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View Poll Results: what do you like better, kanji, katakana, or hiragana?
かんじ/kanji 3 13%
カタカナ/katakana 4 17%
ひらがな/hiragana 7 29%
why the hell do they need three alphabets? >_> 2 8%
they have a different alphabet than us O.O; 1 4%
there are three japanese languages? 5 21%
i dunno, i like em all n_n 2 8%
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Old May 9th, 2005 (2:50 PM). Edited May 9th, 2005 by marillmonster2000.
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Konnichiwa! May I join? I'm currently teaching myself Nihongo and I've memorized two Nihongo Poketto Monsutaa songs, Pokemon Getto da ze and Ok! I'm really good at reading katakana, medium at hiragana and beginning to scale the high wall of kanji. I used to write some kanji over and over. I know a lot of kanji right now though
love, child, flower, day, night, sun, moon, Japanese language, strength, rain, tree, forest, river, water, fire, point, I, mouth, princess, dog, ocean, land, beach and valley. That's all I can remember now.

hai! you may join ^_^ . and "pokemon getto da ze"(get pokemon) is called "mezasea pokemon masutta"(most likely spelled wrong >_>)(try to be a pokemon master) sorry.. im a wee bit picky XD and im trying to learn the ok guitar solo.. :3 no luck so far though XD




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Hrm... I think it might make more sense to the Japanese if you were to say "Shinjitsu to yume wa onaji." Literally, it means "Truth (or in this context, reality) and dreams are the same." Y'see, "ichi" means "one" in Japanese, but only in the numerical sense. They don't have a pronoun "one," like we do, or at least, not using the same word.

Take Yamichi's name for example. As it is now, his name could be a slangy way of saying "number 1 darkness," although if he was really going for that definition he'd make it "Yamichiban." But if he wants it to be interpreted as "Dark one," where "one" means a single person, he'd have to make it either "Yami-jin" or "Yami-bito." I didn't want to say anything about his at first, for two reasons. The first is that, regardless of any grammatical flaws it might have, anno namae wa totemo kakkoi yo (that name is really cool!) And the second is that once I start nitpicking at things like that, people tend to dislike me. :( I just decided to say something since I saw two people make the same mistake. gomen ne, minna! m-_-m (Sorry, guys! *bows humbly*)
eep, confusing @[email protected] but i think i understand, nonetheless. ill go change my title right now >.>

yay! nanahyaku posts n_n im happy
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Hrm... I think it might make more sense to the Japanese if you were to say "Shinjitsu to yume wa onaji." Literally, it means "Truth (or in this context, reality) and dreams are the same." Y'see, "ichi" means "one" in Japanese, but only in the numerical sense. They don't have a pronoun "one," like we do, or at least, not using the same word.

Take Yamichi's name for example. As it is now, his name could be a slangy way of saying "number 1 darkness," although if he was really going for that definition he'd make it "Yamichiban." But if he wants it to be interpreted as "Dark one," where "one" means a single person, he'd have to make it either "Yami-jin" or "Yami-bito." I didn't want to say anything about his at first, for two reasons. The first is that, regardless of any grammatical flaws it might have, anno namae wa totemo kakkoi yo (that name is really cool!) And the second is that once I start nitpicking at things like that, people tend to dislike me. :( I just decided to say something since I saw two people make the same mistake. gomen ne, minna! m-_-m (Sorry, guys! *bows humbly*)
Sou desu yo! (that's right!) And I totally agree on Yamichi being a kakkoi username too! xP
I wouldn't dislike you if you'd be picky on what I say in Japanese as there is most likely loads of mistakes I make, but ya know, we can learn from our mistakes and picky people like ya! XD
In fact, I'd love if you correct me when I make mistakes in Japanese grammar! :P
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Yea! I'm a member YATTA!
Well anyway, at my school they have a Nihongo club and one of my teachers speak fluent Nihongo. She drills me in the hall sometimes.
I also have a Nihongo dictionary and visit some Japanese sites. It's the best language and much cooler than Spanish.
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Yea! I'm a member YATTA!
Well anyway, at my school they have a Nihongo club and one of my teachers speak fluent Nihongo. She drills me in the hall sometimes.
I also have a Nihongo dictionary and visit some Japanese sites. It's the best language and much cooler than Spanish.
Man, you are SO lucky. At my school there is only me and 2 others I know interested in Nihongo... Hardly enough to form a club really. u_u
And yeah, is much cooler than spanish. :D Next year though we're gonna get a teacher in to do an after-school class in Nihongo, hopefully I shall learn a lot more then. :D
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^__^ ねえねえ~~私はこのクラブを合わしてもいいですか.
Translation: Hey, hey~ Is it okay if I join this club?

I've been taking Japanese for 2 years and this year's classes just finished on Saturday with our exam. o_O I pick up my marks next week. Aaanyway... my favourite script is katakana since it's easy to understand once you memorize all the syllables. ^^; All the words are basically English! I don't hate Kanji, but I don't particularly like most of them. @@; Not when I have to memorize over 100 for marks, blech. I like being able to recognize them, though. It makes me feel special. XD;;

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hehe! Me too, its fun learning new kanji characters xD and yes, you can join.punkhobbitqueen and lightning ! ^^


^you used this in your post. i am going to take an educated guess XD does it mean house?
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Just stopping by. I like Hiragana better, because they're rounder and cuter, even though I don't quite know all of them.

BTW, why Nihongo? That's Japanese language.
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Just stopping by. I like Hiragana better, because they're rounder and cuter, even though I don't quite know all of them.

BTW, why Nihongo? That's Japanese language.
Because this is the Japanese language fanclub, silly! :P

"MetalMario no Baaaaka!!!" Lol! J/K, MetalMario. :) I just love sayin' that to people!
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MetalMario no baka? That must be you. Shuko-wa baka-jin desu XD! (j/k)

On the first page, it said Japanese culture, and that sort of stuff in general, but the title says Nihongo club.
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MetalMario no baka? That must be you. Shuko-wa baka-jin desu XD! (j/k)

On the first page, it said Japanese culture, and that sort of stuff in general, but the title says Nihongo club.
Gah! You're right! I guess I am the baka after all :P. m-_-m Gomen nasai, MetalMario-kun (I'm sorry, MetalMario) O' course, I never meant anything by it anyway. Like I said, I just like saying it to people, lol.

"Baka-jin"? 0_o I've never heard baka used in that context before. As far as I know, I've only heard people say "(insert person's name here) wa baka" or "(insert person's name here) no baka". They both mean the same thing, but the second is a more slangy, less formal way of calling someone a nincompoop. :P

For example, in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Asuka's always saying to Shinji: "Anta no bakaaaa!!!" or "You're such an idiot!"
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Oi, can I join? I've been taking Japanese for about four years, I'm pretty good in it. Kanji is the only thing I have a really hard time with. Katakana is my favorite, mainly because there aren't over a thousand characters to learn. It's the first one I learned so, another reason why I'm fond of it. XD
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hehe! Me too, its fun learning new kanji characters xD and yes, you can join.punkhobbitqueen and lightning ! ^^


^you used this in your post. i am going to take an educated guess XD does it mean house?
Actually, I think its base meaning is "meet" =o It's the kanji in "あいます/aimasu" (replacing the あ/a) so... yeah. ^^;

xD I'm not used to writing Japanese in romaji, lol.
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I think it means both. O.o; And as far as I can remember, it is read Kai too as in Kaigi *cannot see the kanji that you're talking about as this pc is crap, and is just guessing it* Chigaimasu ka? XD (Am I wrong?)
And geez... everyone seems to struggle with Kanji... I'm glad I'm not the only one then! XD *eyes with spite his 'Essential Kanji' book* XD

Oh, and as an addition to t3h Baka thing, I love calling people 'Bakana yatsu' ... XD (Stupid/Silly dude)
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erm.. i know about the culture/language thing.. because at first, i just called it the nihongo fanclub. and then i went back and changed ti. and then i realize, it didnt rename the whole club.. just that one first post >.>

and yeah, you may join, Mihara.
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いやあ...日本のクラブ!オレに合わせる も良いか? (Hey... it's a japanese club! Can I enter?)
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ooh. yes, and i think i know most of those kanjis...

日本
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meet(hehe.. just found this one out xD see a few posts up)


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are these correct? i dont know very much kanji.. and i always like to learn new characters. ^^
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I recognise the Japan one most (obviously XD).

Here are a few I know, with the romanji to match. :P
闇 - Yami - Dark
光 - Hikari - Light
地 - Chi - Earth
王 - Ou - King
遊戯 - Yuugi - Game
Some of those may be wrong, but meh. I'm not perfect. XD Obviously I learned those ones from Yugioh. XD

Though I like Katakana most, probably because it was the first one I started to learn and I know many more characters from it.
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erm.. i know about the culture/language thing.. because at first, i just called it the nihongo fanclub. and then i went back and changed ti. and then i realize, it didnt rename the whole club.. just that one first post >.>

and yeah, you may join, Mihara.
Ah, alright. ~_^ I've changed that for you then.

And Yamichi ~ Uwaa! XD 闇 was the first kanji I ever memorized! :D It's fun to write~

あの...あっ君達の一番好きな色は何ですか。 (日本語で言い返してください。)
Um... Ah! What is everyone's favourite colour? (Answer in Japanese, please.)
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ども ありがと, リテニング さん. ^^(thank you very much lightening san)

first kanji i ever learned is 山 (やま ) (mountain) my uncle taught it to me ^^.

色 の こい てき です. (favorite colors.) (correct me if i said that wrong)

1.黒(black)
2.電 白赤(electric pink) *XD thats the best i could do for pink for all of you who read kanji :P*
3.緑(green)
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Meow... one of my first kanji was Yama (river) too!... it was followed by Yama, though, as I first encountered it tryint to translate the name Yamakawa XD

My favourite kanji? It's Nin (a specifit one, meaning perseverance, sufference, hiding and more). I shall post it later, since (as I said before) this computer doesn't read japanese language... ^^
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Hrm... Aoi ga suki desu... to midori ... KUURU na iro ga daisuki dayo! X3 (Hrm... I like blue... green also... I love cool colors! :D)

My first kanji... that's a nice one. It was "Tori." (bird). I remember reading some dragonball manga, and it had the name of the artist in its Kanji form: "Toriyama Akira." I looked it up after I bought a kanji dictionary, and it was the first one I memorized, lol. I don't have Japanese fonts installed on my computer, so you'll have to settle for a bad scrawl of it from Macromedia Flash:
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lol, if you want it, i can tell you where to get it.
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lol, if you want it, i can tell you where to get it.
Ooh! PM me the linkie!! :P That'd be great!
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