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I'll be doing a Masters in Phonetics shortly, and I want to get a head jump on it as much as I can. I love East and Southeast Asian. I'm actively studying Japanese and Thai and working on Korean as a secondary pursuit at the moment. Eventually I intend to get around to both standard Tokyo dialect Japanese, and wish to do a comparative study in Kansai dialect Japanese. As I work my way around to Chinese, I want to study the lasting effects of early Chinese influence on modern Japanese phonology. My girlfriend and I will be going to Japan for two weeks in March/April of 2018 for Cherry Blossom season (花見), and I'm hoping to improve my Japanese as much as possible between now and then. I've been using Genki, Japanese for Busy People, Japanese from Zero, and WaniKani to improve my reading and Kanji comprehension. I'd love to be able to talk to natives who understand the quirks of their own language and hopefully make it an enjoyable journey into learning!
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Ako
Japanese
Aug 8, 2020
今日はSkypeの調子が悪くてちょっと残念でしたね。でもインタビューはとても面白かったです！ずっと英語で喋っていたので、あまり日本語の練習が出来ませんでしたが、次は日本語でたくさん喋りましょう(*´∀｀)
Ako
Japanese
Mar 26, 2020
今回もありがとうございました。とても楽しいレッスンでした。コロナに負けないで、頑張りましょうね(*^^*)
Ako
Japanese
Jan 8, 2020
今日は久しぶりに話せて、とても楽しかったです！クリスマスの話やディズニーワールドの話、お酒の話、節分の話をしました。日本旅行が楽しみですね(*^^*)また次回！
Ako
Japanese
Sep 4, 2019
久しぶりでしたが、前と同じように楽しいレッスンでした。いろいろなトピックについて話しましたね。またお話出来るのを楽しみにしています(*^^*)
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    The extreme heat.

    For two weeks now, Korea has been hot. The temperature was over 35 degrees. It was over 40 degrees in some places. This extreme heat was occurred not only in Korea, but also in Europe. Fortunately, I am on summer vacation. However, I think it is unfortunate. Due to this hot weather, I did not make any plans for my vacation. Moreover, all day I have to stay in my house, turning on the air conditioner. Really, I worry about the electric charge. I guess that I'll have to pay three times more than usual. To live in this hot weather, people have to turn on their air conditioners. However, due to the progressive tax on this electric charge, ,many peoples can not turn it on to their satisfaction. Finally, people are petitioning the government to abolish this policy. The government will consider it. Many people worry about the global warming. I also seriously worry about it. We have to decrease the use of oils like gasoline and diesel. Namely, we have to buy more environmentally friendly cars like electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles. It is a very important world issue.
    It has been raining for a while, however, it is just sudden shower. Even though the amount of rainfall is small, it will be very helpful to plants.
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    August 6, 2018
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  • Answered
    It would better be phrased as "his fashion sense" or even by "his style."
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    April 23, 2018
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  • Corrected
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    December 9, 2017
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  • Answered
    I think 'barrier' is probably the most natural sounding word to use, although one could probably use 'divider' or 'barricade' as well, barrier just sounds more natural in that context.
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    November 25, 2017
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    It is an intransitive verb since it is not taking a direct object, but rather multiple indirect objects. To elaborate, 'He gave the box to me' is using gave as a transitive verb, where the box is the direct object and me is the indirect object. Make sense?
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    August 20, 2017
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  • Corrected

    Complaint letter to the washing machine vendor

    Dear Sir or Madam,

    This is Nick from California. I just bought one of your washing machines 3 weeks ago, however, the experience of using your washing machine has been less than satisfactory.

    Two weeks ago when I used the machine, I put some of my clothes (including two scarves) into it. After it finished washing, the clothes were clean, but what makes it unacceptable is that I found my scarves had been split into several pieces. I have never encountered such issues when I used other washing machines before. I called your after-sales, and someone came to replace it with a new one.

    I thought there would be no problem with the new washing machine, but I was wrong. Yesterday, I used the washing machine again, and when it finished, some of my clothes were seriously entangled to the washing arms inside the washing machine.

    These accidents have driven me crazy, I will by no means use this washing machine anymore. I hope you can refund this purchase or replace it another model which has no problem.

    Best regards,
    Nick
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    August 16, 2017
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