Japanese Discussion Thread

[Souseiseki]

oh yeah that reminds me

Also sorry, but the computer I'm currently on can't type in Japanese.

you can't install the IME or get JWPce or something?

[Arumdaum]

oh yeah that reminds me

Also sorry, but the computer I'm currently on can't type in Japanese.

you can't install the IME or get JWPce or something?

I'm currently in Korea for summer break on one of my parents' laptop, but I don't really feel like installing it on here, since I probably won't return for a really long time, and it'll just make things harder for my parents when switching the keyboard from English to Korean and back.

However, I've installed it on my desktop at home.

[Norstal]

I'm presently attempting to learn Japanese at a rather slow pace.

I never know how someone can learn Japanese on their own. Maybe I lack the discipline.

[Arumdaum]

Ohmygah, I have similar things happen to me for Japanese with Korean, especially the "yo" stuff at the end, since Japanese and Korean both use "yo" a lot, but for totally different reasons.

Ah, Uralic is considered a separate language family from Altaic rather than a subgroup. They're put together when you have the Ural-Altaic language family. x3

Yeah, most of the Chinese characters used have the same meaning as in China, and most have similar pronunciations, hehe.

Apparently.

;_;

NERVUN and Dai shall be our senseis

But some Ural-Altaic (Hungarian as an example) languages have similar roots. So shouldn't Uralic languages be categorized solely under Altaic?

...

Damned linguists. Too many categories. I just stick with more simple and comprehensible ones.

Yush. I approve of promoting NERVUN and Dai to senseis of NSG for the matters of Japan. :3

Linguistic categorization wa too difficult desu ne. :<

Bwahahaha, excellent. The NSG Japanization Project shall soon commence.

[Arumdaum]

I'm presently attempting to learn Japanese at a rather slow pace.

I never know how someone can learn Japanese on their own. Maybe I lack the discipline.

Haha, my current knowledge is all on my own (if you discount me asking people stuff on the Internet like here on NS). >:D

But then again, Korean and Japanese have a lot in common linguistically so yeah >.>

<.<

[Southeastern Xiatao]

Japan is cool and would be a nice place to visit. But Japanese do that weird things that they make, like squid ink cream, kelp ice cream, there glass bottles with a marble in them. They recycle a lot of things, by the point it just something like us Americans wonder "why couldn't we think of doing that?". I mean Japan recycles a lot of things, but United States does not.
But either way Japan does have it's ups and downs like the US do. Japan is beautiful country I would really love to visit one day, and it has beautiful culture that is awesome. Anime and manga is another favorite too.

[Nationalist State of Knox]

I'm presently attempting to learn Japanese at a rather slow pace.

I never know how someone can learn Japanese on their own. Maybe I lack the discipline.

Regular learning, even if it's just a small amount each time. Spending money on a method usually encourages you so you don't feel like you've wasted it.

[Southeastern Xiatao]

Higurashi no koro

[Seitonjin]

I'm presently attempting to learn Japanese at a rather slow pace.

I never know how someone can learn Japanese on their own. Maybe I lack the discipline.

I blame my Anime...

But some Ural-Altaic (Hungarian as an example) languages have similar roots. So shouldn't Uralic languages be categorized solely under Altaic?

...

Damned linguists. Too many categories. I just stick with more simple and comprehensible ones.

Yush. I approve of promoting NERVUN and Dai to senseis of NSG for the matters of Japan. :3

Linguistic categorization wa too difficult desu ne. :<

Bwahahaha, excellent. The NSG Japanization Project shall soon commence.

Agreed. Linguists are a bit cray for me.

Fufufufufu~!

[Norstal]

I never know how someone can learn Japanese on their own. Maybe I lack the discipline.

Haha, my current knowledge is all on my own (if you discount me asking people stuff on the Internet like here on NS). >:D

But then again, Korean and Japanese have a lot in common linguistically so yeah >.>

<.<

I mean, I can memorize Katagana and Hiragana if I really want to, but dat Kanji. Sometimes I wonder what my ancestors was thinking.

"Whatever just draw random lines that almost looks like mountains."

"岳 ?"

"Perfect."

[Nationalist State of Knox]

Also, I have an (entirely rational) hatred of Romaji.

[Arumdaum]

Japan is cool and would be a nice place to visit. But Japanese do that weird things that they make, like squid ink cream, kelp ice cream, there glass bottles with a marble in them. They recycle a lot of things, by the point it just something like us Americans wonder "why couldn't we think of doing that?". I mean Japan recycles a lot of things, but United States does not.
But either way Japan does have it's ups and downs like the US do. Japan is beautiful country I would really love to visit one day, and it has beautiful culture that is awesome. Anime and manga is another favorite too.

Ramune! Is it that weird, haha?

[Arumdaum]

Also, I have an (entirely rational) hatred of Romaji.

Why?

[Arumdaum]

Higurashi no koro

Nani?

[Norstal]

Japan is cool and would be a nice place to visit. But Japanese do that weird things that they make, like squid ink cream, kelp ice cream, there glass bottles with a marble in them. They recycle a lot of things, by the point it just something like us Americans wonder "why couldn't we think of doing that?". I mean Japan recycles a lot of things, but United States does not.
But either way Japan does have it's ups and downs like the US do. Japan is beautiful country I would really love to visit one day, and it has beautiful culture that is awesome. Anime and manga is another favorite too.

I hate it when people say "lol Japanese people are weird."

No. They're just as weird as us. If anything we're weirder. Did anyone not heard of the whole Miley Cyrus debacle? That's weirder than what the Japanese do.

[Dazchan]

Also, I have an (entirely rational) hatred of Romaji.

Why?

Speaking from my own personal experience, I find romaji a lot harder to read than Japanese script.

[Seitonjin]

Haha, my current knowledge is all on my own (if you discount me asking people stuff on the Internet like here on NS). >:D

But then again, Korean and Japanese have a lot in common linguistically so yeah >.>

<.<

I mean, I can memorize Katagana and Hiragana if I really want to, but dat Kanji. Sometimes I wonder what my ancestors was thinking.

"Whatever just draw random lines that almost looks like mountains."

"岳 ?"

"Perfect."

I can second this~

[Arumdaum]

Haha, my current knowledge is all on my own (if you discount me asking people stuff on the Internet like here on NS). >:D

But then again, Korean and Japanese have a lot in common linguistically so yeah >.>

<.<

I mean, I can memorize Katagana and Hiragana if I really want to, but dat Kanji. Sometimes I wonder what my ancestors was thinking.

"Whatever just draw random lines that almost looks like mountains."

"岳 ?"

"Perfect."

Oh god, I know, haha. I think Chinese characters are really aesthetically pleasing, though. :3

[Seitonjin]

I mean, I can memorize Katagana and Hiragana if I really want to, but dat Kanji. Sometimes I wonder what my ancestors was thinking.

"Whatever just draw random lines that almost looks like mountains."

"岳 ?"

"Perfect."

Oh god, I know, haha. I think Chinese characters are really aesthetically pleasing, though. :3

The creators had their premises on drugs.

Lines to make a mountain~

[Nationalist State of Knox]

Also, I have an (entirely rational) hatred of Romaji.

Why?

Firstly, it doesn't look particularly nice.

Secondly, it inhibits reading practice:

"Oh look, some Japanese, looks like a good way to get some basic reading practice"

"Damn, looks like there's romaji beneath it. Oh well, I guess I'll just ignore it."

*5 minutes in*

"DAMN IT I CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF THE ROMAJI HELP ME"

So I had to put up with reading romaji for the entire first two chapters of my textbook.

[Arumdaum]

Why?

Firstly, it doesn't look particularly nice.

Secondly, it inhibits reading practice:

"Oh look, some Japanese, looks like a good way to get some basic reading practice"

"Damn, looks like there's romaji beneath it. Oh well, I guess I'll just ignore it."

*5 minutes in*

"DAMN IT I CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF THE ROMAJI HELP ME"

So I had to put up with reading romaji for the entire first two chapters of my textbook.

Oh god, I know, haha. I've been having similar problems while trying to learn Japanese.

[Souseiseki]

Haha, my current knowledge is all on my own (if you discount me asking people stuff on the Internet like here on NS). >:D

But then again, Korean and Japanese have a lot in common linguistically so yeah >.>

<.<

I mean, I can memorize Katagana and Hiragana if I really want to, but dat Kanji. Sometimes I wonder what my ancestors was thinking.

"Whatever just draw random lines that almost looks like mountains."

"岳 ?"

"Perfect."

well, to be fair, you could argue that 丘 + 山 does make sense for "mount". but then you'd wonder what the guy that made 山 was smoking.

[Seitonjin]

Why?

Firstly, it doesn't look particularly nice.

Secondly, it inhibits reading practice:

"Oh look, some Japanese, looks like a good way to get some basic reading practice"

"Damn, looks like there's romaji beneath it. Oh well, I guess I'll just ignore it."

*5 minutes in*

"DAMN IT I CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF THE ROMAJI HELP ME"

So I had to put up with reading romaji for the entire first two chapters of my textbook.

I can say the same with pinyin readers.

Ewwwww~

But I'm no better. Sometimes I doe end up reading pinyin because I am near illiterate.

[Seitonjin]

I mean, I can memorize Katagana and Hiragana if I really want to, but dat Kanji. Sometimes I wonder what my ancestors was thinking.

"Whatever just draw random lines that almost looks like mountains."

"岳 ?"

"Perfect."

well, to be fair, you could argue that 丘 + 山 does make sense for "mount". but then you'd wonder what the guy that made 山 was smoking.

It looks like a guy falling off a horse and getting a boner.

[Nationalist State of Knox]

Firstly, it doesn't look particularly nice.

Secondly, it inhibits reading practice:

"Oh look, some Japanese, looks like a good way to get some basic reading practice"

"Damn, looks like there's romaji beneath it. Oh well, I guess I'll just ignore it."

*5 minutes in*

"DAMN IT I CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF THE ROMAJI HELP ME"

So I had to put up with reading romaji for the entire first two chapters of my textbook.

Oh god, I know, haha. I've been having similar problems while trying to learn Japanese.

Furigana is another story, though. It's a godsend when you don't have a faintest clue what the kanji reading is.