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Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig? Post: RE: Why are some people in the Japanese self learn... (2016-06-06, 12:57 am)JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote: When I asked him how he learned how to speak Japanese, he said, "I played baseball with the kids." lol actually, his reply is way funnier and wittier t... |
umetani666 | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 3,938 | 2016-06-06, 10:22 am | ||
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Thread: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced learners Post: RE: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced lear... if you want a real challenge, try reading kyoka izumi's short stories. he's also the best japanese writer i've encountered so far (and i've read many). very famous in japan, most people have at least ... |
umetani666 | Learning resources | 22 | 2,325 | 2016-04-05, 6:05 am | ||
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Thread: FeBe Audiobooks Post: RE: Audiobooks i searched for six japanese writers that i like and found only one (whose work i could find for free, anyway). :( |
umetani666 | Learning resources | 34 | 3,535 | 2016-01-10, 8:44 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) Post: RE: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) (2015-11-24, 7:06 pm)Digix Wrote: Language is not supposed to be "aesthetically-pleasing" language must be efficient, flexible, with right amount of redundancy for error recovery. this is true for ... |
umetani666 | The Japanese language | 121 | 12,092 | 2015-11-25, 9:14 am | ||
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Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Zgarbas Wrote:Why do you think so many Westerners come to Japan in hopes of finding a Japanese girlfriend? i'm pretty sure that the vast majority of people who come to japan in hopes of finding a japa... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 168 | 10,707 | 2015-10-01, 5:20 am | ||
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Thread: Great Japanese martial arts movies? Post: Great Japanese martial arts movies? Stansfield123 Wrote:Ok, I understand that that's your position on this... but I have to warn you, it's going to be difficult for you to convince me that the term martial arts doesn't refer to martial ... |
umetani666 | General discussion | 12 | 2,038 | 2015-09-12, 11:09 am | ||
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Thread: Great Japanese martial arts movies? Post: Great Japanese martial arts movies? Stansfield123 Wrote:Chanbara means sword fighting...Japanese sword fighting styles are martial arts. So chanbara is a subgenre of both martial arts movies and jidaigeki. 'martial arts' in film usually... |
umetani666 | General discussion | 12 | 2,038 | 2015-09-12, 7:24 am | ||
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Thread: Great Japanese martial arts movies? Post: Great Japanese martial arts movies? movies mentioned so far are not martial arts, but chanbara, a subgenre of jidaigeki. in general, you won't find much japanese martial arts films outside sonny chiba's 'the street fighter trilogy'. it'... |
umetani666 | General discussion | 12 | 2,038 | 2015-09-11, 10:45 am | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? OFFTOPIC i went ahead and checked that chinese forum that's been mentioned here a couple of times and WOW, a nice surprise. it looks very...mature. there's a whole section about learning chinese lang... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 529 | 102,642 | 2015-08-22, 3:25 am | ||
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Thread: Any suggestions for decent japanese music with lyrics? Post: Any suggestions for decent japanese music with lyr... i had the same problem like you. most japanese music that i've listened prior to starting my language studies was either instrumental or with unintelligible vocals. so i had to dig around and find thi... |
umetani666 | General discussion | 8 | 1,515 | 2015-07-23, 1:02 pm | ||
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Thread: The Japanese Canon Post: The Japanese Canon i think most people will be familiar with something written by Ki no Tsurayuki, probably The Tosa Diary. |
umetani666 | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,880 | 2015-06-21, 3:49 am | ||
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Thread: Anime's Movie Post: Anime's Movie My Neighbor Totoro and Wicked City |
umetani666 | General discussion | 8 | 1,325 | 2015-06-10, 10:24 am | ||
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Thread: Last movie you saw (rate it) Post: Last movie you saw (rate it) 神さまの言うとおり - "Shun Takahata is an ordinary high school student leading a boring life. His life long friend is Ichika Akimoto. One day, a teacher’s head explodes in class. Shun Takahata and his classmat... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 67 | 15,217 | 2015-06-09, 12:18 pm | ||
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Thread: satire in Japan Post: satire in Japan i find it more interesting that she managed to persuade you to register at her forum by explicitly not preaching about it. |
umetani666 | Off topic | 54 | 7,317 | 2015-05-15, 7:37 am | ||
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Thread: satire in Japan Post: satire in Japan Aikynaro Wrote:The lack of satire also doesn't mean that there's no cynicism. why do you still insist there's lack of satire in japan? judging from your posts in 'book report' thread, you mostly read ... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 54 | 7,317 | 2015-05-14, 10:02 am | ||
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Thread: satire in Japan Post: satire in Japan of course there's satire in japan. in fact, one of the most notorious and extreme examples of satire in literature is from japan - yapoo the human cattle by shozo numa. |
umetani666 | Off topic | 54 | 7,317 | 2015-05-13, 4:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Thoughts & recommendations Post: Thoughts & recommendations EratiK Wrote:Been watching some Kurosawa Kiyoshi recently, still not sure how I feel about him. basically, 'cure' is by far his best film. 'sweet home' is a fun trashy 80's horror flick. i see you li... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 10 | 3,593 | 2015-04-25, 2:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Last movie you saw (rate it) Post: Last movie you saw (rate it) youth of the beast (野獣の青春) - "A violent thug plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other." first 10 minutes are flawless. the staging, direction, framing, the mute nude dance...absolutely hypnoti... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 67 | 15,217 | 2015-02-26, 5:06 am | ||
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Thread: Where do you guys get Japanese subs these days? Post: Where do you guys get Japanese subs these days? what would be the best place to find subtitles for films? for example, if i want japanese subtitles for ソナチネ(1993)? |
umetani666 | Learning resources | 7 | 1,601 | 2015-02-05, 6:23 am | ||
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Thread: Inappropriate stories Post: Inappropriate stories it's amusing to observe how one older woman is more open minded and relaxed than a bunch of younger dudes. and how some people, whose posts usually consist of thinly veiled insults (as demonstrated h... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 121 | 18,931 | 2015-01-25, 4:43 am | ||
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Thread: Inappropriate stories Post: Inappropriate stories why are you so cruel, guys? he just needs a hug. and maybe some light petting. ;) |
umetani666 | Off topic | 121 | 18,931 | 2015-01-22, 4:00 am | ||
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Thread: 1Q84/Haruki Murakami Post: 1Q84/Haruki Murakami vileru Wrote:A few people have commented that Murakami's writing lacks coherency and heavily relies on stylistics. I haven't read anything written by Murakami, but I do know he draws inspiration from ... |
umetani666 | Learning resources | 42 | 12,831 | 2015-01-16, 12:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Good japanese books with translation Post: Good japanese books with translation here are some books that might fit your description: Toddler-Hunting and Other Stories Phantom Lights and Other Stories Sayonara, Gangsters Manazuru The Summer of the Ubume |
umetani666 | Off topic | 3 | 937 | 2015-01-11, 6:23 am | ||
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Thread: Best books you read last year Post: Best books you read last year two years ago i got into comics again, so highlights of the last year were japanese authors unknown to me because of their unavailability in english: 山本耳かき店 by abe yaro - from the guy who got famous ... |
umetani666 | General discussion | 30 | 5,820 | 2015-01-11, 5:51 am | ||
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Thread: Last movie you saw (rate it) Post: Last movie you saw (rate it) Tzadeck Wrote:umetani666 Wrote:boyhood - unique experiment in the history of cinema and a pretty good movie(until the last 30mins at least) This movie was directed by Richard Linklater, and it was so ... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 67 | 15,217 | 2015-01-05, 3:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Last movie you saw (rate it) Post: Last movie you saw (rate it) i decided to do a short recapitulation of films seen in 2014 so here it goes: best black coal, thin ice - see post above under the skin - great audio-visual experience mary is happy, mary is happy- ... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 67 | 15,217 | 2015-01-03, 8:55 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese sci-fi literature Post: Japanese sci-fi literature i liked sayonara, gangsters. it's a VERY postmodern take on sci-fi, with talking refrigerators and rivers flowing through classrooms. apparently, it influenced murakami's writings a lot. i've read it... |
umetani666 | General discussion | 12 | 3,541 | 2014-12-25, 5:37 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese in the Global Language Network Post: Japanese in the Global Language Network i would always tell to people who read a lot of translated japanese books/manga to learn french, not english. french not only translate more, but they also translate a much wider variety of stuff. the... |
umetani666 | The Japanese language | 5 | 10,760 | 2014-12-16, 6:34 am | ||
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Thread: Last movie you saw (rate it) Post: Last movie you saw (rate it) black coal thin ice (2014) - "An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again." b... |
umetani666 | Off topic | 67 | 15,217 | 2014-10-11, 1:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Movies -- Community Reviews. Post: Japanese Movies -- Community Reviews. umetani666 Wrote:naomi kawase last film 二つ目の窓, that premiered at cannes, is now available on asiatorrents thanks for the info, but the movie sucked. :( |
umetani666 | Learning resources | 54 | 12,200 | 2014-09-24, 10:47 am | ||
