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    Thread: Dope Japanese Hip-Hop
Post: Dope Japanese Hip-Hop

私だけが見る月 - Cello a.k.a Massan × bashiry (Acoustic Live) [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNfCDcdkIDE]
temporary General discussion 762 217,351 2012-10-11, 4:52 pm
    Thread: easy online short stories.
Post: easy online short stories.

Very short (few minutes for a native reader) science fiction stories in natural contemporary language for adults (not in that sense, of course): http://maezou.seesaa.net/
temporary The Japanese language 11 4,067 2012-09-26, 1:06 am
    Thread: Medieval manuscript Japanese
Post: Medieval manuscript Japanese

Thank you! Now that I re-read your post I see you were careful to write only "kana". It was only my false assumption that these are hiragana...
temporary The Japanese language 12 6,032 2012-09-13, 2:00 am
    Thread: Medieval manuscript Japanese
Post: Medieval manuscript Japanese

yudantaiteki Wrote:The け is a 崩し字 of 遣 and the た comes from 堂. Interesting, but how this relates to this: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ファイル:Hiragana_origin.svg ?
temporary The Japanese language 12 6,032 2012-09-12, 12:50 pm
    Thread: 門、扉、ドア. What are the differences?
Post: 門、扉、ドア. What are the differences?

知恵袋 ― 扉とドアの違いってなんですか http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/...1384758213
temporary The Japanese language 20 2,453 2012-08-19, 4:25 am
    Thread: Downloading Movies from Youku
Post: Downloading Movies from Youku

Thanks for the proxy list! By the way, you should turn off the proxy usage in JDownloader after it decoded the actual download URLs (when they appear on the "Linkgrabber" tab), that way you can downl...
temporary Off topic 9 15,812 2012-08-05, 6:42 am
    Thread: Common Traits of an "English/American Accent" Japanese Perspective
Post: Common Traits of an "English/American Accent" Japa...

An other typical feature of English accent (beside heavy stress) is the use of diphtongs instead of long monophtong vowels, pronouncing のう /n'oʊ/ (like 'no', the English word), instead of /noo/.
temporary General discussion 31 14,608 2012-08-01, 3:57 am
    Thread: MEXT Scholarship 2012
Post: MEXT Scholarship 2012

Here's a successful applicant's detailed account of the whole process, complete with a 3 pg. research proposal: http://larsmartinson.com/how-i-got-the-m...rt-1-of-4/. May be useful for those intereste...
temporary JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 187 64,086 2012-07-27, 1:54 am
    Thread: Japanese Alternative/Punk/Hardcore
Post: Japanese Alternative/Punk/Hardcore

lostage (Alt Rock) SURRENDER [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9scRH45_WfA] こどもたち [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpK4M9REvnE] ミドリ (Punk-Jazz) ゆきこさん http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/nm13...
temporary Off topic 13 2,909 2012-06-16, 4:58 am
    Thread: Sound = Kana?
Post: Sound = Kana?

The 'h' in ひとつ is a voiceless palatal fricative. Pronounce it as in the English word 'hue'. Examples in other languages are on the Wikipedia article linked above. Also useful: https://en.wikipedia.or...
temporary The Japanese language 7 1,310 2012-05-30, 2:08 pm
    Thread: Book on Japanese Grammar in Japanese
Post: Book on Japanese Grammar in Japanese

These are not 1級 resources, but maybe others will find them useful: Basic grammar in many small pdf-s: http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/urawa/j_rsorcs/te...02_04.html Textbook, conversations on video (subtitl...
temporary Learning resources 7 2,910 2012-03-16, 10:31 am
    Thread: Pitch accent - how to get better at it?
Post: Pitch accent - how to get better at it?

Maybe some theory besides the immersion will help. I really like this book, for example: 田中 真一, 窪薗 晴夫: 日本語の発音教室―理論と練習 http://www.amazon.co.jp/日本語の発音教室―理論と練習-田...487424176X magnet:?xt=urn:btih:P3SW2...
temporary The Japanese language 46 7,556 2012-03-11, 1:51 pm
    Thread: A funny Japanese chilli product name + grammar parsing.
Post: A funny Japanese chilli product name + grammar par...

It means "Spicy while not spicy, a little bit spicy raayu", where the "while" corresponds to the te-form, indicating that the sauce is in these two states at the same time.
temporary The Japanese language 3 1,191 2012-02-05, 1:18 pm
    Thread: Has Japan Let You Down?
Post: Has Japan Let You Down?

If the burning is not perfect (as usual), there will be many different compounds in the exhaust, not only CO. The fumes of the kerosene itself can cause lightheadedness or fainting, like most organic ...
temporary General discussion 372 53,107 2012-02-03, 2:57 am
    Thread: Company's Own Website
Post: Company's Own Website

If you like Squarespace, take a look at Orbs, too. I found it even easier to use. http://orbs.com/
temporary Off topic 8 1,750 2012-01-25, 4:21 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

Is it possible to be too explicit and too implicit at the same time?
temporary Learning resources 277 117,288 2012-01-24, 5:03 am
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

I'm sure that's not everything that has been posted here but a nice collection nevertheless: http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=133601 And there's a lot more here: http://www.nyaa.eu/?pag...
temporary Learning resources 277 117,288 2012-01-22, 2:48 am
    Thread: Stutters and lisps in japanese
Post: Stutters and lisps in japanese

Tzadeck Wrote:Haha, indeed. Serves me right for posting when tipsy. ;) I thought you are assimilated into the Japanese culture so much that your sarcasm-sensors became inactive...
temporary General discussion 18 8,480 2012-01-21, 2:36 am
    Thread: Stutters and lisps in japanese
Post: Stutters and lisps in japanese

Don't be silly, Yudantaiteki was obviously joking. Anyway, a lisper rapper: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CosIJy5gcO4].
temporary General discussion 18 8,480 2012-01-20, 9:50 am
    Thread: Glomaji
Post: Glomaji

<some more smartarsery> The Big French Vocab Import happened after the Norman Conquer, so in fact, the English language had been raped.
temporary The Japanese language 157 14,951 2012-01-19, 1:29 pm
    Thread: Trade/Swap/Share media closed community
Post: Trade/Swap/Share media closed community

Mesqueeb Wrote:Well, I want a group a fun people on a forum, all studying languages. Here we are, isn't this a good place? Mesqueeb Wrote:... anything that is on nyaa is not hard to find... Is it for...
temporary Learning resources 36 3,965 2012-01-17, 7:17 am
    Thread: Trade/Swap/Share media closed community
Post: Trade/Swap/Share media closed community

Here is a magnet link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:CBKVT2KIDHEVOQSNXA3U5C5TCCTGYBSO&dn=%5b%e5%b2%a9%e6%98%8e%e5%9d%87%5d%20%e5%af%84%e7%94%9f%e7%8d%a3%20(%e5%ae%8c%e5%85%a8%e7%89%88)%20%e5%85%a88%e5%b7%b...
temporary Learning resources 36 3,965 2012-01-17, 4:45 am
    Thread: Trade/Swap/Share media closed community
Post: Trade/Swap/Share media closed community

I think the simplest solution would be torrenting via the OpenBitTorrent tracker. The forum would publish magnet links only.
temporary Learning resources 36 3,965 2012-01-16, 4:02 pm
    Thread: My kanji tattoo
Post: My kanji tattoo

貴 is also a good example of how the meaning of a kanji/word changes both in time and in context. 貴様 would literally mean (and in the past it did mean) "honored sir" (a polite form of "you"), but curre...
temporary Off topic 37 11,159 2012-01-12, 4:42 am
    Thread: Japanese U2?
Post: Japanese U2?

Just slip of the tongue, he was feeling dizzy.
temporary Off topic 2 1,177 2012-01-08, 1:26 pm
    Thread: The Special Things Going On In Japan
Post: The Special Things Going On In Japan

More on geeks, nerds and オタク (in Japanese, from English source): http://gigazine.net/news/20120105-geek-vs-nerd/
temporary General discussion 208 34,034 2012-01-06, 2:27 am
    Thread: New Japanese Slang
Post: New Japanese Slang

Slang dictionary, very useful and entertaining (for me, at least): http://zokugo-dict.com/
temporary The Japanese language 6 1,808 2012-01-03, 8:10 am
    Thread: 故事熟語百選
Post: 故事熟語百選

I just found a surprisingly nice site with a collection of old idioms related to life, human relations and business. It details their origin, meaning and correct usage. http://www.iec.co.jp/kojijyuku...
temporary Learning resources 0 448 2011-12-31, 4:50 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

「神は仰いました。信じよ、されば救われる。罪人も悪しき者も正しき者も」(旧約聖書の引用です)
temporary The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,438 2011-12-31, 3:30 am
    Thread: Are these the right Kanji symbols for a Tattoo?
Post: Are these the right Kanji symbols for a Tattoo?

No matter how well you know, or how carefully you research the kanji, you are almost surely bound to fail. If not now then ten years later. A word may mean "courageous" now, but in ten years it gains ...
temporary The Japanese language 42 10,581 2011-12-30, 10:28 am