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Post by Jembru on Sept 15, 2014 2:10:59 GMT
One of the characters in Pom Poko recites that line! I'm at work so can't check how he words it, but if I remember I'll take a look when I get home. I'm curious now! Haha.
Not sure how on-topic this is, but a few episodes back in the drama I'm watching, I came by the expression.. ロミジュリ状態. I thought that was pretty cool. It was used to describe the situation of the children of two rival family businesses being banned by their parents from being friends. Much like Romeo and Juliet. It mustn't be that common an expression though, because one character had to ask what it meant for the sake of the viewers at home. Still, that's the closest to Shakespeare Japanese I know and I wanted to join in! Lol
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Post by Bokusenou on Sept 20, 2014 22:55:47 GMT
kakijun.jp/main/main_etc_0123.htmlIn Japan, numbers have a very specific stroke order, like kanji. I was doing this Kanji Kentei quiz game, and there's a question type where you need to write how many strokes a kanji has. The game wouldn't accept some of my numbers, no matter how many times I tried, then I looked up the stroke order of numbers in Japan. Once I started writing my numbers the Japanese way, like in the link above, the game had no problem recognizing them. Jembru ロミジュリ状態? I haven't heard that before! Pretty interesting!
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Post by 魔 on Oct 20, 2014 23:15:53 GMT
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Post by Jembru on Nov 6, 2014 14:52:30 GMT
I just discovered that there are online voice recorders. I've been using my phone because the one on my PC won't let me playback the audio without saving and then opening it from the save file, which is very cumbersome when all you're doing is drilling dialogue and checking for mistakes. My phone too makes me save the files, so while it's a bit better, it still isn't ideal. The free voice recorder I downloaded on my laptop had all kinds of annoying programs attached that I couldn't choose not to download, so I wasn't going there again. In the end I asked JP Santa for a dicta-phone for Christmas, but I might cancel that request now that I've found this. Online Voice RecorderI've used it a few times and it is perfect. You CAN save files to your PC if you wish to, but if you just need to playback once and then forget it forever, you can click 'Record Again' and it's as though your recording never existed! PERFECT.
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Post by Bokusenou on Nov 23, 2014 3:34:58 GMT
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXFHv3qylTIIn the conversation group I go to someone introduced me to a show called 週刊ストーリーランド. It kind of reminds me of The Twilight Zone. Everything starts out normally, but then something starts to feel a little bit off... It's done in a sort of odd mix of anime & live action, and each episode is around 10-15 minutes or so. Oh yeah, all the episodes I've seen have Japanese subtitles included, which makes looking up words easier. Doing a Google video search for it brings up a lot of results, which is nice. If you don't mind that it doesn't have English subs, and enjoy stuff like The Twilight Zone, I recommend giving it a try.
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Post by Jembru on Jan 17, 2015 17:08:38 GMT
I've recently started using Japanese lingq. Anyone else tried this site? It's free (so far ^^), and I really like it. It appears to have many features I'm yet to explore, but so far I'm using it for the podcasts. The level is mainly intermediate as far as I can tell, but the topics are varied and wide-ranging. The conversations are Japanese only and usually between 2 or 3 people. Because the speakers are a mix of native speakers and foreigners, it feels very reminiscent of the Japanese I'm used to hearing when with my friends (in fact one girl called 'Emma', speaks extremely similarly to one of my closest Japanese speaking friends, which is really nice!). It's 'Jemma Japanese' I guess . Each podcast is transcribed (although the way they break the words up is a bit irritating if you ask me). Words you haven't told the program you know, are highlighted in blue. This means when you first start using it the whole thing is highlighted! There's a button at the bottom you can press that marks all highlighted words as known. So when you first start, it's probably best just to hit that and should there be any words you didn't know, add them to anki or whatever. After that, you can enjoy clicking on words to let the program know you already knew it, and leaving them blue until you've mastered them on anki. By adding words you can buy items for your.. erm... monster thingy (avatar), and also level up. You can also slow down the track if you wish too, although the natural speed seems quite manageable I think. I'm so glad to have found this, although I wish I'd found it last year. I always felt a bit disenchanted that there wasn't anything like NHK easy News for people with no immediate need for the vocabulary found in news stories (and I actually AM using that site now ^^). Well, better late than never hey.
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Post by Bokusenou on Jan 17, 2015 21:20:20 GMT
18+ only: www.fleapedia.com is like a funnier, more detailed (in some ways) version of a Japanese monolingual dictionary site. It's lots of fun, and often contains little word usage details the usual dictionaries leave out.
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Post by Jembru on Jan 18, 2015 9:13:33 GMT
Woah.. That is.. aaah..
I only read a few entries and I think it needs an 18 rating! If it's not sexual, it's sexist! Haha. What an interesting way to remember vocabulary though. Awesome find there Rin!
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Post by Bokusenou on Jan 18, 2015 13:59:48 GMT
Oh, darn... The few entries I came upon from Googling words were fine. I just read some others though...Maybe I should take it down then.^-^; On a more child-friendly note, kids.yahoo.co.jp is fun to browse through, and like most Japanese kids' sites, it uses less kanji.
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Post by Jembru on Jan 18, 2015 16:16:05 GMT
Oh, darn... The few entries I came upon from Googling words were fine. I just read some others though...Maybe I should take it down then.^-^; Hmm, I dunno. Some were funny and it's definitely educational. Maybe just add a warning and let our members make up their own minds as to whether or not they want to visit the site. Nothing was particularly offensive really, but how offensive something is is subjective, and I have a pretty crude sense of humour anyway. I've bookmarked just in case you decide to remove the link. On a more child-friendly note, kids.yahoo.co.jp is fun to browse through, and like most Japanese kids' sites, it uses less kanji. I am ALL over the pokemon section! ^^
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Post by Bokusenou on Jan 19, 2015 5:48:16 GMT
OK, I just added an 18+ rating then.
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Post by Jembru on Jan 19, 2015 14:46:45 GMT
OMG I am ALL over this Lingq. So here's what I've discovered after 2 days of using it.
-They email you every day with a motivational message and a little study plan for the day. It's a really sweet touch.
-The founder made a video series that you can access via the site with tips on how to improve your learning
-When you come by a word you don't know, you can add it to a study list. There is then an anki style flash card program you can use to drill them. There is an option to play a sound clip of each word, and the sentence it appeared in when you added the word is printed beneath it to jog your memory of the context you found it in.
It seems too good to be true. I'm really nervous that soon I'll be messaged thanking me for taking part in the free trial.. if I want to continue I can subscribe for just...'
Well, I guess I'd pay to be honest. This is a perfect follow-on from japanesepod101.
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Post by Jembru on Jan 20, 2015 12:44:48 GMT
It seems too good to be true. I'm really nervous that soon I'll be messaged thanking me for taking part in the free trial.. if I want to continue I can subscribe for just...' What a shocker. I've just been told if I want to add more lingq's to the flash card game, or mark any more words as 'known' I'll have to upgrade to premium. I'm not too surprised. There was way too much content for them not to make money off it. It's still a great resource though, and I'll seriously consider subscribing. I'm just a little irritated that they were sneaky about it. Jpod101 is very upfront about what non-payers and paid members can access. If your providing a service, and believe in its value, then why would you be shy to admit there is a fee?
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Post by chocopie on Jan 20, 2015 18:51:51 GMT
I'm just a little irritated that they were sneaky about it. Jpod101 is very upfront about what non-payers and paid members can access. If your providing a service, and believe in its value, then why would you be shy to admit there is a fee? I found jpod kind of sneaky too though. I signed up just for the basic free account, and then they'd keep sending me emails telling me if I signed up for premium right now they'd give me a discount! What if I'd signed up for premium straight away? Would I just have had to pay the full price? Who knows...
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Post by chocopie on Jan 20, 2015 19:07:26 GMT
I've recently got into this kanji dictionary website jigen.net. You look up a kanji and it gives you all the background information on it you could possible want! It also has a very minimal, clean interface which is always a bonus.
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