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• English To Japanese Questions Learn Japanese · 23 Jan 2004, 01:23 jules wrote: If I'm not mistaken ‚Æ‚© / toka usually used when you're trying to remember something or when you're uncertain about 'choosing/deciding something' The meaning of 'Makudo ka kenchiki ka,...' and 'makudo toka…
• Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here. Learn Japanese · 23 Jan 2004, 01:19 ditmercury wrote: you could say: ‹C‚É‚µ‚È‚¢‚Å (ki ni shinaide) to mean "don't take my words to heart" This is probably the one I hear most often, but you could also use shinpai shinaide ii you! (don't worry its all good…
• English To Japanese Questions Learn Japanese · 22 Jan 2004, 21:04 I'm not sure of a nice way to say half-chinese and half-white, but I do know that words like "nikkei jin" which means person of japanese decent might be a good approach, I don't know if there's a word for "person of chi…
• English To Japanese Questions Learn Japanese · 8 Jan 2004, 20:02 Some of my japanese friends at times correct me with ‚Æ‚©@(toka) to be used as "or", but I've never quite understood exactly why, for example, I once said : Makudo ka kenchiki ka, nani ga ii desu ka? and a friend told …
• Kansai Ben(Osaka Ben, Kyoto Ben)-Everything You want to know Learn Japanese · 11 Dec 2003, 10:00 I have a friend who introduced me to okanomiyaki, from Osaka of course, who told me he had a real difficult time when he was a kid, moving from Osaka to Tokyo because the dialect was so different, a lot of kids would te…
• kumamoto ben - an interesting and strong accent/dialect Learn Japanese · 11 Dec 2003, 09:51 thetenken wrote: I did notice that they spoke a little differently there when I visited. Unfortunately, it was just a whirlwind tour of the area. Would you say it's more akin to dialects in Western Japan (like Yamaguchi…
• kumamoto ben - an interesting and strong accent/dialect Learn Japanese · 10 Dec 2003, 20:41 Hello, I've returned from Kumamoto to Canada about 4 months ago, and while living there I enjoyed and tried to pick up what I could of the local dialect as I thought it was something not all gaikokujin did and it seemed…
• Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here. Learn Japanese · 5 Dec 2003, 19:54 ahochaude wrote: Niko2x was trying to say end it with "yori" because a meaning of "yori" is "from". In a letter format, I've never seen an ending with "yori" before. It may be a possible ending to a letter, but like I s…
• What dramas are you currently watching? Drama Discussion · 2 Dec 2003, 21:42 bmwracer wrote:We're currently on episode 23 (of 49) of Musashi on KSCI-18... And Trick starts this Sunday on KSCI-18... I gotta pick up some more videotapes! :) Hello, while I was living in Japan I got totally hooked o…
• Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here. Learn Japanese · 2 Dec 2003, 21:02 Hello, I've been following this message board for a few days now and found quite a lot of interesting stuff. I've just come back from living in Japan for a year, and I'm trying to continue learning although I find it qu…

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