Forum: Japanese Language

Here is the sentence: つまり、［深刻な嘘をつくのは苦手だけど、害のない出鱈目を言うのはけっこう好きだ］ということです。 'In brief, you could say "I'm not very good at telling serious lies, but I quite like telling harmless nonsense."' Is 'you could say' a good translation of ということです? How would you translate it personally? And why...

OK, so I've noticed in Japanese there are A LOT of words for "but" and "because". I was wondering what the difference, if any, was. Here are the words I've learned: But: が けど しかし でも Because:

How do you say "I hope that..." in Japanese? It's probably the only major grammar point I have yet to learn, but it seems to come up a lot and I want to know how to say it without splicing English into my Japanese. For example, "I hope you had fun today" or "I hope you have a safe trip home" or...

So in Japanese we learned that if you want to say "is A B or C?" you say "AはBですかCですか". However, what if your "or" statement isn't central to what you're saying? Say, for example, you have a girl friend and want to ask her if she has a boyfriend. She's from place A but lives in place B, and you...

Hi I read in another thread that "even though the particle "wa" is spelled "ha", it's bad practise to say "ha" when you're typing in a place like this, because the word "ha" by itself means something" so I will use "wa" in the future but what about "wo" or "o", wich is best to use? (of course...

. . .. . . . . . Hello im Haru no Megumi,i know japanese and enligsh very well. i have bad spelling so please dont make fun of me. . . i joined just last night. . . i can read hiragana katakana and a bit of kanji so i mite not be able to read most kanji.

How can a 7th grader start learning basic japanese with or without (probably without) kanji and without buying much, I don't really want to get realy serious into it yet, and I can't buy and program, and maybe only one book if needed. I also don't want to bother my parents with it. Is it still...

Me again with my random questions xD I'm sorry for bugging you all so much! Here we go~ What is the meaning of 「もん」 at the end of a sentence? Example: 「恋愛とか愛するとか好きとかもう無理ですもん」 I understand the sentence but I just don't know why 「もん」 is there. Is it just like 「よ」 in the sense that it...

I'm teaching myself Hiragana and Katakana, and some other basics of the language, and I just have a few questions. First is a kind of technical question, but I think it'll help me with studying - How do I make it so I can type in kanji? Then, when someone says 'no', does that mean a...

In this sentence, do I assume that there is a implicit(である) after 日本人 or の particle is a form of copula? The で for 米国人で is a connective だ, so there should be a kind of ending verb for this te sequence after 日本人. 米国人で奥さんが日本人の人を知っている I know an American whose wife is Japanese.

Why does the stroke order matter?

筆者はミステリー小説との出会いにより本の世界にどっぷり浸かり、もうひとつの好物であるゲームでご飯を食べてさせていただいている。 I'm not sure what do you mean by もうひとつの好物であるゲームでご飯を食べてさせていただいている。What is the connection between a game and eating?

1) What's the difference between '所' and '場所'? 2) Does '~と読む' mean 'to read as'? 3) "海外に行ったことはありますか？" Why is it は instead of が? I thought with ある/いる, が was used )': 4) "日本語で難しいとこはありますか？" What's とこ? Or did they mean to type こと?

OK, so I have my final assignment project for my Japanese class due on Wednesday evening (GMT -5:00), and I just got my script (it's a skit) back from the TA who was supposed to be correcting it. He's a Japanese exchange student, so he made all his corrections in Kanji. Unfortunately, I know...

I have searched and found nothing relevant (so if there is I apologise), and I am kinda uncertain if this is the right place to post this. So if it is not in the right place, I apologise again. There may be some inaccuracies, as it was hard to catch what they were saying. A friend helped with...

Please grade my Japanese test. It's been ungraded for 9 days now. My username is GenjitsuTy.

日本語を勉強したいの？毎週に一回、このフォラムに日本語勉強のポストがほしい？たぶん、みなさんはあいさつできる。そして、ちょっとむずかしい日本語のほうがいいと思う。いいでしょうか？　^-^ Do you want to study Japanese? Should there be a weekly Japanese study post? Most people probably know basic introductions. So, I think that a little more difficult Japanese is better. What do you...

I'm looking for an Japanese to Afrikaans translator who can translate anime to introduce to the Afrikaans market. Does anyone know of anyone?

Without all of the annoying intro this time! Is there a potential form of the verb ある/あります？ Short and sweet, <3 Nytyngayl

topic of debate: Is it good to use anime and manga as a study tool when learning Japanese? If so, under what circumstances?

Any Afrikaans speakers here? Any good Afrikaans anime?