Comments on: Book Review / 1-Minute Email-Fu | Quick, Concise, Chronically Awesome Japanese Business Email Examples For People Who Think Too Much

By: Brityan

Brityan — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:02:55 +0000

Where’s the ‘fu’ from? Isn’t it ‘1-Minute Email Jutsu’?

By the way, if I just legitimately corrected Khatz’s Japanese, I win this thread 😀

By: Tommy Newbhall

Tommy Newbhall — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:40:17 +0000

Hey, if you're up for it, could you maybe talk some more about this #scheduling you're ranting about <== over there on twitter. I've been reading a lot of Cal Newport's Blog but I'm interested in your opinion. And though she was not prissy or undersexed, I do know what you mean. ぴーす tom

By: David

David — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:57:32 +0000

My Waseda educated friend steals my slippers without asking. Coincidence? I think not.

By: zach

zach — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:16:41 +0000

I was happy with the praise I was getting all over the net until I got a Japanese friend to start tutoring me.

She says I’m ‘basic’ level and I’m worse than most of the people she tutors.

やった！

By: ダンちゃん

ダンちゃん — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:44:17 +0000

What? Praise going around and I’m not getting a slice? Send some of that sweet stuff my way. (But seriously, does anybody get addicted to Japanese people on the internet praising your language skills? It can’t be healthy…)

Really cool looking book. Do want! I had a series of email exchanges with a Japanese uni proff. a few months ago, and while I got by with a bit of polite+, some knowledge of honorific/humble language would have been really helpful.

Also, thanks for reminding me that I gotta get me a piece of this translating action. Two more months before my teaching job is over, and then I gotta survive somehow for four and a half months before I come to Japan. NOT doing crappy work that requires that I use only English is a dream.

By: 0range

0range — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:34:20 +0000

Let’s get some Chinese book reviews!

By: アメド

アメド — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:11:57 +0000

@Jaybot 7
Yea I know, my 日本語 is awesome!…….

Nowadays I try to keep everything formal in Japanese. Although, nowadays I know so much slang it isn’t funny……

Those types of books I just want to use a tool to do stuff outside my computer, so I can for example read it outside when I’m at school,etc,etc. Although I might as well invest in an ipod for it’s large space and put a lot of japanese stuff in there instead. I like to keep my options open to everything.

My next investments(in terms of buying are): jp games,ipod classic, more jp novels/manga, jp texts(books for teaching formal letter writing,etc) and lastly some jp dramas to go along with all that.

By: Jaybot7

Jaybot7 — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:01:52 +0000

アメド、well, I’m sure… no, I *know* your 日本語 is leaps and bounds above mine, but writing anything in writing, aside from email, and 携帯メール (and youtube comments, and amazon reviews… wait..) is the Japanese excuse (no, the rule!) to use ます form. And なかろうか。And all the other stuff which is never normally used. It almost feels like… ‘hey, if we don’t use it here, we’ll never use it!’ so it’s good practice. Just like starting the beginning of every letter with an irrelevant comment about the weather. 最近雨が多くて来ましたね。:)

By: Jaybot7

Jaybot7 — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:56:16 +0000

Good, good, good, good, and good!

Thank you!

Now I just need to find a real job so I can put this into some practical usage 🙂

(speaking of electronic formats… don’t get me started on the archaic 履歴書 system in place… IT companies, you know, –their life-line depending on electronic versions of everything– demanding hand-frickin-written resumes is just… horse-deer.)

By: アメド

アメド — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:41:21 +0000

These are the types of books I’m looking for, in japanese. This types of things use japanese to teach you more japanese in japanese. Although having an electronic version would help a lot. I can still make use of it in book-format.

I remember searching for a book that looked on formal letter writing in japanese. I plan on getting those books this year.