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- Feb 03, 2007 12:57am
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Words, phrases or anything else wanted? Ask here!
- Replies: 529
- Views: 65661
Re: Words, phrases or anything else wanted? Ask here!
Hmm, I'm surprised that nobody's posted this: http :// mahou .org /Dict (remove spaces, I'm dodging the website filter >_>). It's a Japanese dictionary, where you can search for English, or any form of Japanese (romaji, kana and kanji). Now for a question: yokata is "I'm glad". But how ca...
- Feb 02, 2007 2:41am
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Words, phrases or anything else wanted? Ask here!
- Replies: 529
- Views: 65661
Re: Words, phrases or anything else wanted? Ask here!
Eh?Yume~ wrote:couldn't it be kokoro no kizu?
kokoro no kizu 心の傷 - "A injury to the heart and soul"
- Jan 24, 2007 7:45pm
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: A Study in Particles
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4500
Re: A Study in Particles
*stickied
Nice list, must have taken a while, thanks!
Nice list, must have taken a while, thanks!
- Jan 24, 2007 7:35pm
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Japanese Language/Culture/whatever links
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8176
- Jan 21, 2007 10:57pm
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: 'mada mada dane'...what's this phrase mean?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5397
Re: 'mada mada dane'...what's this phrase mean?
Ha ha! Thats awesomemada-mada-dane wrote:mada mada dane means you still have lots more to work on
Yeah, it's a politeness thing, like if some one told you that you can speak really good Japanese, it would be polite to say "iya, mada mada" wich would mean, "On no, I still have a long way to go"
- Jan 12, 2007 1:22am
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Lessons number 1!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2902
Re: Lessons number 1!
what's the politest way to say "you"? It's actually "otaku", no joke, but people don't really say this because it is so polite it sounds sarcastic, generally in Japanese when you are referring to someone else you will not say "you" as such, but simply use honorifics, b...
- Jan 08, 2007 2:39pm
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Japanese Language/Culture/whatever links
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8176
Re: Japanese Language/Culture/whatever links
m You can download entire books of popular manga in Japanese, although the downloads go very slow. But last night I was so happy to find this place I almost cried, because I was bemoaning not being able to afford to import Hikaru no Go manga. AWESOME FIND! God damn, it even had the train man manga
- Jan 06, 2007 3:25am
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Japanese Language/Culture/whatever links
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8176
Re: Japanese Language/Culture/whatever links
{Rasengan!}Uzumaki Naruto wrote:This should defnitely be stickied. Plenty of curious anime users need this.
Well, I stickied it to begin with, but no one posted in it
But if you think it needs a second chance, I'm all for it
- Dec 20, 2006 2:25am
- Forum: Terminated Moderator Applications
- Topic: My Moderator Application: Lucky.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3829
Re: My Moderator Application: Lucky.
No. You have no real experience on AA at this point. Maybe later, but not right now. She joined all of about 2 or 3 weeks after you did. I don't think you are in any position to criticize her due to how new she is. In the same way, if you joined so close, how do you have any real experience to judg...
- Dec 16, 2006 3:58am
- Forum: Terminated Moderator Applications
- Topic: My Moderator Application: Lucky.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3829
Re: My Moderator Application: Lucky.
Lucky. wrote:.
• I can use proper grammer and slang in any case.
It's spelled "grammar"

Never the less, you are the only person in a long time to actually fill out the mod thread in the right way
I vote yes
- Dec 16, 2006 3:49am
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Japanese Language/Culture/whatever links
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8176
Re: translation
Interesting site actually, I will have to play around with it more when I'm sober
- Dec 13, 2006 12:09am
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Words, phrases or anything else wanted? Ask here!
- Replies: 529
- Views: 65661
Re: Words, phrases or anything else wanted? Ask here!
Damn, if I had the dvd or movie file I could tell you, but sadly I don't 

- Dec 12, 2006 2:58pm
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: wHAT DOES kIRAMEKI MEAN?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1122
Re: wHAT DOES kIRAMEKI MEAN?
kirameki - 煌めき - glitter, sparkle, twinkle
- Nov 25, 2006 2:13am
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Lessons number 1!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2902
Re: Lessons number 1!
Ryukon wrote: And there's also a thread in this forum that gives the basics of forming simple sentences.
Yes, one I should really dig up

- Nov 13, 2006 11:01pm
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Wha do they mean ???
- Replies: 1
- Views: 792
Re: Wha do they mean ???
There are many many different kanji for those names, well over 20
But just at random, airi 愛麗 can mean "favorite companion" and iori 生賀 can mean "Life of joy"
But just at random, airi 愛麗 can mean "favorite companion" and iori 生賀 can mean "Life of joy"
- Nov 13, 2006 10:54pm
- Forum: The Japanese Language
- Topic: Name translation
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6494
Re: Name translation
haru normally means "spring" (the season) 春
As a name it has a long list of kanji that I would rather not get into
As a name it has a long list of kanji that I would rather not get into