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Thread: These two songs... Post: These two songs... Cannot stop listening to them recently. They both are just so ethereal and give me chills every time. Sight - [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6sqwXeS3nM] Landmark - [Video: http://www.youtube... |
TheSlyPig | Off topic | 4 | 1,195 | 2012-02-09, 2:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Nihongoperapera against RTK Post: Nihongoperapera against RTK SomeCallMeChris Wrote:I think you're right and on a learning path that many find effective. I also think you'll lose a lot of time from learning Japanese if you get too involved in such arguments. I a... |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,503 | 2012-02-01, 11:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Nihongoperapera against RTK Post: Nihongoperapera against RTK I've been working on RTK for about 4 months now, and I'm at about 800. (Slow, I know. I'm a full-time student and working part-time.) After a month or so of using it I shared the method with my closes... |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,503 | 2012-02-01, 10:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? Absolutely did not disappoint me (and I hope to be returning in a few months), but I suppose it depends on your expectations. It is far from a paradise, but I found that the good things that people sa... |
TheSlyPig | General discussion | 372 | 53,107 | 2012-01-31, 2:14 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Wow, thank you Asriel. I have no idea how I've managed to study Japanese for multiple years without ever discovering this rule! |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2012-01-30, 1:47 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Just found this sentence on readthekanji. 私は壁に強く頭をぶつけた。 It says the English meaning is "I hit my head hard against the wall." To me, it looks like it should be "I hit my strong head against the wal... |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2012-01-29, 11:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Books about Japan in English Post: Books about Japan in English I had the good fortune recently to get a copy of "Japan : An Illustrated Encyclopedia". My mom's work had a copy and she knew I'm interested in things to do with Japan, so she borrowed it temporarily ... |
TheSlyPig | General discussion | 9 | 2,532 | 2012-01-27, 1:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Internet Goes On Strike Post: Internet Goes On Strike To stay on the Neil Gaiman subject, he just posted this on his tumblr a few hours ago. "'Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.' — Jonathan Coulton i... |
TheSlyPig | Off topic | 176 | 19,770 | 2012-01-24, 6:52 pm | ||
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Thread: The Discouragement Thread Post: The Discouragement Thread [Image: http://i.imgur.com/Obs6p.jpg] Love this thread, couldn't bear to see it die again. ;) I don't get so much direct discouragement, I guess I'm lucky in that way. The band I play drums for has... |
TheSlyPig | Off topic | 311 | 69,131 | 2012-01-24, 6:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Internet Goes On Strike Post: Internet Goes On Strike Another interesting read on the subject. What do you guys think? http://www.extremetech.com/computing/114...y-i-pirate |
TheSlyPig | Off topic | 176 | 19,770 | 2012-01-23, 1:15 pm | ||
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Thread: New meaning for "taskmaster" radicle 攵 Post: New meaning for "taskmaster" radicle 攵 As much as I hate the overused jokes, I used Chuck Norris and I've had little problem remembering the stories. :) |
TheSlyPig | Remembering the Kanji | 18 | 6,259 | 2012-01-23, 1:13 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Me again. Just a quick one. "私は、ほのぼのと暮らしています。自分が思ってる以上に、いそがしくないみたい。" First sentence, something like "I'm living dimly"? I don't get the usage of 以上に in the second sentence. |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2012-01-15, 9:17 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread TheSlyPig Wrote:よろしくお願いしいます。 Wowtypo. zigmonty Wrote:Xのとおりです, "it is as X says", or the like. xとして, "as X". Starting from the outside in can be a useful tactic (ie delete all the relative clauses a... |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2012-01-12, 11:02 pm | ||
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Thread: What do you look for in a partner Post: What do you look for in a partner IceCream Wrote:* someone who can get as excited and interested as i do about new ideas and places and activities. * someone i can have interesting conversations and discussions with and learn new stuf... |
TheSlyPig | Off topic | 40 | 6,336 | 2012-01-12, 2:40 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Another lang-8 comment that I can't make heads or tails of... よろしくお願いしいます。 A friend posted this after I made a journal consisting of my attempted translations of some famous English quotes. 皆の添削... |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2012-01-12, 2:37 pm | ||
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Thread: My first sentence pack (MFSP) Post: My first sentence pack (MFSP) @mmhorii I would also love the link to that, if it's not too much trouble. I actually purchased it from AJATT only days ago, but I've been dreading going through all of them in PDF format and putting... |
TheSlyPig | Learning resources | 16 | 6,045 | 2012-01-08, 12:11 am | ||
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Thread: New Japanese Slang Post: New Japanese Slang A friend on Lang-8 recently posted about the "corruption of the Japanese language", giving all the following terms as examples of new slang terms he has heard his students using. Rikaichan didn't help... |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 6 | 1,808 | 2012-01-03, 3:57 am | ||
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Thread: when should I start reading Post: when should I start reading Splatted Wrote:when I suddenly decided to read a whole book (Zero no tsukaima) I looked this up and it looks really interesting! Did you read the light novel or the manga? Where did you buy it? |
TheSlyPig | General discussion | 17 | 5,459 | 2011-12-08, 1:15 am | ||
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Thread: The claim: Japanese (and other Asians?) people "lack creativity" Post: The claim: Japanese (and other Asians?) people "la... qwertyytrewq Wrote:When I think of the word "creative" or "creativity", I think of art and entertainment. I think of games like Shadow of the Colossus (PS2). Win. |
TheSlyPig | Off topic | 51 | 13,554 | 2011-12-06, 5:17 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I understand the second sentence now (thank you!), but the first one is still giving me trouble. (く-form adjective) + (なる) just means "(becoming) adjective", no? How does putting it into て-form fit in... |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2011-12-05, 7:51 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread メール遅くなってごめんね。...いっしょに歌えたらなって思います。 I'm having trouble figuring out the use of なって in these sentences. The first one from the context obviously means "Sorry for sending this message so late", but I don... |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2011-12-05, 12:37 pm | ||
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Thread: The Special Things Going On In Japan Post: The Special Things Going On In Japan Jarvik7 Wrote:nadiatims Wrote:Being served a bottle of tabasco sauce with pizzas and pasta. Pretty normal to have hot sauce with pizza in Canada too... America as well, there's almost always a bottle ... |
TheSlyPig | General discussion | 208 | 34,037 | 2011-12-02, 10:34 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thank you Zorlee! |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2011-11-23, 3:17 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Can't figure this one out despite much googling. 小斎さん、まじでいい人 ( ; _ ; ) ｳﾙｳﾙ So, abstinence-san is a seriously good person. What is ｳﾙｳﾙ? Another onomatopoetic word I've never heard before? |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2011-11-23, 2:51 pm | ||
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Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!! Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!! I hit 500 yesterday! I'm doing the 6th edition, so still not quite 1/4th of the way done, but well on my way. :D I'm seriously excited about this. Even though I know I have been improving in overall 日... |
TheSlyPig | Remembering the Kanji | 526 | 167,174 | 2011-11-18, 2:33 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread So basically, "somehow, it's just looks so fluffy!"? Thank you, I don't think I'd seen もん before. |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2011-11-17, 5:50 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread なんかもふもふしてそうだもん！ I can't figure this one out. I know もふもふ is like fluffiness, but the grammar confuses me. Unless I'm just making it way too difficult. >_< Which is very possible. |
TheSlyPig | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,635 | 2011-11-17, 3:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Short Japanese novels Post: Short Japanese novels Splatted Wrote:TheSlyPig Wrote:If anyone would like to share ways, links, stores that you get cheap Japanese literature in general, it would be greatly appreciated. :) You shouldn't bother searching t... |
TheSlyPig | General discussion | 77 | 31,497 | 2011-11-16, 2:03 am | ||
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Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books Man, I was playing this game the other day where people (in the game) were being all sneaky and using crazy new shadow hiding techniques that I had never seen before. I was so slow to see what was act... |
TheSlyPig | Learning resources | 277 | 117,295 | 2011-11-16, 1:59 am | ||
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Thread: Short Japanese novels Post: Short Japanese novels If anyone would like to share ways, links, stores that you get cheap Japanese literature in general, it would be greatly appreciated. :) |
TheSlyPig | General discussion | 77 | 31,497 | 2011-11-13, 12:06 am | ||
