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Thread: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) Post: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) I actually did have a conversation with a Filipino woman here in Japan recently. She knew I was an English teacher, and began lamenting to me the state of Japan's English education system, and that he... |
patriconia | The Japanese language | 121 | 12,146 | 2015-10-31, 10:53 am | ||
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Thread: Teaching English in Japan/JET. Standards. Post: Teaching English in Japan/JET. Standards. Yeah, your English experience sounds a lot more intensive. There's been talk of having English classes from middle school up taught completely in English, with the 2020 Olympics coming up, and this ha... |
patriconia | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 25 | 2,953 | 2015-10-29, 9:04 am | ||
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Thread: Teaching English in Japan/JET. Standards. Post: Teaching English in Japan/JET. Standards. Zgarbas Wrote:i learned so much about the world in English class, as we read books and articles on various topics, discussed history and politics, literature and philosophy in class. The plan was to l... |
patriconia | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 25 | 2,953 | 2015-10-29, 7:50 am | ||
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Thread: Teaching English in Japan/JET. Standards. Post: Teaching English in Japan/JET. Standards. Zgarbas Wrote:I don't understand why English teaching has become a conbini-level job, when it is such an important factor in the formation of a student's life... As a JET ALT myself, I wouldn't say th... |
patriconia | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 25 | 2,953 | 2015-10-29, 1:14 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) Post: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) vonPeterhof Wrote:tetsueda Wrote:Even if this far fetched reform was done I can guarantee that things would still be published in the old orthography due to market pressure. Yeah, there's also this. I... |
patriconia | The Japanese language | 121 | 12,146 | 2015-10-28, 7:40 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) Post: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) ryuudou Wrote:You could make the same argument for kana. Doesn't change that it's a comparative mess, and that you have to use multiple words and full sentences to get the same flexibility that Japane... |
patriconia | The Japanese language | 121 | 12,146 | 2015-10-28, 4:46 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) Post: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) juniperpansy Wrote:Japanese is an ancient poorly evolved language. This occurred due to its isolation. Getting rid of kanji and replacing it with a phonetic language would make the language more effic... |
patriconia | The Japanese language | 121 | 12,146 | 2015-10-28, 12:41 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) Post: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) James736 Wrote:There's no good reason to move to the Roman alphabet as there are already 2 phonetic syllabaries, but reading Japanese text all in kana is excruciating. In fact, even Japanese braille ... |
patriconia | The Japanese language | 121 | 12,146 | 2015-10-28, 12:09 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) Post: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論) I’ve recently come to be somewhat interested in the historical debate surrounding whether the abolition of kanji would be a positive or negative development for the language and those using it. Admitt... |
patriconia | The Japanese language | 121 | 12,146 | 2015-10-27, 9:23 am | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? znebr47625 Wrote:His rhinospike page with his own recordings and chinese requests = https://rhinospike.com/profiles/profile/khatzumoto/ Japanese listed as a native language, lol |
patriconia | Off topic | 529 | 103,240 | 2015-10-01, 7:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media Post: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media It's also hard to forget author Hyakuta Naoki's comments a few months ago before a now infamous LDP "study meeting", concerning Okinawan newspapers being critical of the Abe administration a few month... |
patriconia | Off topic | 28 | 3,956 | 2015-09-16, 7:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? I don't understand the hate for classes, either. It's true that many people who take classes don't end up reaching the higher levels of fluency, but on the other hand, you can find plenty of long aban... |
patriconia | Off topic | 529 | 103,240 | 2015-08-22, 9:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? Looking at the products on the AJATT site and seeing a guide to becoming a Japanese translator, starting at $2,000 ($3,000 for the "Ultimate" edition), a mailing list of links to L2 media star... |
patriconia | Off topic | 529 | 103,240 | 2015-08-20, 5:43 am | ||
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Thread: Has Learning Japanese Been Worth it to You? Post: Has Learning Japanese Been Worth it to You? I'd say yes, although studying the language has taken me in a different direction than I thought it would when I began studying 9 years ago. Many of the things that drove my interest then - anime, man... |
patriconia | General discussion | 44 | 7,030 | 2015-08-18, 6:52 pm | ||
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Thread: input brackets [ ] with kana input? Post: input brackets [ ] with kana input? A romaji space would be shift+spacebar |
patriconia | General discussion | 10 | 2,861 | 2015-07-11, 7:32 pm | ||
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Thread: input brackets [ ] with kana input? Post: input brackets [ ] with kana input? On Mac, hit option+[ while in Japanese input |
patriconia | General discussion | 10 | 2,861 | 2015-07-11, 9:51 am | ||
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Thread: What does "休液" mean? Can't find in any dictionary Post: What does "休液" mean? Can't find in any dictionary "休液" doesn't show up in either the Daijirin or Daijisen dictionaries. My guess is that it's supposed to be 体液 (たいえき) - bodily fluid, and in fact when I replace 休液 in the quote you provide with 体液, it ... |
patriconia | The Japanese language | 3 | 761 | 2015-06-20, 7:58 am | ||
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Thread: American comedian expresses his frustration in learning Kanji Post: American comedian expresses his frustration in lea... Well, the thing with Chinese characters is that they came from...wait for it...China. As in, not Japan. Making his punchline a complete non-sequitor, and an annoying one at that, now that people have ... |
patriconia | The Japanese language | 31 | 6,679 | 2015-06-04, 3:23 am | ||
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Thread: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? Post: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? I wouldn't say it's a matter of it being "bad" per-se - working with the kids can be fun, the other teachers are often quite friendly, it's certainly not high stress, and the pay is decent for what yo... |
patriconia | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 36 | 8,693 | 2014-11-13, 11:20 pm | ||
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Thread: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? Post: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? Yeah, I realize there are tons of ALT positions. I'm on JET, and have no real complaints about my schools or BoE, but I think I'm close to having had my fill of ALT-ing. |
patriconia | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 36 | 8,693 | 2014-11-13, 8:40 pm | ||
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Thread: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? Post: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? I actually did dabble a bit in programming in high school...basically just learned a few basics. With regards to computers, other than that I took a network admin class in HS (though never got certifi... |
patriconia | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 36 | 8,693 | 2014-11-13, 3:33 am | ||
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Thread: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? Post: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? Thanks for the advice so far, everyone. Looks like a lot of the advice is to cast a broad net in a job search, and not to undervalue the tax experience. I have thought about the grad school/professor... |
patriconia | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 36 | 8,693 | 2014-11-12, 9:50 pm | ||
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Thread: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? Post: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? I'm 27, and did not go to a prestigious school - just two state colleges. The tax preparer position was something I got into because I needed a job and that was an opportunity that came up...not beca... |
patriconia | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 36 | 8,693 | 2014-11-12, 12:00 am | ||
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Thread: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? Post: The Post-JET/ALT Job Hunt - Now What? Right now I'm working in Japan as an ALT, but have been feeling it may soon be time to move on within the next year or two. I like living in Japan, and would like to stay, but I'm not exactly sure wha... |
patriconia | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 36 | 8,693 | 2014-11-11, 8:12 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles PotbellyPig Wrote:patriconia Wrote:I used the Step books and found them to be invaluable for the kanji/vocab lists, as well as practice items and example sentences. I found all the official Kanken boo... |
patriconia | General discussion | 397 | 123,331 | 2014-10-02, 6:07 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles I used the Step books and found them to be invaluable for the kanji/vocab lists, as well as practice items and example sentences. I found all the official Kanken books to be good for studying. |
patriconia | General discussion | 397 | 123,331 | 2014-10-01, 11:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Roumaji: Curse on mankind, or best thing since Funashi? Discuss. Post: Roumaji: Curse on mankind, or best thing since Fun... john555 Wrote:Here's an example of some people thoughtfully discussing Japanese grammar in romaji: http://www.science-bbs.com/115-lang-japa...5e60ab.htm You don't see anyone hysterically insisting t... |
patriconia | The Japanese language | 64 | 9,588 | 2014-09-11, 6:59 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles erlog Wrote:Congratulations, you did it faster than I did. You also got a better score. You should rest for a while. Well, admittedly, I did have a lot of free time in that year and a half to grind aw... |
patriconia | General discussion | 397 | 123,331 | 2014-07-22, 10:50 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles Got back my 2-kyu results yesterday: 読み (27/30) 部首 (10/10) 熟語の構成 (18/20) 四字熟語 - 書き取り (20/20) 四字熟語 - 意味 (10/10) 対義語・類義語 (20/20) 同音・同訓異字 (18/20) 誤字訂正 (6/10) おくりがな (10/10) 書き取り (38/50) TOTAL (177/200 [P... |
patriconia | General discussion | 397 | 123,331 | 2014-07-22, 10:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Anime with romaji subtitles Post: Anime with romaji subtitles Inny Jan Wrote:3. Kanji is not part of the spoken language, so the nightmare of learning words is there regardless of whether you study kanji or not. If kanji aren't part of the spoken language, than ... |
patriconia | Learning resources | 63 | 14,717 | 2014-06-25, 3:10 am | ||
