silvermaple

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I spent my Junior year of university in Yamaguchi, Japan, and am currently studying for N1 to get into a post-grad program to become an interpreter.

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Dec 16	comment	How can I differentiate agreement with the person and agreement with the idea? That's a really good question, I have a hard time with those myself! Wouldn't 「そうだ」　be like 「そうですね」? Because to me that seems a little ambivalent...a filler phrase to let the speaker know you've understood what they've said. Granted my grasp on this area is quite weak...
Dec 16	revised	can we optionally include (or exclude) an を particle in between the noun of the する-verb and the する itself? made the links eaiser to look at/read
Dec 16	suggested	suggested edit on can we optionally include (or exclude) an を particle in between the noun of the する-verb and the する itself?
Dec 15	asked	How does one know how to read 堪える? Is it 「こたえる」、「こらえる」 or 「たえる」?
Dec 14	revised	stroke-count wiki excerpt added 71 characters in body
Dec 14	suggested	suggested edit on stroke-count tag wiki excerpt
Dec 14	wiki	created stroke-count excerpt
Dec 14	asked	Is 胡 missplaced in the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary?
Dec 14	comment	Why are there 3 ways of writing in Japanese? @Dave I was thinking the same thing, then I came back and saw your comment, I've edited it :)
Dec 14	revised	Why are there 3 ways of writing in Japanese? clarification, directed to link in comments
Dec 14	comment	Why are there 3 ways of writing in Japanese? @Dave Yes, there are other uses for Katakana...I thought I mentioned that but it is sort of unclear the way I put it
Dec 14	revised	Why are there 3 ways of writing in Japanese? clarified the question
Dec 14	suggested	suggested edit on Why are there 3 ways of writing in Japanese?
Dec 14	revised	Making sense out of Japanese proverbs made the links eaiser to look at/read
Dec 14	suggested	suggested edit on Making sense out of Japanese proverbs
Dec 14	comment	Why are there 3 ways of writing in Japanese? @Andrew I think what he meant was that, of course it is not the proper way of writing if you use all caps, but one can read it, and it doesn't really change the meaning of the words.
Dec 14	comment	Why are there 3 ways of writing in Japanese? @sawa I think that's true from a usage standpoint, but not really from a learning standpoint. Someone seeing the alphabet we use in English for the first time would not be able to tell 'A' and 'a' were not the same letter. They're close but not the same.
Dec 14	comment	Making sense out of Japanese proverbs Maybe, the first one is saying you have a soft head. The second one might be like saying "eat s**t" in English...
Dec 13	answered	Why are there 3 ways of writing in Japanese?
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