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    Thread: Gifts etiquette
Post: Gifts etiquette

Yup, he pretty much just answered everything. Every region in Japan is famous for something, and it's usually that something that people buy as presents when they go to said place (for example, I ten...
spoonsman Off topic 27 4,531 2009-03-18, 10:21 am
    Thread: I study Nihongo because...
Post: I study Nihongo because...

I honestly don't know why I'm studying Japanese or why I live in Japan. I change my mind about so many things and can never make up my mind on which path to follow. Since I took my first Japanese clas...
spoonsman Off topic 358 111,135 2009-03-18, 10:17 am
    Thread: NHK High School Subjects
Post: NHK High School Subjects

Wow, that's a great find. I often get sick of the seemingly endless variety shows on TV, so these will be a nice change of pace. Thanks.
spoonsman Learning resources 5 1,309 2009-03-18, 1:32 am
    Thread: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星
Post: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星

Alright, I finally got to watch the video and wow, it was a lot longer than I expected it to be. Even though I work in schools and not a company per se, I can agree with pretty much everything that w...
spoonsman General discussion 76 16,369 2009-03-17, 3:57 am
    Thread: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星
Post: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星

yukkuri_kame Wrote:just for you spoonsman: http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/acatalog/84_b.gif By the way, you wouldn't happen to know Javier Ruiz of Puerto Rico? He's big in the unicycle communi...
spoonsman General discussion 76 16,369 2009-03-17, 3:25 am
    Thread: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter
Post: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter

DING DING DING It looks like Katsuo found a winner for at least a few of the kanji's pages, as this thread was blocked as soon as he posted tai<-->hen.
spoonsman General discussion 25 5,893 2009-03-17, 1:24 am
    Thread: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星
Post: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星

The spoon was designed so that the 'bowl' of the spoon was angled to the left. When used by a righty, it made it so that you could slurp/eat off of the end of the spoon without having to bend your han...
spoonsman General discussion 76 16,369 2009-03-17, 1:22 am
    Thread: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter
Post: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter

I am now accessing this page. Anal penetration is apparently OK at this school.
spoonsman General discussion 25 5,893 2009-03-16, 9:28 pm
    Thread: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter
Post: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter

Tack 1824 (everywhere) to the list. There's also a few more I've come across. Silly silly silly filters making studying frustrating.
spoonsman General discussion 25 5,893 2009-03-16, 9:07 pm
    Thread: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星
Post: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星

Oh hey, thanks for the plug Mr. kame. I haven't responded here yet simply because I only remember about this video when I'm on a computer at work, so I haven't watched the show yet. In that vein, not...
spoonsman General discussion 76 16,369 2009-03-16, 8:56 pm
    Thread: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter
Post: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter

...as do I. THE PLOT THICKENS Oh how nice it is that both of our schools use the same filter.
spoonsman General discussion 25 5,893 2009-03-05, 10:22 pm
    Thread: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter
Post: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter

I have three junior high schools. One had an ethernet cable with internet at every desk, my current school has ethernet cables at every desk (but not connected to the internet), and one has a single i...
spoonsman General discussion 25 5,893 2009-03-05, 9:02 pm
    Thread: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter
Post: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter

Thora Wrote:"ketchup" Ah yes, I see that we share our initial insticts for the offending word.
spoonsman General discussion 25 5,893 2009-03-05, 8:35 pm
    Thread: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter
Post: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter

I'm reviewing kanji at work (a Japanese junior high school), and the internet filter blocks only kanji 1691 (mannerism) for some reason. Quote:このページは「i-FILTER」によりブロックされました。 URL http://kanji.koohii...
spoonsman General discussion 25 5,893 2009-03-05, 8:27 pm
    Thread: On the English proficiency of Northern European people
Post: On the English proficiency of Northern European pe...

I like sports. It is interesting. What connotation would that have in New York?
spoonsman General discussion 65 11,269 2009-03-05, 5:44 pm
    Thread: On the English proficiency of Northern European people
Post: On the English proficiency of Northern European pe...

Note: I typed this up before Tobberoth posted. I've also wondered about this before. I have zero experience with any European country's educational system (I'm American), however I can think of one ...
spoonsman General discussion 65 11,269 2009-03-05, 4:57 am
    Thread: my name in katakana
Post: my name in katakana

It's your name, so choose the katakana spelling/pronunciation you like and go with it. I commonly see people spelling my name as ドジ, ドチ, ドッチ, ドッヂ, and ドッジ; however I prefer ドッジ and tell people such w...
spoonsman Off topic 61 15,078 2009-02-28, 10:59 pm
    Thread: What is this place outside of Tokyo?
Post: What is this place outside of Tokyo?

I really don't know. But honestly, whenever I go to Tokyo I'm always far more concerned about the golden poo building than to worry about something so menial as a robot manufacturing plant
spoonsman Off topic 6 1,191 2009-02-26, 10:06 pm
    Thread: Unicycling on the news in Fukushima
Post: Unicycling on the news in Fukushima

It took me a week to learn the basics of how to ride... it's really not as hard as people think. I once had a friend who learned to ride straight (not turn yet) in the course of 2 hours.
spoonsman Off topic 7 1,678 2009-02-24, 5:48 pm
    Thread: Unicycling on the news in Fukushima
Post: Unicycling on the news in Fukushima

Katsuo Wrote:I've never tried unicycling myself (but would like to). Did you know that Jack Halpern, editor of various kanji dictionaries, is an enthusiast? Yeah, Mr. Halpern is also famous within the...
spoonsman Off topic 7 1,678 2009-02-24, 9:51 am
    Thread: Unicycling on the news in Fukushima
Post: Unicycling on the news in Fukushima

Back in October of 2007, just three months after moving here, a local news station interviewed me after seeing my unicycling around the city. The video is over on YouTube. There are also more detail...
spoonsman Off topic 7 1,678 2009-02-24, 8:25 am
    Thread: 2 Week Break
Post: 2 Week Break

Psht, I went on vacation for nearly a month. I came back with a cache of 200 previously failed cards plus 1000+ expired. It took me almost three weeks until I could wade out of that mess and start ad...
spoonsman Remembering the Kanji 16 2,911 2009-02-12, 4:11 am
    Thread: Confusion: how do you break down 今日?
Post: Confusion: how do you break down 今日?

This all reminds me of when I first came to Japan and realized that the kanji for the Yamanote Line in Tokyo is just 山手線. WHERE'S THE の SUPPOSED TO GO????? I got even more confused a month or two lat...
spoonsman Remembering the Kanji 14 12,139 2009-01-29, 2:17 am
    Thread: christmas in japan
Post: christmas in japan

nest0r Wrote:spoonsman Wrote:... Totally off topic, spoonsman, but just wanted to say, I find your site very cool. Oh, thanks. Also thanks for making me realize that for some reason it's offline at t...
spoonsman Off topic 24 3,444 2008-12-26, 7:57 pm
    Thread: christmas in japan
Post: christmas in japan

kazelee Wrote:KristinHolly Wrote:The article about KFC is interesting. One thing they don't mention that may be relevant is that Japanese kitchens generally don't have ovens. So what's the closest t...
spoonsman Off topic 24 3,444 2008-12-26, 4:35 pm
    Thread: Tokyo fishmarket closed for foreigners
Post: Tokyo fishmarket closed for foreigners

Tourists tend to stand out. If you're dressed in street clothes, have a backpack, and are taking photos, you're probably a tourist. If you're wearing galoshes/boots and an apron and are obviously wor...
spoonsman Off topic 104 14,402 2008-12-17, 7:05 am
    Thread: in japan
Post: in japan

Just hopping in here to go back many many posts about the comment about Spanish becoming an offical language, the US has no official language. We've gone a couple centuries without declaring English a...
spoonsman Off topic 111 13,283 2008-12-15, 7:55 am
    Thread: in japan
Post: in japan

Tobberoth Wrote:From my experience though, white foreigners in Japan tend to be really bad at Japanese unless they actively study it there. JET teachers etc. Unless they came here specifically to stud...
spoonsman Off topic 111 13,283 2008-12-14, 6:38 pm
    Thread: Many (younger) Japanese people have really bad kanji and keigo..?
Post: Many (younger) Japanese people have really bad kan...

Notice how he worded it he didn't say that an adult can read an average of 3,500, he said that an average adult can read up to 3,500. I don't believe the average of 3,500. However I can believe that ...
spoonsman General discussion 53 13,716 2008-12-08, 12:05 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Bumpity for taking 4.5 months to get to 3/4 of the way through. Hopefully I can finish the whole thing by New Year's.
spoonsman Remembering the Kanji 462 138,198 2008-12-03, 10:15 am