February 2012
42 posts
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nihonga-learning asked: How do you juggle school life and learning Japanese? Because I am finding it very hard..
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madamadamanda asked: Hey, since you're a fan of AJATT, I'm curious to hear your opinion on something! Apparently, the whole 10,000 sentences thing is now dead. Thoughts?
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I would hereby like to inform you
That I just successfully used the word “pinyin” while playing scrabble and got 22 points out of it, giving me a 30 point lead over both of my parents.
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Since I've started sentence-mining Sherlock...
It’s amazing, the difference it makes. Before I would just get all these arbitrary sentences with useful vocabulary and review them, and it was a bit like how your parents told you to eat vegetables when you were younger, except you were a very mature child and found a way to like them and dutifully shoved them down your throat because you knew that you needed nutrients.
Um.
Anyway, it...
“How to Make Small Talk 「どうでもいい話」をする方法...”
– あなたの地位と人脈は《スモールトーク》が決めている／ダンバー『ことばの起源』応用篇 読書猿Classic: between / beyond readers (via ginzuna) (via nikuniku) (via takaakik) (via sett4) (via kwskwa) (via maru-joe) (via uessai-text) (via 3000km) (via kml) (via tnoma)
2009-12-02
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Ahh, you know that Polyglot Chrome extension I just reblogged that looks all wonderful?
It doesn’t seem to be working for me. Is anyone else having problems?
An Awesome Chrome Extension for People Studying... →
vowelsme:
If you use Chrome (and you should, because it’s awesome) and are learning a foreign language, you should definitely install this extension. What does it do?
Polyglot [the name of the extension] translates randomly selected words on the sites you visit into a language of your choice, allowing you to learn and practice foreign vocabulary while you browse the Internet.
So if you’re...
Oh, dear.
Apparently, I need to get a new passport. Really soon. My current one expires this September, and EIL won’t accept it.
I just hope that they’ll…you know…temporarily accept it, because that’s part of the final application and the final application is due in a week or two, no exceptions.
…And hopefully, this time I won’t come out looking like an egg with...
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妄想ガール: Japanese with Reverse Lesson 9: Resources... →
reversebladesword:
I’m feeling a little bit sick today, so today I will offer you guys some useful resources to the Japanese language.
Japanese is a hard language and I frequently need to look up grammar rules, sentence patterns, or kanji. It may seem like I pull all of this straight from my head, but 80% of the…
Kanji Poster →
basicjapanese:
You can put all the joyo kanji on your wall!
Oh hi, wall in my room in which this ridiculously huge poster is currently hanging.
You can imagine my dad’s face when I told him I wanted to spend 35 bucks on a giant laminated poster with a bunch of Asian squiggles on it.
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And now, for a Sherlock Holmes sentence mining party!
Wonderful night is wonderful.
“仕事の３つのルール。乱雑さからシンプルなものを見つける。不和から調和を見つける。困難の中に機会がある。
Three Rules of Work: Out of...”
– Albert Einstein (via nihongogasuki)
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~Julia gets excited over Japanese music~
I’m listening to Galileo Galilei’s PORTAL for the first time. Yes, yes, It came out like two months ago, I’m really late.
But
OH MY GOD
WONDERFUL MUSIC
I really, really love the direction they’re going in. Before they were good, now they’re just like wow. One of the artists I was really sad about leaving when I switched...
midoriheiwa asked: Hi, I like your blog I'm also using the ajatt method well in the best way I can :P (english is not my native language), well to the point what's up with the furigana? why is so "bad" is not like the romanji why people are againts it?._. Greetings ^^
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All else aside, J-pop lyrics are strangely empowering.
3amorion asked: How long have you been studying?
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UtaTen: A Japanese music lyrics site. Oh, with...
FURIGANA, GUYS.
I’ve said it and I’ll say it again: one of the best and funnest ways to improve your Japanese is to sing along with songs while reading the Japanese lyrics. And this site just made it a whole lot easier, and a whole lot more effective.
(Bonus points if you know that song!)
You can also change the size of the text, and turn the furigana on and off. And, they seem...
athenasalem asked: Oh, also, where in Japan are you going to? I'll be studying in Nagoya all next year : )
smelltheraine asked: Can I ask where you found the japanese dub of Sherlock? And did it have japanese subs as well? I've been using the AJATT method for around 2-3 years now and personally I can't imagine learning a language any other way. Oh and by the way, have you ever tried using lang-8? It's a site I think Khatz talked about a long time ago in one of his posts and I think it's another helpful...
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Oh, I’ve thought myself into a panic again. Sometimes this happens.
/inhale
You know. I love Japanese. A lot. And um, I’ve thought a lot about pursuing it in college, and my family has started looking into it, and everything. Because I’m at that point where people are starting to ask me what I want to pursue in higher education.
Except, I mean, it’s just a language. A...
(Okay, I’m actually going to sleep now. Night, guys!)
zombizombi asked: Wow, congrats on your sentence mining. I've never heard of AJATT before but it seems like an interesting method. Do you think it's working for you well? I feel confused about the SRS business. But it seems like a method I might try since Japanese classes aren't available to me right now! Just wondered if you've reviewed how you feel about AJATT!
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「僕は自分自身の職業を持っている. おそらく世界でただ一人だと思う. 僕は専門的な助言をする探偵だ , もし君がどんなものか分かればだが
“Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I’m a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is.
—Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet
— シャーロックホームズ, 緋色の研究
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Is it wrong that I’m getting…emotional over this? The two things that I really, really love, coupled with intense waves of I-can-do-anything feelings. akldkflajf.
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Don't mind me, up at 1:30 am sentence mining the...
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So, how’s it going?
You see, I was going to go to sleep. But then I decided to look at those Japanese Sherlock Holmes files I downloaded a while ago for the heck of it. I mean, I didn’t think I could handle the grammar or vocab or anything…Sherlock Holmes is some pretty advanced stuff, right?
Except I can.
What the actual
What is this
I am legitimately sentence...
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I now know what to answer when people ask me what...
I will simply tell them that I understand enough for me to follow the Japanese audiobook of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone reasonably well.
Because I actually can.
For the longest time ever, it was like white noise in the background, another piece of Japanese audio I played whenever. But I realized a few days ago that I can actually understand a lot of it. Granted, I have read the...
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And now there isn’t enough room for me to list all my pets and their names.
Well gee, EIL. First languages, and now pets. It IS possible to have more than a couple of goldfish, you know.
And…their names! Their names! >:
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And oh, now the application is asking for languages I’ve studied.
…
There are only two drop-down boxes.
but I’ve done four wait why can’t I put them all down
I am putting a pause on Japanese immersion for the next few hours, because I swear I miss listening to Vienna Teng so much I can barely take it.
I need more STAMINA.
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Japanese grammar...Well, CLASSICAL Japanese...
I just came across this lovely little site that has information on classical (e.g., really-old-no-one-uses-it-anymore) Japanese grammar! Although it’s not very expansive and hasn’t been updated in ages, it’s still incredibly interesting. I would really like to get my hands on an entire book on the subject!
I just submitted my preliminary application to EIL! Part one of the application process completed.
And um, it’s just started to hit me. You know, the fact that I’m actually going. To Japan. This summer. Wow.
I’M ACTUALLY GOING.
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Remember how my dad started leaving me notes in...
Well, he’s decided to have a little bit more fun with it. At my expense.
I came home this evening, carrying god knows how many groceries and freezing cold. The second I walk up to my porch, I see a nice long page of Japanese taped to the door.
「 いづれの御時にか、女御、更衣あまたさぶらひたまひけるなかに、いとやむごとなき際にはあらぬが、すぐれて時めきたまふありけり。」
So I sit there for a five minutes with my iTouch dictionary, but I can’t...
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So, apparently, if you get your hands on an iTunes Japan gift card, you can trick iTunes into thinking that you’re Japanese and buy all the music, audiobooks and movies you want.
And, it looks like there are people who’ll get one for you.
I am seriously considering dishing out 100 bucks for two of those 3000 yen cards. And then buying lots of dubbed movies. And lots of...
Sometimes I forget that most people cannot...
Really, though.
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Watchcrosspistols:
In the Japanese dub, Watson has a deeper voice than Shyarock Sherlock… I do not know what this means but I am so unsure.
Uploaded for those with a morbid curiosity.
Edit, as it keeps being asked: Sherlock is voiced by Mikami Satoshi (三上哲), whilst Watson is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa (森川智之) who is best known for being the voice of Sephiroth (Final Fantasy 7)
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Tatoeba: Practice sentence structure, writing, and... →
ahoahogaki:
I use this site to practice sentence structure and writing. This goes for just about ANY language, not just Japanese and Korean.
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My dad's taken to leaving me notes around the...
Not that he can speak it; he uses google translate. It’s still incredibly amusing, though. I just walked up to my room to find this pasted on my door:
「あなたがシャワーの前にゴミを今夜取ることを忘れないでください。 -パパ」
and when I got home earlier, this was taped to my porch:
「こんにちは！学校はどうでしたか？ -パパ」
He never ceases to be amazed when I read them out for him, haha. My dad is the best.
January 2012
57 posts
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Dr. Who s1+2 ♛ Japanese Dub!
Links can be found here. Granted, there are a few episodes missing from each season…but hey! It’s Dr. Who! In Japanese!
All of the episode are on Nico Nico Douga; go here if you need help making an account.
Enjoy!
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ♔ Japanese...
Another great audiobook discovery!
Download it here.
As a bonus, here’s the entire book online in Japanese.
systole-diastole asked: Hello there! I'm now your follower c: I'm so happy to found your blog here & it's great! Well, I'm not currently learning Japanese for real at first, but after met those blogs like yours, kotobanoumi and many more, I feel like I wanna give myself a try. ^_^. Thanks for AJATT link. I did check it out, & I found it very helpful. Thank you again. Have a nice day....
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paraspam asked: I recently completed kanjidamage a couple of days ago. I remember you did the same in November or December. What did you do after?
Anonymous asked: Remove the 愛されていた and you've got it ;D
学生の先生「順子」: Japanese Practice via skype?... →
iio-tenkidesune:
I was wondering if any of you guys here would be interested in setting up some sort of language table for Japanese learners via Skype? It would be a small (or large?) group in skype where we’d all message each other in Japanese ^^. Moreover, we could also set up a meeting…
Oh, I like this! Perhaps we can arrange something?
If any of my followers are interested, leave an...
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