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Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

João Vitor — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:36:11 -0000

I only watched Densha Otoko and GTO Live action. The first one is about an otaku romance and the second is based on the GTO anime.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Lauren — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:01:03 -0000

Blogging really, really helps a lot.
As far as anime and dramas go, most of them are based on manga so they're pretty much the same thing in my opinion.
Anime can be just as useful depending on what it is. Josei anime (Honey and Clover, Nana, etc.) are pretty good about using realistic Japanese that you hear most people using.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Ryuk — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:15:44 -0000

how do u get a blog on here?

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Ying — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:07:04 -0000

There's also rikai.com, and the firefox add-on. It's the most useful thing I have for reading stuff in Japanese online. If you activate it, you hover the mouse over a kanji (and even hiragana and katakana too) and the reading(s) of the word pops up, along with the translations and kanji breakdown. It's awesome!

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

heartlessangel — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:10:33 -0000

i like your use of the word wonky way to bring that one back ! lol

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

heartlessangel — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:43:14 -0000

oh and its also my goal go to japan which gives me more motivation to learn so ur right on the money.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

heartlessangel — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:39:00 -0000

how do you not know wat j-dramas are lol jk they are very addicting though most of them follow the same story line i have to say in terms of censorship well not really censorship but there's not as much suggestiveness as compared to wat they show in America but they have lots of x rated stuff over there at one point i heard it was really bad but i want to say thanks for this post b/c it shows me wat i need to work on and since im going the lone route i need all the help i can get lol.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Jesse — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:52:43 -0000

Okay so I have no clue where I should of posted this question. Does anyone on this website via staff or viewer know whether or not you call stuents by their first name or by their family name? I am curious because I'm going to school for Japanese Studies and when I am finished I am moving to Japan to become a ESL instructor. Thanks.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

quaisi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:40:10 -0000

For a good Japanese drama I can recommend Daisakusen Proposal. Look it up if you can.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

TheBlip — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:17:21 -0000

Yes, J-dorama can be addictive! :)
"Iryu" was the last one I watched which had me hooked... Luckily it was only 11 episodes :) It's a medical drama but very different to western ones :P

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Supervixen — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:42:49 -0000

This article offers *so* much good advice! I'm impressed.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Rin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:07:01 -0000

Oh joy. Now I have an excuse for watching so many J-doramas, haha. I need to work harder this year on all my studies, including Japanese! I can do it [hopefully]!!

Thanks for this inspiring article! I'm all fired up now!

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

kdipko — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:55:56 -0000

The goal this year is to master what I just learned in Japanese 1, and to be well on my way to mastering material from my Japanese 2 class. I've been suuuper lazy and haven't studied since last quarter...oops!

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

zqube — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:53:48 -0000

Jeese... I really need to pick up my studies. I have been really lazy lately and it frustrates me because Japanese is one foreign language that actually sticks with me. Reading this gives me new hope. Back to the books I go.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Negi — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:36:03 -0000

Thanks Koichi! ^^ I never really thought about doing some of those tasks to learn Japanese. :] I'll most definitely be attempting some of those stuff.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Brian — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:04:39 -0000

good suggestions. I'm definatly gonna try the 'kanji a day' and 'read an article', but I better find some lower level, not so complex writings because I'm not that far along yet.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Chimiko — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:23:04 -0000

For J-drama and any Asian shows, I recommend going to www.crunchyroll.com and www.mysoju.com.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Chimiko — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:57:31 -0000

Kanji-a-Day is a really good idea, I'll see into it.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

+++ — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:59:36 -0000

J dorama are pretty expensive. I don't like fansubs so I'm screwed.

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Jamaipanese — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:14:03 -0000

super tips, I will definitively be looking through a couple of them

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

kevinnwhat — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:41:15 -0000

whenever i see someone say/comment "Thats super kawaii!!! or Sugoi!!!" I just get the impression of the biggest otaku ever....lol is that just me? :p (didnt mean to offend anyone...if you consider yourself an otaku or something lol)

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Nicholas — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:54:57 -0000

About the whole One Japanese word in a English sentence..it always annoyed me they way it sounded so a stopped doing that the first month after i started learning Japanese. So now its "English sentence" "English sentence" "Japanese sentence" "English sentence"

yeah...

P.S. There would be more "Japanese sentences" but no one I'm ever around ever understands me so i have to stick with one every so often... :(

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

kevinnwhat — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:26:27 -0000

for anyone wanting to know how to watch j-drama (and thousands of other asian movies)

>>>>>>>> WWW.CRUNCHYROLL.COM <<<<<<<

the quality is ok...but if you dont have another source this one should suit you. Most movies are subbed in english. It doesnt have every movie obviously, but it has quite a lot. You dont download the videos you just like steam them, pretty much like a big screen youtube for movies lol

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

kaidel — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:59:57 -0000

I so definitely agree with the drama. I stopped watching anime SO long ago, I hardly find it appealing anymore. Dramas are much much much much much more interesting.
<3

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Erin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:15:22 -0000

Tyler:

J-dorama are just Japanese tv shows (not news, or anime, but just... series). If you want to know more about it or see some recommendations, check out our past posts; Koichi did an article a while ago on it.

I feel like abbreviating Japanese to J is just easier to type :D

You write in Japanese on this website by changing the font on your computer to a Japanese font (hiragana, katakana, etc) and typing like you would in English.