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An intermediate-level learner with an unhealthy fascination with kanji.
Strong dislike for all "One true way to learn Japanese" pronouncements.
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Aug 14 |
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aru vs iru : Why is aru in “Watakushi-wa untenshu-ga aru” (私は運転手がある) unacceptable? deleted 32 characters in body |
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Aug 13 |
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The gender of 子 This question probably comes from noticing how common '-ko' is as an ending for girls' names. |
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Aug 13 |
asked | aru vs iru : Why is aru in “Watakushi-wa untenshu-ga aru” (私は運転手がある) unacceptable? |
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Jul 26 |
answered | Why is there a “tsu” in Nippon (にっぽん)? |
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Jul 16 |
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What is the difference between キャリアウーマン, OL, and ビジネスウーマン @sawa: minor nit... it's "career" |
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Jul 13 |
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How do I “understand” kaomoji? (Japanese smilies) While accepting questions about "what is kaomoji: ( ・_・)ノ", etc should probably closed under "too localized", I'm pretty sure what the OP was asking for is basically this link: japaneseemoticons.net/all-japanese-emoticons . Note that each category is given a short introduction giving general strategies for interpreting particular emotions. |
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Jul 13 |
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Why are the katakana important to learn? @AndrewGrimm: I don't think it makes much difference, the point of the question gets through either way. With that said, though, this is an extremely basic question. It could have been answered with a google search, a glance at any of the language-learning resources listed in our resource thread, nearly any first year textbook, or even just reading two paragraphs into the katakana wikipedia page. It veers dangerously close to the 'motivate me plzkthx'-form of "learning question", but is probably okay in the current form. |
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Jul 13 |
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Why are the katakana important to learn? Removing the distracting statements about English... the ensuing conversation is generating far more heat than light |
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Jul 13 |
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Why are the katakana important to learn? @AndrewGrimm: I suspect several of the downvotes were for the inappropriate ad-hominems directed at other site users. As well as the defense along the lines of "Don't like it...? then answer my question!". |
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Jul 13 |
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Why are the katakana important to learn? @AndrewGrimm: Note the title of the question. |
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Jul 13 |
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Why are the katakana important to learn? I don't actually think your statement (that "loanword" is distinct from a "derived word") is accurate. A little bit of googling provides a series of linguistics academic papers that rather clearly show "loan words" with adapted spellings and meanings. Wikipedia may not always be reliable... but it usually is for matters like this. |
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Jul 13 |
answered | Why are the katakana important to learn? |
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Jul 10 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Jul 10 |
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How to say 24 divided by 8 equals 3 might as well correct the title >_> |
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Jul 9 |
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What does MC mean in Japanese? I think this answer was submitted as a response to the rather remarkable level of confusion over the MC term in the comment thread under sawa's answer. I agree it doesn't actually talk about the the Japanese adaptation of the word, but it does actually explain the word's origins. |
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Jul 9 |
awarded | Cleanup |
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Jul 9 |
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Why did the author use hiragana instead of kanji in the following examples? (長い,幼い) rolled back to a previous revision |
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Jul 9 |
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Why did the author use hiragana instead of kanji in the following examples? (長い,幼い) accidentally deleted 幼い in the example sentence... restoring. |
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Jun 19 |
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So what is the difference between の and こと in this sentence? possible duplicate of What is the difference between the nominalizers こと and の?. I suggested the duplication, but note that it doesn't quite answer this question yet, but should probably be edited to do so. |
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Jun 18 |
answered | Meaning of given character |
