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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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Jul 29 |
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Does the Japanese language only have negative terms for flirting? By request, changed the title and added lines to make it more clear this is a question about language and not culture. |
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Jul 29 |
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does anyone know of any o-words or go-words which are absolutely neutral? Updated answer to reflect updated question. |
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Jul 29 |
answered | does anyone know of any o-words or go-words which are absolutely neutral? |
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Jul 29 |
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Does the Japanese language only have negative terms for flirting? @Axioplase: The actual act of flirting is done frequently, and is accepted, it's just the observation of it where negative connotations take hold. |
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Jul 29 |
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How would one convey the concept of “vouching” in Japanese? Fixed typo. |
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Jul 29 |
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What is the difference between 照{て}れる and 照{て}れてる? edited body |
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Jul 29 |
asked | Does the Japanese language only have negative terms for flirting? |
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Jul 29 |
asked | How would one convey the concept of “vouching” in Japanese? |
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Jul 29 |
asked | What is the difference between 照{て}れる and 照{て}れてる? |
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Jul 29 |
accepted | What are the origins of ド when used as emphasis, and is it always negative? |
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Jul 29 |
awarded | Enthusiast |
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Jul 29 |
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What is the らせ form of a verb? @sawa: Agreed that language hacker needs to be more careful to post relevant questions. However, with much respect and appreciation for the fact that you are helping generate traffic and helpful answers on the site, you could do a lot to stop language hacker from posting irrelevant tweets by not rushing to answer every time he posts. You seem to try to answer no matter what the quality of his question, and the presence of your answer gives more validity than it deserves. This question should have been ignored. Please consider that always responding might encourage more poor questions. |
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Jul 29 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Jul 29 |
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Difference between ◯◯を掃除 and ◯◯に掃除 @language hacker: Rushing to accept an answer so as to protect a question is indicative of a complete misuse of the site and a misunderstanding of its purpose. Any question that requires such behaviour is clearly flawed, as any normal question should be able to sit indefinitely until the right answer comes along. |
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Jul 28 |
asked | What are the origins of ド when used as emphasis, and is it always negative? |
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Jul 28 |
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Is there an equivalent to George Carlin's “Seven Dirty Words” in Japanese? @hippietrail: Thanks for that link. Very enjoyable. I'm a fan of Pinker, having read many of his books, which is why I believe that swearing is connected to some fundamental brain processes, and why I don't believe all Japanese cursing is purely contextual. Amanda made clear at least one, and I can think of at least one other. Still, something is still not sitting right with me about how cursing is handled in Japanese. Right now, I'm thinking that where the strangeness is has something to do with the question of why Japanese culture is believed to not have them, both from outside and within. |
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Jul 28 |
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Is there an equivalent to George Carlin's “Seven Dirty Words” in Japanese? I gave this answer the check over rintaun's because while it didn't quite hit all the points I hoped to address, it was at least concrete about answering some. I'm still a little fuzzy about some aspect of the place of curse words in Japanese, but after much consideration, I'm not sure I'm asking the right questions. I know I don't get something, but I don't know what. |
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Jul 28 |
accepted | Is there an equivalent to George Carlin's “Seven Dirty Words” in Japanese? |
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Jul 26 |
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What does 男前 mean when used to describe a woman? Just as an aside, when I think of "a handsome woman", I think of someone like Sigourney Weaver. And that was before I looked at the link provided and saw that, apparently, I'm not alone in that. |
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Jul 26 |
answered | What does 男前 mean when used to describe a woman? |
