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    Thread: Can someone translate "moon dust" for me?
Post: Can someone translate "moon dust" for me?

Awesome, thanks guys!
cerulean General discussion 12 1,566 2014-08-11, 1:46 pm
    Thread: Can someone translate "moon dust" for me?
Post: Can someone translate "moon dust" for me?

Thanks for the replies. What I'm looking for is an almost whimsical version of dust. Lunar soil is what I'm getting at, but when we say moondust, it's almost like when we say fairy dust. So, how wo...
cerulean General discussion 12 1,566 2014-08-11, 6:13 am
    Thread: Can someone translate "moon dust" for me?
Post: Can someone translate "moon dust" for me?

I realize there may be a very literal translation, but does anyone know how Japanese people would use it if talking about say, the soil on the moon, in the same way we would say 'moon dust'? Thanks, ...
cerulean General discussion 12 1,566 2014-08-10, 9:06 pm
    Thread: Hey guys, selling my Japanese study materials collection, take a look?
Post: Hey guys, selling my Japanese study materials coll...

Bump! Auction is closing in 4 hours. Wanted to bump in case this got buried from new viewers.
cerulean General discussion 5 1,432 2013-11-24, 4:56 pm
    Thread: Hey guys, selling my Japanese study materials collection, take a look?
Post: Hey guys, selling my Japanese study materials coll...

Wow, thanks! I was quoting the priority flat rate price, but Media Mail is so much cheaper. I just spoke to a USPS representative and discussed all the possibilities and it looks like I can ship thes...
cerulean General discussion 5 1,432 2013-11-19, 10:44 am
    Thread: Hey guys, selling my Japanese study materials collection, take a look?
Post: Hey guys, selling my Japanese study materials coll...

Whew, I haven't been here in a long while. Haven't really reviewed since before I went to Japan, though I did pick it up again for a bit while I was living there. Now I'm back in the US, after workin...
cerulean General discussion 5 1,432 2013-11-18, 2:34 pm
    Thread: Is this an invitation?
Post: Is this an invitation?

Thanks for the help guys. I replied back directly, basically saying "well, let's go to the club! Let's drink, and karaoke, and stuff!" Hah, haven't seen a reply yet.
cerulean General discussion 17 3,645 2012-03-22, 7:21 am
    Thread: Is this an invitation?
Post: Is this an invitation?

尾張旭 is the town I live in. The only photo I can think of is a photo of my little Christmas tree and presents I sent to her once back during the holiday. I'm not even in it. She shouldn't actually ha...
cerulean General discussion 17 3,645 2012-03-19, 11:02 am
    Thread: Is this an invitation?
Post: Is this an invitation?

They're both literally the negative form of a verb in the form of a question, one being more casual than the other. Is there a difference in the meaning? In any case, she's not being as clear as eith...
cerulean General discussion 17 3,645 2012-03-19, 7:27 am
    Thread: Is this an invitation?
Post: Is this an invitation?

The V+ないの is sort of like "Won't you blah blah blah?", yeah? I asked her out to drink a long time ago but she had moved to live somewhere else.. Maybe she's back around? Anyway, it seems weird becau...
cerulean General discussion 17 3,645 2012-03-18, 11:33 pm
    Thread: Is this an invitation?
Post: Is this an invitation?

Here's a text I got recently, and there's a little I don't understand in it.. 職場のFriendが****のPhotograph見たって言ってたよ Is she saying she saw my photograph or does this simply she wants to see it? Or she...
cerulean General discussion 17 3,645 2012-03-18, 12:24 pm
    Thread: Jamais vu - Might writing a word once and again make you UNlearn it?
Post: Jamais vu - Might writing a word once and again ma...

I've experienced this as a kid, when repeating certain words over and over .. Singing a made up song with a single word in it.. It didn't take long to notice how bizarre the word suddenly felt to me. ...
cerulean General discussion 6 3,542 2009-07-20, 6:50 pm
    Thread: Thinking about a trip to Japan.
Post: Thinking about a trip to Japan.

I can't answer all of your questions, but let me say that 2 weeks wouldn't be worth your time. You should get a Tourist Visa and wear out all 3 months you have on that thing. Don't make a job the poi...
cerulean Off topic 37 4,311 2009-06-22, 12:22 pm
    Thread: Requesting Community Input: What's your favorite primitive/story?
Post: Requesting Community Input: What's your favorite p...

Please post a couple of your favorite primitives or Kanji stories as defined by 1) Heisig and 2) by the RtK community. Remembering the Kanji has been an invaluable resource for all of us, and for ima...
cerulean Remembering the Kanji 20 3,222 2009-06-18, 3:11 am
    Thread: Finished with RTK1, and unsurprisingly, I have questions.
Post: Finished with RTK1, and unsurprisingly, I have que...

I just finished RtK not long ago, also.. I've been doing my reviews, but haven't moved onto anything else just yet... I, too, am wondering what my next path should be. Kanji wise, RtK was my first e...
cerulean Remembering the Kanji 16 7,977 2009-06-12, 10:57 pm
    Thread: Japanese "Adventure" games
Post: Japanese "Adventure" games

What about Gyakuten Kenji? In English the game will probably be called 'Perfect Prosecutor' and is based on the Edgeworth/Kenji Character in the Phoenix Wright games. I played a little bit of it tod...
cerulean Learning resources 14 7,154 2009-05-30, 6:34 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

kalikana Wrote:HALFWAY! Actually I got there a couple of days ago, I'm at 1090 now. I agree, I admire those who do 100 kanji a day, but I don't know how you guys do it.. When I was at 800, I tried doi...
cerulean Remembering the Kanji 616 180,468 2009-05-30, 1:37 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Keep at it! Yeh, perhaps I should not get involved with 2043+ just yet.. There are plenty of other Japanese methods or studies I've been putting off. So what's next? Should I delve into sentences?...
cerulean Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,660 2009-05-30, 12:40 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Haha, it feels like only yesterday when I posted in this thread.. I was complaining over nothing! Now I've added all 2042 kanji! Yatta! To everyone still at this point, keep going. You will be succ...
cerulean Remembering the Kanji 526 167,141 2009-05-29, 2:40 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Congratulations everyone! I just added {2042} into my deck.. Haha, it feels good. The Kanji Poster is right behind me, and I never could foresee the end of it until now!.. Wow, it was fun everyone. ...
cerulean Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,660 2009-05-29, 2:37 pm
    Thread: Muscle Koushinkyoku
Post: Muscle Koushinkyoku

Why does Nintendo insist on region locked consoles?.. I'd definitely check this out otherwise.
cerulean General discussion 11 1,997 2009-05-29, 12:40 pm
    Thread: Learning the kana
Post: Learning the kana

Ah.. Kana was one of the first things I had done for Japanese language studies. You may be familiar with the 'Let's Learn Japanese' video series.. Well every episode or so they would present 5 hiraga...
cerulean The Japanese language 29 8,663 2009-05-22, 12:41 pm
    Thread: Lesson 23 is a BEAST
Post: Lesson 23 is a BEAST

haha yes, it's huge! After awhile I stopped thinking of the Kanji in terms of lessons, and simply added about 20 each day.. I can't imagine trying to add 130 in a single study session.
cerulean Remembering the Kanji 17 5,074 2009-05-20, 5:01 pm
    Thread: dealing with stress.. stop the eye twitching?
Post: dealing with stress.. stop the eye twitching?

whatever you do, don't stop your daily reviews. Last week my left eye had the twitch too. I didn't feel stressed out, but the eyelid wouldn't stop.. I guess I was a little concerned about finishing a...
cerulean Off topic 20 4,568 2009-05-20, 1:15 pm
    Thread: Interesting device: Open Pandora
Post: Interesting device: Open Pandora

Wow, thank you for this, I'm very interested in this device now. But it looks like they haven't met mass production yet and it's been repeatedly delayed. :(
cerulean Learning resources 47 6,085 2009-05-15, 12:51 am
    Thread: Manga Study/Translation Group
Post: Manga Study/Translation Group

okay, thanks, I'll follow along. here's the link for the first page for those just walking in: http://mangahelpers.com/downloads/read-o...1241202753
cerulean Group study 65 18,911 2009-05-01, 1:34 pm
    Thread: Manga Study/Translation Group
Post: Manga Study/Translation Group

i'd like to participate, but my japanese and kanji understanding are still very basic.. everyone else is probably pretty distant I assume.
cerulean Group study 65 18,911 2009-05-01, 12:54 pm
    Thread: Stop after finishing?
Post: Stop after finishing?

I'm not done yet, but I gain a little confidence and knowledge every time I make a connection between a Kanji I've seen in RtK and a Kanji that belongs in a Japanese vocab word I'm already familiar wi...
cerulean Remembering the Kanji 55 8,371 2009-04-23, 1:47 pm
    Thread: ドラマ (dramas)
Post: ドラマ (dramas)

i could use a new dorama to watch too.. it's been months! For a while I was watching anime on the AnimeisLive channel on mogulus, but it's been shut down for copyright violation.. I really need some...
cerulean General discussion 28 8,577 2009-04-21, 9:27 pm
    Thread: anyone use video courses?
Post: anyone use video courses?

Let's Learn Japanese is how I first started learning Japanese. I really liked it! There's a second series of Let's Learn Japanese that concludes Yan's story.. It's good, but I didn't enjoy it as muc...
cerulean Learning resources 8 2,464 2009-04-19, 10:37 pm