Daily Japanese Thread DJT #1581

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できた！

>so used to beginning every sentence with a capital
>if i'm typing jap using google japanese input the shift key switches it to english for some reason, even though the little symbol in the corner is still あ

how do i fix this?

>>143113499
Stop hitting shift when typing japanese

>>143113402
>tfw don't go in DJT anymore
>on /a/ though
>see the OP image changes all the time these past few months
Is there a new person doing it now?

>N1 grammar practice test at the end of shin kanzen master
>the "correct" answer to one of the questions makes a passage literally contradict itself

>>143113631
Now we get to race to be the first to post our homebrew epic images just like a general should be (-;

>>143113402
This one is awful.

>>143113561
I fucking can't dude

>>143113779
I thought it was cute. I want that "Don't think feel..." t-shirt.

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this is fucking bullshit. It was working fine for days and even earlier today until some jew dev fucked it up just now. Not even when I go to bare IE with no add on's does this shit disappear.

Now I will forget everything

>>143113685
There is nothing worse than a passive aggressive sperg, anon.

>>143113857
Using Internet Explorer under any circumstances is bad from a technical, practical, ethical and moral point of view.

>>143113857
>Now I will forget everything
Beginner-kun, just go find another site. There's no need to cry. Several places on the web can be found for learning kana.

>>143113923
No shit, my point was even when using a browser with no add on's this message is still there.

>>143113651
One of my N3 reading questions had all answers completely wrong and I was supposed to choose the less wrong one. Actually, the entire test was weird. I felt like I had to adapt my thinking to a bot that was only able to answer based on mockup tests and not by reading what was written in there. Truly dekinai. I do understand better why some 'translators' with N2 and N1 are terrible at it though.

>>143113857
>falling for the kana meme

Is Narou difficult to read in terms of grammar?

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>>143113402
The JIBUN WO pic is classic.

>>143114039
>falling for the shitpost meme

>>143113964
Part of
>under any circumstances
Do you not understand?
Anyway, even someone as dense as yourself does not need to use the realkana website to learn fucking kana.

>>143113789
jamal post long enough and eventually youll forget theres a shift key on your keyboard

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皆って日本語を話すことができるのか

>>143114064
自分をー

>>143114115
I don't know senpai, he sounds pretty dense.

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>>143113857
Here, have a replacement for realkana

>>143113857
Some of the ads intentionally imitate realkana's UI

time to stop recommending realkana lol

>>143114196
Based.

>>143114196
I know them is the point, I'm using realkana to test myself quickly.

>>143114259
That's fucking stupid, hah.

>>143114259
Just read something instead

>>143114259
I guess you could buy the app for $3 if you really wanted to. Maybe that was their plan all along

one of the people here could probably make a realkana replacement in 5 minutes

>>143114259
>I know them
then you don't need a drill
>but I want to test myself
they you read japanese

>>143114298
Those 5 minutes could have been spent on 60 cards.

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>>143113966
Yeah I don't know about the real test but most of the mockup test stuff seems to basically be about memorizing certain rules they have and choosing the answer that follows those rules, even if in real language the structure might be used more fluidly,or if the usage sounds awkward with that structure.

This is the problem I had btw. You're supposed to fill in the blank with その達成のためには

And then two sentences later they say hey wait actually sometimes you get blessed with good fortunate without having to do shit!

>>143113651
>the "correct" answer to one of the questions makes a passage literally contradict itself
Did you verify this with a well-educated, native speaker of japanese?

>>143114229
yep i vote realkana gets pulled from the guide, owner went full kikemode

>>143114383
This doesn't seem that hard to comprehend. People write like this all the time in any language.

>>143114131
>話すことができるのか
Speech recognition software or something?
Vocaroo thread?

>>143114259
Test yourself by reading Japanese. Pretty much every introductory grammar book/guide includes a lot of example sentences.

>>143114298
Seems like a waste of effort when other sites already exist for that. The top results for "online Japanese kana drill" in Google, for me, is as follows:
kagan.mactane.org/software/kana-drill.html
http://kana.icann.se/
http://www.easyjapanese.org/kanaquiz.html
http://www.easyjapanese.org/kataquiz.html
http://www.kongregate.com/games/akuradani/kana-drill
http://unckel.de/kanateacher/index-en.html

There are probably hundreds of realkana type alternatives.

>>143114533
>In order to achieve your goals, you must put in a lot of work and make plans and shit. And even then sometimes you fail. But, it is true that sometimes you get what you want even without work.

I mean yeah it makes sense grammatically (and the other answers didn't) but it's definitely middle school tier writing.

>>143114609
>but it's definitely middle school tier writing.
Good thing that's not the point then, fuckhead. They probably made the question that way intentionally. You're being tested on what's grammatically correct, not on proper style.

>>143113789

Negroid, your first post you didn't cap anything. How hard is it to think, "Oh, I switched to 日本語, maybe I shouldn't use shift"?

>>143114609
>tier writing
Go back to lit, you fucking idiot. Prosaic text is the basis of written communication, and it is obvious that the text in question was not a piece of poetry or other related creative writing.

>>143114647
It's not about style it's about logical coherence.

But yeah, maybe they did do that on purpose. But it's still stupid and means it isn't testing on meaningful things if it requires you to choose between two wrong things, just based on the way they are wrong.

>fuckhead.
why so angry?

>>143114551
>http://unckel.de/kanateacher/index-en.html

This one looks like the best of the ones you linked. Should I replace RealKana with it in the guide?

ugu anon chan please stop sugokute kimochiii

>>143114759
>Should I replace RealKana with it in the guide?
I suppose? I don't know, do a strawpoll or something if you want the opinions of other anons. I don't really care either way so my opinion probably isn't ideal.

>>143114722
Because you keep thinking it's stupid
It was done on purpose.

>>143114887
I'm glad you personally know the test makers anon.

>>143114722
>middleschool tier writing
i.e. any native speaker can understand it, even a moron, so long as their brain works remotely properly

it's
literally
100%
completely
intentional

how hard is it to understand

>>143114722
>But it's still stupid
It isn't.
>and means it isn't testing on meaningful things
It is designed to test structural understand. It doesn't need unnecessary flourishes. That isn't the point of the text.

Could you be any more fucking autistic?

>>143114722
>But it's still stupid and means it isn't testing on meaningful things
The other three answers were grammatically incorrect. That one wasn't. The passage you posted wasn't as bad as you made it out to be.

You're wrong.

>>143113402

>simpsons

Western Cartoon, does not belong here, you ruined my day by including it in your image!

>>143114950
>Could you be any more fucking autistic?
I'm pretty sure you're the one sperging out here.

Well, you and like 2 other people apparently. I'm guessing you passed your N1 with 100/180 and desperately want to defend it.

http://www.strawpoll.me/10540891
KanaTeacher: http://unckel.de/kanateacher/index-en.html

>>143115065

Sorry anon.

>>143113844
>>143114064

Thank ya kindly. Now I want that shirt too.

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>>143115065
are u kiddin me

>>143115065
There's nothing wrong with anything in moderation anon

歌の歌詞は、言葉を知っても本当に分かりにくいです。

OP with King of the Hill when? They also had a Japan episode.

>>143113857
>It was working fine for days

>taking longer than a day to learn kana

　　　おえういあ
しつろれわらり
　　そんちさせ
　　　　てと
　　　オエウイア
シツロレワラリ
　　ソンチサセ
　　　　てと

>>143115331
Don't underestimate summerfags.

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What is it about spergs that the think they know better than everyone else yet are the last to accept reason which contradicts their position? I used to work with a guy like this and it was painful to watch when it got worked up over something entirely retarded, you could almost hear his brain jumping onto the rails without any means of deviation. It is like they zoom right into some pointless detail and lose sight over the overall picture and relevance.

>>143115081
This train clearly isn't changing tracks without a completely messy derail.

>>143115065
Brace for impact, anon.
https://youtu.be/WTk9ouhxbl8?t=21

>>143115437
>ソンチサセ
>　　　　てと
用ふｃ家dうｐ
　　　オエウイア
シツロレワラリ
　　ソンチサセ
　　　　テト

>>143115437
The kana ARE featural!

>>143115461
Dude if you think I was the one sperging you have no idea what sperging means.

I've been calm throughout this whole thing. The other side, on the other hand, has gotten quite angry as if they have some personal attachment to the question, and quickly jumped to insults.

You making a passive aggressive statement not directed at anyone trying to show how enlightened you are doesn't make you sound any more mature.

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>>143115557
>Dude if you think I was the one sperging you have no idea what sperging means.

>>143115577
okay?

>>143115607
>he responded
Confirmed sperg.

>>143115630
I seriously can't even tell what point you're trying to make with the image t b h

If you're gonna shit the thread up might as well do it in Japanese

>>143115690
Usage of Existential Comics croppings is a scientifically proven 100% accurate sperg detector. Anyone who responds negatively to a quotation of their own posted against an Existential Comics cropping is a confirmed sperg.

>>143115711
Interesting, so the fact that it doesn't make sense is part of the test. How ironic, given the context of the argument.

;_;

>>143115705
Nobody here knows Japanese

>>143115850
だろう？

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What did /djt/ eat last?

>>143115705
日本語わかりありません

>>143115331
>>143115449
Took me about 2 weeks to get it under lock and key.

>>143115705
If you're gonna complain about people shitting up the thread in English you might as well do it in Japanese

>>143115928
>>143115850

>>143115950
にほんごでおｋ

>>143115884
米青氵夜

海よりも高く山よりも深い訳がない
taller than the ocean and deeper than the mountains, there is no way

why the hell do i suck so much at japanese? what the fuck is this even supposed to mean?

>>143115884
ケーキは食べました

>>143116021
Maybe you just suck at English.

>>143114659
because half the time i don't think when i type, that's what a shitpost is all about. And my pinky finger works independently of my brain, it's like 50/50 it hits shift or not, and in the middle of all my gook typing it will just suddenly start being english and it's jarring.

>>143116127
>shitposts
>gook
Glad you can't shitpost in Japanese

>>143116021
It's supposed to be the other way around.

https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%88%B6%E6%AF%8D%E3%81%AE%E6%81%A9%E3%81%AF%E5%B1%B1%E3%82%88%E3%82%8A%E3%82%82%E9%AB%98%E3%81%8F%E6%B5%B7%E3%82%88%E3%82%8A%E3%82%82%E6%B7%B1%E3%81%97-620214

>>143116021
Sounds like an expression to describe the immensity of a specific task.

>>143116021
Def sounds the otherway around. Ocean being deeper and mountain being taller. Unless it's trying to be some deep shit with it being switched.

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>>143116171
is it because he's scared shitless or something then?

>>143116259
perhaps by saying it wrong he was expecting to be 突っ込まれた and lighten the mood

hence the 目が笑ってない and the apology

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Can any of you translate this?

>>143116598
love, death, the pleasure of being cummed inside

>>143116598
try the daily chinese thread

>>143116598
Ai Death You
Ancient chinese proverb meaning "You're fucking dead, kiddo"

>>143116259
Some things aren't written to be straightforward, easy to understand or even correct.

Have you tried using your head before coming here to be spoon fed?

Have some confidence ffs.

>>143115884
君のサンドイッチ

>saw 表す pronounced as しめす a couple places
>ended up always reading 表す as しめす out of convenience

>>143117399
〆す

>>143117399
when would 表す ever be pronounced しめす

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>>143117510
>〆
what the fuck is this thing?

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>>143117577
the rarest kanji

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蘇蘓

>>143117573
Why not? It means the same thing

anyway ask the nips who chose the furigana to stick over it

無理だよ

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Can't wrap my head around this line

>君をこの世に留め続けるだろう

Something like "Stop existing in this world"

>>143119067
>Something like "Stop existing in this world"
Opposite of that

>>143119217
But what about 留め?

Isn't it the same as 止める?

>>143119251
To add to that, the opposite does make sense, but I really want to know what happens with 留め there.

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>>143119067
For starters, it would be the best to post the right page.

>>143119251
>この世に留め
Keep in this world, stop you from leaving this world

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;)

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>>143119490
>crime free
every neighborhood has its bad parts
im sure in some prefecture you will be getting stabbed for 'trespassing'

What Japanese LPers are you subscribed to? Right now the only one I regularly watch is けい from when that anon who likes him recommended him. Most of the other popular LPers are just obnoxious Pewdiepie types though so I'd like to get some recommendations.

>>143119490
Subway is better than cars in every way, though.

Is there a baseline I should get to before trying to force my way through simple manga? Is stopping (presumably) every couple characters conducive to learning or does it just frustrate you, /djt/?

>>143119382
Oh, so 留め takes a meaning of something being stopped in the world (世に).

I think I get it now, thanks anon.

>>143120113
>Is there a baseline I should get to before trying to force my way through simple manga?
Around 10000 hours of anime

>>143120159
>tfw probably not even at 1000 hours of anime and been watching since a teen

>>143119990
/v/人出て行け

>>143113499
>>143113789
>greentext doesn't start with caps
>regular sentence doesn't start with caps either

I think you have autism

>>143120347
/v/人じゃない！全く

>>143120113
You should be doing it ASAP, it's obviously painful at first because you have to look things up a lot, but the more you read the better you get. Reading helps solidify understanding of grammar and give context to knowledge of vocab, it's essential.

>>143120159
>tfw about to break the 11000 hour barrier

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>guess kanji reading
>recognize what i hear myself saying
>it is the meaning

>>143119927
>>143120019
;)

Is verb stem + なせ just a less polite stem + なさい imperative? Can't seem to find any resources regarding it but I'm guessing that's what it is?

>個人

What is the purpose of 個?
I recognize it from Chinese, but I have never seen it used as a counter in Japanese.

>>143120575
It's either a dialect or you're misreading kana

>>143120397
本当に丘peopleそうだよ！

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I've got a question about the last line in this panel. What exactly is こしたことはないのじゃ? I get the rest, just because you're fast doesn't mean you'll make a great martial artist, but I just don't get こしたことはない. Can anyone help me out?

>>143121495
に越したことはない

>>143121618

Thought that might be it. So I guess "It doesn't mean anything more than you have good, solid legs." Thanks.

>>143120976
it's used as a counter in japanese
also used in words where it has the meaning of individual
個室、個別、個々、個性、etc

>>143121680
seriously?
http://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%AB%E3%81%93%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F*

Almost finished with TK and gonna start reading Hanahira. I've downloaded both the raw and translated. Is it advisable to have both of them running side by side, read the raw first, try to translate with my own then check if I get it right using the translated version?

>>143121786
>Is it advisable to have both of them running side by side, read the raw first, try to translate with my own then check if I get it right using the translated version?
If you want to get brain cancer twice as fast, sure.

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>>143121786
why would you translate at all
just feel the nihongo seep into your bones

>>143121680
I really hope you aren't a translator.

>>143121982
I hope he is. That's the kind of translations EOPs deserve.

>>143120575
>>143121003
I see this frequently enough that either it's a major dialect like Kansai or some shit or actual grammar.

Not sure which.

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uploading dank images
1/2

>>143122358
I can't read this

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>>143122358
2/2

>>143122341
Post a picture

>I see this frequently enough that either it's a major dialect like Kansai or some shit or actual grammar.
or maybe you've only read like one thing and see it a lot in that?

>>143122341
Wait a second, you aren't talking about the normal 使役形 are you...

>>143122485
>Implying I keep shit on hand
Just google literally any masu-form base and -nase and you'll get enough results though, e.g. https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=off&q="食べなせ"

>>143122553
normal ai->e conversion
it's "slang"

>>143122522
>使役形
Of course not that's only -なせる with -ぬ verbs, see >>143122553

My money's on it just being casual speech though, maybe imouto will come by to answer eventually.

>>143121979
I meant translating it in my head. Then check how much of it I got right by cross-checking with the translated one.

>>143122595

Original question asker here, I was assuming as much, it's just the complete lack of supporting evidence on google which was odd.

>>143122663
look for it in constructions less polite than なさい

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Someone teach me how to work hard like a mangaka. I hate everyone, but I'm too tired to continue writing and coming up with ideas. Make the suffering stop.

>>143122595
That's definitely not normal for なさい

>>143122663
I really expect you're just reaidng something where everyone speaks some dialect (not kansai) and confused it as common. Honestly it's pretty rude to just ask without actually having any context to show what you're talking about.

800 search results is not a lot, by the way. Consider that something like おかあはん has 20k+

>>143122657
This is a bad idea. You're making the mistake of assuming the translation will be better than the understanding of a total beginner in Japanese who has look up every second word. I mean it's understandable why you would think this, but it's not the case. Just look up everything you don't understand and you'll be fine.

>>143122903
>That's definitely not normal for なさい
No, but slang's not "normal". That doesn't make it invalid. なさい is just more polite and people don't slur it as often.

You don't know japanese. Stop trying to give advice.

>>143121700
>it's used as a counter in japanese
I've never really found a good page that details when the counter is necessary.

In Chinese, its pretty much used any time you specify a specific number of X, or "a (particular) X". Does this logic also follow in Japanese?

I am surprised how many grammar rules carry over, at least for novice purposes. の/的 basically function the same, even for more complex usages, as do に/在

>>143122947
>You don't know japanese. Stop trying to give advice.

And you do? Have you actually seen this frequently? Keep in mind that he didn't just see it once, but claims he has seen it a lot, which means it is probably all from the same author.

Also keep in mind that it is なせ and not なせえ or なせぇ or whatnot.

>>143122903

>800 search results is not a lot

It is when every major verb has similar amounts.

>>143122992
>And you do?
Clearly more than you. There are as many kanji as there are stars in the universe, however; I'm certain nobody actually knows japanese.
>Keep in mind that he didn't just see it once, but claims he has seen it a lot, which means it is probably all from the same author.
Yes, and that doesn't mean the author is wrong for using it. You're literally a JSL applying arbitrary made-up restrictions to slang, What the fuck do you think you're doing?

>>143123047
>Yes, and that doesn't mean the author is wrong for using it.
But it means it is much more likely to be a specific character's speech quirk or a dialect than it is to be "normal' slang.

Anyway have you seen it before or not? What makes you so sure it's not a dialect? Even normal ai->ee is arguably tokyo dialect
It doesn't take any Japanese skill to make a guess.

>「あの、結局夜の世界ってのは何なんでしょうか？」
>「んなこと鹿ケ谷に説明してもらえよ」
>「いやまあ一応説明聞いたのは聞いたんだけど」
What does this third line mean? I feel like there's some idiomatic meaning here because I can't make any sense of it..

"Listening to the explanation, all I could do was listen"
?

>>143123105
>But it means it is much more likely to be a specific character's speech quirk or a dialect than it is to be "normal' slang.
Anon wasn't asking about the rules of japanese. He was asking what something means. "Is this just a less polite version?" "Yes, but it's silly even for slang."

You're merely going on an autistic tirade because I called your japanese skill into question.

>Anyway have you seen it before or not?
Yes, but only in anime!

>What makes you so sure it's not a dialect? Even normal ai->ee is arguably tokyo dialect
Can you quote me on anything that makes that question relevant to me?

>It doesn't take any Japanese skill to make a guess.
What are you responding to here?

>>143122956
the counter is necessary when you're counting something, though I mostly see it in the context of 一個
like if there's one cup noodle left on the shelf so you might tell your friend, それ最後の一個
nipponese has a shit ton of counters though so you are in general less likely to see a specific one incredibly often

>>143123115
I'm fairly certain it just means, "Well, I tried asking them already, but..." however I'm not sure of the exact grammar structure/idiom that is at play either.

>>143123203
I'm claiming that you writing it off as "normal slang" is unfounded. If you just mean "slang" as a catch all term for literally everything that isn't NHK news tier japanese then sure I guess you're technically right but it's still not a good answer.

I ask you this: What type of situations would you would you make that sound change in for なさい? What type of character would do it? These are questions we can easily answer for the normal ai->ee sound change.


>You're merely going on an autistic tirade because I called your japanese skill into question.
You are the only one who keeps bringing this up. Are you okay? Does insulting people's japanese skills while typing only English make you feel powerful? 爆笑

>>143123115
Something like "But I more or less already listen to the problem", I think.

>>143123356
>I'm claiming that you writing it off as "normal slang" is unfounded. If you just mean "slang" as a catch all term for literally everything that isn't NHK news tier japanese then sure I guess you're technically right but it's still not a good answer.
I didn't call it "normal slang". I called it "normal ai->e conversion".

Looks like it's time for you to relearn english.

>I ask you this: What type of situations would you would you make that sound change in for なさい?
A rude request where you can't use the pure imperative.

>What type of character would do it?
An 俺-male.

>You are the only one who keeps bringing this up.
Yes, because it's true.

>爆笑
point and laugh

>>143123115
he's just saying he did listen to the explanation
聞いたの は 聞いた
"he listened the act of listening"
it means he carried out the act of listening
using the same verb twice doesn't translate into english, but the nominalization should be a big clue for you here

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>>143123356
>爆笑

>>143113789
cut off your pinky

>>143113402
I cant believe i havent seen that jibun wo pic before

>>143123415
お前がここにいるのは日本語の理解を深めるためじゃなくて
ネットで威張っておれすげえしたいからだけだろ？
違うか？

まあそんなに日本語の勝負したいなら日本語の土俵にあがってもいいけど
俺としてはあんまりオススメできないな

>>143123446
so it's like
"as far as listening goes, i listened, but...."
implying that he listened but didn't understand?

>>143123231
>nipponese has a shit ton of counters though so you are in general less likely to see a specific one incredibly often
I would imagine the one you would see most likely (I have not seen any in the two VNs I have been going through, at all) would be 個, the most general marker in Chinese.

Just as a side example, "A cup of ramen" in Chinese could/might be (native speaker chime in?) something like "一杯即食麵", where the 一杯 serves to both specify that quantity of the cups, and to specify that the object being counted is a cup.

In "それ最後の一個", "一個" is just emphasizing the amount. Looking at other sentence examples, in Japanese the counter seems to server as the noun itself quite often, without a further noun being used to specify the specific item being counted.

This reminds of me of adjectives which end in 的, where in Chinese 的 is a construct often employed to make adjectival nouns in the style of の. Meanwhile, 之 has nearly the exact meaning of の and 的 in Japanese and Chinese, for both languages, but its only used in old texts.

It all seems really incestuous from a foreign perspective, but I bet English is looks super-bastardized from a foreign perspective.

>>143123614
yeah that's it

Lang-8で何書けばいいのかな、、
I need ideas on what to blog post about on lang-8

>>143123743
>I would imagine the one you would see most likely (I have not seen any in the two VNs I have been going through, at all).
This seems EXTREMELY unlikely. I would assume there's been plenty and you just failed to recognise them as counters.

>>143123944
いいミームですね

>>143115260
歌の歌詞 is redundant. It's like saying "the song lyrics of a song".

>>143115884
鶏肉カレーライスと林檎

>>143123743
I have no background in chinese but it sounds like 個 is less common than you would expect, coming from that
in japanese the most general way to count anything is just つ

>>143116000
>夜
I CONSUMED THE NIGHT ITSELF

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>>143115884
野沢菜

>>143123901
Just ramble random stuff that you do everyday, you can even mix it with some shitposting that you see around /a/ if you're lacking some substance:
"Today I woke up at xx:yy, took Z for breakfast, did nothing but study, got bored, took a huge dump that probably gave me hemorroids, went to the computer, stared at a cute girl's image, wondered if it was good to have lewd thoughts about a 2D girl. Went to an imageboard and asked what I needed to write for my blog post and here I am"

I don't know anon, you can get a shittload of things to talk about, I'm always impressed by the lack of imagination from anons that try the lang-8 route. It doesn't even need to be real, you can talk about your chuuni dreams, or an idea you have about politics, your yellow fever, the things you listen to, just improvise.

>>143124103
まずっ

>>143123584
焼です

日本語でおｋけれどこの時間は寝たいです

作法は弱いのにゆっくりしてください

>お前がここにいるのは日本語の理解を深めるためじゃなくて

一番のためは読んでいることだったけど疲れた

それでも読みよね

>ネットで威張っておれすげえしたいからだけだろ？

威張りではなくて、冷やかすのはいいです

ことばしかいない

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Is there any good resource to find all ways to write kanji besides the standardized way?

show me the most pretentious way of writing

like a paragraph whose kana words are filled with its kanji counterpart, i dunno.

>>143124377
just read subahibi's successor, it's full of literal literati speak

>>143124377
Just read Dies Irae and copy either of the main two villains

How do I say a situation might arise in Japanese?
場合が表れる？
I'm like 90% sure 表れる is completely wrong but I can't think of anything else

Is うち rural bumpkin speak? If a girl uses uchi is she the same as a white trash American woman?

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>>143124267
There's a radical deck on anki that shows you all the alternate writings on the cards if that helps

>>143124644
What's supposed to be interesting about this picture?

>>143124696
We gotta get this man to nippon by 2020 don't you wanna make a kids dream come true?

>>143113402
Can anyone post that できないチャン picture in the upper-left corner?

>>143124576
～の状況になる
状況が発生する

～かも知れない
～のは可能だ
～可能性がある

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>>143124585
yes

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>>143124585
It's gyaru speak

>70 episodes into gintama
>still not fluent
the next hundred better start making a big difference

>>143125075
I have it on good authority that the persistent viewing of Japanese animation invariably leads to native-level comprehension.

>>143125158
what about babymetal

>>143113499
>so used to beginning every sentence with a capital
>so
>if
>how
What?

>>143125158
Well yeah that's what I'm going for

>>143115884
メロンパンです

where do people pirate fonts

>>143124764
Thanks

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来るまで

車で

>>143125461
バッキンバッキンガム

>>143125635
implying i live in a country with copyright law

太陽が進んでいます・・・

>>143125676
I was trying to think of an original pun with pirates and fonts but I ended up saying that. I don't know how ayano does it

>>143125461
http://www.dafont.com/pieces-of-eight.font

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What compelling content are you engaging in right now?

>>143125924
Reading The Hobbit at the moment, but will watch some raw anime and read some Kino in a bit

why is the jlpt so lenient in its scoring? how can a 55% be considered proficient enough to pass?

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>>143124728

>>143125924
Ulysses, might start Faust part 2 later in the day.

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>>143125924
raito noberu

>>143126044
Weighted grading.

>>143123584
>ネットで威張っておれすげえしたいからだけだろ？
anon, you might be literally fucking retarded

he said he was right about you going full autism because he said you don't know japanese

he didn't say he was right about you not knowing japanese

>>143125964
>The Hobbit
>compelling

post anki stats

>>143126379
Too mainstream for you?

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>>143126455
im gay irl

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>>143125924
ランス３

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>>143125924
i moved into a low rent hood full of japanese immigrants so i can listen to the domestic violence for practice

so far so good

>3 of the 4 main character guys in Hunter x Hunter are voiced by females
that's kind of hot

>>143113402
I like it. Maybe update it with the fixed version of the sisyphus image >>143126084

>>143114062
If you're talking about the website, that obviously varies from author to author. Although amateurs tend to have less comprehensible grammar than LN writers thanks to editors.
But why would you want to read narou of all things after going through the trouble of learning Japanese anyway?

>>143123356
>爆笑
Don't do this.

>>143126595
what decks do you use?

>>143126503
I only read エロ本

Tfw I keep forgetting to do anki because all of my days feel the same

>>143126996
if all of your days are the same then all of them should include anki

unless of course you actually want to learn japanese

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>>143124103
>>143124131
のざわなおいしいよ

きざんでおちゃづけにするのがすきだよ

>>143127023
I usually do do it at the same time everyday, but that just means that in the rare occasion that I don't do it, I always just go about my day assuming that I did because I did every other day for the past year

>>143120504
About 500 days? 2 500 series? I call bullshit.

>>143127204
That's only 6 years of watching anime for 5 hours a day.

>>143127386
There's not enough anime. I have watched half of the stuff past 2000 and a fair bit before and only have a fourth of this.

the grammar guide is alot of reading

>>143127478
So is learning Japanese in general

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>>143127429
There are 47 titles airing this season and 43 are planned for the next one. That doesn't include OVAs, specials and shorts. There is enough anime to have 10,000 if you're an autist without a job who doesn't care about quality.

>>143127478
It's a miracle how short it actually is.

Stupid question, why is it でんわばんごう and not でんわのばんごう?

>>143127801
phone number

number of phone

>>143127801
Because japs like making things as short as possible whenever they can, and that words common enough that it might as well just be its own word

You could say the same thing about English
"Why is it not "number of telephone"?"

>>143127801
Why is it "phone numbe"r and not "number of phone" in English?

>>143127478
As someone who has learned both German and Japanese I must say that I'd pick a Japanese grammar lesson over a German any day of the week. Of course a language from the other side of the globe is going to have vastly different grammar than what you are used to, but at least it mostly makes sense and is relatively simple.

中　仲
上下　裃
合わせ　袷
共　供
子　仔
雲　曇り
虫食む　蝕む
女取る　娶る

訓読みって簡単だね

>>143127842
It's a pain in the ass to actually make sense of the sentences due to its simplicity though. I don't know about German but Slav texts are easy as fuck to read once you grind through all the different rules..

>>143127801
why is it 伝統的建造物群保存地区 and not 伝統的な建造物の保存の地区

>gelbooru
>trenslation_request
What's your compelling content for today?

>>143127801
けーたいばんごー

>>143128028
Are you Slav, anon? If so, what flavor of Slav?

>>143126745
Japanese fan fiction is more fun than Western fan fic.

>>143128229
I'm a citizen of Russia but I wasn't born here and I'm not Slavic myself. I probably shouldn't blog about it.

>>143128344
>shit is bad so ill drink piss instead

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>>143128355
>immigrating to Russia

>>143128431
ペロペロ

>>143128355
Cool, I've always wanted to learn Russian. I'll start when I'm done with 日本語.
Which means never.

>>143128452
Please don't ペロペロ the Akarin

>>143128502
>not learning Russian in Japanese

>>143128431
I'm glad my parents did because otherwise I would be living in Uzbekistan.

>>143128502
There isn't a whole lot of compelling content in Russian if you're not a fan of classical literature.

>>143125924
Nothing. The toaster I'm on right now can't handle the VNs I wanna read, and LNs aren't compelling enough.

I feel like I'm regressing every day I go without reading, even if I do my Anki reps.

>>143126637
What's Trevor doing in a Rance game?

>>143128615
I feel the same way with my toaster. I have no idea when you'll retain things for good either.

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>>143128502
russian sucks don't bother
source: am russian

>>143128615
Read manga or find an LN that you like

Or just read random Japanese shit on the internet

Or watch raw anime or listen to Japanese podcasts

You have no excuses

>>143128660
I could do those things, but they wouldn't be compelling.

>>143128562
I am a fan of classical literature, though. I love Russian writers. And I like how it sounds, like a much softer version of my own language.
>>143128648
Ah, the classical Russian self-hate.

>>143128691
You don't know until you try anon-kun

>>143128691
>all manga, LNs, novels are shit
>Japanese imageboards are trash
>anime is also boring
>VNs are the only medium in which interesting and quality content is every produced
You have fine taste my friend. Go buy yourself a computer.

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>>143128695
i haven't actually ever been to russia
i just speak russian natively and it's a shitty language

>>143128717
>>143128725
Is there a list of recommended LNs anywhere? Maybe it's just ZnT that wasn't compelling enough.

>>143128926
Kino no Tabi

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カツサンドたべたい

おにいちゃんかってきて

>>143122358
Can you add some M+ fonts?

>>143128926
Reading List?

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>that text detail

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I have no idea what this kanji is. If you know please help this anon.

have any of you ダメ人間ｓ learned nippwngo yet

>>143129267
待

>>143129273
no

>>143129267
read more
>>143129298
wrong

>>143129267
残ってる

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>>143129267
がんばって

おにいちゃんならよめるよ

>栗
Anyone else find this kanji kinda lewd?

>>143129328
>write the first thing that comes to mind
>expect /djt/ to make fun of me and correct me
>still no replies
could it be?

>>143129427
since all my kanji exposure comes exclusively from porn all kanji look lewd to me

>>143129328
My bro, thank you so much.

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>>143129442
you were right though
good job

>苦笑
>苦笑い

okay

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>>143129509

>>143129572
I had been reading that くわらい forever, only found out the other day that it was にが

>>143128754
what did this girl say, im certain it wasnt very polite

http://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1466366606420.webm

I'm a bit confused with うち right now, how do you use うち?
Any equivalent word in english?

>>143129572
微笑
微笑み
揶揄
揶揄い
麒麟
麒麟い
You see the pattern.

>>143129680
>麒麟い
what

>>143129629
Kurwa.

>>143119490
>well-maintained
Some trains in Saitama and Kanagawa had their handles rusted and they stall sometimes. What propaganda book is this?

アリクイ
ant eater

Why Japanese people.

>>143129923
蟻+食?

>>143129923
That's like the easiest Japanese name for an animal to remember ever

>>143129953
What about きりん?

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>Mmh... My darling is so, so big.
>Master is fast asleep because of my Hypnosis move.

How close am I?

>>143129988
大丈夫

>>143129988
>How close am I?
Made me chuckle, 3/5.

>>143129953
>not neko or inu

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>>143129988
>Mmh... My darling is so, so big.

>>143129953
What about うみぶた?

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>>143130031
dats one creepy pic

>>143129981
The kanji form is pretty stupid. Uses two complex kanji with like 20 strokes each that aren't used for anything else. Certainly not as easy as putting together the word for ant and the word for eater.

>>143130037
膿豚

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>>143130009
Oh, that makes more sense. Why do all these squiggly lines look the same?

>>143129134
うわーっ！

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ツバメとキジの声

みだれさく紫陽花の海

朝摘みのキュウリで朝食

おかえりなさいおにいちゃん。いちどもいったことのないにほんへ。

>>143129677
kin

>>143130073
Even natives don't write kirin in kanji.

>>143130099
Because you're dumb, frogposter

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So, I learn to speak moon, go to Moon Base and get to see convenient panty shots all the time? This is better than Soviet Russia! Thank you Flyable Heart! :-D

>>143130518
Sure they might, luckily as long as you don't have to write it it's particularly easy to remember.

>>143122358
>>143122406
I've got at least 300 or so Japanese fonts on my computer, I wonder what all of those would up looking like in the format (you?) have used there.

>>143128059
The eternal question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0Y2hVe_bw

>>143130073
>Uses two complex kanji with like 20 strokes each
Is this a piss take? Are you referring to kanji as a collection of strokes as opposed to an arrangement of components?

>>143131081
they're both, anon chan

>>143131081
Kanji are a collection of strokes, even if said strokes do belong to radicals

>>143131081
With 麒麟 I can't even make out the radicals in any normal sized font. I just recognize it by the general shape.

>>143131157
>>143131165
The point is that it is fucking stupid to refer to them as a number of strokes as though it fucking matters.
Anyone who thinks more strokes = increased difficulty clearly learned kanji in an incredibly inefficient manner.

>>143131081
>piss take
And a smibbly din bibbly to you, old chap

>>143131196
>Anyone who thinks more strokes = increased difficulty clearly learned kanji in an incredibly inefficient manner.
>all kanji are equally complex
Yeah, keep preaching that.

>>143131196
Makes them harder to write neatly and look scary at least, them being made of radicals just makes it easier to recall and recognise them

>>143131196
More strokes generally means more shit compressed into a tiny square. You'd have to be autistic to not see how 護る is harder to recognize than 守る.

>>143131280
警 is easy and it's 19 strokes.

Newfag here.

私の家族の顔が忘れました。

Do I have the particle right here? Why or why not? My gut feeling is telling me it's が, but I can't really rely on it just yet because, as I've said, I'm a newfag.

Also, where do you guys learn vocab? Strictly through Anki or do you use some other resources?

Where should I learn grammar?

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>>143114064
>>143123530

Here you two are, if you want it. Fun thread. I'll post my other two favorites from that thread too.

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>>143131515

>>143131447
The verb you used is transitive, so it's を

Outside Moon Base, there are only Anki Drones trying to learn moon. Give up all hope while you still can.

夕 and タ is different

wow, good job nipland

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>>143131532

And there.

>>143131545
>l
>I

Wow

>>143131543
Right, that came to my mind as well, but I had no idea why. Thanks.

Moon Base? Sorry for my newfagness, but I have no idea what that is.