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    Thread: iiKanji: learning the readings of the kanji
Post: iiKanji: learning the readings of the kanji

#746. 諸 states that it is a suffix, but actually it's a prefix, as in the anchor word 諸国 I previously requested a option to hide the translation on the question card. As an example of why, if I se...
fugu68 Learning resources 105 18,067 2013-11-16, 11:37 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation of J vowels
Post: Pronunciation of J vowels

It's [dʑ]~[ʑ] in Standard Japanese, although there seem to be some dialects that retain a functional distinction between the two sounds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yotsugana Lots of English native...
fugu68 The Japanese language 23 3,909 2013-10-31, 1:53 am
    Thread: iiKanji: learning the readings of the kanji
Post: iiKanji: learning the readings of the kanji

#58 has a mistake in it: sentence is モンゴルにはこれから何度も行くことになりそうである。 but the word prompt is 何月 A requested feature: would it be possible to have an option in settings to hide the English translation of th...
fugu68 Learning resources 105 18,067 2013-10-29, 10:21 pm
    Thread: best place to buy Mandarin textbooks in Hong Kong?
Post: best place to buy Mandarin textbooks in Hong Kong?

I am planning a short trip to Hong Kong at the beginning of November, and would like to pick up some Mandarin textbooks including 'Cracking the Chinese Puzzles' while I am there. Any suggestions for ...
fugu68 Chinese and Hanzi 0 1,256 2013-10-24, 9:02 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

pm215 Wrote:(Nothing much more to add on なら except that this is basically the same as rather simpler sentences like "メイド服Lサイズならあります" -- which was just the first decent example I found on google, hones...
fugu68 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,136 2011-07-06, 10:26 am
    Thread: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!!
Post: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!!

Tzadeck Wrote:[ Edit: Note also, that generally Japanese men are also thinner and in better shape than American men. It's not like a lot of fat men are expecting their girls to be skinny. I admit th...
fugu68 General discussion 172 24,889 2011-07-06, 5:33 am
    Thread: I need someone to print some flashcards for me
Post: I need someone to print some flashcards for me

I agree with others here - use Anki, and don't bother printing. Large numbers of paper flashcards get rather unmanageable very quickly. I bought these http://www.amazon.com/Kanji-Study-Cards-...0870...
fugu68 General discussion 6 2,795 2011-07-06, 4:35 am
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

cb4960 Wrote:Added EPWING Support! Fantastic work - thank you, thank you! I confirm it works also with the older 新和英大辞典第4版 too. How can I buy you a beer??
fugu68 Learning resources 859 243,816 2011-07-04, 9:47 am
    Thread: Japanese Dialects and Accents
Post: Japanese Dialects and Accents

[Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dT_0MnuYKA] (How to talk about chihuahuas in kansai-ben... etc.) http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu...index.html (short course on osaka-ben, with audio,...
fugu68 The Japanese language 12 3,975 2011-07-01, 4:01 am
    Thread: What does this mean? 関数は実装されていません
Post: What does this mean? 関数は実装されていません

Function not implemented?? Probably "Operation not permitted." Are you copying to a FAT partition?
fugu68 The Japanese language 3 1,069 2011-06-28, 2:48 am
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

A couple of ideas for extra features: 1. An option to display the pitch accent info in sanseido mode, as they do with numeric subscripts on the dictionary site. 2. Display multiple matches in sanse...
fugu68 Learning resources 859 243,816 2011-06-26, 7:37 am
    Thread: Using vocabulary
Post: Using vocabulary

Tori-kun Wrote:Using a lot of 'ateji' like あのー、えっと、さー and so forth, gave my brain a bit of 'time' formulating the right sentence I don't think you mean 'ateji', which is about using kanji phonetically...
fugu68 The Japanese language 36 6,937 2011-06-26, 6:45 am
    Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread
Post: 2011 JLPT study thread

rich_f Wrote:As just one example: apparently, I am the first person to ever travel to the UK with medication, based on the responses I got from many stunned government employees when I asked them the ...
fugu68 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 506 139,874 2011-06-18, 7:33 am
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

Fantastic tool - only just discovered it! It should go in the wiki somewhere - Anki tools for Japanese page? Thank you cb4960!!
fugu68 Learning resources 859 243,816 2011-06-14, 5:39 am
    Thread: Tsundere maid cafe
Post: Tsundere maid cafe

Another video from the same establishment with slightly more fluent customers. [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P32bX0xuZfE] The way she hands over the menus reminds me of my local pub back in...
fugu68 Off topic 12 4,533 2011-06-12, 11:08 am
    Thread: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practise
Post: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practis...

zigmonty Wrote:Bit of a side track, but as a speaker of a minor dialect of english, i'd really rather foreign learners not try to imitate a particular english accent so closely (mainly because it's ra...
fugu68 Group study 158 41,267 2011-06-02, 7:11 am
    Thread: How to roll 'R'?
Post: How to roll 'R'?

Oh cool! I love enka, and it's all I sing when I go to karaoke! And you're right about the rolled 'R's... Any favourite artists? I particularly like 坂本冬実, and met her a couple of times at her conce...
fugu68 General discussion 3 2,422 2011-05-31, 3:29 pm
    Thread: How to roll 'R'?
Post: How to roll 'R'?

See here: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=5640 and http://www.wikihow.com/Roll-Your-%22R%22s Do you want to sound like a Yakuza or something??
fugu68 General discussion 3 2,422 2011-05-31, 1:37 pm
    Thread: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practise
Post: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practis...

Tori-kun Wrote:I'd like to reach my final aim in my third foreign language, which is English, by getting rid of my accent and I wonder how this could be done. I hope I can count on all of you helping ...
fugu68 Group study 158 41,267 2011-05-30, 1:10 pm
    Thread: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practise
Post: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practis...

pudding cat Wrote:@Tori-kun Also the 'o' in 'community' was too rounded and so it sounded like こmmunity. The 'o' there should sound more like an 'uh' sound. The same goes for all words related to 'c...
fugu68 Group study 158 41,267 2011-05-30, 11:20 am
    Thread: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practise
Post: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practis...

Hi Tori-kun, Your English sounds fine to me - completely clear, mainly British with just a slight hint of a German accent. One grammatical error you made was to say "I am learning English since xx ...
fugu68 Group study 158 41,267 2011-05-30, 10:17 am
    Thread: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practise
Post: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practis...

pm215 Wrote:jettyke Wrote:pm215: To tell the truth, you should definitely work hard to improve your pronunciation. Sounds gaijin-ish :( People might even sometimes find it hard to understand you. Yeah...
fugu68 Group study 158 41,267 2011-05-28, 4:50 am
    Thread: Buying books in Europe
Post: Buying books in Europe

If you're after Japanese textbooks published in English, you might want to check out http://www.bookdepository.co.uk They ship internationally (including to the Netherlands) for free, no minimum orde...
fugu68 Learning resources 14 6,570 2011-05-20, 3:01 pm
    Thread: Why is kanji not used in some sentences?
Post: Why is kanji not used in some sentences?

Tzadeck Wrote:If you actually write 「有難う御座います」 more often than 「ありがとうございます」 you are literally making a mistake. The vast majority of the time it's silly and seems weird to write that in kanji. If so...
fugu68 The Japanese language 27 6,832 2011-05-03, 8:28 am
    Thread: 辻 (279) I'm confused about no. of drops!
Post: 辻 (279) I'm confused about no. of drops!

Discussed at length here: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=6036
fugu68 Remembering the Kanji 6 1,998 2011-05-03, 3:08 am
    Thread: Japanese jokes
Post: Japanese jokes

A couple of bad puns here: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Iv77sPvmM]
fugu68 General discussion 23 5,564 2011-04-28, 7:39 am
    Thread: JLPT N1/N2 and Japanese study books for cheap
Post: JLPT N1/N2 and Japanese study books for cheap

Definitely interested in taking all these off your hands: please check your mail, so we can sort out details.
fugu68 Learning resources 1 3,154 2011-04-22, 7:44 am
    Thread: Japanese karaoke?
Post: Japanese karaoke?

http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=3976 gives a couple of karaoke sites that may be of interest.
fugu68 Learning resources 6 2,444 2011-02-16, 10:52 pm
    Thread: ipod touch app - Whats an alternative to daijirin for j-j dictionaries
Post: ipod touch app - Whats an alternative to daijirin ...

animehunter123 Wrote:Thanks for the invaluable information! How do you use epwing reader on your ipod? What is it good for? Does it import other dictionaries? Sorry, I dont really know what epwing is....
fugu68 Learning resources 6 3,541 2011-02-09, 10:59 pm
    Thread: What's happened to Icecream?
Post: What's happened to Icecream?

caivano Wrote:Anyway, glad she's okay and hope she comes back as her posts were easily some of the most interesting and useful for me. I'd second that. I've also learnt a bunch of stuff from her OT q...
fugu68 General discussion 132 25,023 2011-02-09, 8:10 pm