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Topic: JDrama Recommendations |
kiasukid
Replies: 5869
Views: 4926156
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Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:11 am Subject:
JDrama Recommendations |
Read my reply to "fingerfish" about 3 posts up. Jikou Keisatsu is definitely quirky!!!
Cool... thanks for the quick reply. I'll go hunt this down. Gracias. |
Topic: JDrama Recommendations |
kiasukid
Replies: 5869
Views: 4926156
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Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:55 am Subject:
JDrama Recommendations |
Hi guys,
I've lost interest in Japanese dramas for a while but after watching part of Nodame Cantabile, I am hooked again.
Am wondering if you can recommend me titles along the lines of Nodame C ... |
Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
kiasukid
Replies: 541
Views: 887519
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Forum: Learn Japanese
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:22 pm Subject:
Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
Correction: "gweilo" is used to describe someone that is not asian or a foreigner in
a negative manner. Does not mean "Ghost Person" even though "Gwei"
means Ghost and "Lo" means Person!
... |
Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
kiasukid
Replies: 541
Views: 887519
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Forum: Learn Japanese
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:16 pm Subject:
Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
Ugh Why does Every Asian have to be Chinese?
Oh I don't know, it's just like how all Caucasions are Americans or British to us. |
Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
kiasukid
Replies: 541
Views: 887519
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Forum: Learn Japanese
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 12:55 pm Subject:
Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
That being said, it is not surprising that the world "Jap" is considered offensive by Japanese. It screams DISRESPECT and is totally unacceptable even though the user of this word is not being disre ... |
Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
kiasukid
Replies: 541
Views: 887519
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Forum: Learn Japanese
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 12:50 pm Subject:
Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
In S'pore we call Caucasians "angmo" meaning "red hair". In the past, I believe this term was offensive but these days it's simply used like one would use the term "whites" to describe Caucasions. O ... |
Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
kiasukid
Replies: 541
Views: 887519
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Forum: Learn Japanese
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 11:57 am Subject:
Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive? |
Ok, what I'm going to say may start something up but when it happened to me I was bewildered and upset. But I just want to give you guys a viewpoint from the other side.
I once used the abbrev "Ja ... |
Topic: Streamload Users Wanted!! - Streamload Trades/Requests |
kiasukid
Replies: 998
Views: 977574
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Forum: Buy, Sell or Trade
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:35 am Subject:
Streamload Users Wanted!! - Streamload Trades/Requests |
Hi all. I'm actually not a jdrama fan, at least not yet. I did see one episode of Shomuni I and now I'm hooked. I requested for all of Shomuni and received them in my streamload acct only to find t ... |