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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Could of smacked myself for missing 試合, of all things! No wonder れつ made absolutely no sense, all this time the accursed thing was やつ; can finally hear it now. Thanks Roketzu, anotherjohn and viharati... |
Hotpotato | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,067 | 2015-03-15, 6:30 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I've had no luck puzzling out what I'm hearing in a ~7 second section (from 8:15-8:22) of ItteQ and was hoping someone with a better ear might be able to solve this mystery: [Video: https://www.youtu... |
Hotpotato | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,067 | 2015-03-14, 4:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Doraemon VS Yotsubato! VS Crayon Shin-Chan Post: Doraemon VS Yotsubato! VS Crayon Shin-Chan Out of those, I’d say Crayon Shin-chan would be difficult for a beginner (dialects, casual abbreviations are decently common, ect) however Chii’s sweet home and Yotsubato! are about the same level (sh... |
Hotpotato | Learning resources | 5 | 2,820 | 2013-11-22, 12:30 am | ||
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Thread: Recommend manga thread Post: Recommend manga thread Fear not, I don’t plan on adding another one anytime soon so you won’t have to deal with my spam for a good while haha. As I’ve been watching the thread I’ve been surprised at how quickly you updated ... |
Hotpotato | Learning resources | 51 | 77,928 | 2013-06-17, 12:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Recommend manga thread Post: Recommend manga thread I went ahead and edited the title of yotsuba(to) to avoid confusion in the future. I had just automatically written it as Yotsuba because I’m so used to seeing it referred to that way, even though Yot... |
Hotpotato | Learning resources | 51 | 77,928 | 2013-06-16, 4:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Recommend manga thread Post: Recommend manga thread Looking back, I agree one piece should have been ***. Thanks for catching that mistake Hirakana. I’d agree with yotsubato being overall a *as well (though the adult conversations seem a bit advanced f... |
Hotpotato | Learning resources | 51 | 77,928 | 2013-06-11, 10:09 am | ||
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Thread: Recommend manga thread Post: Recommend manga thread @babyrat No worries, looking back it seems obvious that posts about any manga would be fine; I had just been reading it too strictly at the time since I had been up for 20+ hours (insomnia). Sorry tha... |
Hotpotato | Learning resources | 51 | 77,928 | 2013-06-10, 8:04 am | ||
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Thread: Recommend manga thread Post: Recommend manga thread Tip: Use Ctrl + F to find a specific manga quickly Glad to see someone else had taken the initiative to start this thread! I have been keeping notes about various manga I’ve read in hopes of making ... |
Hotpotato | Learning resources | 51 | 77,928 | 2013-06-09, 4:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Variety shows Post: Variety shows You can watch quite a few variety shows as streaming videos here http://moviemaga.blog20.fc2.com/ . The site also has dramas and documentary’s in case anyone else is interested in that. |
Hotpotato | General discussion | 9 | 5,316 | 2013-04-19, 4:50 am | ||
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Thread: 読書メーター A site that tracks/manages your reading Post: 読書メーター A site that tracks/manages your reading In case anyone's interested, here's mine: http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/121340 I started out with novels (using rikaisama with a text version of the novel, for the majority of them) but then I foc... |
Hotpotato | Learning resources | 53 | 17,554 | 2013-04-03, 9:27 pm | ||
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Thread: What is your personality type? (MBTI, etc.) Post: What is your personality type? (MBTI, etc.) I’m another INFP, though my T(hinking) category has developed to the point that it feels like it's equal to my natural F(eeling) type. When I took a workshop about Myers-Briggs at my college, the spea... |
Hotpotato | Off topic | 60 | 9,974 | 2012-10-04, 4:52 am | ||
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Thread: Sex ratio of this forum? Post: Sex ratio of this forum? 42:22 |
Hotpotato | Off topic | 148 | 26,496 | 2012-09-13, 3:41 pm | ||
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Thread: A sick concept of freedom? Post: A sick concept of freedom? Nagareboshi Wrote:Loosing some is hard, being forced into situations that there seemingly is no escape, and this being the only solution left one can think of, is too. But in many cases it is just pla... |
Hotpotato | Off topic | 29 | 4,075 | 2012-06-06, 3:01 am | ||
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Thread: A sick concept of freedom? Post: A sick concept of freedom? Glad to see this topic come up since this same idea has been bothering me for years. I even consider this to be one of the greatest injustices of our time. Personally, I feel there’s something wron... |
Hotpotato | Off topic | 29 | 4,075 | 2012-06-05, 10:59 am | ||
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Thread: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow Post: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow One method that helped me learn vocabulary faster was to learn words that share the same kanji, together (同時 , 一時 , 時間切れ,時給, ect). How helpful this will be will depend on the deck you’re using (you ... |
Hotpotato | The Japanese language | 25 | 7,777 | 2012-06-02, 10:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji comprised of 虫 and 巤 Post: Kanji comprised of 虫 and 巤 It’s coming up on tangorin as the 24th kanji under the bug radical for me but you’re right, jisho isn’t showing it. |
Hotpotato | The Japanese language | 11 | 1,884 | 2012-02-24, 11:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Need to get back into it Post: Need to get back into it Quote:The only problem with me trying to read native material, be it novels, blogs, whatever really, is that at my level, even if I know the meaning of every word in the sentence, the meaning may stil... |
Hotpotato | The Japanese language | 10 | 2,971 | 2012-02-03, 4:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Favorite Japanese sentence/phrase Post: Favorite Japanese sentence/phrase Tie between: 咽から手が出るほど欲しい To want something desperately 猿も木から落ちる Everyone makes mistakes |
Hotpotato | The Japanese language | 21 | 5,830 | 2012-01-13, 12:38 am | ||
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Thread: 2011 Reflections and 2012 Resolutions Post: 2011 Reflections and 2012 Resolutions 2011 goal Recover from my ‘Great Break of 2010’ which had lasted for about 8 months. There are still a few words that I need to unpause in anki but overall, it was a great success. 2012 goals Japanes... |
Hotpotato | General discussion | 93 | 19,335 | 2011-12-31, 9:27 pm | ||