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Thread: Post-JLPT N1 Japanese-related goals? Post: Post-JLPT N1 Japanese-related goals? Well, I was already reading stuff for fun before I finished JLPT1. If you mean study wise, I took a crack at the 3,300 四字熟語 deck. I finished about half of it, and it was really helpful. I feel like... |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,187 | 2014-02-06, 3:46 am | ||
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Thread: JIS and new jouyou kanji Post: JIS and new jouyou kanji http://imgur.com/yuYroPE[Image: http://i.imgur.com/yuYroPE.png] |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 4 | 933 | 2013-09-29, 1:30 am | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here I guess I passed 3100 kanji recently, and finished 装甲悪鬼村正 without much issue. I might just do a few hundred more kanji, retain for a year or so, and quit anki forever. I don't think I really need it... |
weirdo | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,259 | 2013-07-28, 11:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide Post: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide This is what I do for e-readers that can deal with Japanese text, specifically the paperwhite. 1. Acquire a 青空文庫 format book (legal, of course) 2. Stick it into AozoraEpub3 to acquire .epub file http... |
weirdo | Learning resources | 57 | 50,998 | 2013-05-18, 2:34 am | ||
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Thread: Is sarcasm fairly understood in Japan? Post: Is sarcasm fairly understood in Japan? There's plenty of sarcasm in Japanese literature, but you can't really directly apply the English formula of "Oh hey, I'll say the opposite of what I mean while rolling my eyes, that's funny right?" ... |
weirdo | General discussion | 9 | 3,203 | 2013-02-26, 2:03 am | ||
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Thread: Aozora Bunko text for Kindle (mobi) Post: Aozora Bunko text for Kindle (mobi) Here's what I do: 1. Acquire 青空文庫 format book 2. Stick it into AozoraEpub3 to acquire .epub file http://www18.atwiki.jp/hmdev/pages/21.html 3. Stick that file into Kindle Previewer to get a .mobi fi... |
weirdo | Learning resources | 7 | 5,271 | 2013-01-21, 8:30 am | ||
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Thread: Negative verb endings and Tae Kim Post: Negative verb endings and Tae Kim The equivalent of ～はる is ～なさる, not ～です。 |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 21 | 3,458 | 2012-12-15, 10:09 am | ||
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Thread: Is it true that even natives Japanese people will struggle on JLPT N1? Post: Is it true that even natives Japanese people will ... I'm a Japanese American that already had native speaking fluency. I just studied kanji and sat for the N1 this week. JLPT1 is trivial. If a native had issues with it, it was probably just because that... |
weirdo | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 53 | 28,326 | 2012-12-08, 10:42 pm | ||
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Thread: How to identify correct spelling in written texts? Post: How to identify correct spelling in written texts? When I asked that question, I was just given a 「文脈で判断するしか無い」 and given examples like 人事 じんじ vs ひとごと or 生物 なまもの vs せいぶつ and how they would be pretty easy to figure out with context. You just have to ge... |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 3 | 1,276 | 2012-12-08, 10:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here I broke 2k Kanji the day before JLPT1 and probably did well on JLPT1 as well. 2k kanji doesn't seem like enough at all, though. I wonder what figure I'd have to reach to feel comfortable reading mos... |
weirdo | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,259 | 2012-12-06, 8:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Books on Japanese history Post: Books on Japanese history Thanks, Taishi. I see that the uyoku don't like it. That's probably a good thing, I think I'll look into it. |
weirdo | General discussion | 9 | 1,920 | 2012-12-03, 7:00 pm | ||
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Thread: nico nico douga Post: nico nico douga In that case, there's an English version available so you may want to take a look at that to explore the controls first. You can try venturing into the Japanese version after you have a good grasp of ... |
weirdo | General discussion | 6 | 1,226 | 2012-12-03, 6:25 pm | ||
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Thread: nico nico douga Post: nico nico douga That's a pretty broad question, I'm not sure what you mean. It's a video site that has comments scrolling across the screens. You look for videos, you watch them, you comment, you favorite. There'... |
weirdo | General discussion | 6 | 1,226 | 2012-12-03, 5:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Books on Japanese history Post: Books on Japanese history I've decided that I'd like to read up on Japanese history in Japanese. I've taken a college class that covered from around Edo to just after WWII, but I think it was watered down for a non-Japanese au... |
weirdo | General discussion | 9 | 1,920 | 2012-12-03, 5:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Importance of being able to WRITE kanji Post: Importance of being able to WRITE kanji Are people seriously suggesting that not being to spell in English as a native speaker is OK? You'll probably survive, but it's an embarrassment unless you're in grade school. It's one of those thing... |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 130 | 29,665 | 2012-11-29, 2:09 am | ||
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Thread: Video on Japanese Pitch Accent Post: Video on Japanese Pitch Accent partner55083777 Wrote:I think I need to practice listening more. I couldn't tell the different between 2) and 4)! :-( Also, I could tell that 3) and 4) are totally different, but I wasn't able to te... |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 39 | 10,239 | 2012-11-26, 8:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese typing tutor software Post: Japanese typing tutor software gombost Wrote:Japanese keyboard layout. Are you saying that you want to learn kana-entry? Because the Japanese layout is the standard QWERTY plus different punctuation locations here and there and may... |
weirdo | General discussion | 6 | 1,785 | 2012-11-21, 10:51 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread TheVinster Wrote:Hope excluding the rest of the sentence still allows people to help me, but I was stumped on 「電流が流れていようといまいと」. Whether an electric current is flowing or not (it doesn't matter). |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,067 | 2012-11-20, 9:41 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread headphone_child Wrote:From Core 6K - 彼には貸しがあるの。 = He owes me one. What's the best way to understand this grammatically? I have lent him. (he should return) Thus, he owes me. headphone_child Wrote... |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,067 | 2012-11-18, 7:27 pm | ||
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Thread: ～ている vs ～中 Post: ～ている vs ～中 I don't think there's really a formal rule regarding the usage and there isn't really a politeness level associated with it. You can say 作業中でございます and it'd be perfectly polite, or 作業中だよ to be more fri... |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 6 | 1,624 | 2012-11-17, 12:34 am | ||
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Thread: Video on Japanese Pitch Accent Post: Video on Japanese Pitch Accent I gave it a shot, but it's hard to do bad stress with good accent and vice versa, and my American accent might sound a bit stereotypical since I don't really know how to properly fake it (I'm a Japane... |
weirdo | The Japanese language | 39 | 10,239 | 2012-11-17, 12:14 am | ||
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Thread: Kindle Paperwhite Update Makes Manga and Fonts Look Better Post: Kindle Paperwhite Update Makes Manga and Fonts Loo... TheVinster Wrote:Is that an American Paperwhite? Yes, American paperwhites can buy from Japanese Amazon. All is fine as long as you have a Japanese address. |
weirdo | General discussion | 27 | 9,216 | 2012-11-09, 5:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Kindle Paperwhite Update Makes Manga and Fonts Look Better Post: Kindle Paperwhite Update Makes Manga and Fonts Loo... gdaxeman Wrote:Notice that this "8 weeks" of battery life that Amazon boasts for the Kindle Paperwhite is based on half an hour of reading a day; the battery life with real use is around 28 hours at m... |
weirdo | General discussion | 27 | 9,216 | 2012-11-09, 1:56 am | ||
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Thread: Short Japanese novels Post: Short Japanese novels chamcham Wrote:Now that the Kindle Paperwhite was released in Japan, please feel free to recommend any Japanese Kindle books. I'm really enjoying 神世界より right now. |
weirdo | General discussion | 77 | 31,466 | 2012-11-09, 1:49 am | ||
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Thread: Kindle Paperwhite Update Makes Manga and Fonts Look Better Post: Kindle Paperwhite Update Makes Manga and Fonts Loo... ryuudou Wrote:I don't really understand the niche. Smart phones can read PDFs, and if it's for the screen size then why not buy an actual tablet? - Terrible battery life - not e-ink (it's amazing) ---... |
weirdo | General discussion | 27 | 9,216 | 2012-11-08, 9:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Kindle Paperwhite Update Makes Manga and Fonts Look Better Post: Kindle Paperwhite Update Makes Manga and Fonts Loo... I've got one. It's pretty fantastic. If you've got a Japanese account with a Japanese address, you can also buy directly from Amazon.co.jp. Here's a screenshot and a picture(doesn't do justice) htt... |
weirdo | General discussion | 27 | 9,216 | 2012-11-08, 8:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan and negativity Post: Japan and negativity Japanese people don't want to hear negativity? I think someone hasn't seen Japanese tabloids or Japanese net users (the worst). It -is- true, however, that some people don't know how to handle any... |
weirdo | General discussion | 33 | 6,793 | 2012-11-06, 8:00 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) Post: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) JimmySeal Wrote:weirdo Wrote:隼1級 Ah, good old hayabusa ikkyu. I look forward to it. ;-) I suppose that's what happens when my brother's name is 隼, and I my IME puts that before 準... Javizy Wrote:Mai... |
weirdo | General discussion | 29 | 6,047 | 2012-11-06, 7:36 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) Post: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) Javizy Wrote:Natives don't take 漢検. Kanji hobbyists take 漢検 and you'll probably be lucky to meet one. I'm not sure where you heard that, but that's not true at all. Both my mother and aunt (normal hou... |
weirdo | General discussion | 29 | 6,047 | 2012-11-05, 4:22 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) Post: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) Like others have said, JLPT1 alone isn't going to get much across to someone that isn't familiar with foreigners. You'd have to take something that natives take like the 漢検. 2級 being mastery of readin... |
weirdo | General discussion | 29 | 6,047 | 2012-11-05, 2:24 pm | ||
