What does this sentence mean? (Japanese)?

Question:

Kono yōna toki wa amari `nobete ita.' Wa tsukawanaidesu.

Answer:

We do not use "nobete ita" in this case.

Is there an airplane version of the all rail pass in Japan?

Question:

I know there is the Japan Rail pass where you can purchase a ticket that will give you unlimited travel in Japan (or certain areas) for a set period of time. Is there anything similar with airplanes?

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The closest thing to it would be JAL's Yokoso Airpass or Welcome to Japan fare; or ANA's Star Alliance Japan Airpass or Visit Japan Fare. (The former for each airline respectively is cheaper and you need to take that airline or one in their frequent flier mileage alliance). You need to get them before you arrive in Japan, and allow a maximum of 5 flights to nearly every airport in the country. It is a huge savings over regular airfare - often less than half the cost per flight.

I really want to go to japan. How's the radiation situation now?

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does anybody know/?

Answer:

There is no radiation situation unless you're going to travel to Fukushima. And you're not, so there is nothing to worry about.

Who Lives in Utsunomiya Japan? Where can I Find a really cheap clothing store?

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yeah. I'm living here now, and I got tired buying expensive dress I want the cheap one so i can save money. Where can i buy in utsunomiya???

Answer:

I don't know much about Utsunomiya in Tokyo, but you can find alot of cheaper stuff in Ameyococho (did I spell it right)..which is right next to Ueno station. it is like an open market. I have bought shoes, purses, gloves, a suitcase, a t shirt, and other stuff there..What is your size..If you are a westerner, it might be hard to find any kind of clothes in Japan..I can still find..clothes there, but it is kind of hard. I am by no means big..by US or MExican standards..but in Japan..I am considered large or extra large..i can still find clothes, but for anyone bigger than me..it would be extremely difficult!!..

What does "Doudatte ii ja nai" mean (Japanese)?

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Answer:

"I don't care"

or

"None of your business"

Japanese important age thing?

Question:

I've read about how there are certain years that are considered especially hard or important. I was wondering what that was called.

Answer:

Some things are not clear.

Are you talking about year in our life? Or talking about year in history?

Addition:
Well, this year in every 60 years is seen as bad as birth year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingwu

Important? 20 is important because you become an adult at 20 in Japan. Are you talking about this kind of thing?

Addition2:
It's not the entire Japan thing. Some fortune tellers may say some years are hard. But not everyone in Japan thinks that way.

How does Japan feel about the Pearl Harbour attack today?

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Answer:

Very bad

Whats the cheapest way to get to Japan?

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Answer:

Let's modify your question so that it makes sense by saying "cheapest, realistic" way to get to Japan.

That would be an airplane. And although the ferry would be cheaper, getting to South Korea to catch said ferry kinda' increases overall costs.

Is there any Filipino fashion model in Japan?

Question:

I know the fashion modeling scene in Japan is going to be invaded by Chinese girls, there are many big names of full Chinese heritage, such as Emi Suzuki, Aiku, Wei Son, Hana-chan, etc, to name a few. - very much like the fashion modeling scene in the West where most of the big names are from Brazil or Eastern Europe.

And from what I've heard, Filipino girls are the third most powerful group there.

There are some mixed-race (half white, half black, or half Southeast Asian) girls, but they are all nobodies (i.e. not famous at all). Some of them can be Filipino, but unfortunately are not famous at all, so they don't even have their own Wikipedia pages. I'm talking about 'big names', yea.

I heard this from an actual model, who models mainly for the runway scene and the 'Jelly' magazine. She is full Chinese from the Chinese Shaanxi region and has her twitter account, and she told me that she knew some models from the Philippines.

Do you know any?

Answer:

Models are basically not very famous, but some become very famous if they are "special". As far as I know, there are not too many famous ones (whom you call "big names"), and many models don't seem to want to become famous, they just seem to want money.

I know many Chinese big names, who were born in the continent allegedly as orphans and bought by modeling agencies that use the new international adoption system to give them Japanese citizenships. Some are Far-Eastern Russian, not Chinese, but misunderstood as Chinese.

but Philipino famous ones? I only know Hiromi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromi_(model)
Many in the Ranzuki magazine and Vivi magazine are apparently Filipino (lived in the Philippines before immigrating to here), but they are not famous.

Half white? Half black? yea they are nobodies because they are basically used just as step stones. but these two are not nobodies : Jun Hasegawa and Rena, both are half Indian and successful. They are nothing like other half-models who are treated as "sidekicking moggies".

Half Southeast-Asian? I don't know one. I know some full Southeast-Asian ones though.

Where can i find a good filipino restaurant in tokyo?

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Answer:

There are not many Filipino restaurants in Tokyo although there are many Thai, Vietnam, Indian and other Asian restaurants.

This is a list anyway.
http://www.e-food.jp/cgi-bin/restfind/vi…

Who makes the geinokai rules?

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How is it that Japanese celebrities get these "suspensions" from the geinokai for transgressions such as possession of shabu or drunk driving? Who decides how long these suspensions should be?

Answer:

Their respective agencies.

Why do Japanese people use "odori" more oftenly instead of "mai"?

Question:

I was quite wondering...

Answer:

Originally "Odori" and "Mai" had different meanings, although both words are usually translated in a same English word "Dance".

"Odori" is more active like to jump, bounce and wave. It's image of Carnival Dances in Brazil.
"Mai" is more calm, like to stay one place to make slow spin, move another place without making any footstep sounds.... It's image of "Kabuki" or "Noh" dance.

People don't care this difference too much these days, but they unconsciously distinguish this differences.. Most of western style contemporary dances are sort of "Odori".

What does this sentence mean?

Question:

お金ためて来れるようになったら来てね。

Answer:

Please come (again) after you save enough money and it became affordable.

Are any of those incorrect about Japan?

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Ramen noodles = copied from lao mian from China

Karate=copied from kung fu

Kimono is a copy of Chinese traditional clothing called Hanfu.and slight influences from the Korean hanbok

Katana = bent Korean sword

Samurai armour=Chinese influenced armour, with spikes attached to helmut

Japanese architecture= China architecture+Korean architecture

Japanese culture of royalty and hierarchy = based on Chinese Confucianism

Japanese language is about 60% Chinese 30 % Korean 10% their own

Japanese kanji means "han zi" meaning Chinese characters

Tea ceremony = copied from China

Answer:

Sounds about right. Finally a post that is correct. However, it still has that little 'barb' in it, doesn't it? China did it first. And you are still a troll.

Final answer..... basically correct info, but irrelevant to Travel/Japan

Also, just saw another of your questions just 'disappear'! What's up with that?

Do they have cheer leading in Japan?

Question:

I know it's an odd question, but I'm actually writing a story and it's set in Japan, and the characters are high school students so I was curious. I can't write something without doing research! It's... Politically incorrect!... I don't know. XD Anyway, if they do have cheer leading, can you tell me what it's like? Like is it the same as American cheer leading, completely different? Give me some information please! ^_^ Don't do it for me, do it for the stories! XD Thank you to anyway who answers this in advance!

P.S. Yes, I did look other places for this answer, I couldn't seem to find it. So thank you again!

Answer:

Many high schools and colleges have cheer leading teams. And there is also male version of cheer leading in Japan because many high schools are all-boys. (There could not be cheering in sports matches if there is no male version)

They often wear school uniform when cheering. This is Youtube video of one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVogzRSuf…

This is girl's version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zSJTVHGH…

Can you please help me translate this in to Japanese?

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Hi, for Japanese class I have to write an autobiography in Japanese. I am not very good at putting together sentences so please help me. Do not use a computer translater.
"Specifacly I want to go to Tokyo and old shrines." Thanks ^.^

Answer:

I'll give it a shot:

Gutaiteki niwa, Tokyo ni ikitakute jinja ni otozuretain desu.
具体的には、東京に行きたくて神社に訪れたいんです。

I guess back-translating it would be (with footnotes in parentheses):

Specifically (although you almost don't need this word-gutaiteki isn't quite 100% appropriate in this context, but your call), I want to go to Tokyo and I want to visit (old is almost implied, so I didn't put it in the Japanese) shrines.

Hope that helps.

Does Japan have many techno clubs and rave parties?

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Do they like to pop a pill, put on their raving pants and dance to Tiesto and Carl Cox? Do they know who these DJs are?

Techno 4eva

Answer:

Lots of clubs but not a lot of drugs. I've heard the biggest problem is methamphetamine and most of that comes in from Korea and China.

I want to find some stories from WWII and Japanese left their babies in Manchuria,later babies found parents?

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and got to meet their birth parents in Japan. where can I find these material? I saw on TV before.
some cases are their Japanese parents went to Manchuria and search for their babies they left in a rush during the retreat but they got to find their own babies! Of course those babies were raised by chinese parents. I saw on TV those ''babies'' are already senior and their parents are even older. and when they meet, a lot of tears......very touching moment!
Does anyone know material related to this? documentary? articles?

Answer:

It's not just in Manchuria but in other parts of China that Japanese kids were left behind at the end of WW2.

There are not many English materials, maybe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_or…

Would it be possible For a 15 year old to go to Japan?

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So i'm 15 and i was thinking... I really want to go to Japan but i'd only have enough money for me. i just wanted to visit there for a week or 2. i can speak a little japanese and i think it'd be cool there. i can handle myself really well. but like would it be possible for me to go to there and back? like by Air or Boat or something. or would my parents have to come with me? because i dont think they want to waste time visiting. but i dont want to waste my life. i want to live it with everything i got!! i want to see new places! and get more expirence to be a better person!

Answer:

You can fly with your parents' permission, but you wouldn't be able to rent a hotel. So the pipedream comes to a screeching halt at this point. You did manage to get in a couple of cliches though, "don't want to waste my life", "live it with everything I got" and "get more experience to be a better person". Sounds like a second rate college entrance essay.

What was the result of Japan’s expansion into Manchuria, China?

Question:

Japan lost land that belonged to them.

European countries appeased Japan.

Japan and China engaged in war.

China retracted into isolationism for ten years.



plz help this is the last question i need help with

Answer:

Answer is C, although they were already in war before as China was protecting Korea from Japan.

Where do you buy cheap things fom japan online?

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i was talking to someone and they said they buy alot of really really really cheap things online from japan. what website would that be?

Answer:

I think it's better to ask them.

Maybe, eBay or something? But you have to pay shipping cost.

How do I say use these words informally, but properly in Japanese?

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I'm attempting to figure the proper order and use of these works
I'm using Bachi in it's slang usage to mean Retribution or Bad Luck, and I'm using the term Maru in the sense of it meaning King, or Circle. (King of Retribution, Circle of Bad Luck) I suppose it should translate to either, but I don't know how to make it both, one, or the other.
Thank you very much to anyone who knows, and answers this question.

Answer:

Retribution or Bad Luck: 罰当たり bachi-atari
"bachi ga ataru zo! (male)" "bachi ga ataru wayo!(female)"
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E7%BD%B0%…

King of Retribution --> 不運王 fuun-ou, 罰当たり王 bachi-atari-ou, 悲劇王 higeki-ou (king of tragedy <--> "女王 jo-ou (queen)" is more used，破滅王 hametsu-ou (ruin, fall)、最もついてない男 mottomo tsuite-nai otoko (the most luckless fellow)
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%A4%…

Circle of Bad Luck
--> 悪循環 aku-junkan(circulus vitiosus), 不運の連続 fuun no renzoku，不運続き fuun-tsuzuki,

"- maru" is usually used to name a ship "NIppon-maru 日本丸"
if you want to use the word that means 'king', it should be "王 ou"
e.g. "海運王 kaiun-ou" --> Shipping Magnate (Aristo Onassis)
"王者 ouja"　e.g. "海の王者シャチ umi no ouja, shachi" --> Orca, the King of the Sea
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E7%8E%8B%…

How much money would i need to have to live in japan for life if you are 16 and have a job?

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i'm mostly getting tired of the limitations of this country and the limitations of being a teenager, so mostly my goal in life is to live in japan for life when i graduate high school or have enough money to leave my parents and live on my own(or in other cases, have a maid helping me with the house stuff)so technically i'm asking you guys this, how much money do i need to do all these things in total amount:
1. to buy a decent car to drive anywhere
2. to buy plane tickets for japan
3. to have a maid in japan
4. to get both japanese and american passports
5. to buy my own japanese house
6. to have a job as an japanese video game seller
and
7. to import goods to family members from japan

so that's all i'm asking and how much would that be in total of american dollars or in yen(which ever is fine)

thank you for reading this!

Answer:

Do you speak Japanese? Becoming a citizen will take a VERY long time.

1. You don't need a car in Japan, public transport is amazing, gas is also very pricey. If you wanted a small car, not different than here $17,000 USD would suffice.

2. Because of the disaster, plane tickets at the moment are affordable. Return plane tickets will set you back $1100-1600 USD from Canada-US to Japan.

3.Maid!? Are you crazy? Like a live-in maid? You would have to pay them the same or MORE than whatever salary a 16 year old could get

4. They don't sell them in vending machine sorry. Japan also does not support dual citizenship,

5. Most people in cities rent. You could get a crappy studio apt in Tokyo for $800 a month. it would be TINY


this is all so bizarre, no education? You would actually not be able to work in JAPAN you need to get a work visa, and often only people with degrees can get that, if not you could only stay short term.

the job market in japan is also horrible.

your plan is crap. sorry.

Is it safe to go camping in 福島県会津若松？?

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How far is it from 福島第一？

Answer:

It's about 100km (62miles) away from 福島第一.
It is believe to be safe, and people are spending normal life there.

Who are the people most loved by the Japanese?

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Answer:

Filipinas.

We are most loved by Japanese.

How far do I need to go from Fukushima, Japan to be in a safe area?

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I ask as I am going to Japan to work and would like to know how far I should ideally be away from Fukushima to be as safe as anywhere else (or just to the extent that there is no risk to my health)?
Thanks

Answer:

Where are you going to work in Japan ? You won't be allowed near the so called danger zone, so there's no chance of any risk(s). Over 99% of Japan is safe.

What to Bring to Okinawa?

Question:

Hi, I;m gonna be living in okinawa starting next week where I'll probably stay to live until I graduate from the international high school there and i was wondering what I should pack in my bags. I just know I'm going to bring my ipod, my cellphone,clothes. I'll be in my freshman year of highschool after this summer. So four years worth of things.

Answer:

Things you will miss. Snacks, shampoo, lotions, stuff like that. Okinawa has a lot of american import, but unless you can get on base, you cant find any bath and body works or little debbies. lol

also okinawa is REALLY hot and humid in the summer. im not kidding.

Are you going to OCSI?

Why japanese still practise assassination?

Question:

I have a bunch of Japanese ninja on YA trailing me and assassinating my legitimate questions and answers.

Assassination is the most despicable act, there is no less honor than stabbing a person in the back.

I know this is regularly performed by Japan 100 years ago against its neighbours such as Korea and Ryukyu independent supporters.

This is the 21st century so please stop the assassination.

Answer:

Twas I, I am the assassin. I feel no remorse.

Has crooked legs become genetic in Japan?

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I love going to Japan. I go there every year or 2 since I was 10. But 2 weeks ago, I was in Japan and discovered something I never noticed before: 80% of Japanese girls that I saw had crooked legs and 40% of Japanese boys did too. I heard that is was because of the traditional way of sitting down in Japan, which was sitting on your knees. Not many girls in Japan sit like that anymore unless they're wearing a kimono. But normally boys wouldn't sit like that, and they would tend to sit in a lotus position, which normally makes your legs straight. So I'm thinking, since the Japanese women sat on their knees for such a long time during the period where they mainly wore kimonos, it may have become genetic and even spread the "crooked-leg gene" to the men too? I don't know if this sounds silly to anyone else, but is it true?

Answer:

Injuries that happen to you do not impact your DNA.
If your mother loses her leg to diabetes and then gives birth to you, you will not be born missing a leg. And it's not because your father still has his two legs and you got lucky.
Long ago a scientist thinking that things like this only come after generations of body abuse took rats and cut off their tails. And their offspring's tails. And their offspring's offspring's tails. You can see where this is going. He did this for litter after litter after litter but--guess what--all the rats were always born with tails.

Bowlegged-ness isn't caused by any style of sitting or nutrition. It's caused simply by genetics. Crooked legs appear in all countries, but the Japanese "bred" it into themselves. Long ago the walking style that gets created by crooked legs on a woman wearing a kimono was seen as more attractive. Attractive people are more likely to marry and have children as they were favored over others, and since this is a genetic defect where people are naturally born with a more starkly curved tibia bone in the leg the genes get passed down and continue.
The same goes with rats. Take a black-eyed rat and one with red eyes and the genes are going to be passed down. If you keep choosing to breed only the rats that display red eyes or carry the gene for it you're soon going to have a lot of red-eyed rats.

Does Japan have trains for women only? If so why?

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Answer:

If you read about it on some web pages, you could have already known the reason as usually pages talk about its reason.

Some guys try to molest women on trains. So women only car is to avoid it.

It's "women only car" to be accurate. Not women only train. One train has 4-10 cars. (It's less than 4 or more than 10 in some trains). And just 1 of them is a women only car.

What do I need to do to travel to japan ?

Question:

I know I need a passport, a plane ticket there and back, and money for a place to stay and eat... Is there anything else I need. It will be from Chicago to Osaka.

Answer:

If you are a US citizen, you do not need a visa to visit Japan. You can stay up to 90 days without a visa.

High rate of sex crimes in Japan?

Question:

I heard some time ago that sex crimes such as rape are very uncommon in Japan. However, I recently heard the complete opposite; there's a very high rate of rapists in Japan.
So which is it?

Answer:

Sexual crime rate in Japan is very low.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statis…

How old do i have to be to have a part time job in japan?

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im 15 ive been in japan for almost 4 years and i can speak almost fluent japanese. not the same with writing. my high school is ok with their students getting part time jobs as long as we can keep up with our studies. anyways the job im hoping to get is a helper in a ramen shop near my house.

Answer:

You can have a part-time job at 15.

Can you use a VISA debit card to purchase something in a konbini?

Question:

Answer:

Most combinis don't accept credit cards for sales at the counter.

The only combini that does is Lawsons.

7-11, AMPM, etc do not accept cards at the counter.

How much does it cost to send sms and smail?

Question:

How much does it cost to send sms and smail to fellow softbank users? Basically, I just want to know which is cheaper when it comes to sending messages to another softbank user.

Thanks!

Answer:

SMS and smail between fellow Softbank members is free, generally depends on your monthly plans/contracts.

Can anyone find me a picture of "江戸" in Japanese calligraphy?

Question:

Just the basic kaisho style please. Either an image from the internet of maybe your own.
Please I've been looking and can't find one anywhere. I need it for Reference, thanks ! :)

Answer:

Yay for photoshop.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/146…

Chair.