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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread EratiK Wrote:Hi guys. A quick question. While looking up 檜風呂, I stumbled on some guy mentioning a ひだきぶろ, which he says is a bath heated by wood fire. Does anyone have any idea how it is written? My g... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,873 | 2014-05-09, 5:11 am | ||
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Thread: Common Japanese Collocations Post: Common Japanese Collocations I have a deck I made from the collocations in コロケーションが身につく 日本語表現練習帳. It's just over 3/4's of the entire book (926 collocations). The problem is that it's not cloze deleted, which in retrospect I wish ... |
CaLeDee | Learning resources | 11 | 9,477 | 2014-03-01, 10:58 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread qwertyytrewq Wrote:I'm actually very familiar with niyoru as a grammar term (depending on, according to, due to/caused by etc) so it looked very strange to see it negatively conjugated and at the end ... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,873 | 2014-02-13, 10:09 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread qwertyytrewq Wrote:人[ひと]は 見[み]かけに<b>よらない</b>な。 You can't judge people by their appearance. Which yoru does the verb to judge come from? 'Judge' is just one way to translate it, but による in... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,873 | 2014-02-13, 7:35 am | ||
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Thread: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theory and practice. Post: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theor... ryuudou Wrote:Fintan Wrote:I have often wondered how much vocab I would need. After doing some research I reckon 15k-20K would do it. After reading this thread I feel I have way underestimated and fee... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 79 | 17,212 | 2014-02-13, 5:39 am | ||
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Thread: Grammar question: "ORing" two conditions Post: Grammar question: "ORing" two conditions vileru Wrote:CaLeDee Wrote:drdunlap Wrote:They all sound a little stiff but work in writing. それか works as a slightly more casual version of それとも. 映画館に行く works in this case since the question is speci... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 17 | 2,702 | 2014-02-11, 4:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Grammar question: "ORing" two conditions Post: Grammar question: "ORing" two conditions drdunlap Wrote:CaLeDee Wrote:You'll have to ask a native which sounds most natural, but if I were to pose this question to a native I'd ask it like this: Which of the following sounds most natural? も... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 17 | 2,702 | 2014-02-11, 8:52 am | ||
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Thread: Grammar question: "ORing" two conditions Post: Grammar question: "ORing" two conditions You'll have to ask a native which sounds most natural, but if I were to pose this question to one I'd ask it like this: Which of the following sounds most natural? もし映画館に行く暇がなければ、もしくはその映画をあまり見たくなければ、... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 17 | 2,702 | 2014-02-11, 8:19 am | ||
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Thread: に and で differences Post: に and で differences Quote:(Incidentally, there are only 100 google hits for 活力する, are you sure you didn't misspell it?) Yeah I thought it seemed off. I'm pretty sure it should be 活躍. In my experience, questions like thi... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,374 | 2014-02-09, 6:17 pm | ||
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Thread: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theory and practice. Post: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theor... riogray Wrote:sunehiro Wrote:I review cards like アルバム to improve my pronunciation of Katakana words, which is often "unnatural" and quite hard. (also considering the fact that I am not a native Englis... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 79 | 17,212 | 2014-02-09, 11:40 am | ||
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Thread: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theory and practice. Post: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theor... ryuudou Wrote:CaLeDee Wrote:I've got a vocabulary of roughly 20000 and still meet new words on almost every page in a book I pick up. I'm also not the type who just continues reading even if I don't u... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 79 | 17,212 | 2014-02-08, 4:35 pm | ||
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Thread: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theory and practice. Post: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theor... howtwosavealif3 Wrote:Really ? You look it up right then and there ? I take pictures so I look it up later when ideal like learning more vocabulary. Sometimes stuff happens i lose the photos but im no... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 79 | 17,212 | 2014-02-08, 2:14 pm | ||
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Thread: How do Japanese people play videogames? Post: How do Japanese people play videogames? I imagine it sounds the same to them as hadouken, tatsumakisenpuukyaku, and all the other Japanese Street Fighter move names sounded to us, only perhaps not as obscure as they are much more used to th... |
CaLeDee | Off topic | 6 | 1,650 | 2014-02-08, 1:45 pm | ||
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Thread: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theory and practice. Post: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theor... I've got a vocabulary of roughly 20000 and still meet new words on almost every page in a book I pick up. I'm also not the type who just continues reading even if I don't understand something, so I'd ... |
CaLeDee | The Japanese language | 79 | 17,212 | 2014-02-08, 1:35 pm | ||
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Thread: How many total flash cards have you looked at? Post: How many total flash cards have you looked at? Days studied: 99% (920 of 923) Total: 306980 reviews Average for days studied: 333.7 reviews/day If you studied every day: 332.6 reviews/day I think it's also worth noting retention rates as a low ra... |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 30 | 4,458 | 2014-02-08, 1:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Favorite audiobook narrators? Post: Favorite audiobook narrators? It'd have to be 大塚明夫. He's more of a voice actor than a narrator but he has done some narration. Here he is reading the classic 走れメロス. http://ceron.jp/url/www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1922185 |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 19 | 4,705 | 2014-01-22, 1:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana coverting method? Post: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana covertin... yudantaiteki Wrote:CaLeDee Wrote:gserli Wrote:Just as you said, I can't find the difference between them. So you can't tell the difference between tank and dank? Sue and zoo? Core and gore? Japanese v... |
CaLeDee | Off topic | 49 | 10,324 | 2013-10-13, 8:02 am | ||
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Thread: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana coverting method? Post: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana covertin... gserli Wrote:CaLeDee Wrote:gserli Wrote:Just as you said, I can't find the difference between them. So you can't tell the difference between tank and dank? Sue and zoo? Core and gore? Japanese voiced ... |
CaLeDee | Off topic | 49 | 10,324 | 2013-10-13, 7:36 am | ||
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Thread: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana coverting method? Post: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana covertin... gserli Wrote:yudantaiteki Wrote:tashippy Wrote:I agree with everything you said, sir/madam. I'm not really familiar with the idea of voiced or unvoiced syllables. What does this mean? Thanks. た vs. ... |
CaLeDee | Off topic | 49 | 10,324 | 2013-10-13, 6:51 am | ||
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Thread: Good Japanese youtube channels? Post: Good Japanese youtube channels? MelonBerry Wrote:CaLeDee Wrote:Hard to believe people are recommending gaming channels and not mentioning 弟者/兄者. The younger brother's voice has an uncanny resemblance to the Japanese Solid Snake voi... |
CaLeDee | Learning resources | 15 | 8,856 | 2013-09-23, 1:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Good Japanese youtube channels? Post: Good Japanese youtube channels? Hard to believe people are recommending gaming channels and not mentioning 弟者/兄者. The younger brother's voice has an uncanny resemblance to the Japanese Solid Snake voice actor -- and yes, it's his r... |
CaLeDee | Learning resources | 15 | 8,856 | 2013-09-23, 1:06 pm | ||
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Thread: What do you consider "basic" grammar? Post: What do you consider "basic" grammar? Tobberoth Wrote:Your statement reeks of arrogance and overconfidence. Yeah, this sums it up. Alyks, think before you speak/type. |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 118 | 13,436 | 2008-11-26, 3:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all? Post: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all? Tobberoth Wrote:CaLeDee Wrote:I found Heisig to be more of a break from normal study than anything else. It wasn't taxing to me.. at all. Aren't you still in the middle of it though? As I said in my p... |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 47 | 7,061 | 2008-11-15, 12:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Racism in Tokyo Post: Racism in Tokyo It's certainly a possibility.. でしょう？ |
CaLeDee | Off topic | 82 | 11,956 | 2008-11-15, 12:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all? Post: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all? I found Heisig to be more of a break from normal study than anything else. It wasn't taxing to me.. at all. |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 47 | 7,061 | 2008-11-15, 12:06 pm | ||
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Thread: anki with other languages... Post: anki with other languages... Tobberoth Wrote:Jarvik7 Wrote:It depends on the job. Regardless, most foreign employees aren't held to the same standards as Japanese employees in regards to overtime and vacations. From what I've hea... |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 48 | 5,330 | 2008-11-11, 5:14 pm | ||
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Thread: anki with other languages... Post: anki with other languages... Jarvik7 Wrote:It depends on the job. Regardless, most foreign employees aren't held to the same standards as Japanese employees in regards to overtime and vacations. 差別！ I thought this wasn't the case... |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 48 | 5,330 | 2008-11-11, 5:09 pm | ||
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Thread: anki with other languages... Post: anki with other languages... Tobberoth Wrote:CaLeDee Wrote:Yeah I don't understand the no pay for overtime. Here, you get extra money for staying overtime. Why don't people just go home when their finishing hour comes? I'd be str... |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 48 | 5,330 | 2008-11-11, 4:59 pm | ||
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Thread: anki with other languages... Post: anki with other languages... Yeah I don't understand the no pay for overtime. Here, you get extra money for staying overtime. Why don't people just go home when their finishing hour comes? I'd be straight out the door! |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 48 | 5,330 | 2008-11-11, 4:18 pm | ||
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Thread: anki with other languages... Post: anki with other languages... Hashiriya Wrote:well, the visa problem won't be a problem for me, as i am getting married to a 日本人 in a few months.. but i still think that having a bachelors degree really helps you get a decent payi... |
CaLeDee | General discussion | 48 | 5,330 | 2008-11-11, 3:55 pm | ||
