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    Thread: American History
Post: American History

When you try to remember history too much, everyone ends up hating each other again. It gives reason for future generations to hate. History seems more like a list of grudges and records to be broken ...
Tomnook Off topic 90 16,349 2010-08-06, 9:46 pm
    Thread: Temple University Japan
Post: Temple University Japan

Thanks for the replies everyone. I don't think I will be going to Temple after what I have read here and on other sites. I think I should keep looking into places like Yamasa and other language school...
Tomnook JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 23 13,318 2010-07-09, 4:11 pm
    Thread: Temple University Japan
Post: Temple University Japan

Does anyone have any other suggestions? I don't think I know enough to survive a Japanese only college. I tried to get into a Labo internship last year and that failed. I think my family is tired of m...
Tomnook JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 23 13,318 2010-07-09, 9:16 am
    Thread: Temple University Japan
Post: Temple University Japan

If I do go I plan to stay with a Japanese family or at least have a private room. Also Temple is the only university that is recognised by both America and Japan, they also try to help you into a job ...
Tomnook JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 23 13,318 2010-07-08, 10:43 pm
    Thread: Temple University Japan
Post: Temple University Japan

I've been trying to get into Japan for the last year or two and have had no luck yet. I am now thinking about going into deep debt by attending Temple Uni in Tokyo. I'd be going for a Japanese major, ...
Tomnook JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 23 13,318 2010-07-08, 9:37 pm
    Thread: I seem to have messed up my language bar...
Post: I seem to have messed up my language bar...

I was typing in Hiragana and it wasn't converting to Kanji when I hit space, but I restarted my computer and it seemed to fix it.
Tomnook Learning resources 3 830 2010-07-05, 9:28 pm
    Thread: I seem to have messed up my language bar...
Post: I seem to have messed up my language bar...

I was messing around while typing in Japanese and now I can't convert anything into Kanji with the space bar. I'm guessing there is some combination like Shift + \ or something that will fix it, but I...
Tomnook Learning resources 3 830 2010-07-05, 9:00 pm
    Thread: Music problem - cannot find anything I like
Post: Music problem - cannot find anything I like

Mouse On The Keys [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjpOhR_Q9xw] RoughSketch [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZbFcJEslH4] 相対性理論 - Theory of Relativity [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Tomnook General discussion 109 31,527 2010-07-02, 6:43 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

If say... A random person had a batch of files. How would they go about making the notepads display Japanese? Would this person have to extract the files in a special way? I understand that they could...
Tomnook Learning resources 277 117,283 2010-04-19, 12:04 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Thanks for the reply Smackle. I have not learned passive yet so that is why I got confused. Maybe I should focus more on Tae Kim's grammer guide before trying to understand sentences completely.
Tomnook The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,283 2009-12-21, 11:40 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I'm still learning new grammer everyday but I've come across something I don't understand yet. "さそわれて" I know it roughly means invited or beckoned and I looked it up online and got " 誘う 【さそう(P); いざなう】...
Tomnook The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,283 2009-12-21, 11:24 pm
    Thread: AJATT : The dark side
Post: AJATT : The dark side

I don't mind him trying to get money, he deserves it. I would have given up on learning Japanese if I had not found his website, so I enjoy donating to him by buying his goofy videos ect. I also don'...
Tomnook General discussion 55 12,430 2009-12-13, 11:40 am
    Thread: I can't decide what to study for my intern program.
Post: I can't decide what to study for my intern program...

I'm going to be sending my application for a one year internship in Japan. I will also have a study project to finish over the year. The problem is I'm not really sure what to study. It has to be some...
Tomnook JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 4 1,625 2009-11-13, 12:18 am
    Thread: Lots of new Japanese subs for the new Japanese drama season
Post: Lots of new Japanese subs for the new Japanese dra...

Do you have to download the episodes you want and then download the subs? I've only watched one drama before and it was on veoh. Elite Yankees I think was the name.
Tomnook General discussion 43 18,795 2009-11-11, 10:51 am
    Thread: Dorama and Anime suggestions
Post: Dorama and Anime suggestions

I recommend: Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor *usually just called Kaiji* Baccano! *don't let the first few episodes confuse you, it makes a lot more sense later on* Akagi *I only suggest this...
Tomnook General discussion 12 2,813 2009-11-05, 8:05 am
    Thread: I don't understand わかりません.
Post: I don't understand わかりません.

Thanks everyone for the answers! I think I understand now. Only thing left to figure out is my example sentence: [よく解かりません。] it says the kanji reading is: 解る=わかる so that would mean it is waKAKArimase...
Tomnook The Japanese language 8 4,247 2009-11-02, 8:04 pm
    Thread: I don't understand わかりません.
Post: I don't understand わかりません.

It's not really that I don't understand "わかりません" but more of what kanji to use. I thought it was only written 分かりません, but then I saw 解かりません in a sentence pack I have *actually I think its an error. I...
Tomnook The Japanese language 8 4,247 2009-11-02, 7:22 pm
    Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread
Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab...

Is it ok to abort the baby when the brain hasn't finished forming? If that is murder then would sex be genocide with the billions of sperms dieing? Also: Does the soul of a baby or small child go to ...
Tomnook Off topic 465 58,553 2009-10-27, 9:59 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

[何なんだよ?] Is this correct looking? How do you say it? "Nani nan da yo?" or "Nan nan da yo?". Or is it an error and they typed nan twice? I've heard people say "nan da yo" before but when I got to thi...
Tomnook The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,283 2009-10-24, 2:05 pm