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    Thread: Japanese VOB sub to plain text?
Post: Japanese VOB sub to plain text?

Wow, sounds really good. So I've read that if you rip subs from DVDs, they come in a image format. Can you try to use them like that with avi files later, or you need to change them into text somehow?
Rayath Learning resources 11 4,572 2013-03-18, 9:46 am
    Thread: Japanese VOB sub to plain text?
Post: Japanese VOB sub to plain text?

kodorakun, sorry for a little off-topic but you got me interested, So most of the dramas and movies in Japan on DVD have subtitles (even older ones)? Is Tsutaya the best place to rent? How much they t...
Rayath Learning resources 11 4,572 2013-03-18, 6:12 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

headphone_child Wrote:I'm trying to understand these lines from a song: 我儘はあなたの分だよ 我慢したあなたの分だよ I think it's something like: The one that was selfish was you. The one that tried to put up with it was...
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2013-02-13, 9:06 am
    Thread: Kyoto meetup! :)
Post: Kyoto meetup! :)

Tzadeck Wrote:Maybe we can meet at Sanjo-Keihan Station in front of the subway ticket gates? No problem. :) CarolinaCG, if it will be fun there's no reason not to repeat it. :)
Rayath Off topic 30 6,520 2013-02-07, 1:01 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Savii Wrote:Another one: a character is outraged at a course of action suggested by another character, and says: そんな恥ずかしいこと、死んだってやらない。 I guessed it probably means something like "I'd rather die than d...
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2013-02-05, 9:26 am
    Thread: Kyoto meetup! :)
Post: Kyoto meetup! :)

It would be nice if it would be in a walking distance from Kawaramachi eki, but if something a lot better is a little further, I can live with it. :)
Rayath Off topic 30 6,520 2013-02-05, 6:48 am
    Thread: Kyoto meetup! :)
Post: Kyoto meetup! :)

I'm busy on Wednesday, but Tuesday is okay, as long as it's from 18:00 or later. :)
Rayath Off topic 30 6,520 2013-02-04, 10:28 pm
    Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.
Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.

Stian Wrote:Rayath Wrote:"A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar" Thank you. Looking at it now - brilliant ressource. :D Just so you know, there are three parts to it (A Dictionary Of Beginner Japa...
Rayath General discussion 249 67,228 2013-02-02, 9:50 am
    Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.
Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.

Stian Wrote:Zgarbas Wrote:same for the sentence deck. once i hit doajg i went from adding 50 per day to 10.... What's a "doajg"? "A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar"
Rayath General discussion 249 67,228 2013-02-02, 9:29 am
    Thread: Do you ever feel bad that... (方言 discussion)
Post: Do you ever feel bad that... (方言 discussion)

I actually have the same sentiment - I have been in love with Osaka-ben for a long time , and living in Osaka now, I would really love to speak like Japanese people from this region. I think that you ...
Rayath General discussion 17 4,277 2013-02-02, 5:52 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

よい結果を得たいと言う方 : people that want to get a good result. 方 (かた) is a polite way of saying 人. XというN is a common construction where the clause X is characterizing the N.
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2013-01-31, 9:42 am
    Thread: Eating cheaply and healthy in Japan
Post: Eating cheaply and healthy in Japan

Thank you so much for the detailed meals rundown dizmox!
Rayath General discussion 24 5,075 2013-01-30, 10:00 am
    Thread: Eating cheaply and healthy in Japan
Post: Eating cheaply and healthy in Japan

dizmox Wrote:Hmm.. generally yakisoba, ramen, red braised pork when pork belly is selling cheaply, nabe, stew, curry (Indian and Japanese), pasta, yakiniku, oyakodon, gyuudon, nikujaga, chaahan, takoy...
Rayath General discussion 24 5,075 2013-01-30, 7:36 am
    Thread: Finding an apartment in Kyoto
Post: Finding an apartment in Kyoto

partner55083777 Wrote:Rayath Wrote:dizmox Wrote:I try to keep my food bill to less than 500 yen or so for the whole day for the days I don't eat out so I guess I have a severe view on what is good val...
Rayath JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 32 9,009 2013-01-30, 7:15 am
    Thread: Eating cheaply and healthy in Japan
Post: Eating cheaply and healthy in Japan

Continuing the discussion that started in other post: partner55083777 Wrote:Rayath Wrote:dizmox Wrote:I try to keep my food bill to less than 500 yen or so for the whole day for the days I don't eat o...
Rayath General discussion 24 5,075 2013-01-30, 7:13 am
    Thread: Finding an apartment in Kyoto
Post: Finding an apartment in Kyoto

dizmox Wrote:I try to keep my food bill to less than 500 yen or so for the whole day for the days I don't eat out so I guess I have a severe view on what is good value for money though. Wow, that's lo...
Rayath JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 32 9,009 2013-01-30, 2:02 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

It's an intransitive verb so the object isn't marked by を like with transitive verbs. Instead it takes に. xにこだわる - to be particular about x
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2012-11-21, 5:06 am
    Thread: Moving on, but how?
Post: Moving on, but how?

Same Totoro, different opinions.
Rayath Off topic 20 3,806 2012-11-20, 7:37 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

delta Wrote:1. 川はこの地点で一番幅が広い。The river is widest at this point. *I don't understand how 一番幅が広い works, I've seen 一番 + adjective (e.g., 一番高い) but not something like this. If it would be 幅広い would it be ...
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2012-11-03, 10:40 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

apirx Wrote:難易度順 Option to sort a list on a computer. Is it 順 じゅん (n,n-suf,adj-na) order; turn; obedient; docile; submissive; meek; (P) or 順 ずん (n,n-suf,adj-na,ok) order; turn; (P) ? Thanks. じゅん...
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2012-09-18, 12:13 pm
    Thread: Media with "vocab of love"
Post: Media with "vocab of love"

What does PUA mean?
Rayath The Japanese language 12 1,753 2012-09-13, 3:29 pm
    Thread: Sex ratio of this forum?
Post: Sex ratio of this forum?

Boys : girls 11:6
Rayath Off topic 148 26,502 2012-09-11, 2:01 pm
    Thread: Subtle differences that I can't grasp
Post: Subtle differences that I can't grasp

Warp2243 Wrote:Like nadiatims said, with smells and sounds it could work. 何がそのいい香りをしてるの? (lit) What is doing this nice smell? Here we added そのいい香りを, which basically change the vague verb "する" (to do...
Rayath The Japanese language 14 5,299 2012-09-05, 3:08 am
    Thread: Subtle differences that I can't grasp
Post: Subtle differences that I can't grasp

Well, google search gives examples of 何がする, but I don't know what would that mean.
Rayath The Japanese language 14 5,299 2012-08-22, 9:30 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

yudantaiteki Wrote:Rayath Wrote:One more thing. As 欲しがる is used instead of 欲しい, it's pointing to a third person. がる does not have to refer to a third person. It can also mean behaving or acting in a ...
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2012-08-20, 9:17 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Splatted Wrote:apirx Wrote:Hey, can someone help me translate a T-shirt I bought? front: 負けず嫌い back: 欲しがりません 勝つまでは!! I thought I knew what it meant, but quite a few Japanese people laughed about the...
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2012-08-20, 7:24 am
    Thread: What is the difference between -temorau and -tekureru
Post: What is the difference between -temorau and -tekur...

Ash_S Wrote:I think you want 死んでもらう lol unless the guy is a masochist xD Hahaha yeah, thanks for pointing that out. Edited my post.
Rayath The Japanese language 13 5,115 2012-08-02, 6:00 pm
    Thread: What is the difference between -temorau and -tekureru
Post: What is the difference between -temorau and -tekur...

The difference is in the subject of a given sentence. With -te morau the subject (mostly indicated with が particle) is the person that received something. With -te kureru the subject is someone who di...
Rayath The Japanese language 13 5,115 2012-08-02, 2:58 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

HonyakuJoshua Wrote:i asked on chiebukuro http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/...1391326573 will translate it later. Damn, he treated you like a total noob, talking about politeness...
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2012-07-26, 1:14 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

As you can see here 呑む has also other figurative meanings. I'm not sure if 飲む can mean that too though.
Rayath The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,450 2012-07-03, 3:22 pm