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Thread: Wanting to travel to Japan next summer, advice? Post: Wanting to travel to Japan next summer, advice? Definitely book things beforehand! If you're not used to travelling alone, you need that security of knowing where you'll be sleeping every night (in my opinion). Plus, if you just wander into places ... |
ojousan | General discussion | 20 | 4,098 | 2014-08-18, 1:59 pm | ||
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Thread: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today. Post: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today. As a Canadian who lives in Japan, I find it pretty awkward when Japanese people randomly try to talk to me in English. Doesn't happen too often, but often enough that it's gotten old. I'm half Filipin... |
ojousan | Off topic | 37 | 7,138 | 2014-07-17, 1:04 am | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles I found out I passed 6級 today. :) A far cry from erlog's level, but I hope to climb steadily. |
ojousan | General discussion | 397 | 123,337 | 2013-02-27, 12:42 am | ||
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Thread: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers are arrogant? Post: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers a... uisukii Wrote:kainzero Wrote:the only pet peeve i have is when a non-japanese speaker corrects a japanese speaker's roomaji. like seriously wtf is their problem Ahahaha... serious? Pardon my French,... |
ojousan | Off topic | 77 | 17,689 | 2013-02-22, 5:26 am | ||
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Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread I'm also taking N3. I'm pretty sure I'll be all right, but I didn't study as much as I had originally planned, even though I bought a grammar book. I only got through about 10% of it, mostly because I... |
ojousan | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 297 | 78,502 | 2012-11-30, 3:46 am | ||
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Thread: So I Burnt out. Post: So I Burnt out. stg44 Wrote:RTK Lite? and I might try doing some Core2k vocab thanks :) I second RtK Lite. After a first failed attempt at RtK, quite a while later I came back and finished RtK Lite, and I now feel co... |
ojousan | The Japanese language | 16 | 3,405 | 2012-10-02, 1:05 am | ||
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Thread: Sex ratio of this forum? Post: Sex ratio of this forum? 20:11 ...but I mostly lurk. |
ojousan | Off topic | 148 | 26,512 | 2012-09-11, 6:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Why is Japanese pitch accent almost never taught? Post: Why is Japanese pitch accent almost never taught? partner55083777 Wrote:Also, Zorlee is saying that memorizing the pitch of words really helped. How can you be making the statement that it's silly and unhelpful? Well, she just said it helped her acc... |
ojousan | General discussion | 133 | 26,573 | 2012-08-30, 4:07 am | ||
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Thread: Why is Japanese pitch accent almost never taught? Post: Why is Japanese pitch accent almost never taught? partner55083777 Wrote:Yes, this is a problem. In fact, it's a problem I had (have). The easiest solution is obviously to get a native speaker to correct you when you're accidentally adding stress to... |
ojousan | General discussion | 133 | 26,573 | 2012-08-29, 6:20 pm | ||
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Thread: I made a lil mistake Post: I made a lil mistake kevester Wrote:mmm so shall i take it the general consensus is that i should flip around my anki deck? if that is so back to the rest of the questions: will flipping it around like totally screw up my... |
ojousan | Remembering the Kanji | 44 | 8,637 | 2012-08-29, 1:54 am | ||
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Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread Zgarbas Wrote:Oh man don't remind me, I feel uber stumped these days and I'm not sure whether I feel prepared for the N2. But going for the N3 would be anticlimatic. I'm also preparing for the Decembe... |
ojousan | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 297 | 78,502 | 2012-08-29, 1:42 am | ||
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Thread: Why is Japanese pitch accent almost never taught? Post: Why is Japanese pitch accent almost never taught? Javizy Wrote:And making it discernible at first is detrimental how exactly? We already have enough examples of foreigners who sound terrible given a lifetime to "pick it up", and you don't seem intere... |
ojousan | General discussion | 133 | 26,573 | 2012-08-28, 7:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Preparation for reading manga? Post: Preparation for reading manga? I also think you need a basic knowledge bank before you can get into manga. In the past, I could never get past the first few pages of a manga because I couldn't understand a thing without constantly ... |
ojousan | The Japanese language | 13 | 11,664 | 2012-08-26, 8:38 pm | ||
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Thread: "A Life in Japan" Documentary Post: "A Life in Japan" Documentary Hyperborea Wrote:I'll bet your under 25 too. This is the way that banks were in North America until not too long ago. People used to have to slip out on their lunch hour to go to banks that opened at ... |
ojousan | General discussion | 40 | 10,510 | 2012-08-10, 9:58 pm | ||
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Thread: "A Life in Japan" Documentary Post: "A Life in Japan" Documentary Quote:The public transportation is outstanding, the cities are compact, vending machines and convenience stores are everywhere: it's convenient. Not that this is that important, but I had to chime in.... |
ojousan | General discussion | 40 | 10,510 | 2012-08-09, 8:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Having trouble understanding sentence (～せい grammar) Post: Having trouble understanding sentence (～せい grammar... Okay, that would make more sense as a breakdown. Thank you, everyone! :D |
ojousan | The Japanese language | 6 | 2,096 | 2011-10-21, 12:49 am | ||
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Thread: Having trouble understanding sentence (～せい grammar) Post: Having trouble understanding sentence (～せい grammar... Yeah, I'm familiar with Xにする being part of Vことにする, but I wasn't thinking of it like "other people's fault" + "to decide on". |
ojousan | The Japanese language | 6 | 2,096 | 2011-10-21, 12:19 am | ||
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Thread: Having trouble understanding sentence (～せい grammar) Post: Having trouble understanding sentence (～せい grammar... Oooh. Thanks! |
ojousan | The Japanese language | 6 | 2,096 | 2011-10-20, 3:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Having trouble understanding sentence (～せい grammar) Post: Having trouble understanding sentence (～せい grammar... Hi everyone, I'm looking through a Japanese-only grammar book (耳から覚える: 日本語能力試験２級文法トレーニング) and most of the sentences are pretty easy to understand with a dictionary. However, I'm having trouble unders... |
ojousan | The Japanese language | 6 | 2,096 | 2011-10-20, 2:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility Post: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility Thank you, that was my problem! :) |
ojousan | Learning resources | 111 | 85,395 | 2011-06-23, 1:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility Post: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility Hello, I'm trying to run Capture2Text, but I have problems with both the EXE and the AHK files. If I try to run the EXE, I get the following error: Quote:Windows cannot access the specified device, ... |
ojousan | Learning resources | 111 | 85,395 | 2011-06-21, 10:13 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! A little later than I'd hoped, but I've also reached 1530 today! So far it's been 3.5 months. Not sure how long the last 500 are going to take me, but I'm definitely slogging through at a slower pace ... |
ojousan | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,205 | 2010-01-14, 1:02 am | ||
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Thread: polyglot dream list Post: polyglot dream list Actually, now that I think about it, after Tagalog I may consider French. The reason? Non-Canadians have often asked me if I spoke French, and (like most Anglophone Canadians), I don't. Is it good to ... |
ojousan | Off topic | 73 | 14,897 | 2009-12-10, 1:55 am | ||
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Thread: polyglot dream list Post: polyglot dream list mattimus Wrote:1) Japanese 2) French You guys are a tough crowd; I guess I'm easy to please. A life of access to American, Japanese, and French culture would be more than enough to let me die a happy... |
ojousan | Off topic | 73 | 14,897 | 2009-12-09, 12:24 am | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! What a relief! I just reached 1021, after 2 months, 7 days (I started October 1st). My retention rates are still ~90%, so I'm hopeful... |
ojousan | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,476 | 2009-12-07, 10:11 pm | ||
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Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!! Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!! I just reached 508 (end of lesson 19 and part 2 of Heisig), so I figured now is a good time to make my first post! I bought Heisig a looong time ago and stopped around 250 when I first tried it, due ... |
ojousan | Remembering the Kanji | 526 | 167,146 | 2009-10-19, 1:35 am | ||