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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread kainzero Wrote:... Jesus, stop, just stop... OK, i hereby formally and unequivocally retract my previous statements and offer my sincere and humble apologies to everyone i was arguing with. They *are... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-20, 3:00 pm | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread Zgarbas Wrote:Aw man, it's kind of sad that she(板野友美) is obviously sabotaging herself by doing all the smiling and looking pretty. There's no way you can keep that duckfacey-smile and be able to make ... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-20, 2:13 pm | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread Tzadeck Wrote:zigmonty Wrote:Now, were said festival musicians wearing school uniforms and what sort of commentary is that on feminism in 21st century japan. Hmm, the girl from this band, http://www.... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-20, 8:11 am | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread Tzadeck Wrote:See, you put things into concrete numbers and all conflicts get resolved ^^ LMAO. OK, so we've established: Me < AKB < Katy Perry < Random Kyoto Festival Musicians Now, were s... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-20, 7:49 am | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread Tzadeck Wrote:Anyway, you're projecting the silliness of your high school friends onto me. In fact, I think that's largely characteristic of high school musicians. I don't meet many musicians who ca... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-20, 7:37 am | ||
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Thread: Technique to improve listening and speaking Post: Technique to improve listening and speaking AlexandreC Wrote:The space given to the vowels of each language differs, and so the space of one vowel in language A may partly cover the space of 2 vowels in language B. And it's this that often conf... |
zigmonty | Learning resources | 105 | 15,156 | 2012-03-20, 7:17 am | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread Tzadeck Wrote:So, no, it's not that people 'don't like them,' it's that they have no talent. In fact, it makes me angry to even hear that after I just watched a bunch of musicians who actually worked... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-20, 6:52 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese TV shows (but I don't watch anime) Post: Japanese TV shows (but I don't watch anime) reireimjmj Wrote:I know Japan has an entirely different culture, but I was wondering if there are ANY shows that are even remotely similar. I used to think the same as you. "I like these shows in engl... |
zigmonty | General discussion | 17 | 6,045 | 2012-03-20, 5:22 am | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread kainzero Wrote:IceCream Wrote:see, i don't think this is right. cos how is it really better to pretend you're a sexy 15 year old? Sure, the person involved isn't underage, so it's slightly less direct... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-20, 4:37 am | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread kainzero Wrote:are the handshake events really so weird? i can't really distinguish it between an autograph session or a meet-and-greet. or maybe a book signing. obviously there are some weird fans an... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-19, 4:39 pm | ||
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Thread: How to express "As he was doing X, Y happened" in Japanese Post: How to express "As he was doing X, Y happened" in ... chamcham Wrote:I'm sure there are other grammar points you can use, but 見ると is definitely not the right word to use. I'd probably say ”写真を見てびっくりした。” 見ると definitely sounds wrong to me in that sentenc... |
zigmonty | Group study | 15 | 5,136 | 2012-03-18, 11:02 am | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread I do like how people defend stuff like AKB48 by bringing up beauty pageants etc. That sorta works if they weren't focused on the act itself but were rather trying to make a point like "Japan is evil, ... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-17, 5:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Is the food at 7-11 safe? Post: Is the food at 7-11 safe? Tzadeck Wrote:There are a lot of stores in Japan, mostly in the inaka, that don't refrigerate their eggs. You can stop worrying about the pizza and hot dogs. A lot of food preservation and safety id... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 26 | 5,251 | 2012-03-17, 4:49 pm | ||
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Thread: good Japanese dramas Post: good Japanese dramas 黄金の豚 鉄の骨 |
zigmonty | General discussion | 51 | 20,237 | 2012-03-17, 8:56 am | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread IceCream Wrote:Well, though there are a couple of 20ish year olds pictured, it's kind of the overall tone and images of the video that puts it in that setting. It's the very fact that the video IS dar... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-16, 8:50 am | ||
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Thread: Stroke Order for 匕, 七, 北, 兆, and 比 Post: Stroke Order for 匕, 七, 北, 兆, and 比 JimmySeal Wrote:SammyB Wrote:Katsuo Wrote:I'd write 比 this way. me too.. I can't see the animation on the tufs page, but I'd think the first stroke should be left to right, not right to left. Is that... |
zigmonty | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 6,190 | 2012-03-15, 3:39 pm | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread vix86 Wrote:zigmonty Wrote:But anyway, why not just cut out the pretence and follow a group that consists mostly of AV actresses. Of course, they're solidly of age, and that's no fun, right? I couldn'... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-15, 8:13 am | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread Tzadeck Wrote:kainzero Wrote:@tzadeck; sticky clear liquid? are you talking about itano tomomi? i thought that was cake/cupcake frosting. it was kind of hard for me to imagine a money shot when everyo... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-15, 7:04 am | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread Thora Wrote:Yeah, the real-life kawaii I had in mind is normal women (and actresses I suppose) who intentionally act cute which isn't that uncommon in my experience. They can usually turn it off and o... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-14, 3:27 pm | ||
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Thread: 自分、自ら、己、自体、身 and 自分自身 why so many for the same meaning? Post: 自分、自ら、己、自体、身 and 自分自身 why so many for the same mea... vix86 Wrote:bigpun69 Wrote:われわれ われわれ is actually used quite a bit. You will generally hear it used by your superiors when talking to a group of people, with said people being inclusive. So a superior ... |
zigmonty | The Japanese language | 21 | 4,741 | 2012-03-14, 4:59 am | ||
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Thread: wide kanji Post: wide kanji Well, people's handwriting ability varies, but you can't write it as 此隹 or it'd be interpreted as two separate kanji (not that that forms a word). My brain doesn't parse that as めす so at some point de... |
zigmonty | The Japanese language | 6 | 1,214 | 2012-03-13, 4:50 pm | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread kainzero Wrote:There wasn't an official statement released, but rather, an interview was granted with the director, Ninagawa Mika, who had full creative control over the entire video. She's an award w... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-13, 4:04 pm | ||
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Thread: An AKB48 Thread Post: An AKB48 Thread I happened to be wandering past an SKE48 meet event in Sakae a couple of weeks ago. Waaay less creepy crowd than AKB48. Average age was probably younger than me, or at least there were way fewer guys ... |
zigmonty | Off topic | 273 | 43,612 | 2012-03-13, 6:44 am | ||
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Thread: Getting study materials in Japan Post: Getting study materials in Japan Jesus, sorry guys. Someone want to kick off a new thread about AKB48? Or let it die? @Inny Jan: I pretty much just raided a BookOff and bought way more reading material than i needed. When books are... |
zigmonty | Learning resources | 28 | 4,076 | 2012-03-11, 4:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Getting study materials in Japan Post: Getting study materials in Japan HonyakuJoshua Wrote:More sickening than the rape of prisoners in Iraq? More sickening than the half century long abuse of children in western catholic schools? More sickening than the oppression of wo... |
zigmonty | Learning resources | 28 | 4,076 | 2012-03-11, 5:49 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread yudantaiteki Wrote:I just think it's odd to call it "past tense" when even in Japanese 101 you're already learning uses of it that aren't past tense -- something as simple as 分かりました in response to som... |
zigmonty | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,170 | 2012-03-10, 12:51 am | ||
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Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread Post: 2011 JLPT study thread prink Wrote:As I cross over into N3 territory, I'm a little more worried. I knew N5 would be easy, and I wasn't too worried about N4 either. Something about N3 seems intimidating though, and I don't l... |
zigmonty | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 506 | 139,876 | 2012-03-10, 12:35 am | ||
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Thread: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated? Post: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated? Seems to me like a lot of people decide that certain numbers are too big without even trying them. Kinda like the people who think that 3 kana a day is a sane pace. They're capable of far far more but... |
zigmonty | Remembering the Kanji | 76 | 23,528 | 2012-03-09, 7:09 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Splatted Wrote:Maybe it's just because it's the middle of the night, but I can't work out what で is doing on this sentence. トートは五歳年下とししたの女の子で、俺が十歳の時、家に引き取られた。 The first and second half seem like un... |
zigmonty | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,170 | 2012-03-09, 6:31 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread pervygoat Wrote:If someone said うちに, I'd just think they said "in my house" That rarely makes sense. As you get deeper into japanese, you stop being surprised by homonyms and you start getting surpris... |
zigmonty | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,170 | 2012-03-08, 4:03 am | ||
