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Viet · 1 year ago

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WOTDsctoo · 1 year ago

Alright...submitted. I had to send a second submission because I left something out...sorry about that. From the same person.

Good luck! :)

Mizuu · 1 year ago

*submits*
*cheers on for Koichi-san*

GoddessCarlie · 1 year ago

Submitted!! I can't wait to read your thesis. Are you doing a Masters Degree, PhD or an undergraduate honours - or other? Just curious. I will be doing my undergraduate honours next year, but I'm thinking I'll be taking a more literary approach, rather than a language learning or linguistic approach.

Tokidoki · 1 year ago

Done!
グッド・ラック！

buratto · 1 year ago

where can i get an electronic dictionary and a japanese keyboard in canada? well, edmonton specifically. i looked all around, but couldnt find anything yet. probably amazon eh?

bleaaaghghgh · 1 year ago

If you have a nintendo ds, you can import the game kanji sonomama rakubiki jiten.
It works great as an electronic dictionary and you can input kanji directly via the stylus, so it's also really handy when you want look up pronunciations for kanji. The only problem is that it's designed for native Japanese speakers and the english to japanese translations can be a little confusing if you don't know that much kanji.

Yami123and4 · 1 year ago

Cool...O_O I want one ^__^. And Hang in there Koichi!!! XD

mp3danyul · 5 months ago

Theres a couple Japanese tools on the Nintendo Ds that are pretty useful

koichi · 1 year ago

you don't need a japanese keyboard to type in Japanese. In fact, Japanese people use a keyboard very close to our own, with all romaji (english) characters

buratto · 1 year ago

when one types japanese on a western (i guess) keyboard, one uses romanji reading and then select the writing right? but when you type on a japanese keyboard, dont you type with actual kana? well, i wouldnt know anyways.

koichi · 1 year ago

yeah, when you type in Japanese you use romaji to type out the sounds. For example:
a -> あ

As per a Japanese keyboard? I have no idea, but it sounds like fun. I hear they are BIG.

buratto · 1 year ago

haha
here is what i meant by type by kana: http://benippon.com/shop/i/ELEC-BKBP-J109LG.jpg

but then again, ive never been to japan, so you would know better

Tofugu_Erin · 1 year ago

I really hate using Japanese keyboards, haha. They're just not intuitive. And because Japanese keyboards also allow you to type in both English and Japanese anyway (via the language bar), they're really no better than the keyboard you have. I dunno, if the novelty of typing a kana in fewer keys is something you're really keen on, you could probably find one on Amazon or JBox. JBox for sure, actually.

Gluck with your search!

Viet · 1 year ago

One fault of the Japanese keyboard for Westerners is the tiny space bar!

Sougen02 · 1 year ago

Our spacebar is too large anyway!
Lol We can rough it 8)

クリス · 1 year ago

You can try Newegg, they always have a wide selection of electronic goodies. Also I think Cannon makes an electronic word storage device, you can try Google and search around.

buratto · 1 year ago

thanks, i already checked newegg's website, but alas couldn find nothing. gonna check cannon next ^^

Sougen02 · 1 year ago

Thanks!

Sougen02 · 1 year ago

I feel like a noob when I answer some of the survey questions xD

Fredy · 1 year ago

I remember when I first learned to type in Japanese. I was so amazed! More like "amazeeddddddd" It's fun. :D I remember when in the Simpsons Lisa was typing in a Chinese keyboard. Woah! Haha. But they're the same too. Kind of like Japanese keyboards. I want a Spanish one that has the ñ for you. :D well, nevermind... I'm okay with ALT 0241. :D

mmnessa · 1 year ago

oh maaan, didn't make it on time :P

ロンさん · 1 year ago

What do you mean by typing in Japanese, Like writing on a computer or typing with a pencil?

Tofugu_Erin · 1 year ago

You've typed your Disqus username out in Japanese, so I'm assuming you're joking?

JohtoKen · 1 year ago

Awwww...you're more sad!? CHEER UP! がんばってください！！

「ライアン」 · 1 year ago

i could have written more but i have to drive to san diego (o.O)
ne who, good luck koichi! i'm really interested in what you find out!
keep me updated.

「ライアン」 · 1 year ago

oh ya...i totally forgot about japanese101 podcast

japan podcast 101

u can get it by following this

unless u dont already have an ipod...

1. buy 1
2. itunes
3. click podcasts
4. click education
5. search for japanese
6. subscribe to japan podcast 101 (audio)

they present u a dialouge in japanese.
then they slow it down. after that, they speed it up
again and add the meaning. next, they teach u
the grammer which they used and the vocab.

they have different types of speakers so u can
hear various kinds of japanese accents. also
they do audio blogs which dont have ne
breakdown at all. its just a blog in japanese.
see if u guys can get the meaning. sometimes
they'll have dialects. (they've been on the niigata
dialect for awhile, it's pretty strong.)

終

Joe · 1 year ago

yeah Jpod101 is pretty good, been going through their lessons slowly

heartlessangel · 1 year ago

I agree that the Ipod is a pretty cool way to help you learn Japanese or any language for that matter seeing as how its original intention was just for music and videos to turn into a learning tool its almost as if the Nintendo had something to do with this hummmmm

heartlessangel · 1 year ago

I can't even figure out how to get Japanese font on my computer mostly cause I never really thought about it all my Japanese frnds speak English really well so I've been getting spoiled I guess now that I'm actually learning its time for the hard work I have such good frnds.

クリス · 1 year ago

Submitted. I couldn't much in the first section because of the whole 'self-teaching' thing, but I managed to compensate for it in the second section. Hope it helps.

Question about the 'Typing in Japanese'. By typing in Japanese, do you mean the actual keyboard layout in Japanese, or using Japanese input for the keyboard? Example, I have a Japanese input setting on my Macbook for whenever I want to type in Japanese [shift control + j / k / ;]. I've seen a Japanese configured keyboards, but I haven't really manage to get the hang of it. I've played 'Typing of the Dead', but I couldnt really play correcty because I wasn't use to the Japanese character layout and some of the keys were missing from the keyboard.

Video here: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=-zkfVqrGXog

koichi · 1 year ago

I suppose either one would be fine. I'd be very impressed to see someone type on a keyboard with Japanese characters on it. =)

クリス · 1 year ago

I'd be impressed as well. It took me a good 5-10 seconds looking for the characters to spell "くも", haha. I guess the only problem I have is knowing which kanji to use when typing out sentences.

Tofugu_Erin · 1 year ago

The Tofugu team played Typing of the Dead in Odaiba (Tokyo). Super fun.

クリス · 1 year ago

Unfortunately, my friend and I were only able to play it in 'Little Tokyo' (Los Angeles). We eventually settled for House of the Dead, but my gun was broken so I ended up losing 25 cents... (-_-)"