| Post | Author | Forum | Replies | Views | Posted [asc] | ||
|
Thread: Just realized today is the 74th anniversary of you-know-what... Post: RE: Just realized today is the 74th anniversary of... (2015-12-08, 1:48 pm)yogert909 Wrote: (2015-12-08, 10:28 am)john555 Wrote: (2015-12-07, 7:09 pm)yogert909 Wrote: Probably about as remorseful as we are on August 6. You're treating Dec. 7th and... |
kapalama | Off topic | 29 | 3,462 | 2015-12-08, 3:29 pm | ||
|
Thread: Just realized today is the 74th anniversary of you-know-what... Post: RE: Just realized today is the 74th anniversary of... It was Dec 8th in Japan. |
kapalama | Off topic | 29 | 3,462 | 2015-12-08, 3:26 pm | ||
|
Thread: If you knew then what you know now.... Post: RE: If you knew then what you know now.... (2015-11-17, 5:04 am)Stansfield123 Wrote: When I started learning Japanese, I didn't realize how much more I'd be relying on audio/TV immersion, rather that on reading (because, when I studied Engli... |
kapalama | General discussion | 12 | 1,468 | 2015-11-17, 9:02 am | ||
|
Thread: Should I do RTK twice? Post: RE: Should I do RTK twice? (2015-11-10, 3:39 am)Taelia Wrote: I wish, kapalama :< lately I've been attempting to read simple manga or easy news websites, but I'm stuck on every second kanji I find, makes for very tough rea... |
kapalama | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 1,739 | 2015-11-16, 9:27 pm | ||
|
Thread: NEW FORUM: General feedback Post: RE: NEW FORUM: General feedback This may be local to me, but the site load is slowed by the "waiting for maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com" pretty frequently. My ISP uses a really slow DNS server, located a continent away, with an incredible... |
kapalama | General discussion | 122 | 15,665 | 2015-11-15, 11:57 pm | ||
|
Thread: How do you consider about Japanese？ Post: RE: How do you consider about Japanese？ Japanese people are people, first and foremost. Which means that anything said about the group of Japanese people in general may not apply *at all* to any individual Japanese person. As obvious as th... |
kapalama | General discussion | 14 | 3,626 | 2015-11-15, 11:46 pm | ||
|
Thread: Using my commute Post: Using my commute Does your car not have an indash TV? |
kapalama | Learning resources | 5 | 2,697 | 2015-11-13, 4:58 pm | ||
|
Thread: Should I do RTK twice? Post: Should I do RTK twice? If you are not do the set of (using English keywords and just trying to remember 2200 characters as fast as possible) it's not RTK, it's juts studying Japanese. If you are not writing the characters ... |
kapalama | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 1,739 | 2015-11-10, 2:58 am | ||
|
Thread: Remembering the Words [Chinese and probably Japanese] Post: Remembering the Words [Chinese and probably Japane... I think it's worth noting that the wiki seems to be a place where people post various things Chinese related. I personally put two character compounds to show on-yomi and the kun-yomi if it exists in... |
kapalama | Learning resources | 7 | 1,450 | 2015-11-09, 2:07 am | ||
|
Thread: Confused about 嗅 with 大 (big) or 犬 (dog) Post: Confused about 嗅 with 大 (big) or 犬 (dog) bertoni Wrote:I agree with tetsueda. In the end, either is going to be perfectly legible. If you're doing 書道, definitely use the dot. Thirded. You have to use all the old forms for that as well 壽 ... |
kapalama | The Japanese language | 3 | 855 | 2015-10-27, 6:43 pm | ||
|
Thread: RTK3: easy kanji Post: RTK3: easy kanji Here's the thing to keep in mind in general. We learn using the RTK method which for pedagological reasons makes us write the kanji. The fact that you will ****never, never, never*** have to write the... |
kapalama | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 19,275 | 2015-10-26, 11:34 pm | ||
|
Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? Digging for gold is probably an American regional expression that English speakers don't know. (Picking your nose) Also a good one, "Pick a Winner!" as something to say to someone really digging aro... |
kapalama | Off topic | 529 | 102,485 | 2015-10-26, 11:21 pm | ||
|
Thread: Vsauce - The Zipf Mystery Post: Vsauce - The Zipf Mystery PMotte Wrote:Vsauce is the best. Once you realize he came into his prime well into posting YouTube videos and learn to ignore his early work in favor of his free-form insatiable curiosity videos, it's... |
kapalama | Off topic | 13 | 2,483 | 2015-10-22, 9:23 pm | ||
|
Thread: RTK1 (-and?) Which app's best? NihongoShark's m.o.? Memrise? Skritter? Post: RTK1 (-and?) Which app's best? NihongoShark's m.o.... Panda, Mr. T etc. are extensions. Bamboo is too generic and hard to make into a story that pops out. A grove full of bamboo is just what you see out your back window if you live in Japan, especially ... |
kapalama | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 2,127 | 2015-10-14, 1:52 am | ||
|
Thread: Nightclubs in Japan Post: Nightclubs in Japan Also regarding other topics in this thread 水商売, and 風俗 are not the same thing. I know but a few Japanese woman who have not worked 水商売 at some point in their lives. Basically everyone I know well eno... |
kapalama | Off topic | 22 | 1,939 | 2015-10-12, 8:02 pm | ||
|
Thread: Nightclubs in Japan Post: Nightclubs in Japan Zgarbas Wrote:You have to leave the country every 90 days and are only allowed to stay in Japan 6 months a year; it's difficult. There are a few long-term visas available but for the most part unless ... |
kapalama | Off topic | 22 | 1,939 | 2015-10-12, 7:57 pm | ||
|
Thread: Tokyo without ads: Japan's capital stripped bare Post: Tokyo without ads: Japan's capital stripped bare Honolulu bought out the billboard companies and then outlawed billboards way back in the 20's. |
kapalama | Off topic | 7 | 922 | 2015-10-12, 7:31 pm | ||
|
Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? Anyone who expects money back guarantees to be honored in the way they want them is setting themselves up for disappointment. That person paid over time; they should expect returns over time. They b... |
kapalama | Off topic | 529 | 102,485 | 2015-10-12, 7:30 pm | ||
|
Thread: Suggestion for administration of the site.... Post: Suggestion for administration of the site.... john555 Wrote:This is a suggestion for whoever goes onto the site and "closes off" a topic (because they don't like it?). I would prefer that the whole thread be deleted, because at the particular po... |
kapalama | Off topic | 8 | 958 | 2015-10-04, 4:17 pm | ||
|
Thread: Suggestion for administration of the site.... Post: Suggestion for administration of the site.... qwertyytrewq Wrote:I still wanted to know why it is "depressing" for a male adult (lets say Caucasian) to target/aim for an Asian female (lets say Japanese). :-( Because getting other'd the ***** out ... |
kapalama | Off topic | 8 | 958 | 2015-10-04, 4:12 pm | ||
|
Thread: Coming back... overwhelmed. Post: Coming back... overwhelmed. There is something to keep in mind about the "corpus" of any kind. No one is using these sentences except to study with. Imagine how unnatural "use it in a sentence" sentences were when you were in sc... |
kapalama | Learning resources | 8 | 1,681 | 2015-10-03, 12:01 am | ||
|
Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Dudeist Wrote:"Nobody ever says this" is wrong. Even you are basically saying so, they just want enough to make it worth while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reparations_for_slavery I am not an Amer... |
kapalama | Off topic | 168 | 10,706 | 2015-10-02, 1:11 pm | ||
|
Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Dudeist Wrote:The funny thing is that blacks were closing the gap with whites on pretty much every measure. Well until the 60's when attitudes went from Actually it had more to do with the the Armed F... |
kapalama | Off topic | 168 | 10,706 | 2015-10-02, 1:08 pm | ||
|
Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... AussieTrooper Wrote:Show me one law in 'the broken system' that discriminates against any skin colour besides against a white one. Look it's simple to create freedom and equality in a few generation b... |
kapalama | Off topic | 168 | 10,706 | 2015-10-01, 11:02 pm | ||
|
Thread: Strangest word you've come across? Post: Strangest word you've come across? 穴兄弟. Or more hilariously being told that the guys in the back seat are that, by people I just met. 夕立 vs. 朝立ち Careful! |
kapalama | The Japanese language | 57 | 9,851 | 2015-10-01, 1:37 pm | ||
|
Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks... NinKenDo Wrote:If these people just held their awful views and voiced them occasionally, it would be whatever, but literally everything is a chance to say how every problem in the world is caused by w... |
kapalama | Off topic | 168 | 10,706 | 2015-10-01, 1:34 pm | ||
|
Thread: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese) Post: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese) Because we only think in terms of proper and polite, and get emotional about only certain words, we tend to think that's how other people use their languages. But that is not the case in Japanese. Th... |
kapalama | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,421 | 2015-10-01, 1:30 pm | ||
|
Thread: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese) Post: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese) I think you really have to rethink the emotional impact of using the incorrect forms, though. If you called up the cable company, and they asked when you wanted the fscking installer to come, you wou... |
kapalama | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,421 | 2015-09-27, 9:34 am | ||
|
Thread: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese) Post: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese) It's best to think of asking a Japanese customer service rep to use plain language is about the same as asking a US service rep to use sh*t p*ss f*ck, and c*m when talking in English to customers. (I ... |
kapalama | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,421 | 2015-09-27, 5:36 am | ||
|
Thread: What do you think of Wanikani? Post: What do you think of Wanikani? yogert909 Wrote:I can't speak to madman because I've only seen one episode. But being that I work in the advertisement business, I'm not about to criticize advertising or banner ads. But then again ... |
kapalama | Learning resources | 25 | 5,477 | 2015-09-21, 6:24 pm | ||
