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    Thread: Hard case - Listening impossible
Post: Hard case - Listening impossible

Tori-kun Wrote:Reading some shoujo manga is quite amusing; I have to look up some words but all in all it's understandable, whereas spoken Japanese just cannot be understood ;((( Are there anime versi...
Kaede The Japanese language 49 14,771 2011-04-06, 10:14 pm
    Thread: Sentence Mining in a Magazine
Post: Sentence Mining in a Magazine

wccrawford Wrote:There are programs that can convert images to text, but they are hard to find, expensive, and pretty iffy. Actually, I've found the OCR software that comes free with some HP printer/s...
Kaede Learning resources 15 2,392 2009-10-01, 12:39 pm
    Thread: Japanese audiobooks?
Post: Japanese audiobooks?

http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=752 I have it saved in my favorites, so I figured I'd save you the searching :)
Kaede Learning resources 10 2,753 2009-09-25, 7:58 pm
    Thread: What is/was your area of study?
Post: What is/was your area of study?

My degree is in Internet Technology (whatever that means), but I'd say my current area of study is more along the lines of pretty Japanese boys.
Kaede Off topic 98 16,842 2009-08-27, 11:33 pm
    Thread: Video to mp3?
Post: Video to mp3?

bombpersons Wrote:http://handbrake.fr/ *Edit* You can use FFMPEG to rip dvd's too I think, but I'm not sure how. Ahaha that is AWESOME. Thank you! It's amazing how you can spend so much time searchin...
Kaede Learning resources 16 2,978 2009-08-14, 7:13 pm
    Thread: Video to mp3?
Post: Video to mp3?

To rip audio from avi files, etc. I use http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.htm (the free version). Works perfectly fine for me. To remove the opening/ending themes, you can just use Audacity after...
Kaede Learning resources 16 2,978 2009-08-14, 9:40 am
    Thread: Spiderman
Post: Spiderman

aphasiac Wrote:blackmacros Wrote:Hang on, are you saying Power Rangers is Japanese? Holy crap I never realised (I never realised Pokemon was Japanese as a kid, either. You kind of just assume every TV...
Kaede General discussion 18 5,458 2009-07-27, 12:48 pm
    Thread: ~なんです。
Post: ~なんです。

http://guidetojapanese.org/particles3.html#part5 That'll give you the basics. Other than that it's mostly a matter of just seeing how it's used, which is easy enough since it's used all the time.
Kaede The Japanese language 2 759 2009-07-21, 7:15 am
    Thread: Helping a Japanese student with their accent
Post: Helping a Japanese student with their accent

Which sentences would inserting "that" make correct? There were a lot of sentences being discussed :)
Kaede General discussion 64 9,020 2009-07-18, 4:05 pm
    Thread: Helping a Japanese student with their accent
Post: Helping a Japanese student with their accent

thistime Wrote:magamo Wrote:1. native Japanese speakers don't consider they're different. 2. that Japanese ears consider [h], [ç], and [ɸ] are the same 3. I think that's because his ear considers "...
Kaede General discussion 64 9,020 2009-07-18, 12:45 pm
    Thread: Share you Japanese Recipes
Post: Share you Japanese Recipes

Coco Ichi curry.....mmm..... Great, now I'm going to start having withdrawls again :P I can get some random brand of curry roux at the grocery, but it's really just not the same. ....Still, random-bra...
Kaede General discussion 14 4,057 2009-07-17, 2:32 pm
    Thread: Love in Japan...
Post: Love in Japan...

I'm not too sure about the recommendations for TheTrueBlue to go look for this girl in libraries and bookstores. I personally love libraries and bookstores, but I think if someone like him randomly ca...
Kaede General discussion 578 67,332 2009-07-17, 11:20 am
    Thread: Love in Japan...
Post: Love in Japan...

Maybe it's just me, but I see a difference in these two situations: 1. "I'm not interested in having a relationship, just casual sex. There's a good chance I won't even call you in the future. That o...
Kaede General discussion 578 67,332 2009-07-16, 5:54 pm
    Thread: Subs2srs deck downloads
Post: Subs2srs deck downloads

IceCream Wrote:no, i didnt find Japanese subs, i wish i could! I've looked everywhere! But dramanote, e.g. ep1 http://www.dramanote.com/?eid=826623 has some of the lines, and i rikaichanned other word...
Kaede Group study 183 78,531 2009-07-16, 5:00 pm
    Thread: Love in Japan...
Post: Love in Japan...

Okay, TheTrueBlue, I was going to make a few comments on things you've said and ask a couple questions, but then I read this: TheTrueBlue Wrote:I can't even imagine how hard that sacrifice must be, a...
Kaede General discussion 578 67,332 2009-07-16, 4:43 pm
    Thread: Love in Japan...
Post: Love in Japan...

Wooow I'm beginning to think I need to just stay away from this thread. So many things being said are making me angry, and making me lose respect for several forum members..... Unfortunately my own mo...
Kaede General discussion 578 67,332 2009-07-15, 2:44 pm
    Thread: Love in Japan...
Post: Love in Japan...

danieldesu Wrote:Theoretically speaking, a woman would be happier to share 1/10 of a REALLY REALLY great guy than to have a whole REALLY REALLY mediocre guy. Um. What? Personally I'd rather be single ...
Kaede General discussion 578 67,332 2009-07-15, 11:31 am
    Thread: Subs2srs deck downloads
Post: Subs2srs deck downloads

IceCream Wrote:Although subs2srs is easy to use, unfortunately, my computer has now totally stopped being able to bittorrent anything... i just get an I/O error every time. Maybe it's cos i don't have...
Kaede Group study 183 78,531 2009-07-13, 9:07 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

tautologico Wrote:Ok, I'm kind of a newbie in terms of vocabulary. I can't quite understand みごとに in two sentences in the OL進化論 manga. I have the bilingual edition, and I noticed the author likes to sh...
Kaede The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,063 2009-07-12, 10:25 pm
    Thread: Relatively simple Japanese shows?
Post: Relatively simple Japanese shows?

crayonmaster Wrote:How about sailor moon or prince of tennis? Anytime I've tried, I've never been able to find Prince of Tennis raw. If it's available somewhere I'd love to know where.
Kaede Learning resources 32 7,341 2009-07-10, 6:30 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

cloudstrife543 Wrote:ある友達は飼っていた犬に死なれました。 Does this sound like 'the friend i had was killed by a dog that he once owned?' I'm guessing it means a dog he had died, but could someone help me to underst...
Kaede The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,063 2009-06-17, 8:38 pm
    Thread: Any wwoofers out there?
Post: Any wwoofers out there?

captal Wrote:I've heard about it. I also read yesterday that some of the Japanese schools offer programs in conjunction with wwoof (that is, you can come over, do wwoof and study Japanese too- but sti...
Kaede JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 5,820 2009-06-16, 9:30 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Nii87 Wrote:What does 気にしないで mean? Google translate tells me it means "nevermind" but how does "nevermind" and the literal translation come together? I tend to translate 気にしないで as "Don't worry about i...
Kaede The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,063 2009-06-12, 11:58 am
    Thread: Learning Japanese with Japanese videogames.
Post: Learning Japanese with Japanese videogames.

saizen Wrote:Hate to bring an old thread from the dead but I have a request/question: The first page of this thread had a link to FF7 entire script..but that link is dead. Would anyone be able to po...
Kaede General discussion 110 39,267 2009-06-12, 1:12 am
    Thread: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan?
Post: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan?

Virtua_Leaf Wrote:Jarvik7 Wrote:There are rural places that will give you room & board in exchange for working a few days a week on their farm. If you don't have much money you could do that for 3...
Kaede General discussion 127 24,775 2009-01-25, 6:53 pm
    Thread: Places to buy Japanese things?
Post: Places to buy Japanese things?

Depending on what you're looking for, CDJapan is good. They mostly only have CDs and DVDs, but I think their prices are comparable to YesAsia, and their shipping costs usually aren't too bad. Anothe...
Kaede Learning resources 36 9,787 2008-10-01, 9:45 am
    Thread: Question about とする
Post: Question about とする

According to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar, "とする" can mean "feel ~; look ~". In the Notes section it says: "Sound-symbolical word + to suru is used to mean 'to look ~' or 'to feel ~.'...
Kaede General discussion 7 5,334 2008-09-28, 8:26 am
    Thread: Newbie Questions
Post: Newbie Questions

QuackingShoe Wrote:And don't be discouraged away from the forums by the rampant derailment. Everyone here just seems to think they're completely right. All... the time. About everything. But we can st...
Kaede General discussion 46 5,281 2008-09-27, 10:42 pm