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Thread: Top 2000 kanji Post: Top 2000 kanji I would take that list with a grain of salt. As it comes from a survey of websites, you will find kanji that are used in Internet but not so much in everyday life. The best example:索 which appears ver... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,555 | 2012-04-22, 10:13 am | ||
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Thread: Conufsed at difference in meaning and usage of 随分 vs 大分. Post: Conufsed at difference in meaning and usage of 随分 ... Although ずいぶんdoes mean something quite close to 'considerably', I think it is erroneous to say that 大分 means also the same. I think 大分 can be understood better as "most of" or "majority" so there sh... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 3 | 2,339 | 2012-01-01, 12:27 am | ||
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Thread: 場合／なら （条件） Post: 場合／なら （条件） The next is not an strict grammatical rule but rather my opinion about what I noticed about the use of 場合 and なら 1) 場合 occurs in conversation and text and conveys a general meaning as "In case" or "i... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 9 | 4,871 | 2011-10-02, 8:59 am | ||
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Thread: Politeness level question Post: Politeness level question SendaiDan Wrote:gesserit Wrote:SendaiDan Wrote:I never use くありませんでした for adjectives - it's too much of a mouthful and plus I never really heard anyone use it that much. I just use くないです。 Though if it ... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 95 | 15,103 | 2011-08-30, 3:12 am | ||
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Thread: Politeness level question Post: Politeness level question SendaiDan Wrote:I never use くありませんでした for adjectives - it's too much of a mouthful and plus I never really heard anyone use it that much. I just use くないです。 Though if it is for a verb, I might use it e... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 95 | 15,103 | 2011-08-29, 10:26 pm | ||
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Thread: Politeness level question Post: Politeness level question Tori-kun Wrote:高かったんですので、・・・ is grammatically incorrect therefore, isn't it? I would rather say like 【理由】、高かったんです。 well, yes, it is incorrect because it is redundant but even more, 高かったんです already exp... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 95 | 15,103 | 2011-08-29, 5:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Politeness level question Post: Politeness level question 高くありませんでした is the standard grammar with the same politeness level of using ます when talking to strangers. One of the casual ways is 高かった As JimmySeal says, adding です to 高かった is actually a grammatical m... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 95 | 15,103 | 2011-08-29, 10:41 am | ||
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Thread: Having trouble finding this Kanji Post: Having trouble finding this Kanji 欲しければ can be "abbreviated" as 欲しけりゃ In general, all i-adjectives in ば form can be treated like that and also the verbs but it is more a spoken and quite casual way: 急がないといけない (standard way) I have t... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 10 | 1,468 | 2011-08-23, 9:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Where to look up kanji? Post: Where to look up kanji? There are lots of dictionaries on the web. The one I use from my PC is http://ejje.weblio.jp/ but it is useful only if you already know the pronunciation, but I am sure there are specialized dicts and... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 7 | 2,215 | 2011-07-29, 12:05 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese stupid culture should die. Post: Japanese stupid culture should die. The fact is that Japan, in general, has a kind of politeness that is rather appreciated. I join those who say they prefer the smile (as fake as it may seem) of the staff in stores in Japan (Tokyo, whe... |
gesserit | General discussion | 37 | 19,450 | 2011-07-20, 1:52 am | ||
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Thread: Are there any dystopian novels in Japanese? Post: Are there any dystopian novels in Japanese? バトル・ロワイアル (Battle Royale). A novel by Koushun Takami that was later made manga and movie. It takes place in a parallel society where Japan has won the WWII and become a totalitarian state. As a part o... |
gesserit | General discussion | 20 | 7,084 | 2011-07-14, 4:52 am | ||
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Thread: Confusion about ます usage vs. dictionary form Post: Confusion about ます usage vs. dictionary form The use of ます forms inside sentences that usually take the dictionary for like in ~ましたら is rather common in formal speech. You can hear it if you talk to the staff in departmental stores, who in gener... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 7 | 2,493 | 2011-07-12, 11:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Question about the meanings/readings of Kanji Post: Question about the meanings/readings of Kanji Although the essential meaning of a kanji generally is conserved regardless of its reading, there are cases where both the reading and the meaning change depending on the context. Right now I can thin... |
gesserit | Remembering the Kanji | 5 | 2,019 | 2011-06-26, 6:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Why being tall sucks.... (rambling) Post: Why being tall sucks.... (rambling) I am 185, which is more than 10 cm taller than the average in my country. Because of this, since far ago I have got used to pay attention to my surroundings, half-unconsciously, in order to duck whene... |
gesserit | Off topic | 41 | 12,126 | 2011-06-21, 6:24 pm | ||
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Thread: この作品フィクションです Post: この作品フィクションです Rayath Wrote:I think that です is the most polite, である/であり is formal and literary. です is 丁寧語 (polite language, like using the ます form for other verbs). である shares the same level of politeness but as yo... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 10 | 3,777 | 2011-06-17, 6:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? I agree in that your handwriting looks like a 7-years old but you surely improve the more you write. I have met Japanese with such a beautiful handwriting both in kanji AND in romaji that makes me fee... |
gesserit | General discussion | 57 | 15,408 | 2011-06-17, 6:29 am | ||
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Thread: Am I the only one who thinks japanese has a brutal ammount of vocab.? Post: Am I the only one who thinks japanese has a brutal... i have had the same thought as you damicore, and I agree that forming words in Japanese is pretty much a pain. However, it is a pain that get weaker as you keep get better in understanding the languag... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 104 | 20,369 | 2011-05-25, 3:13 am | ||
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Thread: How to thank others like a native in a variety of situations? Post: How to thank others like a native in a variety of ... Seems like a very long list but I know by experience that the cases where one can doubt what to say or even whether or not to say anything at all are pretty much more. As jarvik7 pointed before, in g... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 37 | 5,669 | 2011-05-25, 2:49 am | ||
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Thread: writing a word with several Kanji - how come? Post: writing a word with several Kanji - how come? In case of verbs, you will find that sometimes the same word can be written with different kanjis. Usually, one of those kanjis will be appearing in 80-90% of times, while the others are reserved only... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 8 | 2,064 | 2011-05-15, 6:00 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese TV Commercials (Annoying, Funny, Just Plain Weird) Post: Japanese TV Commercials (Annoying, Funny, Just Pla... After March earthquake, TV in Japan was literally flooded by annoying AC commercials. This one was particularly outrageous: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bD66T-n_5c] With the part between 0... |
gesserit | Off topic | 26 | 4,712 | 2011-05-12, 9:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese TV Commercials (Annoying, Funny, Just Plain Weird) Post: Japanese TV Commercials (Annoying, Funny, Just Pla... Cranks Wrote:Thankfully, I was saved by this... [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXMixwyWY...re=related] This is just so hilarious.... |
gesserit | Off topic | 26 | 4,712 | 2011-05-12, 8:55 pm | ||
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Thread: What I Learned Today Post: What I Learned Today Actually the カボチャ does come from America,as well as many other pumpkins, which were 'discovered' by Portuguese and Spaniards during the fifteenth century and then, taken to other countries. Interestin... |
gesserit | General discussion | 8 | 1,951 | 2011-05-12, 4:56 am | ||
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Thread: Problems with words with semilar sounds/meaning Post: Problems with words with semilar sounds/meaning Amset Wrote:2. よい maybe sounds a bit old fashioned? but they are the same word. 3. そうして and そして are the same word some times (meaning "and then"), but そうして could also be そう and して, that is, "in that w... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 4 | 2,531 | 2011-04-09, 3:04 am | ||
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Thread: Simple question on past participle (e.g. "have written") Post: Simple question on past participle (e.g. "have wri... Guoguodi Wrote:I see, so the interpretation is context-dependent. This crossed my mind before, but I couldn't see how to reconcile the different possible meanings. So I guess in the same vein, if I ... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 37 | 9,560 | 2011-04-04, 2:35 am | ||
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Thread: Simple question on past participle (e.g. "have written") Post: Simple question on past participle (e.g. "have wri... Actually you already have the right answer: あまり書いていない In Japanese, unlike English, a grammar pattern may express different grammar tenses depending on the context. In this case, 書いていない can mean BOTH ... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 37 | 9,560 | 2011-04-04, 2:13 am | ||
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Thread: 々 - What is it? Post: 々 - What is it? Actually it is not a kanji, it is considered a punctuation mark. It is part of the 踊り字 (dancing characters). Its name is 同の字点 (literally, "same sign mark"). Its function is merely to repeat the previo... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 12 | 4,836 | 2011-03-22, 5:41 am | ||
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Thread: Reading novels before manga? Post: Reading novels before manga? In my case, I have no real interest for manga, except for the scarce series I followed when I was a kid. As you, I also read novels for pure enjoyment. I waited to have a decent level of kanji knowled... |
gesserit | Learning resources | 17 | 5,035 | 2011-03-20, 7:05 am | ||
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Thread: How long did it take you to reach where you are? Post: How long did it take you to reach where you are? I have been living in Japan for two years and 4 months. Before that, I learnt hiragana, katakana and a few kanjis and grammar by myself. It took me about 2 months, studying lets say 3 times a week. No... |
gesserit | The Japanese language | 44 | 6,399 | 2011-02-17, 11:55 pm | ||