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    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Thanks!
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2013-06-16, 10:47 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I came across this sentence in the book I'm reading at the moment: 「なんだか、逃げてばかりいるな。」 I don't think I've seen this this v+te+bakari+iru form before, and I definitely haven't studied it, but my intuiti...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2013-06-16, 9:50 pm
    Thread: Teaching Wa and Ga
Post: Teaching Wa and Ga

imabi Wrote:I believe I have decided on what and what not to address and how. Thank you all for trying to add in more advice. I have tried to make sure I have not missed anything. http://forum.koohii....
Onelove_yo General discussion 13 3,698 2012-04-16, 9:46 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Zorlee Wrote:In more formal Japanese you'll find people use the masu stems in the same way as the て-form. For example: 朝食を食べて学校へ行きました。 朝食を食べ、学校へ行きました。 Same meaning, but the latter is often used in ne...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2012-03-28, 6:30 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

yudantaiteki Wrote:Xないで means "Without doing X". (なくて would be the normal -te form of ない) Ah, ok. I only learned that rule a short while ago, so I'm not really used to how it's used yet. Thanks.
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2012-03-25, 10:42 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

怠けていないで、手伝って。 "Stop slacking and help me!" (From Core2k, so there's no extra context) Can anyone tell me what type of で is being used after 怠けていない? My first inclination is to think of it as the -で...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2012-03-25, 12:10 pm
    Thread: These two songs...
Post: These two songs...

Those songs(or any songs you like, really) + http://www.rainymood.com/ = pure bliss.
Onelove_yo Off topic 4 1,195 2012-02-10, 4:05 am
    Thread: Practicing output troubles
Post: Practicing output troubles

Gingerninja Wrote:Put any kid on a tangent and they'll just talk. The girl I worked with a few years ago's son used to come to the shop every friday afternoon after school, he'd be about 5-6 and as s...
Onelove_yo Learning resources 28 5,199 2012-01-20, 6:55 pm
    Thread: Practicing output troubles
Post: Practicing output troubles

dtcamero Wrote:ya this is one of the major flaws in the ajatt method, and to be fair it is directly related to Krashen's input hypothesis. I just vented about this earlier in an ajatt forum but Krashe...
Onelove_yo Learning resources 28 5,199 2012-01-20, 3:49 am
    Thread: Listening comprehension, equalizing, and background music/noise
Post: Listening comprehension, equalizing, and backgroun...

IceCream Wrote:Also, listening in a real life situation is much harder than listening to a drama, which is actually pretty clinical, so it's better to train it as properly as possible from the beginni...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 12 1,823 2012-01-19, 5:39 pm
    Thread: What is necessary to become a professional J-E translator?
Post: What is necessary to become a professional J-E tra...

EratiK Wrote:Check this thread: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=6417 plus use the search fonction of the forum. ;) I thought I would get this. I have skimmed a few of the translation thread...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 21 5,689 2012-01-16, 5:53 am
    Thread: What is necessary to become a professional J-E translator?
Post: What is necessary to become a professional J-E tra...

As I've seen is somewhat common around here, early on in my Japanese learning journey I found AJATT to be very insparational but later diverged from the method somewhat significantly. I was recently h...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 21 5,689 2012-01-15, 1:18 pm
    Thread: Manga Translation
Post: Manga Translation

jishera Wrote:@Onelove_yo, I've actually watched TV where translators added cultural notes into the subtitles. It was great because people who didn't know about the culture at all were able to underst...
Onelove_yo General discussion 58 10,855 2012-01-13, 2:07 pm
    Thread: Manga Translation
Post: Manga Translation

jishera Wrote:I guess I'm weird because I appreciate leaving in the "san" etc, as well as other things that are tough to translate. I suppose you could say "Ms., Mrs., Mr. lord, senior", etc., but it ...
Onelove_yo General discussion 58 10,855 2012-01-12, 7:37 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Tori-kun Wrote:Onelove_yo Wrote:新しい政策はあまり良いとは思えません。 I don't think the new policy is very good. What is the use of とは here? I thought it was used to define things. I also see this often in this form: ...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2011-12-22, 9:47 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

新しい政策はあまり良いとは思えません。 I don't think the new policy is very good. What is the use of とは here? I thought it was used to define things.
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2011-12-22, 3:50 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

What is the function of の in these sentences: 気持ちのいい朝です。 "It's a pleasant morning." 彼は能力のある社員です。"He's a resourceful employee." ?
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2011-12-18, 8:48 am
    Thread: The Special Things Going On In Japan
Post: The Special Things Going On In Japan

Out of curiosity, if you had to define geek, nerd and dork based on how they are interpreted in your region, what would you say? I'm Australian, and in my mind: Geek = Normal person(socially speaking...
Onelove_yo General discussion 208 34,038 2011-12-18, 6:42 am
    Thread: My Japanese is AWESOME
Post: My Japanese is AWESOME

I can see this discussion isn't going to get very far, so I'm just going to leave it as is. Either you're completely missing my point, or, and this is much more likely, I'm too tired to communicate ef...
Onelove_yo General discussion 70 12,646 2011-12-15, 11:58 am
    Thread: My Japanese is AWESOME
Post: My Japanese is AWESOME

qwertyytrewq Wrote:"Understand(ing) the absolute importance of huge amounts of listening and reading in your target language" AKA immersion, is something I would have thought was common sense. I keep ...
Onelove_yo General discussion 70 12,646 2011-12-15, 11:12 am
    Thread: Windows 7, typing Japanese and viewing?
Post: Windows 7, typing Japanese and viewing?

magykrat Wrote:I have both a Mac and Win7 box at home - Had to get Win7 ultimate to be able to Type in Japanese - ~$200. Both use keyboard shortcuts to switch back and forth between languages. Win...
Onelove_yo General discussion 9 2,125 2011-12-15, 10:56 am
    Thread: My Japanese is AWESOME
Post: My Japanese is AWESOME

qwertyytrewq Wrote:Okay, people keep mentioning AJATT so I decided to check the website one more time (I have done so several times in the past). Unfortunately, my conclusion now is still the same as...
Onelove_yo General discussion 70 12,646 2011-12-15, 10:27 am
    Thread: The Special Things Going On In Japan
Post: The Special Things Going On In Japan

Javizy Wrote:dizmox Wrote:Does anyone else think that the guideline amount of calories per day, considering the idleness of the average person, is way too much though? It's 2000 for women, and I don'...
Onelove_yo General discussion 208 34,038 2011-12-09, 11:08 pm
    Thread: putting the Fun back into learning Japanese
Post: putting the Fun back into learning Japanese

I think it's really, really important to find a form of media you can enjoy without understanding too much to carry you through the beginner stage and to not get caught up in preconceived notions of w...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 50 11,248 2011-11-30, 3:20 am
    Thread: Anime on youtube
Post: Anime on youtube

This guy has the whole first season of グンダム00subbed in Chinese: http://www.youtube.com/user/WindsonSaver These guys have a massive amount of English subbed Anime: http://www.youtube.com/user/FUNimati...
Onelove_yo General discussion 5 1,923 2011-11-27, 6:05 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I have another one from the Core2k: 日本での生活は楽しいです。 That provided translation is "Life in Japan is fun." I haven't seen での before. Looking at it as the で + の particles kind of makes sense, but trying ...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2011-11-19, 6:53 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Ah, ok. I guess my problem was taking てから to mean "and because" and trying to make that fit the translation. I've never heard of verbてから meaning after verbing... I guess that's something I'll have to ...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2011-11-08, 1:24 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hey guys, I came across this sentence in the Core2K deck and I'm a little confused about it: お酒は大人になってから。 You can drink alcohol when you're an adult. I think it's the なってから part that gets me. I fig...
Onelove_yo The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,835 2011-11-08, 10:25 am