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, cunning linguists, stupid fan girls of Johnny's Boys, and an electrical super gay who suffers from mental disease And let's hope Igirisu-jin and the Internet-addicted housewife will come back soon!
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I started to think Sparky is what's called a new half. He has a heart of girl (naturally he likes boys) and wears girlish outfits. In a nut shell, he likes boys as a girl. He's not a gay. If Sparky is a gay, he loves boys (the same as new half boys), but he still is a boy. In a nut shell, he likes boys as a boy. That makes a big difference, right?
>>1 otu I tried once too. Struggled for a while. Failed completely. They said scholars may be forgiven and women may surrender. They are tolerant. I won't do that again anyway.
Thank you for the Japanese green tea and also for this new thread. I hope we will have many creative discussions and widen our horizons. I hope there will be newcomers who would like to improve their English language skills. I hope Kamenashi Kazuya sees this thread one day and drops by to say: Hi, my name is Kazuya, nice to meet you!
>>26 Did you hear about North Korea's game? It was pretty hilarious. They claimed that the reason they lost was because the team was struck by lightning during practice.
>>26 Japan's women's national succor team is called "Nadeshiko Japan." The word, "Nadeshiko" is associated with a reserved humble BEAUTIFUL woman. But players of Japan's women's national succor team are really ugly. To be presice, a few of them are pretty cute but they are not key players so media don't cover them. The key players covered by media are all ugly so everybody misundestand all players of Nadeshiko Japan are ugly.
>>39 If you say negative things about your confidence, you will condition yourself that you cannot do it. So it's best to say that you will do your best and you will keep trying no matter what.
>>31 and >>34 are different persons. I'm >>31 and not >>34. Yeah, she's a hard working good football player but she doesn't deserve the descriptition, "Nadeshiko" in any way. She's far away from the image of Nadeshiko everbody has in mind. Yes, it's Japanese media that dubbed Japan's women national football team as Nadeshiko Japan, and she's not to be blamed for that.
But if she and other players were more cute, our interests in them had grown more than now. Let's compare the situation to Wimbledon. If two female players who advance to the Wimbledon final are ugly, TV rating are low. The same goes with women's golf tournaments.
Beauty plus skills of female players makes people, especially men, interested in women's sports. That's the way it is.
Yes the same applies to women, I was not interested at all in baseball before Kamenashi started his Home Run projects on NTV. I watch his persistance and focus in admiration.
The sexualisation of boys/men is happening now, because women also have earning power. The more they earn the more equal sexual attitudes will become. You may not like it but it is just the beginning.
Don't forget that in animals males are always more beautiful than females.
>>49 Sausa- sorry, Dachshunds - are very playful dogs. Last time I was around one, it was impossible for my shoelaces to stay tied for more than three minutes. Better than having fireworks launched everywhere though.
Things are a little crazy in this country at the moment. Still, at least it's one less filthy tabloid in circulation.
>>54 Though it's doesn't look directly opposite, it would be more natural to say:
I want to use as many cuss words as possible ↓ I don't want to use any cuss words.
So while the first sentence means you want to use as many as possible, maybe even all of them, the second sentence means you don't want to use any at all. Hope this helps.
>>56 There aren't really any normal cases where you'd use that as an opposite. As you know, "to use as many as possible" means to use as many up to the maximum amount that you can. If you say you "don't want to use as many as possible", then you're still using some, and could even be using a lot... just not as many as if you "want to use as many as possible".
Sorry if this sounds confusing, it's a little difficult to word it.
If you don't want to, for example, "eat as much delicious uni as possible", but still want to eat some, you might just say "I want to eat some delicious uni". I suppose that we consider "don't want to ~ as ~ as possible" a bit too vague.
>>58 If you said that, it would still imply you want to use some, but possibly not as many. However, if you wanted to sound more natural, you could say something like...
"I don't want to use any cuss words" (If you want to stop completely) or "I don't want to use as many cuss words" (If you want to use less)
>>59 To be "cunning" is to be clever in a sneaky or subtle way. Like 狡猾な, crafty. And evil is something that's consciously bad. So a "cunning and evil plan" is a plan which is crafty and bad.
>>62 Thanks, though you could also hug >>60, because their suggestion is also excellent. If you want to "avoid [doing something] as much as possible", it means that to reach your goal, you will try not to [do something] unless absolutely necessary.
>>63 Sorry. The "it" in plan is everything after the word "plan" itself. To smuggle the virus sample into South America by the sea, and hand it over to an unknown organisation.
How to translate "Nadeshiko Japan" into English? My dictionary says "Yamato Nadeshiko" is "an ideal Japanese woman" or "a Japanese woman with all the traditional graces." "A graceful Japanese women footballers" something like that?
I think that you can use "Nadeshiko Japan" in English sentences. And if you are asked by someone ; what is Nadeshiko? , it's just the time to talk about "Yamato-nadeshiko" and how graceful Yamato-nadeshiko is.
This is my review of Goro Miyazaki's latest movie, "Kokuriko zaka kara".
As the first of all, I can't compare the movie with his first movie, "Tales from Earthsea" because I've never watched before. But, all I say is this was not so bad.
However, I found one "odd" scene in this moive. It's the scene that the heroine and a Syun whom she fell in love with and his friend go to Tokyo to meet and persuade president, who is in charge of destoring a building "Carucyuratan", where has clubrooms for some culture clubs in her school to come to see the building. At first, in his room, he asked the heroine "What kind of job your father do?" and then she answered "My father was a sailor but died of an accident on sea". After soon, he decided to go to the school to see the building, although Syun and his friend just greeted to him...
I wanted them to say something more to him. So this meeting was odd to me. But, in terms of the animation and music, both are good and beautiful!
"Nadeshiko" japan is a catch copy Japanese media or ad agency designed.
"Ugly" girls reflects more who they are.
Don't get me wrong, i just don't like the PR gimmic of Japanese media and ad agency. I want them win the World Cup even though almost all Japanese female national team's players are unattractive.
The US national team is hard to beat ranking No.1 and they have great track reacords. Japan has never won them for 23 games or so including 2 tying game. But who knows? Miracle can happen and "Ugly" Japan can win the World Cup title for the first time ever. (although just advancing to the final itself is phenominal...)
That would be miracle and great! But if they do, I'll have to see thier ugly faces on TV again and again after they come back to Japan and make appearance on Japanese TV.
A:do you mind if i smoke ? B:go ahead. how many do you smoke everyday ? A: about 2 packs. B:how long have you been smoking ? A:about 30 years. B:i see. we can see a expensive Mercedes over there, right. A:yes. B:if you've refraind from smoking, you could buy that. A:oh, that's mine.
Karajan used to drive the Berlin Philharmonic(the world NO.1 macho orchestra) like a racing car. And his elegant, modern interpretation was his great asset.
By the way, our 佐渡裕 recently conducted the orchestra as a guest conductor. I bet he will be one of candidates for principal conductor(musical director) of the orchestra in the future.
I love Karajan, however, my most favorite conductor is 若杉弘. He was not so popular, and was a sort of ugly smaller man, unlike Karajan. I don't care about his appearance at all since I am a hardcore classical music fan.
His interptetation was more natural and had a human touch. True beauty is in his music(True beauty comes from his soul).
I just searched his name on google images and he was NOT ugly at all! Obviously, your aesthetic standards are ridiculously high. You'd better be aware of that.
Whenever I come to this thread, I notice that the themes talked with are a little strange, beside the English expressions used are a little odd as well.
Why do you all so provocatively talk with quite a strange words?
>>108 Thank you for your honestness of admitting your being strange person. I think such a thing a little difficult to admit. In that means, I appreciate you highly.
>>109 Why are you a person who is proud of pouncing on my careless wording? Are you a fool?
good mornig sir. yesterday in osaka, very humid and hot. it was cloudy day but i was like been blown by a big drier. i heard the climate of midsummer osaka is tough even to middle easterner who spend daytime above 50 celsius .
Since today's a holiday, I should have stayed up and watched the Final. I woke up early this morning and checked the news, then I realized what a fantastic game I missed. I didn't know healthy sleep habit could backfire...
I didn't want to break my wake up and sleep cycle so I didn't watch the game starting from around 4am.
I missed the chance to watch a nice game live but I don't regret that at all. TV stations will broadcast air special program so we have many chances to watch it again and again. Actuallu this morning alone I managed to watch the highlight of the game.
Ugly Sawa's goal was fabulous! I was amazed the angle of the shoot.
In my case, I went to sleep regular time last night. I wanted to watch the game and I don't have to work the day of the game. But.....i was too sleepy to stay up late. But, again, i was waken up by shoutings of my neighbors. I knew Japan team scored! I was very lucky not to miss the great game. And i can say I'm happy to be in poor economy. During my sleep,the windows of my house was open because i can't afford to turn the air-con on. So i could hear the shout.
>>139 I don't know why you are saying so. The timing! It's magnificent to get the gold medal when japan are struggling from the aftermath of the earthquake.
>>47>>48 No, Kame could not hit a home run, but he was extremely close The ball fell right next to the stadium wall. He played it to death and I really admire his determination for that.
Speaking of hanging, it was shocking to know that the small guy of Hanamaki higashi highchool kid, who played with Yusei Kikuchi in high school killed himself.
>>148 You don't know anything about 4chan, an image board which is an equivelant of 2chan. People from overseas are accustomed to how annomymous forums goes through the experiences there.
What I write here is nothing compared to what are posted in 4chan. But you can still call me 日本の恥 or whatever you like. Nobody can take away your freedom of speech.
Whether you like it or not, nobody can take away my freedom of speech either, so let me repeat. Sawa is a damn good football player we Japanese should be proud of and she's UGLY.
But, for me it's not HAPPY Monday but UNhappy Monday.
I had a make-up Englsh class in my university today. So, I ride train to go there(By the way, I live in my home with my family and it takes about 1hour to arrive at the station nearby there). And then I go to a McDonalds round about the station to eat a lunch. After eating, I walk there. But, at the time, I still had 30 minutes and so went to its library to return my borrowing books.
After reading some book there to spend 30 minutes, I want to the class room. However, there was no one. "Why? Today is a make-up English class, isn't it?", saying to myself in my mind. So, I went to a message board and then I found that the class is canceled because of the professor's urgent work...
Why don't you discuss something constructive. OK arguing also helps your English because emotions drive your motivation to use it but, life is so short you know.
From what I read one gets the impression that men view women from a very restricted window. It might be a reflection of their own insecurity. It is the same negative response I see towards Johnny's. You guys have a very strong belief that only a manly man should play baseball, not a delicate petite Kamenashi; similarly you think your women football players be beautiful to deserve credibility even if they win the world cup.
That to me is soo damn unfair. I think it is beyond cruel! It is STUPID. Japanese baseball has never been so accessible to a huge audience before Kamenashi. Japanese Women's football was never so much known to a wider international audience before they won the world cup.
You can dismiss saying "ahh who needs that weak little boy for baseball" or "yea yea who cares for women's football or sport if they are not beautiful to watch". because the audience will be mainly Japanese and international women.
What is stupid is, you are dismissing is the enormous power of marketing opportunities they have generated overseas. Exactly what Japan needs in this time of economic crisis. You can dismiss your women and herbivorous men because you have a mental map of who is on top of the society. But you cannot dismiss the power of wealth generation.
Put that together in 3 lines. That's what people say, especially when posters want to convey something so eagerly which isn't interesting to readers, that they tend to write more than others are encouraged to read.
Something hilarious has happened. I am listening to TBS Radio now. There is an English Language programme I accidentally bumped into now. In one of their translations they were talking about a story of a turtle and a princess. They started talking about Kame-chan! How crazy is that?
>>163 I could watch how it went thanks to the video. His name is Sadaharu Oho. His father was Chinese and his mom was Japanese. he was born and raised in Tokyo. He's a hero of Japanese. He has the record of carrer homerun, which is 868, which American peoiple don't recognize as the world record. Japanese baseball stadiums back then was a bit smaller than Major league baseball (=American Baseball) ones and the level of baseball was/has been lower than Major league. So American people's claim stands to reason.
He used to be the manager of the Soft Bank Hawks but because of a cancer, he quit the position. Now he still has something to do with the baseball club. His title now according the caption in the video is chairman. I think it's kind of like a honorary post. He played for the Yomiuri Giants as a player.
Hi, I'm English learner. I've come here to only read you guys conversation by now. But today, I made a decision to practice writing so please let me join here !!
>>163 You (=Kame) did your best trying it and I think that's wonderful. Over the course of the trial, I think you see some lights to succeed it. You've come this far doing your best, so be confident that you'll be able to do it. When you hit a homerun in a baseball game and run around bases and come back to the plate, time stops and all the attentions are drawn to you. You are in the spotlight. Nothing makes you feel better than the moment. Fans are all excited and you can turn around a game by a homerun. Once you hit a homerun, you'll be charmed by the power it has and obessed with it in a way. I want him (=Kame) to hit a homerun and want to taste how it felt to hit a homerun and the sense that left in your hand. I hope you'll successfully hit a homerun and am expecting that to happen. I'm rooting for you. Go for it. ----------- Then Kame was handed autographed ball of Sadaharu Oh. Kame expresses his hope that he wants to try this project again.
>>171 Thank you so much! Sadahuro-san is a charismatic man. He seems ageless! He must be such a fighter! He looks so full of enthusiasm. I cannot understand why Americans do not acknowledge his world record! Both videos are so emotional!
>>174 Awesome thank you! Such encouragement from the god of home runs must be shockingly moving to our Turtle-chan.
I cannot bear to watch is sadness. After the message 09:17 his tiny figure shrinks smaller and smaller with shyness it makes me want to scream! How can a human be so adorable!
He was most definitely moved to tears when he received the ball but he is such a professional.
I still believe he will do a home run one day! he will not give up!
>>192 What's wrong with you? Why would you keep insutling her? You have a complex about your face? You are the only one here who is still making fun of her, and nobody finds it funny or anything, prick that you are.
>>199 insulting? why did you think so? you are a something zealot of nadeshiko japan ? just someone posted it and i and others simply laughed. so i just posted it again at this thread. i just cant understand why you have had such the sensitive and negative impressions. she is your hero, so you cant bear off ? i think these celebrities are always under the fate to be laughed at the same as to be admired at anonymous places such like 2ch. if you like it just laught it and not so, just ignore it. but i cant understand this picture made you angry.
>>216 so why can you assert your disgust is apply to all the people here ? if so, when >>192 picture is posted first at the other thread , these all guys must be disgusted also. but they (including me) were not. just disgusted emotion is just up to you.
ah... he insulted her by calling her ugly, right? strictly speaking, what he said is against the section 231 of the Japanese penal code, so he cannot claim his right to freedom of speech. he is just a douche bag with no brain, that's all.
There are two type of Baka in Japan. 1.who know themself as Baka. 2.who don't know themself as Baka. 1 are much better than 2 because they are improving themself. 2 are getting worse always.
>>236 only i can say that i don't know her and don't think her ugly, just alike. that's all. but the case is similar to ryoko tamura. she was no doubtly applauded around 2000 (also at 2ch) bacause she made a big feat and no one cared her appearance and actions (and her father), but today she is tend to be perverted on the internet. i think it is something brainwashing that their feats made her beatiful.
>>236 your post seems insulting her. you seem take her ugly underneath but you manage to protect her. and if you are woman, isnt it a supreme contempt to her to leave a such comment as a same sex ?
I am watching the football team on TV now. They are really cool calm characters with a sense of humour, unlike the misogynist irritable old men with enormous inferiority complex on this thread.
Well done girls. You really are ladies with much grace.
>>263 That is why i call you a zealot and brainwashing. Because it is not matter to respect her or to make fun of her. I like watch tennis and respect wiilliams sisters so much . but flequently i see gorilla pictures flying around 2ch. I dont mind it and by contrast sometimes these pictures make me laugh. You need some tolerance to see such things funny in 2ch, or you are too vulnerable by others (it may be hingis fan, kimiko fan, those who are'nt intersted in tennis, etc) attacks. Or you will file a comlaint on a charege of section 231 of the penal code or cyber defamation ? ww
aaah I love it when Nihonjin interchange r with l. Especially when they say "I rove you..." I love it when they make spelling mistakes or omit things. Soooo cute... Good night.
>>271 You have your freedom and don't have any responsibility, right? You just enjoy the no responsibility (in 2ch). Don't mention about freedom. You don't have any right unless you take responsibility. You can live only in 2chan. Poor boy...
DON'T IGNORE SPARKY WHEN HE TURNS UP HERE!!! HE DESERVES MORE!!! HE IS THE GOD OF A NEW WORLD WHERE GAY PEOPLE LIVE GENTLY AND NICELY! PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never had kind things to say about the average intelligence of American people, but this brings my rapidly diminishing respect for the U.S. to a totally new level...
Age doesn't matter. If anybody do illegal, they should be punished. It's good to see a super rich man is bashed by media.
I'm not following this event, though. It's what's happening far far far away. What I'm interested in now is how nuke power plant situation will turn out to be. Cecium tainted beef are distributed and allegedly be consumed in some parts of Japan. What a nightmare! It's not a fire on the opposite shore.
>>50 イギリス人-san sounds to have little problem with your country becomes crazier. People who can welcome any circumstances doesn't necessarily feel confortable in any changings. But things would hardly go extreme by them too. I don't imagine anything to change, and it might be irrelevant. Of course, I do always thank イギリス人-san, it is sad if I didn't thank you enough for making things always clearer.
Do you gentlemen read Boys' Love/ Yaoi stories? You seem to be very inclined that way .
>>285 You mean once married , women just give up on their brilliant careers? Do you mean Sawa-san and the girls will never marry? It doesn't make any sense!
The impression I got from Japanese males is that they are very uncomfortable with women's achievements in non traditional areas.
They probably see it as a threat to the society. Maybe you fear that women would suddenly stop worrying about getting married before age 25. That would reduce the competition for eligible bachelors and most would l never experience marital sex. Is that what you are thinking? Because beauty is "passport" to marriage, you brand high achieving women as "ugly", therefore "not elligible to marry". That is the biggest threat you can make to a woman. Is that so?
I managed to talk to one real-life Japanese colleague whose comments were extremely positive. However that may not be his real feelings about the situation, I cannot say.
However I can see more than one male on this thread commenting on their looks and marital status and I am trying to understand why it is so.
For instance if this team was the Swedish team, I don't think Swedish men would comment on their looks or marital status on bulletin boards.
I am just trying to understand the Japanese reaction as demonstrated above, as opposed to European.
I am very sincere about trying to understand. I am not judgemental.
>>297, >>299 As you obviously know, it's been a huge issue in the British media, and seems to be spreading to other countries where Murdoch's media empire has a foothold.
It is a horribly intrusive thing that journalists have done, breaking through the security measures in certain peoples' phones to be able to access things such as SMS messages and voicemail, especially belonging to people who have died or are related to them. Even the fact that they were able to access data belonging to politicians is somewhat worrying, as it seems that they are using inadequate security.
However, it's difficult to sense just how much Murdoch knew was going on, as he's at the very top of a company with many, many branches, which cover not only that tabloid publication, but also the Times, Wall Street Journal (under Dow Jones, which he bought), the Fox network (a horribly biased and ridiculous media group in the US), and many others. Then again, it was only News of the World that was found out. Who knows just how many other agencies, Murdoch's and otherwise, have been using such techniques? You might be able to tell I'm not such a fan of his.
SPARKY IS A GAY!! HE ISN'T INTERESTED IN YAOI!!! HE ISN'T INTERESTED IN BL EITHER!! HE WANTS TO BECOME A GIRL ASAP SO HE DREAMS OF GOING ON A DATE WITH A BOY AS A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! YES, HE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you gay like Sparky is? If that's the case, I hope you two will be friends and someday meet in person. But don't forget. There are at least two rivals here: Kazukata and Suukichi. They are aiming to crash Sparky's ass.
>>329 I'd say I'm much more of a hentai than a gay. But I love Sparky, and I'm going to meet him face to face to know what he looks like. hehehehe (´∀`)
>>318 All I hope is that Time and Wall Street Journal are intact. They are not gossip kind of magazine and newspaper. I don't want him to make newspapers and magazines under his umbrella of madeia empire a money making machine for him.
The classy (not gossip newspaper) newspapers in UK are The Times, Guardian (it's size was changed to that of gossip newspaper, though) and Financial times?
Do you find any differences between them? Which UK newspapers would you recommend?
>>318 I can't say I know much about the issue, but I've just read online that the prime minister of the UK is deep in trouble now. He employed an ex editor in chief of NoW and that put him under the barrage of accusation or something? Do you think mr Cameron is going to step down sooner or later?
Speaking of which, Naoto Kan needs to step down now. He's incapable and what's more, reportedly he has been financing North Korean activists living in Japan That's outrageous.. More problematic is that Japanese TV media don't seem to report the scandalous fact broadly to let us know it.. We need to rely on the Internet...
There are people in this world who would live their life to the maximum and never get bored. However they die young. You have all the time in the world and you say you are bored?
>>336 The previous owners of the Wall Street Journal have voiced regret over selling it, now. However, you're right, both publications still have some credibility and are useful news sources with interesting articles. However, The Times has already been turned into a money making machine as the online version requires a paid subscription to be used.
>>338 You're correct. The Guardian is a good publication, though it does show bias at times. It's more left-wing than most papers, perhaps still in tradition with its roots, as it was founded by mill and factory owners and favour the working and middle classes. The Telegraph and the Observer are also a good newspapers. The Financial Times is probably the least biased.
>>347 Yeah, Cameron is being probed about any involvement. Apparently, prime ministers from Thatcher onwards have had some backing from News of the World, so there is still a lot of involvement that hasn't come to light yet. But yeah, he employed Coulson, former editor, as an advisor. As for whether he'll step down, it's hard to say. If it was a one-party cabinet, then the Chancellor would take his place, as Brown did when Blair stood down. But we're in a coalition, so if he stood down, Clegg would take his place, and he's from another party entirely.
When you mention media silence, it reminds me of something I experienced a couple years ago, when anonymously chatting to people. One person was from mainland China, and asked if I could do him a favour and post any articles I could find about the son of a certain Chinese politician, because he was unable to view anything about him. The article was about fraud and corruption charges in Africa. It's unbelievable that someone has to actually ask someone for what seemed like common information.
I have a friend who spent the last two days waiting at the hospital to hear from her mother's surgeons. Her mother had a brain operation and developed a clot in her leg. They tried to dilate her veins, even attempted to transplant a vein from the other leg. She tells me the surgeons lost all hope and will need to amputate her foot.
This is how unfortunate things get for some people. Every second with their ones is precious and eternal to them.
Yet there are people like yourself who sit there and moan about boredom. No. It is not OK to be bored. People like you should be sent to clear out landmines or damaged nuclear plants.
>>360 It's obvious if they are wanting to live a life of boredom, they will do so and no one can force them to do otherwise. But they have no right to complain! It's like saying "oh I am so rich, I don't know what to do with all this money." Besides bored people are boring people. Why? Because the feeling of being bored is a sign that your brain has stopped. If your mind is not moving you become stupid. In this day and age, there is SO MUCH to do, there is new technology, there are new opportunities, we have so many chances to learn new things. But I get the impression that his boredom act is precursor to finding his own kind as demonstrated above >>361 ->>365
I have a question. In a certain game, "もう泣いていいよ" exchanged "You may already cry.". But I think it isn't right. I guess "You may cry already." or "Already you may cry." is suitable. How do you guys think about it?
>>383 One of the funniest things about the vid is the part when the pop-up is showing up next to the announcer and that is saying "World calling it "SEA OF JAPAN" Shameful ugry Koreans!!!"
The spelling is wrong and it makes it all the funnier and even cuter. (´∀`)
And also I love the picture Vippers hacked and sent to them.
>>285 Why would we want good players, games, TV programs, or so? I wondered or a demon wondered. Those activities didn't directly affect real lives but leave memories and there was a invester in their real world who thought that those memories have meaning. It meant a lot to me. I'm sorry I seem not good at wording but anyway.
>>417 >>417 I mean your otaku side or something like that wwww Do you know what AISUBEKI BAKA means? it means BAKA we gotta love. It refers to these people.
>>419 Your people!? What do you mean by that? wwww Anyway, I understand how much of an otaku you are. I too am an otaku, but few people around me love anime or moe stuff. What about you?
http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/typh/images/wide/all-00.png the direction of typhoon no6 (name: Ma-on) is weird .. first it forecasted to land japanes islands for sure, but eventually it skimmed tokushima and turned more than 90 degrees and flied away along the islands side. ww
Amy Winehouse was found dead in his house at northern London. I don't listen to her music. All I know is she won a grammy a few years ago.
The article I read said she has a problem of drug and alcohol addiction. Come to think of it, the song or album she won a grammy over was titled rehabilitation or something like that. She's still 27 years old.
She has got some fame and lots of money. Why did she end up being drug and alochole abuse when in fact she's blessed in that regard. Maybe she had problem of upbringing and couldn't get over it even after she got fame and money?
>>435 Is this the artucle? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237 I also don't know her name and her songs at all. But, I'm sorry that young gifted singer passed away... RIP and God bless her soul.
By the way, from today on, in Japan, all analog broadcasting isn't available anymore. Goodbye analog broadcasting.
I wonder how many Japanese people buy television for degital broadcasting and continue to watch stupid TV programs...
Yesterday, I was listening to BBC news and found out desperately was prounced like desperly instead. Why is that? Is that ok to skip "ate" in the word at a natural speed? Is this a kind of rule? Other words which include ate can be pronounced the same way? I desperly want to know.
>>439 It's strange that they would pronounce it that way. We usually don't skip any part of the word, and say it as it's written, "desperately". Was it a newsreader or an interviewee who said that?
>>438 Though Norway has some strict firearms regulations, they're not as strict as in most of mainland Europe. As it's a Scandinavian country with a small population, there is a lot of uninhabited land, and so a lot of hunting goes on, giving easy access to weapons such as shotguns and rifles. Handguns are also sometimes kept by civilians. As for why it happened, I don't think anyone really knows right now. The shooter started becoming involved in very right-wing activities a few years ago.
>>435 She had been going downhill these last couple years, with a lot of negative publicity and becoming way too involved with drugs and alcohol. She was in rehab earlier this year, but started taking whatever she was taking soon after being discharged. In Serbia, on her tour, she forgot the words and was apparently looking quite confused, and she was booed off the stage by the audience. It's all very sad, the effects of fame on those who just aren't cut out for it.
>>437 We have another year until analogue to digital switchover is completed. The western side of the country already have, and my region is in the process right now.
She posted, "my boyfriend and I always spend time to gether making love at home but even in that case is it appropriate to use this expression we go out with him, meaning we are in relationship?"
Sumo is popular as a spectator sports. Few Japanese kids dream of becoming a sumor wrestler themselves. That paves the way for Mongolians entering sumo world.
For Mongolians who are hungry for success try their luck to become a pro sumo wrestler here, seeking for Japanese dream. Although only selected ones who is talented in Mongolian version of sumo are scouted by Japanese sumo table masters and manage to come to Japan.
I told my Japanese friends in London about how you discussed the women football players' looks here. They told me "those people are definitely not normal. Their comments are awful." So seems that I get the extreme of Japanese views here, not the mainstream. It is good to know that there are differing views.
>>441 As a few others have said here, the sound can be heard, but barely. It's very fast. The reader's received pronunciation sounds a little awkward in a couple places ("while", "will"), where what is probably his native London accent becomes a bit more apparent.
As a non-native English speaker I notice the "swallowed" words pronounced by native speakers on a daily basis. Makes my life difficult sometimes. I have to ask them to repeat themselves and they still do it! Some of them are due to regional dialects. But I heard "desper-ly" many times. I think it is more like "Despar-ate-ly" with a silent "ate" for practical purposes. The other one is "prolly" instead of "probably", when I heard it from non-native speakers from South Afrikaner, Indian and Mexican speakers of English. I received an email from someone with "prolly" written in the message.
>>454 Remeber that we have Honne and Tatemae culture. 2chan is one of the places we tell Honne under anonymity while we tend to hide true emotions and opinions in face to face meeting.
Sawa is ugly no matter what. In face to face meeting, they would say, "Yeah, she's nice." Yeah, I agree. She's more than nice, actually superb as a football player but as a woman? No she's not attractive in any beaty standard. Men are not turned on by her although we respect her as a football player.
While we think Sawa is ugly but talking about how ugly she is a no-no in face to face meeting.
>>457 I understand what you mean about the Honne-Tatamae culture. I have started reading this book which talks about uchi-soto and honne-tatamae concepts:
It is interesting that you think there is a "beauty standard". I think that is very "standard" thinking actually based on vague definitions. I am sure Sawa-san has a huge number of male fans. It would have been the entire NEET population on 2ch if she looked like Haruhi Suzumiya, I agree. But you cannot talk on behalf of an entire male population of Japan. It is similar to people saying to me, "Why do you like a short-legged, reptile like idol who is a high school dropout?". To them Kamenashi is hideous. There isn't a universal standard of beauty. There is a "perceived" standard by a certain majority. The rest of them also have "standards" but they are very "individiualistic" diverse standards. Otherwise your pink board categories wouldn't be so diverse.
I sometimes go to Megami Board. Megami means Goddess but in 2chan's context, it means a girl/woman who voluntarily show their nude photos. They even accept request regarding nude poses. I love how "Medami" and people there interact with each other in a thread.
When your request is accepted by Megami and she posted a photo where she strike a pose as you request, you are more than happy.This is so Web 2.0 although this term is obsolete now. In almost all cases, they don't show their faces, which is obvious for a privacy reason, so there's a chance for Sawa, too. She has nice and big boobs actually.
Some naive Megami get in trouble by showing their faces in photos. Men there do all they can do, such as complementing Megami to have naive Megami's faces taken a photo of and upload.
These photos are copied and spread across Internet such as peer to peer software, adult forums and blogs... Without photos of thier face, they are OK but with photos of face, their life could be over.
>>455 I see, it's London accent then. So English native speakers in London have a tendency not to pronounce vowel sounds properly as in desper-ate-ly. Does the golden rule apply to other words which take the similar form (ate) like appropri-ate-ly, separ-ate-ly, and so on? Thanks in advance.
>>466 I love the Japanese, Greek, Italian, Swedish and German accents. Especially the Japanese accent makes me want to hug them! Greeks have this super soft sexy accent. Why people make fun of accents when you can cherish them, is beyond me.
>>458 I share your opinion. My beauty standard of women is quite different from other guys'. I love soft big boobs and am not so interested in their faces. You may think I'm perverted but I can't help it.
In my case, My tatemae: I'm interested in women's faces. My honne: I'm interested in women's boobs. Because if people around me come to know my taste, they would look down on me.
>>476 They sound very American, in some places( I think there are two vocals?) very British to my non-native ears. Then again I am a non-native speaker.
isis naaaah im not talking about an anciant egyptian goddess. i mmean is anyone here? hello isss anyone here? talk ttto me. sensei wakari masu. onegai shi masu. arigato gozai masu.
>>464 I should probably have said "one of London's typical accents", since there are a few. It's more common to mispronounce other parts of the word, though, so you would usually hear it pronounced as "desprately" or "seprately". It's difficult to say whether there's a rule to the pronunciation, as there are so many varieties of accent and differences in the speed at which people speak.
>>465 Because most people pronounce them properly (though people from different regions pronounce things differently - the word "properly" is often spoken as "proply").
>>477 Because if people around me come to know my taste, they would look down on me.
Would they look down because of your infantile instincts? Or is it considered a taboo from a different angle? or is it simply you are branded a misognyst or sexist?
If you are an attractive girl, you can't be left alone. I also lived in inaka when I was a child. In those days, there was a social practice called " yobai" in rural areas of Japan.
>>538 Indeed I am Hentai, but Japanese people are not Hentai. They are just weird. Yeah....(Click the link in 538)..and if you call m... WHAT THE F(`・ω・´)(´・ω・`)K IS THIS!!!!!!????????? THIS IS CRAZY!!! SPARKY!!! YOU ARE HENTAI AND 気狂い!!!! CUZ YOU'VE SEARCHED UP AND FOUND AND APPRECIATED IT!!!
>>482 That's right and thanks for understanding me. Boobs are full of wonders and they are, technically, not for babies but for men.
As bipedalism evolved from quadrupedalism, females started developing their boobs to attract males. Because they no more can lure males, showing their pussies(when they walk). When a female biped walks, boobs are at the best position to be looked at. It's a kind of a natural law that I love bouncing natural boobs.
No offense, ladies, but, that is a historical fact, not my interpretation.
>>571 I agree with you. sex= sperms are discharged from your body UNKO= Craps are discharged from your body. They have something in common. Both of them will make you feel ecstacy.
You have breasts too, as a male, it just did not develop permanently after puberty. You know you can lactate as a man?
Your explanation is utter and total rubbish. Mammalians have these glands purely for feeding their young. Humans are the only species that have gone wrong with sexuality and expect femlaes to be attractive. Whereas in the whole of animal kingdom it is the males who have to beautiful and skilled.
Sexualisation of breasts is a later human invention and your comments will be laughed at in 20 years years' time so...don't bother to convince us with your dodgy "historical facts".
Animals only grow bigger when they lactate. It is permanently developed only in humans. The reason is, because we are far more fatter than we should be. We are mass consuming animal products. Whereas, the average cave woman would gather berries most of the time, and eat whatever she could forage, eggs, lizards, or hunt occasionally, we have bacon and eggs for breakfast and steak for lunch and drink milk/eat cheese/ice cream too. That sort of diet stimulates hormones so we grow bigger. It is not normal. There is also much hormones put into our food, males grow visibly large breasts too.
>>575 My wife is flat chested, however, the tiny breasts functioned properly to feed several babies. That's why I said boobs are not for babies. Sorry, I've got to go to work now.
>>581 Your argument does not make sense at all. No animal has evolved for the pleasure of its own kind. Evolution is about passing on genes. Not growing body parts to feed body dysmorphic disorders.
However work comes first. You might like to discuss it some other time.
Please forgive me! I don't have such a English ability as to be able to explain it to you. Poser means snob or something like that and a Japanese word "気取りや”is suitable for the English.
Anyway I don't want to talk with a person who can't get my jokes.
I don't think I was attacked by Miss KG2ch. I guess we can be good friends in this thread. As you can see, she is the only woman among us, so she is bound to be busy protecting the pride of women, that's all.
I heard a gril eat a banana flavored eraser and was taken to the doctor. The doctor opened her mouth with his fingers and stirred deep inside until she spilled out everything. After that she always loved to eat erasers. I have never seen bananas but sounds to be bad food.
It's a beautiful evening in England. The weather is so mild, so beautiful you cannot believe it is Britain. So I skipped dinner and took a long bike ride.
A group of students, Japanese vs Brits, were playing football. I think 25 a side! It was hilarious to watch. Girls in dresses were playing as well! They were really good! I even understood what they were shouting at each other in Japanese.
Add Suukichi to the list. He's also a gay. He would love to eat Sparky banana. In my view, Sparky banana is quite electric. Once you try to have a bite, electricity runs though your body. Both Kazutaka and Suukichi will be addicted to it.
"If you took away every bit of costume and she just sat in front of a piano, she would still tear it down. She's just that talented, and she deserves it all. And I'm just happy to work with her. I love her."
What does "tear it down" mean in the above? Powerful? Emotional enough to move anybody to tears?
Sparky looks good enough to make you love Sparky, Suukichi. You are not the only one who's interested in the Panamanian gay boy. Kazukata would not allow you to monopolize Sparky.
His parents were illegal immigrant. His father was famous because he was genius of business. He started trade of bootleg liquor in Fukuoka. was arrested many times. But he never gave up his job. Soon after. He started the black market financing. it was really success. He became rich. So. He started Pachinko(illegal gambling) with his money.
His mother always wore Korean traditional dress. She always pulled a cart to collect foods. It is said that there were always entrails of cow in front of her house. Japanese noticed that Korean people eats such thing when they saw it.
So Masayoshi Son became a billionaire by the inheritance and swindle.
I am not a university student anymore. But I hang around with my college mates/colleagues all the time. I was in my college bar reading an article just a while ago. I am up for a drink any time, as long as you pay for it ! www (No, I was joking. I always pay for my drink.)
>>735 Why do you think I'm crazy Spa-ki-4-san. You know what there is an interesting Japanese drama, I want to tell you about it, but I am too scared that I might irritate/offend you. Maybe I should keep quiet.
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>>737 Ok, I am only posting this, because you keep mentioning gender related issues. I hope I do not offend you in any way. You can watch the 1st episode if it interests you:
>>759 Why don't you try to find something funny for yourself? If I were you, I would watch 'Roman Holiday', because the actress of it has a funny face. But she's very charming.
twitterやデモ等多くの人が行動を起こしているのですが日本のTVメディアは腐敗しており 報道は期待できません 海外メディアの目にも触れるようにしたいのですが世界のサイトに疎い人ばかりなので もし協力してくださる方いらっしゃいましたらどうか下記の文を適切なサイト等に 投稿して頂けないでしょうか? 今日本の多くの団体企業に日本人では無い人間が入り込み 法律も危険な方向に向かっていますどうかお力をお貸し下さい A Japanese actor posted on twitter about the lewd activities of a TV >production company called "Fuji TV", which broadcasts Korean Television >that most Japanese people do not want to watch. It is known that >"Fuji TV" takes musicians and various other talents into Korea, and >presents them as the "Number 1 hit of Japan", to gain the popularity >for the certain talents and selfishly raise the money for themselves. >The Japanese actor presented this information on twitter, and immediately gained >an immense amount of followers, and then comment threads on the popular >Japanese forum "2 Channel" started to formulate on the subject. Because >of this very fast increase in the subject, the Japanese actor got fired >from his own agency, "Stardust Promotion". The Japanese actor calls >to action all of the Japanese and follwers to look at the actions >of the unfair people of this world, and states that it is now time >to stand up, and fight for our own heritage.
I went out for a meal with a Japanese professor. It was so much fun. I had such a great time. I seem to get on well with Japanese people, at least on the surface. I cannot tell their honne (I can only guess) but their tatemae is OK.
Well my last visit to Japan was in 2008 on vacation and I enjoyed it. I would like to return there again if it wasnt for the stupid exchange rate. So if you want to visit America, do it now because the dollar is cheap. You might be able to visit Disney World or take a cruise...
According to above article, the earning money goes toward reconstruction for the earthquake-victim area. This time is 3rd from the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake and Niigata-Cyuuetsu earthquake. And 30million yen is used for the lottery and it's the highest. In prospect, if the lottery is sold out, the revenue would be 142million. Wow.
>>785 I'd like to go to the US, too, because it's very humid in Japan. But I like Japanese girls better than American girls. It is true that American girls are sexy, compared with Japanese girls, but the former seems to have fewer moe points than the latter. I lile Kagamin, Nagato, Mio, and so on, very much.
>>792 Can I ask you age? On the one hand, your English is good, but on the other hand, what you are writing about girls has me feel you are so young. From this reason, I thought I could know how old you are.
Sparky needs to upload photos of his wearing skirts and smiles on his face, preferably make-ups too. He would appeal to boys who are interested in ladyboys.
Hey, I've got an idea! Sparky often refers to Hatsune Miku as his icon. Sparky would be happy to cosplay as her. And dance! We love to see him wearing Miku outfits.
>>794 Let me keep my age a secret please, but as you have noticed, Kagamin, Nagano, Mio - these grils are younger than I. Yes, I'm a grown-up, but I like them, that is, I'm a big fan of anime. I like also movies, all kinds of movies, ecept horror ones. I sometimes try to listen to the English of Lucky Star, but it's rather hard because the English of it is quite different from the English I've learned at school.
>>801 Thank you very much for your kind words. But I'm very poor, because I have no jobs now. So I don't have money enough to go to foreign contries. If I were rich, I could go to the US to study English more, and I might fly to the moon too.
I'm reading a vocabulary book now, and in it there's a grammar quiz which is very confusing to me.
The quiz is as follows : Is it (she/her) you were talking about?
I thought the correct choice would be her, but according to the answer Key, she is the answer. I'm definitely sure the positive sentence of it is you were talking about her, so I assumed "is it her you were talking about?" made perfect sense grammatically. Why "is it she you were talking about" is correct? Can anybody shed light on this? Thank you.
>>812 I've just read the page, but no, I'm sorry to tell you that it wasn't.
The question in the page focuses mostly on, like, "Who was talking about you?" "it's he" or "it's him" I mean to say the question is about the subject of the sentence.
Unlike that, mine is the object of the sentence, like "Who were you talking about?" "it's she" or "it's her" You choose "it's she" as a correct answer? No, I don't think so.... Likewise, "Is it her you were talking about?" would be correct, don't you think? However, the book says "is it she you were talking about?" is correct. (and there's no explanation why it's correct. )
>>832 How the hell did you deduce that? I have never been to Korea, and the only vocabulary I possess consists of "oppa", "kimchi", "anyangsayo", "kamsamnida". Because I followed a few Korean Drama. I don't know any Koreans other than the local food shop and the Korean restaurant owners. How does that make me Korean?
So according to the source, "whom" should be originally there being the objective of the preposition "about", right? I think I understand. Thanks again.
>>833 Probably he mistook you as the person who posted the question since the "Source of Question, Date of Response" section after the question box indicates it was posted from S.K. (I was like, "Oh?" and then " ah the same question was already asked in the forum by a different person.) I don't know if he/she knowingly ignored the date stamp, Sat, Aug 3, 2002, though.
Run for you is the next kat-Tun's single. What was written on the billboard in the CM was right.
I happened to watch a live music TV show tonight and they were one of the singers in the show. They performed Run for you and before they sang, they huddled as if they showed their bond, which in my eyes just a gimmic.
Everyone looks so tired, Ueda totally out of it and Kamenashi looks rather annoyed at his team not being in tune. They performed much better in this oone with the fans, but Kame was again telling Ueda to move.
>>835 You are welcome, I still haven't checked with a native speaker, will come back on this. seems like as you say, it is the "hidden whom" that makes it that way.
Thank you for the Korean explanation, someone this board, possibly a Korean himself, really wants me to be one! Maybe he is a closet Kame fan!
>>811 I'm a native speaker! Allow me. "You were talking about her" is correct and "Is it she you were talking about?" is correct. The reason: in the first sentence, "her" is the object of a preposition, "about". In the second sentence, "she" is the predicate of a copula, "is" (also called a linking verb). Predicates of copulas use the nominitative case ("she"), and direct/indirect objects and objects of prepositions etc. use accusative case ("her").
>>851 However, I would say that most Americans (I don't know about English people) use this improperly, and would say "Is it her you were talking about?". So as far as practical English goes, that's not an important point.
As an English learner, I want to learn grammatically correct English, not practical one. At one time or another, Kitano Takeshi said,"If everyone crosses the street against the red light, there's nothing to be afraid of." I think it's a universal truth applied to any language. If everyone makes wrong usage of a word, there's nothing to be afraid of because the usage would be socially acceptable. Actually,it don't have to be "everyone". There are a lot of people in the world who don't have enough educatinal gackground or who hate reading. As a whole, they tend to make grammatical mistakes or make wrong usage of words. The more people make the same mistake, the easier it can be acceptable.
Language is not math. It mostly goes based on grammatical rules, but to me practical English seems much more important than correct one. I watch YouTube videos of Japanese-learners speaking Japanese. Some of them speak very fine Japanese but in some places it makes me like "Hmm that sounds kinda weird...I would say like..." I guess it's perfect in grammar, but it sure sounds weird and we don't put it that way. I put weight on how natural it is, not how correct it is. I believe it's the best way to learn to speak like a native speaker. That's my opinion.
>>849 Your welcome. I don't know much about J-pop fans overseas, including Johnney's entertainment fans. Do you think there is an information gap between the fans in Japan and the fans overseas?
Say, even if I hadn't post >>845, you would have watched the video in >>849 by getting the info in a place where Johnny's entertainment fans gather?
>>850 I don't want to burden you, but thank you for taking your time to research.
Concerning the person in question, I'm not sure s/he is from Korea, though. haha
So you are a fan of Kamenashi Kazuya. It comes as no big surprise he has fans abroad thanks to the Internet. Still, the number of fans like yourself is quite small there except in some Asian regions, such as Taiwan, South Korea, and probably China. (I'm sure you are in an English speaking country.)
>>851-853 Thank you so much. That's very informative.
>So as far as practical English goes, that's not an important point. In fact, the quiz is in the "hardest" grammar section. So I guessed that even native speakers (some of them) found it confusing or anything. The idea of what's called the predicate of a copula seems to take some more time to sink in, to be truthful. It's difficult. Is this grammatical phenomenon somehow rare, by the way? I mean, you don't come across that pattern of sentences quite often? I'd be really happy to know if there's any other example.
There's a thread in the English board for those who read the Economist. And we have kind of a heated discussion about the usage of "a" before countable nouns.
Please read the excerpts from two articles first: A) “We’re not replacing our core production in Germany,” says Manfred Wittenstein, the chairman of the board and a son of the founder.
B) Three days later James Murdoch, chief executive of the European and Asian divisions of News Corporation, which owns NI, and son of Rupert, announced that the 168-year-old newspaper, Britain’s bestselling Sunday, would close after its July 10th issue.
And the place we are stuck at is what is/are the difference(s) between 1)and a son of the founder and 2)and son of Rupert. We are usually taught that we should use "a" before the singular form of countable nouns. What do you think differs between the two phrases? What's the connotation? Are both of them exchangeable? Is there any grammatical rule?
>>867 It was not possible to post for a day in the English board because of "internal server error". That incident often happens when 2ch is under cyber attack. In retrospect, the same happened when those Korean people who lost temper because Mao Asada won a figure skate competition conducted mass cyber attack on 2ch if my memory serves right.
It's back, now I can post this. >>863 Yes it is used fairly often. For example, "It was she/her who drank your beer!" "Look, it's him! Get him!" (there, saying "it's he" actually sounds weirder) "It wasn't I/me! I didn't chloroform the schoolchildren!" So it's used pretty often, I suppose.
>>865 Here, "a son of the founder" implies that the founder has more than one son, and "son of Rupert" means that Rupert could have one or more sons. "A son of the founder" can be rewritten as "One of the sons of the founder". "The son of XXX" would, of course, imply that he is the only son of XXX. I guess it's like saying 創設者の息子の一つ (a son) versus マードックの息子 (son/the son), although I can't be certain that the nuances are the same. They're both correct, and in general you would say "son of XXX" if you do not know how many sons the person has, or sometimes if you do.
>>872 That's really easy to understand! Thank you very much. You are cut out for teaching. Or are you a teacher yourself?
Let me confirm if I understand you correctly. When English speakers use "son of the (fe/male) parent", it generally means they don't care either if he's one of his sons or if he's the only son. Rather it simply means his relationship to the parent. In this example, James Murdoch is son of Rupert. How many sons Rupert actually has isn't not of focus here. Am I correct?
Oh, and would you mind if I copied our conversation here and pasted it to the thread the discussion was held? I'd love to share this knowledge with them.
>>855>>856 I agree too. Applies to all languages. You cannot clone yourself to live parallel lives in different countries. Learning a language is like living a different life. We have different views on life, the languages we speak will differ accordingly.
>>861 Yes there is gap due to language and time differences. European fans get secon dhand info from South East Asian sources, who blog/tweet in ENglish.
With google Chrome this has changed drastically. I can read Japanese blogs/tweets, however Chrome has bugs that makes tweeting experience a nightmare.
Actually when I saw a tweet from a Kame bot, I realised it could be the video you mentioned, and it was. Otherwise as I say, we get the info rather late. Another incentive to learn Japanese I guess.
>>863 No problem, it took me three seconds to find that info. Just typed the whole expression in quotation marks. That is not even research!
Yes I am a fan but I know very little about him. Japanese friends are baffled as to why he is so popular. There are far more handsome, talented and cooler celebrities but Kame is special wwww.
>>878 I see. I understand how things are for Johnney's entertainment fans overseas. I take it that you use an extention for chrome that automatically translate a webpage/blog page into another language.
>>874-875 No I'm a student (^^). I'm thinking about trying teaching though, but probably not as a career. Um... actually, saying "James Murdoch is son of Rupert" sounds weird. You need a particle before any countable noun after a copula ("is"). I didn't think of that until you wrote it. You can say "James Murdoch, son of Rupert" or even "James Murdoch is a cool dude and also son of Rupert." Sorry if this is a lot to remember; I only know it because I've heard English all my life, which is why I say immersing yourself in a language is the best way to know it. Over time you will know what sounds normal and what doesn't.
>>875 And of course, you can copy my posts anywhere. >>876 Yes, that's fine too. If you want to distinguish between the son of Rupert and sons of other people (for example), then you can say "the son of Rupert".
>immersing yourself in a language I agree with you mostly, as long as you have some kind of coping mechanism against questions that pop up in mind that you can't solve yourself.
You helped me out this time. I'm really thankful to you.
Hmm, according to the news article, South Koreans are planning to attack 2ch (and TBS) again in 10 days. Possibly, some of the servers of 2ch will be down for a while. If I'm not mistaken, the provider or administrator or anything, of 2ch, is an American company. Last year, when South Korean attacked 2ch, the company had a good mind to ask FRB to investigate the cyber attack (or they did). It seems the American provider didn't sue any Korean then. Isn't it about time to settle this, anyway? Korean people should know cyber terror is a serious crime.
>>855 I hope you didn't expect me just a learner to understand what practical language to you the demon of words. But maybe true. I know a writer, I don't think he cares much about coins or politics but he loved to taste people suffering, especially himself, believing there should be salvation. That was where I respect his stories and is compelling in games. And with him I couldn't try anything irresponsible, because maybe he is most responsible. I thought he could be pretty mush the type to ruin his life by working insanely to cover up wrong usages of his words too. Thank you always for your advices, anyway.
>>861 Just to let you know, you want "you're welcome", not "your welcome". "you're" means "you are", while "your" is the possessive form of "you". Mixing up "your" and "you're" is a common mistake many native English speakers make.
As I decided to go to America for the first time, I went to Yodobashi-Camera to buy electric outlet exchanger. And I said to store staff that "Can you ready electric outlet exchanger for me?" He said "Where to go?" I said "America" with confident facial expression which many people recently call "DOYAGAO". He said "American electric outlet is same as Japan....." I walked away there ASAP with tearful eye. I want to die.....
In Japan, if you say something confidently, and you are proven wrong, is it an embarrassment? Because it is natural to not know things, can we not say "oh I did not know, thanks for telling me" and smile? How interesting...
The expression doyagao has suddenly gotten used for the past year or so some people seem to be abusing it now and I'm sure it will be unused sooner or later. So basically it's not worth learning if you are studying Japanese overseas. It was a word based on a Kansai dialect, "douya", used when you want to say "I did it well! What do you think?" or something like that, and "kao" meaning "face", which forms the word of "self-satisfied face". Not so negative, if you ask me. The word mainly is being used in the situation where people can laugh at people wearing that kind of expression, so far. Will change somehow in future. I don't know. As I said, probably it will be unused.
>>927 Thank you for the explanation! So it's like a "smug, knowing" expression. So people make fun of that sort of expression, depending on the situation I guess.
What matters is that it is currently in use. I am not worried about its use in the future.
Such explanations are great for learning about Japanese culture and etiquette. As a foreigner I will always be KY about things, so every little explanation helps. Cheers,
A Scotsman, an Irishman and an Englishman signed up for the Police Academy. They were interviewed separately, and the first question asked by their interviewer, a highly religious man, was, “Who killed Jesus Christ?” The Scotsman went in first, and his reply was, “The Romans did it!” The Irishman was next in, and after thinking for a moment said, “The Romans did it!” Next came the Englishman, who rubbed his chin and shook his head. “No, I’m sorry, old boy. I haven’t got a clue.” The interviewer told him to go home for a week and think about it before coming back for a second interview. When he got home, the Englishman’s wife asked him how he got on, and he replied, “Fine. My first day on the job, and they’ve assigned me to a murder case.”
I think if you could read Japanese it would definitely be more pleasant and interesting. Now the account of a Japanese TV station named Fuji is flaming for too much broadcasting K-POP and related-South Korea topics.