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Thread: A different use for から Post: A different use for から It still the same "because" meaning, but the speaker omits part of the sentence, because what he means is clear from the context. (You can go now), because I will finish cleaning (the shop) by myself... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 4 | 924 | 2015-08-31, 8:57 am | ||
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Thread: Pronunciation of the R sound Post: Pronunciation of the R sound yudantaiteki Wrote:It's because of the ordering of Sanskrit. The Indian linguists were particularly perceptive in their phonological studies and ordered the sounds based on where in the mouth the sou... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 42 | 7,351 | 2014-05-16, 12:33 am | ||
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Thread: Pronunciation of the R sound Post: Pronunciation of the R sound yudantaiteki Wrote:LazyNomad Wrote:yudantaiteki, I believe you know why gojuon ordering of kana starts with the vowels, and then continues in the particlular order of ka, sa, ta, na, ha, ma, do you? Y... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 42 | 7,351 | 2014-05-15, 10:21 am | ||
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Thread: Pronunciation of the R sound Post: Pronunciation of the R sound yudantaiteki, I believe you know why gojuon ordering of kana starts with the vowels, and then continues in the particlular order of ka, sa, ta, na, ha, ma, do you? I also believe, that you know that v... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 42 | 7,351 | 2014-05-15, 9:21 am | ||
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Thread: Pronunciation of the R sound Post: Pronunciation of the R sound You are paying to much attention where it is not needed actually. In Japanese clear pronunciation of vowels is way more important than clear pronunciation of consonant sounds. The vowel, its length an... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 42 | 7,351 | 2014-05-15, 1:27 am | ||
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Thread: に and で differences Post: に and で differences Vempele Wrote:Translating it just takes it further away from explaining why it takes に (besides, 臨む can take を), so I'm not sure what your point is. What I was trying to say is that better understandi... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,373 | 2014-02-11, 10:24 pm | ||
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Thread: に and で differences Post: に and で differences viharati already explained. 「彼は今でも演劇界に君臨しています。」literally means "Even these days he looks at the theatrical world as a monarch looks at his kingdom." hence に and not で or を. In this case the verb mea... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,373 | 2014-02-10, 5:27 am | ||
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Thread: Epwing2Anki - Tool For Automatically Generating Anki Vocabulary Cards Post: Epwing2Anki - Tool For Automatically Generating An... cb4960, is there any chance to see this for MacOS? |
LazyNomad | Learning resources | 182 | 70,610 | 2012-07-18, 10:18 am | ||
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Thread: Simple Grammer questions (2) Post: Simple Grammer questions (2) matrixofdynamism Wrote:1) Why is 起きたとき & 着いたとき not used here in the 1st and 3rd sentences? In these cases たら draws attention to a sequence of actions. とき would put more emphasis on the exact point... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,810 | 2012-01-25, 11:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition I am on Snow Leopard. I do have /usr/lib/ folder, but I don`t have /usr/local/lib/ folder. There`s no /usr/local/ directory at all on my mac. Now in the /usr/lib/ folder there is a file named libicon... |
LazyNomad | Learning resources | 859 | 243,740 | 2012-01-25, 8:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition I installed mac rikaisama, but didn`t quite understand how to get epwing option to work. If I don`t have the usr/local/lib/ folder on my machine do I need to create it? And if so, how can I do that? P... |
LazyNomad | Learning resources | 859 | 243,740 | 2012-01-25, 2:50 am | ||
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Thread: My name is a joke (literally) Post: My name is a joke (literally) Apache Chief Wrote:So lately I've been coming to terms with the fact that my name (Jordan) is pronounced ジョーダン. As in 冗談. The accent is completely different, so they are not pronounced the same. ジョウダ... |
LazyNomad | General discussion | 26 | 7,847 | 2011-08-30, 4:00 am | ||
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Thread: London riots Post: London riots bodhisamaya Wrote:Elderly people are dying in record numbers due to 節電 as a result of the knee-jerk nuclear power plant closings. Even this has not caused outrage in the people of Japan. I feel like... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 193 | 19,803 | 2011-08-09, 8:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Nuclear crisis : what is the exact situation ? Post: Nuclear crisis : what is the exact situation ? ghinzdra, I believe that the government works really hard to prevent any potentially dangerous foods from reaching the market. Cases when such attempts fail are rather rare. However, I woudn`t recomm... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 65 | 13,741 | 2011-07-25, 4:05 am | ||
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Thread: Has anyone NOT used RTK? Post: Has anyone NOT used RTK? While doing RTK I was also learning real etymologies as given in Henshall`s Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters. This helped me to enrich my understanding of kanji, and to understand the logic be... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 107 | 23,166 | 2011-07-24, 2:07 am | ||
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Thread: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessment Post: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessmen... One more thing that influences over-estimation at the beginner level of language study is that usually native speakers are really generous in praising your language skills at that level. As you advanc... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 42 | 7,886 | 2011-07-22, 6:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese stupid culture should die. Post: Japanese stupid culture should die. dusmar84 Wrote:"Certainly I think foreigner thinks Japanese culture is basically so polite. But I hate that because it's fake. Always I can feel Japanese human relation is so weak. A culture named 本... |
LazyNomad | General discussion | 37 | 19,442 | 2011-07-19, 7:40 am | ||
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Thread: Are there any dystopian novels in Japanese? Post: Are there any dystopian novels in Japanese? Kobo Abe`s "The Woman In Dunes" (砂の女). Dystopian and kafkaesque novel. |
LazyNomad | General discussion | 20 | 7,076 | 2011-07-15, 1:09 am | ||
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Thread: verb conjugation, 連体形? Post: verb conjugation, 連体形? Vaste, your question has to do more with phonetic rules than with rentaikei. I recommend you to get 日本語の発音教室 (Introduction to Japanese Pronunciation Theory and Practice) and to read the chapter on int... |
LazyNomad | The Japanese language | 13 | 4,089 | 2011-05-17, 10:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 ファブリス Wrote:LazyNomad Wrote:bodhisamaya, I have the opposite feeling. It is really irritating how some people disregard the situation even as it gets worse That was exactly my feeling on this thread f... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 11:10 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Tori-kun Wrote:Yesterday I saw a documentary on TV and the professor said, concerning the action of Edano eating a tomato (not being contaminated*.. as the Geiger-Mueller instrument told him, aha). Th... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 10:36 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Tzadeck Wrote:It's certainly possible that the containment could break more in the event of a disaster, be it from an earthquake or otherwise. But what exactly are you imagining as the worst case sce... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 10:27 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Tzadeck, the problem is the situation is far from being over. I would be more calm, if there were not signs of the possibility of another strong quake in the area in the meantime. Another quake or tsu... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 7:10 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Tzadeck Wrote:I find it really hard to worry about something that increases your risk of dying far far less than getting into a car does. The real obvious disaster here is the fact that the area nee... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 5:57 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Jarvik7 Wrote:Tip 1: Japan Times is crap Tip 2: Most of the atomic experts interviewed on English news are actually anti-nuclear lobbyists/activists. Check for bias. You can or cannot agree with Japan... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 4:35 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Tzadeck Wrote:LazyNomad Wrote:Radiation data fluctuates every day, it can be lower today and higher tommorow. There is no steady drop in levels of radiation at the plant. Plant is still unstable and a... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 4:03 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Jarvik7 Wrote:Unless there was a massive leak I never heard of in the past few days, the last figures I've seen suggest that the amount of radiation is 1% of Chernobyl. There is also no reason to ass... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 3:56 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Radiation data fluctuates every day, it can be lower today and higher tommorow. There is no steady drop in levels of radiation at the plant. Plant is still unstable and actual damage is unknown. |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 2:29 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Jarvik7 Wrote:The rating is more in regards to the type of disaster rather than the absolute severity of it. Seven just means there was a release of radiation that affected more than just the immediat... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 2:08 am | ||
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Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011 bodhisamaya, I have the opposite feeling. It is really irritating how some people disregard the situation even as it gets worse.It is irritating to hear that Fukushima 7 is different from Chernobyl 7.... |
LazyNomad | Off topic | 690 | 113,287 | 2011-04-21, 2:00 am | ||
