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Thread: Odd Assumptions and Mistranslations Post: Odd Assumptions and Mistranslations I've experienced this before many times. It's been a while, though, so I can't remember an exact example from my own experience. I do remember a friend, though, who thought of めんどくさい as "his めんど stin... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 1 | 820 | 2012-03-10, 7:03 am | ||
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Thread: Can I use these words interchangeably? ツアー、旅、旅行、行楽、遠足、見物、観光 Post: Can I use these words interchangeably? ツアー、旅、旅行、行楽... 観光 and 見物 are pretty interchangeable, but 観光 has more of the general meaning of seeing the sights around an area (perhaps even with a tour guide), whereas 見物 tends to emphasize looking at a specific o... |
EnjukuBlack | The Japanese language | 3 | 1,825 | 2011-05-23, 8:33 am | ||
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Thread: What I Learned Today Post: What I Learned Today fakewookie Wrote:I learned that in 1926 on the day of the emperor's death, a newspaper ran a special report stating that the next era was to be called 光文. However, seven hours later, the actual era na... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 8 | 1,951 | 2011-05-17, 2:01 am | ||
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Thread: What I Learned Today Post: What I Learned Today Actually, for this thread I was thinking more of some interesting factoid about Japan/Japanese culture that we might have learned today. Not so much vocabulary. For example, I learned today that the ... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 8 | 1,951 | 2011-05-16, 7:36 am | ||
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Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners The idea is that you should always try to learn words in context. If you learn a word, but don't know how to use it in a sentence, it's mostly useless to you. If you are looking at the Core 2000 sent... |
EnjukuBlack | The Japanese language | 712 | 401,451 | 2011-05-11, 9:37 am | ||
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Thread: What I Learned Today Post: What I Learned Today This may sail or fail, but I was thinking of starting a thread where we shared with everyone something interesting that we learned recently. For example, I discovered recently that the Japanese kaboc... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 8 | 1,951 | 2011-05-11, 9:24 am | ||
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Thread: Are all the trees really common words? Post: Are all the trees really common words? Just another two cents: keep in mind that just because a tree is unknown to you doesn't necessarily mean it is rare or unusual in Japan. 桐-paulownia, 桂-japanese judas tree, 楠-camphor tree, etc. are al... |
EnjukuBlack | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 8,385 | 2011-05-10, 1:03 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread gyuujuice Wrote:Can anyone give me an example sentence containing "なんか"? I know it expressions like, "なんかつまらないなー" but I'm not really sure what it means. It's something like, "kind of", right? Or am I... |
EnjukuBlack | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,536 | 2010-04-24, 4:17 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Lined Paper Post: Japanese Lined Paper Downloadable 原稿用紙! http://www.bungeisha.co.jp/publishing/download/ |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 22 | 10,704 | 2009-07-24, 4:58 am | ||
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Thread: Twig, branch and bough... how on earth?! Post: Twig, branch and bough... how on earth?! Raichu Wrote: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 ... |
EnjukuBlack | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 6,286 | 2009-04-01, 6:38 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Cursive? Post: Japanese Cursive? It would only be worth your time studying this extreme 'grasshand' form of writing if you have an interest in history or art. At the same time, however, Japanese handwriting can get very 'cursivy' (y... |
EnjukuBlack | The Japanese language | 9 | 10,949 | 2009-03-31, 6:58 am | ||
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Thread: Production vs Recognition Post: Production vs Recognition Tobberoth Wrote:rich_f Wrote:And I don't know about you, but I still have to write a lot in longhand. Being able to write is a basic function of literacy that is one of my language goals, so I have pr... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 28 | 7,897 | 2009-03-28, 11:11 pm | ||
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Thread: RtK3 Kanji stroke order Post: RtK3 Kanji stroke order I've always used the 漢字の正しい書き順 website. They currently only have about 3,700 characters, but they are still actively adding to their database. |
EnjukuBlack | Learning resources | 16 | 6,209 | 2009-03-23, 2:13 am | ||
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Thread: 英語でしゃべらナイト gone?!? Post: 英語でしゃべらナイト gone?!? I don't know, I rarely watch the program, but if you check out this episode info on the NHK website, it seems more like a marketing ploy than an actual end to the program. Take a close look at the la... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 3 | 1,120 | 2009-03-18, 12:38 am | ||
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Thread: I study Nihongo because... Post: I study Nihongo because... Erubey Wrote:No. Because its such a rejection of popular culture based on that its stale and boring yet you just turn around and love whatever japan churns out even though its basically the same, just... |
EnjukuBlack | Off topic | 358 | 111,161 | 2009-03-17, 4:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Spelling of 下さい Post: Spelling of 下さい QuackingShoe Wrote:You're thinking about it too much. Kanji use is a fun element of stylistic license pretty exclusive to Japanese. It's fluid. It's a way to emphasize or deemphasize, lengthen or shor... |
EnjukuBlack | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,519 | 2009-03-14, 7:38 am | ||
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Thread: I study Nihongo because... Post: I study Nihongo because... Erubey Wrote:I think you guys are weird for hating the US so much and its popular culture while embracing japan's. Why? Because everyone is supposed to love the American way? And to think that other l... |
EnjukuBlack | Off topic | 358 | 111,161 | 2009-03-14, 7:27 am | ||
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Thread: DOes anybody know where one can find a list of the Kanji for 漢字検定1級 Post: DOes anybody know where one can find a list of the... JimmySeal Wrote:More of a waste of time than posting again to tell me it would have been a waste of time...? Touche! But yes, it would be more of a waste of time to add a second link. The only reason... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 9 | 3,073 | 2009-03-14, 7:17 am | ||
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Thread: I study Nihongo because... Post: I study Nihongo because... Matthew Wrote:While the work environment is a bit better here, not a day goes by that I don't miss Japan deeply and regret having left. It's weird but I feel completely out of place here, and it's no... |
EnjukuBlack | Off topic | 358 | 111,161 | 2009-03-14, 7:15 am | ||
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Thread: Spelling of 下さい Post: Spelling of 下さい phoenix Wrote:Sure but why then would a person write both version in the same context in one text? That's some serious lack of consistency :P Besides that the 'lazyness' idea doesn't make that much ... |
EnjukuBlack | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,519 | 2009-03-14, 7:01 am | ||
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Thread: Spelling of 下さい Post: Spelling of 下さい 下さい is just one of those words that is written in both hiragana and kanji, depending on the level of formality of the text, and the relative laziness of the writer. There's also 達 and 為, amongst othe... |
EnjukuBlack | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,519 | 2009-03-14, 6:50 am | ||
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Thread: DOes anybody know where one can find a list of the Kanji for 漢字検定1級 Post: DOes anybody know where one can find a list of the... JimmySeal Wrote:EnjukuBlack Wrote:Machine_Gun_Cat Wrote:I couldn't find any but according to wikipedia it's about 6000 Kanji. Well, according to the Kanji Kentei Organization's website, level 1 tests ... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 9 | 3,073 | 2009-03-14, 12:31 am | ||
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Thread: DOes anybody know where one can find a list of the Kanji for 漢字検定1級 Post: DOes anybody know where one can find a list of the... Machine_Gun_Cat Wrote:I couldn't find any but according to wikipedia it's about 6000 Kanji. Well, according to the Kanji Kentei Organization's website, level 1 tests (roughly) all JIS 第一水準 and 第二水準 ch... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 9 | 3,073 | 2009-03-13, 8:09 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... alantin Wrote:I cannot think that the cashier is lower than I am or that I am higher than he/she is. The only difference in role is that they are doing their job which happens to be meeting my needs a... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 116 | 19,590 | 2009-03-13, 7:49 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... alantin Wrote:Jarvik7 Wrote:I think associating the two like that is a little bit much. You are not saying thank you with すみません. You are offering a small apology for whatever trouble/inconvenience you... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 116 | 19,590 | 2009-03-13, 3:43 am | ||
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Thread: Four confusing words Post: Four confusing words Here are usage notes from the Yahoo! Japan dictionary: 用法： 具合/調子 ― 「からだの具合（調子）がいい」「機械の具合（調子）が悪い」などでは相通じて用いられる。◇「具合」は、「味の具合を見る」「客の集まり具合がいい」「今辞めるのは具合が悪い」のように、物事の状態や周囲の状況を実際に確かめていうのに用いることが多い。◇これに対して「調子」... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 11 | 4,368 | 2009-03-13, 3:27 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... Ben_Nielson Wrote:oggthegoblin Wrote:To stop your soul escaping through your nose of course. Plausible enough. I stand corrected. Apologies out to all those now soul-less people I've let down in the ... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 116 | 19,590 | 2009-03-13, 2:47 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... kfmfe04 Wrote:1. Japanese don't say anything when they bump into you I think this is more indicative of big city (especially Tokyo) attitudes than a general Japanese tendency. In the area that I live,... |
EnjukuBlack | General discussion | 116 | 19,590 | 2009-03-12, 7:11 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese names (study tip) Post: Japanese names (study tip) kfmfe04 Wrote:Just FYI - 清水 is not a "difficult example", but technically, there is no "wrong" in Japanese names - if the person with the name tells you it's pronounced that way, then it's pronounced ... |
EnjukuBlack | Learning resources | 30 | 8,838 | 2009-03-07, 5:36 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese names (study tip) Post: Japanese names (study tip) mentat_kgs Wrote:The list looks fine, but this is wrong: 20 清水 きよみず Is read as しみず It isn't wrong. Just another way of reading the same name. Both きよみず and しみず are commonly used readings for thi... |
EnjukuBlack | Learning resources | 30 | 8,838 | 2009-03-06, 6:51 am | ||
