Forum: Japanese Language

まぁ、このフォルムは少し下手。　このフォルムは日本語でねえ？　でも、皆さんは英語を話します。　えーっと、今僕は少し混同だ。　このフォルムは英語で又は日本語で？:wacko: (>_<)僕の頭！

I don't know what is the Japanese of "whaiting in our town for the trian", pls help me.:(

So in my Japanese class we're reading the story すもうとりとびんぼうがみ and there's this one phrase in it that I just don't understand. I assume it to be some sort of cheating, but I don't really get it. じぶんよりからだの小さい者と、すもうをとっても ころころ まかされてしまいます。 And the bit I don't understand is the からだの小さい者と. What...

Are there any Japanese-typing systems that can replace the IME? Its a nuisance to have to click in the bottom right hand corner every time I want to change from 平仮名 to カタカナ!

Hey everyone! my name is Dogen. I'm an athlete and I'm going to be studying in Japan starting today! I have a blog that I'll be updating every day in Japan with videos of cool things in Japan, a free Japanese language section, and more! I hope you guys enjoy it! http://www.dogentricks.com

Can anyway lead me in the right way to get a japanese fonts please, Just message me please, I would love it very very much thanks. :D:):):):)

Ok this is something of a mental blindspot for me - with the exception of people and small animals, I have issues with all the Japanese counters and get very easily confused about what fits in where. And sometimes, which counter to use when, especially for something like time. So this is my...

This game is very common and well known, especially in Japanese language forums. So, here it is for your enjoyment! The first person starts with a word. ねこ　(neko, cat) the next poster makes a word starting with the last character. ねこ　－　こんにゃく　（konnyaku, jelly stuff) then the poster...

Does anyone have a good, free, site where I can learn Japanese? Right now I can't seem to find one but have wanted to learn Japanese for about 4 years now.

hey everyone!! does anybody know were I could find a place to learn japanese??? please help me!!!:(

Ok, random idiot question coming up... I know you can say "tabenai de" or tabenakute" for "don't eat" or "not eating"... And that both the negative forms involve the a- stem of a verb and then either nai de or nakute. (At least, I hope I've understood that right). This is where the...

What does the Japanese text in this pic of my desktop mean? http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1282/1214492265_285f71f6cb.jpg

So I'm reading this story meant for little kids w/o much kanji and in this one sentence: あまのじゃくは いたずらものに さんなんて いわなくてもいいの. over the さん in さんなんて there are these two little tick-mark like things where you'd usually see furigana. They look sort of like commas. I feel like I remember reading...

hey everyone I'm kinda new at this and I wanted to go to the chat room but somehow nothing loads and I already read the rules can u gus please help me???please!!:(

皆さん、こんにちは～！日本語の会話好きの？ このスレッドの質問は"何で日本語を勉強するの？" 日本語だけで話してください。　ひらがなと漢字もOK!　ローマ字をできるだけおさえてくださ い。　英語は ダメ！ ------ hey everyone! Do you like Japanese conversation?

So... I can't see any kind of Japanese letters. They're all question marks. (Like this: ---->???????) I know that I have to install some kind of language extension, problem is, how do I do it? Do I have to go somewhere on the net? Microsoft maybe? Please help out this dumb noob!!! :confused:

ohaiyo minna:)

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OK, so I have a couple questions. I just need some clarification: 1) What's the difference between "-tara" form and "-eba/-nara" form? They're both used for the English "if", but why is it necessary to have 2? I heard that "-tara" can also be used for "once ___ is done...", but then what's...

I have JIS Kanji IME on my PC and I can type in it fine and all - but I just wondered if it was possible to have various font styles for japanese script? I imagine that somehow it must be, but if so, I don't know how to go about finding or installing it so that I can write in kanji in a different...

I subscribed to the yookoso grammar a day thing and it came in the mail today. Could anyone explain what it is and how it's used? I'm confused by the examples in the message.

bahasa jepangnya "perjalanan hidup seorang manusia" apa yah...?:(

I'm sure any student of Japanese will agree that one of the most irritating things is trying to figure out the wealth of sound words that Japan so favors, whether it's onomatopoetic or otherwise: this is, right now, concerning a specific problem of mine, but I thought I'd leave the subject vague so...

This is a phrase I've run into a couple of times, and is really starting to bug me. I can't figure out what the "tate" part of it should be in kanji, if there even is a regular kanji representation for its root, and my dictionary only has "ni totte"--to, for, concerning, as regarding, something of...

I'm trying to figure out the best way to translate 就任歓迎会 into natural sounding English, and was wondering if anybody here had any ideas. It would be easier if it wasn't for the context... The original passage that I'm taking it from reads thus: 彼女と初めて会ったのは 父の就任歓迎会で社長さんの家に一緒に連れられていった時 ...

Okay, well I've been learning Japanese on and off for a little while, and since I'm a song writer I thought it'd be neat to try and write a few verses of my songs in Japanese. However, I'm not sure how correct I'm getting, since I only know basic sentence structure and I've been using an online...

OK, so I'm learning Kanji in my Japanese class this term, but I have a question about it. We've learned the kanji 先 and 来 for "previous" and "next", as in words like 先週 (last week) and 来月 (next month), but my question is: Can you say things like 来晩 for "tomorrow night" or 先朝 for "yesterday...