[Freackled]

I downloaded a japanese album, but everything's protected by a password. It redirects me to this URL:
http://okanemochi.nomaki.jp/password/indexmenu.html

...but it's all in Japanese. Does it say anything about the password there? Thanks so much.

[putasmileon]

whats the difference between hikari and raito? dont they both mean light?

ライト (raito) is more like electricity and light switches. On the other hand, 光 is like natural light.

For example:
光 (hikari): 光は音よりも速く進む - Light travels faster than sound.
ライト (raito): 私はライトを消した - I turned off the light.

However, instead of ライト, I prefer to use　電気 (denki), as in electricity. Even so, both are acceptable.

I downloaded a japanese album, but everything's protected by a password. It redirects me to this URL:
http://okanemochi.nomaki.jp/password/indexmenu.html

...but it's all in Japanese. Does it say anything about the password there? Thanks so much.

It says that the password is in one of the below 8 banners. I found the page!
http://okanemochi.nomaki.jp/password/passmenu.html

The password is: ajFIgieIFel3ihi5


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A member on Soompi (flikflak) needs some help regarding Japanese culture:
If it's possible, can U send me some web about Japanese culture in English. And if U don't mind, plz tell me anything U know about Japanese culture. Do U know the slogan that Japanese youth use to help develop this country . It's like : keep up with the Western. be equal the Western and pass over the Western (I translate it from my language so I don't know if it's exactly bit that's its meaning phew.gif ). Anything that U know about that and that period that japnese use them?
I think that I can do some research via Internet but I don't know Japanese so it's quite limited.
I hope that U can help me. Please respond as soon as possible. At best before 1/5.

Unfortunately, I'm not an expert in the culture besides the modern-day Japanese. If you can help flikflak out, that'd be great (I hope you're okay with me posting this...). Feel free to post what you have to offer here or PM flikflak directly. Thanks a lot!

[Freackled]

It says that the password is in one of the below 8 banners. I found the page!
http://okanemochi.nomaki.jp/password/passmenu.html

The password is: ajFIgieIFel3ihi5:

Thank you SO MUCH!!

[.:: Stacey ::.]

I never realised there were language threads like this here! Wow!

I've been learning Japanese for three years and currently my fourth year, since year 7. I reckon most people would be pretty fluent after that many years, but I guess we don't spend enough time learning it at our school. Hehe... I signed up to go on the Japan exchange tour this year and will be visiting Japan in September. Can't wait~ I hope I can at least work out a way to communicate with my host family.

Anyoo, I have a very limited vocab of kanji, and I had a brief read through a few pages... I was wondering.... if you guys could write the hiragana/romaji on the kanjis?

[Bl@h]

i wanna take japanese in high school~ but my parents said itz a waste` u should learn spanish~ cuz itz the 3rd biggest lang in the world~ i was like wat the ****?! i love japanese! n since i am poor and dun have money to pay for tutors~ i can only self learn~ so thx for starting this thread

[Tamago86]

Anyoo, I have a very limited vocab of kanji, and I had a brief read through a few pages... I was wondering.... if you guys could write the hiragana/romaji on the kanjis? [/color]

Alot of the times like in my post I put the romaji equivalent, but if I don't then you're just going to have to look it up. Copy and paste the kanji into here
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1C
It's the only way you'll learn them

And don't worry most people aren't even close to fluent after 4 or so years of Japanese study. It's the hardest language in the world for a reason ya know, plus high schools don't really teach languages, it's more of an introduction to the culture in general.
So where in Japan are you going to?

i wanna take japanese in high school~ but my parents said itz a waste` u should learn spanish~ cuz itz the 3rd biggest lang in the world~ i was like wat the ****?! i love japanese! n since i am poor and dun have money to pay for tutors~ i can only self learn~ so thx for starting this thread

Well if your parents think biggest language = better then why don't they want you to learn Mandarin? Spanish may be widely spoken but as a language of business and commerce it's waaay behind things like Japanese, French, German, even behind Korean I would say. There are just so many people that study Spanish, and so many people that can speak both Spanish and English that it's not really worth learning if you want to make money with it. Besides if you compare the Mexican or Spanish economy to Japan it won't even be on the radar, because Japan has the 2nd largest economy in the world. So yea..for making money Japanese > Spanish. However if you never plan to use Japanese in a job and plan to live in the US for the rest of your life then Spanish is better.

[Tamago86]

明日から、日本はゴールデンウィークです。
最大、9連休になるんだ~。

いいな、ゴールデンウィークって 日本人は本当に働きすぎるもんだな。。休み方さえ忘れちゃった人いてもびっくりしない。。

女性に対して紳士みたいに振舞ったり優しく扱ったりすることは日本語で何と言われる?英語では"Chivalrous"だけど、英和辞典で調べたら「騎士道」が出たけど同じ意味合いを持ってるかどうか分からない

[akira53]

My speech contest was today...didn't win anything but there were nice consolation gifts lol...they give out good things every year. Last year they had make up...for everyone, guys too lol.
I was super nervous...but it wasn't as bad as last year...but I forgot parts of my speech so I just skipped some parts T_T
went very well considering I had a week to do it...plaus the audience laughed so I guess that was good lol.

Does anyone know about the average cost of 旅館 in Japan (w/ or w/out meals)?

[putasmileon]

My speech contest was today...didn't win anything but there were nice consolation gifts lol...they give out good things every year. Last year they had make up...for everyone, guys too lol.
I was super nervous...but it wasn't as bad as last year...but I forgot parts of my speech so I just skipped some parts T_T
went very well considering I had a week to do it...plaus the audience laughed so I guess that was good lol.

Does anyone know about the average cost of 旅館 in Japan (w/ or w/out meals)?

Good to know your speech went well. Sorry that you didn't win

About ryokans... I've been to quite a few myself (in Hakone, Takayama, and Kyoto) and they were a bit more expensive than the average. According to japan-guide.com, "Typical rates for ryokan range between 6,000 and 20,000 Yen per night and person, but some no-frills establishments offer rooms for less."

I got rooms in Hakone (Washintei Hougetsu) for 35000 Yen per person per night. This included the onsen (of course), a rather spacious tatami room (biggest in the ryokan), and multiple course meals for dinner and breakfast. It has a nice view of Lake Ashi and Mt. Fuji in the background (haha you know how every onsen in Japan has posters of Mt. Fuji). It's not a cheap ryokan.. but they don't speak English. You can check out their website: hakone-hougetu.com. This is my favorite ryokan... by far.

[akira53]

^ thanks for the info! we're supposed to role play a travel agency...the 2 fluent japanese speakers in our class are playing the お客さん
what about for ペンション or コンドミニアム or hostel ( ? Yeah those are the choices for the the 宿タイプ on the website we have to use...but the site doesn't work when you input your choices to get a price estimate so we have to look up our own prices.

Do business hotels in Japan typicaly provide meals? I assume just breakfast maybe? I looked up hotel rates on yahoo travel and some said "rates start from $2" T_T
thanks..i'll ckeck out that site

[little mixed girl]

昨日卒業したんだ！！！！！！ xD

[Nana]

昨日卒業したんだ！！！！！！ xD

祝辞~ あなたは高校か大学を卒業しましたか?

将来、最善をつくしてください!

[Tamago86]

昨日卒業したんだ!!!!!! xD

卒業おめでとう! もう社会人になちゃったなぁ、卒業したり仕事に勤めたり。。早く結婚しろ結婚しろ!
teehee jk

[daydreamer]

I was wondering if anyone would be able to act as a translator for me?

I went to Japan for 2 weeks recently and left with a Japanese boyfriend.

I write emails and letters to him but sometimes I don't think he understands. I'm sure he uses a online translator because his grammar and sentence structure is pretty weird. I would like to keep this relationship and I'm very aware of the outcomes of long distance relationships.

Can any Soompi member help me? Let's feel the love

[Tamago86]

Help you what? write sweet nothings in Japanese?

[daydreamer]

^ Hahaha.. I guess that would be in the job description. I want to write letters to him and would like someone to translate @.@

[heygingersnap]

i've been taking japanese for a couple months now at my university, so i thought this was a pretty cool idea! will probably be helpful too...

[little mixed girl]

祝辞~ あなたは高校か大学を卒業しましたか?

将来、最善をつくしてください!

私大学生デシュ～＾＾

卒業おめでとう! もう社会人になちゃったなぁ、卒業したり仕事に勤めたり。。早く結婚しろ結婚しろ!
teehee jk

ヤヤヤ、そんなバカなことイワネーよ　はははは　結婚なんて

[Queenie<3]

how do you write Japan, History of Japan and History Timeline of Japan?

* in japanese symbol*

[putasmileon]

how do you write Japan, History of Japan and History Timeline of Japan?

* in japanese symbol*

Japan - 日本(nihon)
History of Japan -　日本の歴史 (nihon no rekishi)
History Timeline of Japan -　日本の歴史のタイムライン (nihon no rekishi no taimurain)