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Cornucopia of Resources / Guide
Read the guide before asking questions.
http://bitlasers.com/djt

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>>138905719
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlCRfTmBSGs
If you don't work hard, then you aren't going to have the success that you want. But if you work hard and dig in, then you are going to have the success that you want.
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>>138931539
I figured you would've taken your ban as an opportunity to stop posting this.
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あし

foot/leg
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体はローマン字出来ている。
血潮は怠慢で心は暗記。
幾たびのカードを越えて不敗。
ただの一度も敗走はなく、
ただの一度も復習を諦めない。
彼の者は常に独り
漢字達の丘で勝利に酔う。
故に、生涯に意味はなく
その体は、きっとローマン字で出来ていた。
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I'm starting with kanji on kanjidamage (I know some people don't like it, whatever).

I'm getting super confused at times with the Onyomi and Kunyomi of some kanjis... Like in some Jukugo the kanji itself never has a pronunciation anywhere close to the Onyomi (or the Kunyomi for that matter). How does this work? It's just so confusing to me.

Also as an example:
http://www.kanjidamage.com/kanji/13-un-%E4%B8%8D
This is 不 and its Onyomi is ふ
Then the next one is http://www.kanjidamage.com/kanji/14-no-%E5%90%A6 and its onyomi is ひ however the little "same-ON" link next to the radicals seems to imply that it uses the same onyomi as its main radical which would be ふ...
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>feeling pretty good about japanese
>毎日Ankiで練習だ
>Somebody suggests I take the JCAT
>Register
>Take sample test (http://www.j-cat.org/en/)
>It's hard as shit

もう日本語は無理になったな。できないよ
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Reading some 春樹村上 and came across this word

灯寵

can't find it in any dictionary and my ebook hasn't any furigana. English version of the novel translates it as 'stone lantern'. Anyone know the reading? とうちょう?
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>憂鬱
fug
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>>138931618
I can't betray my loyal fans like that.
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>>138931712
Unlimited できない works
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>>138931618
Whad he get banned for?
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>>138931763
I fucking hate tests, in any language. They are too rigid and expect you to learn a "fake" language which is just more clinical than it actually is in the spoken real life examples.

I'm Italian and I consider English as a second language since I've been speaking it and writing it for almost 20 years at native level.

I've tried taking mock "academic" tests both as EN->IT and IT->EN and I failed a lot of times because of my usage of colloquialisms, or not using the exact phrasal verb they want, or not addressing somebody the exact same way as people are "taught" how to, etc etc.

My advice would be, unless you really need a certificate for language proficiency, don't bother with that crap. Obviously as personal training and just overall practice they are good, but still...
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>Dekinai Japanese Thread
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learning the readings is a waste of time (imo) because you wont remember them (some kanji have like 7 lol), I don't think there is any logic behind when to use one reading or another and if there is I haven't yet find any book that says so.
For example why some words with 見 start with "み" ,most of them with the meaning "look" or "show" etc so you think there is some kind of pattern or logic but then then you have 見学 for example which is written like けんがく...why why is not みがく... why would you suddenly change it to けん, けん is mostly used when the kanji ends the word like 意見 (いけん) so basically sometimes they use on and other kun, are they native jap words and that's why the use kun..? who knows, but with so many kanji is really hard if not impossible to learn the meanings by themselves, it's already really hard to memorize the kanji and their meanings let alone all their readings...
Maybe is not a waste of time... but thing is there are some better ways to spend your effort and time when you are learning japanese than learning that.
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>>138931885
Something dumb.
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>>138931941
>even thinking about learning kun readings in isolation
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>>138931683
Thanks, Kouichi.
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>>138931885
Don't know, but I remember in one thread his post and some of his other off-topic posts and shitposts all getting deleted at once and he stopped posting in the thread for a number of threads. Was hoping he'd finally stop posting it since it's just /v/ shit, a english TL of a doujin, and a random quote that usually has no relation to the thread or motivation. Given he's a semi-regular shitposter in the thread I doubt that'll happen though.
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>>138931805
Oh fucked that name order up. I really can't learn Japanese
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>>138931907
It's just for practice, but I thought that I could at least have a grasp on all the questions. They threw me native conversations and some philosophical vocabulary my way. Shit hurt.
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>>138931740
Okay, first of all, use the kanji deck. As for this example, it's just a mistake on the part of KD. Finally, trying to learn all the on'yomi/kun'yomi is pretty useless, unless it's a beta or solo kanji. If anything, learn either the main kun'yomi along with the okurigana or one jukugo with the kanji.
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出来ない。
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>>138932085
>first of all, use the kanji deck
I'm currently building my own kanji deck as I add more and more of them as I go through. In the end it won't make a big difference and it helps me learn.

>it's just a mistake on the part of KD
Good to know, thanks for clarifying

> trying to learn all the on'yomi/kun'yomi is pretty useless, unless it's a beta or solo kanji. If anything, learn either the main kun'yomi along with the okurigana or one jukugo with the kanji.

Yeah this is what I am focusing on. I focus on the kunyomi and check out the jukugo for definitions that might be useful to me (like common words etc etc) but overall I'm not stressing too much or trying to memorize everything. Thanks.
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>>138932078
Just do the test anyways
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>Quit my 11 year office job
>Re mortgaged house
Time to learn japanese and become a doujinshi artist
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>>138932237
Have this awesome chart to get you started. Be sure to buy a lifetime subscription of WaniKani.
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>>138932312
I can't even tell if whoever made that image was serious
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>>138932312
>mfw trying to remember all those mnemonics is actually harder than practising kanas until you know them by memory

Jesus fuck...
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>>138932460
This. Mnemonics are usually not helpful for me, I only read them when it's a kanji that is giving me a pain in the ass.
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>>138932177
>I'm currently building my own kanji deck as I add more and more of them as I go through. In the end it won't make a big difference and it helps me learn.
I'd still suggest you check out the deck to see how kanji are displayed, you might want to use this.
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>>138932561
Yeah, I have checked it out and I'm following a very similar format. Thanks for the tip, I appreciate it.
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>>138931026
>/a/'s manga repo
Was there something like that? Google only gives me edgy forums, 助けて
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I've always been indifferent to learning primitives, kanji, and radicals instead of vocabulary simply because of laziness.

Now that I'm doing both I maintain my vocab MUCH better. Interestingly enough, I feel as though this wouldn't be the case if I had started RTK from the get-go.
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>>138932599
No problems, I've already gone through half of the original deck through Anki (50 cards/day) so if you have trouble with other shit that seems strange (unfortunately, it does happen sometimes with KD), just ask in the thread, I'm usually lurking the thread while reading stuff.
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皆様「ディ・ジェィ・ティ、これは重大な問題:我々は日本書紀であるか。我々の日本人の変身儀式は重大なことです。
作戦開始日は2016年3日25日ぞ。作戦計画:天皇を銃刑しろ!自衛隊を退治ろ!東京を軍事封鎖しろ!
~スティーブ一将。
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>>138931805
とうろう
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So why does Google IME no longer display 死ぬ or 戸 for me?
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>>138932793
>A history of the jews on the 本棚
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>>138932740
>I feel as though
Yeah, because that's what matters.
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>>138932679
madokami, I believe he means
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>>138933228
thanks bb
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>>138932237
you're free now aim higher become an animator as well
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>>138933519
It's pretty much mainly for EOPs and their scanlations. It also has even less content than the CoR, which is pretty sad considering it has been around for so much longer. A short while ago there was panic of it going down and a few threads popped up with a few anons trying to get a torrent backup of the site content seeded.

It would be nice if the CoR was integrated into a simple searchable database similar to bakamangaupdates. I have no idea how to do something like that myself and I primarily use an excel copy of the google sheet page for offline usage, but it would be handy to have for the live version. Integrate the genre and demographic tags for the manga sheet and file format type for the novel sheet.

Learning how to do that sounds harder and less enjoyable than reading grammar guides, though.
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>>138933832
>It would be nice if the CoR was integrated into a simple searchable database similar to bakamangaupdates. I have no idea how to do something like that myself and I primarily use an excel copy of the google sheet page for offline usage, but it would be handy to have for the live version. Integrate the genre and demographic tags for the manga sheet and file format type for the novel sheet.
Wouldn't that cost money for servers, though?
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That guy's autism is off the charts.
>>>/qa/473385

I can't believe someone is getting so worked up over something as insignificant and in such an irrational way. This is simply sad.
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>>138931740
Get the "idea" of the on-yomi. You don't have to "remember" it right away.
Have you get to the kanji 中 in your study? So 中 can be considered "middle" in English right? Also it's read as なか and うち, now remember that, the kun-yomi. You don't have to remember the on-yomi チュウ right away. Just get the idea of it.
If you are persistent with your kanji study, you will then find 忠 仲 both also read as チュウ。

I can state another example like 義 of 義理. You don't need to remember right away that it's read ギ. However, when you encountered 会議礼儀 犠牲 you will eventually remember that these sort of kanji is read ギ.

Same with 交 of 交通. You will learn it early in most kanji book. It's read コウ. You don't have to memorize it that right away other than the idea of 交 is コウ, but when you eventually encounter 効 校 郊, you'll remember that all is read コウ.
And then you will get screwed by the irregularities like this is 較 read カク not コウ.

Just note that there are many irregularities to kanji readings. There are patterns, but there are many exceptions to the patterns.

There are a lot of advantages to learning kanji individually like you are doing. The same way there are a lot of very different advantages of learning Core 6k Deck early and never study kanji individually.

It's just style, choose what you think will benefit you the most.
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犬は男の木の実を揉むて、友達に成るよ。
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>>138934144
>仲
>read as チュウ
huh?
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>>138934376
>仲
Oh you meant the on'yomi, my bad.
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>>138934376
>huh?
Hello there. 仲介
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Is there any way to put your anki deck on break for a week or so?
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>>138932124
STRONGEST
IN
THE
UNIVERSE
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>>138934579
Do you even understand the point of the SRS system?
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>>138933902
>Wouldn't that cost money for servers, though?
Not if you keep everything in their respective mega accounts, I guess? What I was thinking of was just a search engine type front end for the spreadsheet which is used for the CoR.

>>138934461
I read that as ちゅうすけ instead of the word ちゅうかい, as it seemed like you were addressing anon with a name. What is odd is that I've never really noticed the name ちゅうすけ but I have read the word 仲介 several times. Odd in how I guess my brain has taken to associate how various kanji are read. Kanji, man.
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>>138934579
Don't review it for a week or so and review it normally as you return from your break. The SRS in Anki will account for those missed reviews.

Better to not take a break and eventually your daily reviews will be so small that it will almost like nothing.
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>>138934627
One time I read 名前 as メイゼン so yeah.
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>>138934627
>What I was thinking of was just a search engine type front end for the spreadsheet which is used for the CoR.
But where would it be located, on the CoR page?
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>>138934686
>But where would it be located
Not sure. Maybe at the top of every sheet in a link similar to how the other linked site pages are? Maybe a link on the home portal of the djt website? To be honest I was really just throwing thoughts into the ether without expecting response. Don't actually know enough about the technical aspects involved to comment beyond the conceptual phase anyone can dick around with.
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>>138934621
>>138934682
So that's a no?
You guys say it's all okay and shit, but I don't want to come home with 700-1000 cards waiting for me. I'll lose my motivation to continue.
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>>138934857
This is, in all seriousness, the purpose of the review cap.
You set it to something you're willing to do in a single day, but not something that you'll ever reach by normal review accumulation. When you get back from holiday, you'll do that many reps every day for a few days, until it settles back down to normal.
The people who say to set it to 9999 are mistaken.
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>>138934684
From personal experience, Chinese native beginner Japanese learners really fucking fail all over the place trying to read words properly, even worse than people without a character background because they have to fight reading them how they normally do in Mandarin and/or Cantonese.

This also might be limited to anecdote but fuck me every Chink I've known to study Japanese, at least in my country, couldn't pronounce Japanese for shit. It's like they kept trying to add all of these Chinese sounds to kana which don't exist in Japanese.

>>138934857
>but I don't want to come home with 700-1000 cards waiting for me
So make sure you don't have 700-1000 cards waiting for you. The entire point of Anki is that you are shown facts just before you naturally begin to forget them, which is why it is optimal to review them as they are due.

>>138934935
>The people who say to set it to 9999 are mistaken.
The reason this is suggested is by placing daily review limits which trespass the amount of reviews you are going to be doing on a daily basis is directly impinging on the efficiency of the program.
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>>138934857
>So that's a no?
>You guys say it's all okay and shit, but I don't want to come home with 700-1000 cards waiting for me. I'll lose my motivation to continue.
How would you go about simply pushing back your schedule one week without fucking up the SRS system? Every cards that have been scheduled for the following seven days will hit you hard when you come back.
>>138934935
>When you get back from holiday, you'll do that many reps every day for a few days, until it settles back down to normal.
Except it doesn't when you do more than 20 cards a day, unless the cap is really high. That's pants over head retarded, because you won't review stuff you need to review at the moment (instead you'll review older cards which should've been reviewed earlier) and hence miss the whole point of Anki.
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>手を掴まれたかと思えば、無理矢理車に乗せられた。
I don't understand how the ば works here. Is it suppose to be something like "when"? Still not sure how much sense that makes with the previous bit. Is it like "when I realized my hand was grabbed, I was forced into the car"?
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>>138935045
>From personal experience, Chinese native beginner Japanese learners really fucking fail all over the place trying to read words properly, even worse than people without a character background because they have to fight reading them how they normally do in Mandarin and/or Cantonese.
>This also might be limited to anecdote but fuck me every Chink I've known to study Japanese, at least in my country, couldn't pronounce Japanese for shit. It's like they kept trying to add all of these Chinese sounds to kana which don't exist in Japanese.
Well that's pretty normal I guess. Imagine if we had to use roman letters but mixed up the pronunciation of each letter to correspond to another one, or even other sounds that don't exist now. This would be hell.
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>>138935045
I'm travelling for a week and won't be able to do anki. And no, I won't have a smartphone with me.
Judging from my usual schedule, one week of not studying will get me at least 500 cards, most likely near 800.
>>138935056
I thought it might be possible to freeze your deck.
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>>138935176
It probably is pretty normal but it is really awkward to see in action. Their speech was generally punctuated into jutting units instead of flowing sounds, very similar to the segmented nature of spoken Chinese dialects. Aside from having a character familiarity, they seemed to have more fundamental issues with coming to terms with the language than the English native learners. It's like they were so used to a certain rhythm to language and were suddenly being forced to play at an entirely different time signature, making me really doubt the so called advantage Chinese natives have when it comes to Japanese language acquisition.

>>138935355
>one week of not studying will get me at least 500 cards, most likely near 800
What are the format of your cards? If they are simple recall/recognition/production cards for vocab or kanji, that would take a few hours at worst.

>I thought it might be possible to freeze your deck.
That defeats the entire purpose of Anki.
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>>138935355
>I thought it might be possible to freeze your deck.
You can't freeze your memory, that's the problem.
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>>138935085
>Is it suppose to be something like "when"
Yes.
>"when I realized my hand was grabbed, I was forced into the car"?
Literally "When I thought "Was my hand grabbed?"", or more naturally, "as soon as my hand was grabbed".
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>>138935441
>making me really doubt the so called advantage Chinese natives have when it comes to Japanese language acquisition.
I think the only advantage they have here is being acquainted to the kanji. But att the same time, it's a big disadvantage because kanji are already fully 'stuck' in their head. Changing their pronunciation is harder, especially when it has multiple readings (which, IIRC, Chinese doesn't have).
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>>138935552
Oh, alright. I'm used to seeing と that way but not really ば so I was unsure of it. Thank you.
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>>138932885
You're on google's FBI watch list.
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>>138935085
There is an entry for 思えば in the DoJG Anki deck but for かと思えば specifically, you might find something in this page.
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=981


>>138935589
>which, IIRC, Chinese doesn't have
Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, etc. have a lot of different readings for their hanzi but it is a lot more predictable than in Japanese, which is a bit of a free for all.
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>>138935668
>Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, etc. have a lot of different readings for their hanzi but it is a lot more predictable than in Japanese, which is a bit of a free for all.
That's not what I meant. I mean, if you pick only one dialect, for instance Cantonese, I think the hanzi reading are unique. But then again, I might be wrong and I apologize if that's what you were saying.
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>>138935753
>I think the hanzi reading are unique
Nah, they also have multiple readings for individual hanzi. It's just a lot less chaotic than modern Japanese. The way the language is structured, the readings are more obvious. Pity the languages of China sound so fucking horrible.
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>>138936046
>Nah, they also have multiple readings for individual hanzi. It's just a lot less chaotic than modern Japanese. The way the language is structured, the readings are more obvious.
Thanks for the clarification then.
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Do I have this right? Also whats with all the posts saying Korean food is unsanitary?

http://dat.2chan.net/t/res/275004.htm

安全面は知らんが仕事で韓国行ったことあるけど
本場のより日本の韓国料理店で食べるほうが
やっぱ日本人の口にはあうと思た。

"Im not sure about food saftey but ive been to korea on buisness. The korean food in korea is better than that in Japan however,
I thought maybe it would fit Japanese tastes"

"チヂミとか韓国おにぎりとか、日本のもの参考にして作ってるからな。"

Because they used Japanese things as a reference to make チヂミとか韓国おにぎり.
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Why does this Godforsaken language have three Godforsaken alphabets?

On top of that, the hiragana and Katakana are syllabaric and share an identical set of underlying syllabic roots? (This is legitimately confusing, not just a rant. The rest is a rant.)

This is bullshit.

I'm not going to be satisfied until I can write "this is bullshit" in all three alphabets.
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>>138936637
クソ食らえ
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>>138936551
>Also whats with all the posts saying Korean food is unsanitary?
Wasn't there a big scandal recently about traces of feces in exported Korean food or something like that.
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>>138936637
>and share an identical set of underlying syllabic roots?
Kek, that's the whole point. An alphabet is supposed to represent the sounds of the language, what use is there of an alphabet that doesn't stems from the language?
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>>138936637
Wow, you are really stupid, aren't you?
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>>138936551
>The korean food in korea is better than that in Japan however, I thought maybe it would fit Japanese tastes"
As expected, eating in Japanese Korean food restaurants fits Japanese peoples' tastes better.

I.e, Korean food made by Japanese people suits Japanese people better than "real" Korean food.

The が in ほうが is the subject marker, not が as in 知らんが
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I think I'm gonna get roasted for this one, but can someone explain me the キタ━━━(゚∀゚)━━━!! meme on 2chan.
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>>138937065
it's here
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>>138934587
who would win in a battle between dekinai and demonbane?
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>>138937065
>meme
it's what your post says if you don't type anything and just post an image
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>>138937065
I think on futaba making a blank post will automatically fill the post body with that.

So if it looks like everyone is spamming a thread with it they're really not, they're just blank posting with images.
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>>138937065
Japanese often post キタ, meaning "north," to signify bumping a thread on 2ch. This meaning is derived from the direction of "north" being frequently associated with the arrow pointing upwards on a compass rose, similar to how bumping a thread moves it upwards on the board.
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>>138937239
>>138937266
Thanks anons.
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幻肢痛
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Finally regained my old tempo.
Lesson: wake up early and exercise.
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>>138936637
Gee, why does English need two alphabets?
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Somebody FUCKING help me please

i am using ankidroid and I accidentally set it to increase today's new card limit by 300 instead of 30. HOW DO I FUCKING MAKE IT STOP SHOWING ME NEW CARDS.

Ive already been studying for 4 hours. my heartrate started elevating from stress a bit less than 3 hours in. I've already cried once. I DONT WANT TO SEE MORE NEW CARDS. I was supposed to be alseep 15 minutes ago
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>>138937712
Set the daily new cards to zero, move the new cards after the reviews and simply do 30 a day and ignore the rest.
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>>138937712
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>>138937712
Restore from backup on PC - synchronize.
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>>138937769
I think he meant that he picked the option to 'Increase New cards for today' (or something like that), changing the new cards to zero won't fix that.

>>138937712
I think you'll have to sync your phone to your computer then reschedule those new cards.
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>>138936637
でたらめ
デタラメ
出鱈目

たいしたことじゃねぇ
もっと頑張ってみろ
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>>138936637
dekinai
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You hanging in there, anon?
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>>138937892
Yeah I did pick that option.

I'm not sure what I did, and it's probably bad, but I changed the settings of "Start of New Day" to 16 hours after midnight, then back to what I regularly had it and it took off all the new cards and didn't mess with the cards I already had to review. I can finally get some sleep.
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>>138937586
Japanese really suffers for it's lack of caps lock.
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Does anyone have hard and fast rules for what is hard/good/easy on anki?

I seem to favor good to easy unless I instantly get it without even thinking, but I feel like thats hampering my progress
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Gonna shill this for a few threads until it's in the OP or enough people have it that if anyone asks they can provide it.

I managed to turn the DOBJG into a searchable, bookmarked PDF with both English and weeb runes searchable. You need to install Adobe language shit but it works. I'd like this to be added to the OP as well.

https://a.pomf.cat/xvrwar.pdf
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>>138938639
Go to feedback page, my good anon. It will get added if you post it on feedback.
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>>138938683
>Go to feedback page, my good anon. It will get added if you post it on feedback.
This.
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>>138938625
http://ankisrs.net/docs/manual.html#reviewing

>Because Easy rapidly increases the delay, it’s best used for only the easiest of cards. Usually you should find yourself answering Good instead.
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>>138938683
>>138938712

Thanks to both of you.
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>>138937712

we told you about Anki man it was made by white supremists to keep the common man down

this is why we on DJT, /a/ unequivocally endorse WaniKani because it is the product of free trade and innovation

>>138937816
>>
If I don't finish my deck for the day I basically feel like I've personally let down Trump. Hes over my shoulder daily, telling me "You WILL learn Japanese"

Is this true for anyone else?
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>>138938270
なんとか
あんたは?
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>>138938380
katakana can be used for emphasis in a similar way
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>>138938784
>あんた
Fuck off, I was just trying to be nice.
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sup
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>>138938850
うっ
申し訳ありません
おまえさんは?

>>138938780
pic related
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>>138938924
DELETE THIS
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What's 3限 as used here meant to be?
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>>138938639
If you could convert it to text it would be greatly useful. I added bookmarks to my scans of the dojg volumes a while ago but it is still greatly limited by the lack of text readability for searching/copy/paste, etc. The file size is also pretty bloated, being images, compared to the current version of the dojg pdf project, which is missing the entry notes that would make it perfect for learners.
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>>138937712
Gotta learn fast, anon. Just think of the hypothetical progress.
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>>138939028
is this in a school setting? I've seen it mean "3rd period" and the like.
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>>138939301
Yeah, that makes sense. I thought it might be that but the dic only lists it as a counter for "slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat) "
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>>138938924
サンダース万歳!
トランプに死を!
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>>138939363
I think it's short for 限目
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>>138939374
サンダースさんはアニメを実現化するよ!
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>>138938924
わたし輪に本
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>>138939028
Guessing 優綺 is ゆうき、a name for the girl in question? Looks like a pretty shit read. Why, with all the good manga and light novels in the CoR do people keep bringing questions about the shitty porn they are reading?
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Does Rikaisama not support names, or what's the deal here?
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>>138939618
>Implying it's not the most COMPELLING CONTENT
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>>138939668
Did you read the faq?
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>>138939745
Manuals are for the weak.
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Read Monobeno they said
it's an easy lolige they said
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I live in japan but i still have a long way to go. Whats the best, surefire way to get to near fluency, jlpt2 etc?

I have a mammorh wall of words to throw into anki but not sure how to chunk them up, or when i "know" a word (some words i can identify when studying but forget or can't think of when needed in a real situation)
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>>138939995
>near fluency, jlpt2
One of these is not like the other
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>>138937205
dekinai
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What Kanji is this?
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>>138940129

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>>138940021
WOW FUCKIN EPIC BRO ;)

It's not like I listed them separate goals or anything or if you relly want to be anal about then 'near''s subjectivity could be construed as anything.
You pseudointellectual fedora-wearing anime-masturbating preteen faggot.
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>>138940021
this.
desu, not even jlptn1
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>>138940230
>desu
the fuck, what was i typing?
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>>138940218
just a joke bro heh
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>>138940218
anon, we have a guide and everything. there's no secret way to learning japanese that we're all sitting on or something.
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>>138940129
精液
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>>138940266
you're turning japanese
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>>138940266
desu desu desu desu desu desu
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>Learning a language other than glorious English
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>>138935045
I was watching one of them chinese anime livestreams once and the guy who was streaming talked in chinese and then japanese at the end of the stream sounding pretty fluent and normal

I guess anime really fixes all problems
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>>138940218
I dont think you belong here
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>>138940478
>be a kid
>half of my entertainment is in english
>learn english to enjoy it easier
>be an adult
>half of my entertainment is in japanese
>learn japanese to enjoy it easier
Perfectly logical
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>>138941072
Does that mean I'll be watching a ton of german soap operas once I learn japanese and get old?
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>>138941399
I'll make sure to report back in 10-20 years later if I end up watching german soap operas
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>無事1巻発売ができてとてき嬉しいです…
>できてとてき
I get that できて is 出来る but what is とてき?
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>there are people who do nothing but grind anki
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>>138941729
are there though
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>>138941729
There are?
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>>138941684
>無事1巻発売ができて、とても嬉しいです
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>>138941684
Pretty sure that's a も, mate.
>>138941757
I, for one.
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>>138941801
but why
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>>138941779
>>138941801
Damnit, I got fucked.
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>>138941814
There's just too much vocabulary. I felt I had to focus my efforts on it before doing anything else. I'll work through Tae Kim after I finish Core10k I think.
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>>138941853
that is incredibly stupid
So you plan on spending 1-2 years not interacting with the language at all while you grind bland vocabulary from core10k?
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>>138941853
I'm working on a core 125k deck just for people like you.
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>>138941684
Since the picture's already here, what does 続けてこられた mean here? That they were absorbed with making the continuation?
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What's your review schedule like? I'm trying to find a good time to play VNs.
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>>138941873
Yes. And I'll be that much more powerful coming out on other the side. Learning the language itself will be a easy when the vocabulary frame has been established.
>>138942002
It's the potential form of 続けてくる
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>>138942061
Does that expression roughly translate into that they were devoted into making the sequel?
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>>138942284
ここまで続けてこられた
continued up to this point
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私の悩み聞いてください。
私医学生です。
ふつう学ぶことが好きですが、なぜか大学の勉強は大嫌いです。
他の生徒たちと点数を比べるとか、テストの日の前に徹夜するとか、ストレスを感じるながら難しい本を読むとか、すべて話にならないほど疲れます。
来週から6月まで毎週テストがあります。休みやいんですが、勉強しなければまた今年も落第します。とても不安です。もう卒業せず年を取りたくありません。
この場合どうすればいいんですか。
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>Learning with Tofugu and Genki
>Can feel my comprehension of kana and grammer getting better
>Not afraid of kanji
ALL FOR YOU BABY
ALL FOR YOU
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>>138942390
うまくなる
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Went through my first sex scene since I started mining and set a new record for # of words mined in a day. It would have been 20+ higher but I don't want to fill my deck with tons of sex words. Satsukoi is much more specific than Flyable Heart and uses lots of anatomical terms.
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>>138941729
I personally do not recommend it.
1 year in and I still haven't read anything and I've hardly progressed in the deck even though it's all I do. Getting a job really fucked me, you can even tell where i started it on my review count.
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>>138941853
That's retarded. There's a reason people read Tae Kim while grinding decks, the sooner you're able to start reading, the better.
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>>138942390
大学を落第し、日本語を習えよ少年
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>not playing the PC-98 masterpiece that is Possessioner

You beat up lesbians and have sex with them in a cyberpunk world, what's not to like.
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What the fuck? Core 10k starts repeating itself in the middle. Why does it have two identical sets of words?
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>>138942937
Japanese doesn't have more than 5k words.
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>>138942708
You're 223 days in, not 1 year.
And you've got them all spread out to make it that much worse. Anki is designed to be used every day.
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>>138942979
There's 20k cards in the deck and it seems that the second half is just first 10k words repeated with the current word blacked out from the reference sentence on the front.
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>>138943029
Does Anki use my own PC time or does it count a day as 24 hours after your last reps?
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>>138943115
It uses your PC time and adds new cards every 24 hours, I think at 3 or 4 AM by default depending on daylight savings
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>>138942937
>>138943045
Guess it's review only for me from now on. And mining.
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>>138943227
どうも
>>
Is there a DoJG deck that's ordered by usefulness/frequency/difficulty, or will I have to go through the entire alphabet of the dictionary while studying? I just finished Tae Kim, but remember only about a quarter of it (hopefully the rest comes back to me when I have to keep referencing it, if I recognize it in the first place).
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>>138943318
>grammar
>anki
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>>138943029
It's almost a year if you count when I was doing core 2k and kim before switching to this kanji deck.

And I am fully aware you are meant to do it every day but having a job, a crippling video game addiction and no self control ruined that. For whatever reason I just can't bring myself to study on the weekend. I am also incredibly slow on anki, my average answer time is 20 seconds per card.
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>>138943421
20 seconds is not so bad.
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>>138940218
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>>138943421
>no self control
できない
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>>138943378

dojg deck is pretty useful anon.
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>>138943421
>no self control



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>>138943449
I know there are a lot of people that post fake study recaps but generally I don't think I've ever seen a single person with a worse time to cards ratio than me which is disheartening. Thanks for encouraging me though, I don't plan on giving up I'm just upset with my pace and inconsistency.
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>>138943421
できなくない
>>
Xの1丁を読みする
Is that a proper way to use the page counter?
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Do you guys ever go through periods where stuff you were reading fine before suddenly feels incomprehensible?

I've been reading this LN and had gotten to a point where I felt I could read it well, but picking it up again today I feel like I can't even parse the sentences.
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>>138943602
>not 出来無い
溺内
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>>138943882
Yes
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I'm having trouble deciphering a sentence and I would like some help.

「何が得策なのかは、今となってはもうわかりにくいが。

得も策も、今となっては彼女から縁通い漢字になってしまったように思える」

I don't understand what 縁通い漢字 means. Google and Jisho did not help much.
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>>138944835
Both of the kanji 得 and 策 (as in, both of their meanings) seem quite far from her
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>>138945122
Oh shit, I see it now. Can't believe I missed that, it makes perfect sense now. Thank you!
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>>138944835
「縁遠い」e n do o i  の事では無いかな?
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Is there an option to increase the font size of the hover definitions in the latest Translator Aggregator? It looks really tiny on my monitor.
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>>138945598
I'm probably on an old version, but View->Tooltip Font
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post your funny rikai definitions
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>>138945907
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Does アドレナる just mean 'when high on adrenaline' or something? Can't find any definition for it anywhere, even in moon.
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>>138946229
It's jocular but yes, you can infer that's basically what it's supposed to mean.
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>>138946251
>jocular
What makes it so funny?

It's just odd though, googling doesn't really seem to turn up anything in that form, I think the author made up a fucking verb. Should be laws against that.
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>>138945907
カルピス
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>>138946280

People make up words all the time.
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>>138946405
You can't just make up a verb.
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>>138946416

Verbate:

To modify a noun or adjective to create a verb.

:^)
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>>138946416
Sure you can
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>>138946416
wanikani yourself
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>>138946451
>>138946453
>>138946486
Disgusting.
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>>138946486
Dude, you should never wish that other people dekinai like that.
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>>138946416
You do know languages were "made up" by people and didn't just pop into existence, right?
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>>138946416
>You can't just make up a verb.
Unless you're this guy.
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>>138938639
>>138938768
In case you don't see my response in feedback:
>Given it's only the basic volume, I'm not really sure where the best place for it right now would be. Maybe next to the DoJG scan downloads in the CoR? Anyways, re-upload this to a folder on mega and link the folder here so you can update it / add the other volumes without me having to update the links every time.
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>>138946512
凶? no...... I'm a bi
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I just read 迸る correctly without looking it up, holy shit.
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>>138946679
hot basil
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>>138946679
おめでとう
You've achieved upper-beginner-level and may now begin giving advice to newcomers about any aspect of the language even if you haven't learned it yet yourself, and acting smug if anyone corrects you because half the thread won't know better anyway.
Enjoy it while it lasts.
>>
とんでもない
ぼくたち
生きのびたいから
逃げてるんだよ
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>>138946794
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>>138946855
>>
>啜
>a mouth and four crotches
>suck

ebin
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Anyone else feeling suicidal after study sessions? It feels like the more I study, the less I know.
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>>138947173
Not really. I've learned to enjoy the journey rather than focusing on end goals or worrying about how much is left to go. You'll be a lot happier that way.

There's a lot of memehard material I'm interested in, but there's also a ton of easier material I'm interested in too, so there's honestly no need to be in such a rush if I'm going to be reading all of that stuff eventually anyways. It's better to enjoy yourself and take your time reading things that interest you while gradually turning up the difficulty over time.
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>>138947173
I feel suicidal after completing my daily Anki reps.
I'm thinking of giving up on them entirely and just reading compelling content with the time I'd normally spend on Anki.
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>>138947394
You should, reading is far more useful than doing reps. I stopped doing my reps after about a year of studying and was completely fine.
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>>138931683
this helped a lot with finding foot smut on pixiv
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>>138947394
Just reading alone isn't good enough though. You need to treat the reading like a study.
It's really easy to focus too much on the meaning of the sentence you're reading and forget that the main goal is to acquire vocab.
>>
>みんなシャイなんだな、きっと。それでいてむっつり助平なのだ。きっとそうだ。
>Believe me, everyone appears to be shy. And yet the taciturn person is lewd. No doubt.
Three questions:
What's the 'ん' doing here?
Did I get the 'だな' right?
An alternative would be 'the taciturn person's mind is dirty', but would that be too much?
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>>138947887
>And yet the taciturn person is lewd.

If you don't mind me saying, this is a very awkward sounding sentence.
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>>138947901
Well if we take 'むっつり', the sentence could also be: the sullen, lewd guy is dirty-minded.
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>>138947887
>taciturn person
Had to google this
>What's the 'ん' doing here
It's a casual explanation
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>>138947887
>きっと
>Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Naze nanda, nipponjin?
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>>138947955
>surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent)
>slang for believe me, no doubt, I'm sure
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>>138948019
I know what it means, anon. I found out when i looked it up. Im just baffled as to why a concept like that needs a mimetic word.
>>
>tfw only done anki today
>tfw no progress on Tae Kim
>tfw watch daredevil season 2 all day instead
出来ない。
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おはようおにいちゃん

>>138937444
ずいぶんマニアックな熟語だね

無くした手足があるように痛いんだってね

せいぶつの脳ってふしぎ

>>138946229
アドレナると=興奮すると、だとおもうよ
>>
Which Kanji anki deck is best? The Kanjidamage one seems pretty obnoxious but the nihongoshark one lacks readings
>>
>>138949085
They all suck. If you want the best, get the ichi-moe deck, but know that it's information overload and will be difficult to memorize things from.
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>>138932024
Lopà
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What is Dekinai's Stand?
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>>138949119
>but know that it's information overload and will be difficult to memorize things from.
Sounds like learning Japanese to me. I will try it, thanks.
>>
謝謝
감사합니다
ありがとうございます
Thank You
>>
>>138949541
>>
Going through one of those phases where doing anki is unbearable, pretty annoying
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>>138949674
Same.
My retention today was like 50%
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>>138949715
I wonder what causes it, the past couple of weeks I've been dominating that shit getting like 90% retention, but now I just can't deal with it at all
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>>138949778
Yeah I don't know.
I'm gonna hold off on doing new cards for a day or two to catch up on my reviews.
I think adding new cards right now when I'm doing terrible on just my reviews will just make it worse.
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It all comes tumbling down.
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おにいちゃん

おなかへった

なんかちょーだい
>>
>>138951282
あーん
*いもうとさんの口にチンポを突っ込む*
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What's a good VN to start with? I tried a couple of random moege (Nursery Rhyme and KoiChoco) and I got bored easily. I normally like SOL stuff too.
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>>138950638
>Those weak as fuck learn amounts after the first few days
Disgusting.
>>
holy fuck these kanjidamage "nmemonics" are absolutely retarded and not helpful at all

> 時
> とき time, as in 'That time your mom shaved her beard.

?????????

I liked the wanikani nmenomics better. How's remembering the kanji? Is it easy to look up shit on there?

The only reason I keep using KD is because I can handwrite down the kanji on find it on their website instantly.
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>>138951668
>kanjidamage
>wanikana
やれやれ
>>
A girl I was talking to on Line sent me this.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1CSS8E06OXK

Can anyone tell me what's being said?
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>>138951668
you can make your own
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>>138951871
Were you talking about something lewd?
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>>138951433

Any of the WAB games.
The poetic repetition/re-juxtaposition of lines really makes you pay attention to the grammar, while still being simple to read.
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>>138951871
She just said she wants a slice of cheesecake
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>>138951945
Thanks. Does it matter which one I start with? Sharnoth's MC looks like a real qt but it's not the first game in the series.
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>>138951945
Pardon my ignorance but what is WAB?
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>>138951933
Uh, maybe? I don't really think it was that lewd. What did she say? It'd help if you could just type the Japanese out. I can't really hear it.

>>138951960
Wat.
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>>138951871
I think I can make out:
>私のせい良くない… ダメってんだろう
Not sure what she specifically means by せい because I've got no context.
I have a feeling you were talking about lewd things before hand as >>138951933 said.
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>>138952089
I don't know. The girl's 14, so I don't really think she'd say anything weird... Can anyone make it out better?
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>>138951871
あたしのチーズケーキたべてください///
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>>138951871
私の生理なめてんのか
なめてんだろう

Don't talk to crazy girls anymore
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>>138952086
私の性欲なめてるの
なめてんだろ
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>>138952051
What a Beautiful series.
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>>138952236
BINGO. You're tonight's winner, so you get a BRAND NEW CAR
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>>138952006
Nah, they tend to have like terminology, but reading order is hardly important. Sharnoth is a really good one to start with. Maybe wait on Inganock until you get a good handle on the writing style. I'm a sucker for Shiei no Sona Nyl myself, but you have to be careful of the audio, as it doesn't match the text in every case, and you could get a game over for it or miss something detailing.

>>138952051
"What a Beautiful" / also known as the Steampunk Series, developed by Liar-SOFT. They're really cool mixes of low sci-fi, Lovecraft and world history, so if you liked Shadow Hearts at all, you may get a kick out of them. They're also fairly short, so you're not falling for some FSN trap.
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>>138938639
I love you.

I already found a similar version of DOIJG, but I still find myself needing to reference the basic one sometimes. Now I wonder if there's a good version of the advanced one out somewhere.
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>>138952225
>>138952236
>>138952274
Which of these is right??
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>>138952236
I don't care if this is the right answer or not. It's the best answer.
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>>138952309
She obviously says 性欲 so
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>>138951871
You think that's something? I was talking to a girl and she sent me this:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0niiWfFyNOF

I basically came in my pants as soon as I heard it.
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>>138952349
Wew, tell your girl to lay off the test.
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>>138952349
I laughed way harder than I should have.
I'm going to save this for future use.
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>>138952328
Weird. I guess 14 year old girls in Japan are more sexualized than I thought. I'll be more careful. Thanks.
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>>138952424
What the fuck were you talking about that led to this?
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>>138952445
She told me to say ぎゅー a lot cause she likes hugs. And then sent me that... I'm kind of scared now, honestly.

I'm going to Tokyo in late May and she said she wanted to meet up cause she lives in Kanagawa. I thought she was just being friendly.
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>>138952706
>a bloo bloo bloo I'm so scared a fucking girl wants my shriveled phimotic dick

Go suck a dick then fagmeister
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>>138952706
The age of consent in Japan is 13 years.
You know what to do.
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小者の顔なんぞ いちいち覚えてない、
ましてオス、うまそうですらない
記憶に残る理由が ひとつもない!!

Can I get some clarification on the 2nd line? It's fucking with me since the vocab sorta overlaps and I'm not sure what to go with.
Context: demon king reflects on an invasion he led 200 years ago.
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>>138952749
>>138952801
She's 14 dude. I'm 28.
>Pic related.
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>>138952848
You look pretty cute for a 28 year old dude.
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>>138952848
I fail to see the problem.
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>>138952801
As a baseline, yeah. It's higher in most of Japan
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>>138952886
Eh... Well, I guess meeting up with her can't hurt.

>>138952937
What's the age of consent in Tokyo?
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>>138952848
>sharing pics someone sent you with the world
This is why you don't chat with strangers on the net. This kid needs to learn basic computer safety, among other things.
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>>138952992
Yeah, well I purposely picked something with her face covered, but I have noticed that most of the Japanese people I talk to know nothing about computers...
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>>138952972
>What's the age of consent in Tokyo?
18 according to google
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>>138952831
I don't remember the face of every youngster I come across.
On top of that, men are unappealing and not even worth remembering.

This is the gist of what he's saying. What vocab is overlapping for you?
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>>138953049
most people don't know anything about computers
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when do you use moratokuwa or however its pronounced as a thanking, I've noticed it between characters who are best buds
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I'm away for 3 hours, and there's not a single post worth replying to? I'm disappointed in you /djt/.
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>>138953082

オス and うまそう
I just don't see オス like, ever, and he just described his men in the top part, so I mistakenly wrote off (men) because I didn't think he'd rename them mid-sentence. (So I was pretty much wrong from the start when looking at it)
Then,
I wasn't sure how to actually use うまそう in the sentence and it made me second-guess who the verb was referring to in the last line because of it. it's why I needed a second opinion, so I appreciate the help so I can update anki just a bit.
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>>138953377
オス is pretty much an animalistic, derogatory way of referring to men.

The suffix そう is just a way of describing how something appears. So うまい = appetizing/appealing, うまそう = looks appetizing.

So when used in the phrase with すら、
うまそうですらない, "not even delicious or appetizing."
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>>138952848
>it will be years before I know Japanese well enough to converse with children on LINE
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>>138949305
Shigenobu Okuma
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>英語字幕入れたWebmを日本語分からない人のために写したい
>字幕ははっきり違う
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>>138953049
>I purposely picked something with her face covered
Anon, you can clearly tell what she looks like. That's not "covering the face".
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well at least you know they're willing to talk to 28 year olds
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>>138952289
It isn't hard to embed bookmarks and a ToC into pdf files using almost any pdf editing program out there.
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Just a few more....
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>>138952848
So what if she is a little old, you may as well take the opportunity and if she waxes it will be just like any European origin 12 year old.
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>>138953498
Sorry for the late thank you, but I really do appreciate the explanation. (4chans doing that stupid Banned Foe Life No More Appeals garbage because its drunk)
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>>138954360
>anki deck for grammar

Is this actually useful? Wouldn't simply reading things help with grammar much faster?
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>>138953584
CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T
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>>138954463
I'm using morphman so I find this and DoJG to be infinitely useful. I only intend for Tae Kim + DoJG as my only grammar decks though. The rest would be subs2srs+reading/watching native material.
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>>138954467
デキデキデキデキデキデキデキデキデキ
デキナイ!!!
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>>138954463
The logic is that you don't see certain grammar in reading much or at all, like べからず
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>>138954463
>Is this actually useful? Wouldn't simply reading things help with grammar much faster?
Not really, no. The DOJG deck, if done in a relatively fast manner, (I mean, not two cards a day) will get you there faster. Depending on what you read, you might never encounter grammar points that might come in handy/useful when you try to learn works with higher difficulty.
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>>138954360
Good stuff anon.
Are you looking to move onto the DoJG deck whence most of those cards start to reach maturity?

>select all the images of mountains
>image is a photo of a street with a speed limit sign taking up most of the pane
With m00t gone, it could be our chance to get ヒロユキ to install his own botnet captcha that actually fucking works.

>>138954463
>Is this actually useful?
Incredibly.
>Wouldn't simply reading things help with grammar much faster?
What do you do when you encounter something you don't understand while reading? You look it up, don't you?

That aside, what makes you think spending 30 minutes or so using an Anki deck is going to stop a person from reading at some other point during the day? Do you actually hold this dichotomous view?
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>>138954528

Then don't learn it.
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>>138954538
Even then, you're likely going to end up referencing the DoJG books when coming across something you don't understand while consuming native media, so doing it through Anki in a systematic manner is no different to the reasoning behind why people use vocabulary decks.

>>138954571
>Then don't learn it.
You cannot be serious.
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>>138954360
Is this the same as the guide but on deck form? Or should I be reading the guide as well as this deck?
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>>138954467
無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄 無駄
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>>138954596

>I want to learn to read Japanese so I use SRS to learn words that I don't encounter while reading
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>>138954540
>Are you looking to move onto the DoJG deck
I've already finished 基本, was quite easy anyway. A peek at the Intermediate and Advanced parts excites me though.
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>>138954599
>Or should I be reading the guide as well as this deck?
This.
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>>138954596
>Even then, you're likely going to end up referencing the DoJG books when coming across something you don't understand
If you're doing the deck everyday without cheating on your comprehension, I doubt grammar will be a problem when reading, except for very special cases - for which I don't think the DoJG would've helped anyway.
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Oh.... If you guys only knew of how handy of a tool morphman + subs2srs can be, you'd know how indispensable grammar decks are. Even without morphman + subs2srs, it's already plenty useful, MM's i+1 capability only expands it.
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>>138954467
Power - SSS

Speed - SSS

Range - SSS

Durability - SSS

Precision - SSS

Potential - SSS

What it's ability though?
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>>138954599
>Is this the same as the guide but on deck form?
In some ways yes, in some ways no.
Here is the information page for the deck
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/242060646
This is the blog page for the koohii user who made that version of the deck
http://ja-dark.tumblr.com/post/118803732787/anki-deck-tae-kims-grammar-guide-with-sentence

>>138954620
You're going to encounter them eventually and not only that, it builds up your overall bank of knowledge of the language and it has an overflow effect. I'm sorry but you're fucking stupid if you think it is clever to only learn things as you come across them.

>>138954622
The Intermediate and Advanced sections can have a rather steep difficulty curve in respect to the example sentences but it is great experience as most of it contains complexity you will only rarely find in manga, and is a great way to get used to written Japanese you're going to run headlong into the moment you start reading something like a light novel, article, etc.

>>138954679
>without cheating on your comprehension
What does that even mean?

>>138954745
It's been in the guide for ages and has been suggested a few times. I think it isn't more widely discussed as MM requires a setup more involved than a lot of anons are willing to invest in. You have to take into account that almost all of the Anki related issues that are brought up can be solved by referencing the user manual and if people aren't really willing to be proactive enough to do that, well. It's a shame.
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>>138954847
>What does that even mean?
I meant, studying extensively each grammar point and then moving on to the next. Not just looking up the grammar definition but checking the notes and getting a good feel for how the grammar works here.
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>>138951871
What I hear is
>いや 私の性欲ないで
>ダメってんだろう?
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艱難
Rare kanji for you rare kanji inquisitors
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>>138940174
More like 字
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>>138954973
Fucking bullshit if you ask me. What, is 困難 too easy and plebeian for you? I bet you had no friends growing up.
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>>138954847
>You have to take into account that almost all of the Anki related issues that are brought up can be solved by referencing the user manual and if people aren't really willing to be proactive enough to do that, well.
Not only morph man but people struggle with kanji grid, of all things.
https://desustorage.org/a/search/text/%22kanji%20grid%22/

>>138954930
>I meant, studying extensively each grammar point and then moving on to the next.
Isn't that how you are supposed to use the deck?
>Not just looking up the grammar definition but checking the notes and getting a good feel for how the grammar works here.
Are there people here who treat it like a vocab deck or something?
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>>138955034
That word just never sticks
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>>138955045
>Isn't that how you are supposed to use the deck?
>Are there people here who treat it like a vocab deck or something?
Well I can't know for all the anons that use the deck, but I just wanted to stress that particular point. Going through the deck without investing more than five seconds for each new cards you encounter is pretty useless if you ask me.
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>>138954395
Any time friend.
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The weirdest thing about learning Japanese is seeing all sorts of basic translations errors all over the damn place. I'm not even *that* good yet but I still see blatantly incorrect translations in official works. It's like, "surely THIS acclaimed series will have proper translation" but they often don't.
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https://github.com/TranslationPlayer/Trans-Player-Desktop

Holy Shit. I've found my messiah.
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>>138955126
>Going through the deck without investing more than five seconds for each new cards you encounter is pretty useless if you ask me.
I agree but to be honest it sounds pretty unrealistic that anyone would do such a thing so bringing it up as a complain sounds a bit like a strawman. Nevermind.

On the above linked tumblr blog I found this site https://hinoki-project.org/asunaro/index-e.php which is pretty neat. I put in this sentence, randomly found from a google search:
しかし過保護はほんとうにわがままな子どもにしてしまうのでしょうか。まいんどでも毎回のようにとりあげてきましたが、子どもは主として母親をとおして、心の発達でもっとも大切な自分が生まれてきた世界への基本的信頼感と、自分の存在に対する自信を獲得して成長していきます。
Pic related is the sentence diagram it generated. It's pretty cool. First time I've heard of this 文節 concept being auto-generated like this.
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>まく
>日本では、二月に豆をまく行事がある。
Which kanji is this? There at least 4 of them.
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>>138955312
This is the reason why I had stopped watching anime completely. I reached a point where I couldn't ditch subs completely, yet I spotted lots of glaring errors in subtitles to the point where my brain was focusing on the translation instead of enjoying the show.

Japanese subs were horrible too because I had to tab out constantly to time them properly.
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>>138955312
>The weirdest thing about learning Japanese is seeing all sorts of basic translations errors all over the damn place.
They likely aren't errors and you likely misunderstand what a translator actually does.
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>>138955427
撒く
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>>138955427
>he didn't do core
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>>138955447
I think the term itself is wrong, butcher is a better name for it.
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>>138955427
撒く
It's about 節分.
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>>138955447
Look at the image. Not even liberal, just wrong. It's cases like that. I am aware of how liberal translations works and what translators do. As far as I know, a translator's job description doesn't include "make mistakes for no reason even when it doesn't make the translation any better"
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>>138955479
Beginners are not in a position to make such statements.

>>138955488
>liberal translations
Isn't a thing.
>As far as I know, a translator's job description doesn't include "make mistakes for no reason even when it doesn't make the translation any better"
Explain how that doesn't localise the meaning to the viewer.
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>>138955402
>I agree but to be honest it sounds pretty unrealistic that anyone would do such a thing so bringing it up as a complain sounds a bit like a strawman. Nevermind.
Not really. A lot of anons go through TK without really grasping most of it, I don't see why they wouldn't do this with a grammar deck just to get by in reading.
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hoo boy here comess the argumentative autist
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>>138955547
This.
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Expecting people to spend more than thirty seconds per card is stupid. Saying that it's the only right way to use a deck is even insane. There is no "right way" to spend time on the front and back of a card, only right and wrong ways to press the buttons.
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>>138955541
Maybe you're right and it is merely a matter of my limited anecdotal evidence.
I'm probably just incredulous.

>>138955547
>>138955588
Please fuck samefag shitposter- these threads don't need any more reason to be deleted.
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>>138955623>>Please fuck samefag shitposter
Kill yourself
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>>138955533
Liberal translations are a thing, what do you mean?
>Explain how that doesn't localise the meaning to the viewer.
Uh ok
>松本を攻撃してきた宇宙人
>Right: The alien who attacked Matsumoto
>Wrong: Matsumoto was attacked by the alien
How does getting this basic thing wrong localize the meaning? What? It's just plain wrong.
>>138955623
You're definitely not helping your case by spitting samefag at everyone. People will rightly think of you as an idiot.
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>>138955623
Kill yourself
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>>138955623
>saying samefag to people you disagree with
This is one of the worst memes on 4chan.
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>>138955438
>Japanese subs were horrible too because I had to tab out constantly to time them properly.
use the Shift Times feature to batch retime the subs with 1 command.
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>>138955663
Post the entire context, not just a sentence fragment.
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>>138955645
What exactly is your problem?

>>138955663
>People will rightly think of you as an idiot.
Oh please fuck off and read the context of the reply chain.

>>138955668
If it walks like a duck... Either way, people who start up that boogyman shit are ruining these threads.

>>138955693
>to people you disagree with
What? The moron randomly started up with boogyman shit which is the prime factor for pointless shitposting in these threads. Everyone should be telling them to fuck off, not defending baiting. Please read the context of the post.
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>>138955753
Context won't change grammar, anon.
>>138955761
Context also won't change that waving around claims of samefag when it's clearly not going on is idiotic.
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>>138955663
>Right: The alien who attacked Matsumoto
>Wrong: Matsumoto was attacked by the alien
Ergo the situation is that Matsumoto was attacked by the alien. Does that not fit the greater context of what was happening?

>>138955778
>Context also won't change that waving around claims of samefag when it's clearly not
It pretty clearly was, anon. 9/10 that sort of post is samefagging and it happens everywhere. Come on man.
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>>138955820
>9/10 that sort of post is samefagging and it happens everywhere.
You're completely delusional, aren't you.
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>>138955761
>Responding to the people you insulted
>Acting like there's something wrong with them for being hostile after you insult them
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>>138955820
>Ergo the situation is that Matsumoto was attacked by the alien.
But that's not what the subtitles said. The situation is also that Matsumoto is making a funny face there, and wearing a orangish uniform, but if the subtitles said that they'd be wrong. I have no idea why you are defending an incorrect translation so much.
> 9/10 that sort of post is samefagging and it happens everywhere.
No it's not. That's just in your head.
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>>138955820
See the two screenshots you fucking troglodyte
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>>138955778
>Context won't change grammar, anon.
It sure does. Post the entire context, verbatim, or get out..
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>>138955842
>>138955857
implying you're not an autistic samefagger with two browsers open
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>>138955761
I read your post. I agree immediately jumping onto a boogeyman just because a bit of back and forth is stupid, but your calling them a samefag is what I'm taking issue with. You're either being a cancerous retard who calls people samefags because he doesn't like their posts, or you're a newfag who doesn't know what "samefag" means. Plus it's a bit hypocritical to complain about boogeymen while also calling two different anons samefags like that.
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>>138955846
What on earth are you on about?
There was a casual converastion between two people and someone started up with the argumentative autist bullshit which has been the root cause of countless arguments.

Why are you defending blatant shitposting?

>>138955857
What part of 9 times out of ten do you not understand? Do you also think shitposters don't regularly post from multiple IPs? Just fuck off.
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>>138955869
No it doesn't.

I'm guessing these people are the kind of people dead set on being superior, and thus are being contradictory over a clearly incorrect translation, just to be "right" and justify whatever views they hold. No point talking with that kind of person.
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>>138955663
>>Right: The alien who attacked Matsumoto
Wrong. The japanese does not use a relative pronoun, therefore this is an incorrect translation because it's adding nuance that does not exist in the original (pronoun choice)
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>>138955908
>I'm guessing these people are the kind of people dead set on being superior
No, you're just one of those idiots who thinks they understand translation just because you can follow clauses in both languages.
>and thus are being contradictory over a clearly incorrect translation
You're literally projecting.
>just to be "right" and justify whatever views they hold
So you're going to justify whatever view you hold by saying "I'm right"?
>No point talking with that kind of person.
No point talking with you.
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>>138955533
Are you a fan of jelly donuts?
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>>138955903
>Why are you defending blatant shitposting?
Why are you shitposting yourself
Even worse than some AA mocking is you being a fucking sperg over such a little thing. Take it easy.
>>138955918
You are not making a good point. The original translation misunderstood grammar and was thus wrong. No matter how much you nitpick that translation, it didn't misunderstand grammar. Therefore, you are not making a good point.
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>>138955901
>but your calling them a samefag is what I'm taking issue with.
Anon calling that samefaggotry is the normal thing to do because that's exactly how it usually works.

Stop defending your shitposting. You are obviously bored and looking to shit up a thread, so I won't further entertain you. Just keep in mind that you are the cancer that makes generals shit.
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>>138955903
>Why are you defending blatant shitposting?
They're not "defending blatant shitposting", they're calling you out for wrongly assuming people were samefagging.
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>>138955903
You're the one doing the boogeyman shit. You're the one who's so delusional that he thinks that this "shitposter" boogeyman goes out of his way to samefag on two different computers at the same time.
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>>138955947
>So you're going to justify whatever view you hold by saying "I'm right"?
The Japanese and translations speak for themself. I'm not worried about justifying my view because it is proven before my eyes. If other people want to play dumb and claim he mistranslation was just a result of the translator localizing they can be my guest.
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>>138955969
It was samefaggotry and no one else is buying it.

>>138955981
>You're the one doing the boogeyman shit.
See this
>>138955547
>>138955588
>You're the one who's so delusional that he thinks that this "shitposter" boogeyman goes out of his way to samefag on two different computers at the same time.
Yes, because people don't have mobile devices.
Fuck off samefag.
>>
You know, I thought that guy was a bit too early in calling him the argumentative autist, but I think he might be on to something now.
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>no (You)'s
The fuck? I almost added incorect one.

>>138955456
>>138955486
Thanks, brehs.

>>138955477
I am doing it right now.
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>>138956015
Just ignore him, the argumentative autist can't be reasoned with
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>>138955961
>The original translation misunderstood grammar and was thus wrong.
So does yours, though. The japanese never says "who". If the alternative misunderstood the grammar it would have the relationship between matsumoto, the alien, and the attack wrong. But it does not.
>No matter how much you nitpick that translation, it didn't misunderstand grammar.
It did, though. A correct literal translation would be "The having attacked matsumoto alien", which correctly translates the relative clause as an adjectival clause and does not use a relative pronoun. Your example correct translation already alters the grammatical structure of the sentence. You do not get to arbitrarily draw the line of grammatical equivalence wherever you want.
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>>138956024
I'm pretty glad about how this turned out. He's making himself look like a fucking fool and it's wonderful. He's so mad about it too.
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>>138956017
You are extremely delusional. Both of those screenshots are desktop screenshots, and were not made within 1 minute of eachother, so there was no pretense of avoiding being accused a samefag at hand. There is no foreshadowing for your rationale of accusing them of being samefags.
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>>138956043
That isn't even the same person being accused.

This is exactly why these boogey man posters should be banned under global rule 3 for obvious flame baiting. All they are doing is throwing around these pointless buzzwords in an attempt to demonize anyone they don't agree with.
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>>138956099
Go back to >>>/qa/
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>>138956055
In the very beginning, a poster said
>They likely aren't errors and you likely misunderstand what a translator actually does.
What you're doing here is "misunderstanding what a translator actually does", only of course you're not actually misunderstanding, you're angry and thus feigning ignorance to make a point. Do us both a favour and stop pretending to be retarded.
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>>138956114
You're supporting the claim, anon.
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>>138956127
Not at all. I'm not the one throwing a shitfit because multiple people called me a boogeyman.
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Some anon said that he read the Haruhi LNs some thread ago. Did you useaozora files or some kind txt/pdf/html ones? Did you simply buy them or use scans?
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>>138956125
>What you're doing here is "misunderstanding what a translator actually does"
Not at all. I'm using your own interpretation of "right" and "wrong" translation, only I'm showing you that you're just arbitrarily deciding where to draw that line.
>only of course you're not actually misunderstanding, you're angry and thus feigning ignorance to make a point
I didn't feign ignorance anywhere. I'm using the system of logic you have established for yourself.
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Welp, I managed to derail DJT simply by posting a mistranslation. Some people are really trying their hardest to make this place into a shithole. Leaving was a good decision, and coming back to post sometimes was a bad decision. I hate to do it but it seems like leaving this thread to them and distancing myself from it is the best course of action. Good luck dudes
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>>138956189
>mistranslation
That wasn't one, though.
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>>138956155
I got a Kindle 7th gen from my friend recently, so I used the azw3 DRM-stripped files from the CoR and dumped them on my kindle. Makes for really easy reading.

There are image scans on the CoR. Don't think there are txt files though.
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>>138956189
You didn't derail the thread. The problem stems from that one anon accusing of samefagging.
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>>138956189
It's literally one guy

In fact, the same guy

For years
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>>138956183
That line is a mistranslation in that it can be interpreted as the alien attacking the guy at that very moment
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>>138956242
It's not in a stream of narration, so no.
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>>138956219
>samefag upset on being called out
>throws tantrum for dozens of posts
>totally not anons fault for anons actions
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report and hide
do not respond
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>>138955869
>It sure does.
This brings to mind some /djt/ from last year where some argumentative guy was browbeating other anons because they were translating some manga in a way that "didn't make sense" and "didn't follow in context". But it turned out the characters in the manga were making non sequiturs.
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>>138956189
That extremely argumentative guy derailed it by calling two random anons samefags for making a post he didn't like. Literally anyone can derail a thread with any post in any thread on 4chan as long as there's another anon there that's autistic enough to start an argument over it. It's just one guy who starts arguments a lot and is delusional enough to believe everything he says is correct. He even made this post while I was typing this post >>138956270

It's a case of a couple very noisy argumentative regular posters out of the 100-200+ semi-regular posters DJT has.
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>>138956189
You derailed the thread when you carried on with your argument ad nauseum because you felt like you had to win it. With that in mind, you're right, you should leave, maybe go to reddit?
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I've been on this thread for quite a few years and argumentative autist guy's style is undeniably the same.
With lots of people thinking he's autistic and he doesn't bat an eye.... Get a hint dude.
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>>138956636
You got the wrong guy dude
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Holy fucking shit. Just checking out the DoBJ PDF version now. This is fucking awesome. Whoever did this, you are goddamn amazing.
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>>138956711
You can do the same by OCRing the other PDFs, just torrent Adobe Acrobat or Abby Fine Reader.
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How to buy and rip from ebookjapan? I know zero Japanese but I want to buy something. And I can't find a guide.
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>>138956739
>>>/buyfag/
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>Dekinai Japanese Thread
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When will I be freed from Anki's grasp?
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Tell me DJT, am I retarded? I just can't enjoy supposedly good Japanese prose. I don't know what it is, but Japanese prose just reads like dogshit 99% of the time which is irritating when I am enjoying the content for most things. And it's not like I have high standards for LNs or manga, even big boy novels and tryhard VNs read like shit to me most of the time.

Do I need to fucking take a literary appreciation course to understand what makes prose good in Japanese? Is basing my standards off good English prose just making Japanese look bad by comparison? I just don't understand.
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So I'm trying my hand at translations and I wanna know if I'm on point. I'm using only my knowledge of hiragana and jisho.
Does the bottom line say "Are you questioning your ruler?" Or something along the lines?
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>>138957338
>Does the bottom line say "Are you questioning your ruler?"
Why do you think that?
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>>138957338
Kek, nice bait.
>>138957335
What's your definition of good prose?
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>>138957314
What level are you at? Sticking with anki will help you out in the long run but you can always choose to drop it after, say, 2000 words if you're willing to read a lot to make up for it.
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俺たちは刀と着物影の侍だぞ!壹斬撃である、お前を殺した。
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>>138957338
>So I'm trying my hand at translations
Stop immediately. Why do the people who don't know Japanese always try to translate?
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What would グイグイいける be meaning on this page here? http://exhentai.org/s/9270d9f60f/793554-185

I've only seen it being used in the context of drinking a ton of booze so not sure what the girl getted rammed there is getting at with that "能力コピーしたせいでグイグイいけちゃう" line.
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>>138957338
The blind leading the blind.
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>>138957392
I'm only just starting but あなた means "you" correct? So that's the subject. なぜ means "why" or "how". 王 is 'king, ruler, monarch". And ですか making it a question. Huh, on second I didn't really know where I was going with this.
>>138957503
>Who do people who aren't proficient at something trying to get better at it.
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>>138957503
Because it can be good practice? What's the problem? I learned a lot of English by translating song lyrics and crap like that in my free time and it helped me significantly.
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>>138957516
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/60159/meaning/m0u/
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>>138957453
I'm at around 3k words now. Just fully switched to my mining deck from Core and my motivation dropped like a rock.
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>>138957516
Jesus Christ, people actually jerk off to this shit?
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>>138957338
・・・・・・OoDiSuOuko.
Anata Wa NaZe OuNiNaRiTaiNoDesKa?
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>>138957516
What do you mean? All I'm seeing is a picture of a sad panda...
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>>138957598
You could drop anki completely and just read. But you'd have to read consistently and frequently every day. Basically be a NEET.
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>>138957566
I kind of get the feeling you're baiting, but maybe I'm just paranoid as a lot of that seems to be going on recently. If you aren't, it means "Why do you want to become king?". なりたい means "want to become", which is a conjugation of なる, which means "to become".
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>>138956711
are you talking about what's on the CoR?
what did they do? i don't see anything different
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>>138957665
https://a.pomf.cat/xvrwar.pdf
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>>138957416
If I had to list a handful of authors I'd say James Joyce, Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, and Jane Austen. I to lower the bar a little, even J. K. Rowling or Patrick Rothfuss. I'd confidently say they all have very good prose.
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>>138955312
There is nothing wrong with this translation.
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>>138957659
Yeah, help him, that's always a good idea :) :D
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>>138957566
Why leave out the なりたい?
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>>138957709
Yea, well.
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>>138957698
If I made a japanese kid learning english read eden of the east he'd probably think the prose was shit too
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>>138957698
I was talking about Japanese authors, sorry for the misunderstanding.
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>>138957747
east of eden*
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>>138957580

Yeah I've read up on the meanings of the two separately just not sure what they're implying there, seems a bit of an odd usage unless I'm missing something obvious.
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>>138957709
>expecting Leddit: the thread not to spoonfeed bait and wanikani-tier retards
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>>138957566
x に なり-たい is "want to be/become" (ーたい at the end of a verb being a simple "want", although depending on the verb or tense, you definitely need to find a helpful list on verb suffixes to follow)

Make a habit of putting it down on pen and paper. I'm largely self-taught from translating by hand as well. Write the main line, the furigana underneath it amd highlight grammar as you manually look it up. When I write it down manually, I feel far less inclined to tune out certain grammar points.
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>>138957783
More like not understand the joke and ruin it
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>>138957602

>not liking health

>>138957639

Oh u.
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>>138957758
Oh, I guess I enjoyed how 橙乃 ままれwrote Log Horizon to an extent, 奈須 きのこ has his moments, and 米澤 穂信 was probably the most enjoyable Japanese prose I have come across. I am just iffy on finally picking up big name guys like 村上 春樹 and completely missing all the good parts of the writing.

>>138957747
I guess, which is why I am trying to figure out how to into the language so I can actually enjoy the greats. I'd like to graduate from porn games, comic books, and young adult fiction if you can relate to that. It's the feeling like "Okay, so I am pretty good at Japanese after all this time, but anything of actually literary merit in the language flies over my head".
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So I'm trying my hand at translations and I wanna know if I'm on point. I'm only using my knowledge of 50 Kanjis and all Romanjis.
Does the first line say "The plain battlefield is exactly in the class, so to speak a girl of weak constitution was standing in her position and shot an arrow."? Or something along the lines?
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>>138958045
I came across this blog for JP literature a while ago, you might find it useful

http://dokushojin.blogspot.sg/
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>>138957787
Shit I see what I did wrong.
I got り mixed up with い.
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>>138958045
>Oh, I guess I enjoyed how 橙乃 ままれwrote Log Horizon to an extent, 奈須 きのこ has his moments, and 米澤 穂信 was probably the most enjoyable Japanese prose I have come across. I am just iffy on finally picking up big name guys like 村上 春樹 and completely missing all the good parts of the writing.
Yes but did you actually read anything else other than LNs or VNs? I think that before asking if Japanese literature isn't as good as English literature, I think you should compare the same kind of books. I mean, comparing adult English novels and Japanese LNs doesn't seem fair to me.
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This meme is horrible
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>>138958062
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>>138957516
Seriously though anyone have any idea about this? Bugging me for a while now.
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>>138958062
>tfw I can read this smoothly now
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>>138958045
>米澤 穂信
Is any of his stuff in the CoR?
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>>138958138
I liked Nasu's writing less than J.K. Rowling. I think those two are on the same level, probably? And I get what you mean, but I bit enough bullets to get where I am now, biting another one and just immersing myself in big boy lit until I "get it" seems like a retarded idea especially since I only started to "get it" for English lit after taking high school and university level courses on it. I am basically just whining and hoping someone else will nod and agree, or tell me how they got through this.
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>>138957598
You can drop new cards, but don't drop your reviews, or you'll forget 50% or more of what you've added so far.
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>>138958062
anyone know of a way to fix the messed up furigana like this? I've tried using regex in calibre to remove the furigana when converting from azw3 to txt but it doesn't seem to work.
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>>138958360
Of course, Hyouka and the full series I think.
>>138958383
Perhaps, but you can't compare Nasu with stuff like Joseph Conrad, that's just pants over head retarded. The only thing I'm saying is that comparing the two is pants over head retarded.
>I only started to "get it" for English lit after taking high school and university level courses on it.
If you had to take these to enjoy so-called 'literature', I don't even understand why you're complaining about Japanese literature kek. Either try your hand at it with going headfront into Japanese adult novels, or simply give up on it and get back to it when you feel more confident.
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>>138958383
I wouldn't compare nasu to rowling. He should be compared to the Fight Club author, instead. Same mental scenariobuilding, same grammatical gymnastics, and abuse of narration perspective to hide foreshadowing.
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>>138958494
>Perhaps, but you can't compare Nasu with stuff like Joseph Conrad, that's just pants over head retarded. The only thing I'm saying is that comparing the two is pants over head retarded.
My bad, I didn't double-check what I wrote.
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>>138958547
What do you mean by grammatical gymnastics in Fight Club? Haven't read that yet, but I'm planing to in a very short time. And I'm pretty far from reading any Nasu works.
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>>138958045
DJT is dead when retards like this are tolerated.
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>>138958383
i think its fair to say anything written by nasu is on the level of what we know as young adult fiction

a 12 year old who reads a little above grade level would be fine with his works and nearly all high schoolers would have no problems

of course something like harry potter (assumedly because i never read it but considering how mainstream it is) isnt riddled with essentially smut and references to other really dark parts of human society

but we all know kids are gonna go for the stuff their parents wouldnt want them to see anyway
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>>138958799
They pop up when the background narration becomes literary. It's not much, but it's the same border between "normal" novel narration and literary stuff, where the grammar starts folding under itself for the sake of finely articulating on logic points.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club_%28novel%29#Motifs

Nasu's grammatical gymnastics are approximately at this level, maybe give or take five years of college level reading.
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>>138958494
>If you had to take these to enjoy so-called 'literature', I don't even understand why you're complaining about Japanese literature kek
Listen here faggot, there is a proper way to approach literary analysis and appreciation. Things to look for, like understanding what is good diction and writing style, knowing references to the classics and religion, actually understanding what those references mean, what is good characterization, etc. Understanding literature actually requires a structured approach, but when I apply the approach for my native language I find that I can't comment on what counts as good diction (does Nisio kanji-play equal good diction?), what I consider good style doesn't match up well with most of what I have read in either English let alone Japanese, and Japanese uses passive voice a lot more than English (I am of the camp that considers it bad style). Sure I can intuit my way through good atmosphere and flow, and other fluffy things like that, but while I can understand allusion to Christianity I would be hard pressed to understand a passing reference to Shinto or Buddhism without a fuckload of research, and even then figure out if it is actually significant or just a passing reference.

Yes, I am asshurt you implied I am too retarded for my own language's literature without help.

>>138958547
Fight Club is on my backlog, so I couldn't compare even if I wanted to.

>>138958809
no u
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>>138959068
>>If you had to take these to enjoy so-called 'literature', I don't even understand why you're complaining about Japanese literature kek
>Listen here faggot, there is a proper way to approach literary analysis and appreciation.
Good job isolating part of my post.
>Things to look for, like understanding what is good diction and writing style, knowing references to the classics and religion, actually understanding what those references mean, what is good characterization, etc.
>While it's required to decipher literature, it's in no way a pre-requisite to enjoy said literature.
>Understanding literature actually requires a structured approach, but when I apply the approach for my native language I find that I can't comment on what counts as good diction (does Nisio kanji-play equal good diction?), what I consider good style doesn't match up well with most of what I have read in either
English let alone Japanese, and Japanese uses passive voice a lot more than English (I am of the camp that considers it bad style). Sure I can intuit my way through good atmosphere and flow, and other fluffy things like that, but while I can understand allusion to Christianity I would be hard pressed to understand a passing reference to Shinto or Buddhism without a fuckload of research, and even then figure out if it is actually significant or just a passing reference.
Good job, you just understood that applying analysis tools from English doesn't work on Japanese.

>Yes, I am asshurt you implied I am too retarded for my own language's literature without help.
You most definitely are, and I'm sorry for you.
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>>138959724
>>138959068
Oh by the way, you misinterpreted what I said >If you had to take these to enjoy so-called 'literature', I don't even understand why you're complaining about Japanese literature kek.
I'm saying that if it took you these tools to enjoy English literature, how can you complain Japanese literature is shit if you don't have the same tool to appreciate it to its fullest?
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今夜は月がとてもきれいです。

Would it be fine to use の instead of は here? Would の just change it from "tonight, the moon ..." to "tonight's moon ..." or would that be a weird way to phrase it?
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>>138959865
If you really want no, I'd say:
今夜の月はとてもきれいです。
I still feel the first phrase is more natural though.
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Stop replying for fuck's sake.
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>>138959861
A non-sarcastic thank you for clarifying your position. I did misinterpret it and that is my fault, even if I still do think the original wording was poor. I guess I'll just find some nip youtubers giving lectures on lit then.
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>>138959932
I'm sure this post will help. Well done anone, saviour of threads.
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Is Souten No Celenaria any good?
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>>138960090
>A non-sarcastic thank you for clarifying your position. I did misinterpret it and that is my fault, even if I still do think the original wording was poor. I guess I'll just find some nip youtubers giving lectures on lit then.
No worries, English isn't my mother's tongue so I try my best to be clear in what I'm saying, although it might come across as wrong to native speakers.
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>>138957706
We're not seeing all of the Japanese here, it's probably part of a series of texts.

But the point is, it doesn't say "Matsumoto was attacked by an alien", it says "The alien which came and attacked Matsumoto [incomplete]"
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>>138960434
It's not incomplete. It just says "The alien that attacked Matsumoto."

Just like if I had a subtitle under my post that read:

"The anon that thinks you don't know what you're talking about."
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>>138960090
>>138960307
>politeness

f-fucking faggots
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>>138960710
>not this shit again

Of course it's incomplete. We don't know what the context is
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>>138960796
S-aorry, 先輩.
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>>138958486
Convert to html first, then open in browser and save as txt.
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>>138931807
This is like, the first word in Japanese I learned
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>>138961516
First one I learned was 齟齬, step it up pleb.
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>>138959865
isn't the moon pretty tonight?
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>>138961516
Considering I picked up Japanese for Haruhi, yes, it is.
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>>138947887
>むっつり助平
I interpret this as a combined turn. Someone perverted but who is quiet and therefore doesn't show it. It's definitely not talking about one specific person like your translation.

>>138961551
that ones not in an ultra popular animu title though
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Aight, I'm trying again.
工シワスさん。今日は ゆっくり 身体を休めてくださいわ。
Kou shiwasu-san. Kyou wa yukkuri shintai wo yasumete kudasai wa.

"Worker [Playername I guess]. Please slowly rest your body for me."
How was that?
Sentence structure is pretty tricky but with all the worlds together that's how I felt it fit together.
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>>138961656
Yeah :D That's great anon senpai desu!! Keep up the good work DESUyo~ (*^_^*)kawaineko desu~~~
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>>138961656
You didn't even write the Japanese sentence correctly. Don't try translating when you're still trying to decipher hiragana honestly.
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>>138961656
Maybe it's a bit early to be reading native material if you cant read katakana anon

Also 身体 is からだ there, and in most cases where it isn't in a larger compound.
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>>138961252
doesn't seem to work, but thanks
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>>138961656
>Please slowly rest your body for me

More literate than most translations I guess
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>>138961656
kakkui! doshita wa turansureshan desuka~?!? boku wa kimi no puro turansureita desuka?!?!!! omae no sure wa desu neko da yo! watasha want puro ridaingu desu!!!
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>>138961656
>Kou shiwasu
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>>138961734
So when it's just 身体 as it is, it's pronounced as kachida? But otherwise it's shintai?
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>>138961939
forget it dude just learn kana and come back
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>>138961939
Its KarandaWaBanchodDesu Ishi Kachida. Desu!!!~~~~ Nekooo
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Does anyone else have a problem with anki where even though you've learnt a card a few days ago, it shows up again as a new card? Also, my anki doesn't seem to calculate how many cards I've done properly. I can learn 5 new cards but in the amount left, it subtracts 10 instead.
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>>138961939
The chick's telling you to chill and rest, stop going for literal translations.

>kachida
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djt最高 笑
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>>138961857
I know at most 20 words and I understood all but one of those words. No wonder normalfags use that shit, they must feel so smart.
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>>138961656
Wrong.
工シワス is read Wa-Ni-Ka-Ni in this context, it is a special reading.
ゆっくり is slang for kawaii.
身体 refers to a neko.
休めてください is a bit more challenging, but it means "desu ne" (hokkaido dialect).

You should be able to parse the sentence with that in mind.
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>>138961656
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7TDpqCCpO4

if they can do it you can to
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>>138962590
>(hokkaido dialect).
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>>138961939
My kachida hurts from laughing so much please yamete kudazai.
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>>138962590
What do you mean by "special reading"? And what is a "Wa-Ni-Ka-Ni"?

Is "hokkaido dialect" something I should be learning first?
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>>138962962
Yes.
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>>138962962
>what is a "Wa-Ni-Ka-Ni"?
A special item in RPG. Kind of like a treasure if you want. Usually it's a magical weapon.
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>>138962962
>Wa-Ni-Ka-Ni
This is just an archaic conjugation of La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo
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>>138962962
Learn it if you are interested in reading anything more difficult than children's books. Even japanese cartoon books frequently make use of the 北海道 dialect.
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>>138963068
>Beginners giving beginners advice
Dude it's already been stated before, Wa-Ni-Ka-Ni is a magical weapon in the context of RPGs. The guy is playing DQX, stop messing with him.
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>>138963123
Well I'd be inclined in believing him, I don't recall any weapon named like this in the game......

>>138963075
Interesting thank you. My friend told me they spoke hakkaido in South Korea too. I rather enjoy K-pop so it sounds like something that'd fit me!
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>>138962962
>>138962988
>>138963032
>>138963068
>>138963123
>playing along with the lowest quality bait imaginable

and when /djt/ is purged you'll all wonder why
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>>138963123
Dude if you did some research you would see that they both reference the holy weapons used by the 4 heroes of light in final fantasy. Jesus fucking christ
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>>138963188
I'd be happy if it did.
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>>138963172
>Well I'd be inclined in believing him, I don't recall any weapon named like this in the game......
Exactly, because it's a hidden item.
>>138963206
The guy is just a beginner, don't overwhelm him with stupid and useless terms.
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>>138963188
パージするのはお前だ
リポートと隠した
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>>138963330
まったくその通り。
ファックディスゲイ。
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>tfw ran out of decent DQX screenshots to poorly 'translate' and funpost with.
I promise to get better though /djt/, when that day comes I'll return, with properly translated screenshots from my own playthrough of it.
Remember me, as I once was. DQfag.
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>>138963553
Good luck in your quest. Godspeed
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>>138961939
>kachida
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>>138963553
a rep isnt something you ask for but earn through hard work and dedication

また会うぜ
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Has anyone ever read ユメミルクスリ? How difficult is it?
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>>138963697
2 hokkaido dialects/5
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>>138963697
its got japanese words and shit that might be hard to understand if youre under the age of 15
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>>138963697
You should probably ask in the next thread if you want a serious answer.

I haven't read it yet personally. All I know it's that it's drama heavy.
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>>138963788
>I haven't read it yet personally. All I know it's that it's drama heavy.
Okay, thanks.
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>>138963697
You should read something new and exciting none of the eops can read
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I'm starting my adventure with Nihongo(hope I got this right) and from what I've read two best learning tools are wanikani and iknow. But since two of them try to do the same and I don't want to spend twice on the same stuff I have to choose one. Wanikani or iKnow?
Also If you know any worthy app let me know (I'm already using obenkyo, kotobachan, HJ and anki aniki)
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