Asakk wrote:

よって

It's a word meaning "depending on"

土地によって: "Depending on the soil...."

Does anyone know how "汚部屋" might be read?  I don't see how "きたな”　”よご”　or "お” could blend with the word 部屋 very easily.  I often have problems with exceptions like these, where the reading isn't very predictable.  (by the way, the word was taken from the title of this article: http://www.lifehacker.jp/2009/08/post_1129.html )

Also, ”外出嫌いの人” comes to me as "がいしゅつ　ぎらい".  I can't picture it being "きらい” but I just want to know for sure before I put it in the SRS.  Thank you!

If t's like another slang term 汚ギャル (o-girl: girl who never takes a shower/bath), it's probably read おへや.

A quick google search seems to hint that is the case.
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn/234 … %E3%81%B8/
it's a word that means "a room so dirty there ain't a place to put your foot down"

Completely stumped on this one...
Sentence from a Light Novel, 撲殺天使ドクロちゃん, here's the full sentence:

四時間目の数学の時間、ドクロちゃんのせいで宿題を忘れた僕が廊下に水入りのバケツを持って立たされたせいでもあいります。

「水入りのバケツを持って」 Is this a metaphor or a saying or something? I tried looking it up in a dictionary but nothing comes up.

*PS, Is there a quick method of looking things like this up?

Last edited by bombpersons (2009 August 24, 1:23 pm)

Tobberoth wrote:

You've never seen an anime? In Japan, it's classic to let the kids who do bad things (like forget homework) to stand outside in the corridor, holding buckets of water.

Watch Azumanga Daioh. It happens in it, and it's an amazingly good and hilarious anime.

Huh? I've never heard of that before! I would never expected it to be literal 0.o whoops

カイリも一緒にさぼってたろ

What does the 「たろ」 indicate?

hello, I'm doing KO and got to this sentence:
日本の文化についての本を読んだ。私の国の文化と違うので、おもしろかった。

I don't understand the "と" particle in "私の国の文化と違うので" , I thought it should be another one, may somone explain it to me? Thanks in advance

その男は３０キロからある荷物をひょいと肩に担いだ。

is a sentence from KM1kyuu.

担い is read かつい according to the furigana, but I cannot find an entry for that *anywhere*. I've tried all my dictionaries and a few online ones. The Heisig meaning is "shouldering" which makes sense in this context. But I'm just wondering why I'm having such trouble finding it in a dictionary; is it an extremely rare word?

No I rarely use Rikachan (I don't like Firefox). Thanks though, I wasn't unconjugating it properly. 担ぐ shows up just fine

こう: like this, it's a kosoado word just like どう and そう
滑れる (ずれる): to slip, but the kanji is used incorrectly (the word takes no kanji, the entry for ずれる in EDICT is incorrect. 滑れる is actually read すべれる=to be able to slip)
あひら: not a word, you or your list has a typo. maybe あひる(=duck)
~帳 (~ちょう): (bound) papers/notes

ex: 電話帳 = phonebook
ex: 単語帳 = flashcards
ex: 手帳 = (pocket) notebook

Keep in mind that every JLPT vocab list is a heap of unproofread crap with automatically generated EDICT definitions. They only differ in their level of crappiness. I found the (pro) playsay list to be the best, but it was still full of mistakes.

Last edited by Jarvik7 (2009 August 28, 3:01 am)

Thank you!

D'oh about the こう...Amazing how you can think "maybe it's a verb, maybe a noun" and forget that it's just what you have been using a 1000 times Thank you.

Is there a good resource where I can look up meanings of single Kanji with a "~" in front of it? (Kanji that get attached/prefixed to something)

It's not a feminine emphasis marker. もん is the same as もの but sounds more cute. They denote the reason for something and it sounds like the speaker is making an excuse, like someone is implying they did something wrong.

It is very often coupled with だって〜もの. It isn't a strong way to speak, so definitely women do use it more than men, but it sounds more emotional/cute than feminine.

I got a question for some of you more experienced people who know your nuances. According to the アクス series JLPT2 vocab book, 使用で出かける means "To go out for a personal matter." However, 使用 means "use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation." I think you can see my problem.

I've been double-checking various translations in this 1300 yen vocab book (Get what you pay for??) and only a handful have been BAD to the point of needing correction.... either I'm missing a nuance, or this translation is just WAY off. Any help much appreciated, thanks!!