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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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Jul 14 |
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How do I “understand” kaomoji? (Japanese smilies) Bookmarked! Thank you so much ＼（Ｔ∇Ｔ）／ |
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Jul 14 |
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Why is the Japanese government considering adding kanji such as “cancer” to the jinmeiyō kanji? I thought that the names list was made from seeing what people where actually using in names. Is that part of what your question is? I hope no one names their child "corpse"... |
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Jul 1 |
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What particles are best for this item? Particles aren't my strong suit, but I would say でも．でも |
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Jun 28 |
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Why is 「人口」 used to denote population? I always wondered this too :) |
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Jun 26 |
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は as sentence final particle @gibbon, neither did I, it was something I just learned from hearing people use it :) |
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Jun 25 |
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Switch between transitives and intransitives @Gradius: I 100% agree. |
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Jun 25 |
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Switch between transitives and intransitives @sawa, two things: One, what is a "Google fundamentalist"? I think I know what you're trying to say, but I don't think you said it how you meant it. Secondly, I'm not sure if English is your first language, but saying "the user in question" comes off as quite rude in this context. It's implies (at least to me) that his fault is so awful that you can't even speak his name (or write out his pseudonym as the case may be). I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you didn't mean it that way. |
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Jun 22 |
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How to translate standalone noun + a ます verb (in a heading) If this isn't right, can someone correct me, instead of just donwvoting. Much more helpful that way. |
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Jun 21 |
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For how long has Japanese been the official language of Japan? @DaveMG Oh, I'm sorry, I changed the title before I read your comment, now I feel like a jerk :( Just every time I read it seems so sarcastic, it takes me a while to realize that olchauvin is asking a legitimate question... |
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Jun 20 |
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How is this もって used? @Gradius, yeah those were poor translations, I was more trying to nail down the actual meaning. I'll take it you think it's the former meaning [1]? |
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Jun 20 |
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Why is the Japanese currency pronounced “yen” in English? @sawa: Wouldn't it be a cultural bias if he asked "why isn't ¥ used more often", because we use $ so much in English? "Why don't they do it like us?" is a cultural bias, not "Why do they copy our methods?". |
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Jun 20 |
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Why is the Japanese currency pronounced “yen” in English? @sawa: I disagree...I don't think this is much different then asking for readings on a kanji. Also, I think this is a question a lot of beginners (and above) would have. I know I went a while (probably longer than I should have) thinking that "en" was used in some occasions, but there must be an occasion that it was read "yen" and I just hadn't learned it... |
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Jun 16 |
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Can the suffix -人 be used to express heritage? @DaveMG: Cheers :) |
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Jun 12 |
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Can the suffix -人 be used to express heritage? It does help a lot actually :) I know this is an odd and sometimes hot-button issue in Japan, and that's one of the reasons why it's been bugging me for so long. |
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Jun 12 |
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Can the suffix -人 be used to express heritage? @Pacerier: Oh, good call :) |
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Jun 12 |
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Can the suffix -人 be used to express heritage? @Pacerier: I'm not sure how it's related, unless you're saying it's too subjective... |
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Jun 12 |
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Is the word ハーフ derogatory? In the US a Yankee is someone from New England, which is where I'm from, so that makes me a Yank...maybe it could be used as an insult, but as far as I'm concerned, it's just a description (or a baseball team). In any event, it's no where near the level of what you're talking about. |
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Jun 11 |
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What particles can be used in the ～よう ～まい pattern? I'm wondering why this question was donwvoted... |
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Jun 11 |
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Why would you use まいります for rain? (降ってまいります) @TsuyoshiIto: It was hard to notice for me as well, but now it's much better! Thanks :) |
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Jun 10 |
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Why would you use まいります for rain? (降ってまいります) That's really interesting, I had no idea about that. |
