Japanese (japanese) group

Notices

1. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

   No. 3 tool in learning !Japanese: Watching *interesting* TV shows. Where comprehensible, w/o subtitles. Never dubbed.

   about 2 months ago from mustard at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
2. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

   No. 1 tool in learning !Japanese: Talking to Japanese people. Preferably with dictionary use less than once a minute, cuz it kills pace.

   about 2 months ago from mustard at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
3. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

   No. 2 tool in learning !Japanese: #Anki http://ankisrs.net/ A kind of fancy flashcard app. First I memorized words; now, sentences.

   about 2 months ago from mustard at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
4. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

   「ぷよぷよ」または「ぶよぶよ」を文で使ってくれませんか？ （日本語の勉強のため。） !japanese

   about 2 months ago from Choqok at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
5. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

   「もこもこ」を文で使ってくれない？ 使い方分からないから。 !japanese

   about 3 months ago from web at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
6. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

   「猫にえさをやる。」は英語で何ですか？ の質問があった。　　2人は「eat the cat」と答えました。　　わざとそう書いたのかもね。 ww !japanese

   about 3 months ago from web at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
7. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

   「寧ろ」って使い方が分からない。誰かが教えてくれませんか？ !japanese

   about 3 months ago from Choqok at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
8. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

   「ノー勉」の読み方は「ノーべん」ですか？ !japanese

   about 3 months ago from Choqok at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
9. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

   Studying #opposites in a foreign language is weird. How would you know what the opposite of a word is if nobody told you? !japanese

   about 4 months ago from web at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
   • Douglas Paul Perkins

     For example, what's the opposite of "natural"? Some other totally not obvious ones: "estimate", "production", "graduation", and "move".

     about 4 months ago
   • Douglas Paul Perkins

     Heck, what are the opposites of those in English? I dunno.

     about 4 months ago
10. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    Anyone out there taking the #JLPT this December? !japanese

    about 6 months ago from web at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
11. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    「じじょうじばく」ってどうやって漢字で書きますか？使い方も知りたいですが… !japanese #lazyweb

    about 6 months ago from web at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
12. Douglas Paul Perkins lazyweb , Japanese

    How do you say "thinking question" in !Japanese? !lazyweb #untaughtjapanese

    about 7 months ago from mustard at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
13. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    #JLPT sample test questions (published July 2012) http://www.jlpt.jp/e/samples/sample12.html !japanese

    about 10 months ago from web at Nishitōkyō-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan
    • Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

      Registration for the December #JLPT is in September. This year registration can be done online.

      about 10 months ago
14. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    On reading practice via Japanese childrens newspapers. http://tinyurl.com/24vbyhk #JLPT !Japanese

    about 10 months ago from web at Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken, Japan
15. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    A summary of #JLPT #N2 reading comprehension. http://www.jlptbootcamp.com/2011/05/jlpt-bc-27-jlpt-n2-reading-section/ !japanese

    about 10 months ago from web at Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken, Japan
16. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    Yutori generation (n). A generation raised under Yutori Education, which was supposedly lax, leading to a poor knowledge base. !japanese

    about 11 months ago from web at Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken, Japan
17. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    市民税 (shiminzei), n. City municipal tax. Like 県民税 (kenminzei), prefectural municipal tax. Arrives June, annually. #untaughtjapanese !japanese

    about a year ago from web at Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken, Japan
18. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    A list of some common loan words in !Japanese (外来語) that come from Port/Dutch/Sp/It/Ger/Fr/Chin/Rus. http://is.gd/xvRJSE Not from English.

    about a year ago from web at Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken, Japan
    • Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

      @dachte Gairaigo (外来語) means "loan word".

      about a year ago
19. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    外来語辞典 (gairaigo jiten), n. A dictionary for looking up katakana words in !Japanese which come from other languages. #untaughtjapanese

    about a year ago from web at Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken, Japan
20. Douglas Paul Perkins Japanese

    ※ (komejirushi). An asterisk, used for denoting caution or extra information. #untaughtjapanese !japanese

    about a year ago from web at Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken, Japan