Dave M G

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Lived in Japan for longer than I'd like to admit, given that my Japanese isn't where it should be given the time here.

Almost certainly failed the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) Level N1 in December of 2011. Doh! But I'm planning to keep on trucking and study right through until summer of 2012 in hopes of redemption.

Must... pass... test...

I'm strongest in reading, and weakest in speaking. I can never express my thoughts accurately enough or fast enough.

I also have a lot of bad habits when it comes to grammar, having gone for so long without proper study. Japanese is not a language learned by osmosis. I'm hoping to stamp those quirks out by asking questions here.

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May 7	accepted	Why censor this one kanji?
Mar 29	accepted	Is this sentence using はず complete?
Mar 21	accepted	Why is this guy hesitant to call and ask her out on a date?
Mar 18	accepted	Fooling honest people, or honest people look foolish?
Mar 14	accepted	How are these two sentences not negating their premise?
Mar 14	accepted	Slip of the mouth instead of a slip of the tongue?
Mar 12	accepted	The topic is the restaurant, or the conversation is at the restaurant?
Mar 6	accepted	How can a friendly person be “hard to approach”?
Mar 4	accepted	Does 凝{こ}る mean “absorbed in” or “artistic” in this sentence?
Mar 3	accepted	Why choose 念入{ねんい}り over まともに in this question?
Feb 2	accepted	What is a better translation for 「自分だけバカを見る」?
Dec 27	accepted	What function does 「しいて」 serve in this sentence?
Oct 26	accepted	How does the use of いかんによっては in this question determine one answer over another?
Oct 7	accepted	What is the difference between べからず and べからざる?
Oct 4	accepted	How do I interpret this question that ends with よ?
Aug 26	accepted	What is よ doing as a connector before a comma?
Jul 21	accepted	Does the kanji 妾 still get used by women to refer to themselves?
Jun 10	accepted	What are the rules determining the use of the dash in katakana?
Jun 10	accepted	Does 切った mean to “cut out” or “cut from”?
May 21	accepted	Does だけが mean “but only” or “not just”?