Gerard Sexton

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I'm an Australian working in Tokyo in an international software start-up working on .Net and Salesforce projects.

And I am a practitioner of Kendo for 3 year in Osaka and Tokyo.

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Jun 9	awarded	Yearling
Sep 29	awarded	Scholar
Sep 29	accepted	Does the だ get dropped after an い-adjective
Sep 28	comment	Does the だ get dropped after an い-adjective @istrasci please add your suggestion as an answer so i can mark it.
Sep 16	comment	What are the advantages/disadvantages of writing in romaji instead of kanji, hiragana, and so on? @Dave Sorry to be ambiguous. I meant have a look at how Chinese children learn their own language. They start with pinyin and then move onto script.
Sep 16	comment	Does the だ get dropped after an い-adjective The old lady is a lady I know. The example I cited was from what I thought I heard, and as istrasci asked, I might not have heard it correctly and just stored that in my brain rule book incorrectly. As for the cultural reference, I don't know about 志村けん. The point of the question was to nail down the rule.
Sep 15	awarded	Student
Sep 15	asked	Does the だ get dropped after an い-adjective
Jul 27	comment	What is the exact definition of 泥棒? Yes, I like the reference to 泥棒 being the general term. I have been warned not to take persimmons from trees even though NO ONE will eat them otherwise they would call me 柿泥棒　（かきどろぼう）
Jul 26	comment	The significance of 前 {まえ} in Japanese language and culture @Ito First name and last name is probably what he was referring to.
Jul 25	comment	Am I coming or going? 戻ってくる vs 戻っていく @Derek Yes we need to be mindful of those situations but we are inconveniencing the people with our mistake. So, I think it would best to use the speech to accompany our feeling. They did after all call Dave on the phone to come get his forgotten item.
Jul 21	comment	What to say after someone sneezes @Hippietrail A big hey to another Aussie brother out there!
Jul 21	comment	What is the Japanese term for a gamer? And for game freaks/geeks/addicts ゲームオタク
Jul 21	awarded	Commentator
Jul 21	comment	What is the こと in sentences such as あなたのことが好きだ? The first time I heard this was when I was talking to a friend, who is now my wife, and she was telling me that when she was out with 3 others the other girl present told her later that she thought that one of the guys fancied her (my words). みち子のことが好きでしょう！ I couldnt give you a definite answer so i thought i wouldnt waste your time, but apparently there are more people who use こと when talking about people.
Jul 21	answered	Am I coming or going? 戻ってくる vs 戻っていく
Jul 19	comment	To not have: 持っていません or ありません？ i believe it is common to say ないです。If you just dont care and want to say ない　then just say it =)
Jul 13	comment	Ending a sentence with さ Plus the dialects change the usage of this sound a lot. Ie, in Osaka, children and young people use it at the end of the sentence as a crutch or speech style. So what we hear can be either standard or dialect.
Jul 11	answered	ユーザ or　ユーザー, which is more in use or is there no difference?
Jul 5	comment	The verbs of learning: 勉強する, 習う and 学ぶ dont forget 覚える！