hiro 10 Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 i heard japan's constitution is being changed to allow for more aggressive military action. thoughts? we fetch what we are suppose to have. Obama said all of US army outside USA will go home soon. So do US army inside Japan. We will defend ourself by ourselves. Please see the picture of newspaper I uploaded on this thread. Its headline says "China is constructing natural gas plant INSIDE Japanese territory" Theres no point starting war for a piece of resources. But theres no point being a sandbag either. You saw what happened to Ukraine,right? All nation have self-defense right. Dont misunderstand me. I have many Chinese friend and I love China! Chinese people and Chinese government are completely different things. I never ever mix those two. Dont worry! we dont fight! Eroge brothers from China will stop Chinese government!haha;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Otaku-Sama 10 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 How did you end up here? (the forum) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
41MG8H0 10 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 @OP Is this https://twitter.com/hmrng_2525 official Himeringo twitter? I mean her Himeringo - Utaite Wiki // Also, you guys should use edit option, instead of posting multiple times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mishagal 19 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 How many hours an average Japanese person works weekly? What kind of weather there is in Tokyo during summer months (June-August)? Is it true that Japan is the most racist country in the world? (I'm asking this totally seriously) Is it true that most(?) Japanese women quit their jobs and start doing nothing but housewife stuff after marriage? And the most important question in this thread: why uncensored porn is illegal in Japan? I've seen so much bizarre stuff in manga etc. that I just can't understand why showing genitals is such a taboo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 How did you end up here? (the forum) i dont remember clearly.maybe via google search "forum games"or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 @OP Is this https://twitter.com/hmrng_2525 official Himeringo twitter? I mean her Himeringo - Utaite Wiki // Also, you guys should use edit option, instead of posting multiple times. Yes she is the one. Please check this URL. http://www.nicovideo.jp/user/14248953 This is her user page on Niconico. You can see this twitter ID on this page. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 How many hours an average Japanese person works weekly? What kind of weather there is in Tokyo during summer months (June-August)? Is it true that Japan is the most racist country in the world? (I'm asking this totally seriously) Is it true that most(?) Japanese women quit their jobs and start doing nothing but housewife stuff after marriage? And the most important question in this thread: why uncensored porn is illegal in Japan? I've seen so much bizarre stuff in manga etc. that I just can't understand why showing genitals is such a taboo. 1 Average is 375 minutes a day. 2 It is hot and rainy in Tokyo.And you get several typhoon.Dont forget your umbrella if you go there:) 3 Who told you "Japanese is racist" thing to you? He/she must be the most racistest person on this planet. 4 No its not true. the half of married women is working.so its 50:50. 5 First of all, any kind of porn is banned in Japan. But there are many AV videos in Japan. Why? because AV is not a porn! AV companies insists that AV is a general movie(film) product which accidentally has many sex scene. hence we call the ladies in AV as "AV actress" or "Sexy actress" They are not even porn star in our law! Because, our law of freedom of expression define "porn"as "something with exposed genitals" No genitals no porn. summarizing the above, genitals are not banned in porn. Its the PORN ITSELF which is banned. Its a Loophole of law thing. They cannot ban sexy scene in Manga or Anime. Cuz One piece, Dragon ball, Naruto. They all have sexy scenes in them. If they ban the Hentai scene in Manga or Anime. Automatically, they have to ban OP, DB, Naruto. That aint gonna happen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
41MG8H0 10 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 How to make plural of noun in japanese? 二冊の本 三匹の鼠 Am I doing it properly? And what about termination －たち? It mean "and others", right? Like: "お兄たちがどうする、かな？" - "What does my brother(brothers/and others) doing?" Or this one is written properly?: "どうするお兄たち、かな？" Correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 ＞二冊の本 ＞三匹の鼠 ＞Am I doing it properly? yes you are. >And what about termination －たち? >It mean "and others", right? Yes.You can use たち only when you are talking about human or animals. But female tend to use たち when they are talking about an inorganic substance. For example. 木たち woods イスたち chairs 本たち books I feel its strange to use たち when you are talking about....objects. But more and more females use this kind of expression nowadays. >Like: >"お兄 たちがどうする、かな？" - "What does my brother(brothers/and others) doing?" Its like "Im not sure what my brothers are going to do(or say)" She (the speaker) cares about the opinion of brothers. >Or this one is written properly?: "どうするお兄たち、かな？" Its little bit strange but it is still correct in terms of grammar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mishagal 19 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Who told you "Japanese is racist" thing to you? I've seen an article that stated that Japanese tend to have the most negative image about foreigners, especially in the countryside. I don't have any source for this, though. And thanks for the answers, some of them were actually quite surprising. I have a few more questions for you: Did you mean that the average working time is for 5 days (=31,25 hours a week) or does it include weekends as well (=43,75 hours a week)? Is it normal that Japanese tea smells terrible but tastes good? (I drank some in a local Asian restaurant and that's my opinion about it.) Do you like sake? I tried it once and it was a horrible experience.... Edited July 27, 2015 by Mishagal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
41MG8H0 10 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) She (the speaker) cares about the opinion of brothers. - How would this sentence look in men speech then? - And what does "ｗ" at the ending of sentence mean? I know it mean "warau", or "lol" but in which way? It's more like: "私は嬉しいですｗ" - "ｗ” in meaning happy, or more sarcastic like: "貴方は本当にバカだｗ" in meaning laughing of something/someone? - "貴様" is used to be "you" in non-formal speech/colloquial speech, or mean turn to someone without respect? I see "貴様" is often translated as "you bastard" in the anime's, so I wonder. Edited July 28, 2015 by 41MG8H0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 >I've seen an article that stated that Japanese tend to have the most negative image about foreigners, especially in the countryside. I don't have any source for this, though. Never mind! People can say anything in the web. >Did you mean that the average working time is for 5 days (=31,25 hours a week) Weekends are included. >Japanese tea smells terrible but tastes good? (I drank some in a local Asian restaurant and that's my opinion about it.) Next time, try the tea from Shizu-oka area. That has the best smell/taste. As you guess,It has the highest price though. I dont believe Asian restaurant catered good one made in Japan to you. When I traveled to Canton,China. Which is the homeland of green tea btw. I drank tons of green teas there. Awesome tea was awesome. Bad tea was bad. >Sake I guess you dont like sweet taste right? Rice wine is very sweet. Because rice wine is made from Japanese rice. And good Japanese rice has natural sweet taste. But as you guess, its hard to get and expensive. Hence cheap ones made in outside Japan have sugar or artificial sweetener in it. In order to imitate sweet taste of good rice. But they cant.of course not. Next time, make sure buy the pure sake made in Japan. Which means It has no sugar or any other artificial additives in it. As you guess, its expensive. Just like any other liquors. If you have chance, try Shōchū which is distilled spirits. But again, make sure it is made in Japan and no artificial thing in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 >How would this sentence look in men speech then? hmm... Honestly, If grown man said "お兄"... its creepy. Elementary school boy will be OK with saying it. If grown man said it, Its like 30 years old gentleman sees a fancy tea cup and he says "OMG! cute!!!!" Some male from Kansai area(which is including Osaka city, the second biggest city in Japan) says "お兄" . Its dialect. Kansai dialect sounds more soft than standard Japanese language which is Tokyo dialect. But its still strange if grown man use this expression. Sounds like ladyboy. "おにいさん"”おにいちゃん””あにき” Those are more appropriate. >meaning of "w" It can be both provocation and pure expression of joy. (笑)= (w)arai = I'm laughing For example. そうだね（笑） = "yeah, you are right lol" This kind of expression is very very very old. At the very early age of internet, it was normal expression of pure happiness. But in 90s, people started to use this old meme as provocation. By intentionally using out-of-dated expression, they means "Look, I'm not serious. I'm just trolling" something like that. But after 2010. Young generation on twitter who dosent know about the history of "（笑）" or "w" consider this expression...kind of "cool" meme. So especially young girls use this a lot as pure expression of happiness. I texted with my online game freind who is teenage girl. she often sends me like: そうだね （笑）（笑）（笑）（笑）（笑）（笑）（笑）（笑）（笑）（笑） or そうだねｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ I thought "why she is always bitching?" But I eventually realized its normal expression for them. Language of young generation become standard language. Hence more and more matured people use this as normal expression. So...It can be both! provocation and joy. >貴様 Yeah. basically, it is translated as "you fool"or "you bastard" This kanji means "Mr.your highness" Its very polite expressions. But we use this as "you bastard" nowadays. Why? They say Samurais started this. When they talked to their friend "Hey, Mr.your-highness!" Yes they were just joking. But people started to use this word as expression between close friends. You talk roughly when you speak to close friend, right? Hence In movies, in dramas, many passionate protagonists shouts to his close friend "おい（hey）！貴様！" And young people who don't know where this word came from think "貴様 must be meaning you bastard or something" Hence people use this as expression of hate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
41MG8H0 10 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Honestly, If grown man said "お兄"... its creepy. "おにいさん"”おにいちゃん””あにき” Those are more appropriate. Ah, right! I'm still newbie at japanese. - Do girls refer themselves as 僕? I mean in different regions or dialects, etc. - Why some vocaloid/utaite songs makes no sense/or is hard for explain? (I'm asking because I'm translating these sometimes to my native language.) It's because japanese language is like this, or it's because author of lyrics wanted to make it not that obvious/for people's own interpretation? I'm saying now about songs like "Idola no circus". (Idk if you are listen to this kind of music). - Should non-japanese people use honorifics when they are writing to japanese people in the internet? (Games, forums, private messages, etc.) Because I see japanese people are using honorifics (such as -san) to non-japanese people on for example: ask.fm. - How old are you? If I can know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 -Do girls refer themselves as 僕? I never met such a girl in person. I saw some on the web. But its common in Anime,manga, or lyrics. - Why some vocaloid/utaite songs makes no sense/or is hard for explain? I think they are intentionally ignoring grammar. Because most of lyrics of super hit songs dosent make sense at all. Thats a collage of words. So you can join building world of that song on youtube comment section. like: "I think this is the song about heart-breaking""No, I dont think so" >I'm saying now about songs like "Idola no circus" I think the message of this song is relatively clear. Its based on the novel called "The Spider's Thread" written by R.Akutagawa the most famous novelist in Japan. A thief went to hell. But the Buddha have mercy for him because the thief saved a spider's life when he was alived. The buddha think he is not completely bad guy. The buddha ordered the spider to help him and bring him to heaven. THe spider tries to pull up the thief with thread. The thief grab the thread. But other guys in hell try to grab the thread too. The thief kicks them off. That is the final straw on camels back for buddha. The buddha cut the thread and forsake the thief. anime of that story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpIBmiPtMgc So. maybe the author of this song tries to insist that "helping hands from others are temporally and actually not helping me" i guess. As you see now. we are discussing about this song. So it helps to the song going viral. >- Should non-japanese people use honorifics when they are writing to japanese people in the internet? No you don't need to. Nobody gets angry or embarassed by being called without honorifics if you are non-japanese. > how old are you Im 30 years old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pramit 22 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 How do i enter a japanese institute with 3 years bachelor of science degree? Most of them seem to accept 4 year degrees its ok if u dont know the answer to this question Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 sry i dont know. i can search for you if you let me know which institution you would like to go to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fluffy 29 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Hey hiro, what do you think about Japanese comedy (besides from anime) in general? -Like in the TV shows and other similar things. I don't really know much about it, but I've seen some things and it looks kinda different from what i see in my homestead. Thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 which show did you watch? basically i dont watch TV but i like this show:) Funny Japanese English Lesson (with subtitles) - Video Dailymotion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyboy 12 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Something i have been wondering for a while. You often see in japanese anime/manga etc. some characters getting a cold and become really weak because of that. Is it true that japanese become really weak when they have a cold or it's just an exaggeration like so many other things in anime/manga etc.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Japanese or not,you get weak when you are sick right? There is no point that the author/scriptwriter tells you "hey, this character gets cold. but he/she is completely OK" Everytime a character gets cold, it is supposed to be something unusual. Not every one of your birthday is dramatic. but if there is birthday on manga or anime, it is suppossed to be dramatic. so yeah that must be exaggerated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyboy 12 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Japanese or not,you get weak when you are sick right? There is no point that the author/scriptwriter tells you "hey, this character gets cold. but he/she is completely OK" Everytime a character gets cold, it is supposed to be something unusual. Not every one of your birthday is dramatic. but if there is birthday on manga or anime, it is suppossed to be dramatic. so yeah that must be exaggerated. Yes, but not the the point when i can't even stand when i have a cold. Most of the times when i have a cold i get a runny nose and a headache and when the cold is pretty bad i feel like always sleeping, but never before it was to the point where i couldn't even stand because of a simple cold and as far as i know it's the same for everyone i know too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lucifer193 12 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 What are Japanese public opinions on Oda Nobunaga? Was he a hero or a villain? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) Which anime did you see? Edited August 9, 2015 by hiro Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiro 10 Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 It can be both. He is basically a hero but he is called "6th daemon". They say there are the ”the six daemons"in buddhism hell and 6th one is the strongest.something like the Satan. hare is image of the 6th daemon 他化自在天 – Takejijaiten | ç•°å½¢ 棺 - The Monster Casket These are some his daemonic behavior. -Killed all of women lived in his castle because some of them went to sight seeing while he was out of castle. -killed all of buddhists in his region to take control. - Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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