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    Thread: Japanese subtitles for American shows
Post: Japanese subtitles for American shows

So I found subtitles for Homeland in Japanese on this site http://www.subs4movies.com/ . I think someone here may have linked it, but I can't find the topic. It's great, except I downloaded subtitles ...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 1 808 2015-01-14, 1:20 pm
    Thread: Raw manga difficult to find
Post: Raw manga difficult to find

Are there raws on there or just Chinese translations?
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 11 7,797 2015-01-13, 12:28 pm
    Thread: Why is kunoichi written this way?
Post: Why is kunoichi written this way?

Thanks for the reply. Tzadeck, is your name derived from tzadik or zadik?
Cyborg Ninja The Japanese language 4 1,165 2015-01-12, 2:43 pm
    Thread: 「~たがる」について (About ~tagaru)
Post: 「~たがる」について (About ~tagaru)

Please explain how to use "tagaru" in a sentence. I understand ~tai, and from what I vaguely know, ~tagaru is used when referring to what another person may want. But I have never used it in a sentenc...
Cyborg Ninja The Japanese language 7 1,698 2015-01-12, 2:42 pm
    Thread: Raw manga difficult to find
Post: Raw manga difficult to find

Your post was very helpful, Savii. I was able to find a couple of volumes of manga that I was looking for (Pluto by Urasawa), and figured out easily how to make cbz files. I hope I'll be able to find ...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 11 7,797 2015-01-10, 7:42 pm
    Thread: Raw manga difficult to find
Post: Raw manga difficult to find

I used to be able to find raw (in Japanese) manga online, but not lately. It's very hard to find it compared to manga translated into English. I am able to occasionally find something available for sh...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 11 7,797 2015-01-10, 2:55 pm
    Thread: Subtitles or transcript for Monster?
Post: Subtitles or transcript for Monster?

Are you talking about Japanese or English subtitles? Because I looked on the certain evil site that kicks ass, and all I see is dual audio with English subtitles. Just checked Youtube and I'm lucky t...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 12 5,385 2015-01-09, 4:35 pm
    Thread: I'm tired of Niji TV
Post: I'm tired of Niji TV

Thanks for the replies. I think I was getting the LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 wine niji/NIJI.exe error or something that said -1. It seems to be forcing OpenGL to be used every time. I use Windows 7. Perh...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 18 9,399 2015-01-08, 9:10 pm
    Thread: Subtitles or transcript for Monster?
Post: Subtitles or transcript for Monster?

The moderators might not like this, but I'm bumping this topic because I myself am looking for the exact same thing: Japanese subtitles for Monster. Nothing on Kitsunekko it seems. It's hard to search...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 12 5,385 2015-01-08, 9:04 pm
    Thread: KanjiTomo - New OCR program for Japanese text
Post: KanjiTomo - New OCR program for Japanese text

I don't know if this has been considered already since I only read pages 1 and 5... Perhaps the program can calculate the average box size or mean, draw that on the screen, disregarding punctuation a...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 139 56,358 2015-01-07, 12:42 pm
    Thread: I'm tired of Niji TV
Post: I'm tired of Niji TV

Chillimuffin, Niji has been working ever since the most recent update, without requiring the BETV trick. Nightbreak let us know that.
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 18 9,399 2015-01-07, 12:21 pm
    Thread: "Have you ever?"
Post: "Have you ever?"

ありがとうございます。
Cyborg Ninja The Japanese language 3 832 2015-01-06, 10:11 pm
    Thread: Why is kunoichi written this way?
Post: Why is kunoichi written this way?

A kunoichi is a female ninja. Kunoichi is written くの一 or くノ一. Why is it written that way?
Cyborg Ninja The Japanese language 4 1,165 2015-01-06, 10:04 pm
    Thread: I'm tired of Niji TV
Post: I'm tired of Niji TV

You're right, it does work now! I really wasn't expecting that. I thought it'd just upgrade to the latest version that didn't work, like it was before. Thanks!
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 18 9,399 2015-01-05, 2:44 pm
    Thread: I'm tired of Niji TV
Post: I'm tired of Niji TV

Many of you have heard of Niji: it's an application for watching Japanese TV, similar to Keyhole. It hasn't worked properly for the last few months. And so there have been workarounds. One little know...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 18 9,399 2015-01-05, 12:59 pm
    Thread: "Have you ever?"
Post: "Have you ever?"

How do I say "Have you ever..." in Japanese? 例えば、"Have you ever watched so-and-so?" I feel like I should know this already, but I forgot.
Cyborg Ninja The Japanese language 3 832 2015-01-03, 3:39 pm
    Thread: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide
Post: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide

distefam Wrote:UPDATE: I fixed my own problem. Instead of using Calibre to convert the book I used Amazon's Kindle Previewer. This converted the EPUB3 file much better than Calibre did. The pages now ...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 57 50,917 2014-09-11, 11:54 am
    Thread: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only)
Post: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only)

日本語の壁から、頭が痛い。
Cyborg Ninja General discussion 237 101,077 2014-09-10, 3:26 pm
    Thread: Kurosagi
Post: Kurosagi

There's this show back from 2006, starring Tomohisa Yamashita, that's called Kurosagi. It means "Black Swindler" in this context, but also features people called shirosagi and akasagi, meaning white a...
Cyborg Ninja General discussion 1 747 2014-09-10, 3:24 pm
    Thread: Can't get Japanese dictionary to work on Paperwhite
Post: Can't get Japanese dictionary to work on Paperwhit...

I checked out the first page of one of the stickied threads, and didn't find an answer. Everyone else seems to be doing just fine with their Japanese-English dictionaries. However, I just purchased an...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 2 711 2014-09-10, 11:39 am
    Thread: A controversial idea: learning with romaji
Post: A controversial idea: learning with romaji

I'll start off by saying this is going to be a controversial post; one that few people will initially agree with. But I hope it will get you thinking. I have been studying Japanese off and on for ove...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 14 2,525 2014-08-22, 9:48 am
    Thread: Reading and listening troubles
Post: Reading and listening troubles

I have had this problem, and still do a bit, and I feel that studying colloquial Japanese is the most helpful tool. Japanese sentence structure is rather loose, and barely held together by particles. ...
Cyborg Ninja The Japanese language 10 2,118 2014-08-13, 12:53 pm
    Thread: Word processor that outputs furigana?
Post: Word processor that outputs furigana?

comeauch Wrote:Uhm, OpenOffice is all you need XD Select a word or a block of text containing kanji, go Format>Asian Phonetic Guide... It might require some tweaking to get it to look perfect. Than...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 11 2,148 2014-08-12, 3:23 pm
    Thread: Word processor that outputs furigana?
Post: Word processor that outputs furigana?

john555 Wrote:Not to rain on anyone's parade, but if you have to use furigana, may as well just write the word phonetically and forget the kanji. Until and unless you know the kanji, a kanji you don'...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 11 2,148 2014-08-12, 9:38 am
    Thread: Word processor that outputs furigana?
Post: Word processor that outputs furigana?

What about Microsoft Works? My Microsoft Office 365 ran out... :(
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 11 2,148 2014-08-11, 9:11 pm
    Thread: Word processor that outputs furigana?
Post: Word processor that outputs furigana?

My stepsister is learning Japanese, and I'd like to write her a letter. 義妹は日本語を勉強します。だから、日本語で手紙を書きたいです。 I could write it out by hand, but honestly I like typing best. I figure I'd have to write real...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 11 2,148 2014-08-11, 8:17 pm
    Thread: Free Japanese Kindle Books
Post: Free Japanese Kindle Books

I don't know how I'm supposed to download these books. There's no download option. My US Amazon account doesn't work, so I can't send it to my Kindle. Help?
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 8 5,911 2013-04-05, 10:01 pm
    Thread: Anki How do you set days off?
Post: Anki How do you set days off?

"When nobody's around, kipple reproduces itself. No one can win against kipple." I'm reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep right now.
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 15 11,821 2013-04-05, 8:37 pm
    Thread: Using Anki: how to study more
Post: Using Anki: how to study more

Sorry guys but I really just wanted to know the difference between Filter/Cram and Study More. I ended up choosing Study More to change the new card limit per day.
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 6 4,704 2013-03-31, 9:05 pm
    Thread: Buying a Japanese Bible
Post: Buying a Japanese Bible

I'm not much help, but I picked up a Japanese-English New Testament at an Asian market once. Just your typical small Asian grocery. It's not the typical place you'd expect to find a Bible, but they ha...
Cyborg Ninja Learning resources 4 1,075 2013-03-30, 11:53 pm