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    Thread: うるさいなり
Post: うるさいなり

I was watching the drama 家政婦の三田 today, and there was a part of the conversation I couldn't figure out. One of the characters says to her dad that instead of always yelling "うるさい!", that he should ins...
mottles The Japanese language 22 3,054 2012-05-31, 10:52 pm
    Thread: Tokyo FM outside Japan
Post: Tokyo FM outside Japan

Keyhole TV has it. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeyHoleTV Download: http://www.v2p.jp/video/Viewer/Windows/
mottles Learning resources 5 2,309 2012-01-16, 2:56 pm
    Thread: Let's read the 百人一首
Post: Let's read the 百人一首

Thanks for the efforts! A couple comments/suggestions: It would be great if you would keep posting pictures of the calligraphy! Also, wouldn't it be more appropriate for the kanji transcriptions to...
mottles The Japanese language 103 38,653 2012-01-08, 1:42 am
    Thread: Learning 行書、草書
Post: Learning 行書、草書

Does anyone know of any dictionaries which have examples of what certain characters look like in 行書 or 草書? I've seen a couple sites that teach the basics of how to write a few radicals in cursive, bu...
mottles Learning resources 5 1,884 2011-10-27, 4:50 pm
    Thread: Why does 経済 mean economy?
Post: Why does 経済 mean economy?

Neither kanji's individual meaning seems to be related to the economy. What's the etymology? (I haven't been able to find it on my own.)
mottles The Japanese language 2 916 2011-10-27, 4:42 pm
    Thread: Approaches to pitch accent?
Post: Approaches to pitch accent?

I don't suppose there are any native speakers who could record the difference between 端、橋、箸? I have no idea which one is which in terms of pitch accent. In English, on youtube, there's a thing go...
mottles The Japanese language 215 42,858 2011-10-27, 4:40 pm
    Thread: Weird Kana
Post: Weird Kana

So, in other words, you're saying that コト、トキ、ヨリ、トモ are just the common words I expect them to be, just written in a strange way? Could someone who knows calligraphy explain where these abbreviations ...
mottles The Japanese language 9 3,036 2011-07-02, 12:38 am
    Thread: Weird Kana
Post: Weird Kana

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/rose.jpg Hi guys, Starting with 〆, what do the characters mean? In other words, are the last six entries (shime, koto, toki, tomo, yori, sourou) on this list abbr...
mottles The Japanese language 9 3,036 2011-06-28, 9:38 pm
    Thread: - せてほしい
Post: - せてほしい

Hi all, I was wondering for a phrase, given no other context, like this: 聴かせて欲しい Does this mean I want you to make me listen, or I want to make you listen? Thanks
mottles The Japanese language 29 7,203 2011-06-23, 6:40 am