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I'm very into Japanese culture, and I want to learn to speak the language properly. I plan on being a translator of sorts in the future, and I'm also learning German and Spanish. I know a little French too. I like manga and anime, comedy, horror, reading, vampires (but I'm not a Twi-hard so don't worry :P) and playing World of Warcraft and Sims 2.
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    Isobel is both Jewish and Spanish, and roughly means 'consecrated to God'. Funnily enough, I'm atheist. 
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    can I cheat and use initials? Because I think 'wth' best describes me. If not, then 'difficult'. 
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    I'm up for it :P
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    Will I live?/How long do I have left?/Is there a cure or a treatment? But to be honest, 'Doc, will I live?' is fine. He or she isn't going to get offended - it's something you'd obviously want to know.
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    Does anyone know any good websites to learn kanji from?  I can read hiragana, and most katakana, but obviously I'm finding the kanji a problem. It's not so much remembering how to draw them, but remembering what names and meanings go with what symbol. Does anybody here know any good websites that can help with remembering some of the more commonly used kanji?
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    Time for some English I'm writing this one in English because I feel the need to be more articulate than I am in other languages. I'm not sure what I'm going to write about, but I want to write something. Well, ok . . . erm . . . I'm 14 years old, and right at this very moment I'm in my Dad's office. I'm meant to be earning some money by doing part-time work, but I'm doing a little skiving in between creating Twitter links and articles for him. Ohhh, I'm so hungry! I'm starving, but I'm going to wait another half an hour because I normally eat at about 1 o'clock, and I don't want to mess up my body clock. Hmm . . . I know there's the whole hormone thing going on, and what I'm meant to think and feel, stuff like that. Every other girl I know at the moment (apart from my 7-year-old sister) likes boys. But none of them feel the same way about boys as I do. It may have something to do with me being an early bloomer emotion-wise, because I can't remember a time when I didn't like boys, but sometimes I just get so . . . AAARRRGHHHH!!! It would probably help if I had a boyfriend, but despite the amount of people giving me the usual comments, "oh, you should be a model." "you're so pretty." etc, I've only ever been asked out once, and it was for a dare. AAARGH!! I can't stand it! I need to go and eat! Goodbyeeeeee!!!!! P.S. I know this is public, but I'm just writing about things that are relevant to me. I suppose people learning English could try to read it, but I don't claim to make much sense at all.
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    It's because of the kanji. Each one can mean different things and be pronounced different ways depending on the context. So even though kumo means cloud and spider, you wouldn't look up at the sky and say, "Look at those big fluffy white spiders in the sky!" and written down, the kanji is different.
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    If you are a bus driver, then obviously, you drive buses. What if you're on a holiday from work and you end up taking the bus? That's a busman's holiday. The same for if this chef is on holiday - he will at some point probably end up cooking for his family.
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    at= used for saying what destination you are at. For example, you could say "I am staying in my friend's house." but in English you're a lot more likely to say "I am staying at my friend's house." in= similar to 'at' but used for larger locations. You wouldn't say "I live at Manchester." but you would say "I live in Manchester." Also used for when something is inside another thing, like food goes IN the fridge. on= when you are in some way, above something. People can walk ON the ground, but if you were IN the ground you would be dead.
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