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    Thread: Funny Japanese news on Youtube
Post: Funny Japanese news on Youtube

Here is a great channel on Youtube which focuses on weird and wacky news. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPv4x_s...BCS--aoASQ I have noticed that there videos only have a few hundred views, even t...
mr_hans_moleman General discussion 2 1,077 2014-09-16, 8:42 pm
    Thread: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k)
Post: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k...

Go read a hundred books and come back a new man. That is what I did. I would underline words that I didn't know, literally every single one of them, and then look them up after I finish reading the bo...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 79 14,733 2014-05-29, 7:50 pm
    Thread: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today.
Post: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today.

That's where you should be. Just try not to drool too much lol.
mr_hans_moleman Off topic 37 7,134 2014-05-28, 7:50 pm
    Thread: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today.
Post: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today.

Are you a girl or a guy? I just talk to them whenever an opportunity strikes. Go to the Toronto reference library and you'll see that's where all the Japanese people study. Or you can go to the Tim Ho...
mr_hans_moleman Off topic 37 7,134 2014-05-28, 6:54 pm
    Thread: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today.
Post: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today.

I see that you also live in Toronto. I used to do it all the time. I am guy and I would talk to Japanese girls. lol Call it nanpa or whatever you want. It is a great way to practice the language. Ev...
mr_hans_moleman Off topic 37 7,134 2014-05-28, 11:31 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

rich_f Wrote:Found another 意味不明 word: ぱっきり/パッキリ. This time I even tried Google and Chiebukuro. (And I've seen it as both ぱっきり and パッキリ. It was in hiragana in the book I was reading.) Anybody have an ...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2014-05-26, 8:46 pm
    Thread: 聞かせ vs 聞せて
Post: 聞かせ vs 聞せて

LX2010 Wrote:Thanks for clearing that up! Man.. grammar really confuses me sometimes. Don't feel too bad about it. Googling "をお聞かせてください"" will give you plenty of hits which suggests that even Japanes...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 13 2,077 2014-05-25, 6:56 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Betelgeuzah Wrote:However, I need to clarify one more thing. If someone wanted to say for example "it's not that I don't understand", that would be phrased differently? Perhaps わからないことじゃない? Or 分からないんじ...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2014-05-17, 2:09 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

quanticism Wrote:今日も今日とていい天気。 I assume this ends up with the meaning of "Today's weather is also good" but I'm not sure how the "今日も今日とて" construction works. 遥か大昔、この世界は神が天使を遣わして作ったという。 Translation: T...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2014-05-16, 1:11 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

CloverJoker Wrote:よくそんなんで生徒会に入る気になったな The reason why よく is there eludes me. I noticed a few sentences on alc.jp too that seem to have the same kind of pattern. よくそんなお金がありますね。 よくそんなことが言えるね? They don'...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2014-05-14, 1:47 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Taurus Wrote:頭と尻尾はみ出させて、お皿の上で魚が啖呵切ってるの。 Take a look at this tweet: https://twitter.com/mao_watarai/status/4...5112356865 でね、白身魚のフライというのを注文したの。それなら軽く食べられると思うでしょ そしたら出てきたのが、こーんな巨大魚の姿揚げ。頭と尻尾はみ出させて、お皿の上で...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2014-05-08, 2:03 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

In hindsight, the things that I have said may have sounded boastful. All I really wanted to say is that I am just your average Joe. Somebody with better concentration and a game plan can pass N1 in ...
mr_hans_moleman General discussion 856 195,470 2013-10-16, 12:22 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

I took the test on July 4, 2010 at Saitama University. Yes, I studied a lot. Like I said before, I did not have to study the previous JLPT tests. I tried doing one of the sample tests and found it qu...
mr_hans_moleman General discussion 856 195,470 2013-10-14, 12:16 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote:I'm assuming you've read Mr. Moleman's other posts: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=3808 In that thread, he says he started learning Japanese in 3/2006. In 1/2009...
mr_hans_moleman General discussion 856 195,470 2013-10-13, 2:28 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

uisukii Wrote:I think you guys are missing the point of one Hans Moleman here, in that it test shouldn't really be an issue for native speakers. That was the point of my post. Passing N1 is not that h...
mr_hans_moleman General discussion 856 195,470 2013-10-13, 1:46 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

Hey guys, I did not expect my post to cause so much commotion. I said "1 year and something months" because it is really challenging to mark the point when I first started to officially study Japanese...
mr_hans_moleman General discussion 856 195,470 2013-10-13, 1:19 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

I studied Japanese intensively for about a year and "something" months, took the N1 test in Japan and finished the test in half the time without ever having to study previous JLPT tests/grammar books ...
mr_hans_moleman General discussion 856 195,470 2013-10-08, 10:28 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

youasuki Wrote:I couldn't thought of a better place to ask this but here, so: I can't hear what he says here: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDho3rUXj2g#t=12m42s] or here: [Video: http://w...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2013-08-22, 12:20 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Xanpakuto Wrote:んです。。んだ 何言ってんだよ! 何言って?! Would these both pretty much mean what are you saying? But the first one like a asking what are you saying that? I'm not exactly sure, I also hear this a lot...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2013-08-18, 12:42 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

SomeCallMeChris Wrote:kudokupo Wrote:「私の知ったこっちゃ ないってわけね」 Anyone help with this? = (a rougher version of) 私が知った事ではないというわけですね "'cause that's something I didn't know" A better translation is "Why am I su...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2013-08-18, 12:33 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

理由を知らないからといって、けして理由がないとは限らない 理由を知らないからといって、けして理由がないことはない I think that's what you wanted to say. But there are more ways. Can you give us the context?
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2010-05-01, 1:31 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

jpkuelho Wrote:「花が落ちる」のイメージは花が丸ごとボトッと下に落ちる(↓)感じです ボトッとということ、 何? 〔物が落ちたとき〕plop http://ocndictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/...%E3%81%A8/
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2010-04-29, 8:48 pm
    Thread: Boston Career Forum (CFN) Experiences
Post: Boston Career Forum (CFN) Experiences

dizmox Wrote:The prospect of having ~20 months to get from just about conversational Japanese to business proficiency while outside Japan is a bit scary... . You make it seem like 'Business Japanese'...
mr_hans_moleman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 19 18,038 2010-04-29, 5:12 pm
    Thread: 900 hours?
Post: 900 hours?

I was talking to my gf a couple of weeks ago about this. We got into a funny conversation about how much I've studied Japanese in the past 2 years and a half. My calculations are (minimum) 5 hours per...
mr_hans_moleman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 23 7,517 2010-04-27, 7:07 pm
    Thread: How to approach 1-1 language exchange?
Post: How to approach 1-1 language exchange?

Talk about things that you guys did this week. I'm sure you will encounter things that you can't say, and that's when your language partner comes in to help fill the blanks. I suggest that you don't u...
mr_hans_moleman General discussion 21 7,376 2010-04-16, 5:30 pm
    Thread: N1 First Look
Post: N1 First Look

I'm gonna be taking it this summer. Although, I don't plan to study anything since I always read Japanese anyways. I just hope I don't run into those grammar that Japanese people don't even use but ge...
mr_hans_moleman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 11 6,295 2010-04-08, 5:24 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

FooSoft Wrote:New question about this sentence :) 「思い出せば、胸のずっと奥深くが温かくなる。」 Translation I have for this: "If I try to remember, my heart will always be filled with warmth." I think your translation sou...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2010-04-07, 7:35 pm
    Thread: WHat do you think about AJATT's commercialization?
Post: WHat do you think about AJATT's commercialization?

Khatz is a funny guy. He claims to have been fluent (to a native level) at 16 months and then posts a video 2 years later. Those two years were spent living in Japan. If he was so fluent back then, ...
mr_hans_moleman General discussion 142 43,280 2010-04-07, 7:26 pm
    Thread: There's this girl... (advice needed for asking out a Korean girl)
Post: There's this girl... (advice needed for asking out...

When it comes to trying to date ESL students, just speak English. It really doesn't matter what you say. You don't have to talk about anything smart. They most likely will not understand what you are ...
mr_hans_moleman Off topic 28 11,402 2010-04-03, 8:05 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

vix86 Wrote:Thanks for the input, I sort of decided on this from it. 友達になってくれると嬉しい、特に面白い話についてをしゃべりながら which I think works and expresses the nuance I wanted. That's a weird sentence. If what you want ...
mr_hans_moleman The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,692 2010-03-30, 11:30 am