Category Archives: 日本語

Drama for Language Geeks

Posted on August 20, 2013 by baudattitude

I’ve never been a real fan of Japanese live action drama series. I watched the Great Teacher Onizuka TV series some years back, after seeing the movie, and I keep meaning to get around to Winter Sonata – yes, I … Continue reading →

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ノーラスへようこそ

Posted on March 13, 2012 by baudattitude

I am really quite fickle when it comes to free MMOs. Less than a week after trying out Perfect World International for a bit, I’m back in Sony’s pockets. I had been getting a little burned out on eq2 at … Continue reading →

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I needed to know this years ago.

Posted on November 8, 2010 by baudattitude

Most computers handle Japanese character input pretty well these days. That is to say, both Windows (since Windows XP) and Mac OS/X (since I dunno when) come with an IME built in and a set of Japanese fonts. It’s a … Continue reading →

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What the hell is “mofumofu”?

Posted on April 27, 2009 by baudattitude

So, I was letting Google Image Search find me a new wallpaper – and, by the way, if you’re an anime fan, I strongly recommend typing “壁紙” into GIS and letting it fly, insasmuch as it’s Japanese for “wallpaper”  – … Continue reading →

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Can’t read your own shirt, huh?

Posted on October 2, 2008 by baudattitude

One really popular pastime for native English speakers, when visiting Japan, is to gawk at and make fun of all the t-shirts with bizarre, fractured, or profane English prominently featured. This, then, would be turnabout. My wife has gotten rather … Continue reading →

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6 days until the JLPT…

Posted on November 25, 2007 by baudattitude

So, I took last year’s 3kyuu test tonight, after finishing up the exercises in my Grammar test book. Score: Kanji & Vocab : 41/55 Listening: 15/23 Grammar & Reading: 37/50 These are not great scores.  They ARE passing scores, but … Continue reading →

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I try to be smart, and am not.

Posted on November 12, 2007 by baudattitude

So, I’m reading Tae Kim’s excellent guide to Japanese grammar, and it slaps me with an unfamiliar kanji. (誰) I look it up. It’s the kanji for “who” (だれ) I think to myself… I’ve never seen “だれ” written in kanji… … Continue reading →

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OK, I get the cake thing now

Posted on October 31, 2007 by baudattitude

After about a zillion sightings of “the cake is a lie hah hah hah I’m so funny and referential”, I broke down and rented Portal yesterday. Well, I rented “The Orange Box”, strictly speaking, but really… Portal. And it was … Continue reading →

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Yuno, I’m troubled.

Posted on October 24, 2007 by baudattitude

I ought to be heading to bed soon, but I’ll probably be up for an hour or so. In the meantime I am faced with a conundrum. On the one hand, I should take this opportunity to study for the … Continue reading →

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Katakana is a untrustworthy friend.

Posted on October 21, 2007 by baudattitude

Normally, I like seeing words in katakana, because normally they’re nice friendly English words. Then, I hit a word spelled in katakana, like, oh, I dunno, “ホーム”, and this of course makes perfect sense. Ho-mu. Home. And then I hit … Continue reading →

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