December 2011
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Dec 7th
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September 2011
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Sep 12th
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June 2011
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Jun 26th
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May 2011
13 posts
Turn standard Japanese to Kansai-ben →
osakayana: Pretty cool site.  Check it out
May 26th
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May 22nd
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English-> Japanese medical terms →
manycardigans: Found this website. For anyone learning Japanese and for those living in Japan that go to the doctor and want to get to the root of whatever is ailing them but couldn’t otherwise explain. I’ve been to the doctor a few times for various things and it’s just always useful I think. when it comes to health, I’d rather know exactly what it is then try and wing it and have important...
May 10th
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Asking for Help and Directions
nihonnomono: I’m lost.  Mayotte shimai mashita.   迷ってしまいました。 Can I help you? Otetsudai shimashouka?   お手伝いしましょうか？ Can you help me? Tetsudatte kuremasuka? *4   手伝ってくれますか？ Where is the (bathroom/ pharmacy)? (Toire/yakkyoku) wa doko desuka?   (トイレ/薬局) はどこですか？ Go straight! then turn left/ right! Massugu itte kudasai. Soshite, hidari / migi ni magatte kudasai まっすぐ行ってください。そして、 左／右にまがってください。 ...
May 8th
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May 7th
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Anonymous asked: "また、雨あがりで道に水たまりがある日は必ず開いている。"
What does this say, please?
May 7th
Anonymous asked: I need that you make this clear for me please: How many types of letters are on Japanese language? also, how many ways to talk are?
May 7th
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May 7th
261 notes
Anonymous asked: Hello,

Could you translate this for me?
"飼い主ポイント6200 or プレイ日数22日最高性能のディスク プロディスクよりブレにくい"

Thanks.
May 2nd
May 2nd
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May 1st
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applesaucejr asked: can you help me translate the name "Joy" in japanese characters? online sites arent that reliable. hope you can help me. thanks :)
May 1st
Anonymous asked: Hi there! I've heard the song "Mr. Taxi" by the girl group SNSD/Shoujo Shidai [I don't think it's a band coz they dont play any instruments, they just dance and sing.]
So, I was kinda wondering, coz I searched the lyrics and I saw this word - "jeukshi". I have never heard this before when it comes to Japanese so I was wondering if it's really a...
May 1st
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April 2011
21 posts
Apr 29th
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Apr 24th
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いつまで
Itsumade Until when
Apr 20th
Anonymous asked: can you translate 'こうかんりょこうでした。”
thank you ^_^
Apr 20th
レストラン予約してくれた？
レストランよやくしてくれた？ Restaurant yoyaku shite kureta? Did you make a reservation for the restaurant?
Apr 17th
girlsofasianmedia asked: Actually I teach Japanese & Korean on my tumblr, I take turns weekly one course lesson, one week Korean, the next Japanese. In addition I give 10 new words per day for each on my tumblr also. Maybe you can promote it :)
It's a Asian media/culture blog, & followers have to put up with alot of asian female pop/film/gravure idol posts...but its all clean & in good taste. :)
Apr 14th
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Anonymous asked: Do you know sites wherein I can learn Japanese? I badly want to learn. T^T Even if it means starting from the basicsss. :) Thank yoooou~ :D
Apr 14th
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Apr 14th
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スーパーに寄って行こう
スーパーによっていこう Super ni yotte ikou Let’s stop by the supermarket
Apr 12th
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____の本を探してるんですが…
_____のほんをさがしてるんですが… _____ no hon wo sagashiterun desuga I’m looking for a book on ______
Apr 12th
いつも・Itsumo
Always
Apr 12th
7 notes
Anonymous asked: A-ah, well, I meant could you type out the kana it says in the image? I would but I cant read kanji yet.. >3<

sorry to bug you so much!

image:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liqu3tBQMz1qiuqmho1_500.jpg
Apr 9th
shirozzu asked: Oooh yeah the つ was a smaller one! I didn't notice, thanks! I have to be more careful with that in the future! Haha there's been so many times when I've had a hard time reading cause I've forgotten all about the small っ.
Thanks for the example too, I wrote it in my notebook C:
Apr 9th
josh-is-creepy asked: Could you please help me?
I really need to know what does this kanji mean.
http://img860.imageshack.us/i/12793136.png/
Apr 9th
Anonymous asked: Could you translate what is in the word bubbles? Thank you very much!
http://i51.tinypic.com/2vlva7m.jpg
Apr 9th
Apr 6th
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japanesesentences: また明日来ます。 またあしたきます。 mata ashita kimasu. I’ll come back tomorrow.
Apr 6th
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shirozzu asked: Hi I'm trying to study kanji, and one of the examples was 一かい, read as いつかい, which I thought meant "first meeting" but it didn't show up in the dictionary. What does it mean then?
Also, I looked up the kanji for かい, and it was 会. If I'm right, could these be connected this way 一会 ?
LOL this is only my first (and probably the easiest) kanji and I'm...
Apr 3rd
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shirozzu asked: Oh, and to bastianphilly:
I think simplifying the writing system would be such a waste when they've got such pretty characters! I love kanji, I love how they look, I love writing them, they're fun to learn.. Ok, there's like, thousands of them BUT nothing's better than a good challenge, right? Plus there's no hurry, even japanese people didn't learn them in...
Apr 3rd
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is-meth-death asked: 訳してください。
「そのにちはじつにすばらしいにちだった。そよ風。。」
どうもありがとうございます。
Apr 1st
Anonymous asked: any chance you could give me this typed out? ^__^

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liqu3tBQMz1qiuqmho1_500.jpg

thanks so much!!
Apr 1st
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March 2011
44 posts
is-meth-death asked: An anon asked if Google Translate is good to use... and you replied with:

"I don’t think it’s that bad if you’re translating from Japanese to English, but English to Japanese is horrible.
Don’t use it.
Really short and common phrases are alright though, like ‘where is the bathroom’. Never use it to translate a more complicated...
Mar 28th
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bastianphilly asked: Re: Learning to read Japanese. I'm wondering if there has ever been a discussion about simplifying the writing system. Even being born and raised in Japan it has be very difficult for kids to learn 2 sets of "alphabets" and then all those Chinese symbols which can be pronounced in different ways. When I think of all the mistakes people make in reading and writing English I wonder...
Mar 28th
Anonymous asked: How do i learn to read Japanese? Recently i bought egg/popteen mag so i was wondering is there a simple way i can learn?

Thanks! Take Care!
Mar 26th
Mar 25th
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Anonymous asked: Hello. How to say "Summer please come now" or anything similar in Japanese?
Mar 21st
umbrellasandcoffee asked: oh im sorry i can't read hiragana/kanji. can you instead translate it to the alphabet/romanji? thanks so much!!
Mar 20th
Anonymous asked: how do i say "will you be my boyfriend/girlfriend" in japanese? thanks.
Mar 20th
Anonymous asked: hi! i want to ask, is the google translate accurate? cause i use it sometimes to translate english to japanese. thanks!
Mar 20th
kaiteh asked: Hi, I just wanted to ask how to say and write
"I pray that everything will be okay soon" or something like "My wish is for everything to be okay soon".
Mar 20th
Anonymous asked: I'm thinking of getting my favourite quote translated into Japanse, but vertically down my ribs. It would be great if you could give it a go?
Thank you <3

' when she jumped, she probably thought she could fly '
Mar 20th
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Anonymous asked: I thought 'ushinaide' sounded weird but couldn't figure it out myself. I'm so glad I asked, I don't want to post messages if I'm not sure of they're correct :>
Thank you so much!
Mar 20th
letifer asked: How would I write, or say, "Never stop being you" ?

Thanks in advance n_n
Mar 16th
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Anonymous asked: So I'm joining this facebook project to send encouraging messages to Japan. And I'd like to express something like "Don't lose hope"
And I wonder if "Kibou o mottekudasai" or "Kibou o ushinaidekudasai" is the right way to express it?
I'm also thinking of how I should write it, just with kana or
"希望を持て下さい" or...
Mar 16th
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