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Thread: What are you currently reading? Post: RE: What are you currently reading? Right now I'm reading Down and Out in Paris and London, to add a new entry to stuff I've read by Orwell. It's a memoir of a time in his life when he was very poor. He was staying at a run-down hotel ... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 109 | 48,670 | 2016-03-03, 7:16 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: RE: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Anyone know about the ぞ in the phrase 神のみぞ知る? Is this really just the emphatic particle ぞ? And are there other phrases that use it like this? |
Tzadeck | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,069 | 2016-02-17, 10:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese "politeness levels" Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels" (2016-02-11, 4:23 pm)vonPeterhof Wrote: Just to give a very clear counterexample to the idea that keigo is about familiarity and not politeness - open any article on the Japanese Wikipedia, or on an... |
Tzadeck | General discussion | 52 | 4,357 | 2016-02-11, 8:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Foreigners misunderstanding/ disrespecting Japanese culture Post: RE: Foreigners misunderstanding/ disrespecting Jap... Hmm, dunno. I'm an American and I've lived in Japan for 7+ years, but I've never noticed much difference between how Japanese and Americans interpret hair color. |
Tzadeck | General discussion | 18 | 2,310 | 2016-02-10, 8:11 am | ||
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Thread: Success stories Post: RE: Success stories They really should add a find-and-replace to this forum to change "fluent" to "really good at." Presumably, that's what the OP meant. |
Tzadeck | General discussion | 21 | 2,903 | 2016-01-08, 12:23 am | ||
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Thread: Success stories Post: RE: Success stories I think I'm fairly good at this point, and I attribute it to sticking with learning the language for 8+ years. It's gonna take a long time whatever you do, so it's mostly about willpower. Then again... |
Tzadeck | General discussion | 21 | 2,903 | 2015-12-28, 11:27 am | ||
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Thread: Genki 1 plus whatelse should I get. Post: RE: Genki 1 plus whatelse should I get. Hmm, it might be best not to buy too much at once so you can concentrate on what you have. I'd recommend just going through Genki 1 and reviewing RTK for the time being. I'd work on Genki 1, then Ge... |
Tzadeck | General discussion | 5 | 750 | 2015-12-25, 8:08 am | ||
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Thread: NEW FORUM: General feedback Post: RE: NEW FORUM: General feedback Am I the only one having trouble typing Japanese on this forum in Chrome? Sometimes it works okay, but sometimes when I type Japanese it immediately disappears. (Edit: Ah, looks like someone else ha... |
Tzadeck | General discussion | 122 | 15,818 | 2015-12-18, 12:44 am | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: RE: Where's Khatzumoto? Thus went Khatz, scammer and giver of mediocre language advice. |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 529 | 102,642 | 2015-12-16, 7:55 am | ||
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Thread: 撮ったのかよ or エーアイアイ? Post: RE: 撮ったのかよ or エーアイアイ? I always hear 撮ったのかよ, even in the video with all the different speeds. My girlfriend is here though, and is Japanese. She originally could only hear 撮ったのかよ but she says for the slowed down ones in t... |
Tzadeck | General discussion | 27 | 2,644 | 2015-12-10, 9:08 am | ||
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Thread: Just realized today is the 74th anniversary of you-know-what... Post: RE: Just realized today is the 74th anniversary of... (2015-12-08, 10:28 am)john555 Wrote: (2015-12-07, 7:09 pm)yogert909 Wrote: Probably about as remorseful as we are on August 6. You're treating Dec. 7th and August 6th as being somehow equivalent ... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 29 | 3,468 | 2015-12-09, 7:18 am | ||
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Thread: Is it true that even natives Japanese people will struggle on JLPT N1? Post: RE: Is it true that even natives Japanese people w... I've seen a lot of 'N1 vocab' and 'N1 grammar points' in books written for elementary school kids. People who say that 'no one uses this' are being untruthful in a way that's extremely common sociall... |
Tzadeck | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 53 | 28,326 | 2015-11-29, 12:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? dtcamero Wrote:if you are able to make lots of money from a shoddy, quickly built product, that doesn't then make you unethical. it makes you a successful businessman in a capitalist economy. If capit... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 529 | 102,642 | 2015-11-03, 6:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? The rate that Khatz was charging was already unethical, as far as I'm concerned. Anyone care to remind me how much Khatz charged for Silverspoon exactly? Then give me an estimate of the amount of la... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 529 | 102,642 | 2015-11-03, 9:02 am | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? kameden Wrote:How so? Generally, if a contract is not specific about how a service is performed it's supposed to be according to standard business practice. That's how lawyers argue these kind of cas... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 529 | 102,642 | 2015-10-24, 1:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule) and japanese Post: Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule) and japanese Yeah, I'm not sure it's all that useful a concept for choosing studying techniques. It does find it's way into language learning though--since the most common grammar or vocabulary appears very ver... |
Tzadeck | The Japanese language | 12 | 2,118 | 2015-10-20, 8:44 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread poblequadrat Wrote:I came across the line いつも知らんプリ in a song. I'm assuming this プリ is for "pretend", but is this an actual construction used in real Japanese? Or is it some sort of outdated slang? The... |
Tzadeck | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,069 | 2015-10-19, 3:38 am | ||
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Thread: Question about learning grammar Post: Question about learning grammar You need to have a way better understanding of the JLPT grammar points than that website seems to offer. A lot of people like the Shin-Kanzen Master books, and I agree. You don't really need to stud... |
Tzadeck | The Japanese language | 6 | 1,343 | 2015-10-16, 8:37 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread jmignot Wrote:yudantaiteki Wrote:The mothers are receiving the benefit, and are the subject of 持つ. This makes sense. However, I am still confused about the grammar: 目的はお母さんたちに児童館に親しみを持ってもらい、… First,... |
Tzadeck | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,069 | 2015-10-12, 8:07 am | ||
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Thread: Tips for Japanese Job Interviews Post: Tips for Japanese Job Interviews Remember, too, that most Japanese people will do 10-100 interviews with different companies in the process of getting a job. Failure rate is high since the standard system is to interview at so many ... |
Tzadeck | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 9 | 1,787 | 2015-10-12, 2:11 am | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? ryuudou Wrote:That link is from the beginning of January 2014, and again nobody said he didn't/isn't honoring guarantees. If he was "running from paying people back" he still wouldn't still be paying ... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 529 | 102,642 | 2015-10-12, 12:26 am | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? RandomQuotes Wrote:kameden Wrote:He's giving him the refund, what's the problem exactly? I think refunding a one time payment, after making some one wait two years to claim it, by paying $100 a mo... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 529 | 102,642 | 2015-10-10, 8:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Are You An Above Average Language Learner? Post: Are You An Above Average Language Learner? I think mostly it's just about how many hours you force yourself to put in. Of people I've met in similar situations in Japan (English teachers, graduate students), I think I'm above average at forc... |
Tzadeck | The Japanese language | 27 | 3,348 | 2015-10-09, 4:37 am | ||
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Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... NinKenDo Wrote:Just because somebody doesn't buy into this SJW crap, doesn't mean you can start throwing around accusations like "I bet you think Obama is a Muslim too" and still be taken seriously by... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 168 | 10,707 | 2015-09-30, 5:58 am | ||
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Thread: 376 and it is getting hard Post: 376 and it is getting hard Dudeist Wrote:Tzadeck Wrote:But, keep in mind, learning Japanese is not easy; there will be harder things to do than get through RTK. I know it isn't easy. I would however like to hear what fresh hell... |
Tzadeck | Remembering the Kanji | 46 | 5,981 | 2015-09-29, 7:18 am | ||
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Thread: 376 and it is getting hard Post: 376 and it is getting hard If you're not liking RTK just don't do it. Learn the actual language, and if down the road you may think you need a more systematic way of learning kanji you could try RTK or another method with a ne... |
Tzadeck | Remembering the Kanji | 46 | 5,981 | 2015-09-28, 11:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media Post: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media john555 Wrote:ryuudou Wrote:Stansfield123 Wrote:The New York Times is left wing propaganda. Reality has a left-wing bias. Reality: capitalism brings prosperity and lifts people out of poverty. Socia... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 28 | 3,952 | 2015-09-27, 9:30 am | ||
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Thread: Study Methods for Cramming Post: Study Methods for Cramming A lot articles on NHK news have text as well as video, although they're slightly different. I'd listen to a video once, then read the article, then listen a bunch of times and shadow. Everyday. Tha... |
Tzadeck | The Japanese language | 11 | 1,833 | 2015-09-21, 7:57 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread sparky14 Wrote:Hey everyone, having trouble with this sentence 暗い相談ばかりを選んで持ち懸けられるやうな不平を感じたりするのだ The long chain of verbs is throwing me off 選んで持ち懸けられる, in fact, long chains of verbs usually throw me ... |
Tzadeck | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,069 | 2015-09-18, 9:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media Post: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media Stansfield123 Wrote:The Press Freedom Index is published by RSF (Reporters Sans Frontières), not the UN. Oops--yeah, I was conflating it in my head with the Human Development Index, which is published... |
Tzadeck | Off topic | 28 | 3,952 | 2015-09-16, 6:03 am | ||
