I used to be an active member on this website back when I was first studying Japanese. I logged in today on a whim.
I was touched and saddened to read this news, as I never had the pleasure of meeting Oliver, aka Mars Man, in person, but remember his avatar and activity on this site very...
You have to cover a little bit of the 4 major areas every day.
Reading - keep a novel on you at all times.
Writing - gets the Kanji Kentei game for DS, or Otona no kanji renshuu.
Speaking - hire a teacher to converse with, someone who will provide you with new phrases and correct you.
Listening...
Japanese girls who are shallow enough to like Western guys who are shallow enough to like Japanese girls because they are 'the best kind of Asian' tend to look for the same qualities commonly found in Hollywood movie stars and powder room hearsay i.e. blonde hair, good looks and good endowment...
It sounds like you're over 20 and did not take your Japanese nationality.
If you are not a Japanese national I think things will be stricter.
Foreigners trying to get spousal visas when married to Japanese nationals - that alone is usually a process supported by several years of married life...
It takes a fair amount of time and effort to learn to write them legibly. As you point out, a lot of things get done by computer. But if you live in Japan then you will find yourself writing a quick memo, a note to someone, a notice on a piece of paper, a form at the post office or city office...
North Korea wants attention, that's it that's all.
bwaahhh *cry cry cry* give us more food or we'll make trouble bwaahhh
They're building reactors because they're told not to.
Gives them a bargaining chip. Same with the conventional attacks on SK, more attention grabbing. Ultimately they'd...
Some have yearly passes, the cost of which I cannot imagine.
I haven't asked them how many times they go regularly but I think the real Disney-heads go at least a few times a year because a few times a year Disney has a main event or changes their theme; Disney Halloween, Disney Christmas...
Disney Sea is better because it's indeed more adult-oriented. Less kinda cutesy fantasy type rides, more like, rides from live-action movies and thrill rides. Tower of Terror for example, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Indiana Jones, they're all at Sea.
Plus, yes you can drink beer.
Overall...
abdalrasyid:
I think that man is a great example of how we should all try to be. Fortunately for him, he comes from a time and place where capitalism has not corrupted the way of thinking and he's quite happy. Unfortunately for myself, I come from a time and place where living barefoot is...
I think money can buy happiness, because the things that make us suffer often come from (in the West and in poor countries especially) a lack of material completion. It's called 'the hierarchy of needs'. Food>Clothing>Shelter etc...
I think beyond that, pin-pointing happiness is the key...
Isn't it true?
They say it can't, .. they've always said it can't.
I agree in principle, the old cliches are true and simply being rich doesn't make you happy; there are plenty of rich people in the world who lead unhappy lives.
But think of it this way.
One family, a good family, struggling...
- Have you had good or bad experience because you are gaijin?
Both
-Do you enjoying beeing gaijin?
Yes, I enjoy being MYSELF; me being 'gaijin' is something only the Japanese see.
(what a dumb question)
-How do you feel when japanese call you gaijin?
They don't, they call me gaijin-san, or...
I think with so many domestic issues at home, the people are really REALLY not interested in another Iraq. Most Americans acknowledge Iraq was a way messier and protracted campaign than necessary.
The unemployment rate is around ten percent if I'm not mistaken which is high for a 1st world...
Those of you making a living in Japan, I'm just curious
How do you feel about other foreigners in Japan?
Do your views on what would be considered 'foreign' back home change at all? That is... in your predominantly white hometown for example, the Indian fellow is quite 'foreign', but here, you...
"Bird behaviour: Rather than swimming around, it likes to walk around on the water grass by the water's edge searching for food. It's not a 'rail' bird, but it's very cautious."
I don't know what a rail bird is I had to look that up.
But that was the translation for クイナ類
But yea...that's the...
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