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  Topic: English To Japanese Questions
yareyare

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PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:23 am   Subject: English To Japanese Questions


If I'm not mistaken
�Ƃ� / 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 ...
  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
yareyare

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PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:19 am   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.


you could say: �C�ɂ��Ȃ��� (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 ...
  Topic: English To Japanese Questions
yareyare

Replies: 1010
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PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:04 pm   Subject: English To Japanese Questions
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 ...
  Topic: English To Japanese Questions
yareyare

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PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 8:02 pm   Subject: English To Japanese Questions
Some of my japanese friends at times correct me with �Ƃ��@(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 ...
  Topic: Kansai Ben(Osaka Ben, Kyoto Ben)-Everything You want to know
yareyare

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PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:00 am   Subject: Kansai Ben(Osaka Ben, Kyoto Ben)-Everything You want to know
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 l ...
  Topic: kumamoto ben - an interesting and strong accent/dialect
yareyare

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PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:51 am   Subject: Re: kumamoto ben - an interesting and strong accent/dialect


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 Yam ...
  Topic: kumamoto ben - an interesting and strong accent/dialect
yareyare

Replies: 2
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PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:41 pm   Subject: kumamoto ben - an interesting and strong accent/dialect
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 gaikokuji ...
  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
yareyare

Replies: 2027
Views: 1734105

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:54 pm   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.


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 ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
yareyare

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PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:42 pm   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?
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! Smile

Hello, while I was living in Japan I got total ...
  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
yareyare

Replies: 2027
Views: 1734105

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:02 pm   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
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 a ...
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