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Thread: 開く ひらく or あく? Post: 開く ひらく or あく? I'm pretty sure I've even read some of those topics before, but it keeps bothering me. Thanks for the help. I suppose it will sink in eventually with time. |
arch9443 | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,308 | 2011-09-28, 7:57 pm | ||
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Thread: 開く ひらく or あく? Post: 開く ひらく or あく? I've been having quite a bit of trouble with this particular verb. according to rikaichan they can both be transitive or intransitive, so that's not the issue. The other option is that they are used... |
arch9443 | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,308 | 2011-09-28, 6:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Weird Kana Post: Weird Kana yudantaiteki Wrote:〆 you still see; it's used to represent 締め切り (deadline). The others are not used in modern Japanese; I'm not sure what they're abbreviations of. I've seen them in Meiji-era public... |
arch9443 | The Japanese language | 9 | 3,037 | 2011-06-28, 10:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Why didn't he open the gift? Post: Why didn't he open the gift? Wow I haven't seen that site before. Thanks for linking it. I could actually read that which made me feel like just a little less stupid. lol. And that is pretty interesting. I like learning abo... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 15 | 6,154 | 2011-06-26, 7:01 pm | ||
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Thread: - せてほしい Post: - せてほしい Could たい be used in past tense when talking about someone else to try and say he wanted to do something? So 彼はXがしたかった Or is it still not appropriate? |
arch9443 | The Japanese language | 29 | 7,203 | 2011-06-23, 6:31 pm | ||
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Thread: How should a / or ・ be read verbally? Post: How should a / or ・ be read verbally? Well the main reason I ask is because I at least do read these things in my head. And I do sort of "verbalize" a slash even when reading it internally. I've always done this. So whenever I see a sl... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 12 | 3,014 | 2011-06-18, 3:45 pm | ||
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Thread: How should a / or ・ be read verbally? Post: How should a / or ・ be read verbally? erlog Wrote:You have to remember that the Japanese are fairly used to saying スラッシュ by now because of things like URL's. So saying スラッシュ is probably fine. In the case of that sentence, though, pretty m... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 12 | 3,014 | 2011-06-18, 3:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? quincy Wrote:A Japanese or Chinese person would probably criticize your kanji strokes quite heavily as I've seen how strict they can be about this. 転 - the last stroke is going the wrong way and diss... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-18, 3:11 pm | ||
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Thread: How should a / or ・ be read verbally? Post: How should a / or ・ be read verbally? Yeah I say "slash" as well sometimes. I was just looking for another way to read it when it pops up, even though it's not that common. And in Japanese saying スラッシュ seems really awkward to me lol. I... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 12 | 3,014 | 2011-06-18, 3:00 pm | ||
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Thread: How should a / or ・ be read verbally? Post: How should a / or ・ be read verbally? In English whenever a slash pops up it usually means either and or or. But I'm not sure if it works the same way in Japanese. So in a sentence like アニメ・マンガの日本語 How would the ・ be read? Could you sa... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 12 | 3,014 | 2011-06-18, 1:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? NoSleepTilFluent Wrote:Are those lyrics from an AKB song? I just copied what the OP wrote mostly brainlessly. Aww well a couple of them are pretty cute ;) I was assuming the reference was somehow rela... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-18, 12:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Nintendo 3ds Japan release. Anyone getting one? Post: Nintendo 3ds Japan release. Anyone getting one? I don't care to much for the 3d myself. I usually leave it off, but consoles are mainly for the games, and I think quite a few good games are coming out for the 3DS. The 3d is a small part of it IMO... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 93 | 18,518 | 2011-06-18, 12:41 am | ||
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Thread: Nintendo 3ds Japan release. Anyone getting one? Post: Nintendo 3ds Japan release. Anyone getting one? Sucks that it went back up in price. I got mine from play-asia back when it was like $249 for a brief period of time. So I didn't really spend any extra to import it. aphasiac Wrote:Oh well, ... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 93 | 18,518 | 2011-06-17, 10:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? nest0r Wrote:@arch9442: Personally I only ever used lined paper (e.g. college ruled) to write the bulk of my Japanese during my illustrious handwriting career with paper, and quite liked it and often ... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-17, 1:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? I actually kinda thought that connecting き and さ was the more normal way to do it, and the unconnected version was what people did when they got better. I try to write all my kana the conventional wa... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-17, 1:38 am | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? aphasiac Wrote:You also connect き?! That's quite weird, I've never seen that before outside of screen-fonts. but guess it sort of makes sense.. Your kanji is ok though bit wide. However, I would seri... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-17, 12:55 am | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? nest0r Wrote:The り ought to have that little connection, I think. It's easier to write and looks better. The dots inside/outside thing sounds like a made up rule to me (and if it's not it's silly), re... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-16, 8:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? kainzero Wrote:i don't think り should be connected... your characters should be angled up and to the right very slightly, they look funny angled down and to the right. で looks funny because the dots... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-16, 7:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? Yeah I think for my kana す and め are definitely the worst. Definitely gotta work on those. 原稿用紙 sheets would probably be a good idea. Maybe writing them out for every review is a bit overkill, but ... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-16, 7:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? So I've been writing down core 2k sentences for quite a while now. In anki I have 3 types of cards for each vocab word. One where it shows the word in Kanji and the Kana/Translation on the back with... |
arch9443 | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-16, 5:36 pm | ||
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Thread: PS3 Japanese games via PSN Post: PS3 Japanese games via PSN keikei Wrote:ignore the message. the japanese PSN store is down. you can still sign in from other regions as long as the store is up. give it a few days Yep this. I've heard tons of reports that even... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 21 | 10,647 | 2011-06-11, 11:15 am | ||
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Thread: Am I the only one who thinks japanese has a brutal ammount of vocab.? Post: Am I the only one who thinks japanese has a brutal... zigmonty Wrote:fakewookie Wrote:zigmonty Wrote:Err my point is that 来日 is a misuse of a common prefix to mean something totally different (well, i suppose it means "coming" in everything). They really... |
arch9443 | The Japanese language | 104 | 20,368 | 2011-05-26, 7:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Reasons to say にっぽん instead of にほん? Post: Reasons to say にっぽん instead of にほん? So I've noticed that usually is read にほん But a lot of times in Core 2k They say にっぽん instead, and I've been wondering if there is a reason behind it. Are there situations where you should use にっぽん i... |
arch9443 | The Japanese language | 7 | 2,136 | 2011-05-22, 1:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Programmers here at RevTK. Post: Programmers here at RevTK. aphasiac Wrote:Anyway agree with above - programming = geek = love for anime / video games = japanese connection. I'll soon be a Junior in my Software Engineering degree, and this is so true. I've fo... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 48 | 7,400 | 2011-05-16, 8:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to learn... Post: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to lea... zachandhobbes Wrote:I don't hate them because they're hard, I hate them because they are boring. I study my vocab for quizzes about 10 minutes before - I've never not gotten an A in English or anythi... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 186 | 32,837 | 2011-05-13, 11:44 am | ||
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Thread: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to learn... Post: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to lea... zachandhobbes Wrote:SRS mandatory? Sorry, I refuse to join the hive mind. Just because we enjoy learning Japanese doesn't mean everyone does. I despise english class... especially the homework. If t... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 186 | 32,837 | 2011-05-11, 11:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Grammar? Post: Grammar? My situation was a little odd, because I went to a private school till the 4th grade. By that point any English class I had expected me to already understand those terms, and we were building upon th... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 14 | 5,637 | 2011-05-11, 2:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Grammar? Post: Grammar? I'm just curious if anyone else around here is in a similar situation as me. I didn't know what a single grammar term meant until I started learning Japanese. I've managed to learn what an adjective... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 14 | 5,637 | 2011-05-11, 1:14 am | ||
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Thread: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to learn... Post: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to lea... vonPeterhof Wrote:arch9443 Wrote:If they were to abolish Kanji then I think keeping their mix between hiragana/katakana and just adding spaces would be a much better alternative to romanization. Or d... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 186 | 32,837 | 2011-05-11, 12:56 am | ||
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Thread: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to learn... Post: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to lea... zachandhobbes Wrote:Well, my screen is 1920x1200 pixels and 24". I just can't read some of those small kanji. especially on news sites. Japanese has this tendency to become hugely cluttered. My scre... |
arch9443 | Off topic | 186 | 32,837 | 2011-05-11, 12:25 am | ||
