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Thread: Job Searching in Japan and Job Advice Post: Job Searching in Japan and Job Advice You might have some luck if you're at all interested in recruiting. I went to an international job fair here in Japan, and it was pretty much all sales positions/recruiters. Roger Waters was there, fo... |
bluemarigolds | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 9 | 3,329 | 2014-04-17, 11:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni? Post: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni? Another thing to consider is in terms of the quality of education you will receive. If Kyodai is not academically rigorous, is it a wise investment of your time? Do you need this degree to further you... |
bluemarigolds | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 9 | 4,402 | 2012-11-18, 6:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Reading Suggestions for Advanced Learners Post: Reading Suggestions for Advanced Learners If you folks do the LJ thing, there's a semi-active community for Book Recommendations in Japanese (http://japanesebookrec.livejournal.com/). Reviews are in English and the level of difficulty is appr... |
bluemarigolds | The Japanese language | 25 | 4,996 | 2012-04-27, 11:54 am | ||
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Thread: What should I do? Post: What should I do? I wonder... Have you considered teaching English at the University level in Japan/Korea? I'm not sure what qualifications you need--definitely a graduate degree--or how competitive it is. Just a thoug... |
bluemarigolds | General discussion | 69 | 6,898 | 2012-04-07, 8:47 pm | ||
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Thread: What should I do? Post: What should I do? imabi, other people have already said this, but I think it's worth repeating. If you're going to study a language or something in the humanities, try to double major in something "marketable." I say t... |
bluemarigolds | General discussion | 69 | 6,898 | 2012-04-07, 7:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Exchange Programs In Japan Post: Exchange Programs In Japan I'm assuming you're a college student? There's the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (http://www.kcjs.columbia.edu/), which I believe takes students from non-consortium schools, though I'm not su... |
bluemarigolds | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 5 | 3,370 | 2011-09-22, 8:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Choosing Abroad Program and Major Post: Choosing Abroad Program and Major Do a homestay. It's built-in conversation practice. The families are usually used every year by the abroad program, so they're used to dealing with foreigners and sharing the Japanese experience with... |
bluemarigolds | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 19 | 4,492 | 2011-08-26, 5:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and the bad Post: Japanese language schools in Tokyo - the good and ... No experience with this one, but it's run through Stanford...so it should be pretty legit. Seems to be for advanced students only. http://www.stanford.edu/dept/IUC/index.html Not sure if you have t... |
bluemarigolds | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 49 | 43,846 | 2011-08-25, 4:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Should I take an undergrad study in Japan? Post: Should I take an undergrad study in Japan? I'm not sure if this is worth mentioning.... but what about the quality of education one would receive at 東大? To the best of my knowledge, the lure of the elite universities is the networking opportu... |
bluemarigolds | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 36 | 9,262 | 2011-08-18, 7:20 am | ||
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Thread: Interpreting Post: Interpreting Interesting! May I ask you where you'll be attending? I've heard about a couple programs in Translation Studies, but this is the first I've heard about Translating and Interpreting. What level of J... |
bluemarigolds | Learning resources | 5 | 977 | 2011-06-24, 2:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Interpreting Post: Interpreting In terms of doing it professionally? The Monterey Institute of International Studies is supposedly the best place to get trained/certified (?). Would you be doing it simultaneously? Start shadowing ... |
bluemarigolds | Learning resources | 5 | 977 | 2011-06-24, 1:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Introvert vs. Extrovert - general rambling Post: Introvert vs. Extrovert - general rambling Please talk to someone about your depression. If you're still in school, most universities have psychological services for their students that are free/affordable. If you don't have insurance, then ... |
bluemarigolds | Off topic | 222 | 48,826 | 2011-05-31, 7:06 am | ||
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Thread: Link: Japanese Phrases: A List of Grammar Related Expressions Post: Link: Japanese Phrases: A List of Grammar Related ... http://www.kobejournal.com/Nihongo/00%20...20file.htm I came across this awhile ago, printed it out and then lost the link. I'm sure other resources are better, especially since it's all in ローマ字 (si... |
bluemarigolds | Learning resources | 1 | 1,579 | 2011-03-30, 9:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Eikaiwa but in Japanese (和会話?) in Tokyo? Post: Eikaiwa but in Japanese (和会話?) in Tokyo? There are Japanese language schools all over Tokyo. I went to Arc Academy (http://en.arc-academy.net/) for about two months. Not a lot of conversation practice, unfortunately, but they taught grammar... |
bluemarigolds | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 9 | 5,307 | 2011-03-30, 6:04 pm | ||
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Thread: This website I cannot find again... Post: This website I cannot find again... It wouldn't be this, would it? http://gakuranman.com/learn-kansai-ben/ Unfortunately, the videos have been taken down. Or maybe this: http://thedailyyoji.blogspot.com/2010/06...anese.html |
bluemarigolds | Off topic | 3 | 864 | 2011-03-27, 1:44 pm | ||
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Thread: How to master R sounds in Japanese? Post: How to master R sounds in Japanese? iSoron Wrote:If you're American, then you probably use alveolar lateral flaps when you say words such as better, bottle, computer. The T in betty is a non-lateral flap; it sounds a bit different. The ... |
bluemarigolds | General discussion | 20 | 6,623 | 2011-03-19, 12:21 pm | ||
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Thread: English listening for Japanese-speakers Post: English listening for Japanese-speakers Free English audiobooks: http://librivox.org/ I believe there is a Japanese interface, but I'm not sure how good it is. I imagine the text might be found at the Gutenberg project, since they're all ... |
bluemarigolds | Off topic | 11 | 2,364 | 2011-03-15, 5:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Scholarships) East Asian Studies) Post: Scholarships) East Asian Studies) I have a BA in East Asian Studies from a top university. It's virtually impossible to get a job in your field with it. People don't understand what it is, because as an interdepartmental degree there... |
bluemarigolds | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 10 | 4,022 | 2011-03-15, 5:04 pm | ||
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Thread: 二ノ国 Post: 二ノ国 I've had great success with tenso. Downside is that they're expensive, especially for books since they ship by weight. They only EMS items, which again accounts for the high cost. For smaller/expen... |
bluemarigolds | Learning resources | 6 | 1,626 | 2011-02-18, 10:44 am | ||
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Thread: Offering advice about JET Post: Offering advice about JET ALT or CIR? I thought JET was limited to three years. Any regrets? Anything you wish you had known prior to applying? Would you do it again? Do you feel like a human tape recorder (something I've... |
bluemarigolds | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 40 | 12,437 | 2011-02-13, 9:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Book recommendations for Japanese learning English? Post: Book recommendations for Japanese learning English... Tzadeck Wrote:However, they're not too too easy. Dahl's work is probably appropriate for late elementary school students, early middle school. That's hard enough to prevent some challenges to English... |
bluemarigolds | General discussion | 6 | 3,656 | 2011-01-30, 8:15 pm | ||
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Thread: New York Times Article: Test-Taking Cements Knowledge Post: New York Times Article: Test-Taking Cements Knowle... Here's hoping I beat nest0r to the punch. ;-) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/scienc...ral&src=me Anki reviews, test taking...same difference, right? |
bluemarigolds | Off topic | 5 | 2,099 | 2011-01-21, 2:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Living in Tokyo for 3 months Post: Living in Tokyo for 3 months What I will say, is that room availability in the summer sucks. If you can reserve a room far ahead of time (I don't know if you can, since I was literally looking the month before), I would recommen... |
bluemarigolds | General discussion | 13 | 6,095 | 2011-01-08, 8:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Living in Tokyo for 3 months Post: Living in Tokyo for 3 months thurd Wrote:I'll have exactly the same problem as you but around summer and I aim for something like Sakura House (guesthouse). Prices are decent, rooms look decent, but opinions vary. I actually stay... |
bluemarigolds | General discussion | 13 | 6,095 | 2011-01-07, 11:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Best book about Japan? Post: Best book about Japan? Japan at War: An Oral History is a fascinating read. |
bluemarigolds | General discussion | 44 | 11,439 | 2010-12-26, 12:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Best (free) Japanese ebooks? Post: Best (free) Japanese ebooks? http://www.aozora.gr.jp/ Aozola has free stories. Downside is that these are stories in the public domain, so they're much older. I believe Soseki and Akutagawa's works can be found there, among oth... |
bluemarigolds | Learning resources | 6 | 5,707 | 2010-12-19, 9:17 am | ||
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Thread: Language Schools Post: Language Schools I went to ARC Academy (http://en.arc-academy.net/) in the Tokyo area a while back. Most of the students were Chinese students there to study for entrance exams, so you're not going to be around a who... |
bluemarigolds | General discussion | 10 | 3,187 | 2010-12-15, 3:46 pm | ||
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Thread: where to find exercise and examples? Post: where to find exercise and examples? A Student's Guide to Japanese Grammar by Naomi Hanaoka McGloin has some really good grammar explanations on the various conditionals, よう vs. そう and よう vs. らしい as well as other points of grammar. It's... |
bluemarigolds | The Japanese language | 3 | 1,880 | 2010-12-08, 10:04 am | ||
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Thread: Your most embarrassing situations in japanese? Post: Your most embarrassing situations in japanese? I asked a waitress for 目黒 (めぐろ as in 目黒駅） instead of マグロ. It ended up with me having to go outside and point to what I wanted like a stupid 外人... I still want to crawl under a rock and hide. Then th... |
bluemarigolds | General discussion | 31 | 6,990 | 2010-12-08, 9:57 am | ||
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Thread: Best japanese dictionary ? Post: Best japanese dictionary ? For me, I have multiple--a normal electronic dictionary + DS. I like the DS because it allows me to do direct input of kanji (i.e. draws it in), but if I know the reading I prefer the physical keyboa... |
bluemarigolds | Learning resources | 11 | 7,261 | 2010-12-06, 8:03 pm | ||
