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Thread: Japanese Morse Code? Did they have that? Post: RE: Japanese Morse Code? Did they have that? Of course. That was a big part of how Admiral Tougou crushed the Czar's navy, which lead to 欧米 countries recognizing the military strength of Imperial Japan. |
wildweathel | Off topic | 2 | 741 | 2015-12-07, 12:08 pm | ||
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Thread: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only) Post: RE: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only) 皆さん、今晩は。 外国人が我らが日本語が下手だという卑下自慢するを止ませていただきますわ。その変わりに えーと 変わりに 季語かな はい、先のテーマは収穫祭でしたよね、それから寒くなりました、北半球では。お寒うでございますって。 実はここの新英陸(にゅー・イングランド)にはあんまりに寒くなっては居ぬが、どんどんなってくべいから準備や覚悟をしています。今年は意外に雨が多いですから、夏の旅人は... |
wildweathel | General discussion | 237 | 101,214 | 2015-12-05, 1:23 am | ||
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Thread: Should I do RTK twice? Post: RE: Should I do RTK twice? I'm repeating RtK 1 for basically the same reason. It's easier (initial intervals at 3 or 8 days are working just fine), but the conflicts between keywords and real vocabulary are oh so highly annoy... |
wildweathel | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 1,744 | 2015-11-16, 8:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese personal letter salutation and closing Post: Japanese personal letter salutation and closing I just Googled 手紙の書きかた for all the juicy details, though, like Bertoni's recommended book, they probably err to the formal side. From my (very limited) experience, there's no equivalent of "sincerely... |
wildweathel | General discussion | 4 | 6,064 | 2011-05-07, 1:04 am | ||
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Thread: So I need some new Japanese podcasts and shows. Post: So I need some new Japanese podcasts and shows. かがく探検隊CoSTEP http://costep.hucc.hokudai.ac.jp/costep/...rytopic/5/ Elementary-grade students + Hokudai professors in science and technology + college radio = amazingly comprehensible input on some r... |
wildweathel | Off topic | 8 | 2,766 | 2011-05-06, 12:31 am | ||
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Thread: Why is kanji not used in some sentences? Post: Why is kanji not used in some sentences? Might ツイート be biased towards kanji, just to say more with fewer characters? |
wildweathel | The Japanese language | 27 | 6,838 | 2011-05-03, 10:17 am | ||
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Thread: What do you google in Japanese? How? +tips + advice Post: What do you google in Japanese? How? +tips + advic... 仕組みis how something works. For example デジカメの仕組み 原発の仕組み 命の真意の仕組み などなど |
wildweathel | Learning resources | 31 | 6,617 | 2011-04-25, 12:00 am | ||
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Thread: 手伝う vs. 助ける Post: 手伝う vs. 助ける I see it this way. 助ける is an action you can do to a person, like 殴る. There's not a lot of "cooperation" on the other person's part. So, を. But with 話す or 手伝う both people work together. に indicate... |
wildweathel | The Japanese language | 10 | 5,860 | 2011-04-17, 11:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Reading novels before manga? Post: Reading novels before manga? Do what you love. I think I started with あのときの王子くん, which is fairly easy (especially once you get into the dialog), likely to be familiar, is an acclaimed classic about what's truly important in life... |
wildweathel | Learning resources | 17 | 5,034 | 2011-03-20, 8:42 pm | ||
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Thread: How to master R sounds in Japanese? Post: How to master R sounds in Japanese? It's an L. Don't even think about R, even if you know how to roll one (stupid lohmaji). Tense your tongue and touch it right behind your upper incisors. For り、りゃ、りゅ、りょ I hold the tip of my tongue l... |
wildweathel | General discussion | 20 | 6,623 | 2011-03-19, 12:16 am | ||
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Thread: SRS'ing RTK - Are we supposed to SRS Keywords to Kanji? Or the other w Post: SRS'ing RTK - Are we supposed to SRS Keywords to K... I don't. I look at kanji and hear Japanese, not English. |
wildweathel | The Japanese language | 13 | 3,524 | 2011-03-17, 8:48 am | ||
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Thread: When are you able to call yourself fluent in a language? Post: When are you able to call yourself fluent in a lan... 日本人より自然な日本語が話せるまで「fluent」と言わないほうがいいと思う。 Ryuujin27 Wrote:Tzadeck Wrote:LazyNomad Wrote:外国人は日本語がなかなか話せません。 どちらでもいいでしょう。 どちでもいいってじゃねーよ。目的は日本人らしく言い方で話すなら「が」の方がいいぞ。 |
wildweathel | General discussion | 80 | 15,453 | 2011-03-11, 1:15 am | ||
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Thread: Need some guidance Post: Need some guidance You need a lot of input more than anything else. What sort of stories do you like? What sort of music? Do you read non-fiction? |
wildweathel | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,177 | 2011-03-09, 11:06 am | ||
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Thread: google's new japanese ime Post: google's new japanese ime Wow. This beats the living hell out of Anthy. 文を一発で書くと正しい漢字が出ることが多いです。 あっ、いいえ、正しい漢字が。 |
wildweathel | General discussion | 46 | 24,962 | 2011-03-06, 1:38 am | ||
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Thread: clarification of similar words with different kanji Post: clarification of similar words with different kanj... Ah, yes, homophonic synonyms. There's a whole bunch of them here. http://www.ss.iij4u.or.jp/~ana/doukuniji.htm |
wildweathel | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,828 | 2011-03-06, 1:07 am | ||
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Thread: Conjugation's practice software? Post: Conjugation's practice software? To speak to the problem, not the question, if you just listen and read a lot, you get so good at verb conjugations you don't think about them anymore. Unless they're something crazy like 行ってみたくなさそうにな... |
wildweathel | Learning resources | 9 | 2,441 | 2011-03-04, 2:45 am | ||
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Thread: How do you say Spaced Repetition System in Japanese? Post: How do you say Spaced Repetition System in Japanes... I just had an epiphany about this. Since you have to explain "spaced repetition system" anyway, a loose translation is okay. So, 適応諳記制度 Boo-yah! That's "adaptive learn-by-heart system" I'm not 10... |
wildweathel | General discussion | 6 | 1,323 | 2011-03-02, 1:23 am | ||
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Thread: Merits and Priorities of Written Production via Lang8 Post: Merits and Priorities of Written Production via La... コドラさんへ 同じようなところにいる僕も、ｌａｎｇ－８で書いたほうがいいなぁと思い込んで迷います。もしよかったら、僕は始めたばかりの大学選択や応募について、コドラさんはどうでもいいことに、互いに応援しましょうか？ もちろん、どんな結果になるかわからずに、試してみるしかありませんね。 アライタチ http://lang-8.com/57849 |
wildweathel | The Japanese language | 17 | 4,245 | 2011-03-01, 2:09 am | ||
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Thread: 3 Word Cards. Post: 3 Word Cards. Could you elaborate on what you mean by "cramming?" If you're talking about Anki's cram mode, that's designed to freshen up memories for classroom test-taking. It is at best a waste of time for long... |
wildweathel | The Japanese language | 14 | 1,876 | 2011-02-26, 7:12 pm | ||
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Thread: I might stop SRSing... Post: I might stop SRSing... On the other hand, it was one of the first things I could understand in Japanese. Around the same time as 崖の上のポニョー... This really only goes to show that the only thing the Internet is good for is co... |
wildweathel | General discussion | 75 | 12,589 | 2011-02-23, 10:11 am | ||
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Thread: I might stop SRSing... Post: I might stop SRSing... SRS is not a tool for testing yourself. SRS is a tool for managing Points of Memory: testing those PoM's against your brain, keeping what sticks and pruning what doesn't. Your brain will tell you wh... |
wildweathel | General discussion | 75 | 12,589 | 2011-02-21, 11:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig and Kanji Learner's Dictionary discrepancies in core meaning Post: Heisig and Kanji Learner's Dictionary discrepancie... The Hesig keywords become really, really annoying when you start learning real live Japanese words ™ and you end up in situations like this: APPLY -> Well, that's something like 適する or maybe ... |
wildweathel | Remembering the Kanji | 23 | 8,627 | 2011-02-20, 7:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Critical frequency - hogwash or hogwash? Post: Critical frequency - hogwash or hogwash? Of course it's hogwash. But, is it useful hogwash? Might finding some way for Japanese to distract you every hour be a baby step towards spending real quality time with the language? Does the force... |
wildweathel | The Japanese language | 24 | 6,152 | 2011-02-15, 4:52 pm | ||
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Thread: と and の Post: と and の It's ambiguous. "千 And 千尋’s Disappearance," which you could read both ways in English. "The Disappearance of Both 千 and 千尋" could be 千と千尋との神隠し. |
wildweathel | The Japanese language | 2 | 662 | 2011-02-12, 10:52 am | ||
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Thread: The new style of grammar questions on the N1/N2 Post: The new style of grammar questions on the N1/N2 Uh, am I alone in hearing the first one end in ことだ (not even one of the answers), but the second is so very obviously で、では、or じゃ that it's not even slightly challenging? I've never studied specifica... |
wildweathel | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 8 | 4,294 | 2010-11-29, 10:42 am | ||
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Thread: Book that goes through famous works Line by Line Post: Book that goes through famous works Line by Line Breaking into Japanese Literature. Nothing special, but it does introduce you to 夏目漱石, which is nice. |
wildweathel | Learning resources | 8 | 2,819 | 2010-11-24, 5:17 pm | ||
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Thread: J-CAT Post: J-CAT 楽しそう！ システムのチェック 画面の大きさ: エラー (1024*600) 画面が小さいです。1024×768px 以上のモニタを使ってください。 ゴーン！ 失敗しちゃった！ Seriously, that's kinda lame. (EDIT: one VGA cable and monitor later...) And, they still want to make me ... |
wildweathel | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 65 | 37,170 | 2010-11-21, 3:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese TV on Internet Post: Japanese TV on Internet Wist, perhaps? $30/月 gets you a DVR and 日本テレビ TBS フジテレビ テレビ朝日 テレビ東京 http://wist.tv Haven't tried it yet. Unfortunately, you need Windows XP or Vista, which is kinda a deal-killer for linux-z... |
wildweathel | Learning resources | 182 | 105,135 | 2010-11-21, 2:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Last night I decided I needed an online pitch-accent dictionary. So I found one, all by myself, in Japanese. I'm pretty pleased with myself. I love this thread for its sense of perspective. Learni... |
wildweathel | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,547 | 2010-11-21, 1:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Landing Permission in Japan Post: Landing Permission in Japan Fortunately, there's a WWOOF Japan that has a page on immigration: http://www.wwoofjapan.com/main/index.php...37&lang=ja And, in English: http://www.wwoofjapan.com/main/index.php...37&lang=en... |
wildweathel | General discussion | 7 | 2,437 | 2010-11-16, 11:55 am | ||
