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By: Progress Update: Japanese Studies – Brain Bonbons

Progress Update: Japanese Studies – Brain Bonbons — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:23:32 +0000

[…] a foreign language is difficult, but I am determined to keep going. I came across an article recently that has made me realize that I have to keep pushing past all of the excuses, and that I have to […]

By: Insiya

Insiya — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:23:46 +0000

To me, they’re only white if the episode is dubbed in English. Otherwise, it’s all Japanese.

By: Hacking a language

Hacking a language — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:13:02 +0000

There was a time when I thought japanese was only learnable (idk if thats a word) by Japanese people!

By: Chagami

Chagami — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:57:56 +0000

When it comes to シ and ツ, just remember that *she (or shi) likes it low.* Now you won't mixed those up ;)

By: lisbet

lisbet — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:43:15 +0000

You mean there will come a time when I stop confusing シ(shi) /　ツ (tsu) and ン(n) / ソ(so) ?
I’m in my third year of Japanese study (although a SS baby) and I still confuse them 🙂

By: Ian Long

Ian Long — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:12:03 +0000

You know, I never, ever thought manga characters were white. I assumed that, because they were drawn by Japanese for Japanese and the stories were set in Japan, they must be Japanese.

To be honest, I think it’s very odd to think they are white. Why would they be? That kind of thinking says more about white people than Japanese people if you ask me…..

By: Cathryn Mataga

Cathryn Mataga — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:30:59 +0000

ドナルドダックは白人だけど一方でミッキーマウスとグーフィは黒人だと思う。

By: Ty

Ty — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:55:40 +0000

I still think anime characters look white.

But… I noticed that ONLY Japanese people can pull off cosplay of anime characters. It’s like… their face was perfectly designed for it. So I do recognize that anime characters are designed after Japanese people.

By: Augusto Modanese

Augusto Modanese — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:14:11 +0000

Interesting text, but they still look white to me…

By: V-man

V-man — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:41:45 +0000

If anyone still thinks that anime characters look white, they should read this – www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html

By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Language Is A Martial Art

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:26:20 +0000

[…] want to “own” a language, if you want to “become” a language, and even if you’re just a beginner and it all seems impossible, or you’re an intermediate and it all seems interminable, or your advanced and it all seems […]

By: Elvagejo

Elvagejo — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:27:06 +0000

Those people in amine aren’t white?

By: Bel

Bel — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:15:37 +0000

Japanese and Chinese don’t even sound SIMILAR. They’re not even RELATED xD I don’t know how anyone could think that they’re the same. I’d love to play something in Japanese and play the same exact thing in Chinese and people would never think they’re similar. Again.

By: Rarefish

Rarefish — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:13:15 +0000

我的天啊~ Your Japanese is like totally 走火入魔, but for a chinese person learning Japanese I guess I didnt have so many misconceptions. Your program is very good but if my parents catch me listening to Japanese all the time 我会被 KILL!

ANyway I enjoyed reading your articles! Arigatou

By: Jonny

Jonny — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:50:52 +0000

I don’t care what anybody says, I’ve never seen an Asian looking person in an anime. (2009)

By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » You Don’t Have A Foreign Language Problem, You Have An Adult Literacy Problem

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:04:41 +0000

[…] one is born knowing how to read. In every language we know, we were all slow once. It’s OK to suck. Just to find something fun and keep at it, but whatever you do don’t […]

By: David

David — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:17:32 +0000

I think they are white too. (2008)

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:05:09 +0000

I really like this website – mostly because it confirms my own beliefs 🙂

For many years, I have believed that language classes are next to being utterly useless – and just as you say, the vast majority of textbooks are just the same. However, whenever I have uttered these beliefs to language learning friends, I have always just recieved howls of derision!

It is also nice to see you also highlight the importance of mental tools – the people who succeed at the really tough things in life are always those with the right mental attitude, and obviously need not be the ones with the greatest ‘natural ability’.

Anyway, please keep up the good work, and keep us posted on how the Chinese in going.

By: Alec

Alec — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:04:42 +0000

Really interesting post and cool to see the evolution of a Japanese learner. I can use chopsticks, know what an SRS is, and know how to say hello in Japanese and Korean, but I can’t read Japanese subtitles fast enough, can’t read a book/newspaper without a dictionary, and can’t understand Japanese news.

It’s just a matter of time and learning. I’m hoping to be able to leave early the programme I’m on now, so I can get to Tokyo and live with Japanese people as soon as possible.

Great post!

By: khatzumoto

khatzumoto — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:15:53 +0000

Haha. I need to 入 a little more 魔…I’m just ramping up slowly, getting more materials. Actually, you just caught me in the middle of a shopping trip at books.com.tw…I’m getting a (dubbed) discovery channel documentary about cats, and I need to get a region-free DVD player. Is this TMI, by the way?