Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Is this a grammatically correct sentence? 10 points.?

Question:

きのう、わたしは　かき/Kaku　できません　でした。
Yesterday, I wasn't able to write

Answer:

If you are asking if the upper Japanese sentence is correct, no, it's not correct.

I think you need an object to make an accurate Japanese sentence. You were not able to write what?

Addition:
>It's kind of a general statement.
Like I wasn't able to write because I was busy is what I mean by the sentence. :S

Even if it sounds general in English, it's better to say "you were not able to write WHAT" to make an accurate Japanese sentence.

But if you want a general sentence, it's

きのうはかけませんでした。

You do not always need わたしは in Japanese.

I think you tried to combine かく and できません. But we use かけません as its combination in that case.

Addition2:
>So, could you say I wasn't able to write an e-mail yesterday?

If you want to say "an email", you say メールを

きのうはメールをかけませんでした。

>Still with the dekimasen deshita part to it?

You want to use できませんでした？

Another way to say it is, きのうはメールをかくことができませんでした。

I didn't write "Japan" on an address for a card I sent to Japan, but will it still reach Japan?

Question:

Hello,

Well last week Wednesday I sent an anniversary card to my girlfriend who lives in Japan. Today is Tuesday night here, and she still has not received it. I am assuming the reason for it not arriving yet is because I did not write "Japan" for my girlfriend's address; I went to the post office and paid the correct postage so it's not a postage problem. Could that be the potential reason for the card not arriving yet? If so, will it arrive eventually?

FYI I also did not write "USA" on my return address, so for all I know it could be lost in a limbo somewhere.

Answer:

As has been already said, your mail is lost forever. If a smart postal worker recognises the city in Japan, you have a chance (these guys are not usually smart). Best to save the day and send an e-card (the free ones are rubbish so try the paid ones)

I didn't write "Japan" on an address for a card I sent to Japan, but will it still reach Japan?

Question:

Answer:

Japanese fluent speakers please answer?

Question:

are any of my answers correct?
i know they're probably wrong and i understood a limited amount of words and sentences but i just wanted to try it out :D

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http://img19.imageshack.us/i/71430037.pn…
http://img52.imageshack.us/i/34317864.pn…

Answer:

55-4　（気を付けないと火事になりやすい、火事は人災である、気を付けていれば防…
56-1
59-3　（「活字になる」＝「その文章に価値が認められた」）
60-1
61-3　（アイディアの枯渇を招く、アイディアは出尽くし「出がらし」となる）
62-3
69-4
70-1
71-3
72-1
73-4　（精神的にリフレッシュ）
With 100% Confidence, hoping these tips would be helpful for your understanding.

Jobs in Japan Question?

Question:

I am planning to move to Japan. Can i get a job with a Permanent Residence Card? or do I need a working visa?

Answer:

You need work visa to be able to work and live in Japan. You can only be given permanent resident if you've lived here for 10 consecutive years or more and has job.

Looking for frustrated women in Tokyo?

Question:

Answer:

Yeah, just what any man needs, a frustrated woman.

EDIT: Wasn't that the name of an old Cat Stevens song, "I'm Looking For A Frustrated Woman"?

Ways to help Japan with origami cranes?

Question:

Hi, lately I found out how to make origami cranes. I heard somewhere that there's a charity that you can send in origami cranes and they'll help Japan. Can anyone give me this charity? Or any way to help Japan with origami cranes! Thanks!

Answer:

I raised nearly £70 for Japan by folding paper cranes and selling them for 50p each. Be prepared for sore fingers! It's worth it though :)

Would you say this disaster is worse than the 1923 Great Kantou Earthquake?

Question:

Yes or no, and In what ways?

Answer:

It depends on what is worse for you.

by magnitude, the 2011 earthquake is worse than the 1923 quake as another says.

by casualty, more than 100,000 people were dead or missing in the 1923 quake. It's about 28,000 people in the 2011 quake.

by GDP, Japanese GDP in 1923 was much smaller than 2011. It was less than 10%. So the simple damage amount was much smaller in the 1923 quake.

What are some unique Japanese girl names?

Question:

I'm writing a book and I need some names for my girl characters. Something that relates to flowers, animals, or something like stars or moons. I want it to be unique. Please put the meaning next to the name!

Answer:

Momiji 紅葉
It means maple tree or the autumn tree with red leaves. It's like the opposite of "Sakura".

Why do (some) Japanese People hate Koreans?

Question:

Well I go to a K pop vs J pop videos in youtube and there is a lot, and I mean a LOT racist comment about koreans. Some was in japanese and english. Example " 韓国民団&朝鮮総連&創価学会&統一教会&顕正会&朝鮮ﾔｸｻﾞ OR "K-POP（笑）はダサい、朝鮮語は不快だ！

Hm I just want to know. Well of course ppl say K pop r lot more better than J pop, no offense.
In my opinion J pop needs a lot of improveents. This is out of the question but in my perspectives J-pop groups dance like they're doing exercise?

Oh and I'm not Korean, I'm other part of asian.

Answer:

I think you are Korean fetish or something, but you should check some Japanese relation videos in youtube. (history, tradition, music, technology)
you can see many Korean troll spam comments.
they keep spamming " ○○ origin is Korea " " Japs copied Korean Tradition / technology"
i know some Japanese Korean hater troll comments, but way better than korean's trolls.

K-pop sound like 90's music and old school for Japanese.
K pop r lot more better than J pop?
because you live in third world country. it is futuristic music for you guys.

Where can I find the following book in Japanese edition?

Question:

Rich Dad's Advisors: Guide to Investing In Gold and Silver: Protect Your Financial Future [Paperback]

Answer:

Try amazon.co.jp

What parts of Japan were most affected by the 2011 earthquake?

Question:

What parts of Japan were most afftected by the recent disaster that occured in Japan, looking for particular cities or regions of Japan that were hit hard.

Answer:

Northern prefectures like Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima.

Japanese grammar question?

Question:

1. In そうなんですか？　regarding the なん, is it because the そう　is regarded as a noun, so the ん becomes a なん?

2. 薬は？まだ飲んでない。Not sure what the "でない" is all about. I've only learned up to 飲まない。

3. ああ、顔色が悪いな。

今日は、帰ってもいいぞ。

can anyone explain what the end particles for both signify? What does "na? mean in the first sentence, and what does "zo" mean in the second sentence. I hear Japanese people say the latter a lot, like 行くぞ！！！

as always, thank you

Answer:

1. souna-no-desuka turns to "sounan desuka" it's a 'liaison'-like thing. (e.g. tell him = sounds like "tell'im") widely used for colloquial
e.g. "wakara-nai" --> "wakan-nai" (don't know), "shinji-rare-nai" --> "shinji-ran-nai" (can't believe it)

2. 飲んでない = have/has not taken (yet)
飲まなかった = didn't take, 飲まない = don't take

3. "na" "zo" are "sentence-ends" used in colloquial expressions to make it 'communicative', let's say..
there are more. "ne" "yo" "yone" "wa"
na" "zo" are both for male expression.

Name the plates located along Japan?

Question:

Japan is located around four plates what are their names?

Answer:

Philippine, Pacific, Eurasian, North American

What is is like to be in tokyo?

Question:

because i want to go there one day
:D

Answer:

Tokyo is a very large metropolitan city not unlike other mega-cities like New York, Paris, London, Mexico City, etc. Key differences are:
- most of the "old" Tokyo was destroyed during WWII. Most of the buildings, roads, etc. were built after 1945. There is still a couple of old Edo sections
- roads are quite narrow, parking expensive, transportation is very well organized (trains, subways and taxis). Public transportations runs from 5am to 12am (give or take a few minutes...)
- Many business sections have little inhabitants at night to the point where the government requires builders to build residential buildings when they build office buildings
- Lots of little neighborhood places that you just need to experiment until you find your favorites
- fairly expensive if you have no clue what you are doing
- lots of people although somehow you do not feel crowded in
- safe (no street crime)
- clean (every shop owner is responsible for cleaning the space in front of their store, building managers clean in front of their buildings, etc.)
- very limited number of trash cans. Yeah, that's odd especially given how clean the city is. People just carry their garbage with them

Work in japan and get paid?

Question:

i want to go help the relief effort in japan but i need to get paid cause i have a family back home i would be supporting

Answer:

You can't get a job in Japan unless you have a university degree. And you can't get a Work Visa unless you have an employer who will sponsor you. You can't just go to Japan and start working.
You can also not look for employment while having 'Temporary Visitor' status. You must do so from outside Japan.
When you find an employer whose business it is to help disaster victims, and is willing to hire you after you show them your university degree, then you can work in Japan and get paid.

Would traveling to Tokyo be safe in July?

Question:

My friend and I, are visiting Tokyo in July this year. We were wondering if it would be safe. Would it be better to go to a different city, like Osaka, or just go to Tokyo. We plan on staying for about 2 weeks. We have friends there, in Tokyo.

Answer:

I am going on an exchange July 15th and so far the CBE people have not canceled the trip, they are waiting to see if it will be safe.

I'm looking for a really good electronic Kanji dictionary?

Question:

As a Japanese major in college I feel it would be a good investment to buy a really good electronic Kanji dictionary. I have been looking around online and I'm not too sure which one are truly going to be worth it. Does anyone have any suggestions? Oh and price doesn't matter I just want something good and worth it. Thank you =)

Answer:

I own an EX-Word Dataplus 5 XD-A8500. When I bought it it was on sale so price might be different now, but it comes with a lot of very nice features. It has a bottom screen for writing kanji, the top screen is a touch-screen, it also has a voice feature, jump function (good for looking up unknown words you find when looking up something else already), and the additional features are quite varied. It contains 300 works written in Japanese and 100 from across the globe in English (like Oliver Twist and Anna Karenina) as well as travel phrases for many languages in case you ever go to a place other than Japan. Most of the people I know have an EX-Word of some kind or another. You have a microSD card slot and usb connector for the computer so you can update and download new things from their website as well.

Since you want this for kanji you really need to make sure you have a spot on the dictionary where you can write to look up words, and then a jump feature to let you go from Japanese to English, English to Japanese, or even Japanese to Japanese and English to English. It helps a lot.

Do people visiting from Japan have radiation on them?

Question:

I am doing an exchange in a week with students from Yokohama/Tokyo, my friend's mom is one of those stupid crazy church people that are really wimpy, ignorant of true facts, and over controlling/protective. She will not let her daughter (my best friend) hang out with me and the kids from Japan in fear that they have radiation on them and that being around them will, in the future affect her daughter's children(birth defects caused by radiation) and when it is my turn to go to Japan(if the trip is not canceled) she will not be allowed to hang out with me ever again because I will have radiation on me. Is her mom just being a typical stupid and crazy church goer b*tch or could your children actually be born with birth defects if you are around the little or zero amount of radiation that the Tokyo kids may have on them? and just for extra info: me and my friend are both 17, my friend and her mom are Korean, I am white and we live in Canada, my friend's mom hated me anyway and I think she is just using this radiation stuff as an excuse to not let me and my friend hang out.

Answer:

Yes, her mother is WAY overreacting. Radiation is like germs. It is everywhere already, perfectly harmless, not impacting anyone's life in the slightest, and completely ridiculous to be feared.

I'm sure she has allowed her daughter to eat bananas, potatoes, beans, and nuts. But guess what? Those have radiation! Along with basically *all* foods. I'm also sure that if her daughter got hurt and needed an X-ray, she wouldn't tell the doctors to not do it because of fear of radiation. And any plane ride has given her and her daughter radiation as well, along with any trip above sea level. I bet you've seen a microwave in her house, I bet she talks on her cell phone all the time, and I bet she has no qualms with letting her daughter spend hours working on the computer. Those all give off radiation too.

It is literally impossible for you, her daughter, or anyone else to get sick or irradiated by coming in contact with anyone from Tokyo. Not only because no one in Japan is irradiated (no one!!) or dangerous, but because it makes no sense. You will also be perfectly fine if you do go to Japan. There is nothing to worry about.

The thinking that her mother has right now is the exact same thinking that people had (and some still have) toward the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And just as bad as the people who did (and still do to this day) think that HIV or AIDs is contagious through saliva or mere contact and will refuse to help someone in need due to the chance they might have this disease.

Next time you talk to her, I think you should present her with actual facts and not myths about radiation because it's people like her who keep spreading the lies that makes everyone freak out without understanding what nuclear energy and radiation is actually about.

How are americans uploading Japanese episodes of yugioh that just came out in japan?

Question:

Answer:

What's your question anyway? How are they? I don't know.

Translate english to japanese casual female speech?

Question:

NO Google or other transl...

> i'll keep practicing my japanese even though is difficult.
> i want to learn some japanese before i go to japan this year.
> i hope i have the confidence to speak japanese.

Answer:

> i'll keep practicing my japanese even though is difficult.
日本語難しいけど、勉強がんばるね。
nihongo muzukasii kedo, benkyou ganbaru ne.

> i want to learn some japanese before i go to japan this year.
今年日本に行く前にもっと日本語勉強したい。
kotoshi nihon ni iku mae ni motto nihongo benkyou sitai.

> i hope i have the confidence to speak japanese.
日本語もっと自信を持って話せるようになりたいなぁ。
nihongo motto jishin wo motte hanaseru youni naritai na~.

i think this is very casual female talking~.

How is han from fast furious Tokyo in fast five when he is died?

Question:

if you can answer dont think can cause movie isnt out yet but what the hell

Answer:

1. Because it's HOLLYWOOD. Jason and Jaws were killed dozens of times yet came back to life each time.

2. The "official" answer is that the movie takes place BEFORE Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift.

Do Japanese worry about the Nuclear Crisis?News reported the radiation level rise from 5 to 7,is it dangerious?

Question:

Answer:

of course we worry.
and japanese think that government hide accurate information...
we worry, but most of us do nothing special.
doing same as before, being not informed what to do.
only buy petbottled water or not buy vegetables around Fukushima.
but we dare to buy vegetables so that farmers can afford their lives.

What are some Japanese brands?

Question:

I'm interested in collecting japanese packaging, especially kitsch packaging like some of the sweet packets they do.

Just wondering what some typical brands would be in Japan?

Could be anything - sweets, washing powder, tea etc.

Thanks

Answer:

I dont if this would be of any use to you but i thought you might be interested in a site called Tokyo Kitsch, its in Japanese so you might need a web translator (e.g. google chrome) or maybe you can read Japanese.

You might be interested in Cyber candy and tokyotoys too. I added the links to those sites under "sources"

Did people in Japan have a different accent 100 years ago?

Question:

Like an older way of speaking cause if you look at movies from like 50 years ago people dont sound very fast.

Answer:

modern standard Japanese is based Edo dialect.
Edo dialect is very fast and many words are omission.
because Edo's merchants ware busy businessman.
(what are you saying?) Nani itte yagarun dei? → 'ni 'tte yagan dei → Teyandei

Kyoto dialect is oldest dialect, and they still speak slowly.
Okinawa dialect too.

Can u watch my video about japan?

Question:

hi friends!
here is my first vid which i make about sad things! (as earthquake and tsunami)
can u watch it plz? and tell me how good and bad it is...u can tell me the bad points u got then i will remake it...comment and subscribe ^ ^
http://youtu.be/34HguBfN9Vw

Answer:

looks good

What is the main company at japan?

Question:

Answer:

Main company as in what? unless you can string a few sentences together, nobody can understand you

How many Quakes in "Japan"?

Question:

Total earthquakes to hit Japan this year total??

Answer:

This website has a monthly summary of seismic activity (4.0 and greater) in Japan dating back to April 2009.

http://www.jishin.go.jp/main/index-e.htm…

Cell phone fees - bank accout?

Question:

I want to buy a cell phone in Japan but for that I need a bank account and a cash card.
In Mizuho Ginko they refused and said that they'll open an account only when I've stayed in Japan for 5 month.
I've heard that a Japan Post Bank allows to open a savings account easily.
But will I be able to pay with it my cell phone fees??
Thank you

Answer:

you can always use rental cell phones or prepaid ones. i know its more expensive than getting regular phone. you can look internet for those services or even at Narita airport, they offer them. i think there was a student dscount also.

as fas as ARC, you can apply if you are staying in japan more than 90days. maybe you should try to apply, because there are other benefits to do so. i think you can get some medical insurance with the ARC card, but im not for sure.

hope it helps

What is happening to Japan?

Question:

How come the other countries in the Pacific Ring doesn't receive so many earthquakes compared to Japan? Is there something unnatural or different with Japan's grounds than the others?

Answer:

It's happening something they don't deserve. My strongest and best wishes for all Japanese people. We stay besides you!