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Thread: / t͡ʃ / VS / t͡ɕ / Post: / t͡ʃ / VS / t͡ɕ / KanjiDevourer Wrote:But still I am uncertain exactly how to position my tongue in the right way In Japanese, your tongue touches the base of your teeth. In English, it's pulled further back so it doe... |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 49 | 14,503 | 2011-10-23, 2:18 am | ||
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Thread: Ask Magamo!™ Post: Ask Magamo!™ Hi, I've been away from this forum for quite a while. I'm very happy to see that it's still going strong. Could someone explain--or offer a link to an explanation--about what ものだ (and its variants) ... |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 152 | 43,454 | 2010-03-26, 5:37 am | ||
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Thread: 誰 「だれ」not a joyo kanji? Post: 誰 「だれ」not a joyo kanji? Yes, 誰 was one of the first kanji they taught me at school in first year Japanese. I was so surprised to find it wasn't in the Toyo list. Names are a different situation. As well as the ~2000 Joyo, t... |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 14 | 6,688 | 2009-12-24, 5:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Hiragana used instead of kanji for some verbs? Post: Hiragana used instead of kanji for some verbs? I see this all the time. I've seen むかしばなし, 昔ばなし and むかし話 all in the same book. I've seen おまえ and お前 in the same manga. I've seen いう and 言う in the same article (with the same meaning). And so on. I've ... |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 9 | 3,803 | 2009-12-24, 4:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Christian influence in Remember the Kanji? Post: Christian influence in Remember the Kanji? Coming from an orthodox Christian's point of view, I find some of Heisig's religious references heretical. I don't like them from that point of view. (Though admittedly, as people have already said, ... |
Raichu | Off topic | 143 | 19,767 | 2009-05-04, 3:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Childrens' Bible Stories Post: Childrens' Bible Stories Just an old style font. That's an example of what that kanji must have looked like in Moses' time. Just joking. Kanji have changed through the years, some considerably. I don't think you can copy th... |
Raichu | Learning resources | 11 | 2,234 | 2009-05-04, 3:33 pm | ||
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Thread: 漢字怪物〜Kanji "Characters" Post: 漢字怪物〜Kanji "Characters" I had some inspiration for some artwork... http://electric-raichu.deviantart.com/ga...Characters Wodjathink? |
Raichu | Off topic | 4 | 977 | 2009-04-29, 4:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Having difficulty with Group 1 and 2 verb conjunctions Post: Having difficulty with Group 1 and 2 verb conjunct... Basically you just need to memorize all the rules and give yourself lots and lots of practice at reading, writing, listening and speaking until they become second nature. Eventually they will. The on... |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 15 | 7,454 | 2009-04-24, 5:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning with Sample Sentences Post: Learning with Sample Sentences Due to RSI problems, I've switched over to paper-based system. On the front, I put the word, phrase or sentence as I found it. On the back: - If there are difficult kanji involved, I write it in kan... |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 7 | 5,077 | 2009-04-20, 3:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning martial arts by yourself? Post: Learning martial arts by yourself? I did karate for 2-3 years before I got too sick and had to stop. Only went up four grades (10 to black belt), but I think I can safely say one thing: you will not be able to learn a martial art by yo... |
Raichu | General discussion | 29 | 8,579 | 2009-04-17, 5:02 am | ||
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Thread: 快い こころよい Post: 快い こころよい There's also 鶏＝庭鳥 and 卵＝玉子 (although I've seen that one written both ways) |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 16 | 3,501 | 2009-04-13, 9:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Twig, branch and bough... how on earth?! Post: Twig, branch and bough... how on earth?! 支 is a generic branch, not a tree branch. 枝 = tree + branch, a bough is a branch of a tree, straightforward I have no idea why 条 has the keyword "twig". Rikaichan brings up "article" as in statutes &... |
Raichu | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 6,285 | 2009-04-01, 3:06 am | ||
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Thread: sentences that really show why kanji is awesome Post: sentences that really show why kanji is awesome I prefer my version of the niwa sentence with 7 consecutive niwas. Actually this is not an example at all of why kanji are a good thing (helpful as they are in this sentence). Kanji are not a good th... |
Raichu | Off topic | 22 | 3,645 | 2009-03-27, 5:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Help with "vase" primitive Post: Help with "vase" primitive For me, it has been pretty much rote learning. I wonder, if you look at all the kanji it occurs in, whether there are any consistent patterns you can draw out. E.g., if it's above a belt- or hood-lik... |
Raichu | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 1,851 | 2009-03-27, 5:07 am | ||
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Thread: Have these kanji changed or am I going mad? Post: Have these kanji changed or am I going mad? I've got Kubuntu. By default Linux comes with some pretty poor fonts. I mean they're stylistic but they miss out lots of characters and generally use older forms of many characters like the ones you m... |
Raichu | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 1,828 | 2009-03-26, 4:39 am | ||
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Thread: 恐い/怖い? Post: 恐い/怖い? QuackingShoe Wrote:捜す and 探す have distinct meanings They do? What are they? |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 26 | 8,693 | 2009-03-07, 7:19 pm | ||
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Thread: How to create stories to help the readings of characters? Post: How to create stories to help the readings of char... There's nothing stopping you creating mnemonic tags for words or kanji readings. Because your not dealing with a set of components that repeat, you can't do it as systematically as you do with Heisig'... |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 5 | 1,213 | 2009-03-07, 7:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Book Club? Post: Book Club? So what's the plan? I suggest we start with Kumo no Ito since it's [i]short[i] so it's a good first trial. Shall we set a date for reading it, like by the end of the week (Saturday midnight GMT)? I ... |
Raichu | General discussion | 33 | 5,394 | 2009-03-03, 6:02 am | ||
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Thread: Book Club? Post: Book Club? QuackingShoe Wrote:Seconding Raichu, what's the goal here? Read within a certain date? Then do what? Discuss the topics covered? Ask each other about grammar? I suppose it's up to whatever helps. If t... |
Raichu | General discussion | 33 | 5,394 | 2009-03-03, 3:44 am | ||
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Thread: Book Club? Post: Book Club? Urrr... so are we reading 蜘蛛の糸? |
Raichu | General discussion | 33 | 5,394 | 2009-03-03, 3:03 am | ||
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Thread: my name in katakana Post: my name in katakana According to the internet, it means "badger". Is that so bad? Actually, Japanese for Brock is タケシ, isn't it? :D |
Raichu | Off topic | 61 | 15,072 | 2009-03-01, 5:31 am | ||
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Thread: my name in katakana Post: my name in katakana Actually, since Damian is pronounced with a long /a/, I would transliterate it デーミアン. Wouldn't Kester be ケスター? Just like "Thunder" becomes サンダー? My name is easy. George transliterates into katakana ... |
Raichu | Off topic | 61 | 15,072 | 2009-03-01, 3:54 am | ||
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Thread: gotta laugh at this sentence Post: gotta laugh at this sentence From alc... 議論はいらない。言われた通りにすればいいんだ。 Literally, "there is no need to argue. You may do it in the way that was said." The translation provided was... "Don't argue! Just do as you're told." |
Raichu | Off topic | 2 | 886 | 2009-02-08, 2:18 am | ||
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Thread: Ugliest and most Beutiful kanji? Post: Ugliest and most Beutiful kanji? Jeromin Wrote:凹 and 凸, they don't even look like Kanji lol :lol: The one I refuse to learn is 襲. No one should ever have been allowed to create a kanji like that. For some reason I really like 誰. I ... |
Raichu | Off topic | 65 | 15,529 | 2009-02-07, 10:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Average RtK review score? Post: Average RtK review score? I've finished RTK1, and I get around 10-15 on average to review a day. I usually get 90% right. The only thing is there are some stubborn kanji I can't learn, so my red pile stays around 400. |
Raichu | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 2,476 | 2009-02-05, 4:25 am | ||
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Thread: Does anybody ever feel like this? Post: Does anybody ever feel like this? I'm not that fluent, and I don't get many opportunities, but I usually pretend I'm less fluent than I am because it solves this problem and a few others. |
Raichu | Off topic | 34 | 4,219 | 2009-01-30, 1:40 am | ||
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Thread: Free Handwritten Japanese Font Post: Free Handwritten Japanese Font Who writes "a" or "g" like they appear in Times Roman font? There are typographic and handwritten differences in every character set I've learned (Greek, Latin and Japanese). |
Raichu | The Japanese language | 34 | 50,164 | 2009-01-26, 1:59 am | ||
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Thread: Why are there "report"s on all of these kanji? Post: Why are there "report"s on all of these kanji? Why would you report a different part of speech? I could understand if it's the completely wrong sense, like someone meaning vertical (instead of moral) for 貞 "upright", but the difference between th... |
Raichu | General discussion | 26 | 6,998 | 2009-01-19, 11:59 am | ||
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Thread: RTK1: One kanji, one picture discussion Post: RTK1: One kanji, one picture discussion I drew some of my own pics: http://electric-raichu.deviantart.com/ga...-Mnemonics |
Raichu | Remembering the Kanji | 91 | 55,710 | 2009-01-17, 5:08 am | ||
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Thread: Using a notebook for the stories Post: Using a notebook for the stories When I was going through the book, yes, I definitely used a notebook. Now that I'm finished I use the web site more to get other people's ideas for kanji that I couldn't learn myself. |
Raichu | General discussion | 8 | 952 | 2009-01-17, 4:50 am | ||
