Hey guys, I'd like someone's help in figuring out kanji for some names:
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So, our translator was able to translate most of the names no problem but he's having trouble recognizing the Kanji for a few of them. Any help for numbers 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, the second 30, 34, 35, 36, the first 44, 49, and 50 would be greatly appreciated.
１９ 毛利 伊織
２２ 矢野 貴章
２３ 長沢 寿理亜
２７ 伊藤 姫希
２８ 藤井 博由
２９ 戸田 征次郎
３０ 律
３０ 慶真
３４ 皐月
３５ 英才
３６ 暁星
４４ 内田
４４ 菅谷
４９ 新藤
５０ 橋爪
You mean like this?
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１９ 毛利 伊織
２２ 矢野 貴章
２３ 長沢 寿理亜
２７ 伊藤 姫希
２８ 藤井 博由
２９ 戸田 征次郎３０ 律
３０ 慶真
３４ 皐月
３５ 英才
３６ 暁星４４ 内田
４４ 菅谷
４９ 新藤
５０ 橋爪You mean like this?
Kind of, I was hoping for the actual translations of the entire names as our translator isn't familiar with the readings for the kanji.
Nonetheless, this helps a lot! Thank you.
(would you mind transcribing the full names for the ones after 29 please?)
Kind of, I was hoping for the actual translations of the entire names as our translator isn't familiar with the readings for the kanji.
Nonetheless, this helps a lot! Thank you.
(would you mind transcribing the full names for the ones after 29 please?)
You mean the full names of this one? >> 自 律
I'm not really sure, there's a lot of possibilities like
自: Satsuka, Mizu
律: Takashi, Tadashi, Tadasu, Nori, Hiroshi, Rizumu, Ritsu, Ritsuji
１９ 毛利 伊織 (Mouri Io/Iori)
２２ 矢野 貴章 (Yano Takaaki)
２３ 長沢 寿理亜 (Nakasawa/Nagasawa Juria)
２７ 伊藤 姫希 (Itou/Itouzaki Himeki)
２８ 藤井 博由 (Fujii/Fushii Hakuyuu/Hiroyoshi)
２９ 戸田 征次郎 (Toda Masajirou)
３０ 慶真 (Keishin)
３４ 皐月 (Satsuki/Mei)
３５ 英才 (Eisai)
３６ 暁星 (Gyousei/Akiho/Akeboshi)
４４ 内田 (Uchida)
４４ 菅谷 (Sugatani/Sugaya)
４９ 新藤 (Arafuji/Shindou/Shintou)
５０ 橋爪 (Hashizume)
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You mean the full names of this one? >> 自 律
I'm not really sure, there's a lot of possibilities like
自: Satsuka, Mizu
律: Takashi, Tadashi, Tadasu, Nori, Hiroshi, Rizumu, Ritsu, Ritsuji
For that particular one, it's a shortened form of this: 自律思考固定砲台
For this character: http://ansatsukyoshitsu.wikia.com/wiki/Ritsu
１９ 毛利 伊織 (Mouri Io/Iori)
２２ 矢野 貴章 (Yano Takaaki)
２３ 長沢 寿理亜 (Nakasawa/Nagasawa Juria)
２７ 伊藤 姫希 (Itou/Itouzaki Himeki)
２８ 藤井 博由 (Fujii/Fushii Hakuyuu/Hiroyoshi)
２９ 戸田 征次郎 (Toda Masajirou)
Thank you!
３０ 慶真 (Keishin)
３４ 皐月 (Satsuki/Mei)
３５ 英才 (Eisai)
３６ 暁星 (Gyousei/Akiho/Akeboshi)４４ 内田 (Uchida)
４４ 菅谷 (Sugatani/Sugaya)
４９ 新藤 (Arafuji/Shindou/Shintou)
５０ 橋爪 (Hashizume)
For these one's would you mind transcribing/translating the full name? (not just the family name or just the given name.) I think there might have been some confusion when I said "the second 30" and "the first 44". I meant to differentiate that there were two entries for 30 and 44 (because of ties).
For that particular one, it's a shortened form of this: 自律思考固定砲台
For this character: http://ansatsukyoshitsu.wikia.com/wiki/Ritsu
Hoo…I have yet to read that manga lol. Well I just provide 自 reading if it stands alone in a name and I think I prefer Satsuka Ritsu for this case. Or since it comes from there, maybe it's ok to name it Ji Ritsu (自 律)? I dunno, guess you should discuss it with your translator.
For these one's would you mind transcribing/translating the full name? (not just the family name or just the given name.) I think there might have been some confusion when I said "the second 30" and "the first 44". I meant to differentiate that there were two entries for 30 and 44 (because of ties).
Whoops sorry, yes I was thinking like that lol.
３０ 玉虫 慶真 (Tamamushi Keishin)
３４ 山鹿 皐月 (Yashika/Yamashika/Yamagata Satsuki/Mei)
３５ 鳥居 英才 (Torii Eisai)
３６ 岡本 暁星 (Okamoto Gyousei/Akiho/Akeboshi)
４４ 内田 皇輔 (Uchida Kousuke/Ousuke)
４４ 菅谷 創介 (Sugatani/Sugaya Sousuke)
４９ 新藤 一考 (Arafuji/Shindou/Shintou Ikkou/Kazutaka)
５０ 橋爪 翔 (Hashizume Kakeru/Shou/Shouji/Sesuna/Tsubasa/Natsuru/Yasura/Yuki)
Just to make sure, I separate family name and surname by space, the words separate by slash means other reading possibility for each particular name.
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Hoo…I have yet to read that manga lol. Well I just provide 自 reading if it stands alone in a name and I think I prefer Satsuka Ritsu for this case. Or since it comes from there, maybe it's ok to name it Ji Ritsu (自 律)? I dunno, guess you should discuss it with your translator.
Whoops sorry, yes I was thinking like that lol.
３０ 玉虫 慶真 (Tamamushi Keishin)
３４ 山鹿 皐月 (Yashika/Yamashika/Yamagata Satsuki/Mei)
３５ 鳥居 英才 (Torii Eisai)
３６ 岡本 暁星 (Okamoto Gyousei/Akiho/Akeboshi)４４ 内田 皇輔 (Uchida Kousuke/Ousuke)
４４ 菅谷 創介 (Sugatani/Sugaya Sousuke)
４９ 新藤 一考 (Arafuji/Shindou/Shintou Ikkou/Kazutaka)
５０ 橋爪 翔 (Hashizume Kakeru/Shou/Shouji/Sesuna/Tsubasa/Natsuru/Yasura/Yuki)Just to make sure, I separate given-name and surname by space, the words separate by slash means other reading possibility for each particular name.
Thank you very much!!!
Would it be ok if I credited you for the help when the scan is released?
Thank you very much!!!
Would it be ok if I credited you for the help when the scan is released?
Sure, it would be awesome :'DD
So, help me remember guys so i don't fuck up. Issho is used when you modify a noun and issho ni is when you modify a verb? Well, i guess there are exceptions that i can't think right now. I'm translating "My life with the wave/ a wave " and i want to keep the original cadence in spanish.
The epilogue of Oumaga is named 第５１０２話 and the furigana is だいごじつわ
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How often do people use んでんだ as a verb ending (as in, in place of the む or ぶ whatever) in Japanese when they're not in the kansai region? Is it done to indicate exasperation?
The epilogue of Oumaga is named 第５１０２話 and the furigana is だいごじつわ
???????????????????
Kinda late, but: ご for 5, じ for 10 (because じ→じゅう, which is kind of a stretch, but whatever), and つ for 2 (because tsu sound like two).
Then, from daigo jitsuwa, we get "enlightening true story" or something because puns. So maybe that's an indication that we learn the truth behind everything in the epilogue?
Can anybody read that well enough to be able to translate it? I don't know where to find a bigger version of this picture, and I'm really curious to know what it says about Brook's boa in that bottom image.
http://i60.tinypic.com/2w684sy.jpg
Can anybody read that well enough to be able to translate it? I don't know where to find a bigger version of this picture, and I'm really curious to know what it says about Brook's boa in that bottom image.
Mmn…I can't really read that one below the stripes pattern ('bla3 pattern' or something I dunno), but as for one near the boa, I think it says 'this feathery ornament is visible from outside'
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Mmn…I can't really read that one below the stripes pattern ('bla3 pattern' or something I dunno), but as for one near the boa, I think it says 'this feathery ornament is visible from outside'
Wow you can make it out better than I can. Though for the top right I think it says "moyou pattern" which seems kinda redundant but maybe something like "print pattern."
I've got the Yohoho chorus section down for Bink's Sake at least 
Is Hunter X Hunter difficult to read in Japanese? Just curious, because non of the scanlators seem to be able to make good translations of the 341 to 349 chapters.
I haven't read those chapters but it's a shounen series, so no. Not moreso than any other series. But you do need to actually know Japanese or you'll be lost, especially if they go on crazy psychological analyses etc.
Is Hunter X Hunter difficult to read in Japanese? Just curious, because non of the scanlators seem to be able to make good translations of the 341 to 349 chapters.
English Shonen Jack covered those chapters too, you know.
I know it's not the case now, but were there any verbs back in the day that had a "nu" ending besides shinu?
I know it's not the case now, but were there any verbs back in the day that had a "nu" ending besides shinu?
往ぬ and 尋ぬ sound like things my homestay jiji would say.
(Found those by going to jisho.org and typing ?ぬ in the search box- "?" is a wild character)
Looks like it was rare even back in the day, at least for verbs.
A friend of mine is inviting a Japanese girl to her birthday party. Now this girl speaks good English, but I thought it would be nice to throw in some Japanese when I meet her. I don't want to overdo it though, so I was wondering if I could just say something like "Hajimemashite, I'm (…) etc." and then continue in English (without adding something like yoroshiku onegaishimasu or anything else). Would it still make sense if I would say like that? Or would it be weird or incorrect?
"We are brethren of the monastery called The World, where folk grow hungry"
A friend of mine is inviting a Japanese girl to her birthday party. Now this girl speaks good English, but I thought it would be nice to throw in some Japanese when I meet her. I don't want to overdo it though, so I was wondering if I could just say something like "Hajimemashite, I'm (…) etc." and then continue in English (without adding something like yoroshiku onegaishimasu or anything else). Would it still make sense if I would say like that? Or would it be weird or incorrect?
It's not weird or incorrect. Don't worry.
Ok, thanks! .
Hey guys, I need some help. I'm trying to translate this into japanese"
Sorry to bother you but i have a quick question that I feel like asking some fellow one piece fans like myself: What do you think of the concept idea of how the Hana Hana no mi can be utilized with Rokushiki?
And I'm talking about the Hana Hana no mi in general, not Robin. 
And when I used Google translate, I got this:
申し訳ありませんがお邪魔しますが、私は私のようないくつかの仲間の一枚のファンを尋ねるように感じる簡単な質問を持っている：あなたが花花のマイルがRokushikiで利用することができる方法の概念のアイデアをどう思いますか？
そして、私は、一般的にはハナハナについてロビンを何マイルではなく話していませんよ。
Can someone help me on making a correct japanese translation please? I would be soooooooo greatful! Thanks!
Hey guys, I need some help. I'm trying to translate this into japanese"
Sorry to bother you but i have a quick question that I feel like asking some fellow one piece fans like myself: What do you think of the concept idea of how the Hana Hana no mi can be utilized with Rokushiki?
And I'm talking about the Hana Hana no mi in general, not Robin.
Can someone help me on making a correct japanese translation please? I would be soooooooo greatful! Thanks!
"Shigan Ouren" with Hana Hana fruit would be cool…
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Here is the translation.
失礼します。質問があるんですが、よろしいでしょうか。私のようなワンピファン仲間の方にお聞きしたいのです。次のような質問です。
ハナハナの実を「六式」で応用するとしたら、どんな方法が思いつきますか？
なお、この質問はロビン個人についてというより、ハナハナの実一般についてです。
"Shigan Ouren" with Hana Hana fruit would be cool…
! http://i.imgur.com/8lju1qb.jpgHere is the translation.
失礼します。質問があるんですが、よろしいでしょうか。私のようなワンピファン仲間の方にお聞きしたいのです。次のような質問です。
ハナハナの実を「六式」で応用するとしたら、どんな方法が思いつきますか？
なお、この質問はロビン個人についてというより、ハナハナの実一般についてです。
Oh thank you so much!!
And yeah it would! Since you like the idea, you should check out my project sometime.
I need a japanese-english english-japanese good translator for some mails, it will be paid work, you fix the price. Anyone interested ?
Hello Everyone,
I tried create new Thread on the Help Forum but i can't, restriction about my new profil maybe, i post here if that ok for you ?
We are in Tokyo and my girlfriend offer me the UNO
Spin
One Piece at the One Piece Tower, but all the powers of character are in Japanese, we have find the rules of the UNO Spin but for the powers we can use it 
if someone can help us maybe ?
Best Regards,
Snow
Maybe i ask too huge traduction…
:sad: sorry
Hi guys,
I'm looking into learning the Japanese language.
Just need some advice on the best and most efficient way of learning (lessons? online?). I'm more than happy to invest a bit of money into it if need be.
Where to begin?
Hi guys,
I'm looking into learning the Japanese language.
Just need some advice on the best and most efficient way of learning (lessons? online?). I'm more than happy to invest a bit of money into it if need be.
Where to begin?
http://www.yesjapan.com - I'm no expert, but this seems like a good site for beginners
http://www.memrise.com/home/ - Tons of material at different levels
I can't believe I was just surfing arlongpark, found this thread and found my post which 3 days from now will be a year of when I wanted to start learning Japanese, although I didn't start till late late January.. anyway
Hey guys! I'm Jitesh, I'm the developer of Koe, A JRPG set in Japan that teaches the Japanese language by using the language itself as a gameplay element.
Hey guys! I'm Jitesh, I'm the developer of Koe, A JRPG set in Japan that teaches the Japanese language by using the language itself as a gameplay element.
I had a look at website, looks interesting, hope you can get it going.
One of the funniest things I catch my brain doing when it's in Japanese mode recently is it not being able to pronounce/thinking in English anymore without conciously willing it. Instead it's automatically thinking in Engrish.
So, I've been wanting to learn Japanese for a long time and I finally got started "for real" by picking up a little book titled "Speak Japanese Today, a self-study program for learning everyday Japanese". Now the lessons in the book started out pretty straight forward, but the more progress I make, the more I find myself having questions; and since the book is a self-study book, I don't really have anyone to ask. But then I remembered this forum had this thread, so I guess this might be a good place to post questions that I come up with
Here's one thing I don't completely understand:
There's an exercise on the -mashou ending of verbs, which in itself isn't too difficult, but I got confused by the word order in some of the sentences used as examples. First, the sentence "Shall we give the vase to Miss Toda?" is translated as "Kabin o Toda-san ni agemashou ka?", which makes sense. Then, the sentence "Let's invite Mr. Sato to the party" is translated as "Satou-san o paatii ni shoutai shimashou", which confused me as in the second sentence the person's name was mentioned first while in the first sentence the vase was mentioned first. But I assume this is because it should be read as "The vase: give (it) to Miss Toda" and "Mr. Sato: invite (him) to the party", with the direct object being supposed to be the first part of the sentence. So I thought I uderstood it, but later on in the same exercise there were another two similar sentences wich brought back my confusion. "Shall I give this book to Miss Yamada?" (translated as "Yamada-san ni kono hon o agemashou ka?") and "Shall I invite Mr. Wada to lunch?" (translated as "Wada-san o hiru-gohan ni shoutai shimashou ka?"). The second one of these is almost the same as the one with Mr. Sato, so that makes sense, but the first one seeme to have the word order reversed. The way I understood it I would expect it to be "Kono hon o Yamada-san ni (…)". What's going on here? Or does the word order not really matter? I hope I explained it clearly enough and that someone can shed some light on this.
Also, I would like to try to read some really, really simple children's books (preferebly in hiragana or romaji). Does anyone have some links to places where I could find those? (If something like that exists at all.)
I have always hated books that try to teach "every-day" language or "conversational" language because those are just code words for "lazy learning that cuts corners and doesn't cement the grammar fundamentals." I will recommend the same beginner textbook over and over: Elementary Japanese by Yoko Hasegawa. It's two volumes, but I linked the first one. It's written by a linguist.
To answer your question, the word order doesn't matter. You are trying to understand the translation in a rigid way that doesn't apply to Japanese really. The only thing that really is true about Japanese word order is the verb comes last. In these sentences, the particle "o" marks a direct object (what the action was directly performed on), and the particle "ni" is marking an indirect object (the receiver of the action). The subject is implicit in this case (could be "watashi" for example), and would be marked with the particle "wa" or "ga." Though "wa" gets tricky because it's technically a topic marker, so its use is pretty flexible, grammatically speaking. But as long as your particles are marking things properly, you can swap the parts around. All of the following sentences are grammatically correct:
"Sato gave this book to Yamada"
Satou-san ga Yamada-san ni kono hon o agemashita
Satou-san ga kono hon o Yamada-san ni agemashita
Yamada-san ni Satou-san ga kono hon o agemashita
Yamada-san ni kono hon o Satou-san ga agemashita
kono hon o Satou-san ga Yamada-san ni agemashita
kono hon o Yamada-san ni Satou-san ga agemashita
Now that being said, a few of them sound kind of weird because people wouldn't normally order the sentences that way, and it'd be more in special cases of emphasis or literary effect. At the last two would be more likely to say "kono hon wa" changing the sentence to be more like "As for this book, Sato gave it to Yamada."
But, keeping it simply about the example you have, it is perfectly normal and equivalent to say the sentence either of these ways:
Yamada-san ni kono hon o agemashou ka?
kono hon o Yamada-san ni agemashou ka?
Ah, that's very helpful and enlightening! Thanks a lot for explaining. It seems that it's actually simpler than I expected, so that's nice.
About "wa" and "ga" (and when to use the one or the other); that's actually another thing I don't completely understand. My book does explain it, but it also hints at it actually being way more complicated. And when I looked it up on the internet I found that entire books have been written about just the difference between "wa" and "ga".
As for the book I'm using; I bought it mostly because it was the only one I could find that was relatively inexpensive and I just wanted something to get me started. It's more or less what I expected it to be, so I'm content with that for now. I was thinking of getting the Genki textbook later, but the one you suggested appears to be much cheaper, so that might be a better option, thanks!
"We are brethren of the monastery called The World, where folk grow hungry"
No problem. Keep in mind the book I linked will expect you to learn kana pretty much right away, and keep up with new vocab and kanji each chapter. And yeah honestly at first you just have to get a better grasp on wa/ga by just immersion.
About "wa" and "ga" (and when to use the one or the other); that's actually another thing I don't completely understand. My book does explain it, but it also hints at it actually being way more complicated. And when I looked it up on the internet I found that entire books have been written about just the difference between "wa" and "ga".
This wa vs. ga explanation was kind of informative when I found it years ago: http://nihonshock.com/2010/02/particles-the-difference-between-wa-and-ga/
But like Foolio said it really something that has to be "learned" by experience and informed by intuition (only after living there two years and translating 120+ manga volumes do I feel I'm getting the hang of it…and I'm probably still not, actually).
That article you linked looks very useful at first glance, thanks! I'll study it a bit better when I have some more time.
And yeah, I don't really expect to ever reach a level where I understand it as well as a native Japanese speaker would, but my first major goal for now is to be able to read Japanese and understand what I'm reading.
What is the difference between [verb + [I]koto], [verb + [I]no] and the -ite/-ide/-shite/-nde/-tte/-te ending of verbs?
From what I understand, [verb + [I]koto] and [verb + [I]no] are the equivalent of the English gerund and can be used interchangeably. I also understand how the -ite/-ide/-shite/-nde/-tte/-te forms are made and how they function, but I don't really see how these three things are different as words. For example, kaku-no, kaku-koto and kaite all mean "writing", right?
"We are brethren of the monastery called The World, where folk grow hungry"
Uhhh I think you're confused, but it would be nice to see some example sentences from whatever source you're using. I'm guessing you mean a usage such as the following:
Boku wa hashiru koto ga suki (I like running)
In this type of construct, "koto" and "no" are pretty much interchangeable, although there are actually specific verbs/situations in which one or the other cannot be used. I'd actually have to look it up though because I simply don't remember them.
But that aside, it's completely different from the -te form of verbs. The point here is basically (as you somewhat implied) to turn a verb, or the entire preceding clause, into a noun that can be modified/referenced by grammatical constructs that expect a noun, like adjectives. So I can definitely see it being likened to a gerund in English, basically the -ing form of verbs. You can say "dogs are scary" because dogs are nouns. But for concepts involving a verb you conjugate them with -ing to nounify them, like "eating marmite is scary." "Eating marmite" is now a nounal phrase so you can then apply the adjective "scary" to it. That's what you're accomplishing by appending koto/no to a verb.
But the -te form of verbs is something else entirely; it doesn't serve that purpose nor serve as a noun. In cases like this I much prefer native Japanese grammar terms rather than what they use to teach it as a foreign language. This particular conjugation is called the ren'youkei (連用形), which is pretty self-descriptive: it's the "link-and-use form." In the most fundamental way its purpose is to string phrases together without making each one a new sentence, almost like the word "and" or a comma / other linking words in English. Of course it has also become the verb form commonly used to make polite requests/orders which is probably the first usage language students learn.
Anyway I think I'll stop here, as I don't know whether I'm being helpful or just more confusing at this point.
What is the difference between [verb + [I]koto], [verb + [I]no] and the -ite/-ide/-shite/-nde/-tte/-te ending of verbs?
From what I understand, [verb + [I]koto] and [verb + [I]no] are the equivalent of the English gerund and can be used interchangeably. I also understand how the -ite/-ide/-shite/-nde/-tte/-te forms are made and how they function, but I don't really see how these three things are different as words. For example, kaku-no, kaku-koto and kaite all mean "writing", right?
I did a quick search and found this, if this helps for the no vs koto
http://jlptbootcamp.com/2011/02/jlpt-n4-grammar-nominalizer/
I don't have access to my Genki 1 or 2 textbooks (away from home for a while) but it does cover this quite well. I'll try to compare.
Kanji wo kaku no wa muzukashii desu
Kanji wo kaku koto ga muzukashii desu
Both mean It's difficult to write Kanji / Writing Kanji is difficult
Kaku no (wa) basically changes the current sentence to "The action of writing"
Kaku koto and no wa form
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"Kaku koto by itself would be "(the action of) writing…"
This is talking about the action of writing, usually explain something like;
"Kono pen wo kattara kanji wo kaku no wa kantan ni narimasu"
"Kono pen wo kattara kanji wo kaku koto ga kantan ni narimasu"
If you buy this pen, writing Kanji will become easier.
Kaite form:
Kyou wa, tegami wo kaite, okurimashita
Today I wrote a letter and sent it.
The te form is really just to connect a bunch of sentences together. Really all it is.
Kaiteiru:
Kaiteiru literally means to be currently writing.
Ima ha tegami wo kateiru / kaiteimasu (I'm writing a letter now")
I think this is the Kaite form you are thinking of.
As for the te forms (ite/-ide/-shite/-nde/-tte/-te ) you seem to be breaking down the different way the te form appears, it would save you a lot if you learnt them word by word.
The best way to learn it is when trying to use the te form of a verb, use a dictionary to confirm if it's correct everytime. I use JED on smartphone, shows all the forms of the verbs and easily searchable, doesn't require to press enter button to search, requires no internet and it's free.
I hope I helped, feel free to ask more questions.
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Also, I would like to try to read some really, really simple children's books (preferebly in hiragana or romaji). Does anyone have some links to places where I could find those? (If something like that exists at all.)
Hmm, it is pretty difficult to find online, I've tried searching, but maybe not thoroughly enough. Anyway, you can actually try pick up a manga to speed up hiragana and katakana reading, I did that at first with a manga that didn't use furigana which was pretty difficult at that time. You could even try One Piece purely for the purpose of speading up Kana reading and would be fun since it would be One Piece.
Shonen manga all have furigana. If you want access to some Japanese raws of One Piece you can access it online here , thanks to Sandman for the link.
One other great way to practice Kana reading would be News web easy https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ , I would highly recommend you read literature that has furigana at least, plain old hiragana won't give any Kanji exposure.
News web easy offers latest news articles in which you can also find the original article if you wish which is from NHK News. I personally don't like reading there anymore since furigana is so distracting, I ditched furigana 2-4 months in and got used to going reading and searching words myself.
I did read a lot of religious publications on Jw.org (religious website). You can get the English translation of any publication, the Japanese version along with the furigana Japanese version. This is as top as you can get in translation and I personally used this and am currently using this. Only downsides is it is really complicated but I did speed up my reading and learnt a ton of words.
http://imgur.com/fbTINW2 Furigana
http://imgur.com/1JOY0kH Pure Japanese
http://imgur.com/yd1dDfu English
I find it's really hard to find articles in all three formats online.
Wow, you guys are so knowledgeable, it's impressive! Your explanations were very helpful, thanks a lot to both of you!
Of course it has also become the verb form commonly used to make polite requests/orders which is probably the first usage language students learn.
This seems to be the origin of my confusion. There was a paragraph about this usage of the -te form in my book, but it didn't mention that there were other uses as well. I do now see how it is completely different from the -koto/-no endings of verbs. SuburbanErrorist's examples illustrated it nicely. Thanks again to both of you for your elaborate answers; it must take you guys some time to write those posts haha, but it does really help me
I have also downloaded JED just now. I haven't really checked out all it's functions yet, but it looks like it could be a handy tool!
As for reading practice. I've tried reading manga in Japanese, but it's still a bit too difficult for me at this point. Trying One Piece sounds like a good suggestion though, as I already know the story so I don't need to perfectly understand everything I'm reading. Thanks for the idea (and for all the other links)!
"We are brethren of the monastery called The World, where folk grow hungry"
Wow, you guys are so knowledgeable, it's impressive! Your explanations were very helpful, thanks a lot to both of you!
This seems to be the origin of my confusion. There was a paragraph about this usage of the -te form in my book, but it didn't mention that there were other uses as well. I do now see how it is completely different from the -koto/-no endings of verbs. SuburbanErrorist's examples illustrated it nicely. Thanks again to both of you for your elaborate answers; it must take you guys some time to write those posts haha, but it does really help me
I have also downloaded JED just now. I haven't really checked out all it's functions yet, but it looks like it could be a handy tool!
As for reading practice. I've tried reading manga in Japanese, but it's still a bit too difficult for me at this point. Trying One Piece sounds like a good suggestion though, as I already know the story so I don't need to perfectly understand everything I'm reading. Thanks for the idea (and for all the other links)!
I just use all expressions search and the search by radical function once in a while.
https://nihongoshark.com/learn-kanji/
I highly recommend nihongosharks method for Kanji. I finished it a year ago in 88 days. You learn all the radicals and once finished lt makes looking at kanji fun and not impossible. I have tried and proven this method, after I hit vocabulary lists on anki and am now sitting at 9000 or so vocabulary. But its just 1 method.
With this, the kanji radical search became easy to understand.
Can you guys help me with something? I want to translate this sentence to Japanese:
"Hey what do you think of these drawings that I've made years ago for my Rokushiki Robin project? :)"
I would be very grateful!
EDIT: Nevermind, someone ever at OroJackson translated it for me already.
