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Thread: Bad translations.. Post: Bad translations.. Does it just mean "baby on board" (as in signs in the back window of a car)? Or can this be an idiom to mean "pregnant"? Kind of hard to say without seeing the shirt, although knowing Japanese t-shirt... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 6 | 1,674 | 2009-06-17, 12:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Primitive overlap Post: Primitive overlap I've not had any problems with jewel, ball and king myself. Porter I think you can eliminate from confusion entirely if you think of it as being based on 士 (gentleman), which it is. As you say, the sl... |
Pangolin | Remembering the Kanji | 3 | 973 | 2009-06-15, 2:19 pm | ||
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Thread: is furigana normal in manga? Post: is furigana normal in manga? AmberUK Wrote:Thanks for the info. Where do people in the UK (or mail order) get Japanese language manga from? Japan for me, too, I'm afraid. I go every year. However, I have bought a few items from ... |
Pangolin | Learning resources | 15 | 6,775 | 2009-06-15, 8:41 am | ||
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Thread: Second time around Post: Second time around mentat_kgs Wrote:Prepared to be called a liar. 10 years from now, people will talk with you, hear ADHD-I and say "youuu?? nooooo." Ahhaua. Good job! I'll look forward to that (mind you, I'm not lookin... |
Pangolin | Remembering the Kanji | 28 | 4,340 | 2009-06-12, 10:07 am | ||
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Thread: Second time around Post: Second time around I got to about 1200 a year ago and just couldn't go on. I was using SuperMemo on an ancient handheld and just looking at the thing made me feel sick. Of course, I still wanted to finish RTK1, but I wa... |
Pangolin | Remembering the Kanji | 28 | 4,340 | 2009-06-12, 9:27 am | ||
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Thread: Water Primitive Post: Water Primitive aaronvanvalen Wrote:I've become paranoia now. What is the stroke order for claw 爪 and or melon 瓜. I had been writing claw 爪 with the same start as cliff but because mellon was listed in the same chap... |
Pangolin | The Japanese language | 17 | 2,631 | 2009-06-11, 11:01 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji 625 / 631 Post: Kanji 625 / 631 I don't know how this would work with your German keywords, but I distinguish the two words by the fact that "remorse" is a noun, describing an emotion, and "repent" is a verb. Repenting (e.g. sins) i... |
Pangolin | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 1,317 | 2009-06-11, 10:47 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Punk Rock Post: Japanese Punk Rock Just a few suggestions: The Stalin [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtvSefv45oE] The Registrators [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFdupcMy8oc] Assfort [Video: http://www.youtube.com/wa... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 17 | 3,273 | 2009-06-11, 10:07 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Causing Hand Pains Post: Kanji Causing Hand Pains You say you have a pre-existing condition so it doesn't seem unlikely that a lot of handwriting will aggravate it. I suppose it's possible that writing kanji is more stressful than writing in your own... |
Pangolin | Remembering the Kanji | 26 | 6,043 | 2009-06-08, 1:03 pm | ||
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Thread: what do you use to write the kanji? Post: what do you use to write the kanji? I just can't get on with brush pens, as lovely as they are. I use gel roller pens usually, but I've started using my fountain pen again, only it's a bit too italic. I really enjoy writing kanji, but I... |
Pangolin | The Japanese language | 46 | 20,999 | 2009-04-16, 5:36 pm | ||
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Thread: You can study 音読み and 訓読み all you like and still get these wrong... Post: You can study 音読み and 訓読み all you like and still g... Quote:I was wondering if these ten technically count as 当て字 - the answers were very interesting. 当て字 actually means something very specific. If you don't want to or can't read the rest, they basical... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 19 | 5,825 | 2009-03-23, 4:57 pm | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... kfmfe04 Wrote:http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3373 I see the custom of sitting down has undergone a sharp increase in the last 10 years, according to the poll. I wonder if that correlates with an increas... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 116 | 19,579 | 2009-03-12, 9:46 am | ||
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Thread: The AJATT Method Post: The AJATT Method Thora Wrote:[...] misleading info on the prevalence of polite Japanese [...] What does he say on that topic? I seemed to have missed that and it's something that interests me. As for the main thrust ... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 1,517 | 595,120 | 2009-01-30, 9:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Does anybody ever feel like this? Post: Does anybody ever feel like this? We're talking about kids here to a great extent. What do many other countries and cultures have to offer kids, and to a great extent American kids, in comparison to the lure of anime, manga and j-pop?... |
Pangolin | Off topic | 34 | 4,220 | 2009-01-30, 9:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Tae Kim's guide, A Dictionary of basic Japanese grammar or AJATT?? Post: Tae Kim's guide, A Dictionary of basic Japanese gr... Almost any reference work has errors and disputable points in it, and in the long run, I don't think these matter too much, as long as the greater part of it is worthwhile. We all live with misapprehe... |
Pangolin | Learning resources | 63 | 27,253 | 2009-01-30, 7:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Tae Kim's guide, A Dictionary of basic Japanese grammar or AJATT?? Post: Tae Kim's guide, A Dictionary of basic Japanese gr... Another vote for Makino & Tsutsui. They brought considerable pain to my wallet, but I don't regret that for an instant. I've been fascinated by grammar since I was a (rather strange) child, so I c... |
Pangolin | Learning resources | 63 | 27,253 | 2009-01-30, 6:31 pm | ||
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Thread: 箸: the missing stroke Post: 箸: the missing stroke I expect it's because the stoke count for an older variant is still deemed to be the "official" one after simplification. Heisig mentions this phenomenon in respect to another character. The variant ... |
Pangolin | The Japanese language | 6 | 1,517 | 2009-01-29, 2:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Here's Some Keigo Sentences Post: Here's Some Keigo Sentences woodwojr Wrote:When it is so polite you want to break down and cry (like the first paragraph), that's keigo. ~J You know, you're right. The second one even mentions the weather ~bursts into tears~ Ca... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 37 | 10,569 | 2009-01-24, 11:02 pm | ||
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Thread: の ｖｓ な (Na vs No) Post: の ｖｓ な (Na vs No) Yes, it is an interesting question. According to a colleague of mine, who is Japanese, and a bit of a linguist, there is no obvious rule on whether to use な or の when making a noun into an adjective. ... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 9 | 1,785 | 2008-12-31, 4:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Non-Typical Anime Post: Non-Typical Anime Well, I know exactly what you mean, kfmfe04. But anyway, the list is probably already overwhelming, but I would like to add: Samurai 7: a retelling of, well, you guessed it, in a semi-feudal, semi-fu... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 104 | 23,882 | 2008-12-31, 2:21 pm | ||
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Thread: best of 2008 Post: best of 2008 お久しぶりです！ (Yikes, I haven't posted for over 18 months!) I could virtually repeat nest0r's OP. Anki was the discovery of the year for me. I'd lost the will to continue with RTK1 (about halfway through)... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 18 | 2,462 | 2008-12-31, 1:40 pm | ||
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Thread: -ず ending (verb) and 様になる Post: -ず ending (verb) and 様になる It's negative, like -nai, but it's a connective (similar to the -te verb ending) so something always follows it. It's often translated as "without". In your example, I think it would be "unforgettabl... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 10 | 6,633 | 2006-12-21, 6:48 pm | ||
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Thread: I didn't know MS Word could do that, did you? Post: I didn't know MS Word could do that, did you? CharleyGarrett Wrote:How do you get the degree symbol? In IME you can get ゜ with ど and it also comes up with てん, along with a variety of dots, in fact just about anything with a dot, including colons,... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 30 | 8,951 | 2006-12-18, 9:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Lack: Incorrect Primitives? Post: Lack: Incorrect Primitives? dingomick Wrote:Why is lack 欠 assigned a new meaning instead of using the primitives already within it? Because of the primitives and method given in the book, I can't but help see it as a bound up pe... |
Pangolin | Remembering the Kanji | 3 | 1,409 | 2006-12-17, 11:01 pm | ||
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Thread: The Origins & Uses of the Kanji 場 Post: The Origins & Uses of the Kanji 場 It seems to me that he is adopting it as his own term of art: a pre-existing word, but one that is given a precise meaning in a particular subject area (e.g. law). Being Japanese he has the option of ... |
Pangolin | The Japanese language | 6 | 2,487 | 2006-12-16, 10:03 pm | ||
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Thread: I didn't know MS Word could do that, did you? Post: I didn't know MS Word could do that, did you? Google documents allows you to upload or create spreadsheets or WP documents in your browser and then publish them as web pages. Once you have done that you can use Rikaichan or other look up methods ... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 30 | 8,951 | 2006-12-10, 11:28 am | ||
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Thread: State of mind primitive Post: State of mind primitive To me it's Sherlock Holmes (I think a few people have picked detectives, in fact). He's in a pretty peculiar state of mind most of the time. I also know a lot about him (I'm a big fan of the UK TV ser... |
Pangolin | Remembering the Kanji | 13 | 4,116 | 2006-12-10, 11:09 am | ||
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Thread: RTK3: easy kanji Post: RTK3: easy kanji Thanks for the list, I've been think about this since I posted the lists above ("Other Occasionally Encountered Kanji" and kanji "purported to be needed for the JLPT1"). After reading wrightak's "High... |
Pangolin | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 19,281 | 2006-12-09, 1:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Can you help me with this sentence? -たら and ぐらい Post: Can you help me with this sentence? -たら and ぐらい ファブリス Wrote:Hmm, but wait. I understood this phrase with an implicit (you) but perhaps it means 次の手紙では日本の四季を書けたら嬉しいです。 "I hope to write (to you) about Japan's four seasons, in the next letter" That... |
Pangolin | General discussion | 6 | 2,659 | 2006-12-07, 9:18 am | ||
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Thread: High Speed RTK Post: High Speed RTK CharleyGarrett Wrote:I know I completely tense up when confronted with a typical japanese webpage. Play it again, Sam! I think I would baulk at many Japanese websites if they were in English. I think... |
Pangolin | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 7,433 | 2006-12-06, 2:39 pm | ||
