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    Thread: Those who live in Japan - how do you meet people?
Post: Those who live in Japan - how do you meet people?

1. Be charismatic, interesting and sincere. 2. Learn to differentiate between people who are legitimately interested in who you are and what you have to say, and those who are too polite to tell you...
methanol General discussion 20 10,748 2011-12-18, 10:48 am
    Thread: Your favorite Gitaigo / Giongo?
Post: Your favorite Gitaigo / Giongo?

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methanol The Japanese language 5 1,088 2009-07-18, 10:19 am
    Thread: Seldom (or never) used Kanji and there Meanings
Post: Seldom (or never) used Kanji and there Meanings

Burritolingus Wrote:Actually, do Japanese kids ever type in an illiterate, shorthand manner like that? Check out 2chan sometime. You'll see all sorts of obnoxious abuses of Japanese orthography. 写メ ...
methanol The Japanese language 37 9,933 2009-07-18, 7:19 am
    Thread: Seldom (or never) used Kanji and there Meanings
Post: Seldom (or never) used Kanji and there Meanings

迄(まで)、且つ(かつ)、但し(ただし)、然し(しかし)and 御目出度う (おめでとう)may potentially bear addition to this list. On the other hand, I consider 余り、又、誰、未だ(which I habitually read as いまだ)、居る、the あるs (for the purposes of differ...
methanol The Japanese language 37 9,933 2009-07-17, 1:28 pm
    Thread: What kind of blue is 蒼?
Post: What kind of blue is 蒼?

蒼, pardon me if someone has mentioned it already, can also refer to a kind of dye used in clothing (蒼染め). Judging from the shirt I'm wearing right now, I'd say it's a deep and saturated blue, close t...
methanol The Japanese language 33 7,965 2009-07-17, 1:03 pm
    Thread: Love in Japan...
Post: Love in Japan...

This thread is embarrassing. I feel embarrassed. I want to state this as concisely as I can. Mark my words: TheTrueBlue, start dating and having experiences right now, or rue this period for the...
methanol General discussion 578 67,343 2009-07-17, 11:51 am
    Thread: If you had to convince someone Japan is the best place in the world
Post: If you had to convince someone Japan is the best p...

Wally Wrote:There is actually a rather lengthy book written for Japanese on "How to be Japanese". That's not the name of the tome, and I don't have it handy right now (but I think one of my relatives...
methanol Off topic 341 43,718 2009-05-26, 9:38 am
    Thread: If you had to convince someone Japan is the best place in the world
Post: If you had to convince someone Japan is the best p...

Oh lordy. jorgebucaran. Please for the love of sushi if you should ever leave your country, don't come here. FutureBlues Wrote:Here's my question, to the people who've joined this thread who want ...
methanol Off topic 341 43,718 2009-05-24, 11:19 am