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来年私は日本に行きます。For all of March I need to find some awesome Japanese friends there to have fun with, so I'd like to be comfortable in simple Japanese conversations. Ask me about my hobbies, holidays, etc. in Japanese and I'll gladly try to answer. I won't say too much here so there's plenty to ask about, but feel free to ask me anything. I always worry I'll offend people, so apologies in advance, it wasn't intentional. Correct me as much as you can! 私は頑張って！
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    この場合をかける - This situation burdens me At the moment I'm about a third of the way through learning the "Core 6k" Japanese words using Anki. I've run into a lot of words for "situation" 情勢, 状況, 事態, 場合, 場面. If anyone has good examples of the distinction between these I'd love to see. I also ran in to 書ける which has 24 different meanings according to Jisho.org - I find it impossible to know which one someone means. I'm aware there are probably English words which feel the same to English learners. Has anyone found a good way to deal with learning synonyms/homonyms/homophones? I'm just listing all the things it isn't on the front of my flashcard :)
    December 20, 2016
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    MSDN Cloud Girl translation JP->EN - page 1 MSDN is a site we use a lot at work. A colleague asked me to translate a comic they found on the Japanese version, so I posted my attempt here. Page 1 https://msdn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/claudia07_01 おかん、遅刻やわ～ Oh no I'm late 明日朝から臨時ミーテングをう全員参加してくれ From tomorrow morning, everyone will have to participate in a special meeting 急ですまないんだか That's a bit sudden isn't it? 突然のミーティングやし、よつばど重要 ??? I must get to the sudden meeting with Yotsuba! ??? カシカシ Singing noises (literally: Lyrics lyrics) あ～　こんなんでリストラされたらイヤや～ Aah, this is it,　I’ve really done it now キャツ ??? Phonetically says "Kyatsu" which may just be a general sound like "crash, bang, wallop, pow", or be a loan word related to "crash" ??? ぼよ～ん Boing
    October 9, 2016
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    Yes, you could use "could". To me it even sounds slightly more natural. The author might have chosen "would" to emphasize the killer didn't necessarily use the code at all, but if they did, the speaker doesn't know how the killer knew it. As far as I can see, there are only really subtle distinctions between the two, which could probably be debated at length in an English High School's English Literature class.
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    August 28, 2016
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    Whoops, added a comment accidentally
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    August 28, 2016
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    ケンブリッジに晴れの週 - A sunny week in Cambridge (日本語/English) 先週、晴れでいる間に会社の友達とパブに行ったりパントをしました。私は映画を見るに行きました。スタートレックは好評を得るでも、良くないでした。片々がいいでも、ほか片々ちょっと。。。最近に私は映画にもっと批判的を成りました。来週、多分姉を訪ねます。最近に彼女の赤ちゃんは動くの始めました。かわいいです！ Last week, when it was sunny, I did things like going to the pub and going punting with my work friends . I also went to see a film. Star Trek has a good reputation, but it wasn't good. Parts were good, but other parts we a bit... Recently I've become more critical of films. Next week, my older sister will probably visit. Recently her recently started moving. Cute!
    August 28, 2016
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    Is jisho right about 真夏日 and 真冬日? If I read 真夏日 - I'd guess it meant mid-summer day. If I read 真冬日 I'd guess it meant mid-winter day. But http://jisho.org/search/degrees%20centigrade defines them in terms of temperature. i.e. 真夏日 = day on which the temperature exceeds 30 degrees Centigrade Is this really how a Japanese person thinks about those words?
    August 1, 2016
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    If you're really serious about reading/writing kanji, I'd strongly recommend Remembering the Kanji. Alongside the book, there's a site at kanji.koohii.com dedicated to helping you learn mnemonics for the 2000ish 常用漢字 (Jōyō kanji). You should be aware that:

    - It's grueling (will take at <em>least</em> 3 or 4 months).

    - It is optimized for learning <em>all</em> of them so you might not learn even very common characters until near the end.

    - You still won't actually know Japanese, you'll just be in a similarish place to a Chinese speaker, in that you have a sense of what the symbols mean, but still need to learn how they fit together into Japanese words and learn the grammar to help put them in sentences.

     

    If you need that quick feedback of recognizing common words to keep you interested, maybe start with the popular courses on memrise.com for learning vocabulary, and pair it with lessons from a site like guidetojapanese.org or imabi.net for grammar and context.

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    December 12, 2015
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    ありがとう！ That seems to match up with what I thought was happening :) I think I'll ditch that online course, since testing me on those differences without giving the context seems a bit crazy. P.S. Your profile says your language level in English is "Elementary" but that was far beyond an elementary description!
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    July 22, 2015
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    My Japanese isn't good enough. I'd add some punctuation: "It's the first one (I'm aware of recently) with injuries this severe, where everything worked out well". Then try breaking it into pieces maybe: "Everything worked out well" ~ 全部大丈夫だ "It's the first one" ~ しはつ "I'm aware of" - implies there might be others I don't know about "recently" - 近頃
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    July 22, 2015
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    It's either wrong, or needs context. You should add the surrounding sentence(s). For example missing an apostrophe: e.g. "His groaning's too deep for words" a contraction of "His groaning is too deep for words"
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    July 22, 2015
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