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Thread: に in Lists Post: に in Lists I found another example of the pattern, again from the same series (sorry about the names, lol) アンリエッタは、気分が優れないといって、夜の晩餐会《ばんさんかい》の不参加をガリア側に告げ、腹心の人物たちを自室に呼び寄せて、イザベラの来訪を待った。部屋に呼び寄せたのは、ルイズ、才人《さいと》、そしてギー... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 10 | 1,522 | 2013-02-11, 9:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help? Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help? What are your goals for your English ability? Many of my peers say I have a better grasp of the language than most people my age, but I still don't feel like I'm perfect at English. And its my native ... |
HououinKyouma | General discussion | 47 | 8,217 | 2013-02-06, 8:16 pm | ||
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Thread: に in Lists Post: に in Lists That may vary well be a possibility (that they were facing each other) but it seems kind of strange in the context of the passage. It was just talking about the routes different people were taking to ... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 10 | 1,522 | 2013-02-06, 7:55 pm | ||
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Thread: に in Lists Post: に in Lists Oh yeah, my bad. It is marking ギーシュ. I guess my question is just why the に there isn't a と. Why wouldn't it be 才人とシエスタとギーシュとマリコルヌ、そしてティファニアが向かう? |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 10 | 1,522 | 2013-02-06, 6:44 pm | ||
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Thread: に in Lists Post: に in Lists I found a few sentences like this while reading, and although I understand that the characters marked with と and に are doing the action together, what is the purpose of marking one with に instead. The... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 10 | 1,522 | 2013-02-06, 5:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days Post: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days I found out about RTK really early on in my studies and it was the first serious study project I set out on after Tae Kim's Grammar Guide. It was the first month of summer break and I didn't really ha... |
HououinKyouma | Remembering the Kanji | 54 | 22,789 | 2013-02-04, 10:11 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I always read 風竜 as 「かぜ...りゅう」. I thought of them as if they were just separate words, like "wind dragon" is in English. I didn't know there was a special reading... Can you say it like that, or is sh... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,160 | 2013-01-28, 4:48 pm | ||
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Thread: How to Make the "Transition" from Reading to Listening Post: How to Make the "Transition" from Reading to Liste... When I listen to Japanese passively, its very frustrating because, although I can make out some words and phrases, the ones I don't (even if its just one word) are the difference between comprehension... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 18 | 4,332 | 2013-01-28, 4:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Core deck without the BS Post: Core deck without the BS You could try this. It's not pre-made, but its not a whole lot of work either. Find an HTML document of something you want to read, say a light novel or short story. Install Rikai-sama from this very ... |
HououinKyouma | Learning resources | 65 | 11,798 | 2013-01-27, 6:45 pm | ||
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Thread: How to Make the "Transition" from Reading to Listening Post: How to Make the "Transition" from Reading to Liste... Over the past few months, I have been able to greatly boost my confidence as far as reading Japanese. I found that I could understand most written text as long as it wasn't too technical (ie. politica... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 18 | 4,332 | 2013-01-27, 6:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Please help translate my Rosetta-style freeware Post: Please help translate my Rosetta-style freeware While all of those translations are technically correct, the heavy use of loan words makes it seem kind of unnatural. Many computer/technology terms are written like this, but from my experiences with... |
HououinKyouma | Learning resources | 16 | 2,722 | 2012-12-21, 7:58 pm | ||
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Thread: What novels to read for a beginner? Post: What novels to read for a beginner? If you want a book that has a "modern take on the language," I would suggest reading an actual novel geared towards native speakers. That doesn't mean go hardcore and read traditional literature, but ... |
HououinKyouma | Learning resources | 16 | 13,955 | 2012-12-12, 8:00 pm | ||
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Thread: How to smoothly go through this hardships Post: How to smoothly go through this hardships Personally, my goal is reading, then speaking, but writing isn't on my list. I did RTK 1 but the reviews bored me to death so I stopped reviewing about a month after I finished adding new cards. I don... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 2 | 1,300 | 2012-12-08, 12:06 am | ||
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Thread: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarrior 2.0) Post: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarri... Yeah, I second the above. A port for Anki 2 would be amazing! |
HououinKyouma | Learning resources | 180 | 53,083 | 2012-11-14, 5:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Double Negatives Post: Double Negatives While reading, I have come across this specific grammar point quite often. あなたは関係ないじゃない。 The context leads me to believe that the sentence means '(this) has nothing to do with you.' The character that... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 4 | 1,060 | 2012-11-04, 11:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow Post: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow I guess I never understood why companies put geographic restrictions on who can buy their goods. Wouldn't any business be welcome? It's the same with xbox games, phone apps etc. I would gladly pay for... |
HououinKyouma | Learning resources | 100 | 38,751 | 2012-10-25, 8:03 pm | ||
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Thread: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... Post: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... I found one useful website that seems pretty thorough. It doesn't seem to specifically address 草書 or 行書, but it does a good job of teaching basic 書道. I haven't had time to look at it fully though, but... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 20 | 8,476 | 2012-10-24, 8:09 pm | ||
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Thread: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... Post: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... I know that practicality wise, 草書 is useless. I just thought it would be a fun application of the Japanese I've already learned. What about semi-cursive though? I am just as interested in learning 行書,... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 20 | 8,476 | 2012-10-24, 7:19 pm | ||
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Thread: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... Post: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... Holy Crap! I can't even recognize anything on the opentype.jp page! Cool font though! Everyone's suggested great resources, but I'm wondering about something. Should I just buy one of the dictionari... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 20 | 8,476 | 2012-10-24, 5:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Grouping Vocabulary by Kanji When Learning Post: Grouping Vocabulary by Kanji When Learning Thanks for the help, PotbellyPig. Here's the link: http://depositfiles.com/files/l7wkwl02p I had some sound files made through GoogleTTS, so just ignore the sound field. Otherwise, the fields are jus... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 30 | 5,638 | 2012-10-23, 5:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Grouping Vocabulary by Kanji When Learning Post: Grouping Vocabulary by Kanji When Learning I don't exactly know how the duplicates got in there. I imported them from an Anki 1 deck originally (that's how rikaisama saves it) but I did so in pieces. For example, the first 500 then the second ... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 30 | 5,638 | 2012-10-23, 4:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Grouping Vocabulary by Kanji When Learning Post: Grouping Vocabulary by Kanji When Learning I would be more than happy to, if only I knew how to upload it! I am not to familiar with the process. I have the text file but I need instructions from there. Btw, I the deck contains words from the... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 30 | 5,638 | 2012-10-23, 3:31 pm | ||
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Thread: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... Post: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... Great find on that website! At least its a starting place! I did some experimenting in class trying to make my handwriting 'flow' but it was a miserable failure. Everything I did to emulate cursive or... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 20 | 8,476 | 2012-10-23, 3:23 pm | ||
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Thread: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... Post: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc... Aside from taking a calligraphy class, are there any online resources that explain cursive writing? For example, how are the stokes simplified, etc. Which strokes are allowed to run together and which... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 20 | 8,476 | 2012-10-22, 10:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Grouping Vocabulary by Kanji When Learning Post: Grouping Vocabulary by Kanji When Learning @Invidious I wouldn't mind uploading the deck, but it's Anki 2. I can export it to a text file if you would like to use it with Anki 1 (tell me if there's a better way.) I should say that the words in... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 30 | 5,638 | 2012-10-22, 8:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Switching Tenses in the Middle of a Paragraph Post: Switching Tenses in the Middle of a Paragraph Thanks for all the detailed explanations! The change in tense really didn't hamper my understanding of the events as they took place, I just wanted to know why the author used that technique. The 'tim... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 5 | 1,957 | 2012-10-21, 8:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Switching Tenses in the Middle of a Paragraph Post: Switching Tenses in the Middle of a Paragraph Why is it that the author decides to change tenses in this passage? From ゼロの使い魔 風のアルビオン: 男たちは夜空に向けて矢を放ち始めた。しかし、その矢は風の魔法で逸らされた。次に小型の竜巻が舞い起こり、崖の上の男たちを吹き飛ばす。「おや、『風』の呪文じゃないか」ワルドが呟いた。 The first sentence ... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 5 | 1,957 | 2012-10-21, 4:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Addicted to the Dictionary? Post: Addicted to the Dictionary? How many unknown words do we come across each day in our own language? There's strange descriptors like 'voracious' and 'balmy,' anomalous verbs like 'abet' and 'rebuff,' and even remarkably specific ... |
HououinKyouma | The Japanese language | 1 | 874 | 2012-10-16, 6:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Studying In School Post: Studying In School I also considered graduating early, but I did so too late. I only need 2 credits to graduate (English and Government) but the way my schedule is, I have to wait until next year to take those. I think ... |
HououinKyouma | General discussion | 15 | 2,963 | 2012-10-16, 6:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Novels in Text Form? Post: Novels in Text Form? Is there an easy way to convert novels which are in picture form (png, jpeg, etc) to text (.txt for example)? Does software exist that can do this? If not, are there any good sources of text novels. M... |
HououinKyouma | General discussion | 3 | 2,840 | 2012-10-14, 11:23 pm | ||
