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    Thread: Pronunciation of J vowels
Post: Pronunciation of J vowels

Thanks for your answer, ktcgx! Really? They had a hard time pronouncing /ʒ/? Hum, perhaps I should clean my ears? lol! But, for example, listen to the last sample sentence of this Anki deck: https://...
hk4673 The Japanese language 23 3,911 2013-10-30, 5:58 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation of J vowels
Post: Pronunciation of J vowels

Yes, Fillanzea, I, too, believe /dʒ/ (or /dʑ/, for that matter) is used more often. However, I'm pretty sure I hear /ʒ/ at times. So that's what I wanted to know. When to use one or the other? Does it...
hk4673 The Japanese language 23 3,911 2013-10-30, 4:58 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation of J vowels
Post: Pronunciation of J vowels

Thank you for your answer. More than an IPA notation concern (both sound the same to me :(), what I wanted to know is whether that "d" should be there or not. Unfortunately your suggestion is quite un...
hk4673 The Japanese language 23 3,911 2013-10-30, 12:53 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation of J vowels
Post: Pronunciation of J vowels

I have had this doubt for a while now. Should J vowels (じ、じゃ、じゅ、じょ) be pronounced as /dʒ/ (as in the word "cage") or as /ʒ/ (as in the French word "cage")? Sorry, I can't think of any example in Engli...
hk4673 The Japanese language 23 3,911 2013-10-30, 12:17 pm
    Thread: Harry Potter in Japanese
Post: Harry Potter in Japanese

Thank you guys for your replies! Oh, I didn't know the paperback is smaller than the hardcover (and it's already quite small, did they really need an even smaller version? lol). Yeah, the pocket editi...
hk4673 Learning resources 3 951 2013-10-24, 5:49 am
    Thread: Harry Potter in Japanese
Post: Harry Potter in Japanese

So I decided to buy a copy of Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone in Japanese to read something other than little kids stories (oh, wait) and also because I can always pull my English edition out of ...
hk4673 Learning resources 3 951 2013-10-23, 12:54 pm
    Thread: Is there any software like Rikaikun that can be used outside Chrome?
Post: Is there any software like Rikaikun that can be us...

Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions! I only had opportunity to try Kanji Tomo so far, but it works pretty well!
hk4673 Learning resources 5 1,831 2013-09-02, 8:40 am
    Thread: Is there any software like Rikaikun that can be used outside Chrome?
Post: Is there any software like Rikaikun that can be us...

I would like to know if there is any "mouse-over" dictionary like Rikaikun/Rikaichan that can be used on other softwares other than a browser, like Word or even a japanese mmorpg (Who am I trying to f...
hk4673 Learning resources 5 1,831 2013-09-01, 12:29 pm