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[geishaboy]

couldn't it be kokoro no kizu?

Eh?

kokoro no kizu 心の傷 - "A injury to the heart and soul"

pfffff... sorry about that! i learn japanese by myself here and i do that sometimes... ==PP

but one more thing and sorry if im wrong again, but isn't the adjective ''ii''? Sorry, im without my japanese writing system at the moment.. ^^'' >.<''

Yeah, "ii" is another adjective for "good", it's also more common. The problem is that you don't normally make past and negative forms of "ii" so you have to use "yoi"

[Dreams]

Now for a question: yokata is "I'm glad". But how can I say "I'm glad that..."? For example, "I'm glad that you're alive" etc.

As for "I'm glad that you are alive" well, I guess you could say "anata ha ikiru koto ga yokatta"　あなたは生きることがよかった, and more informal and natural would probably come out "ikiru yokatta"　生きるよかった, although to me, this would only really sounds natural if for some reason you thought the person in question was dead

I believe the most natural pattern is "-te yokatta", although "de yokatta" and "ga yokatta" are sometimes seen too. The "ga" pattern seems to be more reserved for nouns or subjects without verbs, without the use of "koto" (or "no"), but I can't see why it wouldn't work.

Anyway, I guess I would suggest 生きてよかった "ikite yokatta".

but one more thing and sorry if im wrong again, but isn't the adjective ''ii''? Sorry, im without my japanese writing system at the moment.. ^^'' >.<''

You might find it interesting that "ii" and "yoi" are consistently the same kanji. All of these:

良い *most common
好い
善い
佳い

can be read either "ii" or "yoi" and all mean "good, okay, great, fine", etc.

[Keiji]

Now for a question: yokata is "I'm glad". But how can I say "I'm glad that..."? For example, "I'm glad that you're alive" etc.

As for "I'm glad that you are alive" well, I guess you could say "anata ha ikiru koto ga yokatta"　あなたは生きることがよかった, and more informal and natural would probably come out "ikiru yokatta"　生きるよかった, although to me, this would only really sounds natural if for some reason you thought the person in question was dead

I believe the most natural pattern is "-te yokatta", although "de yokatta" and "ga yokatta" are sometimes seen too. The "ga" pattern seems to be more reserved for nouns or subjects without verbs, without the use of "koto" (or "no"), but I can't see why it wouldn't work.

Anyway, I guess I would suggest 生きてよかった "ikite yokatta".

Okay, thanks! That was the only example I could think of right then, but oh well.

edit: YAY ten posts! Now I don't have to dodge the silly website filter! xD

[soulreaper_shinigami]

how do you say "broken butterly" and "the power inside me"?

[Dreams]

I'll answer, but then you have to tell me who's in your avatar, because it's gorgeous.

Broken butterfly
Kowareta chouchou
壊れた蝶々

The power inside me
Watashi no naka de chikara
私の中で力

[Yuki~]

hey Dreams, do you have any idea how many kanjis are used on nihongo?
Because I have a paper on my kanji book that has 1000 kanjis..^^

[Dreams]

The Jouyou Kanji list consists of 1,945 kanji, which is the standard you must memorize to be considered literate in Japan. Although most adult Japanese people know at least 3,000 or more.

I believe there's a total of 6,000 kanji characters in fluent use over in Japan (not counting archaic ones, etc). But the total of Chinese kanji in existence since they began writing is something ridiculous, like 50,000.

Fun!

[soulreaper_shinigami]

I'll answer, but then you have to tell me who's in your avatar, because it's gorgeous.

Broken butterfly
Kowareta chouchou
壊れた蝶々

The power inside me
Watashi no naka de chikara
私の中で力

Tnx for telling me!!! She's Maya Natsume from Tenjho Tenge. How do you say "Overflowing power"?

[Dreams]

Overflowing Power
Afureru Chikara
溢れる力

[Yuki~]

The Jouyou Kanji list consists of 1,945 kanji, which is the standard you must memorize to be considered literate in Japan. Although most adult Japanese people know at least 3,000 or more.

I believe there's a total of 6,000 kanji characters in fluent use over in Japan (not counting archaic ones, etc). But the total of Chinese kanji in existence since they began writing is something ridiculous, like 50,000.

Fun!

wow! o____o
what do you say about me? I've been learning nihongo for 2 years and I think I know about 200 kanjis.

do you think that's good so far?

[Dreams]

I have nothing to compare that to, I just always think anyone knowing any amount of kanji is doing an excellent job. XD

Kids in Japan learn kanji all the way through high school. Of course, by the time they leave elementary school, they know 1000 or so. ^^;

I bet you know more than you think, too. That happens a lot to me. I also have many blonde moments where I forget easy kanji in the jouyou kanji list. -_-;

[Yuki~]

hehehe..
hmm.. yeah, i actually don't know how many kanjis i know, but last year, on noryokushiken, we had to know about 103 kanjis. I knew more than 103...and i was on the level 4 last year
now im on the level 3 and i have to start to do my kanji book..

[soulreaper_shinigami]

tnx a lot!!! how do you say "everlasting story" in japanese?

[Dreams]

Everlasting story
Eien no monogatari
永遠の物語

Or monogatari -> hanashi (話)

[soulreaper_shinigami]

tnx a lot!!!

[soulreaper_shinigami]

can someone tell what this means?"kizuitsu ita kokoro dakishime hakanai yume wa miru"????