've taken a new job up in the mountains and my commute has become ridiculous. One hour each way, and if you've ever lived in Japan, you'll understand that almost all of this is spent at red lights or... |
afterglowefx | Learning resources | 5 | 2,700 | 2015-11-12, 8:20 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 3 within 1 year possible? Post: JLPT 3 within 1 year possible? Having never taken JLPT and having become, well, not fluent but fully operational in Japanese in 1.5 years ... Sure. But do you want to? I basically had to give up *everything* save my job and girlfri... |
afterglowefx | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 16 | 6,601 | 2015-03-10, 9:37 pm | ||
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Thread: What do you think of this (that my Japanese teacher told me)? Post: What do you think of this (that my Japanese teache... Without seeing your essay, it's not really possible to comment in detail. But there are a massive amount of words for which kanji exist but are almost never used. I seriously doubt the professor would... |
afterglowefx | The Japanese language | 52 | 7,825 | 2015-03-10, 9:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Pissed off, How does this visa thing work Post: Pissed off, How does this visa thing work vix86 Wrote:If the company that you are going to work for is called "Heart," and they are claiming they'll have a visa for you; then you should seriously reconsider. Realize coming to Japan without a ... |
afterglowefx | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 22 | 4,917 | 2015-03-07, 12:50 am | ||
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Thread: Guess iKnow pulled their Creative Common license Post: Guess iKnow pulled their Creative Common license Seems nearly all of the Core content has been pulled from the site. There is still one Core10k (2k + 6k + 10k) deck up with full audio so for those thinking about pursuing Core I'd grab that now while... |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 80 | 18,141 | 2015-02-27, 11:30 pm | ||
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Thread: what would be a good idea for a Japanese lady for her birthday Post: what would be a good idea for a Japanese lady for ... If you're not romantically interested in her then just get her some sort of nice snack. Cosmetics from a dude would be a bit weird. |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 6 | 1,576 | 2015-02-25, 7:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone have experience with getting a visa for english teacher? Post: Anyone have experience with getting a visa for eng... The way it typically works is first you get the job, the company does your visa paperwork, and then you get the visa. This might actually be the ONLY way, I'm fairly sure you don't get a working visa ... |
afterglowefx | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 38 | 7,664 | 2015-02-21, 1:20 am | ||
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Thread: I already started with StickyStudy, should I switch to Anki? Post: I already started with StickyStudy, should I switc... The deal with Anki is that it's not pretty or especially user friendly, but once you get the hang of it the amount of things you can do is pretty much unlimited. However, the getting used to it part m... |
afterglowefx | Learning resources | 5 | 1,541 | 2015-02-19, 8:07 pm | ||
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Thread: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself as "boku"? Post: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself ... yudantaiteki Wrote:But "familiar faces" doesn't mean friends. You should not use 俺 at work. You might get away with it as a foreigner, but it's not something Japanese men generally do, except maybe in... |
afterglowefx | The Japanese language | 102 | 19,254 | 2015-01-26, 7:20 pm | ||
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Thread: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself as "boku"? Post: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself ... Tzadeck Wrote:Look, it's neither true that 俺 is a curse word to be avoided at all costs, nor that you must cut 私 and 僕 from your vocab if you don't want to be a big girl. Given that 95% of one's inter... |
afterglowefx | The Japanese language | 102 | 19,254 | 2015-01-26, 6:56 pm | ||
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Thread: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself as "boku"? Post: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself ... Gunma is probably one of the rougher speaking places in Japan, for sure. We're considered to be the ヤンキー capital of the country, interestingly enough. So the way I learned to speak may be different fr... |
afterglowefx | The Japanese language | 102 | 19,254 | 2015-01-25, 10:54 pm | ||
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Thread: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself as "boku"? Post: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself ... yudantaiteki Wrote:I've heard Japanese native women use あたし in informal situations, but it might not work for everyone. 私 / あたし are the most common. Children and girls trying way too hard to be cute (... |
afterglowefx | The Japanese language | 102 | 19,254 | 2015-01-25, 9:01 pm | ||
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Thread: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself as "boku"? Post: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself ... As somebody living and working in Japan, surrounded by Japanese, with Japanese friends and girlfriends who don't speak a word of English... I can't get 僕 or 私 out of my mouth without feeling a little... |
afterglowefx | The Japanese language | 102 | 19,254 | 2015-01-25, 8:59 pm | ||
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Thread: How long does core2/6/10k take to finish? Post: How long does core2/6/10k take to finish? I am 75% of the way done with Core 6k with 439 hours studied. |
afterglowefx | General discussion | 36 | 11,401 | 2015-01-25, 7:52 pm | ||
