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Hello! I'm Brandon. I have an English degree and have published many poems and short stories, so hopefully I can help those of you struggling to learn the language! In return, maybe I'll be rewarded with unnatural success in my study of Japanese :D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I travel to Tokyo once a year to study Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu (武神館) under Masaaki Hatsumi. I've been to Tokyo three times in the past, for a period of one month each time. I've tried to study a little bit of nihongo here and there, but I wasn't diligent in my studies and therefore didn't progress much. I know probably 200 vocabulary words, but I'm not familiar with grammar and I can't really understand much when I listen. I work as a project manager and team lead in a healthcare IT operations center for a large company. I have a degree in wildlife biology, English literature, and psychology. I enjoy all sorts of athletics (sports, martial arts, bouldering, etc), and I'm also a PC gamer. I spend a lot of time reading and I'm a quick learner, so with your help, maybe I can become fluent in Japanese!
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Mari
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Mar 20, 2019
おつかれさまでした！ じかいもがんばりましょう！
Mari
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Mar 11, 2019
きょうはchapter 4をちょっとべんきょうしました。たのしいレッスンでした！またね！
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    I can make sense of all of them, but none of them are correct. In English, "scotch" is a drink. We shorten "scotch tape" to "tape."
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    March 14, 2019
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    There are no real concrete differences between "entire" and "whole." It could be suggested that entire is slightly more emphatic. "I ate the whole pizza." "I ate the entire pizza." "This is the only one in the entire world." "This is the only one in the whole world." Really there's almost no difference when used in that context. When you begin talking about a piece of something, that would be "a piece of the whole," because "a piece of the entire thing" is the alternative, and it's quite unnatural (though still correct).
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    March 14, 2019
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    March 14, 2019
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    "Sorry for having disappeared for such a long time" is a sentence I have said numerous times. It is correct as-is, and implies exactly what you're saying-- that the individual speaking basically stopped interacting with, talking to, or seeing the person to which they're talking. Alternatives would be: Sorry I've been so busy! Sorry I've been gone so long. Sorry that I've been distant. And so on, however, each of these has it's own connotation or specific nuanced meaning, depending on the context of the lapse in communication/contact.
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    March 14, 2019
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    This is actually very close to correct. There are two variations of the correct phrase: "I took the stone for a diamond. I really have bad eyes." - this is an older (or archaic) way. "I mistook the stone for a diamond. I really have bad eyes." - this is the more common saying. Both are correct.
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    March 12, 2019
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    It's definitely a legitimate phrase, but it's not commonly used. Maybe a bit archaic.
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    March 6, 2019
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    The sentences all appear correct, but I'm not quite sure on the intended meaning of "carefully" in the last two sentences. Are you eating carefully? Or are they carefully watching you eat?
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    March 4, 2019
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    I agree with Jen. "She doesn't have to do this" would be the most accepted wording.
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    March 1, 2019
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    Yes, the sentence is fine. "In person" is used correctly.
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    March 1, 2019
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    These are pretty close to correct as-is, but I will offer a few corrections and suggestions: 1.It is hard to revitalise the economy in countryside as the shortage of labour has become a problem in rural areas. 1.It is hard to revitalise the economy in the countryside as the shortage of labour has become a problem in rural areas. 2.The poor prospects of employment and sluggish of local economies lead to the population shift to cities. If this is supposed to be present-tense, then: "The poor prospects of employment and sluggishness of local economies leads to a population shift toward cities." If past-tense: "The poor prospects of employment and sluggishness of local economies led to a population shift toward cities." Sluggishness* is a fine word to use in this case, but "stagnant" would be a good alternative.
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    February 27, 2019
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