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Thread: LOST in Japanese Post: LOST in Japanese I watch a lot of English shows with Japanese subs with my wife she says the general quality of the translation is quite low. There are many mistakes particularly with regard to subtle nuances. It's no... |
slivir | General discussion | 13 | 3,829 | 2012-08-15, 9:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Studying medicine in Japan Post: Studying medicine in Japan Perhaps you could set your sights on nursing instead? For that there is a huge demand for trained foreigners. You have to know the language of course but you don't have to have native-like fluency. |
slivir | Off topic | 17 | 5,350 | 2012-06-16, 12:01 am | ||
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Thread: Brilliant rant from a Japanese friend. Post: Brilliant rant from a Japanese friend. nadiatims Wrote:The amount of knowledge taught over the 6 years of schooling is totally insufficient. I disagree. You can communicate just fine with a sound knowledge of even junior high graduate leve... |
slivir | General discussion | 46 | 8,157 | 2012-03-29, 6:03 am | ||
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Thread: This website is not available in your country. Post: This website is not available in your country. This sounds like it might be a solution to a problem I've been thinking about recently. Maybe you knowledgeable guys could offer a bit of advice? I'm thinking about leaving Japan next year and taking... |
slivir | Off topic | 14 | 3,376 | 2011-07-29, 2:46 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese stupid culture should die. Post: Japanese stupid culture should die. I think the dude is probably talking about workplace relationships rather than customer service. |
slivir | General discussion | 37 | 19,444 | 2011-07-19, 7:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Gap years? / Teaching English in Japan? / Something? Post: Gap years? / Teaching English in Japan? / Somethin... Having a degree is pretty important. I haven't met one foreigner here employed in the English teaching sector (jet, private alt gig, eikaiwa etc) who doesn't have one. Maybe it's possible, maybe there... |
slivir | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 26 | 11,838 | 2011-06-18, 12:40 am | ||
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Thread: Gap years? / Teaching English in Japan? / Something? Post: Gap years? / Teaching English in Japan? / Somethin... I would say the chances are next to nil. |
slivir | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 26 | 11,838 | 2011-06-17, 1:28 am | ||
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Thread: Is learning Chinese (Mandarin) worth it? Post: Is learning Chinese (Mandarin) worth it? Japanese TV is 99% crap, (just like TV everywhere really). About the only show I watch with any regularity is 'Before After' on Sunday nights. I particularly can't stand all the variety and eating pr... |
slivir | Chinese and Hanzi | 94 | 25,793 | 2011-06-09, 8:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Apparently the workers wanted to evac themselves and the PM got angry and yelled at them. Fair enough really, though I wouldn't want to be in their shoes. If they don't fix it who will? |
slivir | Off topic | 690 | 113,312 | 2011-03-15, 9:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan on the Atomic Bombs Post: Japan on the Atomic Bombs What kitakitsune said. |
slivir | Off topic | 28 | 4,221 | 2011-02-25, 2:15 am | ||
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Thread: Is this sentence correct? Post: Is this sentence correct? The meaning of life is 42. |
slivir | The Japanese language | 157 | 22,812 | 2011-02-18, 7:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Understanding the rise of China (TED Talk) Post: Understanding the rise of China (TED Talk) That guy sounds like he has a major hard on for China. By the sounds of it I guess we should drop studying Japanese and start studying Chinese instead. |
slivir | Chinese and Hanzi | 10 | 3,984 | 2011-02-08, 7:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Where can I buy exercise equipment in Japan? Post: Where can I buy exercise equipment in Japan? Xebio or Sports Alpen? |
slivir | General discussion | 8 | 3,377 | 2011-01-06, 7:26 am | ||
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Thread: Bookscan (have Japanese books OCR'd cheap! Anyone used this?) Post: Bookscan (have Japanese books OCR'd cheap! Anyone ... I saw a story on this on the TV earlier this year. The businesses are usually just a few guys in a small office space. They tear the binding off and run all the pages through an automatic scanner. See... |
slivir | Learning resources | 39 | 15,475 | 2010-12-02, 7:17 pm | ||
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Thread: The Worst of the Japanese Lovers Post: The Worst of the Japanese Lovers I'm with Womacks. Jgirls are starfish. Biased generalisation? Of course it is! But this is an internet forum not a university seminar. I do believe (comparatively) Japanese people have very little se... |
slivir | Off topic | 81 | 18,827 | 2010-11-26, 2:03 am | ||
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Thread: JET Post: JET Thora Wrote:Also, can anyone tell me who decides whether to hire ALTs and who pays (schools, local education boards, local govt, national govt)? If schools want an ALT, they'll keep bugging their boar... |
slivir | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 54 | 15,677 | 2010-11-18, 6:57 pm | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread Post: 2010 JLPT study thread What I'm saying is that a L2 learner will always have some quirk which will set them apart from a native. It could be a slight intonation error or maybe you'll miss the point of some lesser known prov... |
slivir | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 433 | 109,551 | 2010-11-14, 1:53 am | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread Post: 2010 JLPT study thread No matter how long or how hard you study a second language you will never attain the "fluency" of a native (unless you were raised bilingual perhaps?), sorry to break it to you guys! :P But that's no... |
slivir | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 433 | 109,551 | 2010-11-10, 12:46 am | ||
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Thread: Working in Japan as an English teacher with an Engineer Diploma. Post: Working in Japan as an English teacher with an Eng... I know a non-native English speaker married to a Japanese woman. He gets some part-time work teaching English for minimum pay but is unfortunately ineligible for most of full-time English teaching pos... |
slivir | Off topic | 8 | 3,431 | 2010-10-29, 8:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Cultural cringe in Japan? Post: Cultural cringe in Japan? If I went back to Australia and starting talking about some bad points I thought about my own country, most likely someone would say something along the lines of "If you don't like it then get the **... |
slivir | General discussion | 185 | 33,004 | 2010-10-05, 9:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Today Chuck Norris broke the sound barrier..... Post: Today Chuck Norris broke the sound barrier..... Do memes come back into fashion in time like with clothes and music I wonder? |
slivir | Off topic | 23 | 3,868 | 2010-10-05, 8:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Man dies leaving 100 wives and 200 children Post: Man dies leaving 100 wives and 200 children I saw this guy on TV the other night on one of those bizarre travel shows the Japanese like to do. Maybe last week maybe? It didn't mentioned that Akuku had died. Must have happened after they filmed ... |
slivir | Off topic | 2 | 3,827 | 2010-10-05, 8:55 pm | ||
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Thread: is it possible to learn without formally learning grammar? Post: is it possible to learn without formally learning ... I love grammar. Am I a masochist? |
slivir | The Japanese language | 32 | 8,434 | 2010-08-21, 8:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Yet Another SRS App Post: Yet Another SRS App Well if you prefer the leitner system that's one advantage I guess. |
slivir | Learning resources | 18 | 4,717 | 2010-08-08, 8:45 pm | ||
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Thread: What to do after Japanese for Busy People 3? Post: What to do after Japanese for Busy People 3? JFBP series was pretty bad imo. After finishing it I went over both Genki books and the Japanese For Everyone textbook (which was definitely the best out of all three). I bought that Integrated Appro... |
slivir | Learning resources | 12 | 9,091 | 2010-07-21, 7:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Balancing Japanese and Korean- Please read detailed dilemma Post: Balancing Japanese and Korean- Please read detaile... Completely disagree nadiatims (respectfully). A real "communicative lesson" would involve no writing and an absolute minimum of reading. The Japanese English education system is terrible and is still ... |
slivir | The Japanese language | 36 | 7,695 | 2010-07-16, 1:25 am | ||
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Thread: Mnemosyne vs. Anki Post: Mnemosyne vs. Anki Tried it when I first scoured the internet for an electronic alternative to flash cards. Discovered this thing called 'SRS' and all signs led to anki. I was reluctant to switch over at first since it ... |
slivir | Learning resources | 24 | 14,219 | 2010-07-15, 8:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Do you believe Japan is a high tech country? Post: Do you believe Japan is a high tech country? Interesting read. Thanks for the link. |
slivir | Off topic | 47 | 16,367 | 2010-07-13, 7:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Stories of amazed Japanese people Post: Stories of amazed Japanese people JimmySeal Wrote:slivir Wrote:I believe it. Japanese people will be amazed if you can write kana let alone some basic kanji. I'm getting a bit tired of it actually. If you believe a statement that take... |
slivir | Remembering the Kanji | 57 | 14,406 | 2010-07-07, 9:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Stories of amazed Japanese people Post: Stories of amazed Japanese people JimmySeal Wrote:ta12121 Wrote:Evil_Dragon Wrote:10 out of 10 Japanese people would be amazed even if you wrote "tree" or "sun". good lord.... If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. I believ... |
slivir | Remembering the Kanji | 57 | 14,406 | 2010-07-07, 8:45 pm | ||
