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Thread: Please help me find a thread (or a similar resource) Post: RE: Please help me find a thread (or a similar res... That's exactly the thread I was looking for! Thank you, Vempele. |
vileru | The Japanese language | 3 | 456 | 2016-05-08, 5:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Please help me find a thread (or a similar resource) Post: Please help me find a thread (or a similar resourc... 皆さん、大変ご無沙汰しております。I remember a year or two ago, there was a thread about writing a letter/email to someone you don't know. This never happens in regular Japanese society (there's always an intermediary... |
vileru | The Japanese language | 3 | 456 | 2016-05-08, 9:13 am | ||
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Thread: Why did you choose that Kanji for your avatar? Post: Why did you choose that Kanji for your avatar? My wife affectionately calls me "Maru". My hanko (判子) also bears the kanji, which has been a great conversation starter. |
vileru | Remembering the Kanji | 21 | 5,367 | 2015-07-07, 4:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Equivalent of The Economist? Post: Japanese Equivalent of The Economist? Sorry, my memory is coming up blank. It's easy to spot which magazines carry more "sophisticated" articles, though. They tend to have cleaner designs and the written information on their covers are mo... |
vileru | Learning resources | 17 | 3,090 | 2015-06-07, 7:33 am | ||
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Thread: Future Self to Past Self: To 10k or not to 10k? Post: Future Self to Past Self: To 10k or not to 10k? Yes, but I think vocab is better acquired and retained through reading once you've reached around 5-6k words. Nonetheless, I'd still finish the core 10k just to memorize the readings and basic definit... |
vileru | General discussion | 38 | 6,406 | 2015-06-07, 7:02 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Equivalent of The Economist? Post: Japanese Equivalent of The Economist? yudantaiteki Wrote:Despite the name, the Economist is not as oriented towards finance/business as the WSJ is. While you're correct to say that the Economist is less finance-oriented than WSJ, I don't ... |
vileru | Learning resources | 17 | 3,090 | 2015-05-21, 9:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Off topic for today...coffee shop electrical outlet disabling... Post: Off topic for today...coffee shop electrical outle... Tzadeck Wrote:Abacuses aren't outdated by any means. It's a good way to practice general arithmetic and learn to conceptualize certain aspects of it. A person talented at abacus can easily surpass a... |
vileru | Off topic | 14 | 2,791 | 2015-03-09, 1:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and the bad Post: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and ... The user's other post suggest s/he is human. Clearly not a native speaker of English, however. The user's grammatical errors (and, yes, I realize the irony in that my previous sentence is a run-on) an... |
vileru | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 49 | 43,820 | 2015-03-02, 10:58 pm | ||
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Thread: What's Going on in Japanese News? Post: What's Going on in Japanese News? erlog Wrote:Foreign news also has no reputation to lose by calling out the police. Japanese news probably does actually cover these things, but does so in a way that avoids rocking the societal boat. ... |
vileru | General discussion | 57 | 8,474 | 2015-02-25, 12:51 am | ||
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Thread: What tv series are you watching? Post: What tv series are you watching? Trick (for the nth time) But if I were exiled to a deserted island with a TV and could only bring one show, I'd choose The Wire. |
vileru | Off topic | 19 | 3,337 | 2015-02-17, 10:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tranlator? Post: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tran... No, you're not too old to become a translator. Acquiring the necessary skills is fully within your grasp. Focusing on your Japanese reading skills (i.e. reading a lot and drilling vocab/grammar) shoul... |
vileru | General discussion | 27 | 6,085 | 2015-02-11, 10:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki on Windows with Xbox 360 controller Post: Anki on Windows with Xbox 360 controller I doubt you're asking about analog gamification, but I sometimes set rewards (e.g. get a cocktail, watch a movie, etc.) for particular achievements in Anki, especially if I have a backlog of 500+ card... |
vileru | Learning resources | 5 | 988 | 2015-02-09, 9:17 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread yudantaiteki Wrote:No, it's a normal waka. The third and fourth lines are おもかげの and then 身にそひながら. So it's 5-7-5-7-7. A sedoka needs a sixth line of 7. あっらら！I always confuse different poem forms. Any... |
vileru | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,035 | 2015-02-09, 9:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Pronouns Matter when Psyching Yourself Up Post: Pronouns Matter when Psyching Yourself Up vix86 Wrote:I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I like to create personas to take on different parts of an argument, kind of like if it was a group sit down. All of the personas banter back ... |
vileru | Off topic | 13 | 2,447 | 2015-02-09, 6:13 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread anotherjohn Wrote:vileru Wrote:"Why doth I ..." 'Doth' = 3rd person You caught me. Even though it's wrong, I used "doth" since I wanted it to sound archaic. You see this happen all the time in modern ... |
vileru | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,035 | 2015-02-09, 6:01 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I have a few questions about the following classical Japanese and modern translation I recently encountered: 「いかなれば立ちもはなれず面影の身にそひながらかなしかるらむ」 (どうして彼女の面影がいつも身に付き添っているのに、私は悲しいのであろうか) Questions: 1. いかなれ... |
vileru | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,035 | 2015-02-09, 11:28 am | ||
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Thread: Pronouns Matter when Psyching Yourself Up Post: Pronouns Matter when Psyching Yourself Up While reading the article, I realized that I often refer to myself as "you" or "[my first name]" when encouraging or chastising myself (but never any other time), sometimes in the same sentence. For i... |
vileru | Off topic | 13 | 2,447 | 2015-02-09, 11:05 am | ||
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Thread: What's Going on in Japanese News? Post: What's Going on in Japanese News? @gaiaslastlaugh Looks like my memory was jumbled. I thought Goto and Haruna were captured after Goto had gone to rescue Haruna. In fact, Haruna had already been captured. I stand corrected. There was ... |
vileru | General discussion | 57 | 8,474 | 2015-02-03, 12:10 am | ||
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Thread: What's Going on in Japanese News? Post: What's Going on in Japanese News? gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:不謹慎ではありますが、後藤さんに話すことが出来たら いっそ 自決してほしいと 言いたい。 私が 彼の母親だったら そう 言います。 Can't say I'm totally at odds with the feeling of discontent here. 後藤さん abandoned his wife and newborn baby on a... |
vileru | General discussion | 57 | 8,474 | 2015-02-02, 9:20 pm | ||
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Thread: What's Going on in Japanese News? Post: What's Going on in Japanese News? I enjoyed reading about the protestors' criticisms of the media in the first article. It's unbelievable that the media edited out the part where Goto's mom said that the incident mustn't lead to hate ... |
vileru | General discussion | 57 | 8,474 | 2015-02-02, 9:30 am | ||
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Thread: Hokkaido University Post: Hokkaido University vix86 Wrote:You can't apply and then if you don't think its a good idea, pull your application later? I'd assume Japanese universities would look down on this, decimating your chances of reapplying. A... |
vileru | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 8 | 1,414 | 2015-01-31, 6:06 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! @sunehiro & Vempele First, congrats on passing—and in record time, too! If you have the interest and time, I encourage you to write study method posts like the ones zorlee and drdunlap did. You'll... |
vileru | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,240 | 2015-01-30, 10:09 pm | ||
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Thread: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself as "boku"? Post: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself ... For what it's worth, I've known several Japanese researchers here in the Boston area. For the most part, they use 私 and 僕 exclusively, and one surgeon I know even works in Gunma Prefecture right now a... |
vileru | The Japanese language | 102 | 19,254 | 2015-01-26, 10:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Inappropriate stories Post: Inappropriate stories Are the hidden stories a form of censorship? If all the flagged stories were deleted, then I'd call that censorship. In my view, the hidden stories are the equivalent of a NSFW link. It's not censorsh... |
vileru | Off topic | 121 | 18,931 | 2015-01-25, 10:54 am | ||
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Thread: Inappropriate stories Post: Inappropriate stories ashman63 Wrote:But I would like someone to let me know - this has confused me for years - why my story below was reported by so many people? Am I missing something? 83 向 There was an old woman named ... |
vileru | Off topic | 121 | 18,931 | 2015-01-23, 8:56 am | ||
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Thread: Inappropriate stories Post: Inappropriate stories Tzadeck Wrote:I always enjoy a good ridiculous Standsfield rant though. This. I think Flamerokz and everyone else I respect here see what's up, too. Don't waste your time, Fabrice. This new feature is... |
vileru | Off topic | 121 | 18,931 | 2015-01-21, 9:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Speech Contest Post: Japanese Speech Contest TheVinster Wrote:Can anyone give me an idea of how long and how meaty a speech would suffice with 4 handwritten pages? With the template you linked, you have 880 characters, which is about 3-5 minutes... |
vileru | General discussion | 6 | 1,973 | 2015-01-21, 12:04 pm | ||
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Thread: [First Post] How much grammar/vocab for reading a basic novel? Post: [First Post] How much grammar/vocab for reading a ... To reply to the OP's other questions: manman2a Wrote:How much grammar do I REALLY need to know? That is, after building a strong base, how much grammar can I PICK up (PL1 and PL4)? First, I have no cl... |
vileru | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 6,202 | 2015-01-21, 9:58 am | ||
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Thread: [First Post] How much grammar/vocab for reading a basic novel? Post: [First Post] How much grammar/vocab for reading a ... As Roketzu said, there are too many factors to give a simple answer. Here's what I did to figure out whether I was ready for a particular native text (and this method worked great for me): 1. Pick u... |
vileru | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 6,202 | 2015-01-20, 9:41 am | ||
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Thread: Safarikai – Rikaichan for Safari Post: Safarikai – Rikaichan for Safari Nice! Thanks for sharing. |
vileru | Learning resources | 1 | 3,112 | 2015-01-15, 7:46 am | ||
