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Hi! I'm learning Japanese, but I'm not too good at it.

こんにちは! 日本語を勉強しているんですけど、かなり下手です^^;


Jan
27
comment A question about the usage of ため and spacing
Bug reported to jisho.org. EDIT: Good news! Kim Ahlström responded to my email saying the bug with jisho.org has been fixed!
Jan
27
comment A question about the usage of ため and spacing
@user1205935 Looks like jisho.org is formatting edict in a misleading way. The (whatever) before a number belongs to the following sense, not the preceding, but jisho.org puts the line break just before the number. (It also seems to discard the (whatever) before sense #1 entirely on entries like いい加減. Yikes!)
Jan
27
comment Where can i learn Kanji Free and Easy
You might like the kanji game at lrnj.com (though I don't personally think it's a very good way to learn kanji and wouldn't recommend it, you might think it's "fun"!)
Jan
27
comment Is it always ができる?
I think the question title needs editing, but I'm not sure how best to phrase it. When I read it right now, I think "Is what always ができる?"
Jan
27
revised Expressing hope: to nozomu and koto wo negau
edited tags; edited title
Jan
27
comment How and when to use せや and its variants in Kansai-ben?
Maybe it's a portmanteau of "略 + conception" or "略 + inception" meaning "a new 略 is created"!
Jan
27
comment Will verbal irony and sarcasm be understood and/or appreciated?
There are English native speakers who have trouble detecting them, too. I think it varies from area to area. When I moved to California, I found that I had to break the habit of constantly saying the opposite of what I meant! No one understood me.
Jan
26
comment Can't parse なるうるわけ
I think you've been misled by "over 1000 results". If you scroll down, you'll see there are only 2 pages of results, and when you click to the second page, it says there are only 13.
Jan
26
comment What is the difference between こんにちは and もしもし?
I'd like to second the idea that you shouldn't try to learn Japanese from Google Translate. Please see the question Resources for learning Japanese.
Jan
26
revised What is the difference between こんにちは and もしもし?
Change focus of question from Google to Japanese
Jan
25
comment Do demons get any special honorifics?
I don't think so, but there's an entertainer who goes by the name デーモン閣下 :-)
Jan
25
answered What is the name of the wooden hook support on the walls of traditional Japanese rooms?
Jan
24
revised What is the difference between 上{あ}げる and 挙{あ}げる?
added 1 characters in body; edited tags; edited title
Jan
24
comment Use of 〜ないものか with もうすこし/どうにか/なんとか
I think it might be misleading. If I search Google to try to find out what "infinitive" means in Japanese, none of the top results agree with "infinitive = plain form". Two of them claim it is a name for the 連用形 (e.g. 行き). I think perhaps "plain form" is more likely to be understood.
Jan
24
comment i-adjectives that end in a 〜ない which doesn't seem to be 〜無{な}い
危ない切ない
Jan
24
comment Use of 〜ないものか with もうすこし/どうにか/なんとか
Is "infinitive" right? 大辞林 says it attaches to the 連体形. Which form are you referring to as "infinitive"?
Jan
23
awarded  Custodian
Jan
23
reviewed Approve suggested edit on Usage of ~まんねん (関西弁)
Jan
22
awarded  Citizen Patrol
Jan
22
comment Passive form - The exact difference between を and が
blog.livedoor.jp/s_izuha/archives/1192893.html