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Thread: Reading Suggestions for Advanced Learners Post: Reading Suggestions for Advanced Learners I`ve met loads, but he tends to ramble. I didn`t like his latest. |
Diana | The Japanese language | 25 | 4,994 | 2012-04-24, 11:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? I still don`t understand where you getting at regarding getting drunk and wasted. Are you trying to say that getting drunk and wasted/considering the act of getting drunk and wasted to be valuable an... |
Diana | General discussion | 372 | 53,095 | 2012-02-02, 11:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? `I'm also not sure if getting drunk and wasted is any more mature than acting like an 11 year old at Disneyland. See: Las Vegas.` Right, because nomu-nication is clearly a much more culturally refin... |
Diana | General discussion | 372 | 53,095 | 2012-02-02, 10:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? `Take a trip to Disney Land, where you'll find perfectly sane (but stupid) adult women and men wearing their Mickey Mouse ears and running around acting like, well....11 year olds` Apart from the NZ... |
Diana | General discussion | 372 | 53,095 | 2012-02-02, 8:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? Also for comparison, do Japanese people make fun of people with broken Japanese? It's interesting because on the one hand, people in English countries demand foreigners to hurry up, learn English an... |
Diana | General discussion | 372 | 53,095 | 2012-02-01, 9:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? Nope, im n1 too and continually still get it. Especially at the doctors, especially at the gynos. Like, pay attention please instead to the task at hand. |
Diana | General discussion | 372 | 53,095 | 2012-02-01, 8:08 am | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? `I'm willing to bet that as your Japanese gets better and better this will happen to you less and less...` Nope, happens more and more actually. And not meaning to brag, but I will be the first to a... |
Diana | General discussion | 372 | 53,095 | 2012-02-01, 3:35 am | ||
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Thread: Has Japan Let You Down? Post: Has Japan Let You Down? About shopkeepers----- If they are not personable and will not ask me about my private life, how come I got 50 questions and the usual `nihongo umai desu ne` dribble from the pharmacist yesterday for... |
Diana | General discussion | 372 | 53,095 | 2012-02-01, 3:21 am | ||
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Thread: Stutters and lisps in japanese Post: Stutters and lisps in japanese I have, he works with my team. Sometimes he is hard to understand, sometimes he is easy because his speech is slower and I know what he wants to say and hearing him say it again `reconfirms` it in my ... |
Diana | General discussion | 18 | 8,479 | 2012-01-20, 12:47 am | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background I work for a maker, actually :) Our focus isn`t on IT. I promise our higher ups actually like my direct boss. They just seem to not like the fact that he doesn`t speak English, nor do any of them. T... |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-27, 7:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background Thank you again for your help. I just got both the Intro books and will be taking a look at them first this month. I spent some time on Academic Earth as well listening to a lecture called `Understan... |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-27, 3:12 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and the bad Post: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and ... Perhaps. Who knows? Lets hope? Then again, they are strangely anal about these sort of things. If anyone has studied there, it would be great to hear some opinions. |
Diana | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 49 | 43,837 | 2011-12-27, 1:38 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and the bad Post: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and ... This is an official school and given that I am interested in classes that are taking place during the weekday, during work hours, work won`t let me. |
Diana | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 49 | 43,837 | 2011-12-26, 11:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and the bad Post: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and ... http://www.naganuma-school.ac.jp/ Does anyone have experience with this school? Company may pay for me to go here. Maybe. But, it`s important I get results after doing this. I don`t have JLPT 1 ye... |
Diana | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 49 | 43,837 | 2011-12-26, 8:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background Makes sense, given that my surly boss doesn`t even say hello to me at the train station in the morning. Not a people person :) |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-20, 7:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background I suppose, but this guy needs immediate help, so why give him someone with such a steep learning curve? |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-20, 4:45 am | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background Yeah, that`s what I am worried about----- needing a teacher. My sempai has the classic IT problem. He basically does everything and anything under the sun at our head office, and he and I are the onl... |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-20, 1:52 am | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background Thanks, is there a a dummies book you would recommend I start with initially? I don`t even know what IT architecture is. I bought these two books- How Computers Work How Networks Work. and I am ... |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-20, 1:40 am | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background All I`m going to say is Welcome to a Japanese company. If it helps, my boss ( if I can call him that, he is more of a sempai than boss) doesn`t know either. All the higher ups in HR decided this. Th... |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-19, 10:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background Thanks, but I already downloaded that two months ago as well and have tried to do some of the problems and looked at what is covered there. I think that book is meant to be more of a guideline for th... |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-19, 9:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background Again, where can i learn this common sense stuff? Its not common sense to me |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-17, 3:26 am | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background Of course, I saw that ages ago and it is all gobbleygook to me and doesnt teach you anything. Im looking for more of a guide that explains things step by same. Also, i have no background in anything,... |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-16, 4:55 am | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background Hi guys, I`m a fresh graduate with a BA in International Relations. I graduated a few months ago, and got a job at a Japanese automaker parts company. I was randomly assigned to the IT department and... |
Diana | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-16, 3:19 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and the bad Post: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and ... Thank you again, I`d try yours, but it`s smack dab in the middle of my workday. Wish they had more stuff in the evening! |
Diana | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 49 | 43,837 | 2011-12-13, 11:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and the bad Post: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and ... I`m only initially concerned with the level of the classes and wanted to talk to a teacher in the courses to get some feedback before coming. I`ve never had any problems with speaking, but rather want... |
Diana | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 49 | 43,837 | 2011-12-12, 9:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and the bad Post: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and ... I live near Kyodo station and tried to contact several groups, and haven`t gotten a response at all. Does anyone know of any that actually exist on the Odakyu/Shinjuku area? |
Diana | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 49 | 43,837 | 2011-12-08, 2:51 am | ||
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Thread: 2001 Kanji Post: 2001 Kanji I managed to find out that the Japan foundation library has one copy in the reading room. Of course, you can't check it out. And of course, this library isn't open on the weekends. And of course, this... |
Diana | Learning resources | 4 | 2,804 | 2011-11-08, 7:59 am | ||
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Thread: 2001 Kanji Post: 2001 Kanji Thanks again. I just finished university, but have a friend who is studying at SOAS who looked for me. Even though open library says that SOAS should have a copy, it does not. I don't know any unive... |
Diana | Learning resources | 4 | 2,804 | 2011-11-06, 4:58 am | ||
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Thread: 2001 Kanji Post: 2001 Kanji I apologize if this has already been asked, but I cannot seem to find any information about it other than very old threads dating from a couple of years back. I recently came upon the KANJI Clinic art... |
Diana | Learning resources | 4 | 2,804 | 2011-11-05, 7:10 am | ||
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Thread: Exchange Programs In Japan Post: Exchange Programs In Japan I had to add my two cents and say that doing a homestay while I was in high school was the best experience for me. It really gave my Japanese skills the solidified boost it needed (how can it not? 2... |
Diana | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 5 | 3,369 | 2011-09-23, 7:32 am | ||
