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Thread: Japanese and Synonyms Post: Japanese and Synonyms Think it would depend on the commonness of the word, just like in our common-tongue, English. Incredibly common words, it isn't weird to repeat them in most common contexts, because they're so common ... |
QuackingShoe | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,849 | 2010-06-04, 1:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Koyuki - "The Other Woman" Post: Koyuki - "The Other Woman" I'm more interested in the word 'partner'. Do you fight crime? |
QuackingShoe | Off topic | 27 | 7,052 | 2010-06-03, 7:15 am | ||
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Thread: How is suicide different in Japan? Post: How is suicide different in Japan? masaman Wrote:Ryuujin27 Wrote:Anyway, color me genuinely surprised that a forum of people learning about Japan and Japanese could not seem to know about how romanticized suicide was in Japan for a lon... |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 59 | 11,959 | 2010-06-01, 9:24 am | ||
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Thread: Just became friends with exchange students from Japan.How to learn...? Post: Just became friends with exchange students from Ja... aphasiac Wrote:(One of them asked me the difference between "I went to France" and "I've been to France"..totally had me stumped..) Whenever people say things like this on a forum I have to engage in ... |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 13 | 2,839 | 2010-02-17, 3:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Flame Warriors Post: Flame Warriors Who am I? Who am I? |
QuackingShoe | Off topic | 2 | 786 | 2010-02-15, 8:42 am | ||
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Thread: Forum / Chat-room - get instant help from natives? Post: Forum / Chat-room - get instant help from natives? I don't know anything about that room, but it might be worth noting that it's 2 AM in Japan at the moment. |
QuackingShoe | Learning resources | 16 | 2,812 | 2010-02-11, 12:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Blind leading the blind? Post: Blind leading the blind? yudantaiteki Wrote:It's very rare to see anyone say a good thing about a teacher or a class. Well, being a language teacher is better than being on unemployment. For society. Arguably. |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 92 | 16,248 | 2010-02-06, 2:17 am | ||
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Thread: New website anime-manga.jp Post: New website anime-manga.jp Fun site. Have some friends who I think will find it amusing. |
QuackingShoe | Learning resources | 8 | 4,616 | 2010-02-05, 8:21 am | ||
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Thread: Perfect example of how NOT to learn a language Post: Perfect example of how NOT to learn a language [Comment ostensibly related to OP criticizing personally disliked study method] |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 8 | 2,015 | 2010-02-02, 10:38 am | ||
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Thread: に vs で Post: に vs で に marks the agent of passive verbs. |
QuackingShoe | The Japanese language | 2 | 708 | 2010-01-22, 9:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Invasive SRS Post: Invasive SRS IF YOU'RE NOT STUDYING LIKE I AM YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 23 | 2,770 | 2010-01-22, 3:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Invasive SRS Post: Invasive SRS But! You said you didn't care about the holy schedule. |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 23 | 2,770 | 2010-01-22, 11:56 am | ||
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Thread: Progress in Japanese (Constructive criticism is welcome) Post: Progress in Japanese (Constructive criticism is we... Pssssst you're supposed to be inspired by greatness and disappointed by mediocrity, not the other way around pssssst |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 37 | 5,301 | 2010-01-22, 11:01 am | ||
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Thread: Invasive SRS Post: Invasive SRS Since there's hardly a practical difference between the two, I don't see the need for contention! I- I guess unless you just like contention. |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 23 | 2,770 | 2010-01-22, 10:59 am | ||
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Thread: Invasive SRS Post: Invasive SRS Codexus Wrote:I don't want to be like those people posting about how they ended up deleting the deck they spent so much time and effort building because they can't keep up with reviews anymore. You sa... |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 23 | 2,770 | 2010-01-22, 9:23 am | ||
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Thread: You are now all my friends. Post: You are now all my friends. IceCream Wrote:omg. seriously, have all you phallologicocentrists been thinking that for 8 months?! .o. >_< T_T:P! You're thinking too much. Actually I was just riffing on him saying 'icecream'.... |
QuackingShoe | Remembering the Kanji | 34 | 6,646 | 2010-01-21, 12:09 pm | ||
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Thread: You are now all my friends. Post: You are now all my friends. Daizumi Wrote:I don't think of BJs, but if I see 'suck' I do. I am sorry, but I don't think of icecream or lolipops. I think of IceCream |
QuackingShoe | Remembering the Kanji | 34 | 6,646 | 2010-01-21, 8:09 am | ||
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Thread: You are now all my friends. Post: You are now all my friends. You're looking at it wrong. I'm proud of getting so excited at the mere mention of something as simple as playing the shakuhachi on the internet, and take her post as a cautionary warning of the fulfi... |
QuackingShoe | Remembering the Kanji | 34 | 6,646 | 2010-01-20, 8:51 am | ||
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Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck) Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc... Does it change if I weigh, like, 500 pounds? Or if I'm 6'5? Not in the distasteful, just in the stand out area. Does being 6'5 make me stand out more or less than being distasteful due to word choice?... |
QuackingShoe | Learning resources | 120 | 31,076 | 2010-01-19, 4:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck) Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc... You said stand out, not make me 'distasteful'. I'm not really arguing your point, I just thought the remark that speech patterns would make you stand out in a racially homogeneous country was a bit si... |
QuackingShoe | Learning resources | 120 | 31,076 | 2010-01-19, 3:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck) Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc... I thought being white was what would make me stick out! Now I know better? |
QuackingShoe | Learning resources | 120 | 31,076 | 2010-01-19, 2:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck) Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc... Is there something bad about archaic words? D: |
QuackingShoe | Learning resources | 120 | 31,076 | 2010-01-19, 1:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Reasons for learning japanese? Post: Reasons for learning japanese? Words like "隔靴掻痒" But seriously, just no reason to stop, now, as others have said. Already into it. I'd like to use it for something useful, but I don't know what. Original motivation was a bad ca... |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 36 | 9,210 | 2010-01-16, 10:51 am | ||
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Thread: Lang-8, Best Place to Practice Japanese Writing Post: Lang-8, Best Place to Practice Japanese Writing bladethecoder Wrote:Why does this happen? If I wanted to express the same idea myself without having seen the post in question, surely I would think of a better way to say it. The problem is that, if ... |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 55 | 12,771 | 2010-01-12, 4:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Names Post: Japanese Names 和製英語 aren't the same as your example, because 和製英語 are not loanwords or an evolution from loaned words. They're words created in a foreign language that they don't even speak, and then used in their o... |
QuackingShoe | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 59 | 14,877 | 2010-01-08, 8:16 pm | ||
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Thread: 'festival of abusive language' at saishoji temple Post: 'festival of abusive language' at saishoji temple Evil_Dragon Wrote:... Howdy, neighbor! |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 8 | 1,351 | 2010-01-08, 5:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Voices Of Authority: Speak!! (calling all 2007-2008 members) Post: Voices Of Authority: Speak!! (calling all 2007-200... I don't feel like this post is aimed at me, but I'm bored enough to answer, so. 1. Texbooks; RTK; website guides; countless bits of software for all purposes, but mostly for flashcards; Japanese Lang... |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 18 | 3,445 | 2010-01-08, 4:10 pm | ||
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Thread: The way things used to be, a condensed history of AJATT Post: The way things used to be, a condensed history of ... lagwagon555 Wrote:Wow. It's amazing what one post can do to change how you think. I always thought of khatz as a god-on-earth until I read ^. I need the [satire][/satire] tags so I know if you're actu... |
QuackingShoe | Off topic | 97 | 24,503 | 2010-01-08, 11:18 am | ||
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Thread: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese Post: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese The mnemonics are mental work, and mental space. My learning wasn't extra work, because it wasn't work at all; I just casually used an online flashcard program in-between waiting for my friends to rep... |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 98 | 13,960 | 2010-01-07, 12:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese Post: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese How long it takes to learn the kana (and most everything else) depends on expectations, held already by the student and placed on the student by the teacher. Personally, I learned both sets in a coupl... |
QuackingShoe | General discussion | 98 | 13,960 | 2010-01-07, 9:31 am | ||
