Search Results

Post Author Forum Replies Views Posted [asc]
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

ok took me ages to figure out it was はずかしい :p ... i was pronouncing ドゥ incorrectly as どう anyways. thanks asriel.
johnlugh The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,539 2010-09-24, 12:46 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I saw this in a manga today and I have no clue what it is :p 「ハドゥカティ!!」 The context it appeared in was that the person was thinking of something he said which was embarrassing or ashamed of. Having...
johnlugh The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,539 2010-09-24, 8:38 am
    Thread: Reading RAW Manga on the iPhone
Post: Reading RAW Manga on the iPhone

If I may ask, as it's slightly related- where do people get their latest raw manga scans from? Every week I have a few series I follow where I like to always read the latest releases (still in Engli...
johnlugh Learning resources 17 17,043 2010-05-15, 6:49 am
    Thread: Google Wave Invites
Post: Google Wave Invites

thanks for the quick invite! :)
johnlugh Off topic 168 22,147 2010-03-20, 7:18 am
    Thread: Google Wave Invites
Post: Google Wave Invites

Yes please! Looks interesting, would be grateful if you could send an invite to johnlugh(at)hotmail(dot)com.
johnlugh Off topic 168 22,147 2010-03-19, 7:44 pm
    Thread: Learning Japanese while taking a heavy uni. degree
Post: Learning Japanese while taking a heavy uni. degree

Or you can just do badly in your degree (like me) and boost your Japanese skills more quickly :) Seriously though, im finding it really hard to find the motivation to study for my course as i'm at a...
johnlugh General discussion 32 6,584 2010-02-22, 5:15 pm
    Thread: Confused about sentence...(Noun を し)
Post: Confused about sentence...(Noun を し)

awesome, thanks for the helpful replies! that random google books textbook has some good explanations of it and i guess i'll see this kind of thing with more exposure.
johnlugh The Japanese language 15 3,312 2010-02-12, 8:44 pm
    Thread: Confused about sentence...(Noun を し)
Post: Confused about sentence...(Noun を し)

Ok, thanks for clearing that up, thought it'd be a form of する....but didn't see it on Tae Kim or anywhere else. Is it the kind of thing you come across often? I'm not sure about its particular nuanc...
johnlugh The Japanese language 15 3,312 2010-02-12, 3:33 pm
    Thread: Confused about sentence...(Noun を し)
Post: Confused about sentence...(Noun を し)

Hi all, came across this in a sanseidoh dictionary definition i think but can't figure out what it means exactly. The definition is for 芸術家: 芸術活動をし,作品を作る人. What is the purpose of the し? I've only ev...
johnlugh The Japanese language 15 3,312 2010-02-12, 2:00 pm
    Thread: Confirming pronunciations?
Post: Confirming pronunciations?

sweet, thanks a lot for the very fast replies :)
johnlugh The Japanese language 4 803 2010-01-10, 1:46 pm
    Thread: Confirming pronunciations?
Post: Confirming pronunciations?

Hi, I know there have been questions asked before about the pronunciation of the は particle but is there anywhere can i go to find out and confirm these pronunciations? E.g. I came across または in u...
johnlugh The Japanese language 4 803 2010-01-10, 1:19 pm
    Thread: Hiragana used instead of kanji for some verbs?
Post: Hiragana used instead of kanji for some verbs?

ah cool i see it now, thanks for the replies.
johnlugh The Japanese language 9 3,804 2009-12-31, 8:02 am
    Thread: Hiragana used instead of kanji for some verbs?
Post: Hiragana used instead of kanji for some verbs?

yeah it is a bit annoying, keeps coming up personally and i've mostly just been learning the kanji forms as well. btw does anybody use the yahoo dictionary for their look-ups? on their definitions, t...
johnlugh The Japanese language 9 3,804 2009-12-30, 8:37 pm
    Thread: Hiragana used instead of kanji for some verbs?
Post: Hiragana used instead of kanji for some verbs?

Hey all, just a quick beginners question. I was looking up 首 on yahoo, and as i normally do- i try to look up and find an interesting example sentence so that I can see it in context. This was one of...
johnlugh The Japanese language 9 3,804 2009-12-22, 12:26 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Just FINISHED! breezed through my last 27 characters today :D thank you all, have had an amazing time working through this book (and on this site in particular) so thanks Fabrice for everything! i ...
johnlugh Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,739 2009-12-12, 12:13 pm
    Thread: General Music Recommendation Thread (Japanese, of course)
Post: General Music Recommendation Thread (Japanese, of ...

(thread revival :P) Saw this topic linked on a sticky but to my disappointment, it's been kinda dead! Have been listening to this new-ish song on repeat for the last few days, i love it. Has been a b...
johnlugh Learning resources 106 32,713 2009-12-08, 4:07 pm
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

have hit 1539 today! :) personally had quite a few troublesome characters to think up stories for in the last 30~ but yeah, have to keep going. anyone else find it hard to stop doing probably more n...
johnlugh Remembering the Kanji 462 138,223 2009-12-01, 6:54 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

finished lesson 27 (1026 characters done now) :D has taken around a month, just one more to go and i will hopefully be done by xmas break! kudos to this site, has been awesome so far.
johnlugh Remembering the Kanji 616 180,486 2009-11-18, 12:55 pm
    Thread: Differences in Kanji
Post: Differences in Kanji

Ok, thanks for the advice and detailed explanation =) I was viewing this site in Unicode which displays the characters slightly differently i think. I'll make sure to follow the stroke examples from ...
johnlugh Remembering the Kanji 3 861 2009-10-21, 9:49 am
    Thread: Differences in Kanji
Post: Differences in Kanji

Hi, I'm a newbie here, did a search but couldnt find the answer to my question. How come there are some differences between the actual RTK book kanji strokes and those on this site? In the ones I've...
johnlugh Remembering the Kanji 3 861 2009-10-21, 8:07 am