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Thread: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel Post: RE: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel I think the Portugese video you linked to expains the ん before s/y/vowel sound very well. There are five ways of pronouncing ん in Japanese, and the Wasabi link covers the other four. |
Katsuo | General discussion | 14 | 1,221 | 2016-03-27, 1:19 am | ||
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Thread: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel Post: RE: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel Open your nasal passage so that air passes through both your nose and mouth at the same time. As well as vowels, this also applies to ん before y and s sounds. E.g. compare the audio for 婚約 and 蒟蒻 by... |
Katsuo | General discussion | 14 | 1,221 | 2016-03-26, 12:25 pm | ||
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Thread: List of extra kanji (RTK4) Post: RE: List of extra kanji (RTK4) "Has anyone compiled which of these have already been added to the latest RTK1+3 editions? " I just added some numbers to the spreadsheet in post #4. |
Katsuo | General discussion | 30 | 13,911 | 2016-03-24, 1:18 am | ||
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Thread: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE Post: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE Tendo Mokko (天童木工) is a Japanese furniture maker based in Tendō, Yamagata, Japan. Wikipedia |
Katsuo | General discussion | 96 | 30,125 | 2015-10-19, 5:38 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering the Kana Post: Remembering the Kana CureDolly Wrote:Wow! 700 kanji and no kana. It feels kind of surreal. But then that is exactly what Heisig-sensei recommends, isn't it? On the back cover of one of Heisig’s Remembering the Kana books ... |
Katsuo | Learning resources | 14 | 1,301 | 2015-10-16, 9:11 am | ||
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Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Note from Mod to posters on this thread: Hello. Please refrain from personal attacks and insinuations. Thank you. |
Katsuo | Off topic | 168 | 10,707 | 2015-10-03, 11:55 am | ||
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Thread: Looking for an iOS kanji recognition app Post: Looking for an iOS kanji recognition app There’s a free version of CamDictionary you can try which limits the number of look-ups (the paid version has no limit). Recognition seems quite good. To use if for Japanese you can either connect to... |
Katsuo | Learning resources | 12 | 1,393 | 2015-09-14, 11:01 am | ||
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Thread: Looking for an iOS kanji recognition app Post: Looking for an iOS kanji recognition app I tried an app with similar functions several years ago (can't remember the name). It worked well if the contrast between the characters and background was strong. For example, reading a book in a we... |
Katsuo | Learning resources | 12 | 1,393 | 2015-09-13, 12:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Looking for an iOS kanji recognition app Post: Looking for an iOS kanji recognition app James736 Wrote:Katsuo Wrote:There's one called Yomiya. I haven't tried it, but it gets mostly good reviews. On iTunes it has a nearly equal number of 5 star and 1 star reviews... 29 vs. 13 on Japanese... |
Katsuo | Learning resources | 12 | 1,393 | 2015-09-13, 12:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Looking for an iOS kanji recognition app Post: Looking for an iOS kanji recognition app There's one called Yomiya. I haven't tried it, but it gets mostly good reviews. |
Katsuo | Learning resources | 12 | 1,393 | 2015-09-13, 12:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Help with Kanji 333 "happenstance" Post: Help with Kanji 333 "happenstance" Sometimes there is an English keyword that summarises a kanji’s usage quite well, but other times there isn’t. 故 is one of the latter cases. I made a spreadsheet to compare the keywords allotted to e... |
Katsuo | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 1,069 | 2015-08-20, 12:38 am | ||
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Thread: What makes a radical a radical? Post: What makes a radical a radical? There is a standardised set of 214 radicals that was devised about 400 years ago in China to classify the kanji. It’s not ideal, but most modern dictionaries use it. I also made a chart to compare th... |
Katsuo | The Japanese language | 7 | 1,020 | 2015-08-12, 6:47 am | ||
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Thread: RTK kanji without an on'yomi Post: RTK kanji without an on'yomi john555 Wrote:Here's my question: which ones of the 86 kanji presented in Chapter Four are not general-use kanji? I thought they all were. Put this spreadsheet in RTK2 order and it should be clear. |
Katsuo | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,385 | 2015-07-31, 3:25 pm | ||
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Thread: unofficial primitives Post: unofficial primitives If you click "Website" by my icon and check the first two links in that post there is that kind of list. Not all the combinations are named though. A book I saw on etymology called the right side of ... |
Katsuo | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 1,642 | 2015-07-27, 9:49 am | ||
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Thread: jouyou and kanji kentei Post: jouyou and kanji kentei Looking at the spreadsheet EratiK linked to, I noticed it had the numbers for the older editions of RTK only, so I just updated it and added the new ones (RTK1 6th Edition & RTK3 3rd Ed.). RTK1 c... |
Katsuo | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,252 | 2015-07-08, 12:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Question about 80's Japanese singer Post: Question about 80's Japanese singer 横山剣？松山千春？ |
Katsuo | General discussion | 2 | 836 | 2015-06-14, 12:14 am | ||
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Thread: Who is he? Post: Who is he? Yes, it's the same person. He's tweaked his stage name a few times over the years. From his Japanese Wikipedia page: 「デーモン小暮」（1986年）、「デーモン小暮閣下」（2000年）、「デーモン閣下」（2010年以降） |
Katsuo | Off topic | 5 | 1,194 | 2015-05-15, 5:25 am | ||
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Thread: Who is he? Post: Who is he? RandomQuotes Wrote:he regularly appears as a commentator on both serious and comedic shows also sumo. His name is Demon Kakka / デーモン閣下 |
Katsuo | Off topic | 5 | 1,194 | 2015-05-11, 5:00 am | ||
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Thread: RTK1 2042 + Supplement 157 = 2199? Where is the last 1? Post: RTK1 2042 + Supplement 157 = 2199? Where is the l... It might be this one: 璽 "imperial seal". That rare kanji was omitted from earlier editions of RTK1 despite being one of the joyo set. Presumably an oversight. |
Katsuo | Remembering the Kanji | 2 | 1,245 | 2015-04-22, 4:17 am | ||
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Thread: Is it really possible to Learn Vocabulary without readings? Post: Is it really possible to Learn Vocabulary without ... Taishi Wrote:There is no need to study readings separately for kanken, since you're always going to be writing out words. So to take your 発 as an example, sure you'd be expected to know it can also be... |
Katsuo | The Japanese language | 25 | 5,840 | 2015-04-18, 12:50 am | ||
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Thread: Making sense out of phrases Post: Making sense out of phrases Helena4 Wrote:let's stop the dramatic argument and step back into calm discussion. Good idea. |
Katsuo | General discussion | 31 | 5,849 | 2015-04-17, 11:30 am | ||
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Thread: WWII Kanji Translation Offering Post: WWII Kanji Translation Offering Top row, third character from the end is another way of writing 四, i.e. four 四型: type four 用: use 環型: ring type 照準器 (gun) sight |
Katsuo | Group study | 16 | 3,261 | 2015-02-20, 11:58 am | ||
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Thread: WWII Kanji Translation Offering Post: WWII Kanji Translation Offering 九二式七粍七機銃: Type 92, 7.7mm machine gun 九二: 92 式: type 七粍七: 7.7 mm. (粍 means millimetres) 機銃: machine gun 銃架: rifle stand 三脚架: tripod 四型: type four 豊川海軍工廠: Toyokawa Naval Arsenal 豊川: Toyokawa 海軍: Navy... |
Katsuo | Group study | 16 | 3,261 | 2015-02-13, 11:13 am | ||
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Thread: WWII Kanji Translation Offering Post: WWII Kanji Translation Offering Here it is in editable text in case you want to look any bits up. I replaced 號 with 号 which is a more common equivalent. 九二式七粍七機銃銃架三脚架 四型 豊川海軍工廠 豊製造番号2508 製造年月昭和19年2月 七粍七 refers to the cartridge si... |
Katsuo | Group study | 16 | 3,261 | 2015-02-13, 9:22 am | ||
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Thread: RTK kanji without an on'yomi Post: RTK kanji without an on'yomi In terms of the 2,136 joyo kanji, 76 characters don't have a joyo on-yomi: 貝肌埼垣畑枠棚株乞茨栃虹滝串掛扱又爪峠嵐崎込姫脇梨箱但畝塚堀据届岬芝繰卸宛皿娘坪刈漬鎌芋瀬杉蚊鶴岡駒虞鹿熊咲且潟俺匂唄尻弥釜膝肘枕柿桁裾箸謎誰鍋闇頃頬丼. Kanjidic lists non-joyo on-yomi for 70 of thos... |
Katsuo | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,385 | 2015-01-31, 8:18 am | ||
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Thread: 1Q84/Haruki Murakami Post: 1Q84/Haruki Murakami Apologies for reviving a very old thread… But if you like Murakami Haruki’s books you may be interested to know that he has recently opened a temporary web site and will reply to some posts from read... |
Katsuo | Learning resources | 42 | 12,831 | 2015-01-16, 9:19 am | ||
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Thread: Rikaisama with audio on mac? Post: Rikaisama with audio on mac? It's possible, because I have it working on my iMac. Unfortunately I can't recall how to set it up. I'm using it on an old version of FireFox (3.6.28) because, if I remember correctly, the update bro... |
Katsuo | Learning resources | 2 | 862 | 2014-12-02, 12:59 am | ||
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Thread: Totally lost Post: Totally lost frosty_rain Wrote:Japanese sentence structure and grammar is totally alien to me I found the approach in this book “Japanese the Manga Way” helpful. It takes you from a Japanese phrase to English in s... |
Katsuo | The Japanese language | 55 | 8,022 | 2014-11-09, 6:31 am | ||
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Thread: Need help reading characters Post: Need help reading characters I don't know. I presume they are wood block prints, which can be valuable depending on the artist and condition, but I don't have much knowledge of these things. |
Katsuo | The Japanese language | 3 | 1,774 | 2014-10-31, 11:37 am | ||
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Thread: Need help reading characters Post: Need help reading characters The signature seems to be 寺崎広業 (Terasaki Kogyo), a Meiji period artist. The seal has 廣業 rather than 広業, 廣 being an older version of 広. One of your pictures appears when searching his name in Google im... |
Katsuo | The Japanese language | 3 | 1,774 | 2014-10-31, 3:11 am | ||
