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Thread: Brothers and Sisters Post: Brothers and Sisters Good question. I've heard "ママ", mama being used by little kids in films. I suppose there's one for father, too |
Siibillam | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,922 | 2010-09-06, 4:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Brothers and Sisters Post: Brothers and Sisters Ah, simple as that. Thanks a bunch |
Siibillam | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,922 | 2010-09-06, 8:51 am | ||
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Thread: Brothers and Sisters Post: Brothers and Sisters I know the Japanese have individual words for elder/younger brother/sister (兄 弟 姉 妹) but if I wanted to say "he has a brother/sister [whose age I do not know]" how would I say it? Is there a default? |
Siibillam | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,922 | 2010-09-06, 8:32 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Bands Post: Japanese Bands Who are your favourites? I myself love ミスチル(Mr Children) and 東京 (Tokyo Jihen) Also, anyone got any recommendations for indie rock-pop J-bands? |
Siibillam | General discussion | 23 | 9,884 | 2010-04-04, 7:28 am | ||
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Thread: Tonality in Japan Post: Tonality in Japan I guess it's a lot of practice and listening, being corrected and all that. It wasn't my note, by the way, it was a note a girl gave to me, which I had him translate because I wasn't entirely sure He... |
Siibillam | The Japanese language | 14 | 2,570 | 2010-01-29, 10:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Tonality in Japan Post: Tonality in Japan I often hear, or read bits of dialogue that are apparently gender specific, so to speak. Not like the use of "boku" or anything, but like the way, especially among friends and in the low degree, the t... |
Siibillam | The Japanese language | 14 | 2,570 | 2010-01-29, 7:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Best book about Japan? Post: Best book about Japan? I recommend watching TV shows on Japan or some sitcoms, maybe some of those home dramas. I've been going on youtube every day and watching anything, really, in Japanese and I think I've learnt more fr... |
Siibillam | General discussion | 44 | 11,443 | 2010-01-14, 2:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Names Post: Japanese Names Aijin Wrote:Nobody makes fun of 小泉八雲 for his choice of name. Yeah, true. Or Khatzumoto, whose real name I'm still to learn. I'm working towards being a writer or director (two somewhat different path... |
Siibillam | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 59 | 14,881 | 2010-01-09, 6:55 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Names Post: Japanese Names You'd a sort of Japanese sounding last name for it to really work |
Siibillam | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 59 | 14,881 | 2010-01-08, 9:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Names Post: Japanese Names I guess walking around calling myself Takeshi Smith (that's not my last name, by the way), would sound rather ridiculous. It's weird how it doesn't work that way the other way around Jay Chou, Anne S... |
Siibillam | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 59 | 14,881 | 2010-01-08, 9:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Can you ever stop? Post: Can you ever stop? After a while, your cards become mature enough that's it probably worth deleting them. I have cards in my deck which won't under review for another 3 years, and it's mostly quite simple stuff that's b... |
Siibillam | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 4,583 | 2010-01-08, 8:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Names Post: Japanese Names Yeah I see what you mean. Be probably a lot easier to go with バジル than something like Shinji or whatever, which probably would make me look like a bit of a twat. Thanks Hehe, Chin Wang Dong |
Siibillam | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 59 | 14,881 | 2010-01-08, 7:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Names Post: Japanese Names I was pondering this the other day. If I go to live in Japan, would it make sense to adopt a Japanese nickname at all? It's quite common the other way around, but is it done at all over there - Wester... |
Siibillam | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 59 | 14,881 | 2010-01-08, 7:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Hanzi stories request thread Post: Hanzi stories request thread Khatz's list isn't great when it comes to stories. I tried using them on mine and a few of them don't stick very well |
Siibillam | Chinese and Hanzi | 39 | 10,273 | 2009-11-27, 9:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Printed vs. Written Kanji Post: Printed vs. Written Kanji Handwritten Kanji differs a lot, like in English. There are some, albeit few, kanji with notable differences. Other examples: the kana そ, in its handwritten form has a little extra dash at the top, an... |
Siibillam | The Japanese language | 4 | 4,048 | 2009-11-27, 12:26 pm | ||
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Thread: I have a memory like a seive. Post: I have a memory like a seive. Keep trying, though, even if you do them over and over again. They'll stick eventually. Once you get through the early phases though it gets a lot easier, especially when you're learning a whole batch... |
Siibillam | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 2,313 | 2009-11-27, 12:03 pm | ||