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[darkflame21]

�@�@To type a star you simpley write star in japanese. SO you type hoshi �@�ق� and select the star instead of the kanji. �����@�@Another is maru �܂�@circle �������Bthere are lots more but I forget them

[The Man]

Hhaha. Neat-o! Hats off to Rutgers!

[darkflame21]

What about Rutgers?

[The Man]

darkflame21 wrote:

What about Rutgers?

You've never heard the phrase "hats off" before? As in "yay!" Or "kudos" or praise to 'em. Isn't that where your website addresses link to? In your signature? Also, I like their football team.

[darkflame21]

I know what it means I was jsut wondering why you were saying it. The weblinks are to my webspace on the network there. Have a buncha Ueto Aya CM's and pics online there. The Rutgers Football Team doesn't usually do that well although theyve gotten a little better.

[The Man]

The Scarlet Knights men's b-ball team made a great run in this past N.I.T., goes without saying. Hmmmm . . . wonder what woulda' happened if they went against my U. of Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (see icon/logo on the left hand side), who were also in the previous N.I.T. Hahhaah. Woulda' been a sight to see .

[darkflame21]

Heh heh yeah. I'm all graduated now though, I bet rutgers is going to take away my e-mail and webspace pretty soon. I know they dont let us keep it very long.

[TANG]

are their any japanese words with q in them ???sorry to be so off the wall

[darkflame21]

q is not used to romanize any japanese sounds.

[PaulTB]

darkflame21 wrote:

q is not used to romanize any japanese sounds.

Mostly right.

q may used to enter Japanese text in an IME. A representative selection is shown below.

qa �N�@ : qwa �N�@ : ka �J : kwa �N�@
qi �N�B : qwi �N�B : ki �L : kwi ���E�B
qu �N : qwu �N�D : ku �N : kwu ���E
qe �N�F : qwe �N�F : ke �P : kwe ���E�F
qo �N�H : q��o �N�H : ko �R : kwo ����

[daveyheats]

Just a really basic request, but what would be the correct Japanese for saying "Happy Birthday Buddy!"

I was thinking along the lines of using "o-tanjobi omedeto tomodachi!"

Seeing as I want to write this in a birthday card, would the following be correct?

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[FierceStriker]

daveyheats wrote:

Just a really basic request, but what would be the correct Japanese for saying "Happy Birthday Buddy!" I was thinking along the lines of using "o-tanjobi omedeto tomodachi!" Seeing as I want to write this in a birthday card, would the following be correct? �����񂶂�т��߂łƂƂ������I�I ����A�ǂ��I

You don't really call people tomodachi in Japanese. I guess "Tanjobi Omedeto, aibo!" Aibo means best of buddies. It is a little on the kimochi-warui side though. Usually people just say tanjobi omedeto. If you are really trying to be familiar with someone call them name-chan, or whatever nick name they have. Alternatively, since English (or using katakana) is considered cool, you can just say "Tanjobi Omedeto, buddy (baadi)."

[ahochaude]

If that were me, I would just say their name. Without the -san/-kun/-chan suffix.

Just use according to your discretion.
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[daveyheats]

Ah I see, so �Ƃ����� is only used when referring to a friend, rather than speaking to a friend in person. Ok, many thanks for that, I've learnt something today!

[amethyst216]

kokuou wrote:

Hmm... Not really a rule that you can use, you kind of just have to remember which is which. For example: �Â��ȕ��i�@-�@shizuka na fuukei Eng: A quiet scene �D�����l�ɏo������B�@-�@yasashii hito ni deatta Eng: I met a nice (gentle) person. If you are asking about a grammatical rule on how to use them, they usually come before the noun that they are modifying. If you are using multiple adjectives, ii adjectives change to Stem+���� and na adjectives are replace na with ��. Eg: �傫�����Y��ȃ_�C�������h�B -�@ookikute kirei na daiyamondo Eng: A big, beautiful diamond. Hope that helps�I�I ������

i got it cleared after i posted it. . .thank you for helpin anyways

[kazuichikun]

can someone translate this...."jon san ni nani wo agetara yorokobu deshouka"...im seeing this as "If you give what to jon, will he be happy?"...idk, something about it seems awkward....thanks

[PaulTB]

kazuichikun wrote:

can someone translate this...."jon san ni nani wo agetara yorokobu deshouka"...im seeing this as "If you give what to jon, will he be happy?"...idk, something about it seems awkward....thanks

What, when[if] given to Jon, will make him happy I wonder?

[shitsugenshita]

hmm, quick question....what is higher in terms of management positions....the buchou or the kachou?....cause when you look it up in the dictionary they appear to be almost the same...thanks

[ahochaude]

Not too good with dept rankings, but I think it's Kachou.

Let me verify and I'll get back to you, unless someone else does first.
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[mizune]

Actually, I believe buchou is higher...

shachou (president) > buchou (vice pres/section head) > kachou (section chief)

It branches out from the top, so you can have several buchous underneath the shachou. Likewise, you can have a bunch of kachous under a buchou.