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    Thread: Christian the Lion
Post: Christian the Lion

Oh, I remember this. So sweet.
atylmo Off topic 6 1,073 2011-01-24, 6:19 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

julianjalapeno Wrote:Something comes after ように, maybe 勉強した because it would then be something like `Because I studied like my teacher told me to, I got good grades last semester.` Sorry for the late r...
atylmo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,274 2010-12-11, 3:41 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Speaking of grammar, I have another question. In the below sentence, I'm supposed to fill it in with some form of ~ように, but I don't understand how to use it. I'm not sure it's just ように by itself in th...
atylmo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,274 2010-12-05, 6:51 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

@julianajalapeno: Thanks so much! :)
atylmo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,274 2010-12-01, 1:35 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

What are these two questions asking? I can read them syntactically but I have no idea what they mean because they don't seem to fit together in my mind. These are from the new Tobira textbook. 2行目の「都...
atylmo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,274 2010-11-30, 10:55 pm
    Thread: Sasuga bookstore closed?
Post: Sasuga bookstore closed?

Aw man that sucks. Never got to buy from them, but they seemed like a really awesome and courteous store. They had a great book collection. I'll miss it a lot. Goodbye, Sasuga :'(
atylmo The Japanese language 10 5,538 2010-07-24, 11:22 pm
    Thread: descriptive noun clauses in tae-kim
Post: descriptive noun clauses in tae-kim

@sikieiki: I think part of the reason I quit using Tae Kim's guide was because subconsiously the literal English was driving me mad heh. No offense to him meant though. It's useful, especially to fig...
atylmo The Japanese language 22 6,323 2010-07-22, 8:27 pm
    Thread: Anki deck for "An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese"
Post: Anki deck for "An Integrated Approach to Intermedi...

Ah sweet. Thanks a lot twinzen. Sorry for all the trouble. I never was known to be good with Anki. Dunno what happened when I tried to import.
atylmo Learning resources 24 13,041 2010-06-14, 11:20 am
    Thread: is meat causing our diseases?
Post: is meat causing our diseases?

ocircle Wrote:vegetarians would never die of cancer. *phew* :P
atylmo Off topic 40 8,067 2010-06-13, 11:54 pm
    Thread: Anki deck for "An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese"
Post: Anki deck for "An Integrated Approach to Intermedi...

@SammyB: Did you get any errors when you imported? I did, and it only got 63 cards the first time. I think the problem (at least for me) is the way Google Docs exports .CSVs. It doesn't add commas as...
atylmo Learning resources 24 13,041 2010-06-13, 10:37 pm
    Thread: Anki deck for "An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese"
Post: Anki deck for "An Integrated Approach to Intermedi...

Oh man that picture is awesome ;) Thanks a lot for this. I've wanted to make a deck for IAIJ ever since I got it but always got kinda demotivated when it came to actually having to sit down and do it...
atylmo Learning resources 24 13,041 2010-06-13, 7:41 pm
    Thread: Where does you nickname come from?
Post: Where does you nickname come from?

@sethg: Well, mine is a combination of letters from my first, middle, and last name, so nyah. :P The fact that I said that probably makes me ripe for identity theft now. Ah well. Actually the only r...
atylmo Off topic 66 10,379 2010-05-22, 9:39 am
    Thread: Erin's challenge
Post: Erin's challenge

Yes! So glad they released this online! *ahem* Thanks for pointing it out. :D
atylmo Learning resources 58 26,910 2010-04-30, 8:55 pm
    Thread: Is there a way to get Rikaichan to work when not in Firefox?
Post: Is there a way to get Rikaichan to work when not i...

Jarvik7 Wrote:どこでもドア Ahaha. Oh how they'd advertise that...
atylmo Learning resources 22 11,160 2010-04-05, 9:20 am
    Thread: Don't worry! Japanese can't read kanji either
Post: Don't worry! Japanese can't read kanji either

*cue Mission:Impossible theme* That there is their bag that they're using. It's completely unknown as to its purpose. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what's inside. Don't...
atylmo General discussion 118 20,497 2010-03-29, 5:04 pm
    Thread: Windows 7 Japanese native version vs English version running Japanese
Post: Windows 7 Japanese native version vs English versi...

Heh, thanks mezbup. :) I used to feel guilty about using Vistalizator but I had the same thought process as you. I don't use Windows much now though. ocircle Wrote:You guys haven't felt nothing until...
atylmo Learning resources 19 10,701 2010-03-27, 7:38 pm
    Thread: Windows 7 Japanese native version vs English version running Japanese
Post: Windows 7 Japanese native version vs English versi...

I think what gets on my nerves even more though is that it's not like a language option is an "accessory" or "advanced feature", but they consider it to be. To me, anyway, it's basic functionality tha...
atylmo Learning resources 19 10,701 2010-03-27, 1:47 pm
    Thread: Feed Me Japanese
Post: Feed Me Japanese

I've never used the site proper but I used to really enjoy reading its blog. Unfortunately it's not been updated lately. :(
atylmo Learning resources 11 3,600 2010-03-23, 3:01 pm
    Thread: Introduce Yourself?
Post: Introduce Yourself?

Hi, I was nest0r in a former life. Poor brianobush, his attempt to reroute the thread has failed miserably. :P
atylmo Off topic 18 3,032 2010-03-21, 11:00 am
    Thread: Ubuntu Japanese edition.
Post: Ubuntu Japanese edition.

@pm215: Wow, that's awesome. I had no idea you could do that. And I've suffered for this long... Thanks for the tip. :) Locale settings are not known to love me. The reason I switched to Mint actua...
atylmo Learning resources 7 2,966 2010-03-21, 8:16 am
    Thread: Ubuntu Japanese edition.
Post: Ubuntu Japanese edition.

I used it for probably two years, but now I'm using Linux Mint. It's not too bad, but it can be kind of painful sometimes to use stuff like the terminal because depending on what you're doing, you g...
atylmo Learning resources 7 2,966 2010-03-20, 9:53 pm
    Thread: Any rule on using 下さい versus ください?
Post: Any rule on using 下さい versus ください?

ruiner Wrote:Speaking of which, 下 is a really fun kanji to write. I don't know why, but I'm very fond of it. Sweet, I'm not the only one. I love it when it shows up in texts too. It really is that aes...
atylmo The Japanese language 30 5,487 2010-03-16, 8:56 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Thanks, pm215. :) That's almost what I thought it meant when I looked up that grammar, but I think I confused myself because I kept contorting it and second-guessing. I knew it was a stupid question ...
atylmo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,274 2010-03-06, 4:01 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

jpkuelho Wrote:寺田さんは私のプレゼントを喜んでくれたので、無理して買っただけのことはあった。 I don't understand this sentence either. Apparently 〜だけのことはある is grammar I don't know yet, but that doesn't help much. The 喜んでくれた bit is confusi...
atylmo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,274 2010-03-06, 2:03 pm
    Thread: Better sleep with F.lux
Post: Better sleep with F.lux

I know there's a Linux version of F.lux (xlux) but I just thought I'd mention that I found an open-source alternative called Redshift. This could be useful if xlux won't work for you, as was the case ...
atylmo Off topic 47 19,439 2010-03-04, 9:26 pm
    Thread: Kanji Games for the Nintendo DS
Post: Kanji Games for the Nintendo DS

Hellooooooooo bump. There's a new version of なぞって覚える大人の漢字練習 (subtitled as 改訂版) out now and I was wondering if anybody had any experience with it yet. I saw it for preorder a while ago but never order...
atylmo Learning resources 231 128,192 2010-03-02, 4:23 pm
    Thread: Favorite Japanese Drill Books
Post: Favorite Japanese Drill Books

Ah, sweet thread. I needed something like this. I have a lot of trouble finding the right resources sometimes. Thanks a lot :D
atylmo The Japanese language 29 11,162 2010-03-01, 4:28 pm
    Thread: A fresh batch of (unsynched qop123) Japanese subs
Post: A fresh batch of (unsynched qop123) Japanese subs

The world is a good place right now. Thanks so much everyone for doing Tomehane!. Looking forward to finally understanding something :P
atylmo Off topic 5 3,536 2010-02-08, 7:24 pm
    Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage
Post: Politically Correct: Word usage

@bodhisamaya: I know this is off-topic, and I have a habit of butting into threads randomly, but I just wanted to say that you inspire me a lot. That post is pretty much how I've felt and how I've tr...
atylmo General discussion 231 30,706 2010-02-07, 9:49 pm
    Thread: 天国のおばあさん?
Post: 天国のおばあさん?

I'm sorry everyone. It was a stupid question :P I just had a lot of trouble finding out the cultural meaning behind it. I don't know a lot about religious culture. Actually, I hesitated in asking beca...
atylmo The Japanese language 9 1,630 2010-01-31, 9:19 am