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    Thread: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions in kana?
Post: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions i...

jimeux Wrote:At least in Tokyo, doctors are a lot more specialised, even to the point where it's hard to choose one (I was used to GPs in the UK). If you're going to a 耳鼻咽喉科, they're probably going to...
FeloniousMonk Off topic 17 3,141 2015-02-16, 4:07 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

john555 Wrote:Hi everyone, does the following mean "her relationship with her lover Tsurumatsu": 恋人の鶴松との中を... Koibito no Tsurumatu to no naka o.... Yes. john555 Wrote:My real question is, is it cor...
FeloniousMonk The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,181 2015-02-15, 2:19 am
    Thread: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions in kana?
Post: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions i...

Never happened once, and I got sick a lot. Even country docs and two ENTs.
FeloniousMonk Off topic 17 3,141 2015-02-15, 12:50 am
    Thread: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions in kana?
Post: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions i...

Actually, thinking back, even the huge western-style hospital I went to in Osaka had me go to a separate pharmacy, so maybe it's a Kansai-quirk, or RQ has been super lucky? Dunno. Anyway, here's wha...
FeloniousMonk Off topic 17 3,141 2015-02-14, 6:39 pm
    Thread: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions in kana?
Post: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions i...

RandomQuotes Wrote:It depends on the medication. A lot of drugs have katakana names, but not all. However, most of the time you don't ever need to touch your prescription, as in most doctor's office...
FeloniousMonk Off topic 17 3,141 2015-02-14, 6:00 pm
    Thread: increasing listening skill
Post: increasing listening skill

If you can get over the feelings of awkwardness, I'd suggest shadowing. The stuff on Japanesepod101 is a good place to start. First, shadow the passage without the text until you feel like you're no...
FeloniousMonk The Japanese language 26 4,528 2015-02-14, 5:18 pm
    Thread: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tranlator?
Post: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tran...

Energist Wrote:Is 33-years-old too old to become a professional Japanese translator? No, but I think you're asking the wrong question. Really, you should be asking yourself "Do I want to go to Japan?...
FeloniousMonk General discussion 27 6,087 2015-02-11, 8:35 pm
    Thread: Honyakujoshua - My One Tip on Becoming a Professional Translator
Post: Honyakujoshua - My One Tip on Becoming a Professio...

And the Epis'trophy' for deepest cut goes to... Man, hadn't thought about that movie for years. Was bouncing back and forth from L1 to L2 pages when I wrote my reply, so I thought you were teasing m...
FeloniousMonk Learning resources 4 1,024 2015-02-10, 8:23 pm
    Thread: Honyakujoshua - My One Tip on Becoming a Professional Translator
Post: Honyakujoshua - My One Tip on Becoming a Professio...

Agreed. It's difficult learning where to start off as a translator, and learning the business directly would definitely set you up a lot better for a career than trying to figure it all out on your o...
FeloniousMonk Learning resources 4 1,024 2015-02-10, 6:40 pm
    Thread: "Cultural Interviews with Japanese Executives" site relocated
Post: "Cultural Interviews with Japanese Executives" sit...

Not sure if anyone else was using it, but the University of Texas Austin site "Cultural Interviews with Japanese Executives" (great for shadowing, reading comprehension) has been taken down. I sent a...
FeloniousMonk Learning resources 1 613 2015-02-10, 5:53 pm
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Just an update, but the first entry under "Links" "Cultural Interviews with Japanese-Speaking Executives http://www.laits.utexas.edu/orkelm/japan/index.html" Has been taken down. I sent an E-mail t...
FeloniousMonk Learning resources 497 278,640 2015-02-10, 5:43 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

Hey guys, first, I can't thank you enough. I'm a huge fan of clozed sentences for review, but up until Rikaisama, making the cards was such a huge chore that I could rarely get myself to do it. Now,...
FeloniousMonk Learning resources 859 243,920 2012-05-20, 2:38 am
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

Dur. Looks like I should check more thoroughly before I post something that doesn't actually include two clear instances of the same word in the sentence. "すぐに修理申込みを行うお客様は「インターネット修理予約システムで申込む」をクリックし...
FeloniousMonk Learning resources 298 107,567 2011-03-22, 8:43 pm
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

FooSoft Wrote:...Maybe the answer is just to provide additional escape markers for sentences, so something like: %sb - sentence before word %sa - sentence after word So then you could do something l...
FeloniousMonk Learning resources 298 107,567 2011-03-22, 12:26 am
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

This is awesome, you are awesome, and the time this saves me doing manual input is awesome. I know someone's already mentioned it, but Cloze deletion of the Expression from the Sentence would sure be...
FeloniousMonk Learning resources 298 107,567 2011-03-13, 9:32 pm
    Thread: rikaichan-style Standalone app / Anki plugin
Post: rikaichan-style Standalone app / Anki plugin

You are my personal hero. I've been fighting with the OnlineLookup plugin for Anki, and trying to get it to pull from dictionary.app in OSX (same core dictionaries) to speed lookup enough to make m...
FeloniousMonk Learning resources 24 10,601 2011-03-09, 12:25 am