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    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I have come across a grammar pattern that seems both rare-ish and difficult to look up. I think I have found an appropriate explanation but would be interested in confirmation. I'm curious about the u...
sarenya The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,381 2011-01-23, 6:27 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I found myself rereading some manga recently and came across these lines of dialogue, which I think I understand but would like confirmation: 「俺ャあ普段は買い専門なんだがよ、弱い者イジメは、するのも見るのも大嫌えなんだ。特に、自由だ、正義だ、平等だのと綺...
sarenya The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,381 2010-08-19, 2:45 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Awesome. That makes a lot of sense -- thanks for the explanation. The second sentence was from a fan translation of some video-game content. You can find the original line in context here: http://wik...
sarenya The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,381 2010-07-31, 11:57 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I'm unsure about the meaning of ~たらと思う in these sentences. All of them were written by native speakers. I have a guess about the meaning, but if anyone can provide a real explanation to confirm or den...
sarenya The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,381 2010-07-30, 11:40 pm
    Thread: synced television subtitle resources
Post: synced television subtitle resources

I've been told that (starting this year?), digital Japanese television is being broadcast concurrently with accurate-to-spoken-dialogue, unsimplified subtitles. This obviously opens up a lot of opport...
sarenya Learning resources 2 687 2010-04-06, 12:03 am
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

Hello! I have read this whole thread, though not recently, so I apologize if this information is present somewhere and I've missed it. I'm currently living in Japan and so have access to all sorts of...
sarenya Learning resources 1,039 387,744 2009-10-19, 5:54 pm