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 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?
Dec 12	awarded	Commentator
Dec 12	accepted	How does one transcribe the romaji “ō”?
Dec 12	comment	What is the difference between 楊 and 柳 which both mean “Willow” I wish I could accept two answers, I appreciate your answer too!
Dec 12	accepted	What is the difference between 楊 and 柳 which both mean “Willow”
Dec 12	accepted	What are the rules for the plural suffix ～ら
Dec 12	revised	How to use とりあえず in sentences fixed some grammar (punctuation)
Dec 12	revised	When and how did USA and UK come to be written as [米]{べい}[国]{こく} and [英]{えい}[国]{こく}? made the links eaiser to look at/read
Dec 12	suggested	suggested edit on When and how did USA and UK come to be written as [米]{べい}[国]{こく} and [英]{えい}[国]{こく}?
Dec 12	suggested	suggested edit on How to use とりあえず in sentences
Dec 12	comment	How to use とりあえず in sentences While that's true, the example sentence doesn't really work. See fefe's answer for how to fix it.
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Dec 11	awarded	Peer Pressure
Dec 10	revised	What are the rules for the plural suffix ～ら Clarification of question
Dec 10	comment	What are the rules for the plural suffix ～ら @sawa I see what you're saying, but what I don't understand is why it's used in the newspaper, which as far as I know, doesn't use informal phrases. I re-read the first source...I misunderstood what it was trying to say, that ら　can be used for かれ, but it's not exclusive to it.
Dec 10	comment	what exactly does the suffix とはいえ　mean? I never realized how intentional the omission of a written kanji is! Also, great explanation, Thank you!