[lost_s0ul09]

^how do you say that? in romaji?

[twinkle_l0ve]

kyoudai (in romaji)
20 characters.

[nuwera]

Can anyone tell me what this means:
"nagameseshimani dakishimete"

Thanks in advance.

Do you have the kanji characters of the sentence?
I tried to translate it but it seems that there is something wrong or maybe because I didn't get the meaning

--angel

[khul]

The 'Genki' series of books seem to be the most used and approved textbook used recently, that I am aware of. Although, I liked the 'Youkoso' series myself, it is a bit big and overbearing for someone not taking a class (I used the book in class, so it was good to me). 'Genki' is concise and isn't overloaded with too much information. I don't think anyone would have a problem getting through the 2 books and workbooks if they gave it any effort.

http://www.amazon.com/s/102-6871597-768175...=Mozilla-search

I said earlier that you should check out what books the local college uses. That's because the teachers there constantly scrutinize all the new books and test them in class. There's probably no better rating system than your local college. People like me are a bit out of date you see!

--

This book here I highly recommend for intermediate+ learners. It's a very good book:

http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Basic-japanese...5360&sr=8-1

Although it says "basic," it's really for the intermediate+ level people to enjoy. The counterpart for this book called "A dictionary of intermediate japanese grammar," should be called "misc. grammar" instead. I don't really ever find a use for it, and wouldn't recommend anyone getting it unless they are curious or perfectionists.

[iluvcuc4eva]

how do you spell EGGROLL in katakana?


thank you :)

[ordinarydaysx]

newest email from host sister; could anyone please translate?
thanks, a whole lot.

～セレナ～

美由貴は昨日、仕事終わりに友達達と夜ご飯を食べに行き、
その後に、ボーリングに行きました！！
何年ぶりかのボーリング♪
とっても楽しかった（＞▼＜）

セレナは、ボーリングしますか？？
是非、６月に行きましょう！！！！
もちろん、乾の家にセレナは泊まりに来てね（＾o＾）/
みんな楽しみに待っていますょ★

もし来る日が決まれば、早めに教えてね。
美由貴も仕事休んで、セレナと遊びたいから！！！

パソコンは中々開けないので、日にちが決まれば、パソコンとパパの携帯の両方に、メール入れて下さい。

[latina]

what do yappari and moto moto mean???

[sweetsmile]

^ "yappari" means "as expected"
and I think you meant to say "motto motto"? It means "more, more"

[Bea]

how do you write 'They called me an import'.
xD

彼らは私を IMPORT と呼んだ。

and

"i don't have boobs / i have a small chest"

[Silent Tears]

how do you spell EGGROLL in katakana?


thank you

タマゴヤキ

Japanese egg roll =)

[AkimotoMitsuki]

I'm taking Japanese right now, actually... I'm IN Japanese class RIGHT NOW.... haha
but we don't have an actual teacher, we learn from this teacher that records lessons for us and we have writing, listening and conversation test which we have to call her and talk to her in Japanese...

I've been slacking off alot.... = =|... but I really wanna get back with my learning~~

[nuwera]

newest email from host sister; could anyone please translate?
thanks, a whole lot.

～セレナ～

美由貴は昨日、仕事終わりに友達達と夜ご飯を食べに行き、
その後に、ボーリングに行きました！！
何年ぶりかのボーリング♪
とっても楽しかった（＞▼＜）

セレナは、ボーリングしますか？？
是非、６月に行きましょう！！！！
もちろん、乾の家にセレナは泊まりに来てね（＾o＾）/
みんな楽しみに待っていますょ★

もし来る日が決まれば、早めに教えてね。
美由貴も仕事休んで、セレナと遊びたいから！！！

パソコンは中々開けないので、日にちが決まれば、パソコンとパパの携帯の両方に、メール入れて下さい。

I tried my best in translating but there are few things that I couldn't translate which are in bold above.

at the end of my work I went with my friends at night to eat a meal.
after that, we went to play bowling!!
How many year have I not gone to bowling? ( I'm not sure about the translation in this sentence but that's what I understood, gomen~ )
it was so much fun.

do you play bowling Serena?
without fail, let's go in July!!!!
of course, Serena will come to the dry house at night duty
everyone is waiting with excitement.

if you decided on the day you're coming
inform me ahead of time, okay?
I'll take a day off, because I want to play with you.

--angel

[ordinarydaysx]

^
thanks so much!
it means a whole lot to me!!!

[Anonymous???]

Hi guys~

I'm having trouble with the usage of "kara" as because...

What is the correct way to use it O_o... like where does kara go (with the reason or the topic)?

[nuwera]

^ kara can mean "from" and "because"

I am from Japan.
nihon kara desu.

Isogashii kara, eiga ni ikimasen deshita.
Because I was busy, I didn't go to the movie.

The above sentence is copied from http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/s_jgrammar.html

--angel

[YamaSushi7]

I need some help pleaseee ><
This one person told me to call them おにーちゃま
What exactly does that mean? o.0

[sujinny]

I have a little "request"

how do you say "strawberry" in japanese, can somebody type it out for me? NOT WITH THE ACTUAL JAPANESE CHARACTERS - i mean like, something like a romanization ^^ thank you!!

[Anonymous???]

^ kara can mean "from" and "because"

I am from Japan.
nihon kara desu.

Isogashii kara, eiga ni ikimasen deshita.
Because I was busy, I didn't go to the movie.

The above sentence is copied from http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/s_jgrammar.html

--angel

Thank you =D

[akira53]

I have a little "request"

how do you say "strawberry" in japanese, can somebody type it out for me? NOT WITH THE ACTUAL JAPANESE CHARACTERS - i mean like, something like a romanization ^^ thank you!!

ichigo

I need some help pleaseee ><
This one person told me to call them おにーちゃま
What exactly does that mean? o.0

probably means older brother

newest email from host sister; could anyone please translate?
thanks, a whole lot.

～セレナ～

美由貴は昨日、仕事終わりに友達達と夜ご飯を食べに行き、
その後に、ボーリングに行きました！！
何年ぶりかのボーリング♪
とっても楽しかった（＞▼＜）

セレナは、ボーリングしますか？？
是非、６月に行きましょう！！！！
もちろん、乾の家にセレナは泊まりに来てね（＾o＾）/
みんな楽しみに待っていますょ★

もし来る日が決まれば、早めに教えてね。
美由貴も仕事休んで、セレナと遊びたいから！！！

パソコンは中々開けないので、日にちが決まれば、パソコンとパパの携帯の両方に、メール入れて下さい。

and the bolded parts that weren't previously translated:
美由貴 = Miyuki (name)
My computer isn't working (or something to that extent, i'm not totally sure) so when you've decided on a date, please send mail to my dad's cellphone.

[JWonNie]

Everytime I see this thread..
it reminds me of this guy who always talks to me on aim in japanese
& I have to look them up and reply using translator
& I asked why he was doing this... & he said he was practicing japanese with a bit of entertainment xD
Haha, he's a vietnamese... not japanese.
he takes japanese... i think
i waste so much time talking to him xD haha

your one & only
-wonnie