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• English To Japanese Questions Learn Japanese · 24 Jan 2004, 00:37 Same methinks! Be more difficult for someone who is asian looking though unless they really are model / actress material, unlike some of the eejits in Tokyo who think they are something else because they are models when…
• How to type in japanese with WIN XP and 2000 Learn Japanese · 24 Jan 2004, 00:31 Download NJStar. Free 30 day trial does not disappear for some reason http://www.njstar.com/communicator/download.php
• English To Japanese Questions Learn Japanese · 23 Jan 2004, 18:47 Well anyone I have heard use the word 'hafu' have been lovely open people so I don't have problems with the word. Konketsu however can be quite negative - can't you use it in the context of calling someone a mongrel and…
• Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? Learn Japanese · 23 Jan 2004, 18:42 Hmmm well I always called someone born in asia ' asian' , but in UK Asian means 'Indian' and other asian people are referred to as oriental. I found that quite strange. Growing up I always thought of oriental as exotic,…
• Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? Learn Japanese · 23 Jan 2004, 00:53 Yes indeed! If in doubt - don't use at all. And instead of saying 'its nippy outside' I now say 'its nipply' :mrgreen:
• English To Japanese Questions Learn Japanese · 23 Jan 2004, 00:50 That sounds quite formal though, so perhaps you would not use that with your mates, except in an exaggerated sense
• Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? Learn Japanese · 22 Jan 2004, 00:21 A word is only as negative as the way it is referred to. My boyf and I refer to thinks as jap. books, jap. cd or even jap. people as shorthand although. My boyfriend teases me about being a potato headed Paddy so he doe…
• English To Japanese Questions Learn Japanese · 22 Jan 2004, 00:10 Most mixed race kids were referred to as plainly Ha-fu (without any nastiness intended! Konketsu no hito is someone of mixed race Chuukokujin to hakujin no konketsu would mean somone half chinese half white I dunno - ko…
• Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here. Learn Japanese · 21 Jan 2004, 23:53 In addition to Yume's comments 1. itadaku is a humble verb meaning 'to partake' so technically could be used in a context other than eating & drinking I guess if speaking honorifically. 2. You are been asked in Keigo to…
• Naruto's Grammar Learn Japanese · 13 Jan 2004, 21:22 Tohoku Ben dabyou - Sounds similar to Akita-Ben