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| location | Kyoto-shi, Japan | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
| seen | Aug 2 '12 at 7:06 | |
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Canadian expat living in Kyoto. I need to learn MATLAB scripting for numerical analysis for economics. I took a C+ class a long time ago and tried to learn a little HTML, but otherwise I'm a total coding noob.
In Japan we'd say 'yoroshiku onegaishimasu' - thanks in advance for taking care of me.
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Sep 7 |
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The many ways to say “and” in Japanese Great list, but I wonder about your 「勉強」 sentence. Usually, if there's a change (such as in the speaker's ability to speak English), don't people usually use conditional expressions like 「〜たら」? |
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Sep 7 |
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Non-distinguished animal pairs in Japanese It's a vastly different language with a vastly different history. The non-distinguished animal pairs you speak of are one of the many dissimilarities that make Japanese so difficult (rewarding) to study. English and Japanese have different building blocks (often Greek/Latin roots in English and kanji words in Japanese). In a language where basic ideas need to be individually distinguished with unique kanji, being economical with the number of symbols seems to be the right way to go, no? |
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Sep 7 |
answered | Colloquial use of「〜て〔い〕ない」, maybe instead of 「〜なかった」 |
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Aug 28 |
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The reality of answering いいえ to a negative question I would add the caveat that people often avoid answering with はい・いいえ in confusing situations like invitations (飲みに行きませんか Would you like to go drinking? ー 〔 ×いいえ、〕行きましょうよ Let's go!) or polite yes/no questions (31番でお待ちのお客様、いらっしゃいませんか Is the customer waiting under number 31 here?). I don't know if the OP meant to include these usages in the question, though. |
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Aug 28 |
answered | How to read the X in 5X4間? |
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Aug 28 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Aug 27 |
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I can't stand 立つ【た・つ】: Do all its meanings derive from “stand”? Hahaha, that's really funny. I noticed when I was reading code words that it was full of stereotypes but I just figured it was because he was old. I'm definitely going to grab a copy of Women of the Orient now though! |
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Aug 27 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Aug 27 |
answered | What is the difference between そうか and そっか? |
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Aug 27 |
answered | When women use わ at the end of a sentence, is it different from よ? |
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Aug 27 |
answered | I can't stand 立つ【た・つ】: Do all its meanings derive from “stand”? |
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Aug 27 |
answered | Is this grammatical: 彼は映画スターであり、政治家もだ。 |
