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>>5 online shopping and reading some english articles to find funny, hilarious things. i have a small tv set but i rarely turn it on and watch tv programs.
> i like friday nights. > it is ok to stay up late at night > and i don't have to care about waking up early in the morning to go to work the next day.
> >>8 > Buying on Amazon is the cheapest way to buy things! No need to go to stores, no talking to annoying clerks! > > Why not sigh up for Hulu and enjoy free trial period and enjoy 24?
I recommend Netflix the cheapest way of enjoying videos.
I'm worried about the recent talk of America and TPP. Didn't the President sign the presidential thing to get out of TPP permanently on his first day?
In Japan, when the current ruling party (LDP) was an opposition party, the party members were opposing TPP. One of them even said "Those who push TPP are traitors." Then once his party became the ruling party, they started to push TPP, and this very same politician wore traditional Japanese clothes and signed the thing in New Zealand. You can tell that this TPP is pushed by some really ugly people. The media are also totally controlled in favor of it. This country is currently in a very sick state. (or has been for 20 years, but I think it's getting worse) Almost all political parties, bureaucrats, media, business federations etc have become one big rotten cult where no one listens to the few ones with conscience. And there is nothing I can do about it.
I am not American so I mostly refrain from talking about their politics, but I admire the people and the President for getting out of TPP and fighting the monstrous establishment. (the so-called globalists) I don't know what kind of pressure the President is getting, but I hope he doesn't become like the above-mentioned politician.
>>23 the word of "biohazard" is originally used to show alertness not to leak biolabo's products (such as DNAs, cells, creature, ) to outer space. so doent have negative image.
Without even knowing the context of the movie, after simply listening to that particular three-second videoclip, all the English native speakers would agree that the woman in the above videoclip did say, "It's been such a GRAY day." She can't have said "GREAT day." Am I right?
>>24 I have no idea why you are talking like the current US president is the best leader in the world. In my view, he's just another sneaky self-centered bastard. Just as everyone was becoming suspicious of his underlying ties with Russia, he dared to bust some of the Russian guys from his party just to prove his innocence. He's now building the wall at the Mexican border while threatening to withdraw from NAFTA if he fails to do so. One time he couldn't think of any way making a profit out of it and leaves, never looking back on other countries, then he reconsiders it when there might be. I'm not quite sure what's truly behind his actions, but he'll do anything that works for his own best.
>>34 I'm not >>24 but want you to ask who is the best leader/president in US. Is there anyoone? The country US is deeply related to JP. that's why these countries have to go together in several scenes, ex, economical ploblems etc.
do you decide what you will do during the upcoming golden week? climbing a mountain? playing nintendo games? going out with a girlfriend? i intend to practice driving a car at night. it seems that you should be far more careful when driving at night, because your vision is really limited compared with daytime.
Regarding the economic relationship with the US President Trump has been complaining about trade imbalance, and here is what they should do. They should order Japan to expand the domestic demand. This is also what we need but can't because of the cult. This way America would sell more stuff to us, and we would be in debt to them for saving us too.
And I want them to order it now, before Abe gets taken down. It's what Abe was supposed to do when he took office but couldn't implement because of the cult. So I'm sure Abe would be glad too if America ordered it. Now is the best time to do it since the headquarters of the cult, the Ministry of Finance, is in turmoil due to some huge scandals.
i heard about sexual harrassment scandals in the us one after another just a few weeks or months ago. now in japan, sex scandals of higher-ups continue to be disclosed and lead to their resignation... these facts imply that most people have an interest in others' sexual lives or styles to some extent, don't they?
Because I can speak Spanish and it's the most democratic and the most livable country in Latin America as I've once worked in Argentina dispatched by a Japanese company. Many of the retired Americans live in this country.
some of my friends nag me about how badly their noses and eyes get ichy around this season of an year. although i try to be compassionate of them most of the times, i never really get it. cuz i dont have pollen allergy and when they saw through that im not taking it seriiusly, they get pissed at me for not understanding their feelings and crap, like how the hell should i know?
>>68 I'm quite sure there is a law that prevents China (or any other foreign country that doesn't allow it themselves) from buying our land. For some reason Japan isn't applying it in this Hokkaido's case. I think that's the situation.
Then there is (or was, I'm not sure) also this issue of Japan paying ODA to China even after they became a superpower. I wonder if it's still true. There seems to be a lot of smelly issues between China. I'm thinking about stopping eating Chinese food in protest. I heard sui-gyoza is the real Chinese gyoza and yaki-gyoza is a Japanese food. So I can keep eating my favorite food while protesting against China-pandering.
i feel nervous when i think about how to live after both of my parents pass away. apart from enjoying the internet i have several hobbies and i am employed so i think that i will just do what i can do then. but still i can not stop myself from feeling nervous.
It's a nice day to go out to a beach. But unfortunately beaches are filled with plastic garbages. In many countries plastic straws are being banned to save ocean. On the contrary, awareness toward plastic garbages in Japan seems relatively low. It is estimated that the weight of plastic garbages in ocean outweigh that of all fishes combined in the near future.
BBC and CNN are continuously covering this story. But I haven't seen such stories in Japanese TV. Perhaps, this is due to people living in Tokyo area are not aware of this problem because beaches there are not scattered with the garbages. This may be one of the problems of centralization in Japan.
>>81 This is merely a suggestion, but if you are serious about it, why don't you go there and take a couple of pictures then post them on Twitter? Once the users recognize the situation as bad, I'm sure the things'd get viral there real soon. They just love poor animals and degraded environment. This may take you some efforts, but at least it'd be much better compared to you just raising the awareness at a dumpster like this.
Fortunately, there are momentum to tackle this issue on a global scale. This problem is not just about environmental destruction but it could lead to human health issues when these garbages break down to microplastic.
>>87 That's worse than I expected. Especially that last part, I'm not much of a health freak, but eating small plastics without even being aware of it sounds awful. And it's from Okinawa? Geez, I've only been there a couple of times, but had no idea THAT Okinawa known for its beautiful seas being like that. You see, the real problem is that no one checks out city official page, wish they uploaded them on Twitter or IG.
I heard Chinese people don't like yaki-gyoza. How can anyone in their right mind not like yaki-gyoza? No wonder China is invading Hokkaido. They are not in their right mind.
everyday i use "キレイキレイ" by LION to wash my hands, when i come back home. i can not remember any competitors' products (by kao, p&g, unilever etc) so キレイキレイ might totally dominate the medicated hand soap market in japan.
They are. Every time I go karaoke, everyone sings their songs. I don't listen to them so often, other than the very popular ones like from Big Bang, so when faced with them I'll be like "whaaattt?"
>>124 Friends of my friend from junior high. I'm not a very close friend of them, when I hang with my buddy sometimes they are just there. And some from nightclub are into K-pops too. Not the kind I usually I go out with tho. I get the feeling that you don't like them that much, but I say you should listen to them just once. It's actually not that bad.
it's been 3 or 4 years since i watched a movie last. a number of masterpiece films should have been shot during this period. i don't even know what the academy award winning movie (the best movie) is this year.
on weekdays, almost all the time have to be spent for my job, including preparation of travelling between my house of the office. this is really stressful and i feel i am going to be crazy. how many more months/years i can continue to work at this pace, even though i am not at a managing position...just an ordinary staff.
12時間前 · ... “I am very saddened by the news of Sachio Kinugasa’s passing. He and I shared an approach to the game we love, but for me, the friendship we shared was so much more valuable. Mr. Kinugasa was a great man and I was honored to call him my friend and the respect I have for him is immense. My condolences and thoughts are with his family, friends, and the wonderful baseball fans throughout Japan.” - Cal Ripken, Jr.
>>147 Oh, is that what that was about? This whole time I thought it was some kind of clever lines where he meant he only listens to songs that worth listening to at least twice. Thanks for the clarification.
Yes he is. Persistent shills like him have greatly reduced my motivation to come here and use English, and consequently, to learn it. Also I've heard a rumor that some English 業者 are engaged in these activities and gorioshiing English on internet and elsewhere, so I've been telling people not to buy those shitty 教材 and lessons.
since i knew that you don't necessarily have to actually touch your ic card on automatic ticket-checking machine when passing through it at a station or in a bus (just letting your card be placed near such a machine, it reacts normally), i tried not to touch my card on the machines and let them react normally. but it needs a bit of technique...within 1cm above the screen??
some ojisans slap their ic cards like suica or pasmo or ikoka or manaka on the macines like spanking. other ojisans place their cards on the machines' screens too softly but way too long, which i think is like a sort of molesting. so, in short, the way you place your ic card on machines represents your sexual attitude or tendency.
I’m making 辛ラーメン right now. Actually I’ve wanted to try the Korean spicy noodle from Samyang. But I can’t find them in stores.... so I substitute it...
>>187 Why not buy them at combini? ↓ Why not buy them at convenience store?
I think that it's more interesting to create chips by cooking oil than buying it in convenience store. If there is no such a time, many people may buy it in convenience store.
>>178 58 (yen) multipled by 6 (bags) gets you only 348 (yen)...that's a good deal. i know ウェルシア, they should have steadily gained more and more market shares in the industry. i feel that it's funny drugstores sell goods other than drugs like potato chips.
>>197 sounds like japanese mega-banks. drugstore companies may have repeated mergers & acquisitions to try to survive in the industry... i also see スギドラッグ or ドラッグセイムス in the everyday life.
i practiced driving a car with the beginners' marks (called "若葉マーク") put on both the front & the back of the car. 1 thing i noticed is that drivers of moderately priced cars or professinal drivers tend to drive behind my car, making enough space between us. on the other hand, drivers of german cars, sports cars and toyota's clown drive their cars just behind mine so that i feel nervous and much pressure when noticing them.....afraid to put the brakes on.
Today I went to Eon and parked my car and then got out of my car, I immediately senced the familiar smell in the parking lot. I was like “Oh... this season has come like every year...”
Yas. Smerm smell! I blame some tree in the parking lot. What kind of trees are they?
I never understand why some people won't leave enough space between the cars. It's not like being right behind them will buy them some time. Why do they even risk it? And to think of them believing that driving that way somehow threatens others and expect for them to give in a way to themselves is utterly ridiculous and immature. What if a cat or a person jumps in from nowhere and they will have to make a sudden stop? Do they think they could stop too before bumping into them? That's impossible.
>>214 There used to be a traffic slogan that says " semai nippon sonnani isoide dokoeiku" If literally translated, it goes as follows: " A small Japan, where are going in such a hurry?" I can come up with a couple of reasons why some drivers don't want to leave a lot of space between the cars. First, I think it has something to do with Japanese society's code of conduct. Puncuality is one of the most important people have to abide by in our society. So that in the morning, for example, if you oversleep, you tend to feel pressed for time to go to work, which leads to reckless driving.
Well it's too long to read, so I'll stop halfway....
Well, it's a vague question. In my opinion, AI has been just a very convenient tool for us human beings so far. But after the so-called singularity point, we might fall in a place where we are treated as its salves. Anyway, nodoby knows what will happen next.
>>215 Shut up. I'm Japanese but I love White people as I got back from US to Japan over the age of 30. I'd completely been used to the Western culture. I'd rather ban Korean people who are brainwashed by false religions.
>>222 False religions? What are those? I've heard that Koreans mainly believe in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Some Japanese may not regard Confucainism as a religion, it is wrong that they think so. what annoys me about Koreans is their falsified historical views which stems from their government's anti-Japan education.
>>223 I think Confucianism is a cult and established in order to protect interest of a government, so any country influenced by this cult lacks for real democracy, and equal opportunities. In fact, Japan and Korea have ageism, and hierarchical structure between the young and aged people, which is why I hate Confucianism imported from Korea. On the other hand, the Christianity which is spread throughout Korea, is not the Christianity indeed. This cult forces involuntary marriage, and that is one side of Korean society which lacks for freedom of choice in life.
>>218 I'm so well aware of being punctual about everything here, who wouldn't? while the actual truth is they are not saving NONE of their time in doing so, and the worst part is they don't even seem to realize that. Let's suppose you are on a highway and don't see so many of the cars around you, then it'd be more reasonable as long as you won't get caught with speeding. However, driving in so hurry on ordinary roads would be almost meaningless because of all the traffic lights and the way they're working, only the risks accompanying with their thoughtless acts are real.
No one gives a fuck if Koreans have freedom or not. That's none of your business. These morons are so stupid and boring, blabbering about the same thing they were blabbering about 10 years ago.
>>226 Are you a person from abroad? Your assertion made me evoke a lot of questions I'd like to ask you. Maybe Confucius came up with the idea " so-called the order of seniority" in order for political leaders at that time to maintain social order. but I don't understand how the concept is related to " real democracy" First of all,I'd like you to explain about what "real democracy" is like. Democracy is a political system in which sovereignty resides with the people of a ceratin country if they carry out the system And at least, in Japan ,to exert their sovereign right, anyone is qualified to get the right to vote when they become 18 years old. Thus, in my opinion, democracy has nothing to do with the order of seniority (tyoyo no jyo.) Ageism is a kind of discrimination and the word should be used when someone suffer a disadvantage from the difference of age. The idea " the order of seniority" just puts emphsis on your mental attitude toword the elderly. That's why we celebrate " respect for the aged day" as a national holiday
>>229 Respect towards the aged can often lead to keeping the aged at a distance. I'm now around the age of 40, but I'd like to make more friends with younger guys. I don't want the respect towards me, but I only want people to regard me like the same as young guys.
>>229 I think democracy has something with seniority system because it affects the equality of opportunities, and that is the basis of democracy. In fact, in Japan it's difficult to change jobs around the age of 40, even if I desire to get the same salary as the young people do, even if I have enough capacity to carry out the job, and even if I want to be a civil servant.
>>236 IP is short for Internet Protocol address, last time I tried to post on some Japanese chan all posters outside of Japan were range-banned. Anyway, why are you even learning English for? Just curious
Welcome to 5ch. But be careful to a person that comes sooner or later and begins attacking you just only because you are a foreigner. It is better to use applications to filter such commences.
By the way, I started participating in Reddit, where I can get to know the writing styles of native speakers that are vastly different from such as newspapers. It is similar to this site in many aspects but it seems more addictive due to Karma. I feel more relaxed to write in this site because I don't need to be afraid of being downvoted. This site is free, for better or worse.
> >>236 > IP is short for Internet Protocol address, last time I tried to post on some Japanese chan all posters outside of Japan were range-banned. Anyway, why are you even learning English for? Just curious
the dramatic political change of north korea has made me feel bewildered and even scared... i can't tell what's happening next and how it will affect my humble, ordinary life.
>>242 Many people on 4chan don't like Reddit because the karma system forces everyone to have the same opinion and not be offensive and so acts almost like a self-censorship.
>>242 But 4chan is mostly shit too, plus it uses eay too many slang which wouldn't even be understandable to native speakers. What topics do you discuss on Reddit anyway? Also it's good that you're reading if you're not reading for at least one hour a day you will never learn English and might as well commit sudoku
also why was it nagasugiru? I didn't even write that much
>>255 I think that's for spam prevention. And one more thing, at an inactive forum like here it's kind of customary to enter "sage" in your email section to avoid frequent bumps and other threads going to archive. By the way, where did you know this place? Are there any more guys like you watching here without posting much?
>>255 I like to discuss subjects relating to languages and politics. I need to be very careful to read between the lines in the site to the extent that I've never done here.
>>263 take it easy. those annoying little kids will eventually support japanese social welfare system, and partially help you live your life after your retirement. at the age of child-decresing society, each one of them should be valuable for us adults.
When you go shopping, every now and then you see these kids running around at a shop like an unleashed monkey. Some people find them adorable, but I hardly think so. Surely watching YOUR kids having fun is one thing, but when it comes to seeing some brats of other's playing? that wouldn't be fun at all. Honestly, when girls say they like kids, I don't believe them. Think they can only say that either because they don't have one around, or are just trying to impress on some guys that they are cool with kids.
There are many foreigners who want to ask questions about Japanese. Several sites provides places for such questions but each site has shortcomings: too strict codes or low quality answers. I wonder why foreigners coming here do not ask such questions. This site is so free that it could attract rubbish. But at the same time it is highly likely that wrong answers will soon be corrected by other people. This will be an ideal place for Japanese learners.
Right now some annoying kids are playing outside my house, actually in the road. What kind of parents are they? I mean allowing kids to play in the freaking road? Fucking yutori parents...
I wish we had a “child detector”. I heard that in the States, sexsually convicted criminals can be detected on a map on the Internet. Wish we had the child version of it so that we can avoid fucking kids as much as we can.
>>273 You have an excellent command of English. It's amazing. I can understand what you mean as followed:
Some kids are playing loudly on the road just in front of my house, making me annoyed. I wonder in what kind of discipline they are being raised. Why do their parents allow them to play on a bustling road? These parents belong to the so-called "yutori" generation, or those who were educated under the relaxed education policy. .....
>>277 No, not actually. I don't think there are many non-Japanese speakers on the 5channel online forum. In the same vein, I assume all users are Japanese speakers, whether they are gaijin or not.
I’m back from gym and grocery shopping. You know what? I was taken aback by annoying brats at Eon because it’s past 10pm and parents are supposed to bring those shit-smelling kids to bed! The Yutori parents...
I said there is a rule that can stop Chinese from buying our land, but I might have confused it with some other matter. Also I thought I would be ok with just eating gyoza and ditching other Chinese food, but I forgot about mabo-dofu.
Ramen always reminds me of the memory where my friends and I are drunk so badly that some of us throw up outside the restaurant in the middle of eating, busting out the place like they just saw their long gone grandfather alive. And I bet some of you guys can relate to this type of story as well. I'm just so grateful of the fact that I myself have never messed up like that yet. Once I stand out in the public doing something juvenile like that, I can't shake that off my head for a while for sure.
>>281 Oh, I didn't know that 4chan has many Japanese users. Are their explanations good?
Anyway, Reddit is a good resource for us Japanese to be familiar with the variety of writing styles. Some people write really good sentences, sometimes it seems to excel the level of newspapers.
>>293 Hi, I think your command of English is excellent, very smooth, natural. You seem to be able to express your thoughts in English as freely as if it is your mother tongue.
If you don't mind, may I ask you a few questions? 1) Are you Japanese? If so, are you a returnee child, so-called 帰国子女 in Japanese? Or maybe you have an experience of studying abroad? 2) How have you become so good at conversational English?
I'm Japanese myself, a learner of English. I have only a limited command of English and want to improve it very much. If you have any advice for me, I'd really appreciate it. If you think my questions are too inquisitive, you don't need to answer me.
>>296 That's so nice of you saying that, but actually my writing skill is very limited unlike you might think I am. That being said, since you asked me so politely, I'll try my best to answer them.
1) I'm 100% Japanese, back in college I used to stay shortly in Canada for learning English though.
2) As for this part, there's not really a special technique or anything. I just always read/listen VERY carefully to movies, passages, books and podcasts, etc. sometimes again and again. As I was working on that, you may or may not notice there's a pattern they follow in most of their lines. I analyze and learn them by words to words, rephrase them in my own words when writing. It's actually that simple. Even when we speak Japanese, you can totally see that almost everyone follows the similar sentence structures, right? Those ones that don't quite fit in them will sometimes sound a bit awkward imo. Phrasal verbs (such as "walk down/stand up") and rephrasing & avoid using too many of the same words in one sentence also help you in this.
In conversational English, I think it's very important to pick out the words that's commonly in use, not some random words from your dictionary; always remember you don't write in a literal translating way, because you can't be sure that they sound right. Whenever you feel you can't find the right expression for your ideas, just look for another more natural way of saying them. And most importantly, immerse yourself in English. Only this will nurture your sense of what's right or wrong. Double the amount you see English everyday if you think your English is not good enough. (Personally I don't think you need to)
Your English is very good, so whatever you are doing now, just keep it up. Maybe that will get you to the point that you are going for there. I think that concludes my little pieces of advice, I hope this will be of some help.
>>302 Thank you very much for your answer! Your kind advice has struck home to me. I’m 100% Japanese, too, and have never stayed abroad. I’m learning English because I simply like to do so. But I sometimes feel very anxious about whether I am doing it right way. I knew from your answer that your natural way of writing is supported by your great efforts and hard work. This encourages me very much because if I keep working, it is possible that someday I might be able to write English freely and naturally like you do. Thank you again for your kind and detailed advice. I’ll keep it in mind and keep studying. :D
Fuck. Remember the annoying kids I talked about the other day? They are screaming and playing in the road at the moment. What bugs me most is that super loud noises this kid’s car thing makes by scratching the ground.
Fuck them. Hope a huge meteorite would drop on their empty-heads right now!!!!
Are you talking about something obscene? Sorry, I don't like the one.
By the way, writing "recognizable" sentence is relatively easy but writing flawless and natural sentences is by far difficult. The former can be likened to driving a car and the latter is almost identical to flying a plane. I sometimes correct Japanese learners essays. Some of the advanced learners can produce almost error-free essays, still, those tend to be full of unnatural expressions so that I have to rewrite them from scratch.
I don't know how to achieve native levels in naturalness.
>>305 I remembered the movie Kimi no Na wa, which I watched on TV several months ago. I think you would die too if a huge meteorite dropped there, which I don't mind.
I'd like to ask whoever writes in English on a daily basis about how to type on smartphones. I use gboard and voice typing. Is it the common way to write, or are there other better ways?
I has grown increasingly nervous as the Golden Week holiday season draws to a close. It is always a difficult ordeal to return to work after a long holiday. I am wondering what to do today because I have made the schedule vacant for the last two days of the holiday. And today draws to a close... Have a great day, everybody.
> Good morning! > > I'd like to ask whoever writes in English on a daily basis about how to type on smartphones. I use gboard and voice typing. Is it the common way to write, or are there other better ways?
>>312 >What is your best movie ever? I'm a gaijin, but I like japanese cinema a lot. My knowledge of it is quite limited, however. Some of my favorite japanese directors are Yasujiro Ozu, Hiroshi Teshigahara and Masaki Kobayashi. What do you guys think about them?
If I remember correctly, there used to be a geek whose nickname was subject. He would often visit here and posted ascii art a lot. It seemed to me that he suffered from some mental illness I sometimes talked with him and he said he is from England. I forgot almost everything he told me , but there is one thing which still sticks in my mind. He said that he was a big fan of Ozu Yasujiro, and saw a movie entitled " Tokyo Monogatari" many times. His remarks whetted my appetite for what's so appealing about it.
thank you. i remember that i once applied for a job at costco but i failed the 2nd round of the interview. at the 1st round of the interview, i also took several kinds of tests including english, mathematics etc. i scored perfect for the mathematics but the english test devastated me...too difficult.
whether it is fine or not, jr saikyo-line trains tend to not arrive at station. especially at the akabane-station, the platform is so packed that there are even passengers waiting in line downstairs.
>>319 I used to often hang out with the girl who's had that 1st girl's personality and a bit from 5th one. From her stories, she stalks her ex, she bears with any violence from her partner, she casually sleeps with almost anyone she likes, and so on. I don't know if this has anything to do with those personality profiling, but sometimes I'm surprised to find out how they all turn out to have similar negative experiences like that. Does this indicate that all girls, deep down inside, are subconsciously seeking for abusive relationships? Where do you stand on this, guys?
i go to a specific barber shop. when i visit the shop, i usually request to have my bangs cut moderately. but one of the staffs working there cut my bangs slightly too much, no matter how many times i request him to have my bangs cut moderately...
i think that how much money you have paid into your ic card like suika, pasmo or ikoka is a piece of important personal information. so, i feel uncomfortable if the amount of money i have paid into my card is clearly shown on the monitors of those automatic ticket-checking machines placed at the exits or entrances of stations when i pass by them and touch my card on them... of course i can understand it helps you know how much is left and can be spent.
mother's day & father's day are coming soon this month. it may be good for you to think about how to give your parents a big smile on these special days.
>>357 Maybe it's an elaborate ruse by the railway companies taking advantage of how Japanese always worrying too much about other's eyes and make people buy their deposits more often than necessary. The funny thing is it's totally working for me...
>>362 he〜he〜 but putting more money into your card than necessary would be better than being blocked by the doors (?) of the machines because of lack of money. that high-pitched alarm sound is really embarrasing, especially when there are a lot of people around you.
i remember that my former boss gave me an interesting advice for effectively learning engish. that was "don't look up an english word or phrase in a dictionary. if you do it, you can't keep up with native speakers' speech or writing rate". about 10 years have passed since she gave me the advice but i still look up english words sometimes.
>>364 You're right. I don't like getting caught up in a situation like that which is why I always refill the card as soon as I notice the stored money gets less than 2000 yen. With that precaution I still had to go through the same kind of humiliation when I failed to place my card on that reader properly and the gate blocked me off like I was trying to get a free ride. Now I have to get nervous every time I use them all thanks to that stupid gates.
>>367 I barely know management theory, but besides the balance sheet or all the other technicality, we actually have to spend our cash and they get the cash, I think that's all that counts for me here.
> i remember that my former boss gave me an interesting advice for effectively learning engish. > that was "don't look up an english word or phrase in a dictionary. if you do it, you can't keep up with native speakers' speech or writing rate". > about 10 years have passed since she gave me the advice but i still look up english words sometimes.
>>372 As you were How it sounds this guy speaks English is awful Is that so much more natural huh?lol Aint you going to spend your fxxxin' time for your headcircus??????????haha
>>376 What is "Too many?" as what you wrote? Okay Do Understand that you're elementary either and Of course I am. But please get a grip on yourself and do not be aggressive to any of us by writing like >>372
>>365, >>375 I agree with her. For concrete/objective nouns like "apple" "dog" "tower", it's for our best just looking them up, but when it comes to very abstract notions such as "confirm" "associate" "take", dictionaries would be rather counter-productive.
>>383 I think it is extremely hard for non-native speakers of English who started learning it at a certain age or older to acquire native levels of naturalness in it. Even if our English is not perfect, it would be all right if we can get across our ideas to a person who we are talking to or writing to. Still, I think it is important for us to try hard and improve our English so that we can communicate better.
just like some people, i wonder why there is no single national holiday in june in japan . i think that politicians should look into proposing a bill to set up the new national holiday in June. the next national hoiday is "marine day", no less than 2 months away from golden week...
>>385 Is she even listening to others? That woman shooting the video clearly said "having barbecue in this park is not against the laws", and the guy also reiterated they knew it was fine to barbecue there, they had been living there long enough to know that well, but she didn't seem to understand either of them. I can't help but noticing that she was just deliberately being deaf to anything that was contradictory to her beliefs. Well, I'm not surprised, because racists are just a bunch of morons.
And you know what you are doing right there shouting for "no gaijins/whites in Japan" bullshit is not different from that woman in the video.
>>390 What the hell are you talking about? Just because I'm defending them doesn't mean I worship them. I'm just rightful about the things that need to be mentioned. If you don't like them so much, why are you speaking English in the first place? And in case you don't notice this at this point, you should know that you've been self-contradicting yourself and being ridiculous here.
it just seems depending on people if you call foreigner gaijin as a japanese to the other, you don't hate them at all because you're childish just behave awkward and pretend yourself cooler you know it's not a big deal let go of it
I'm tired of both the mental gym Korean and the morons that keep responding to him in a boring way. Gaijins like Igirisujin and Stinky American would handle him with ease and humor.
By the way, I agree that 害人 are detrimental and should be deported. If I was living in a foreign country and the Japanese there were acting like 害人, I would expect them to be killed by the local people and also fear for my own safety.
a supermarket near my house offers limited kinds of ice cream, which they think are very competitive in terms of price, compared with their competitors. i am not against their sales strategy but even so, i expect them to expand their offerings. i want to eat ice cream by minor manufactures too.
I have trying learn the english again. what should i do at the first. Anyway, My grammars are broken. But just I found something good application “Anki”. It isn’t “Aniki”. also English grammar in Use for Anki has been distribution for free. This is so fantastic!! please fix my sentence, if you have feel something is wrong with them.
>>402 It is what it is. In generally a ton of the typical Japanese are aggressive on an online. We never couldn't see the face each other. But if we must to make faces public by the legal duty when we have using the Internet, they’er will have gentlemanly behavior.
I have hardly called gaijin or foreigner when I describe about people from other countries. In my opinion, there is no difference between the two words. Does the word “gaijin” sound exclusive whereas “foreigner” doesn’t sound exclusive? It does sound exclusive also. Gaijin just means foreigner in Japanese. The nuance is also totally same. To me, both words sound a sort of cold and unfriendly and because of this reason I tend to abstain from using them and choose another word instead. The better version of gaijin or foreigner might be “international person”, “non-japanese people”, or just “people from a different country”. I recommend that you guys use these words.
＞The better version of gaijin or foreigner might be “international person”, “non-japanese people”, or just “people from a different country”. I recommend that you guys use these words.
>>415 I understand that, but generally polite expressions should be longer than casual words. This inconvenience can apply to japanese language also. 外国の方 or 海外の方 is longer than just saying 外人, right? We just need to torelate it and get used to it.
>>414 I found that the only people who are really sensitive about the word "gaijin" in Japan are those who just moved here and haven't quite adjusted to the culture yet.
>>424 In many other countries, people of multiple ethnicity are very common and because of that, locals will no longer bother to address them "foreigners" imo. Additionally, people overseas would most probably find the word derogatory and offending since it almost implies that they are basically not the part of their community even though they strongly believe they are, and sometimes people use it on purpose to set themselves apart from them, I assume. On that note, Japan is a relatively unique country. When addressing someone a "foreigner", most people here don't mean to offend them nor reject their presence by calling so. It's a shame they don't take that as we meant them to be, I guess it's one of the most important things to take note beforehand for anyone to come visit Japan.
A question for the native Japanese speakers: what is your interpretation or feeling of 〜ている verbs?
In English, 〜ている is taught as the continuative form (歩いている = walking) and the form for the result of a state change (知っている = know, as in "I know"), but from what I know about Japanese grammar, my intuition is that this form isn't any different than the use of 〜て as a connective form (座って食べる) and いる, as in to exist.
What do you think of this intuition? Do you view utterances such as "食べている" as a single word or two words (or maybe even three)? If so do you feel いる has any semantic meaning or is it purely an auxiliary verb like ます (食べます) to you?
Somewhat related but can there be ambiguity in meaning between a resultant state and continuative action? For example, can "パンを食べている" mean both "(I) am eating bread" and "There is bread which has been eaten"?
>>434 I have no expert knowledge of Japanese language. So what I say is only a guess.
> this form isn't any different than the use of 〜て as a connective form (座って食べる) and いる, as in to exist. I have never interpreted 〜ている like that, but come to think of it, yes, your intuition could be right. When written in a kanji form, いる is 居る, meaning being present somewhere. When we are eating, we are eating and at the same time we are present at a place where we are eating.
> can there be ambiguity in meaning between a resultant state and continuative action? > For example, can "パンを食べている" mean both "(I) am eating bread" and "There is bread which has been eaten"? Yes, I think there could be ambiguity as you say. But normally, when we say "パンを食べている", it means "(I) am eating bread." As for your second interpretation, "There is bread which has been eaten", we will say "パンを食べてしまっている" in that case.
I think the difficulties for learners of Japanese language arise from dictionaries. Even some Japanese native speakers find it difficult to search exact explanations in Japanese Japanese dictionaries.
And English native speakers tend to analyze phrases quite grammatically. This is not common for Japanese. I think few people, if any, pay attention to grammatical structures so sometimes it is difficult for Japanese native speakers to explain it grammatically. I think this is quite opposite to English native speakers. I've heard that they analyze grammatical structures in English on a daily basis.
(situation: The doctor asks the nurse if the patient has eaten the food.) doctor: Has the patient eaten all the food? nurse: He has eaten bread, but he has left fruit.
>>444 What I'm trying to say is that パンを食べている can have a meaning other than "I'm eating bread" in some situations. As I have shown in the example in 443, パンを食べている can mean "Bread has been eaten." In the example above, the patient has already eaten bread, he is not eating bread at the time when the conversation is taking place.
as you grow up, you learn a lot of things both at school and at home. the adults around you, i mean, the teachers and the parents teach and tell you a lot of things. but how many of us were told exactly when to stop using your teethbrush, throw it away and start to use a new one. i am sure it depends on each person the timing to change his/her teethbrush. by the way i usually change mine before the brush gets curly.
It's interesting to me how 食べている can be viewed as a single word, and I wonder if such a view extends to longer chains like 待たされていました or expressions like 少しも or 誰か.
Also, feel free to ask me about my views on any English statements you may have; I'll try to answer with how I feel about them, though my interest in linguistics may influence my answer to be more technical than the average person's.
>>434 I think that いる in 食べている doesn't mean "to exist", it's much more like a part to show the state of your action, so if you put any required inflection to this, it could be something you've done (〜ました) or you are planning on (〜ます).
And you've got it right about that 〜て thing, it's just the way to connect two different verbs in one phrase. This doesn't serve any semantic purpose in a sentence. As such, 食べている is made up of two major parts, your action 食べる, and いる to suggest this action is currently on-going.
>>443 Japanese here. In my book, “食べている” consists of two verbs “食べる（て）” and “いる,” respectably in conjuctive form and end form. Hence it has some meaning.
This has two meanings. “I who like you” “You who like me” Possibly this is one of the most difficult part for japanese learner. You gotta understand its context
Some trucks automatically say: "Be careful, I'm backing". This makes me perplexed. Isn't it the drivers' responsbilities to be careful? Why do I have to be told to be cautious about them? lol
>>459 彼は/長い間/待たされていました。 Some people may consder this sententese constructed by three "single word" like this but it's completly up to one's perceptin rather than the grammatical rationale.
Umm, my explanation doesn't seem good. I revoke my example sentense completly. Ordinary people may consider 待たされて and いました as a single word respectively, but again this is just an assumtion no one could say it definitively.
i intended to fill a bathtub in my house with hot water at 43℃ but i seem to have forgot to turn on the heater. the bathtub was instead filled with cold water. i was about to weep in the bathroom to notice it.
i wanted to get rid of some comic books to secure more room on the bookshelves in my room. i would rather sell them than just throw them away as paper garbage, so i made a request for the quotation on some website. i am looking forward to hearing from them soon.
>>464 After skimming through a couple of websites dedicated to explaining Japanese grammar, and apparently there's an grammatical terminology called "morpheme", which is the smallest unit of given combination of letters that cannot be broken down to any smaller pieces. To explain that, let me take your sentence as an example. 待つ ("to wait"), of course, the verb playing the most important role here, and される as する("to do") in passive form, and lastly, いました, that is います in past tense. Each of these parts are delivering just the information as the speaker intended: any more omission or contraction would affect the entire meaning of the sentence. As for the last two parts, される and いました, they don't make sense by themselves, because they are so-called "bound morpheme" which are dependent on another morpheme(s) thus couldn't be used alone. Please note that this is just an opinion from this grammar noob, chances are some experts here and there will differ with me in lots of this, but for now I think >>434 wanted to know that if we are even aware of these details when speaking Japanese, and clearly we, or at least I had no idea at all. How curious.
Seeing Wikipedia, morphemes refer to minimum components of words. Even "-ed" which makes past tenses is called morphemes according to some sites. So I'm afraid that this is contrary to what the person wanted to know.
Some people may see 食べている as a single word. I can agree with that. When it comes to whether or not we can extrapolate it into 待たされていました, that will be a challenging question lol. Frankly speaking, we have seen the words numerous times throughout our lives so we never try to break it down and analyze it to interpret the phrase. It's just automatic.
But I know the reason why the person asked the question. In English it is clear that 食べている is consisted by several words: "be eating" and we can easily detect that there is a present continuous tense. In Japanese it seems more integrated as if it were a single word.
In conclusion, I think this analytic way of thinking grammer is unique to English native speakers. Most Japanese native speakers have never spend their time analyzing grammatical structures in Japanese sentences. This is some kind of cultural differences.
>>473 Sorry, I misinterpreted your context. You wanted to introduce the notion of "bound morpheme". It can provide a clue to consider this matter. Technically speaking, bound morpheme also refers to suffixes like 的 of 圧倒的 so it cannot be a direct answer to this question but it is intriguing notion.
As this exchange shows, grammar in Japanese could be very technical and academic issues. It's not something ordinary people care about.
I'm not eligible to participate in the site. Reading back >>474,475 dismays me. It is full of grammatical errors and extremely redundant. How can one write such ugly sentences. Unbelievable... I should study English before teaching Japanese.
>>477 I think your English is superb. Cheer up! Everybody participating in this site is making mistakes. Even Kobo-Daishi sometimes makes mistakes, right? ;)
Did you know she belives that watching dying people is actually a beautiful thing? Even though she has so much money given by donations from all over the world, she didn’t give any painkillers to them. BUT when she was ill, she went to America and got painkillers and superb treatments from great doctors.... what a hypocrite
somehow, i felt like looking up a word "chat" in a dictionary and did it on a dictionary website.
chat1 /tʃæt/ ●●○ verb (chatted, chatting) [intransitive] 1 (also chat away) especially British English to talk in a "friendly" informal way, especially about things that are "not important"
having seen this, i am beginning to think that i should care more about what i post and how i post it in this thread.
>>474, >>475 Thanks to you I finally understand what he was asking, geez, my reading comprehension is terrible as always. So he said that from a grammatical standpoint, 食べている should be seen as one word, but he's got a hunch that there are more than two verbs in the word, 食べる and いる, and this て in the middle works as conjugation, making up a compound verb with that. I agree with him. However, the word doesn't have meaning by itself, like you said, it's only there to indicate the verb's tense is present continuous. Also, bringing up a morpheme there is off-topic you say, well, you are right and thank you for pointing out my misunderstanding. And I think your English is awesome, too. Don't go too hard on yourself.
It's definitely interesting hearing how natives parse their own language, and I suppose the reason 〜ている verbs could be viewed as a single word is because Japanese doesn't have a very explicit way of marking word boundaries. English has spaces but Japanese really only has particles and maybe hiragana kanji transitions and 連体形 verbs and adjectives to mark the start and stop of a word.
Studying the grammar of Japanese has helped me get a better understanding of why some constructions are the way they are, but it seems that it is causing me to think in a way that a native wouldn't. For example, when I see "知っている" I see 知る in the 連用形 form contracted with て plus いる which, from what I gather in this thread, is different to how a native would see it.
it is said that lithium-ion rechareable battery somehow starts burning by itself, so you mustn't keep away from it when it is used, i mean, when it is plugged into some outlet. i am wondering what the root cause of this unexpected burning is. and i bet a lot of people leave their batteries behind while they do something else without keeping an eye on them...
>>500 daiso? i am afraid i don't feel like paying daiso a visit to get a rechargeable battery... luckily, i have never experienced my batteries or the other portable devices suddenly starting burning by themselves. i will intend to not be away when recharging them.
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Keeping away from you is very important for everyone. Get away fucking commy.
it sounds cool to live in a very tall, tower-like apartment which are developed and built very often in recent years in japan (called タワーマンション in japanese). but according to a resident of such an apartment, you are not allowed to dry your clothes or futons at balcony, outside of your room. it is because those things might fall down to the ground at a very rapid speed and injure (or even kill) somebody below. i was convinced to hear this but i would feel disappointed if i couldn't let the sun dry my clothes or futons at balcony... the warm sunlight is really comfortable.
My cousin is a resident of タワーマンション. He said you don’t have to separate gabages at all like combustibes, plastic, can, plastic bottles, bin etc etc because there is a guy who is specifically doing this job like separating gabages.
>>516 oh it's definitely one of good points to live in tower-like apartment. if you don't need to separate garbage, it's really time-saving and it satisfies the residents' needs. i believe that those who can live in such apartments tend to live hectic lives.
>>517 But he’s lived in those places for too long, he doen’t have any idea how common people do on a daily basis. For example, he can’t do any gabage separation, he even didn’t know there is 燃えるゴミの日 and 不燃物の日 until recently.
Oh well he is one of those rich IT people, so he does not even know such things in the first place.
i imagine that those people are highly motivated, always look up and work hard to reach a higher level of their professional skills. they don't have time to look down on ordinary people, do they??
You may have what is called " hiruzu zoku" in your mind when you think highly of them. Frankly, I care nothing for their life style. On the contrary, I would probably be a bit scared if I had to live in such a high rise. That's because you can't escape from it once fire breaks out. Have you ever watched a movie titled " the Towering Inferno"? It's so scary!! Oh, that minds me, as the saying goes, " fools and smoke love hights" It's a literal translation of " 馬鹿と煙は高いところが好き". I have no idea whether it gets across to foreigners.
>>524 i want to talk with them about what they did to earn them enough money to buy such an outstanding skyscraper apartment. or about why they decided to live in there or what kinds of troubles they're facing by living there or what their present goals are etc.. i don't have such a friend.
>>527 If you want to that kind of things, you should read books which they wrote. Almost all things you want will get in books if you have the ability to read and figure out.
Volume of my hair seem to have gradually decreased in the past few years. i am afraid to completely lose my hair so i spray hair-caring lotion on my head after taking a bath. plus i stimulate my head skin by tapping the fingers on it. i need to seek more ways that help grow my precious hair.
> Volume of my hair seem to have gradually decreased in the past few years. > i am afraid to completely lose my hair so i spray hair-caring lotion on my head after taking a bath. > plus i stimulate my head skin by tapping the fingers on it. > i need to seek more ways that help grow my precious hair.
Go to a branch of biotech buying a ticket at Groupon.
I've learned that 陳建一's mother was Japanese and his Chinese father was naturalized. I thought he (the son) was a master chef from 四川 or something. But his father was indeed a master chef from 四川, so I wasn't entirely wrong. 四川 is the place where mabo-dofu came from, I believe.
I've only read about 1/8 of 三国志 and run out of stamina cause there are so many other things to study. I must whip my ass and continue before I forget the story. 三国志 is a must read for all boys and men and I must finish it.
I once read it in elementary. (though I don't remember a bit of the story) Since that and "Hadashi no Gen" were the only manga we could read on the school premises and the video game series 真・三國無双 was quite popular among us, I remember all of us were crazy about reading them.
an online article titled "deprivation of sleep is killing yourself and your career" is shocking for me. it is full of informative advice and when i read it i thought that i must sleep longer hours everyday, but i couldn't. i don't want to suddenly kill myself, because of lack of sleep alone. i haven't contributed to my society in return for this or that.
>>551 just read it the article your saying. hahaa can't keep with their telling, liking coffee and cigarette. well I agree with you. This article suggests alot informative info but I guess there's few people can keep doing what recommends lol.
まあ…we can't esacape from dying, its because our life interval is limited as you know. And we know its difficult to achieve all things we want in our litited times. what's most important in our life is that always keep thinking purpose of ours and try to do our best.
>>553 What a spoiled cocky brat. He's not even lived long enough to know about any of this world but acting like he knew everything. If I was the father of the kid, I would make sure to smack him in his breast-fed fucking fat face till he never mentions it again.
months ago, people talked about that innovative transparent milk tea by suntory. but it doesn't seem to have sold well as suntory expected, and the product is now being sold at about 50 yen (with 63% discount) at a nearby supermarket.
For the one who was saying Abe is making Japan poorer, I recommend listening to 山本太郎. He has wacky antics but seems to be learning about our economic problems from the right people. Yamamoto constantly attacks Abe, so I think he's a perfect guy for the Abe haters to listen to.
i don't have a smartphone and from time to time, i think about buying one. iphone seems to be the most popular model in japan, so i look into selecting another model like sharp's aquos or sony's xperia. but i don't know which part or which function of those models is better than iphone... i wonder if i should purchase iphone, to play safe.
>>565 honestly, i would like to pass on a used one... the official apple's warranty, does it come with a used iphone? can i bring it to an apple store and request for the service?
i saw an amazon's kindle for the first time yesterday and was relly surprised at how small it is. i guess it is smaller than even japanese novel in a cheap version (called 文庫本). if the data of tens of thousands of books can be saved in that small device, you can call it a walking-library.
>>566 You can bring it to the apple store but pay some money. If your iPhone is covered with warranty, it’s free or small fee depending on your problem with it.
>>563 If you are going with iPhone, I really don't think iPhone 8 Plus would be your (or anyone's) best choice. I have one myself, the device is so huge that sometimes I find it hard to "just" type when holding it one handed. And it also often slips out of my pocket as I get off of my car. I watch movies a lot, so its wider screen comes in handy in that respect, but I promise most general users will eventually get sick of this unusually over-sized device.
>>569 what is your recommendation? now i am using android but it will soon be worn out, and i am thinking of trying iphone series. i don't watch much movies or videos with my phone, and i don't like to spend over 80,000 jpy for my device.
are there any OS's for smartphones available other than ios and android? i began to get interested in minor OS even though i think the actual OS i will choose at last would be ios or android. my hands are small, so i believe the dimensions of iphone 8 would be a bit too large for me.
i am suffering from a stomach ache now. i don't feel i am throwin up but i feel uncomfortable in the stomach. i just took a japanese famous medicine 太田胃散.
>>573 Like >>574 said, you should try "iPhone 8", or "iPhone X", the newest model from iPhone series with its size slightly (but it's much better) decreased from the previous model But, I don't know, it's just I've never seen anyone around me using neither of these models, so I can't say for sure that which one best suits your style of using. Maybe you can just refer to the official Apple website to compare different models (in their size and each individual functions) with your own eyes, or try calling your local mobile phone dealer for their opinions.
i dont like apple because they adhere to encompass their standard and apps and so on. we dont like to use itunes, safari and thunderbolt connecters. unless you have been obsessed with apples from your old days, you should use android phones.
>>573 just buy huawei phones. that are cheap but i think you are satisfied. because you questioned the priceness of new model iphones, someone who recommend iphone8 should explain the cost is really competitive than other phones and the worth to pay 80dollars exists specifically.
>>588 what i wanted to say at that time is "誰が上手いこと言えと". but you are supposed to post your comment in this thread in english, so i posted "nobody wanted such a witty remark." but at the same time i was concerned that i couldn't pass on my message to him. that's why i added (誰が上手いこと言えと) at the end.
a 90 year old lady seems to have driven a car and run over younger people one after another at an intersection. she said she had recognized the traffic light was red but she had thought she could go without trouble, as no one was walking around there. did she wear proper glasses? i can't believe the news.
Abe and co have decided to let in tons more cheap foreign labor to keep the wages low for the sick corporate fucks. People in various positions have opposed it, but they ignored it. I've run out of patience with this shit government.
i guess i have taken a bit too much caffeine recently. the effect of caffeine can last unexpectely long and if you drink a cup of coffee in the evening, more than 50% of caffeine should remain in your body even after midnight... i need to avoid drinking too much before it has a terribly negative effect on my body.
panty flash may have been one of desirable daily events for most men for a long time. women provided their feminine attraction with it to men. but after the 21st century got started, even men began to take part in panty flash by wearing their pants only halfway, not pulling them up enough to their waists. it is called "腰パン".
>>597 That's mainly because other prime minister candidates and opposition parties are all trash. I think. Aside from the cultist types, I don't think there are that many people who actively support them.
>>604 There is always corruption. Japanese politics hasn't become corrupt just now. But there is this thing called "dirty dove vs clean hawk" or something like that.
Around the 1970s or 80s or something, Japanese politicians had corruption but they were working for the country and things went well. Since the end of the cold war and the collapse of the bubble, Japan has made efforts to get rid of corruption by building a cleaner system. So the system has supposedly become cleaner with new laws, but politicians have stopped working for the country and become more mentally corrupt and filthier. But since being mentally corrupt isn't against the laws, they are "clean", even if they are destorying the country. That's what I heard somewhere, and it's probably true.
The wages were finally going up at the end of the last year. But then they quickly try to stop it by taking in more foreign labor. Our politics is definitely controlled by the ones who don't want our wages to go up. Not only that, they don't want our economy to recover.
I'm a gaijin currently in Japan for another two and a half months as an exchange student. Japan is great, I hope to return again.
Seeing all of these cute Japanese girls only intensifies my loneliness. Back where I'm from the amount of cute girls is 10% of what it is in Japan. I've never had a relationship before... and I'm getting old. I hope that in the next 75 days I can meet a cute girl... I know I will just have to leave but... maybe she will wait for me? How delusional am I? Super delusional. I can barely speak Japanese. Cute girls, please wait for me. When I return in a few years, I hope that I will not be too old looking..
I guess you can get a Japanese girl if you are so-called a WASP and have so-so looks. I don't know whether it was true or not, and what the current situation is like , but a rumor used to take air on the internet that Japanese girls were called " nikubenki 肉便器” which means whoever can get in bed with them as long as you are a white guy. I think that's partly because most of them have been obsessed with Western culture, partly because in Japanese society, there is not such a steady religious background as Christianilty that morality with regard to sexual relations has gradually changed After the War.
I hate those who blindly admire Japanese culture and it's government even if they are non-Japanese. I'm so-called liberal, or leftist in Japan, and I know too many things in which Japan is far inferior to any Western country.
Someone once said that leftists vs rightists in today's Japan is like 3 year old toddlers vs 10 year old brats. I wholeheartedly agree with him on that. Other countries are probably not much different, though.
I really want the liberals (or leftists or whatever) in Japan to start learning liberal economics already. It's liberals' job to counter the current economic policies and tell Abe to stop austerity, but 山本太郎 is the only one who is doing it in the opposition parties. Liberal economists and such have been trying to educate these chimps about liberal economics here and there on the media, but there is no sign of progress at all.
>>619 I want a loving and caring Japanese girl full of innocence and joy. I don't want just sex! What the hell man! >>617 It is hopeless my man. I can't speak the language. I have to train my Japanese ability. By the time I am good enough I will be out of Japan and back in America with the disgusting used up American girls. >>616 I have not visited Tokyo but since I live in Kyoto I can say that the impression I get is that the stereotype about Osaka people is true. People seem to be friendlier to me in Osaka than in Kyoto... I think maybe it's because the amount of dumbass tourists in Kyoto may have something to do with it.
i took eiken 1st grade exam on the last sunday, which was fucking difficult. so i need to forget about i. anyway, i write "forever and more"at the composition part, is is subject to deduct?
>>627 You should just go to visit Eikaiwa club (english conversiation club) in Kyoto which holds periodic party or event. You can find so many young girls interested in young white guys and English there. Usually the girl are normal students or office workers, not something like sluts in night clubs.
Other than that, manbe Meetup or Tinder will work well in you case.
>>613 Your comment reminds me of a BBC article that wrote about people without having any relationships throughout their lives. The article make clear the most important and simple thing: everyone needs love.
i know him about having toeic full marks, ant eiken 1st grade, and a tall gay who had engaged in athletics at high school. but he is obssesed with stinky guys when he works out lately.
If your people like friends, coworkers or whoever know you have Eiken 1 grade, they somehow become so hostile toward you. What are they? They are jealous or what?
This Korean 645 uses derogatory terms like >>619 all the time. But when he encounters something he does not like, he uses his phone and makes a post like >>639 while pretending to be someone else. He has been doing this for years.
>>648 I like the way you act like you know everything about me. For the record, I AM NOT KOREAN. Oh, wait, are you Korean by any chance? Because I heard somewhere, Koreans always tell lies lol
ﾜｯﾁｮｲW 65bd-DTMX This person says the first grade is easy but will not tell whether or not he has already passed the exam. I cannot understand the reason why he's running away from it.
I will not say it especially because it is before CSE 2.0 was introduced. I'm only interested in scores based on today's criteria. Anyway, I'm surprised by the fact that you stick to this thread for years.
This article says that one guy weeps to have no experience of losing own virginity even if over 60 years old.
I'm more painful than the guy who has no sexual experience. Because I feel sexual power becomes weak while sexual desire is strong. I've enjoyed sex with the woman for about 20 years. But now, I can't enjoy such a sex. I wonder who understands my anxiety.Most virginity guy may be envious of me. But, it's difficult for me to endure against the thing I can't have any sexual experiences in the future.
>>663 revise >>656 This article says that one guy weeps to have no experience of losing own virginity even if over 60 years old.
I'm more painful than the guy who has no sexual experience. Because I feel sexual power becomes weak while sexual desire is strong. I've enjoyed sex with the woman for about 20 years. But now, I can't enjoy such a sex. I wonder who understands my anxiety.Most virginity guy may be envious of me. But, it's difficult for me to endure against the thing I can't have any sexual experiences in the future.
I've been attacking Abe, but Abe probably doesn't want to obey the Ministry of Finance cult. Last year he did make some statement that austerity would kill our economy.
Not only him, but Aso too. Aso is the current Minister of Finance and he has been acting like a complete henchman for the cult. But around in 2011, before the election, he was basically anti-austerity. He was saying that ending deflation completely and getting the economy recover should be the first priority. The video of this talk can still be found on the internet, I think.
Both Abe and Aso were opposite of the policies of the Ministry of Finance. So why are they both obeying the Ministry now, even though they are the elected ones?
i was thinking about robert de niro's famous line "i am alone, but i am not lonely." in the movie titled HEAT, which was first released in mid 90's (so most of the participants in this thread might not know the movie.). his line must imply a lot but i am not sure if i can understand what he meant in the movie...
Tonight I went and walked down Kawaramachi street in Kyoto. I didn't buy anything (aside from some ramen) I just enjoyed the atmosphere. I made sure to count the amount of cute single girls. Not too many, most with boys. I guess cute shy girls are not out doing things at a place like that. Where in Japan are those kinds of girls? Please let me your best gaijin friend know. Before it is too late.
Speaking of Pokemon, some crazy fans still gather a local park near my house to play some Pokemon go battles or something? They usually come by car and pull over and occupy roads. Kinda annoying
Some people are wondering the order of learning Japanese: katakana, hiragana and kanji in a certain site. It is clear that you should learn hiragana at first. Katakana is only used for loan words so it is not a high priority. After you master hiragana, you start learning basic kanji. I'd like to reiterate the importance of hiragana because Japanese sentences can be written by it.
I will do try tree climbing and sleep on the blanch of big tree. I had found a big tree about 30m high. very big tree. there are coming many birds, I want to sleep with among them.
a famous fashion designer kate spade seems to have commited a suicide. even most successful people like her have so big a trouble that they end up killing themselves, don't they? i thought she appears clever, kind and talkative, by looking at her pictures on the internet...r.i.p.
We all always talk about hentai-ish stuff, we should at least take a break from speaking of them in English.
Oh, by the way, tonight I'm thinking about fapping to some nasty busty anime girls, got any recommendation? Any stuff focused on sadistic domination or a naive girl fallen prey to good-skilled guys with blackmailing and ends up having fun doing it with him kind of story-line would be the best ones to get off to.
we can see the world take a small but definite step away from nuclearization tonight or tomorrow. i am looking forward to knowing about the outcome of the talk between donald trump and kim jong un.
>>737 let's try to think about a way to make it more funny, shall we? there must be clues in your daily life. what about a hentai world somebody talked about above in this thread?
>>740 i'm glad to hear that. i happened to find her MV of 夢のつぼみ on youtube and was impressed. i instantly purchased and downloaded the song at the itunes store. i am not a big fan of her but it's a nice song.
>>742 I want to join her online fanclub, buy her goods, and go to her events; but I cannot do so from America, so I'm sad. She's the only human being I like.
Yeah it's me, that virgin gaijin again. Today I felt like I was more positively accepted by the Japanese I ran across in the streets, even girls. All I had to do was take off my glasses? Are glasses a loser symbol in Japan?
>>732 Okay, one time I was on a crowded bus. A really cute girl kept pressing herself into me as the bus turned and twisted. Eventually it became so forceful that I couldn't contain myself. She must have felt it but she made no move to step away. She kept doing the same thing over and over.. and she wasn't bothered either. That hentai enough for you? I imagine it is an everyday occurrence to somebody.
>>746 only human being you like? you must be exaggerating. i hope you can attend the event where you can actually see/meet her, someday. until then let's jully enjoy a wide variety of internet contents featuring her!
>>759 i wonder why coca cola has developed such a product. being transparent is on trend? i can not see a strong point to be welcomed and make money anywhere in the product.
>>750 My Japanese friend, the word in English is paranoid, not scared. Also it's no secret that the Japanese are curious about foreigners. Sometimes I get smiles. Sometimes I get frowns. Or just plain stares. It's okay. I stand out cause I'm WHITE. >>752 No the bus girl was awake! I swear! Someone did fall asleep on me on a train. She was a little older and not cute. It was kind of embarrassing, but who cares?
>>768 This must be the strategy by the drink maker using SNS & TV media. The people uses SNS frequently, and if one product is recommended from 'friend', they will try to buy the product. When this phenomenon has spread, the product becomes popularity.
I stumbled upon this website and am trying to figure out what the heck it's all about. Apparently this is just some text based chat website or something? I hope to chat with several of you over the years that I'll be alive long enough to learn from you all.
i felt a bit delighted when i noticed my post had been copied and pasted in another thread of another board which is totally different than the one where i had originally posted. it means someone really found and read my post. it was an indirect connection between people via internet...
I'm surprised by the speed at which English native speakers read. Sometimes I help Japanese learners by spending long time writing explanations like 30 minutes or more. After I posted that comment, they immediately say: "thank you, I got it!" even though it was long and detailed explanation for me. I assume they can read three or four times faster than me. I hope I can reach that level sometime.
I checked Aso's video from 2011. He was definitely the opposite of the current economic policies. He said what is important now is NOT fiscal reconstruction but to end deflation completely and get the economy back on track. He pointed out the stupidity of worrying about government bonds and inflation in the current situation. He also talked about the importance of public investment in the current situation. And then, AFTER getting the economy back on track, we should start thinking about tax if really needed, he said.
From what I heard, Abe was the same with Aso's stance. Apparently Abe published a book before the election in 2012, and what was written in it is basically the opposite of what the government has been doing after the election. Monetary easing is probably the only thing that has actually been done properly.
Something is fundamentally wrong with our politics. It seems that some groups of unelected people are deciding everything. I understand that not everything can go as planned before the election, but what the current government has been doing is like the total opposite of what they were saying. When it becomes this bad and crooked, it has to be addressed and corrected.
The conversation between >>605 and >>610 quite makes me feel the difference in social classes. Even an American doesn't say such a weird joke in this kind of conversation.
The conversation between >>805 and >>810 quite makes me feel the difference in social classes. Even an American doesn't say such a weird joke in this kind of conversation.
I keep hearing news about America's tariffs and trade imbalance. So I spent time to learn about it. Like I heard from some trustworthy people before, "domestic demand-driven economy" came up. It's like this:
Expansion of domestic demand - To increase domestic demand. Due to our trade surplus, this has been strongly requested by the US and the EU countries. By expanding domestic demand, more of our products will be consumed domestically (which will decrease exports), and our demand for imports will increase. And thus our trade surplus will decrease. We have been demanded to change from export-driven economy to domestic-demand-driven economy.
I don't know when and who in the US and the EU requested this from us, but anyway this is what should be done to decrease our trade surplus. It's from some standard textbook or something, so it must be a standard thing to do. It certainly sounds better than destroying our agriculture with FTA.
Expanding domestic demand includes such things as boosting personal consumpsion (which requires less consumption tax and more pay raise) and boosting public investment, all of which this country needs badly now.
needs badly but the cult has been trying their damnedest to stop from happening.
There are more things I want to write but I must go to bed. Writing these things is good practice. I constantly struggle with my poor vocabulary and grammar.
I think most Japanese are too stupid because they are made to work like slaves even in case of the large quake. God tells Japanese people to take more vacations by making such an earthquake.
I heard the news while I was waiting for my next train. For a moment I thought it was some minor earthquake, but my boss over in Osaka called me that she got trapped in her train for a couple of hours because of the safety measures. How come I didn't realize that?
Today I went to an eyeglasses store and then suddenly this guy approached me saying “Excuse me, I have a question to ask, where did you get your T-shirt?”
I was a bit taken aback but replied “it’s from Zara”.
Anyway, this kind of thing never happened to me before. Kinda shocking and refreshing.
speaking of eyeglasses my favorite prostitute almost always tries to take away my glasses while holding me a bit firmly with her legs. my vision is blurred and i can hardly keep track of where i am or what part of her body i am kissing or touching. she likes teasing me like that and enjoys seeing me puzzled and confused.
>>825 Does the work you meant mean such kind of work as hard as slaves do? my work is to be fan same as you play game or vacancy. The difference is to get money not to spend them.
>>836 Just like so-called system engineers in Japan. This sort of work quite sucks. I believe too much work and too hard delivery for subcontractors will desolate the life. Work life balance is important.
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>>845 The system engineers in Japan are quite different from those in the West. Creativity is not required, and most of them are not more than subcontractors. It is the problem. You know why Americans or other Westerns don't want to work as system engineer in Japan.
>>863 I think that creativity is necessary for any job, but at the same time, simple work is also necessary to improve productivity. Many workers engage in simple labor. In single labor, creativity is rather disturbing to increase productivity. Even in the job of system engineer, creative people are a bit necessary, but many require simple workers. This is the same for both Japan and the West.
Continuous efforts and training are necessary to enhance creativity. Even in any occupation, only those who have made such efforts will get creative work. So most people will get subcontracted work. This would be nature's providence.
When I saw the starting lineup, I felt this time something different could happen. And my intuition comes right. Of course, advancing to the tournament is still a long shot. But it's far better than coming home with zero point. I can say that they had their job done already.
>>871 Congrats. I do not know much about football. I do not see games that they may lose. I did not see it this time. It seems like a miracle happened just like when they won Brazil a long time ago.
Well, at least not worse than my office. I'm now stuck in there with no one but these old hags, who won't stop whispering with each other about their gossips few desks behind me. It's just their voices that graze on my nerves. Can't focus on my damn things on the thought of me breathing the same air with their kind. Where's my nice and hot colleague at my age?
It's just because they have much more meat than the Japanese have even though they are homeless. But I believe life-style as being homeless is more accepted by Western society than in Japan, and I've seen many homeless people even in welfare countries like Denmark or Germany.
>>882 is denmark a welfare-oriented country? really? i assume that denmark should be an origin of pirates and its people easily get berserk to others...far from welfare.
I occasionally spot grammatical mistakes in newspapers in English. I wonder if they don't use any grammar check softwares. At the same time it reassures me because even native speakers make mistakes, non-native speakers like me can make a lot more mistakes.
By the way Reddit is a really good site to get used to writings of native English speakers. Subreddit, Today I learned, is especially interesting. I'm surprised by the fact that ordinary people can produce such fabulous sentences. I also like subreddit, books. Someday I want to write a review about a book I am reading now, embracing defeat.
>>896 Is that one of your OCD symptoms that you keep spamming the same stupid comment? If so, you should go see your doctor now. You see? The head one. I think you're not recovering at all. You need help.
It is difficult to pronounce level, as if level rebels against me. Also there is a trouble when pronouncing travel. I also don't know what is a right light sound.
I cannot believe that native speakers easily differentiate them.
Speaking English is easy but speaking error free English is extremely difficult. I know many Japanese learners can speak and write very complex Japanese sentences but unfortunately most of them are full of grammatical errors. It is needless to say this is also the case for our English.
English and Japanese have almost no common grammatical structures. That's the reason why we struggle...
>>902 I'm talking about grammarly. I found grammatical mistakes again in English newspapers a while ago. This is completely different in Japanese newspapers. It is almost impossible to find any grammatical mistakes in them. This may show the fundamental differences between English and Japanese.
>>906 Never mind about that. Thank you for trying to find. I occasionally find typos in books written in Japanese. But as you say, I don't remember ever spotting grammatical mistakes in Japanese newspapers.
I have no idea why you guys are so obsessed with either finding or making any mistake while being totally aware that your English is not even nearly perfect.
> I have no idea why you guys are so obsessed with either finding or making any mistake while being totally aware that your English is not even nearly perfect.
That's practice. Speaking english do not need such pe rfectness.
>>912 No one is obsessed with it. It's just your perspective. And finding mistakes is far easier than you might think. You will get to the point before achieving proficiency.
It's been a while since I last saw the person who refers to incorrect numbers. I kept away from this thread for a long time but it seems that the same people kept sticking to here.
> It's been a while since I last saw the person who refers to incorrect numbers. > I kept away from this thread for a long time but it seems that the same people kept sticking to here.
I went to Kobe today. First thing in the morning I went to Nunobiki Herb Garden! I was alone so I had to share a car with a young couple. During the ride up, the guy kept talking to his date in English! I think he wanted me to talk to him in English (I'm a gaijin) so I could make him look good for his date.Then halfway through the ride a giant beetle came in the cable-car and his date started freaking out and yelling since there was no escape. I couldn't stop laughing.. I felt bad and thought that maybe I should try to make him look good for his girl. I found him out and complimented his English and apologized for laughing at his misfortune... I hope I made my amends..
>>928 In your eyes, did his girlfriend even understand him in English? or did he go on about some stuff by himself just to look cool? If it's the second one, I think I can't stop laughing.
>>904 I'm pretty sure you're confusing the "zero copula" form with grammar mistakes. "Zero copula" is often used on english newspapers but never for regular conversation. I've never found grammar mistakes on an english newspaper, so please share here the next time you find one.
I like your expression "cocooning." That's a nice one, easy to imagine. I remembered a movie called Cocoon. Unfortunately, our house is very old and has many gaps here and there. So air con is not so effective here unlike in your place.. orz
I don’t go out often and I always wear long-sleeve clothes and jeans and I realized the other day my whole body is so pale. Maybe I should get tanned this summer.
I'm planning to apply for a job that requires English skills. You have any ideas about how to improve your English efficiently without spending a lot of money?
>>943 You could just go to Reddit and start posting. And watch a bunch of TV shows. Speaking is a bit tricky though. You'll probably need to find some place where people are willing to talk with you. Maybe you could find somebody who's learning Japanese and willing to do be a conversation partner in return for helping them on Japanese.
What a wonderful question! I’ve never heard anything quite like that, I want to know too,although I have quite a bit of various idea of thinking about. In short, I think reading books. children's books are particularly good. It is not simply because it is easy, it stimulates the freedom of childhood memory. If you read a masterpiece, you can immerse yourself as if you were in the story world. Then you can absorb words and life energy naturally just like a child absorbs words and the world.
Right. Our scrotum gets shrunk when we take a dip in the cold water, but at the same time the semen becomes so lively; which was why back in junior high I tended to have this boner during my swimming club sessions. After the practices, it was like my chore jerking it off imagining doing it with one of the female members. I think when it's cold, we get horny so much harder than usual. So if some of you guys have an erection issue right now, I say you should try that. It totally works.
>>954 I was being serious. But anyway, I think it's one of the anxiety-induced diarrhea like when a person stands at a situation where he can't have immediate access to the bathroom, it causes stress or anxiety in him which loosens up his anal. It's very common among guys. You feel stressed because you think the idea of walking into a bathroom in public places is embarrassing and unbearable. Or maybe you just had a gay sex with your boyfriend with massive cock. I'll go with the second idea.
Why every one of you can't decent English? Are you all junior high school student? Today, even elementary student can write better English Shame on you!
>>944 Thank you for replyig to me. I've never heard of Reddit, I appreciate you telling me. And maybe I'd better make friends with some people with whom I can have conversation in English as you told me.
Kawashima was great last night. Don't you think so, folks? He made a super fine save. The game itself was a difficult one for Japan, especially the last part.. Many Japanese supporters must have felt uncomfortable. Hope they will do all they can and prove victorious in the next round. Or is it rather asking too much, perhaps? Anyway I want to see them play to their utmost and have no regrets. GO, JAPAN!
You mean Makino nearly turned in the opponent's cross for an own goal. Yeah, that was close. A great save by Kawashima. I meant the one saved by Kawashima just on the goal line, though. That was another fantastic play.
I didn't watch any of the games. That's why they made it to the tornament. I have this baseless superstition that they will lose if I watch it. But I'm tempted to watch the next one, and I probably will depending on the time.
I expect total annihilation by Belgium, so that I won't be disappointed when that actually happens (which is highly probable). And if Japan puts up a good fight, the excitement will be amplified.
I know how you feel. I mean, that superstition thing. I tend to believe that, too, when my favorite baseball team loses when I watch their games.
I don't know about football very well, in fact. So I checked FIFA Ranking to see how strong Belgians are. Oh my god, they are number three, right? But then again, mighty Germany couldn't make it. There's no telling who might win. Fingers crossed for Japan.
It must be tough decision to stop attacking and bet on Colombian's win. He had to compare the likelihood of Japan's conceding another goal and Senegal's equalizing match. He decided that if he had kept attacking it is more likely that Japan would lose another point. Even in hindsight it was extremely difficult decision. He took the risk and it paid off. Some people criticize the way but they seem to overlook the most important point: His decision is so difficult that most coaches could not have done the the same thing. I would like to give him credit no matter what other people say.
Yes, it must have been a very tough decision indeed. If they had lost the game, they would have been fiercely criticized. But the coach's strategy worked and they won. I hear Hasebe said, "The truth lies only in the result." I admire their determination to win no matter what.
The problem lies in the fact that soccer (or any other sport) is an entertainment and a display of sportsmanship. If the World Cup soccer was a war, what they did to advance to the tournament would be a valid (although gambling) strategy. But since it is not a war but a sport, I think it's only natural that such a strategy would be met with a scornful reaction.
That said, I agree that many of the same people in Japan who are scorning the coach now would have probably bitched just the same if they played normally and ended up with 0-2. I personally can't really judge it because I didn't watch it. From what I hear, the coach and players themselves think it wasn't an admirable thing to do.
A man who did not read all the novels becomes a novel lover who is reading a lot of children's books with English study. There seems to be such a thing.
From the point of view of reading, I practiced pursuing from the beginning in order, so I think that reading skills were naturally attached efficiently. So to raise reading skills, I think it is important to read large numbers of easily readable novels such as children's books and YA.
I think there are three kinds of children's books. 1. Funny children's book when children read 2. Funny children's books even if adults read 3. Interesting and fun book whether children read or adult read
I think that it is good to read 2 or 3 for studying English.
I used to watch a lot of mixed martial arts events and just remembered the so-called "salty matches" (I forgot the English term) A salty match is where the fighter clinches (hug) a lot or takes the opponent down, holds him there (hump) and do nothing except occaisonally throwing weak punches until the match is over. Those are horrible matches. People pay money and end up sitting through that ordeal. Sometimes a whole event is full of salty matches.
>>980 Don't you dare underestimate slimes. Even though people believe that their overall status is the worst in the game, they can actually pull this one big blast of what they have left with, ONLY if they had any left for the next match. Yeah.
What will we see in the early hours of tomorrow morning? What will we witness? Will you be in bed, dreaming? I bet many are going to be glued in front of the TV and spend their day half-asleep tomorrow! ^^
If such a thing is possible, I'd rather see a miraculous win of Samurai Blue. But I know I'm asking too much. I'm content if they can play their best this time.
I expect a public execution by Belgium. Prepare for the fate of the Ochimusha Blues. But AM 3:00 is too late (or too early) and I'm not going to watch it. So maybe they will win with the power of my superstition. I heard the successor of the fortune-telling octopus has predicted a victory too. I wonder why they shipped the first one before this match.
They became defensive after scoring two goals. That's the last thing they should do 'cause keeping attacking is best defense. Honda brought back some momentum but... But they did a far better job than everybody on this planet had expected. I congratulate the coach and players. Especially the coach's tactics to save players in the Colombia's match brought this result. Many players were so fresh that they could chase the ball from the front line. Without that brilliant coach we could not come here.
>>993 Oh, how stupid and ignorant I am!! Samurai Japan is the nickname for the national representatives of Japanese baseball players. I meant Samurai Blue, Nishino Japan. I'm really, really sorry for my stupid mistake.. orz
First time using 5ch, what the fuck is this place, and how did Hiro allow it to get so big and slow? I dont even know where to start trying to practice japanese
Folks, this thread is now ending, so I think I'll try to create a new one. I've never done that, but I've kept posting comments here quite often lately, so I feel obliged to set up a new one. I suppose all I need to do is to use >>1 as template, right? I'm worried if I can do it the right way, but I think I'll give it a try after I've posted this comment. Wish me good luck.
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