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Thread: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your country? Post: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your cou... I moved from Japan to Australia with my wife and kids two years ago, and my wife doesn't like it here and wants to move back. I don't want to go back. It would all be amicable, but it will be hard for... |
Mennon | General discussion | 7 | 2,342 | 2014-09-23, 12:19 am | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? I am out. I got a job last week in Australia, and I am leaving here next week. Been here 12 years, and I do not have a single second thought about leaving. The only things I will miss are the other fo... |
Mennon | General discussion | 372 | 53,099 | 2012-02-08, 9:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? Houses here have always been considered a commodity, like a car. You don't buy a used car and expect to have it for the rest of your life, and you certainly don't expect it to increase in value. You b... |
Mennon | General discussion | 372 | 53,099 | 2012-02-03, 2:56 am | ||
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Thread: What is necessary to become a professional J-E translator? Post: What is necessary to become a professional J-E tra... yowamushi Wrote:I wouldn't bother becoming a translator if I hadn't _at least_ JLPT N1. Don't bother then. We have 4 Western translators here, in-house, and only one of use has L1, and he got it after... |
Mennon | The Japanese language | 21 | 5,688 | 2012-02-02, 8:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? qwertyytrewq You don't get my point because you are intentionally misreading it, or too busy masturbating. Your views aren't really views at all. I think cows should shit vegetables, but I do perceive... |
Mennon | General discussion | 372 | 53,099 | 2012-02-02, 12:43 am | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? Great question. I came here for no real reason other than have a bit of fun, and I stayed, so I had no expectations. I didn't read manga or watch anime or anything. Couldn't speak Japanese. So I don't... |
Mennon | General discussion | 372 | 53,099 | 2012-02-02, 12:01 am | ||
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Thread: Internet Goes On Strike Post: Internet Goes On Strike If it wasn't for piracy there would be no itunes. If I liked a song that I happened to hear on the radio, I would have to go to the record shop and spend $30 to buy the song and ten others I hoped... |
Mennon | Off topic | 176 | 19,770 | 2012-01-23, 1:51 am | ||
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Thread: Horror Stories of Japanese Class? Post: Horror Stories of Japanese Class? I studied for a couple of months at a local Japanese language school. It was full of Koreans and Taiwanese, who were great, but there was an American nerd there who ruined the class for everyone. One ... |
Mennon | General discussion | 221 | 36,155 | 2012-01-17, 9:13 pm | ||
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Thread: What is necessary to become a professional J-E translator? Post: What is necessary to become a professional J-E tra... I am an in-house translator for a robotics company. When we need a new translator the boss leaves it up to the translating team to place the ad, go through the resumes, and organize interviews. He wil... |
Mennon | The Japanese language | 21 | 5,688 | 2012-01-15, 9:48 pm | ||
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Thread: My first sentence pack (MFSP) Post: My first sentence pack (MFSP) Imagine a guy from Japan studying English bragging to you about how he can spell "Schizophrenia" or something. What impression would you have of this person? "Look, me can spell "conscience". Very goo... |
Mennon | Learning resources | 16 | 6,045 | 2012-01-10, 2:44 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Yes! Dammit my wife's handwriting is awful. Thank you. BTW How many times do I need to learn the lesson that if it's not in the book, it means I've screwed up somewhere. |
Mennon | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2012-01-09, 9:40 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Hey Does anyone know what this word means? "専重" as in "個人を専重する". I'm assuming it means "to place emphasis on the individual" or something like that, but I can't find it in any dictionary and I... |
Mennon | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,216 | 2012-01-09, 9:31 pm | ||
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Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread N1 in Dec 12. Let's do it! Hope the Mayans were wrong. zigmonty Wrote:Hmm... looks like i might be doing it in Japan. I take it there's nothing especially difficult about applying etc? You have to a... |
Mennon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 297 | 78,498 | 2012-01-06, 12:38 am | ||
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Thread: Asia, the West, attitudes to animal welfare... and (very) fresh food Post: Asia, the West, attitudes to animal welfare... and... "Plus, you can bet that the Japanese would say the same damn thing if were USA hit with a quake. I bet they are at this very moment claiming themselves as superior while West is inferior whether the t... |
Mennon | Off topic | 53 | 9,325 | 2011-12-26, 2:50 am | ||
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Thread: Asia, the West, attitudes to animal welfare... and (very) fresh food Post: Asia, the West, attitudes to animal welfare... and... We wouldn't last long eating meat that hasn't been cooked. The ability to cook and eat meat helped make humans what we are. But we can't use that as a justification to eat meat anymore (ie. we need it... |
Mennon | Off topic | 53 | 9,325 | 2011-12-26, 1:14 am | ||
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Thread: Asia, the West, attitudes to animal welfare... and (very) fresh food Post: Asia, the West, attitudes to animal welfare... and... Only continuous, sustained, and enforced pressure from the West can change these cultures. If they want to do business with us, then we have to insist that they don't slaughter dolphins, suck bile fro... |
Mennon | Off topic | 53 | 9,325 | 2011-12-25, 8:19 pm | ||
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Thread: The Special Things Going On In Japan Post: The Special Things Going On In Japan Institutionalized pedophilia No Salt and Vinegar chips Ads that say "So easy to install, even a woman can do it!" But the number one thing has to be... middle aged women running. I see this everywhe... |
Mennon | General discussion | 208 | 34,026 | 2011-12-09, 1:42 am | ||
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Thread: thecite in Japan Post: thecite in Japan I read how you said it was awful to be home, then I looked where you were from: Adelaide. LOL. |
Mennon | Off topic | 36 | 8,085 | 2011-11-18, 12:57 am | ||
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Thread: putting the Fun back into learning Japanese Post: putting the Fun back into learning Japanese イッテQ is the only Japanese show I can watch. That and ごちになります. It's great. Imoto is fearless. And they actually show foreigners as real people, not freaks or muggers. The rest of Japanese TV is absolut... |
Mennon | The Japanese language | 50 | 11,244 | 2011-11-03, 2:20 am | ||
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Thread: Fastest track to the translation industry? Post: Fastest track to the translation industry? Quickest path would be going to Japan as an English teacher and looking for work while you are there. If you can speak enough Japanese to get through a job interview and say you are willing to stay fo... |
Mennon | The Japanese language | 29 | 8,636 | 2011-10-28, 2:31 am | ||
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Thread: Integrated Intermediate / Other Textbooks Post: Integrated Intermediate / Other Textbooks How do you guys do it? I'm having real trouble studying from textbooks, learning anything from them, really. I've had the book for a while, and just looking through it now, it seems fine. Like you guy... |
Mennon | Learning resources | 6 | 1,980 | 2011-10-20, 12:30 am | ||
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Thread: Softbank or AU Post: Softbank or AU BcrAn, I would love a summary of what kind of deal you eventually get and how much it costs. Thinking of getting one to. |
Mennon | Off topic | 14 | 6,414 | 2011-10-06, 12:10 am | ||
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Thread: Spinach Post: Spinach Ping pong. A new car will be shipped to you immediately. Just be patient. |
Mennon | General discussion | 8 | 2,370 | 2011-10-03, 12:31 am | ||
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Thread: Spinach Post: Spinach From today we have a new Kacho in my department. At chorei this morning he mentioned the importance of spinach (ほうれんそう) twice. After chorei I had to ask a co-worker what he meant. Anyone want to take ... |
Mennon | General discussion | 8 | 2,370 | 2011-10-02, 7:32 pm | ||
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Thread: good japanese blogs about games news? Post: good japanese blogs about games news? I like personal blogs, nothing too informative or newsy. Anyone got anything they can suggest? A good source is Japanese people blogging about their travels overseas (as long as they are not foodies).... |
Mennon | Off topic | 13 | 2,654 | 2011-09-14, 4:30 am | ||
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Thread: good japanese blogs about games news? Post: good japanese blogs about games news? There was something Tokyostyle said in another thread about grabbing a grammar structure from a textbook and then searching for it in stuff you read out of interest instead of using the context-less e... |
Mennon | Off topic | 13 | 2,654 | 2011-09-14, 12:53 am | ||
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Thread: Exciting Oppurtunity to Help Me Out Post: Exciting Oppurtunity to Help Me Out My desk is near a door that is opened and closed hundreds of times a day, and it's noisy and annoying. You need to swipe your employee card, it beeps, then slams shut behind you. That's when it's work... |
Mennon | The Japanese language | 6 | 1,047 | 2011-08-22, 2:53 am | ||
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Thread: Career vs. Study in Japan Post: Career vs. Study in Japan If you love Japan, that's great. Enjoy the language, culture, etc. But do not think of this place as a career path. This isn't America, where anyone can make it, and if they can'T something is done ab... |
Mennon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 34 | 9,277 | 2011-07-20, 8:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Survival Japanese: What should I present? Post: Survival Japanese: What should I present? First, tell them to study Katakana so they can read menus. It shouldn't take long, and is by far the most useful thing they can learn between now and when they get there. Some useful phrases? Apart fr... |
Mennon | The Japanese language | 27 | 7,703 | 2011-06-24, 12:31 am | ||
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Thread: なぜ vs なんで vs どうして Post: なぜ vs なんで vs どうして Think of it this way なぜ = Wherefore? Thereby? なんで = How come? どうして = Why? I would only use the first one writing an essay. The other two, maybe fifty fifty. In other words, don't say なぜ and yo... |
Mennon | The Japanese language | 7 | 3,632 | 2010-09-27, 2:29 am | ||
