[little mixed girl]

^

「あけおめ～！ことよろ～！」<---haha that sounds so lazy!
"nooo so many vowels!!!"

akeome~ kotoyoru ^^

[lilaznmonkee_2008]

helppp!!
whats iced tea, cheeseburger, asparagus, hitchhiking, disco, and meeting in japanese??

thank you in advance ^^

[putasmileon]

helppp!!
whats iced tea, cheeseburger, asparagus, hitchhiking, disco, and meeting in japanese??

thank you in advance ^^

Iced Tea:　アイスティー
Cheeseburger:　チーズバーガー
Asparagus:　アスパラガス
Hitchhiking:　無銭旅行 （むせんりょこう）
Disco:　ディスコ
Meeting:　会 （かい） generic term; 集合（しゅうごう） another generic term; 本会 （ほんかい） formal meeting (commitee)

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I have a riddle! For those of you who know the Japanese prefectures and know the pronounciation of Kanji, this is great for you. Here it goes.

そこの人たちはとっても欲張り～
毎日みんなにおめでとうって言われたい～
『ねぇ、ねぇ、毎日、私、誕生日なんだ』
『１００点とったの！すごいでしょ？』
ここがどこだかわかるかな～？
ヒントは『祝福のおねだり』
さあみんな考えてください

The answer is here.. highlight when you want to know the answer:
岩手県 <--- ANSWER!!
祝って!　祝って!　＝いわって　＝　岩手（いわて）県！ <--- highlight here for an explanation

Haha, pretty silly, I got it out of a 脳内エステIQサプリ book. These are great if you wanna stretch your mind - hehe. They're easily purchasable internationally at Kinokuniyas (domestically also..). I'll post more when I feel like I wanna.. see if you got it right!! Let me know!

(edit): ughh. some stupid coding problems. check back for the answers..

This post has been edited by putasmileon: 03 January 2006 - 08:40 PM

[Tamago86]

Tamago is not well versed in his Japanese prefectures, haha...

Hitchhiking would probably be ヒッチハイクする (hicchihaiku suru). And meeting can also be 会議 (kaigi).


Actually I knew that prefecture but was just too stupid to guess it from that riddle

[putasmileon]

Tamago is not well versed in his Japanese prefectures, haha...

Hitchhiking would probably be ヒッチハイクする (hicchihaiku suru). And meeting can also be 会議 (kaigi).

hehehe thanks for that correction.

i just added the answers :-P

[putasmileon]

Another puzzle!!

立+木+日+白+八+八=??
この文字たちを合体させて２文字の言葉を完成させよ。

Highlight below:
音楽 <--- ANSWER!!
立＋日＝音　白＋八＋八＋木＝楽 <--- highlight here for an explanation

This post has been edited by putasmileon: 03 January 2006 - 08:55 PM

[YOONA_x3]

can someone translate what that says?

[shortboy]

Wow, some of you guys seriously know your stuff. If only I was seriously dedicated into learning Japanese back in high school, I would have probably been as good as you guys. No...I take it back. 1 hour a day for 8 months is only really....a week's worth of learning japanese XD and times that by 4 years (years in Japanese class) =...a month...damn...after figuring that out...I haven't really learned Japanese for that long if it were a 24 hour straight course XD.

Good thing though, this semester, I'm getting back into Japanese after a semester of not learning (I'm 1st year college btw). But seriously though, some of you guys are impressing me with what you know.

[Tamago86]

can someone translate what that says?

"There is nothing that doesn't change, but I won't forget you/that/it"

It might make more sense if you provided the context, but I'm guessing it's the lyrics to a song

Good thing though, this semester, I'm getting back into Japanese after a semester of not learning (I'm 1st year college btw). But seriously though, some of you guys are impressing me with what you know.

High school Japanese isn't really that great anyways, but Japanese taught in colleges is usually quite good and classes usually meet at least 2-3 times a week, so you should quickly pass what you learned before : P If you need help you know where to come though, haha

[YOONA_x3]

^thankyou ^^

[little mixed girl]

Another puzzle!!

立+木+日+白+八+八=??
この文字たちを合体させて２文字の言葉を完成させよ。

Highlight below:
音楽 <--- ANSWER!!
立＋日＝音　白＋八＋八＋木＝楽 <--- highlight here for an explanation

awww...haha that's cute...
it makes total sense after seeing the answer tho

[paper or plastic]

omg..japanese speakers!!

how do you say "learned/learn" in japanese? >_<

hahaha~ thanks so much

[boredfast]

arigatoooooo moshi moshiiiii-san

[Tamago86]

omg..japanese speakers!!

how do you say "learned/learn" in japanese? >_<

hahaha~ thanks so much

To learn 習う narau
Learned (past tense) 習った naratta

Examples:

来年日本語を習う - I'll learn Japanese next year
rainen nihongo o narau

高校で英語を習った - I learned English in high school
koukou de eigo o naratta

[Godotology]

what does yarashii mean, some girl told me that

[Tamago86]

what does yarashii mean, some girl told me that

It's the short form of iyarashii which means like dirty or perverted

which begs the question, what you been up to Range?

[Godotology]

It's the short form of iyarashii which means like dirty or perverted

which begs the question, what you been up to Range?

phew and here i thought it was something bad.

[putasmileon]

Can somebody explain to me why Bae Yong Joon is called Yon-sama (ヨン様) in Japan?

[orangecake]

Can somebody explain to me why Bae Yong Joon is called Yon-sama (ヨン様) in Japan?

おお。ナイスな質問だわ。

それはね～。

そもそも、日本のペ・ヨンジュンファンの中心がおばさま達だからなのよ。
おばさま達は、自分の愛するアーティストのことを敬愛を込めて「様」をつけて呼ぶの。

（ただし！それはおばさま達が今の年齢になったからそう呼び始めたわけではなくて、彼女たちは若い頃からそういう言葉使いをしてたの。だから、今の若者がおばさま達と同じ年齢になった時に、そんな言葉使いをするかどうかは不明です。）

最初にこんな使い方の「様」が一般的に出てきたのは「杉様」（すぎさま）だったと思う。これは、日本でとおっても有名な杉良太郎（すぎ　りょうたろう）という役者兼歌手のこと（有名って言っても・・・若者は知らないな。きっと。 Josh、大学で聞いてみて！）。

こういう呼び方はたぶん、江戸時代に女性が好きな男性のことをこんな風に呼んでいた名残だと思う。

今でも、歌舞伎役者はこんな風に呼ばれることが多いです。

「孝様」（たかさま）「玉様」（たまさま）コンビとか。（片岡孝夫　かたおか　たかお（現・片岡仁左衛門　かたおか　にざえもん）・坂東玉三郎　ばんどう　たまさぶろう。これまた超有名な歌舞伎役者）
「海老様」（えびさま）（市川海老蔵　いちかわ　えびぞう。でも、現在の海老蔵はまだ、「えびさま」とは呼ばれてない。先代は呼ばれてました）とか。

↑こんなんでわかる？よかったら、英文に訳して。えへへ。申し訳ない。よろしく。

[orangecake]

It's the short form of iyarashii which means like dirty or perverted

which begs the question, what you been up to Range?

「いやらしい」には他に「エッチ」とか「スケベ」っていう意味もあるから、その状況で意味が微妙に変わるよ。

憎憎しげに「なんていやらしいヤツなんだ」って言ったら、かなり強烈な悪態になるけど、笑いながら「も～いやらしいんだから～」って言ったら「も～エッチなんだから～」「も～このスケベ！」って感じかな。