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    Thread: Marking email as spam on a Japanese flip phone
Post: Marking email as spam on a Japanese flip phone

eslang Wrote:If the hacked Yahoo email account have your friends' contact list where both the phone number and their email address and/or (kei-tai) mail are being stored, then it would be better for y...
TomTomHatesCats General discussion 5 1,729 2014-12-03, 2:30 pm
    Thread: Marking email as spam on a Japanese flip phone
Post: Marking email as spam on a Japanese flip phone

Thanks, vix86. Bad news, I guess, but good to know.
TomTomHatesCats General discussion 5 1,729 2014-12-02, 2:30 pm
    Thread: Marking email as spam on a Japanese flip phone
Post: Marking email as spam on a Japanese flip phone

I posted this on Reddit, but I'm hoping I can get some help here too: I live in the U.S. and have a Skype partner in Japan with whom I do language exchange conversation every week. A number of months...
TomTomHatesCats General discussion 5 1,729 2014-12-02, 11:15 am
    Thread: Why do you want to move to Japan?
Post: Why do you want to move to Japan?

qwertyytrewq Wrote:Having said that, South Korea and China hates their guts so trouble might brew there. And also in close proximity to North (best) Korea. I see the point about the governmental clash...
TomTomHatesCats General discussion 72 10,243 2014-06-07, 1:48 pm
    Thread: Android or iOS for Japanese related apps
Post: Android or iOS for Japanese related apps

rich_f, I like Swype for JP/EN too. Unfortunately, I'm also studying Korean, haha. Swype supports Korean, but not as a toggle on the same keyboard so, for me, it's a step down from iOS's native keyboa...
TomTomHatesCats Learning resources 14 4,724 2013-10-10, 1:30 pm
    Thread: Android or iOS for Japanese related apps
Post: Android or iOS for Japanese related apps

fakewookie, I haven't found a good Korean dictionary on either OS. On Android I'm using Collins Gem Korean Dictionary which costs 10 bucks and is offline, but it's buggy and sometimes asks for an inte...
TomTomHatesCats Learning resources 14 4,724 2013-10-10, 1:24 pm
    Thread: Android or iOS for Japanese related apps
Post: Android or iOS for Japanese related apps

I'm going to buy a tablet soon but haven't decided on whether to go iOS (Pad mini 2, once it comes out) or Android (Nexus 7). Currently, I use an iPod Touch for AnkiMobile and the Midori dictionary a...
TomTomHatesCats Learning resources 14 4,724 2013-10-10, 11:57 am
    Thread: Learning through Lyrics
Post: Learning through Lyrics

This is kind of on a tangent, but I was always suspicious of learning a language through song lyrics. I'm not saying it isn't fun, but if English language song lyrics are any indication, grammatical r...
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 12 2,311 2013-06-23, 10:14 pm
    Thread: Recommend manga thread
Post: Recommend manga thread

BECK (Difficulty **) About High School boys trying to form a rock band, from the perspective of the youngest member. In the beginning of the series, he's only 14 but quickly develops in years and abi...
TomTomHatesCats Learning resources 51 77,932 2013-06-09, 10:13 am
    Thread: Using て form --> which particle?
Post: Using て form --> which particle?

Thanks, yudantaiteki, for pointing that out, I hadn't realized that my original sentence was still a valid one with a different meaning. It makes sense. And, thanks again, imabi, for responding to my...
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 6 1,652 2012-12-02, 12:03 am
    Thread: Using て form --> which particle?
Post: Using て form --> which particle?

ahhh, reread your post, and saw the answer on the first line, hahahha. Thanks!
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 6 1,652 2012-12-01, 3:05 pm
    Thread: Using て form --> which particle?
Post: Using て form --> which particle?

Thanks for the reply. Actually, I was not referring that particular kind of grammar (-ていく/-てくる), which is kind of a specialized case. Going back to my example, when pairing 受ける with the literal meani...
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 6 1,652 2012-12-01, 3:03 pm
    Thread: Using て form --> which particle?
Post: Using て form --> which particle?

Which particle is correct in this kind of sentence: (I'm going/leaving to take the test) 試験 を 受けていく or 試験 に 受けていく In other words, which of the two verbs (受ける or 行く) is used to determine the correct ...
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 6 1,652 2012-12-01, 2:41 pm
    Thread: Android vs. Windows Mobile for kanji input?
Post: Android vs. Windows Mobile for kanji input?

I, also, haven't played with Windows Mobile, but, as far as Japanese goes, I've been suffering on Android for a couple of years. There's an app called Kanji Recognizer which is a dictionary for hand-d...
TomTomHatesCats General discussion 6 3,079 2012-10-08, 11:54 pm
    Thread: 入る vs. 入る
Post: 入る vs. 入る

What a great explanation. Thank you very much! -Tom
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 2 784 2012-10-03, 6:20 pm
    Thread: 入る vs. 入る
Post: 入る vs. 入る

I'm having a tough time deciding when to use 入る (はいる) and when to use 入る (いる). Ex. 風呂に入った。 Both definitions seem like they'd work to me :/ -Tom
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 2 784 2012-10-03, 4:17 pm
    Thread: Compound sentence question
Post: Compound sentence question

Okay, I guess that seems simple enough. Thanks for the reply!
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 3 795 2012-09-27, 8:47 am
    Thread: Compound sentence question
Post: Compound sentence question

While reading Tae Kim's grammar guide, I saw this example in the section on Compound Sentences: 時間がありまして、映画を見ました。 I thought when there is more than one verb in a sentence, they conjugate from the pl...
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 3 795 2012-09-26, 9:57 pm
    Thread: Kanji stems and okurigana
Post: Kanji stems and okurigana

Great point about the あ/え verb pairs... especially since I don't remember ever seeing one where the あ/え kana didn't appear immediately after the kanji stem. That will be a huge help for me. Thanks! -...
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 2 1,584 2011-12-27, 10:08 am
    Thread: Kanji stems and okurigana
Post: Kanji stems and okurigana

As I build my vocab, I often misremember where the kanji stem ends and the okurigana begins. For example, instead of 泊まる, I might write it incorrectly as 泊る. I haven't come up with any consistent me...
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 2 1,584 2011-12-26, 11:33 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Congrats to all before me, and to those yet to post in this thread (keep it up, you'll get there)! I want to thank every single person who contributed a story on this amazing site, without which I'd ...
TomTomHatesCats Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,380 2011-10-06, 11:16 pm
    Thread: Tokyo train station Anki deck and Names of Japanese people in movies
Post: Tokyo train station Anki deck and Names of Japanes...

I can vouch for using the JR tokyo station names for practice. I've got a wall-sized poster I made, printed and framed which hangs on my living room wall, and it's an entertaining way to learn reading...
TomTomHatesCats Learning resources 11 3,981 2011-09-16, 10:31 am
    Thread: Remembering the kanji, but forgetting the story...
Post: Remembering the kanji, but forgetting the story...

Well, that makes me feel better. Thanks, all. -Tom
TomTomHatesCats Remembering the Kanji 9 3,515 2011-09-15, 4:44 pm
    Thread: Remembering the kanji, but forgetting the story...
Post: Remembering the kanji, but forgetting the story...

Here's the problem: When you guys srs and you can write out a kanji easily by seeing the keyword, yet you cannot remember the actual story for that kanji, do you count that as a "pass?" This has bee...
TomTomHatesCats Remembering the Kanji 9 3,515 2011-09-14, 11:01 pm
    Thread: Politeness level question
Post: Politeness level question

Ironically, I started this thread as a "Politeness level question." :/
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 95 15,093 2011-08-31, 11:22 pm
    Thread: Politeness level question
Post: Politeness level question

The replies in this thread just make me realize the more I learn, the less I know that I know. :[ Great stuff from everyone, though, thank you! -Tom
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 95 15,093 2011-08-29, 3:43 pm
    Thread: Politeness level question
Post: Politeness level question

Hey all, I've just encountered this kind of comparison: 高くなかったです。 vs. 高くありませんでした。 Are these of equal politeness level? The second seems more polite to me only because it has more syllables, but tha...
TomTomHatesCats The Japanese language 95 15,093 2011-08-29, 9:54 am
    Thread: Primitive stories
Post: Primitive stories

Ahhhhhh, ok, that explains it, thanks!
TomTomHatesCats Remembering the Kanji 2 932 2011-08-18, 9:55 pm
    Thread: Primitive stories
Post: Primitive stories

All, Probably a noob question, but where can I find everyone's stories for primitives in the study section? Thanks :/ -Tom
TomTomHatesCats Remembering the Kanji 2 932 2011-08-18, 1:28 pm
    Thread: Heisig Wallpaper
Post: Heisig Wallpaper

Good point about a version with just the RTK 1 kanji. Here they are: Normal version: http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?q...q4&thumb=4 OS X version: http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?q....
TomTomHatesCats Remembering the Kanji 17 13,160 2011-06-05, 9:45 pm