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Thread: Life in Sendai Post: Life in Sendai I've been to Sendai many times and have spent extended periods of time there. It all depends on what you mean by "nothing to do". If you are looking for a club scene (or just a lively nightlife in gen... |
markal | General discussion | 8 | 2,488 | 2011-10-27, 7:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Jesus ruined christmas Post: Jesus ruined christmas TheVinster Wrote:I hope I'm not the only one that is an idiot when it comes to talking religion. You aren't: it's mostly idiots who talk about religion. |
markal | Off topic | 19 | 3,277 | 2010-12-02, 7:52 am | ||
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Thread: Someone wants their 2 euros back... Post: Someone wants their 2 euros back... ファブリス Wrote:* Block donations in JPY and only accept USD and EUR. Same, I'm not sure it's gonna make a difference. Another fabulous feature of paypal is their atrocious exchange rates--they make regul... |
markal | Off topic | 26 | 6,122 | 2010-07-28, 8:04 am | ||
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Thread: IME, Hiragana input by default? Post: IME, Hiragana input by default? Thora Wrote:Did you mean Alt+` for Windows, markal? Yes, I did. Sorry to give inaccurate advice and I'm glad you corrected that. |
markal | General discussion | 22 | 25,571 | 2010-05-08, 6:19 pm | ||
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Thread: IME, Hiragana input by default? Post: IME, Hiragana input by default? hotsw4p Wrote:I currently use ALT-SHIFT to switch between EN and JA input methods, but each time i switch it starts in romaji mode. I have read that if you use the '~`' (tilde) key combined with alt/... |
markal | General discussion | 22 | 25,571 | 2010-05-08, 4:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Dating a student. Need to break up. How? Post: Dating a student. Need to break up. How? Several years ago a friend of mine tried to break up with a crazy girlfriend. One night she calls up and asks if she can come over. She does, works herself into a frenzy and attacks him with a kitchen... |
markal | Off topic | 91 | 12,396 | 2010-04-06, 7:56 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Readers Post: Japanese Readers These are true graded readers (like the Oxford Bookworms, etc. for English learners), i.e. a restricted number of words per level and concerted recycling of words throughout the text. They come with... |
markal | The Japanese language | 19 | 6,004 | 2010-04-01, 9:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Vipassana Post: Vipassana HerrPetersen Wrote:For me it's also a first time to hear about Vipassana. Just wondering: How is it paid for? I googled that you can chose if you want to pay or not in form of a donation? Is that true... |
markal | Off topic | 23 | 6,568 | 2010-02-13, 7:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Vipassana Post: Vipassana I've also done three 10 day retreats in the Goekna/Sayagyi U Ba Khin tradition and I found the third one to be the most "productive" and the one in which I was able to go most fully into the technique... |
markal | Off topic | 23 | 6,568 | 2010-02-04, 7:30 am | ||
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Thread: Rating you're japanese ability. Post: Rating you're japanese ability. you're = you are your= possessive pronoun (as in "your ability") |
markal | The Japanese language | 131 | 17,401 | 2010-02-02, 8:32 am | ||
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Thread: Dealing with English Practicers Post: Dealing with English Practicers I think the suggestion a few people made to do a little bit of English with the person is probably a good idea. Then, I would definitely not be rude and cut the person off. If you have spent much ti... |
markal | Off topic | 74 | 14,761 | 2010-01-07, 4:07 am | ||
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Thread: best way to handle the 24 hr time format? Post: best way to handle the 24 hr time format? I haven't read all the previous posts but I have to wonder what exactly is there to "handle" or "understand"? It's really not a big deal unless you make it one. edit = typo |
markal | General discussion | 31 | 4,347 | 2009-12-27, 5:32 am | ||
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Thread: Typing the Kanji--RtK-based IME? Post: Typing the Kanji--RtK-based IME? First, once you have learned Japanese well enough to be typing it properly you will abandon the system you spent so much time designing and learning because it is inefficient compared to regular typin... |
markal | The Japanese language | 22 | 6,525 | 2009-11-19, 7:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese roommate in Tokyo. Any drawbacks? Post: Japanese roommate in Tokyo. Any drawbacks? You haven't said you would be doing this, but I would strongly advise against trying to pull one over on a landlord. If the policy of the building is "no foreigners" and you are found out either throu... |
markal | General discussion | 55 | 12,384 | 2009-11-17, 12:30 am | ||
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Thread: Recommend a book on Japanese history Post: Recommend a book on Japanese history Inventing Japan: 1853-1964, by Ian Buruma is a short, concise, and very engagingly-written history of that period. A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present, by Andrew Gordon, is... |
markal | General discussion | 14 | 2,841 | 2009-11-15, 3:36 am | ||
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Thread: Transferring Money To Japan Post: Transferring Money To Japan Paypal lets you easily move money between a US and a Japanese bank account but a) their exchange rates are atrocious (at least 1.5 yen below/above the going rate) and b) for the Japanese end you would... |
markal | General discussion | 21 | 9,579 | 2009-11-11, 4:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Leaving the forums Post: Leaving the forums jacf29 Wrote:i will search and find eating establishments run locally with friendly staff that will talk to me in Japanese. I will hang out at local bars only drinking non alcoholic drinks as more ... |
markal | General discussion | 35 | 5,826 | 2009-11-02, 5:34 pm | ||
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Thread: List of correct English meanings? Post: List of correct English meanings? xaarg Wrote:First, there was no sarcasm in my words and second, the sarcasm was highly necessary. First, it is rather obvious that you need a dictionary yourself to clarify your lack of understanding ... |
markal | Remembering the Kanji | 41 | 12,209 | 2009-10-26, 8:38 am | ||
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Thread: Helping a Japanese student with their accent Post: Helping a Japanese student with their accent The problems you indicate are typical for Japanese speakers of English. A lot of pronunciation is mechanical, getting the mouth to do what the brain is telling it to do. For adults it comes down to ... |
markal | General discussion | 64 | 9,020 | 2009-07-17, 6:53 am | ||
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Thread: MP3 players Post: MP3 players Tobberoth Wrote:Squintox Wrote:Dustin_Calgary Wrote: It's terrible at handling audiobooks though x_x Unless I'm missing something... Not if the audiobooks were bought from iTunes Store... I think norm... |
markal | Learning resources | 37 | 4,895 | 2009-07-16, 4:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Trips to japan Post: Trips to japan duder Wrote:there is little to see in tokyo for a tourist that you cant accomplish in a day or 2(some of the worst museums of any major city I have been to) and its really pricey - go anywhere where... |
markal | General discussion | 24 | 2,239 | 2009-06-23, 7:26 am | ||
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Thread: Start over from scratch or try and continue? Post: Start over from scratch or try and continue? I don't think there is any advantage to starting over from a learning point of view. I stopped for more than a year and then picked up again. I don't think it made any difference in my retention rat... |
markal | General discussion | 18 | 2,116 | 2009-06-20, 9:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Evening... Eventide... wtf? Post: Evening... Eventide... wtf? I see this as a very literal story differentiation. *Eventide* is WATER that comes up/goes out in the EVENING. Of course, you need a good story for *Evening* first so that when you hit *Eventide* the ... |
markal | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 5,659 | 2009-06-18, 4:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Why is Japanese so anal about seemingly insignificant things? Post: Why is Japanese so anal about seemingly insignific... Dunabu Wrote:It seems like useless technicality to me. This has become an interesting thread in its own way but... can you say "troll".? |
markal | General discussion | 50 | 6,505 | 2009-05-28, 4:48 am | ||
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Thread: Makes me want to learn Finnish... Post: Makes me want to learn Finnish... bombpersons Wrote:It's strange to see the what happened to the song due to it's popularity. It went from this [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJF6YPX4mIM] to this [Video: http://www.youtube.c... |
markal | General discussion | 23 | 8,162 | 2009-05-25, 7:39 am | ||
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Thread: Free Handwritten Japanese Font Post: Free Handwritten Japanese Font I'm sure you guys are right about it's utility value. I'm not looking at the big picture like you are and maybe that is the way fonts should be evaluated overall. When you look at a word or a sentence... |
markal | The Japanese language | 34 | 50,158 | 2009-05-23, 7:13 am | ||
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Thread: Free Handwritten Japanese Font Post: Free Handwritten Japanese Font seifip Wrote:10 Beautiful Japanese Fonts Thanks for pointing this out, and the following isn't any comment on your effort. When the blog author writes that "Meiryo (Free) is my favorite Japanese font... |
markal | The Japanese language | 34 | 50,158 | 2009-05-23, 6:37 am | ||
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Thread: Brilliant idea to speed reading KATAKANA! Post: Brilliant idea to speed reading KATAKANA! I didn't read every bit of every post so apologies if it has already been pointed out that this book has nothing to do with studying Japanese (not that you can't do what you want with it). The book ... |
markal | Learning resources | 36 | 13,531 | 2009-05-13, 2:01 am | ||
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Thread: Surprised at some of the content at 2ch Post: Surprised at some of the content at 2ch harhol Wrote:markal Wrote:I know it's a generalization, but stereotypes about non-Japanese are bandied about very casually in the media here (Japan) and the "scary foreigner" is a pretty well-establis... |
markal | General discussion | 17 | 2,921 | 2009-05-10, 3:26 am | ||
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Thread: Surprised at some of the content at 2ch Post: Surprised at some of the content at 2ch I know it's a generalization, but stereotypes about non-Japanese are bandied about very casually in the media here (Japan) and the "scary foreigner" is a pretty well-established one. It really seems t... |
markal | General discussion | 17 | 2,921 | 2009-05-10, 2:35 am | ||
