Hey!!! you NEETs, nerds, YouTube-link spammers, pedophiles, neo-Nazis, Yukorin enthusiasts, Nanako SOS admirers, Part-Time-Preachers, Diplomats' spoiled sons, losers who can't remember Kanji characters, Big-boobs fans, Weeaboos from all over the world, learners of Japanese who are too lazy to update their Japanese blogs very often, and cunning linguists. And let's hope the Internet-addicted housewife will come back soon!
November 15 the Seven-Five-Three Festival falls on my lover Hakkina's birthday. I'm working out my plan what you present to her now. She is a wonderful and expressive woman who has the mouth like a duck's one.
Which woman do you think wins when A woman who well-forged and has average reflexes(she is about 160cm height and the lightweight) fights against B woman who is ordinary OL and has quick reflexes (she is above 175cm height and the heavyweight)? And when thinking so, would your penise be erected?
You have to like powdered green tea caramel among the Morinaga milk caramel series. Because my lover Hakkina likes it. By the way, the Morinaga milk caramel series includes the red bean caramel, the unrefined sugar caramel, and the soybean flour caramel... etc, besides the powdered green tea caramel. I severely punish him if there are any persons who like some other caramels than the powdered green tea caramel!! Because my lover Hakkina likes it.
Anyways. I'm learning japanese for many many years. Would like to chat with some peepz. Don't like the idea of writing to "penpals". Tried that several times... it sucks balls, who writes mails nowadays when you can chat...? T___T
The skype is hard to set up on LINUX so I didn't bother but I will eventually.
What's the most popular IM protocol in Japan? In US it's aim, in europe mostly MSN.
>>13 Do you like video? I also like it! My most favorite video is the one of the title "Girl Karate athlete VS rape manitou". And If there is the video "A light class girl Karate athlete VS Hevy class 10 ordinaly OLs", I want to see it by all means. Have you erected your penis reading ↑?
>>14 No matter whether he is a native speaker, it is no problem. It is an impotant problem whether his thigh could endure or not, even if his thigh was dumped against bundled 3 big women's thighs.
>>22 Do you think you'll reach an itermediate or advanced level in the future? I think only learners with determination can reach these levels.
>>24 That's great. Not many people reach the level you're in. If you remember 80% jouyoukanji, then you don't have much difficulty reading Japanese website, I believe. So you think it's time to chat with Japanese people on MSN instead of just reading and writing?
To all the people who study Japanese, this site seems good to read although I think nothing can beat brick and mortar classes. ttp://tonysensei.com/
I'm sick of Japan's tendency of Westernization. Christmas was imported from the West and it has evolved differently from the West although Christmas both in the West and in Japan are commercialised.
Then now Holloween is getting quite popular here. There seems to be many events relating to Holloween. In some, participants will wear costume and parade on the street. Some kids organize groups and do trick or treating. Give me a break. Enough of imports of such events.
I don't mean I'm xenophobia but I don't like the tendency of importing anything ideas of Western origins. We should be appreciate something Japanese more instead of imitating something from the western countries.
>>27 That is called globalisation. It's a side effect of Capitalism. If the tank of Capitalism keeps on rolling through our garden, eventually there will remain only one culture, a monoculture. Everyone will speak the same language. Unless we do something about it.
>>28 Way before the "globalization" became a buzz word, we have Christmas in Japan and Holloween was budding trend at least 20 years ago.
Holloween in Japan is less widely known than Christmas but maybe it will become common as an annual event. It's good to have fun for Haloween parade or wearing a costume but I don't buy the idea of importing everying your eyes can spot in western countries.
I think I'm a little late to this thread. Seems like it's gotten thread-jacked into an Anti-Globalization discussion, which is interesting, I guess.
I'm an American that's lurking on these forums now and then, mainly poking around to practice reading, but also just out of curiosity.
Like MrFag there (who, by the way, is a tremendous douche), I just finished up the standard set of Kanji with Heisig and Anki, and I'm finally starting to learn actual Japanese.
Shit's hard.
But I wanted to chime in here, because I'm curious about what Japanese people would think about a website with a lot of interesting thoughts on language learning, antimoon.com. Maybe it made rounds through here before, so I apologize if it's nothing new. It makes language learning a joy instead of back-breaking work.
Although it seems like most of the people posting in this thread are pretty good already, so maybe it won't be useful.
>>33 Do you think that people have a lot of interesting thoughts on language learning? I am not so. I have a lot of interesting thoughts on the method of the masturbation. Are you itching to know that?
>>33 Thanks for sharing the site. I've never heard of it. I have just read some pages and found out that the site seems to have a very positive tone. I think I'll keep reading it.
One thing I'm not sure is whether the administrators of the site has "mastered" English as they claim. I'm not trying to be a nitpicker or anything but my point is that even if you can become very fluent in a foreign language, it's extremely difficult to become as fluent as native English speakers.
Do you think the English in the website has no awkward parts? Not a bit? I can't distinguish myself but I just thought if native English speakers read the site, they can see some parts which doesn't sound completely natural.
>>43 There are other ways to stimulate economy other than imitating western events. You can join Awaodori or other dance festivals originated in Japan to get over shyness.
You're right, the English on antimoon is slightly awkward in some parts, but it's deliberate to some extent. Remember, the website is written in English and directed towards non-English speakers, so they deliberately use very simple words. A LOT of Americans write with far worse grammar.
One thing I would recommend is to find the sound bites of them reading parts of a book in English. One of the authors sounds completely flawless, and the others are pretty good.
The most important thing about that site is the idea that language learning is supposed to be fun. In my Japanese studies, no matter how hard it gets, I'm still not about to quit. It just doesn't feel like studying. How could it? This week I started playing RTKOnline and I've been watching Lucky Star. As long as it's in Japanese, I'm learning.
Granted, I DO have to study, but I don't study grammar, and I don't read vocabulary from lists or anything like that. A great website on applying Antimoon's theories is alljapaneseallthetime.com. Obviously it's meant for English speakers learning Japanese, however the author says frequently that the methods can be applied to any language. Don't expect any awkward grammar or simple words there, though. It's directed at native speakers. Look up the information on '10,000 sentences.'
>>49 I have no tips on preventing chaffing. But I have the tips on concerning the method of the masturbation abundantly. Are you itching to know those?
On the last three days of last week, my company was hosting some seminars in the south of England. Our attendees are almost all accountants, so it was pretty boring. But anyway, the senior management of my company are all hardcore Christians. On the way back home, my manager had to stop at Manchester and stay overnight, ready for a meeting with another accountancy client. The new secretary had booked a hotel for him, called 'The Velvet'. Down a road called 'Canal Street'. She hadn't realised that Canal Street was in the centre of an area in Manchester known as 'Gay Village', frequented by gay men and lesbians from all over the world. His room was purple, and he had a four-poster bed. Above the bed was a figure of a man bound to a wooden pole with leather.
Hi, I am a person who is studying English. So, please let me join you. What is the best way to study English. My belief is to use English as much as possible and don't rely on things cost money. So, I never care about any mistakes, I never care about being wrong. So, if you are trying be my teacher, your are so wrong if you try collect me. But if you are my student then I should so welcome you. Please understand that you don't be reading my shit if you don't!
So, let's start my English lesson. Much often the times, people who the hell think of for sure can know English hell turned out be so sick. Stuck up being a shit hell kick me into holly crappy hell NO. 54 is absolutely yesing to the the answer here, don't come any can speak English people or can offer something people. Ur intensions look so ugly so much of no use. 変態はどっか行け!!お前ら屈辱の貴公子だ!きたねー もんされして一人エッチか?てめーの精子は首吊ってろ!!
>>51 Why do you know what his room was like. You implied that you were in bed with him, didn't you? イギリス人 has opened a door to a sensual homosexual world? Whatever your sexual orentation is, we love who you are!
>>60 Thank you. Thank you for your support. It... it means a lot.
He took photos of the place with his phone and sent them to the company director. Then, instead of letting us get on with urgent client work, we were ordered to Photoshop the manager's face onto a burly biker, and also onto a transsexual laying on a bed, which the boss then emailed around the offices.
>>44 I went about 2/3 way through the website. I listened to their English, too. Yeah, one sounds like an American, although the other has (Polish, maybe) accent, which sounds still pretty good.
If my memory serves right, alljapaneseallthetime.com was mentioned here before and I have read some pages on the site. I even saw him on some Youtube videos when a youtuber invited him to his channel. I think I'll read '10,000 sentences' pages, too. Thank you. Hope your adoption of the method will bear fruits, although I guess you're already pretty good at Japanese.
I for one think both the writers of alljapaneseallthetime.com and Antimoon are talented in language learning in the first place even if they insist they are just oridinay learners and it's a method of learning that counts.
But I think I as an ordinary (not talented) English learner like me can learn a lot from their methods so I think I'll read more of what have to say.
This girl's dancing videos from Man island in UK is very popular in Niconico video and youtube among Japanese (Otaku). She even was invited to Japan a few times to participate in events in Akihabara and other places. This might be a "Japanese dream" which can be realized if you love Japan's otaku culture and get popular among Otaku. Her father is a police officer so be careful if you're thinking about stalking her.
I'm also a very ordinary language learner. My major is Computer Science, literally nothing to do with spoken language. I'm finding it a wonderful hobby, though. Even if it doesn't bear fruit, I'll still have had a lot of fun trying.
I apologize if my tone was too preachy. I get excited talking about how to learn a language, and I am trying to get as close to Japanese as possible. I actually don't know that much Japanese yet (I've only worked on the language itself for a month, I spent 5 months on Kanji), but I wanted to see how Japanese people typically learn a language.
How is that, by the way? What do you typically do?
>>66 "alljapaneseallthetime.com" guy's major doesn't have something to do with language, either if I remember correctly. Typical Japanese people begin to study English when they enter junior high. English is a mandatory subject so everybody studies it for at least 6 years by the time they graduate from high school. Students who want to go to a good university have to study very hard. English taught at junior high and high school are mainly reading and grammar so even students who go to good university can't speak English well. You have to study Oral English and do listening practices on your own if you want to get to communicate in English. In my case I read English websites to practice reading and I watch videos on YouTube and news sites such as CNN. My English is improved very slowly but that can't be helped.
Lately, I have begun to have difficulty controlling my emotions. The other day, when I woke up I felt irritated for unknown reasons, and I hit my bed and my room wall really hard till they nearly broke. If this goes on, I may kill my relatives in a fit of rage someday.. I'm scared of myself.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU It is truly uncomfortable to sleep on the broken bed...
I just tried what you said. My head is bleeding and my room wall is covered in blood. Although I still can't control my emotions, now I feel euphoric! wow! I wanna share this psychedelic experience!
>>89 No, I'm a KAMIKAZE healer. I heal with the power of self-sacrifice and devotion to my Emperor, which is my dog. After every five years I eat my Emperor. For protein.
Hiroyuki, you fucking ruined my life! YOU FUCKER!!! I stay on "ν速" and "VIP" all day and never go to work... Guess what, I got fucking fired. Now my fucking kids do not have dinner, because I am too busy being a faggot on 2ch instead of just hauling my ass away from the computer!!!!
Anyone using an SRS here? It worked wonders for me. I just stumbled on a funny well-intended post on Japanese learners' forum. Take a look at it if you have time. Well, you have plenty of spare time on your hands because that's why you're here, right?
My name is John, and I hate every single one of you. All of you are fat, retarded, no-lifes who spend every second of their day looking at stupid ass pictures. You are everything bad in the world. Honestly, have any of you ever gotten any pussy? I mean, I guess it's fun making fun of people because of your own insecurities, but you all take to a whole new level. This is even worse than jerking off to pictures on facebook.
Don't be a stranger. Just hit me with your best shot. I'm pretty much perfect. I was captain of the football team, and starter on my basketball team. What sports do you play, other than "jack off to naked drawn Japanese people"? I also get straight A's, and have a banging hot girlfriend (She just blew me; Shit was SO cash). You are all faggots who should just kill yourselves. Thanks for listening.
>>120 hm you saw it on 4chan many many times, but it still makes you chuckle? i'm afraid you're having some serious neurological prob in your head seek professional help before it's too late it's good not to be insane really
>>126 fags aren't as random cause they're too effeminate to behave randomly you know what? their "acting" there allegedly "true" gender, which it is not you cant act a random guy as well as real retards like us
Well I certainly hope the people in this thread are all gaijins, or else Japanese people are learning to speak like 4chan faggots instead of learning how normal people converse...
>>130 You're thinking too much. We can talk like your average American/Briton/Australian/whatever. It's not like we're too stupid to realize people don't talk normally when dabbling in the cesspit.
You behave stupidly over there, and we do too in here.
Hey where is everyone.(as if i knew anyone here...) it is quiet on this thread so let me liven it up a bit:
this is a song, today, I dedicate it to this thread (not the people who write here cause they don't seem to exist) I don't think there are any Japanese people on this thread anyway. They are all foreigners.
>>143 Do you like one? If so, I'd like you to try my one. I have a good one whose shape looks like a mushroom called Matsutake and its umbrella is wide open. Sadly to say, my one has rarely been used properly so far, I know how to use it, though.
I dont feel like writing here when I see messages like this. There must be an army of people like you on these threads, however it would be a friendlier thread if body parts are not the focus of our dialogue.
Funny enough there is Kame video, with the same song, and it refers to the same kind of mushroom ( i think if i hear correctly)
How come we like talking about body parts? ( I know there are some people who hate talking about such things, most of them are womaen!) Because there are body parts there! You see? Talking about body parts is equivalent to talking about what our lives are like. You never know!
Of course humans talk about body parts, it depends in what context, however here is not the place for that kind of intimacy. Talking about it here will make you feel even more lonely. What you need is real face to face human relationships.
>>149 Whatever you say, it's a fact of life that here is the same kind of place as the walls of a toilet covered with a lot of graffiti. So you'd better start from accepting the fact and not take things seriously cuz graffiti is none other than graffiti.
If this is the case, I must not write here again. For a while I enjoyed talking to people like esp. fish-san. Thank you all for the translations, songs and many more things. Take care and much love to you!
bored people are boring people. you are bored out of your wits and taking your anger on anyone who is not in your frame of mind. you cannot handle the demands of this life and so become introverted and insular. You only let in people who feel as low as you do.
Not weveryone feels that way, so it is you who lose out on communicating with people from different domains.
i think you guys need to learn social skills. blaming your own inadequacy on others (women or whatever you happen to hate) is running away from your attitude problems. just learn to respect yourselves and others, you will be fine. it doesnt cost you anything to be polite, it is only natural.
A guy faking a androphobic girl is posting as a gynophobic loser. You should know better than to be a pathetic fag, you xenophobic japaneze!
Today's key word is "-phobic." This is a suffix that describes something relating to a strong, irrational fear or hatred of people or things of a particular kind.
Don't miss the next 2ch English Class! Happy learning!
>>145 I don't mean to dwell on the previous topic but you're right. That's matsutake. It's just a kind of mushroom but it costs ridiculously much in Japan just because of the smell it gives off.
The smell is said to be vomiting on Western people's standard so appreciating Matsutake is unique to Japan's cuisine culture. It doesn't smell as bad as Natto. Actually, I think it smells good but the price tag of matsutake is ridiculously high. I wonder why western people think the smell of matsutake is bad.
truffle might have the same status as Matsutake in that it is also just a mushroom and costs much. I've never eaten truffle so I don't know what it tastes like. I don't think I'll have any oportunities to eat such luxuary foods. I won't have a chance to go to fancy French restaurant in the future.
Enough of Matsutake and truffle. They are just mushrooms. I'd spend money on something nutritious rather than mushrooms.
To make things straight, I have eaten Matsutake and my point is it's ridiculous to pay much money for a mushroom. Never eaten truffles. I've eaten matsutake because my parents have been given it by their friends. It's like a status symbol to eat Matsutake and I think it's ridiculous because it's just a mushroom.
You see sliced matsutake pieces in bento lunch sold at convenience stores but they aren't produced in Japan but in Korea or China. Matsutake grown there has less or no scents so they aren't expensive.
Convenience stores here add artificial flavor of matsutake to Korean or China matsutake in bento lunch to make it smell as much as Matsutake produced in Japan. If sliced matsutake pieces in bento lunch box sold at convenience store are from Japan, you can't buy the bento as cheap as at around 600 yen or so.
>>169 Anybody can change their minds. Not sure if they are the same person though. Don't be too serious about posts in 2chan in the first place. 2chan is mixed with lies and truth, if you don't have an eye to see through which is misinformation and which is truth, you can't take the most advantages of online forums like 2ch. That's what 2chan's founder once said in his interview with mass media. You have to inscribe his words in your heart or else, you'll find yourself driven in the corner in no time.
See kids, this is basic comedy/irony: A person preaching "Don't be too serious about posts in 2chan in the first place." so seriously. Take notes, you will be tested on this subject.
you guys post messages here to improve your English or just to kill time? I just took a quite look of this thread and suggest that if you want to improve your English, you should not come here, most of English written here is not so bad but obviously we can tell its not a natives' writing. so better not to hang around here, really. go to another English forum run by native English speakers.
or read English books. that would help you improve your English.
Minasan, of course being the human I am, i returned the read the messages.
I was expecting a great big equivalent of F**k o** but, was surprised to see detailed messages about the matsutake mushroom. I read the bit about how it is being a luxury food, and not being able to afford it. The message moved my heart. When I get rich, I will come to Japan and treat you guys to matsutake mushroom dishes. In return you will sing Karaoke with me!
How about that now.
PS: Being the silly human I am, I wanted you to say, don't go! in my heart of hearts. But in reality was expecting you to tell me off badly! Thank you for changing the atmosphere to a more freindly one.
>>169 A drama-queen will never leave her stage. Everything has to be soooo dramatic, she even writes a goodbye note on an anonymous forum. It doesn't even cross her mind that NOONE GIVES A SHIT.
And of course her boardicide didn't even last 12hours. She cared sooooo much how people would react (on an anonymous forum mind you), whether it be positive or negative. Again, it doesn't even cross her mind that NOONE GIVES A SHIT. Egocentric people are like that.
Oh noes! Now she MUST defend herself on an anonymous forum! Rational thought doesn't matter, her bloated ego demands it.
As a Japanese I hope this thread won't become a place only for Japanese English learners. I hope this thread keeps being a place for people from around the world regardless of what their mother tongue is as long as they can communicate in English.
>>178 I bet that's a song from a J-drama. I bet the song itself isn't brand new.
The hottest news in Japan now is the arrest of Mr. Ichihashi. He killed a British woman in 2007 and when cops visited his apartment, he ran away bare foot and since then, he had been running away for as long as two years until he was arrested about a week ago.
He underwent a few cosmetic sergery to change his face. About a month ago, his new face after underwenting surgeries was made public. The new photo was a key that led to his arrest. His father is a doctor and mom is a dentist. He went to good university but its said that he had inferior complex not being able to be a doctor. After he graduated from university, he didn't get a job and lived alone in an apartment whose rent his parents paied. That's where he allegedly killed her and left her body in a bathtub in veranda with her dead body covered with sand. He is from a wealth family as you can guess.
He got to know the victim by approaching her asking her to be his English teacher. He hasn't said anything to the police about what happened between him and her so no detailed information has been revealed. He neither has eaten anything after detention nor said anything about the murder.
>>187 I wouldn't call Luna Sea's music heavy rock. It's a mixture of pop and rock. The drummer of the band is on ugly side but his character is nice and friendly. When he got married with a member of "Morning musume," I thought the girl's standard of choosing a husband isn't how they look outside but his inner side. You don't have to look like a Johnny's boy to get married with a beautiful woman although the drummer's case might be an exception.
>>173 Uh, take a good look around. What site are you on? What board are you on? Why is it that 99.99% of the posts on this site and this "English board" in Japanese?
Here's the board premise: □ English板は、英語に関する情報交換と学問的な議論の場所です。
Now why isn't that in English? Here's why: This site and this board is generally for Japanese people. Of course anyone from any ethnicity is free to post, but you should know and at least respect that premise.
This thread is mainly for Japanese people to practice posting in English. Not necessarily "learning English", but a place to post whatever, be it "penis, vagina, shit, fuck" without being corrected or mocked or laughed at for their lack of English abilities.
I have a hard time understanding why non-Japanese people come here. And they seem to stay. It shouldn't really be a problem, variety is a good thing and mixing with native speakers can be benefitial.
But please do keep in mind that it's generally a practice field for the Japanese, not a place for weaboos to feel closer to Japan. There are other sites and communities for that, but not so much for Japanese people to dribble on in their poor English without feeling ashamed.
>>191 I don't undrestand your need for exclusivity on an open thread. We are using English language to communicate, that is what matters. The topic could be anything, so long as we practice in English. Why do you feel so defensive about people who like Japanese food, music etc. Do you feel they are stealing your identity? Do you feel they might change you? I cannot understand why you are thretened by people like me. Do you feel that if we get close and undrestand each other, it might be dangerous? Is this a WWII rooted emotion?
I can speak to people of any nation who struggle with their English. There are ways of communicating with people despite their langauge problems, it is not all black and white. I learn a lot more from people with language difficulties than people who speak fluently. In the process i notice I bond well with such people, simply beacuse it is an exchange of effort and understanding on both sides.
I see no harm in such human dialogues, unless you have deep rooted fears of course (which I also can understand).
on hindsight i think i understand what you mean. I should have been posting more about life in Europe . Asking questions about Japan may feel like an interrogation to Japanese. I will be more balanced with my posts from now on.
>>195 I'd rather watch Janet Jackson in Super Bowl Half time show than Michael Jackson. I miss her boobs "accidentally" exposed to the people on the spot as well as in front of TV.
>>191 >But please do keep in mind that it's generally a practice field for the Japanese, not a place for weaboos to feel closer to Japan.
you say "practise "right? practise---to exercise oneself by repeated performance in order to ACQUIRE SKILL) This is not an ideal place to practise your English. you guys English is not bad, just need a bit more polishing. that's why I suggested you to join Native English speakers forum,so that you would not be a "ino nakano kawazu".
>>199 I'm not >>198, but I think any forums are ok as long as you have interest. If you like baseball, MLB forums would be nice. If you're an anime geek, English forums for anime lovers would work.
I personally frequent Mac Rumors because I'm kind of a mac fanboy.
If you're a total loser who has no interest in anything, you can still go to Japanese learners' forums. The dumbest native Japanese speaker is still of help over there. Actually it's quite useful to know what kind of thing non-native Japanese speakers get tripped up by. If they find a grammar point difficult, usually it's the point where Japanese and English are fundamentally different.
Anyway, if you're anything like me, it never works if you go to forums that should be good for your English but you don't like very much.
>>203 A Japanese person can be a "global citizen" you speak of too. You might want to think about what you actually mean by "global" again.
Also, your English sucks. I'm not saying you need English or anything, but if you're planning on using English as an international auxiliary language to be a more "global" person, I think you've got a long way to go.
Welcome to the cesspool on the Japanese internet. As much as we want to believe we're not perverts, we know we are. Thanks for your kind comment though.
So, how long have you been learning Japanese and English if I may ask? You seem to know lots of words and grammar and can write in decent Japanese.
Anyway, if you're posting here to practice your Japanese, let us know if you'd like us to correct errors. I think you can ask any questions about Japan and the Japanese language here too.
すごい偶然ですね、よろしく! Year、I need English as our common language.
>>204 I appleciate you. I will polish myself.. through long way to learn.
But wait,since I've started to learn English I got to notice my eye color change dark brown to brown →dark green →now, my eye rim is dark navy !!!! I use English more over, my eye color got to change more more over!! I can only speak English simply, not skillfully...
why???? the eye color will changes for language???? people tell me "your eye color doesn't look like japanese"
>>201 Thank you for your response. You've got a point there. I think I'm a loser, so forums for Japanese language learners must be good although I'm not so interested in what kind of troubles they face on the course of studying Japanese. Peace.
>>208 Go see a shrink. Just tell him the story you just said. You'll thank me later.
As for your English, don't use words or phrases you don't know well. Don't translate. Don't generalize any kind of rule. Mimic native speakers.
You'll sound like a native speaker when your phrase inventory becomes large enough to handle any situations you come across. As your natural-sounding phrase/sentence vocabulary improves, you'll start forgetting which language you're speaking.
>>203 of course you should learn to live in the internet. Have you watched Dennou Coil? All you need is the augmented reality visors.
I am from the internet. Global people travel all over the globe but are limited by lack of language skills, cultural barriers etc. However citizens of the net travel the cyberspace and explore the frontiers of man-man and man- machine communication. Human communication does not have boundaries. Language learning is fun when you learn to communicate as a human being. All you need is tolerant and patient communicators. Communication comes first, language follows communication.
The Yakuza on this board go around this thread with virtual baseball bats are trying to scare people like me to leave. They also torture fellow Japanse citizens for not speaking perfect English (which is a terrible blow to their confidence) They tell us gaijins not to feel close to Japan or Japanese people, they love to label us weeaboos,drama queens, Jani otakus, trolls whatever, But we persist.
Your English is OK, do not believe anyone telling you off, continue to practise. Just try to write here as much as you want, and you will get better and better.
>>212 >Your English is OK, do not believe anyone telling you off, continue to >practise. Just try to write here as much as you want, >and you will get better and better.
No. You can't magically conjure up the unknown by practice. Practice makes perfect? It's a myth. It works only when you know what you're doing.
Let's say, you know how to throw a curveball and how it should travel, but you just can't nail it. Would practice work? Of course, yes. You try to throw it properly 10,000 times and you'll be a master of curveball.
Now there is a guy who doesn't know how to speak English. He doesn't know what English should sound like. Do you think writing practice makes perfect?
Practice can move your passive vocabulary to your active knowledge. But it doesn't teach you anything unless you get feedback.
>But please do keep in mind that it's generally a practice field >for the Japanese, not a place for weaboos to feel closer to Japan. >There are other sites and communities for that, but not so much for >Japanese people to dribble on in their poor English without feeling ashamed.
How can you take that as the Japanese being threatened by you? I explained why this thread is rare for Japanese people. Why is it that you "dwell" here and not other sites about Japan? Of course you're free to, don't get me wrong.
I just don't understand why people will go to a little league place and start playing there. What do you think that will result in? I think that results in a fair number of little leagures not wanting to play there because of the "intruders" (for lack of a better word). Think about it.
>This thread is mainly for Japanese people to practice posting in English.
But you totally missed, or intentionally ignored this:
>Not necessarily "learning English", but a place to post whatever, >be it "penis, vagina, shit, fuck" without being corrected or >mocked or laughed at for their lack of English abilities.
>>213 you have such a negative attitude about language learning, it is baffling. I guess it must be your conditioning. Actually it is annoying too.
What do you mean practising is useless?? I have had many a friend and colleague who had very little knowledge of English and when they befriended me, they never stopped listening to their broken English and kept encouraging them that they are doing fine, keep talking, keep writing,converse with confidence, and they did,... as a result their English has improved enormously.
These people are : from France, Italy, Russia, China. I told them to stop saying "my English is so bad", I kept telling the reverse, while stretching them. With patience and good dialogue, their learning curve accelerated (shall i say exploded). Now I built a reputation for being a patient and good listener, these people send their students and subordinates to improve their English to me (a non-native speaker of English!).
>>215 I do not understand how you could relate the non-native English speaking Japan fans to the lack of language development of your fellow countrymen. It doesnt make sense! (1)Not many native speakers of English would bother to write here (2) you have no way of policing this thread, you cannot make it a pure native English- Japanese learner thread (3) Bullying "weeaboos" make you look bad and creates an unfriendly atmosphere Just because you detest them doesn't mean they are creating some Japanese person's language problem! (4)You are way too strict regarding language learning. Learning is an individual act that evolves in a social sphere. How the skill is acquired is person dependent. It is a subconscious development that can be carried out consciously. But sometimes the conscious instructions can interfere with the more fluid, natural development. Language is something you "let flow" rather than "forcefully learn".
This is one of the human body wonders. You grip your any of your finger and rub it then nothing happens. But you grip your penis and rub it then you feel really gooooooooooooood. That's amazing, isn't it? Don't take that for granted. Grip whichever body parts of yours and rub it. Nothing happenes. But when it comes to doing the same thing to your penis, you'll feel realll good.
>>215 Good analogy on the little league. I myself am not japanese, but agree with you. But Im afraid people who dont get it just wont get it. We see it in real life, the gaikokujin who come to japan thinking they know more about japan and the manners there than other gaikokujin, or even more than the japanese themselves. They get ostracized, and then make a scene of how theyve done nothing wrong. They blame everybody but themselves, calling others xenophobic or racist and still refuse to leave when asked politely. They dont care that theyre giving other gaikokujin a bad name. I see the same thing happening here. They just dont get it.
>>215 you are completely out of line with what is being said. We are referring to people who are learning English here right on this internet thread. The debate is about why and how this thread should be open only to (1)Japanese people learning English, and (2) the native speakers of English. It has nothing to do with foreigners living in Japan, this thread is NOT Japan, it is in cyberspace. You are completely confusing countries with cyberspace. I guess it is some sort of location based identity disorientation. Good luck for surviving in Japan. Maybe you should not live there if you are already blaming the "other"foreigners for your own problems. You sound pathetic.
this whole "intruders" thing in an open thread smacks of pure insecurity. it is so annoying to have someone constantly whining about gaijins in Japan, why dont you start an English thread for gaijin haters and leave this thread some breathing space.
>>231 if you are a moderator then remove the "weeaboos from all over the world" bit from the greetings section. dont make them feel welcome from the start and they will disappear.
i told you to introduce a visa system. this is what happens when you have an open thread let the riff raff gaijins in. oh sorry that contradicts with the spirit of the internet, my bad.
Everybody can stay here as long as they want. Let's talk about nonsense and have lots of fun! For starters, I'll dance naked, dangling my bats and balls. Enjoy!
lol clueless bitch is clueless. It's pretty obvious it's not an anti-gaijin thing, it's an anti-bitch thing. Can't stomach the fact that noone likes you here eh?
Here's a clue since you're so clueless. Noone at an anonymous forum cares about individuality. People are rather against it. Noone cares about your experiences, what you saw or what you ate, or how fascinated you felt by sticking tofu up your ass. Talk about more generic things, and noone should have a problem.
Not revealing individuality leads to dry atmosphere and that's not interesting. If you want to reveal some individuality, that's more than welcome. You have to be careful not to be indentified, though.
I want to know more personal matters from posters here even if it's anonymous board here. >>240 might be the best policy to take the full advantage of 2chan. Not sure, though.
Part of you says individuality is no good Others say individuality is welcome I thought part of 2ch strengths was it is open so people can say whatever they like. Isnt that true?
One way to mask the moronity of posting personal stuff is to add a question to it so others can respond easily. It's one of the most basic communication skills and it works here, too. You have to expect some flaming anyway though, since this is 2ch.
Either way, don't take it too personal, just enjoy it. It's only 2ch.
>>251 i understand what you mean. But I do not understand this "phobia" of being labelled an attention whore, drama queen etc. nor have any fear of being perceived that way. You guys seem very frightened by that label. . I am very happy to write as I feel.
Why are you so worried about what others think? this is just a thread.
Could it be the concept of the "nail sticking out gets hammered"? please help me understand.
>>252 >Why are you so worried about what others think?
Is this a joke? You seem to be the one who cares about what others think the most. "Oh I'm leaving...Oh I thought people were going to say bad things about me but I was also hoping people would say they wanted me to stay..."
>>253 What a shallow, superficial understanding of others. My hoping that people wanting me to stay has nothing to do with my views on how you perceive me. Those who try to pigeon hole me get a whack on the head.
I am pointing out to your insecurities, not mine.
I wonder if you are a computer programme. You are incredibly negative and cold hearted.
Kabuki actor and female news anchor announced today they'd engage in the near future. They met for the first time when the anchor interviewed him last December.
yeah but they are so rude if they don't think the video is not interesting, they don't have to post something.. I'm tired to see many posts saying 'gay' to many randome videos and cute little boy's video too.
and they posts ching chong chin to japanese little boy's video.
>>299 I'm also an English learner. I make it a habit to come here to learn English by reading other people's posts. Sadly to say, there are lots of words and phrases in them whose meanings I don't know. And what is worse, I don't have an eye for whether thier Englsh expressions are authntic or not, I want to memorize useful expessions, though.
Even though in the past English questions were asked more often here, this thread is still a presious [precious?] place to talk with English speakers. So you have to be on call 24/7.
I chose to replace 'if' with 'though' because 'if' sounds too hypothetical. You are stating fact, not theory. It is indeed a fact that more English questions were asked here.
>>308 Thanks for the correction. If I remember correctly, I learned at school "even if" and "even though" can be used interchangably, meaning English teachers at school don't teach the subtle difference between the two. I doubt teachers themselves know the difference in the nuances they have. I suspect Japanese exams don't require students to know the difference. One of the typical questions in an English test would be to change a part of a sentense to mean the same thing.
Say, they give the original sentense that starts with "Even if" and the other sentense they provide starts with "Even (blank)." Examnees have to fill in the blank with "thoguh" to answer it right. All students have to do is remember "even though" can be replaced with "even if" and vice versa without knowing the subtle difference between the two.
I somehow answered correctly the quiz on the page you linked probably thanks to your explanation and the one on the page. There's another typical English question where students have to change a sentense. The question is change a sentence that starts with "I don't know if---." The correct answer is " I don't know (whether)-----." If I'm not mistaken, "I don't know whether----" is more formal than the other. Am I right?
Does your explanation regarding "if" with hypothetical nuance applly here, too. Yes, You guys have to be on call 24/7 here but if you prefer to be here only on the night shift, that's acceptable. This thread adopts three shifts system. hehe
>>309 "Even" is there to add a more stronger sense of "Yeah, yeah. I kind of admit that. But..."
"(Even) if we have a plethora of trolls here, it's better than nothing." means "We may have tons of retards on the interweb, but I'm a ronery loser and they always alleviate the pain piercing my virgin heart." In other words, you're emphasize the "may" sense by adding "even."
You can also reword it as "Whether we have tons of trolls doesn't matter. We're better off playing with them." As you can see, "if" and "whether" is similar in meaning.
While you can't replace "whether" with "if" in the example sentence, the core meaning is pretty much the same. Actually if it flows well in a sentence, you can swap "whether" and "if" without changing its meaning, e.g.,
"I don't know if I want to be virgin anymore" means "I don't know whether I should pretend to be religious any longer."
You don't need to care about the difference in formality. People like you will never ever be in a situation where that kind of subtle difference is critical.
"If" = hypothetical is kind of true, but fuck that.
あってると言えばあってるんだけど、その説明は微妙。どっちかつーと、even は if の 特定の意味合いを強めてるというほうが直感的に正しい。で、基本的に if と whether は 意味がかぶってる。なんか文の中でうまくはまらないときは交換不可だけど、いけるときは あんまり差が無いし、どっちが堅い表現かなんて気にしなくて問題なし。微妙な差はあるけど 上に書いたことが直感的に理解できないレベルじゃそんなこと気にしても無駄。
>>312 lurk moar. Or take a look at the bottom of the front page of each board if you're reading this on some browser like IE. You'll see 新規スレッド作成画面へ. If you already tried it but failed to start a new thread, give up.
>>312 I'll explain how to do it, taking English board for example. You see "掲示板に戻る 全部 前100 次100 最新50" right above a comment field, right? Click on 掲示板に戻る and you'll be taken to http://academy6.2ch.net/english/ That's the top page of English board. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. You see wide pale green lying across from left to right almost at the bottom of the page. You see an icon, button I should say? there that says "新規スレッド作成画面へ" Click it, then you'll go to the page in which you are suupposed to fill in the title of a thread, your name, E-mail address, and message. The biggest field is where you write a message which becomes the post number one of the thread you're going to make. You can leave your name and email address fields blank like when you post a comment in this thread but you have to fill in the title field and message field. You see "新規スレッド作成" button on the page and click on it. In my case an error message appears. If an error message doesn't appear and you procceed like when you post a message in any thread, that means the first post is successfully done. Check the top page of English board and see if the new thread you've just created is there on the list of threads.
I think there are no difference in making a thread in other boards but I heard that in some very popular boards only people who are eligible can make a new thread. That's because the more people one board draws, the higher risk they get of trolls making irrelevant threads. So 2chan impose tougher rules of making a new thread in such popular boards with large traffic.
>>316 many thanks for the detailed explanation. I will save this message for reference, when I make my thread, i will let you know so that yo can come along as a special guest. i will treat you tea and cake.
Function: conjunction Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gif; akin to Old High German ibu if Date: before 12th century
1 a : in the event that b : allowing that c : on the assumption that d : on condition that 2 : whether <asked if the mail had come> <I doubt if I'll pass the course> 3 ―used as a function word to introduce an exclamation expressing a wish <if it would only rain> 4 : even though : although perhaps <an interesting if untenable argument> 5 : and perhaps not even <few if any changes are expected> ―often used with not <difficult if not impossible> ― if anything : on the contrary even : perhaps even <if anything, you ought to apologize>
>the word 'if' is indeed hypothetical. >all hypothetical.
Hmm. Are you sure about that? Didn't you forget to add "in these cherry-picked examples"?
>>321 I assure you that all of my examples are hypothetical if. The examples I gave are correct. You can go and check them on your own time if you do not trust me.
>>322 You're missing the point. I think these examples you gave are all hypothetical too. The thing is that there is more than that when it comes to "if."
Did you read >>309? He talked about the "even if" = "even though" thing and "if" = "whether" grammar. Do you really think the usage 2, 4, and some others are also the same hypothetical "if" as the "if"s in your examples?
>>325 Ah, maybe you're a native English speaker? Your average English teacher in Japan teaches Usage 4, i.e., the "even though" meaning, as the selfsame "if" as "if"s in your examples.
As the dictionary says, "if" as in "This is an interesting if untenable argument" is quite different, and this is the "even though" meaning of "if." But teachers don't speak English, so they just say if can mean "even though," and students tend to use "if" when it sounds too hypothetical.
As I said, your theory is kind of true in the sense that "if" is hypothetical. But there is a different level of "hypothetical-ness."
Ah, the last line was kind of ambiguous. I meant that there are various kinds of "if"s and that some are more "hypothetical" than others.
"If"s in your examples are very straightforward and easy to see it's hypothetical. "Whether" is also hypothetical, but in a slightly different way. "Even though"-ish "if" as in "an interesting if untenable argument" may also be hypothetical in a sense. But it's not as straightforward as the usual hypothetical meaning, and usually it's used with a different kind of sentence structure.
I'm so happy I don't have any handle names. Even if it's just a handle name, I have to defend myself to protect my name. That leads to endless arguments. This is the typical boring question and answer.
If and whether are more or less interchangeable in sentences like : 'I'll see if he left an address' and : I'll see whether he left an address, although whether is generally regarded as more formal and suitable for written use.
But, although if and whether are often interchangeable, a distinction worth noting is that if is also used in conditional constructions and whether in expressing an alternative or possibility.
Thus, : 'tell me if you’re going to be in town next week' could be strictly interpreted as 'you need not reply if you are not going to be in town,' whereas : 'tell me whether you’re going to be in town next week' clearly means 'a reply is desired one way or the other.'
>>332 Nice try, firestar. But that's not "even though." You're missing the point. Again. You only proved there are multiple sentences in "if"s, which is what I said in >>326.
The problem he had was that he was taught or believed that "even if" and "even though" were always interchangeable, which is wrong. And the reason they teach this kind of thing and he had trouble understanding the difference is that they don't know "if" as "even though" has a different kind of hypothetical sense.
If you still think you're right, prove that "if" in "4 : even though : although perhaps <an interesting if untenable argument>" has the hypothetical sense to the same degree as the one you used in your examples in >>320, i.e., 1 a : in the event that b : allowing that c : on the assumption that d : on condition that.
If you can't, you just cherry-picked examples in >>320.
>>337 Yep. You can't swap "if" with "though" in your examples. But some teachers say you can because they think "if" can mean "even though." This is true in the sense that "if" in "It was an interesting if unbelievable story" actually means "even though." But of course, "even if"s in your examples are different from "even though."
By the way, the second "if" in your examples has the sense of "whether," i.e., "regardless of whether the water is freezing or not."
It must be widely known among the Kamenashi's fans that he is good at playing baseball. SMAP's Nakai's team consisting of TV personalities played an exhibition game with a professional baseball team. Kamenashi threw good pitches and his batting was good, too. After the game, asked by a reporter who he thinks is the MVP (Most valuable player) of the game, Nakai answered "I can't answer the question myself," jokingly implying it's arrogant to call himself MVP. So Nakai made Kamenashi answer the question instead of him. Kamenashi might have thought another player other than Nakai or even himself deserved to be called MVP of the game, but he felt kind of pressured from Nakai to answer that Nakai is the MVP. Kamenashi understood Nakai's humor and answered properly that Nakai is the MVP. Good "senpai" and "kohai" relationship.
I have a great idea. Let's start a thread for Jani Ota where we can talk about Johnny's boys in English. That way, everyone will be happy. What do you say?
>>342 I wonder if a thread made exclusively for Johnny's boys can gather many posts. Even in this thread, sometimes not many posts are posted. That means to post a post in English is a big hurdle for us Japanese English learners. That's my opininon. Some people may agree with you.
>>342 Can I start a new thread on this board? Yes. Someone has already explained how to do it. Can I hijack this thread? Technically yes. But I don't think everyone is happy about that.
If you think that kind of topic would make us all happy, you can always start a new thread and give the link here. If you don't think it's going to catch on, you know the topic won't make everyone happy.
You're not too stupid to understand this, are you?
Wut? Johnny's boys are all attractive and interesting celebrities to talk about, and I think it will motivate a lot of Japanese people to learn English. Ah I see, you're just jealous 'cause you can't be as popular as they're. That's so gay. ,,,,, (・e・) Get a life. 彡,,, ノ
Personally, I am neither jealous of nor envy them. As long as they're celebrities, than can't do whatever they want, such as going shopping whenever they want for fear of being spotted and mobbed by their fans or taken photos of them by paparazzi.
Their prime time is very short, 10 years or so on average. Most of them get to draw less and less attentions as they get older and with only a few execptions, almost all of them dissappear from TV shows when they enter 30's 40's. After they failed to keep their popularity, their life is miserable while they can't forget about their glory days. Some have hand in illegal drug and ruin their life.
Enthusiastic Johnny's boys' fan girls get married, have kids and Johnny's boys'll be the bottom of their priority lists, gradually forgetting about them.
>If you think that kind of topic would make us all happy, you can always start a new thread and give the link here.
Yeah! Johnny's boys are all attractive and interesting celebrities to talk about!! So why not go start a new thread on this board rather than hijacking this place? Since they're so attractive, you'll get tons of people in your own thread!
They deserve their own English thread!!!!!!!!!!! Yesssssssss!!!!!!!!!!
Lulwut? You're flipping out on me just because I pinpointed the exact sore spot in your heart. The truth is you're bullshitting in an attempt to fake your emotions right there. Good god, you're making a gigantic ass of yourself now. Go take your butthurt feelings and crawl back under some futon or something.
,,,,, (・e・) Yeah, you may already know this by now but I just did it for the lulz. 彡,,, ノ
I want hiroyuki to make only english thread in which we stand news threads such as from Japan Times or Asahi English news. And we chat each other in English.
No, absolutely not! I have no problems with general elderly, but I just can't stand Oyajis. They stink, they burp, they throw up, you name it! I try to stay away with them as much as possible.
Noooo, Tatsuroh Yamashita is only a money monger. He wrote that song knowing that he will make a fortune out of it, by copy-chatting the successes of Wham!, John Lenon, etc. In Japanese, such deed is called 'Azatoi'.
>>346 You can't use "they're" at the end of a sentence. I'm not sure why, but you just can't. In this particular case, you are emphasising "they are", and so it is wrong to contract it.
>>368 I think you mean copy-cat. However, you can't use it as a verb. You can say "copying". You are referring to the general success of these people, so you would not use the plural. You would say "success", not "successes".
>>369, >>372 Thanx very much for your advice! I used 'copy-catting(v)' rather than 'copying' to emphasise negative connotation, but thanx for the valuable info. Also, thank you for the latter part of the advice. Plural vs singular always drives me nuts.
Hey, that's exactly how anime and otaku culture has flourished and the niche market has grown well. Which makes some 'mature adults' proudly otaku in Japan. Let's look at the bright side, buddy. Pedophilia is running rampant now? Leave them in the corner of society, they might come in handy sometime too.
I wonder what's hip in the US now? It used to be so that all the hip things were created in the US and spread all over the world, but nowadays, that doesn't seem to be the case. If one goes to the US now, what should he/she buy, for example?
>>396 You can't be popular with boys in your own country because you're too ugly and otaku. That's why you jump to Johnny's boys to console your own heart.
>>397 Why are you so jealous of Johnny's boys? Did you happen to apply for becoming one, and didn't get Johnny-san to say 'You, Kichainayo!'? If you really are better looking than Yama-P or Toma, I bet you still have a chance.
"Mind your own business and let us do things our way" Such mentality displayed by >>396 is absoloutely HATED in Japan. It has nothing to do with xenophobia or open-mindedness, it's about respect. Respect for the locals and their surroundings, including local rules.
There is a wonderful Japanglish term called "TPO". It stands for Time, Place and Occasion. It's important to know your TPO in Japanese society. The English board is not the Place to make fangirl threads. You "can", but expect it to be flamed into oblivion. That's how things work around here.
>>399 I hope that you realise that 402, 391, etc., is a troll. He's trying to get replies from people, if they don't reply, he get's bored, so just ignore him.
>>409 So you do understand that johnny's ota are seen the same way as lolicon. As you can see, the same arguments can be made: "The old hags are just JEALOUS that they're not young and cute like the lolita girls!"
For normal people, johnn's ota and lolicon are both creepy.
You Americans created the amusement park for everyone(includes adults). It's called Disneyland. We Japanese created the comic book for everyone(includes adults). It's called Manga. That's why Japanese culture prevails all over the world.
This is a chat thread, so basically any topic is allowed to find some type of interested audience. And I guess you could even spit fire and brimstone if you wanted to, as long as it's carried out in English. We've learned arguing with a hardcore jani ota girl is as futile as trying to train your dog to discuss metaphysics with you.
>>432 Oke-dokey, I understand it. According to what u said, I can say whatever I wanna say, right? I totally hate fuckin creepy Jani ota cunts, and I've been always fuckin fed up with them.
"Go slam ur head against the corner of a Tofu to death."
This is what I can say for those silly mother fuckin cunts. Fuck'em and have a good night☆ bye bye!
>>432 I take it that you equate discussion with a "hardcore janiota girl" to that of a dog.
I take it that you think your actual pea sized brain thinks it has exchanged places with your superinflated virtual ego.
Your sarcastic comments cannot hide the fact that you are one pathetic socially inept person who regards himself too highly to be related to ordinary human beings.
nah, the non-japanese jani fangirls here are serious. makes you wonder why they even come here, seeing that they dont care about what the japanese ppl say.
world is full of shit no reason to live longer. i am not rich or anything but if i was able to die today with no pain i pay for it everything i have. to me everything that exist in this whole bunch of shit world is boring to death. maybe its not so boring if i had lots of money and attracting looks and good grade. but truth is iam exactry opposite of it. no money and ugly face. it means you are dead from the beggining.
>>451 It's a demo conducted in probably in Tokyo. As you might know, Democratic Party of Japan has taken the helm of Japan's Diet after the historical defeat of Liberal Democratic Party which ruled Japan for over 50 years.
Under Democratic Party of Japan's rule, they say they'll plan to pass a bill that gives foreign residents in Japan voting rights to Natinal election. Some people observe that this'll lead to takeover of Japan by Chinese residents or Korean residents in Japan. Influx of people from Korea and China is expected, too.
>>456 Well if they've become citizens of Japan, then they're no longer foreign. It only makes sense that naturalised citizens of Japan that were formerly foreigners should be given the right vote, in my opinion.
>>458 Even if they are naturalized, their ties to their own countries never get weak. They try to pass bills that are in favor of China and Korea. Japanese Diet will be controlled by Chinese Communiust Party.
>>450 i have never heard a woman who wantedto die so bad becuse she was ugly or had no money. from this I guess, despite the huge offsets in income, disadvantages in life, misogonysm, despite all the inequalities, women are a stronger and happier than men.
While we're on the topic of Japanese immigration policies, here's a video that might be of interest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-pVuiMzvq4 This kind of thing is completely normal in my country, and is really just the tip of the iceberg. Of course immigration, when done properly and in the right measure, is not necessarily a bad thing. But believe me, you don't want Japan to turn into something like modern Germany.
>>468 China's long term goal is said to govern Japan like they govern Taiwan and make Japan one of those provinces/autonomous regions in China. Maybe they call Japan "Japan autonomous region" like they call Uygur and Tibet. Giving Chinese (and Korean) the right to vote is nothing less than the first step.
The reporter of the video says her parents are from Turkey (if I'm not mistaken.) I wonder what her stance to immigration policy is like. If German adopted immigration policy, then she wouldn't be in German and report the situation in the TV show.
I'm >>467 and I just asked the question out of curiusity. I imagine you'd choose Turtle after agonizing for days. This is my first post since 467 so If you think other posts are mine, you're wrong.
Some people seem to be too hard on you but don't take it seriously and have fun here.
The woman of the most excellent type in the world is a woman who had the pupil like the character of the Disney animation. The woman is just Hakkina. The women who had not the pupil like the character of the Disney animation are the failures of all.
>>490 from the translator I understand " I was told Ibe better off in the native boards". Even if you might have insulted me before, i would say, don't go. Stay and write in English.
>>487 I see. It is highly like that you are a female Turtle fan. Thanks for the encouragement. people who insult others are generally very lonely and bitter people. Knowing that, I am not put off by anyone. They will be pacified by me as necessary. If, you are a Johnny's marketing executive, the answer would be I would choose both. Because you are asking a question that might have an impact on their job situation. They are both excellent entertainers, so pay them well, exec-san. If, you are an ordinary poster, i would still want to know what you have in your mind. Again the answer would depend on whether you are a female 2ch user or a male one. Thanks
>>Oh I think I get it (via the translator). You were hoping to get in native english speakers to seriously improve your ENglish. That is a respectable goal. However how are you going to stop us no-good non native speakers of English write here? If you are so serious about improving your English you shoul dattempt to live in an English speaking country. That is the best way to achieve the perfection you are after.
>>494 I'm a man and I don't understand why your answer to that question varies depending on whether I'm male or female. That was just a casual question and doesn't matter which man you choose.
>>500 If you don't like this thread, just go away. If you are going to stay here, just follow the one and only rule of this thread, which is "chat in English."
Who do you think you are? You can't even get your point across "in English" while you say English here is wierd.
>>499 I see. I think they are both lovely but, Toma would be more difficult to get on with because of his fiery temper. Kame is more likely to connect deeply, because he understands his own character and knows what he wants.
Traditionally, it is usually during the new year holiday that we fly a kite in Japan, so we still have about a month to go. Also during the holiday, we whip a top and play with battledores.
In your country, do you fly a kite any time of year?
>>508 I'm Japanese so I know what you explained already. Go fly a kite is an idiom, meaning go away.
If you're just joking, this post makes me look like a moron. By the way, not many people spend some time on those things anymore. I think kids tend to do PSP, Wii, Nintendo DS or other video games during the New Year holidays.
>>514 The comment of him caused a kind of commotion among both anti-Kamenashi and his fans, right? He jokingly implies that he masterbates when he can't fall asleep because of sexual drive at night. That makes it easy to go to sleep. Don't trust my translation completely. The part implying "something" wasn't easy for me to translate. ----- I sometimes had troubles falling asleep. My body was sleeping but my brain was awake. I was like, "Oh my god. I can't help it." I almost got into sleep paralysis and I hated it. In this situation, I woke up and talked to myself, "Calm down! I got to sleep, I got to sleep." But well, sometimes when you sleep, it's not that bad to be a man, is it? you know... at night... I think I'll leave the story to your imagination... And after that, it's easier to go to sleep, you know... Well, anyway, lets move on to the next....
>>515 I tried translating it for the sake of improving my English.
>>517 The google translation is really silly, so thanks for the human to human translation. I guess it depends in what context he is talking about.. With an elementery knowledge of Japanese, with the help of google translator I found the recorded clip. From the translated blogs it looks like he is excited because of the Dreamboys show anxiety.
If you have seen the acrobatics he has to perform, you would understand an ordinary human being wouldn't be able to cope with such stress. A human being would be kept awake on adrenaline alone. But he is using that as a way to get intimate with his audience. Of course now an entire thread in 2ch is dedicated to Kame's comments.
Your English is really good. You should come to England to practise and it will get even better.
I didn't know it's not common to hang laundry outside in US. What about in your country? In Japan some households have a washing machine which doubles as a laundry dryer or a separate laudry dryer but as long as weather is good, we dry laundry outside. Dryer is usually for rainy days.
After reading the article, I heard hanging laundry outside is a sign of being poor overseas. We don't associate drying laundry outside with being poor at all.
Spin dryers fade out the colours in my clothes and damage them. I dry all my clothes on a line. If it's raining, I have a separate line under a roof outside for drying in the rain!
Nothing can beat wearing clothes dried in the sun. A dryer can dry laundry but it's different from the natural process of drying in the sun and breeze. Sun rays kills germs and everything. You feel refreshed in sun rays and breeze. Do you think you'd be refreshed in a huge dryer? Nahhh!!!
>>530 Stupid people say the sun is bad. There's nothing wrong with the sun! I never wear sunscreen. I live right next to the ocean in Australia as well, perfect for swimming.
It's funny that the couple who weren't officilally invited to the White House dinner could slip through security and made it to the party. It sounds like a silly joke.
Hello everybody, I think that 99.999% Japanease women are very ugly. In the other word, nice women are just one every 100,000 women. When it is a simple calculation, there are 600 women in Japan, but there are actually only 100 women because it is limited by the woman of the marriageable age. Nice women in each prefecture are only one or two, and might not exist when the prefecture is small. Even if a man dislike Japanease women and like pinktoes, he must not hate such 100 women. My lover is such one in 100 women. Her name is Hakkina.
I'm looking for a bento box, it cant be pinku (that's Japanese for pink) or any girl color. It has to be of 2 or more kotoba (that's Japanese for 2 compartments) and has be be chibi (small) sized. And has to be really kawaii (cute). Also It has to be about 1000-2000 yen. And you have to post pics of it first (i want to make shure it's kawaii [cute]). And it would be nice if it came with matching chopstick holder (WITH chopsticks). OH! and it CANNOT have any cartoon pictures, or be made out of plastic. It has to be made of ceramic, or something like that. Also it would be nice if it was made in japan. and not in china or corea (Korea) or whatever. I have found a bento box similar to the one im describing in e-bay, but it was 1 kotoba, and i don't want my gohan (rice) to touch my other things (it can get wet and i would not like that, plus 2 compartments looks more kawaii)
>>537 http://www.jlist.com/SEARCH/bento_box I don't know if you like one/some of them on the page. It boils down to how you search on the web becuase even though I'm Japanese all I can do is searching. I'll search further when I have time.
Doesn't e-bay carry only second hand thing? Can't imagine buying second hand bento box.
>>541 That's very rude. I just wanted some help picking a nice bento box for my lunch. You're very inconsiderate. >>539 Thanks. Ebay has new things as well. It depends on the seller.
>>543 I'm not >>541, but coming to a Japanese based place and going "pinku (that's Japanese for pink)" "chibi (small)" "really kawaii (cute)" "gohan (rice)" only suggests that you are a troll, plain retarded, or perhaps both. Either way, you're very inconsiderate.
This type of bra is sold in Japan and some fashion conscious women use it. The reason why this is popular among some is that some girls don't like it when everybody sees their bra through t-shirt or thin shirt.
This could be the second best export next to bento box. jk
Hello. It has been a while. It is getting cooler in england. How is the weather, wherever you might be?
I went to a winter fair, it was cold, ended up queueing for the korean version of sushi. The queue was too long, I gave up and bought myself a packet of kimchi and a Blue Mountain coffee, really hot and warming.
In the evening I was pleasantly surprised to find out that my flatmate bought me some sushi from the same shop. Apparently she had more patience.
Tell me how your Saturday was, whichever corner of the cyberspace you are from.
Once upon a time i looked for a clever bento box. The reason is not because I wanted to fill it with sushi, but more like various types of food suitable for lunch. I could not find one.
The best option is, buy a large plastic airtight box:
>>553 It's getting cold in Japan but in the day, if it's clear weather, it's good for strolling outside.
Kimuchi and coffee sounds both good when you eat them seperately but the combination doesn't sound ideal. Kimich is something you eat as an additional thing served with rice, not something you eat on its own or with coffee. It's different from fish and chips.
ok today we ate Korean dumplings with my German flatmate. the tiny kitchenette turned into a sauna from the steam. We decided to not to make Korokke Kare afterwards, because we both feel like Pythons who have swallowed a whole sheep. we have to rest to digest the food.
I am hoping the chilli-soya-garlic dip will help my cold.
>>567 Kochu-Jan is a kind of sauce made from chilli peppers, which is used for making Korean foods. Nabe(鍋) is a sort of cooking utensil like pan or pot, and all of the dishes made by using nabe are called 000 nabe. Do you understand what you mean? Sorry for my pooe English!
>>573 thanks for explaining the meanings of these words. Your English is very clear. Today I went to a Korean fast food cafe, supposed to be very cheap, and asked the waiter what dish would be good for a cold .
He reccommended kimchi jjigae. He smiled and said "You will feel hot and sweaty". :-O
I was slow to eat it at first, then got used to it. At one point it was so hot, I had to lots of water.
When I asked for the bill this hot Korean waiter smiled sweetly and said "Did you like it?" Of course I had to say I did, though I felt like a nuclear reactor running free. Was it the kimchi or the waiter, I could not tell.
Now I realise it was a marketing trick to keep women customers. Maybe he truly wanted me to get well. Whichever way, I keep remembering his affectionate eyes.
>>575 Isn't it the same with asking what humburger is best for a cold at McDonald? If you keep going to the place, in no time you'll be a big fan of TVXQ (Tong Vfang Xien Qi)
Christmas in Western countries is a family event where family members and relatives get together and celebrate it. But Christmas in Japan is completely different for young people and Christmas and Christmas Eve are considered to be a special occasion of a year for couples. Couples here spend quality time together on the days, like having special dinner and staying at a hotel and all that.
Men who don't have girlfriend to spend the days with feel ashamed and kind of jealous of these couples. So around this time of year, men who aren't popular with girls circulate an announcement jokingly on the Net that Chrstmas this year is canceled, meaning there's no Christmas this year, as if it was an official annuoncement. It's a humorous way of trying to preventing happy couples from spending a good time on Christmas Eve and Chrsitmas.
>>583 Your post itself seems like a copy/paste. I've seen you asking for copy/paste before.
One of my nipples is fingered while my prostate is being stimulated with pinpoint accuracy. I'm being dominated by waves of phenominal sexual pleasure I've never experienced before. Now, time for incert. I don't remember much what happend after that but I slightly remember in ecstacy that my head and body were all sweaty and wet, the prostate being podded furiously. Some kind of mysterious lequid gushes out from my cock like a fountain. (That's my sexual nature.) In response to each and every stroke, the lequid spurts like a volcano.
It is true that I like girls, but every boy at school talks about girls. I'm tired. I am too honest to tell lies, or cannot pretend I like talking about girls. There is a girl I think is fairly pretty, but I can not go wild and join a conversation like 'Isn't she so hot? She is killing me!' I would rather wish to talk about boys than force myself to do such talks.
But, that's how boys are. I am sure everybody would, toward me, develop a feeling of hatred many times greater than it is now, if I start talking about boys.
But, I really cannot possibly bring myself to join such wild spirit. What would you have done if you felt the same thing? I would not restrict myself but be active as them to try to go deeper and talk about boys wildly, if ショタコン were not abnormal. It's tough.
>>589 You don't like talking about girls with your friends but you like girls, right? Is it that you like both girls around your age and elementary school boys but you prefer the latter?
Do you think you'll get marry with a woman in the future?
>>591 You like both girls around your age and elementary school boys. (I think 20 year-old woman can be called a "girl.") You can see both of them as a sexual object but if you had to choose between them, you'd choose elementary school boys rather than girls around your age. Is that what you are saying?
Do you think your sexual orientation will change in the future? If it won't change, you keep your boys fetish secret to your future wife? Do you think even if you become 60 years old, you'll still love elementary school boys?
>>591 There's nothing that can be done. You can't force yourself to like girls if you prefer boys. However I don't think elementary school boys would like you (a 20 year old man). So maybe try to find a feminine 20 year old man.
yes I love clb all the time cuz they're cute. but not only elementary school children I like 13 or 14yo old boy too if he hasnt a voice change, thats awesome he shud be so hot
だって老人がが少年触って捕まってる事件たまにあるし。。この間も。。
>>593 I'm not trying to get elementary school boyfriend
I don't know from when but every year at this time of year, one kanji, or a chinese character is chosen as a kanji which describes and represents the year most. This year's kanji of the year is 新 meaning "new." http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/trend/091211/trd0912111401006-n1.htm
"New" adminisration consisting mostly of Democratic Party of Japan was launched. "New lay judge system was adopted. "New" type of flu is rampant. "New" MLB record was made by a Japanese major leaguer, Ichiro Suzuki, which batted more than 200 hits per a regular seasn for nine consectuvie years.
That's the reason why "新" was chosen as this year's kanji in Japan. A chosen Kanji is calligraphed at Kiyomizu temple. This event is held by Japan Kanji characters blah blah.. association. It was put to trial or something because it took advantages of tax exempt status or something and illegally raked in hefty amount of cash which was originally our tax. That's disgusting and because of the criminal act of the organization, I don't think it's worth media coverage of this event.
But on a personal level, it's good to look back your year of 2009 and wonder what your kanji of the year is. Mine kanji of of the year that describes my life in 2009 is 怠, meaning lazy, idle.
>>598 I don't have money.and no. Il be catch by police. I really understand Michael's feeling too when I listend a song 'childhood' He had a painful childhood so I didnt have a childhood so he couldnt be an adult in mental he is a peterpansyndrome. I think Im kinda peterpansyndrome.
>>608 hmmm for me,, I don't know when I was junior high school student, there is a painful time and now is painful too... hmm~ Nuthing special pain in elementary but my mom interference with children very much like WHere are you going to!? Who are you gonna play(hang out with?)!? you shouldn't go by only children!don't go!
that was really anoying so I didnt hang out and go or visit any places Other kids usually do. but I couldnt but I'm not sure if it related to why I am shotacon
sorry for my crazy english but please understand by your good brain.
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He's just like friend.. maybe. he is also a my little brotheres school mate. We dont usually play with. we just met by chance today and just talked and walked through the booth. I didnt talk with him for a long time. in the truth I am really Unリア充 and I think my communication skill is really low now. I don't have courage to talk to someone and I don't have a fashion sence so I look kinda wired I guess and I am really negative person. But I know I should make a change for once in my life thank you.
>>613 I see. Otehre than decreasing salaryk, it's said Japanese business people get less Winter bonus.
For people who don't know mucch about Japan's salary system, in Japan summer and winter "bonus" are paid, meaning two bonuses are paid every year, summer and winter. Both summer and winter bonuses are about the amount of three months or so salary.
"Bonus" in English is usually paid when you do nice job but "bunus" in Japan has a different meaning as explained above.
I'm NEET so my explanation could be wrong. Read my post with a grain of salt.
>>618 No offence taken. NEET is a person who doesn't work but that doesn't mean they are lazy. Some NEETs study hard to get certificates that will help them to find job.
>>628 日本語で書きたいところだけど辞書片手に英語で・・理解してね。。 today was a winter festival day. festival thing like therer are a lot of booth. I saw Cool naughty(kinda DQN) junior high school boys (I guess 13) One of them is really short and looked like elementay school kid. He wears parka with hood. he was cute and the other boy who dyes his hair blond was really cute and cool. I thought DQN boys are nice..
and, I saw boy (I guess 13year old) dancing wearing only a happi coat. He looked feeling really cold. I saw his nipple he was (正しくはisだな?) a beautiful boy in the manner of Kansai (←関西風美少年と言いたい)
and I saw very cute(and he will be handsome in the future too) elementary school boy.
yeah summer is good to see in T-shirt but I think little boys winter clothes is cute(pretty?) too.
The other day, I spotted two men holding a board saying "Free Hug." I know this campagin and have watched some videos where people are giving a free hug.
I like the concept but I think to make this campaign successful, it has to be done under one simple conditon. That is, a person who gives a hug have to be attractive, preferably an attractive girl.
The men I saw looked filthy and they don't care about what to wear. They kind of looked as if they had come out of a garbage can. I never thought I'd have felt happy and proud beig hugged by them. The point of this campaing is you have to become happy and feel important by being hugged, isn't it? Or am I being too harsh on them?
>>648 Yamashita goes to gym to build up his body so her chest muscles are developed. It's not that he had silicon inserted in his chest or anything to make it big.
I'm never interested in men's nipples so haven't observed them carefully but by comparing those of the men, I found even men's nipples differ in terms of color and size. Although I recognize women's boobs and nipples differ from woman to woman...
I'm trying to get a certificate that qualifies me as a professional boobs fortune teller, which enables me to tell women's fortunes by just observing their boobs.
>> yamashita looks strange with that extension. why do men do such funny things to their bodies to look manly. they are fine the way they are.
of course it varies, we are the same species.
doctors do that, to see if they have cancer or not. are you a doctor?
if women did bare their breasts, would the attitudes to human breast be different? It would no longer be a taboo object, like it is today. it would be something parental only.
>>654 If I was a doctor I'd have had the same chance of seeing men's nipples as women's. Just that I go to porn sites and see women's nipples much more than men's. When there are scenes where a man and woman doing you-know-what in a porn videos or porn images, I never pay attentions to male actors' nipples.
I don't know about you but some women do get turned on by men's muscular body. America needed to have muscular men to explore, develop and cultivate Fronteer on the course of going West back then. That's why American still appreciate muscular men than any other country in my opinion.
Even if your kind of boys don't need to have big muscles, you still love shipshaped body without excessive fat. That's along the same line with worshiping muscles. The only difference is just the amount of muscles of man's body. At the end of the day, girls love muscle than fat on man's body.
If women bare breasts in public, men can't concentrate on working and productivity decreases and that worsens economy and that leads to a great depression. You'd see men walking down the streets with their you-know-what erecting and rape cases increases and the whole world'd go into total chaos.
Boys couldn't concentrate classes at school with girls baring their breasts around. In recesses between classes, boys'd rush to men's room and masturbate. Boys school grades would go terrible and they couldn't study enough to go to university. Education system would collapse because of that. That leads to Human being's IQ get low. 6 billion people become dumb. Prosperity of human beings would come to an end if all human beings go dumb.
>>659 Your story is very funny but I have a doubt whether things would go as you said. Because we human beings are a kind of animal that easily get used to or get tierd of something. If I could see a woman being naked in public, I'm sure that my you-know what got excited. But it's only a temporary phenomenon. If I could see on a daily basis, .....
Cuz many of shotacons love chinko. ANd they masturbate by watching chinko. But I don't understand how to masturebate by watching chinko even I am shotacon. And I am hand (finger,nail)fetish.and other crazy fetish.
>>668 Yes, you're right about the African tribes who are all naked. When I posted >>659, that crossed my mind. If both men and women being naked is common and part of culture, there'd be no problems.
But in civilized societies around the world, there will be no chance of going back to African tribes' way.
If all people went naked in this day and age, there'd be commotion you can't handle. Transition period would be hardest to handle. Lots of men'd gather at gates of girls's schools nationwide and girls wouldn't be able to go home from school.
Fashion industry would protest against naked society. They'd all go bankrupt. Lots of unemployed people around the world. How can you cope with severe winter if you're naked? It would be good if transparent fibers that keep your body warm like fur was invented to survive winter. Another option for fashion industry is to sell very expensive small pieces of transparent cloth to hide private parts. Weaving gold in the cloth would be good for fashion industry as a marketing strategy to make profits. Diamond studded piece of cloth would be fine, too.
Talking about nonsense like this makes me feel I'm stupid. And I admit I am.
>>671 Girls tend to love mens' fingers and hands more than penis itself. So maybe you have a girl inside.
>>677 2channel is cesspool and it's not worth posting with your cell phone. Don't bother checking 2channel when you're out. There's something more to do than posting here.
>>680 You must have been watching Michael Jackson's documentary on TV. The documentary is trashy and its quality is low but I couldn't help but watching it to see if he really molested kids in Neverland or the family just tried to win the lawsuit and get big money.
hmmm kinda hard to understand the 2nd writing! lol! but I think I understand but in this case Id like to believe Michael side 弁護士かっこよかったわw His BenGoshi was cool cuz he did a goodjob!
>>683 How could you find such a video among all videos on Youtube? You have better things to do than sneering at such a video. Wasting time in 2ch is more productive.
Today FFXIII is released in Japan. I'm not Japanese so I can't get it, but if anyone in Japan gets it, can you please post pictures of the cover/disc/manual?
>>686 That makes sense but putting a link up like the video brings 4ch flavor to this thread and it goes like hmmmmmm to me, although I'm not an expert in 4ch. Just dipped my toe in there before to see what it's like.
I thought 4ch is an equivelant to 2chan but I was wrong in that the former is an image board and wierder perhaps. Couldn't navigate there well.
For those who fetishize giant girls: She's 205cm tall and very fit. Not really my type but I thought you might be interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qq6IeNWxEo
>>688 WOWWWW!!!! Just WOWWWWW!!! From what I know and have seen on TV before, a person, regardless of man and woman, who is that tall have difficulty walking and even standing, but this woman's move looks very natural. She even looks athletic. I want to know about her more. I'll check the link to her Myspace and search for more information about her, too.
Her boobs doesn't look natural. Cilicon in her breast must be tailor-made. lol Her voice must be very low.
Tall woman are not very attractive. Any woman taller than 160 cm is not very pretty, I am sad to say. It makes me frown to see them, especially in Japan. If woman is taller than me, I get ugly feeling.
Hi backatcha. Aren't you the guy who fetishizes little boys? Shotacon man? Aren't you awake a little late? All the good little boys and girls go to sleep early.
You are Australian, not Japanese? I see now. nicole Kidman is a famous Australian actress, do many Australian women look like this? Now I know why you are shotacon. still, they are very nice. so, you should try women or maybe just be cherry boy forever.
I understand now. A little, I think. You are a cherryboy and you like young boys. You are like Michael Jackson, maybe? Still, you should at least try once with a woman. Don't be shy and ask. Ask every woman you see until she says yes. You are probably shy, but you have nothing to lose. Otherwise, you will probably die just as you are now, a cherry boy. If you are happy, ignore what I say.
If you have sex with woman, you can discover your true sexuality. Now, you like little boy because you understand them. They are not scary like women, so it is easy for you. Women are not so comfortable, they are very scary! Still, you should take this risk for your life. I hope you understand what I say.
>>706 kind of yeh.. I can understand how he felt poor michael I became his fan after he died.
I never had a girl friend and I'm in difficult time there's no 余裕 to have one even If I have chance now and Its really difficult to have for me. but yes I know I should try soon should I go to soap ? cuz IF I can get a gf, if I don't know how to sex it make her. ?
and Yes I am verry shy
I don't want to die as being cheryboy or alone thank you
for now what I do is to live right I am away from school thing for some years my communication skill is getting lower year by year I really want to get back communication skills but I don't know how to. I guess people think I m strange when I speak
I go to sleep late too. I know this is bad. If you think you should go to soap, go to soap. Maybe you should try with normal girl first, tell her you are cherry and maybe she would understand. for now, only try to talk with girls. Maybe strange, but try girls you don't know? This way, if they say no you don't care so much. Not like girls you work with.
Gomenasai 2ch, my name is Ken-Sama. Here is a picture of me http://i45.tinypic.com/33jpeua.jpg I'm a 27 year old American Otaku (Anime fan for you gaijins). I draw Anime and Manga on my tablet, and spend my days perfecting my art and playing superior Japanese games. (Disgaea, Final Fantasy, God Hand) I train with my Katana every day, this superior weapon can cut clean through steel because it is folded over a thousand times, and is vastly superior to any other weapon on earth. I earned my sword license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day. I speak Japanese fluently, both Kanji and the Osaka dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about Japanese history and their bushido code, which I follow 100% When I get my Japanese visa, I am moving to Tokyo to attend a prestigious High School to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become an animator for Studio Ghibli or a game designer! I own several kimonos, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to Japan, so I can fit in easier. I bow to my elders and seniors and speak Japanese as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond.
>>708 Hahaha....Why don't you have a girl friend? Why haven't you made any sex? Can you being satisfied only with senzuri? And you did senzuri too much so that your penis became dark, didn't you? Hahaha....
>>717 I wish you luck, Ken. or should I say Ken-Sama? I agree with 718,since you are 27 not 17...but in the other hand,if you want learn the culture and language,I believe start form high school is better than choose start from university. Anyway,you are the first one I know saying he knows everything about Japanese history and the bushido code... To be honest,I'm really surprised...
>>719 Cuz I am unreajew yeh.. i am a hard onanist I started when I was little.. yeah I do it too much... but my penis is not dark its color is normal so I don't think onanie doesnt make it dark
No native English speaker here, I am Slovakian. But English is good, I think. Many people tell me it is best they hear from Slovak! I am happy with this. Now in U.S Army, I can be citizen soon and I learn much English every day.
Thank you for support! If I go, I will do. Write now, I live Japan on military base. It is sugoi! Language is hard and all people think I am American already so is difficult to explain to them. But now I try hard learn 2 languages, so I come here to study much. this way, maybe learn both.
>>717 Hello Ken-San. I am Japanese myself. Allow me to help you out with your hobby. Firstly, Gomen Nasai is japanese for "I'm sorry". You were looking for "Konnichiwa", which means "hello." Secondly, it is considered the height of rudeness and arrogance to refer to yourself as 'Ken-sama'. You should leave off the honorific when introducing yourself. Otaku means 'obsessive', not 'anime fan'. It can be used to denote any person with an obsession with their hobby. Also, you cannot draw anime, as anime implies animation. You can produce it, but not draw it. Your words on Katana and their capabilities are simply fabrications. Katana were deadly weapons, but cannot cut steel. And it is impossible for you to have a sword license, as you have not lived in Japan, and America does not issue sword licenses. Kanji is a form of characters in the Japanese written language, not a dialect. You are 27. No high school will permit you to attend, and as you are American, it is unlikely any Japanese company will hire you if you are resident, and have not responded specifically to position requiring an expat. Kimono are only meant to be worn on special occasions. We wear normal clothes day to day, as any people do. I hope you work harder to correct all these mistakes and mistakes, Ken-san.
And he's an otaku. There's no way he can attract any woman by saying it out loud. Personally, I have a great respect for him though. I bet it's not that easy to come out like that.
717 here. I posted 72 as well. I'm not really "Ken-Sama". After reading some of the replies I felt a bit guilty so I had to confess. It's a joke and supposed to be funny, it's a famous copy-paste.
It doesn't matter, Ken-sama. You're the last best hope; you are bringing rays of hope to darkness out there. Can't you see? Yes, I can see millions of otaku starting to shine through your words, smile, and gentle eyes. I, for one, believe in the power of love.
>>734 I don't know what to say now..anyway,私はとても感动します。
Ah...Ken-san,thanks to you, Otaku like me could finally walk under the sun,feeling the power of light,to be free from the dark little room of our house. To feel,to listen,to smell and to say anything at anywhere at any moment of my life!
>>737 reply for:lol, yes, breathe the free air again! ... oh my god!i'm out of the otaku life! fresh air!freedom!all right ya,live a good life! oh~~~~~~ (for detail of info above,please watch The Simpsons movie,and you will understand)
Christmas in Western countries is a family event where family members and relatives get together and celebrate it. But Christmas in Japan is completely different for young people and Christmas and Christmas Eve are considered to be a special occasion of a year for couples. Couples here spend quality time together on the days, like having special dinner and staying at a hotel and all that. Of course making love is involved for some.
Men who don't have girlfriend to spend the days with feel ashamed and kind of jealous of these couples. So around this time of year, men who aren't popular with girls circulate an announcement jokingly on the Net that Chrstmas this year is canceled, meaning there's no Christmas this year, as if it was an official annuoncement. It's a humorous way of trying to preventing happy couples from spending a good time on Christmas Eve and Chrsitmas. No men want to see happy couples walking hand in hand or arm in arm on the street lined with Christmas decorations because they feel miserable.
>>750 What does santa and presents have to do with some guys supposed birthday? But I'm sure you have no problem with that, and don't think it's stupid eh?
>>750 Because our culture have been mixed with foreign one since the end of WW2. Anyways we like festival so it is no problem man. How about your christmas?
>>750 As some peoiple already answered, we put aside or are ingnorant of the religious aspect of Christmas and we are just surrounded by Christmasy atmosphere around this time of year. It's about commercialism and whatnot. The problem is even Holoween, another import of western culture, is getting popular year by year here. If even Thanksgiving got popular and we started eating Turky on the day, I'd drop the jaw to 100 feet underground.
Why we enjoy Christmas is probably why you watch football on Thanksgiving Day. There's no connection between watching football and the background of Thanksgiving. Maybe this compariosn is wrong but it's sure we enjoy Christmas without realizing its origine.
Hi the thread has descended into the darkest depths of weirdness while I traversed the entire continent of Europe.
I wish everyone in the northern hemisphere a very happy WINTER SOLSTICE. This is the longest night, and it should be celebrated seriously. Fortunately I am with my parents, so that counts as celebration.
Humans are stupid not to celebrate such an important natural event.
>>769 Do you know there are more than 40 people freezing to death this year in Europe? You may want celebration,but there are 40 more families seriously don't want.
ok just finished watching the lovely Kat-tun boys' Break the Records at the Dome, what an incredible gig, I wish I was there... sigh... the longest night of 2009 will be over soon in my time zone.
I think that it's a shameful phenomenon that a lot of stupid young couples spend Christmas Eve at reserved hotel rooms to flirt with each other. For Western people, Christmas Eve is a holy night(seinaru yoru), but for them, it's a sexual night(seinaru yoru).
>>799 Not really, there aren't that many people that celebrate it as a religious holiday in the west. Mostly it's a consumer event where you're told to buy stuff. It's really just kitsch.
Hello, I have an intense interest in educational books on art instruction that extends beyond my own necessity. "How to draw manga" books tend to have a very bad reputation in english-speaking countries and I refuse to believe that's the extent of the materials available in Japan, would you happen to know of any particularly good books?
To be more specific, books pertaining to fundamentals of drawing for illustration in which ever medium is the main focus of my research. This may include comics, animation, painting or commercial illustration etc.
Thank you for any assistance, I wish you all the best for the new year.
>>800 That's a relief. We don't feel ashamed of ourselves so much now. Even though the Japanese are erotic animals, Westerners are economic animals. And so far from God.
>>814 Actually quite the opposite, the only reason I need assistance is I'm looking for these books in Japanese, not English. I only wish to compare how the top books you have available on the subject compare to those that we have over here, seeing the diagrams would be enough to provide the information I need to form a conclusion on the differences.
I don't know if the links above cater to your need but I think you can get glimps of the how to books. Among some books on Amazon, you can see some pages but others you can only see the cover of a book so it's better you go to a bookstore, and see contents first hand.
I don't know what book is considered to be a how-to-write manga bible so all I can do is google search.
>>826 Thank you! That at least confirms my suspicions that you do have better books available than those that have been translated to english, how ever something has caught me by surprise.
This book is one of the best if not the best we have, but the original English version has been out of print for decades despite being in high demand. I am shocked and delighted to find that you still have it available. I have to inform my colleagues.
>>828 My pleasure. That book you linked to is rated high in Amazon's review, too.
Over the course of searching for manga technique books, I found that some books are not confined to just explaining drawing techniques. Some explains in detail how to develop a storyline how to make a plot and all. Just having good drawing techninques isn't enough to become a cartoonist, although in some manga, a manga drawere and a person who creats storyline are two different people.
I think skills required to become long manga and four frame manga are different, too.
>>829 That is the same as here, most comics are produced by a team ranging from writers, pencil artists, ink artists and colourists. But just as often authors will produce works entirely on their own.
>>830 Many comic authors here strive to achieve the same quality in their work but the industry here is far from being as well established or accepted in mainstream literature as your own. Those authors are far fewer and finding their work outside of specialized stores or without research is nearly impossible, that's a big reason why Japanese comics and animation have been so popular here, most have never been exposed to our English equivalents.
While I am at it I also often enjoy drawing in a PaintChat, it would be interesting for me if I could participate in a Japanese session some time, would you happen to know one?
Probably they provide their services only in Japanese so you need to know basic or intermidiate or even advanced Japanese to navigate in there. But you have good intuitions to navigate Japanese websites, you may be able to enjoy them without understanding Japanese.
I didn't know what PaintChat thingy is and how it works. It seems like you need to download software or something and I don't think I'm going to try it to take a peek to see what it'slike.
>>831 By the way, when you say drawing in >>831, does it mean you draw on PC with a pen with which you draw a picture on a pad connected to PC or something?
>>833 I have my ways of navigating through foreign sites, this software allows you to share a single canvas with multiple users so you can collaborate and share art. I had known of the site you linked but I often found it empty and was hoping that someone here might have known somewhere better.
>>834 Yes, I have a USB device known in English as a "graphics tablet" which uses a stylus to draw directly into the computer. Specifically I own a "Wacom Bamboo", it is far easier and more intuitive to draw with than a mouse.
>>835 I haven't, I will try to find it online later today and have a look. I was originally studying to become an animator so such things always interest me.
>>836 Oh forgive me I was looking at the wrong link at the time. I already have an account on Pixiv but it's not what I'm looking for, http://www.paintchat.jp/ features an example of the software I mentioned.
This service in "Kokuban" http://kokuban.in/relay/ seems to be for user's claboration. Adding some touches to first drawing until you get finished drawing done.
>>816 Did you have it with sour cream? If not, unless you're allergic to it, it's inexcusable. But I must agree. Hate beetroot, but borscht is really nice.
G'day bena wile cuz ma pc's broken nd I got nw PC righ now its fast! but ma data has gone I can't ask GYOUSHA to import datas cuz there's auto porno in there. its hazukashi to been saw by them mirarerussho?
Another former Johnney's boy was arrested on the charge of illegal drug use yesterday. Their glory days are all gone and some of the former boys can't forget their glory days and feel lonly. That leads to illegal drug use.
>>854 Ryoko Hirosue allegedly sold her body to Katuei Hiraswa, a police bureaucrat turned LDP politician, in order to escape being arrested for illegal drug use. Is this true?
Okay, so, one of my favourite musicians who is American just tweeted; It was settled that his upcoming album's title is LOVE MACHINE. I really want to stop him doing that, though I don't think he would know why.
that is why a lot of their talents want to quit and start a normal life. I think their life is truly tragic. It must be full of sadness and despair for them.
>>854 Thank you! May you also have a happy Between-Christmas-And-New-Year period too! On that note, I've heard that the new(ish) film Goemon (with Hirosue) isn't very good, but I'll watch it today anyway.
In not quite sure how widespread they are, but there's a group of Christians known as "Jehovah's Witnesses". Part of their religion tells them to go from door to door, knocking and asking if people have 'found Jesus' yet, hoping to be invited in for some tea and a chat about religion. Most of the time they are just turned away. They also always refuse blood transfusions and don't recognise Christmas. Anyway, the point of my story is that they never send "Happy Christmas" cards, but they do send "Happy Holiday Season".
>>857 We have a Liberal politician called Lembit Öpik. He was initially involved in a relationship with a weathergirl, then one half of a (terrible) music act called the "Cheeky Girls", and now some model. Anyway, this is just an excuse to show you some terrible music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7AFZXgjrgg Enjoy. I'm sorry...
>>852 Open up the case of your computer, look on the back, there should be some screws on the side. Your hard drive should be mounted at the front of the case, don't mistake the dvd drive for the hard drive. Just unplug the cables and unmount it. Look on the hard drive, it should have a label. Is it IDE or SATA? If it's SATA, just take the old SATA data cable that was plugged into it in the old computer, mount the hard drive, and plug in the data cable into the hard drive. Then plug the other end into your motherboard. Look for similar cables. Then you need to plug a sata power cable leading from your power supply (PSU) into the hard drive. Tada!
>>859 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DWP3hCBcB8 His name is Akira Akasaka, aged 36. This is a footage of when he was sent to a police station or somewhere after being arrested on the charge of using stimulant drugs. This is his second time being arrested due to the use of the same drug. His arrest this time happened when he was in probation period of three years.
He was a member of Hikaru Genji. The group was very popular from mid 80's to mid 90's??? (I'm not not sure) until they broke up. They released smash hits beck then. They wore roller skate shoes while they sang. We have seldom chances to see each member on TV anymore. Show business is dog-eat-dog industry.
Do you regcongnize any differences between current Johnny's boys and those of back then? I don't think there're any differences particulary in essence in regards to gimmics and whatnot, although I recognize their hair styles are different.
>>867 And we’ll tak a right gude-willy waught, for auld lang syne. Several gallons in fact.
Also, will anyone here be watching Kouhaku this year? I'll be rooting for red, especially with AKB48 being there. Not that I'll actually be watching it live or anything though.
>>869 thank you for enlightening me on the topic. Unfortunately I currently cannot access the video clips. It looks like this whole industry is based on the exploitation of kids from poor families. As someone stated here before, the entertainment industry seems to be closely linked with the underground networks. It is inevitable that the former talents turn into substance abuse. I think the difference between the former Johnny's and current ones is that nowadays they are much tuned to the desires of a female audience, which is very difficult to pinpoint. Their marketing managers have done a lot of research about the women who follow these acts and they design their shows around their findings. If you watch the Break the Records show at the Dome you will see what I mean.
>>875 you are right, I am making guesses at a complicated subject but >>874 obviously is not the whole explanation. It is one of the facts that constitute this issue. I read in an article that japanese women want to be entertained by men who do not look or behave like their bosses, husbands, fathers, brothers, etc who treat them according to a traditional gender hierarchy. (I will post the article if I can find it again.) They want the entertainers to be the complete opposite. They even want to see their ikemen tortured a little. Watch Kamenashi jump off tens of meters, fly in the air with fireworks in hand, get soaked senseless under buckets of water .... etc etc. Looks like the female audience let off pressure by watching them tortured.
i have a question... tonight, i took my normal masturbation session and did it with a twist: i managed to put a torch up my butt to help me it works really well but something very strange is happening. after i remove the torch, i look at it to see that it's covered in my cum (it has not been near my penis) and i touch my anus and feel cum coming out. is this ok?
>>881 Yeah, she was a special guest on the show. I enjoyed her performance. White won on the Kohaku show this year, by the way, although this music program is not serious win or lose competition. This is more like a music festival and win or lose doesn't matter.
On another channel, the man who became the champion on the same aidition program made appearance live. I forgot the name of the man who worked at a mobile phone shop, if I'm not mistaken. I have seen him on TV before so I'm sure this wasn't his first visit to Japan.
>>864 Even after she devorced, she seems to maintain her pupularity to a certain extent. It used to be that a devorce, especially for women, worked negatively to market themselves in Japanese show business but for a decade or so, actresses who devorced maintain their popularity even after devorce. This may be a sign that in Japanese society, devorce is more common and people are more tolerant and a devorce is more acceptable thing.
Some Japanese believe Jehovah's Witnesses here in Japan and I know they refuse blood transfusions. Japan is a country of freedom of religion you believe but I don't buy the idea of refusing blood transfusions. Someone I know was on the verge of getting married with a woman he went out for a certain period but at the last minute, he found out she and her family believe Jehovah's Witnesses. He ended up not getting married with her. He loved her and understands freedom of religion but decided not to get married with her. The fact that his kids in the future couldn't get blood transfusions if he got married with her made him have the second thought about tying the knot with her.
>>879 i have a question... tonight, i took my normal masturbation session and did it with a twist: i managed [ to put a torch up my butt [ to help me ] . it works really well but something very strange is happening. [ after i remove the torch ], i look at it [ to see [ that it's covered in my cum (it has not been near my penis) ] and i touch my anus and feel [ cum coming out ]. is this ok?
>>882 Ah, I see. So it's like a friendly competition then? I was surprised to see Susan Boyle on there, I don't think she was on the artist listing thing that I saw a while ago.
Also, I think that other guy's name was Paul Potts?
>>883 That was amazing. All three teams and even SKE48 members. I wonder how audience members who don't really know AKB48 yet reacted to that.
>>884 I suppose he is not aware that he is female. The penis is his(her) huge clit and the anus is his pussy. Therefore he is just a 潮吹き女. I hope he will realize that this year.
>>885 Yeah, friendly competition no one is so serious about. She was a special guest singer so it's natural that she wasn't on the artist listing. The guest singer for White wasn't on the listing, either. He is Japanese but had refused to participate in Kohaku for a long time because he thought Kohaku isn't his cup of tea and participating in Kohaku will damage his image as the king of Rock in Japan. He's 60 years old and I don't think he's popular among young people but he has avid fan base of people from around 40 and older.
Being invited to participate in Kohaku is certainly a status symbol for most of the singers but for some singers, who are only a few in number refuse to join the event even though they are asked to. I think he refused to participate in Kohaku the way other singers do. I think he only accepted the idea of participating in Kohaku as a special guest.
>>894 Don't know anything about such laws. I just thought that's illegal. I don't like people who use file sharing software to downlaoad free music and videos which you are supposed to pay for.
The jobless used to be older people. Nowadays it's spreading young people. And hopeless is spreading over Japan. I need hope! By the way, the capsule hotel is becoming "must go spot" among visitors from overseas. Make sure you go there when you come to Japan.
>>901 What a pity! Just after the last war, Japanese houses were described as rabbit hutches(which are no longer exist). Contemporary culture started from the rabbit hutch. If you stay at the capsule hotel, you will know the origin of us.
I don't know here is a place like this! But, to my embarrassment, I'm not good at English:( So, I need a tool to translate English. But the translation of their web services is low and difficult to use features. What would I do... I'm sad...
>>890 Oh, I see. Who was that male guest singer, by the way? Eikichi Yazawa? I still haven't watched the whole thing. I don't really understand why he would be so against the idea of participating as a team member and then show up as a guest anyway. If he wanted to show that he was against Kouhaku or something, wouldn't it make more sense to just not participate at all?
>>911 If I'm allow to state my opinion, The 紅白歌合戦 has been a new year's eve National event so no one can ignore it. But it's kind of ダサイ which impairs his cool image. He probably doesn't want to participate as a team member.
>>912 Ah yeah, I kind of get that. He probably isn't actually against Kouhaku then. He wanted to keep his cool image but didn't want to be too controversial, I guess.
>>912 is right and I try explaining further the background of Kohaku and its image.
Other than Eikichi yazawa, there are some singers including bigwigs of Japan's music scene who refuse to participate in Kohaku because they don't want to keep their images and want to make an impressions on general public that they're different from singers who participate in Kohaku.
Kohaku at the end of 2009 marked 60th anniversary and there was a time it was extremely popular and boasted 60-70% (or more?)TV rating. Until two decades ago or so, it had been a national pastime to watch NHK's Kohaku at the last day of any year. I think at first Enka (Japanese version of Country and Western, perhaps?) singers showed big presense in old times and then gradually pop music and rock singers made the list of Kohaku gradually. It's considered to be a big honor to participate in Kohaku for most of the singers in Japan but for some singers it's considred not so cool as >>912 say.
Because of tastes in music of Japanes people has diversified especially for young people and it has not been necessarily a national pastime to watch Kohaku so it's TV rating dropped gradually over the past 20 or more years. Old Enka singers don't sell many CDs but thanks to their name values, they keep make appearance on the show. Young people started to watch other shows than Kohaku.
NHK has tried to get TV viewers back over the many years but they have had hard time gaining back TV viewership. Asking Eikichi Yazawa and other singers who refused to participate in Kohaku has been one of NHK's tactics to get more TV rating. Some still refuse to participate. Eikich Yazawa is said to refuse many times for the past years. But this year, Eikich Yazawa is 60 years old and Kohaku marked 60th anniversary. So NHK desperately emphasize the relevance this year's 60th Kohaku and his appearance on the show because he's 60 years old.
NHK even offered him a special guest status and offered him singing two songs, which he did so in the show. Yazawa accepted NHK's idea because of NHK's enthusiasm. NHK is desperate to getmore viewership. Of course Eikich Yazawa's Kohaku appearance only can't stop viewership dropping so NHK has tried new ideas in the show for ovet the years. This year Suzan Boyle also is one of NHK's tactics to get more TV rating.
Eikich Yazawa's appearance on the show don't appeal to teens and young people but I think around mid 30 or older people, his appearance on the show must have been exciting thing. This year's TV rating is 40% or so and NHK's been doing pretty good job for the past some years stopping TV rating's dropping.
I don't care Eikich Yazawa at all but I was curius how he'd perform in Kohaku. He commented in the show he was honored and I think he actually was because of NHK's red carpet treatment to him but the chance of him making appearance on the show from the next year is almost nill because of his stance on Kohaku.
>>911 I myself watched him sing in Kohaku on Youtube but the video seems to have been deleted. NHK is very quick when it comes to dealing with copyright.
People in Japan is said to gain some weight on New Year's holidays because they eat many rice cakes as well as special dishes made for New Year's holiday in specially desigened several-boxes-tall piled up boxes.
I gained two kilos. It feels like my body is heavier.
Justin Bieber, the 15 year old pop sensation from Canada, has died following a gunshot wound sustained during a late night altercation in west Manhattan.
Detectives say Bieber and his alleged girlfriend Selena Gomez attempted to enter a New York City nightclub with fake IDs but were recognized by several patrons. Witnesses claim Bieber was belligerent and threatened to shoot one of the bouncers. Justin subsequently reached into his coat pocket and withdrew what the NYPD has claimed to be a small . 25 caliber pistol. James Rodriguez, an on duty police officer at the scene, responded by shooting Bieber once in the head. It was later determined that Beiber's handgun was errantly loaded with .22 caliber ammunition.
Paramedics arrived on scene shortly after the shooting but were unable to resuscitate Bieber, who was pronounced dead shortly before 11pm EST. The area surrounding Larry Flynt's Hustler Club on Manhattan's West 51st street has been closed off and witnesses are being questioned as the investigation into this tragic event continues. No statement has been released by Bieber's family or publicist, and no one else was injured during the altercation. Although toxicology reports have not yet been issued, several tablets of the prescription drug Dilauded were found on Gomez' person and it is speculated that both her and Bieber were intoxicated.
>>923 Stick to writing in English even if you think you bother to do so. Ive never heard of him but this incident, whether be true or not, somehow reminds me River Phoenix's death.
>>924 yeah, I think its just a rumor now. but I wonder why so many people say 'its true!'in yahoo answers. Are they all his ahters???
>>925 I'm sorry I don't understand English well but oh yeah River Phoenix I know him He was a kid actor in Stand By Me. I think most of shotacons would watch that movie and cries. when they are adult. Maybe MJ did too. and there are fans of him. But I liked Gordie than Phonex when I saw that movie few years ago. I dont know how I think if I watch it now again. howevwer , boy's death is sadness. i don't to want to hear the news that youngs kids dies
Anyways I have to make a change for once in my life. My MSN messenger mate told me I shohuld watch the movie 'The Seacret' he said it made him to think he want to change. I don't it is in TSUTAYA.
I feel times are changing. Singers used to rely on the power of 紅白. But now, the 紅白 relies on individual singers for its prosperity.
The future of those who belong to the government or big companies used to be regarded as rosy. Now I feel kind of hopeless. It's time I should count on myself.
OMG Arseny is so cute and beautiful boy!! He is 14 year old Russian boy and I talked with him on skype and he showed me himself on webcam Ive seen his picture before but He in move was much more beautiful it was nice to see him on webcam!1
oh no. "Kamenashi and KyonKyon split" rumours everywhere. I dont want to believe it. Say it is not true. my favourite chronophilic couple is no more. The entertainment industry has destroyed their true love.
I saw(listened) the last day of Berlin Philharmonic Silvester concert on NHK. And I was quite astonished by the performance of Thomas Quasthoff. He gave me a great power to live my life. Thank you, Thomas!
>>945 Yeah, I saw an advert of a weekly tabloid type of magazine on newspaper that touches on some of the featured stories of the magazine. The alleged breakup of KyonKyon and Kamenashi is one of them.
I highly doubt this will make you feel any better but another big couple have emerged. It's Amuro Namie (singer)and Atushi Tamura (comedian). Amuro was a Japan's pop music icon who was extremely popular in 1990's and even after the turn of the century. If you have no clues about how she was popular in her prime, it's easy for you to think she was like a Britney Spears in Japan. They have lots in common, they debuted early, they can dance and they got married with a dancer.
She got devorced with a dancer who is about 15 years older than her 7 years ago. It was a shotgun marrage and she has a kid now. Age gap is something that could be a hurdle to keep marrage going although nobody is certain if it's the reason.
Atsushi Tamura isn't good looking but he's popular with girls because he knows how to please girls and know inside-out how to tickle women's heart. Comedians here are quite popular with girls. Their status in Japanese show business has gone up higher than ever.
Their relationship has just started but media detected their private trip including their friends to Arizona, U.S, on this past New Year's holidays. He responded to media reporters admitting they are in relationship. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOrowf4dHNQ&feature=related
KyonKyon is a shining star and a hope for some middle aged women. Demy Moore is perhaps an equivalent of KyonKyon? She's married with Ashton Cutcher a lot younger than her and very handsome.
any native speaker here? i have some questions about english. whats the difference between↓
baptize and christen ambush and lurk endanger and jeopardize evade and elude baffle and confound delegate and relegate frugal and sparing sear and scorch vile and lousy accommodating and benign adept and proficient arduous and strenuous
I'm so serious, so ardent ,and so desperate about aquiring the speaking skill no inferior to natives, because, in an interview for my next job, I declared that my English skills, especially speaking, are so nice that I can communicate with porple from abroad without any problem.
So, how should I do? The fiest day I work is another 3 weeks ahead. I've got to master speaking by then.
Tell me what to do. I've never been so anxious in my life.
Among four major English skills, 'speaking' is definitely the one I have no confidence in. I appreciate it if anyone could provide me with any information or advice.
>>962 >baptize and christen same thing >ambush and lurk an ambush is when you come out to suprise somebody and normally do something violent to them afterwards. lurking is another word for sneaking i think >endanger and jeopardize endanger is a verb. it means to put something into danger. jeopardise is the same thing but i think you would use endanger for when you mean a living thing and jeopardise for other things >evade and elude they mean the same thing but you would use evade for physically dodging something and elude for saying that you completely don't understand something >baffle and confound same meaning, use confound when you want to sound smart and use baffle for anything else. you can't say "this confounds me" like you can say "this baffles me" though. >delegate and relegate delegate is a person that represents someone else (or a whole group of people). relegate is the opposite of promote >frugal and sparing frugal is more to do with money, while sparing can be used for anything else >sear and scorch sear is burning something by touching it with something very hot, while scorch is without touching. nobody will notice the difference if you get this wrong though (i even had to look this up myself) >vile and lousy vile means disgusting, lousy has the same meaning as useless but it's not as strong >accommodating and benign benign means nice and kind, accomodating probably means that someone is nice enough to let you stay at their home >adept and proficient same >arduous and strenuous same meaning but i guess strenuous can mean more of a mental thing aswell
Benign means harmless, not kind. Accommodating means gracious. Ex.= Linda was a very accommodating host when I stayed at her house over the weekend. Ex. Diane hosts a lovely dinner party! She is so gracious and accommodating. When I spilled wine on my blouse, she loaned me a new one and immediately washed mine. An ex. for the word benign is, "When Laurie found a lump on her breast, She was terrified she might have cancer. Luckily, when she went to the Doctor, he told her the lump was benign." Christian is a description of someone's religious affiliation whereas baptize is what some branches of Christianity do when you become Christian, a ritual. Ex. He was baptized a year ago and is now a very involved Christian. Sometimes I think religion is all he cares about now.
Lastly, concerning the idiom "of one's own accord": If someone does something of his own accord, that means he did it voluntarily, perhaps even without being asked:
>>984 Who are "We"? It's you who asked the question and I know you ask the same question in another thread. It's considered rude to ask the same question in multiple threads.
In the first sentence, the "that" is connected to the "facts". In other words "the facts that we do know" is one noun phrase. So, "that theory accords that we do know with the facts" is incorrect.
Also, note the difference: "That theory accords with the facts that we do know." In other words, "that theory" and "the facts that we do know" agree. "That theory accords what we do know with the facts." In other words, because of "that theory", "what we do know" and "the facts" agree.
"He was able to accord with reality his ideals" is okay, though. In this case, you just changed "he made A and B agree" to "he made B and A agree".
>>987 Thank you for kindness. I didn't care noun phrase yet. I also did not understand it. It is easy to understand as the idea dividing into some phrases.
I also try to learn the relative pronoun too. "That theory accords what we do know with the facts." In this case, Can I change "what" to "that which"? Is "that theory accords that which we do know with the facts" correct?