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Spencer.Smith

I don't feel sympathetic for him. He wants to wash away Japan's militaristic past and the war crimes committed from the young people's minds. Crazy fellow.

I always think that its funny that Sino-Japanese relations can't progress unless Japan is fully transparent about what transpired during the days of the Japanese empire. The majority of that generation is dying and the latest bunch of politicians hold onto the past as some relic that has be trotted out, should China wish to offer any political or economic relationship.

Japan has never asked the same of the US, Russia has never openly admitted to what it did during communist times to its allies and former enemies, and even the Chinese themselves are unwilling to openly discuss events such as Tibet and Tiananmen square.

I am a member of the school of thought that suggests that those who forget the past are consigned to repeating it, but I'm also of the mind-set that that full transparency can only exist should there be full unilateral transparency across the board. Abe and his Diet colleagues can make as many fatuous statements as they like, but perhaps it would be prudent for Japan to press China on its current human rights record and physical exploitation of its people rather than trying to justify what their dead grandparents did over 60 years ago.

Reply 141

gaijin

Someone check these for me;

田中さんはマラソンにはしっている。
遠藤くんが英語をならってみる。

田中さんはマラソンにはしっていました。
遠藤くんが英語をならってみません。

「今日は飛んではいけない、危ないだよ！」

「ここでおよいでもいい。」

「うたってほしい。　あなたの歌声は好き。」

「酒を飲んですみません。」

Muchos appreciados.

Reply 142

Excalibur

gaijin

Someone check these for me;

田中さんはマラソンを走っている。
遠藤くんは英語をならっている。

田中さんはマラソンをはしっていました。
遠藤くんは英語をならっていません。

「今日は飛んではいけない、危ないよ！」(Sounds more natural if you say something like 「今日は危ないから飛んではいけないよ！」

「ここでおよいでもいい。」

「うたってほしい。　あなたの歌声が好き。」

「酒を飲んですみません。」

Muchos appreciados.

Hope that's OK :smile:

Reply 143

gaijin

Particles were done on the cuff. I hate particles, I will have to learn them properly.

I wanted to use the 'te + ikenai' function and use something that would make it sound plausible.

Thanks anyway.

行ってもかまわない = it doesn't matter if you go.
習ってもいいと思います = I think its okay for you to learn.
笑ってほしい　＝　I want you/would like you to laugh.
走っていけない = You cannot run.

Reply 144

Jim-ie

日本日本日本!

Taking the next level (pre-intermediate) this term in Japanese, going to try and go over some of my old notes before the first class because I've not been practising.

I think its time to break out the katakana....
ア...イ...ウ...エ.....オ...

Reply 145

LucyA

Konnichiwa Jim-ie :smile:

Reply 146

frogout

Aww I'm proper gutted, they've stopped running the beginner's Japanese classes at the local community college. They only do GCSE, gr! Seriously annoyed lol.

Reply 147

LucyA

Looks like Fukuda has beaten Aso 330 votes to 197 to the leadership of the Lib Dem Party. He's almost guaranteed to be voted PM now!

Oh well Kimoso, did you feel like you have learnt a lot from when you went to the classes?

Reply 148

frogout

I didn't go to them! They've stopped running them, lol. ='[

Reply 149

Neko_chan

hehe
nice to see so many other avid otakus too!! T.T I wanna cry I have a stupid laptop with stupid windows vista and I just can't fix this problem that is stopping me from watching my loveable j-drama and anime!!!
*cries*
I shall be applying soon for uni for my Japanese learning, just as soon as I write the dreaded personal statement. Hope to see some of ya soon

...I wanna watch bleach and naruto shippuden (no eng dub for me >.<)

Reply 150

Jim-ie

i'm not into that otaku anime stuff myself ive only got an interest in the language and culture.

Reply 151

gaijin

Neko_chan

アニメは何も話しません。　 :s-smilie:

ぶっちゃけ、あまり好きじゃない。

日本語はどこ申し込みますか？ どの大学は？

ガイジン.. あなたは日本人ですか

Jim-ie

ガイジン.. あなたは日本人ですか

No.

Reply 154

Jim-ie

Oh, okay. Got confused with the whole japanese flag thing then the name "foreigner" name.

Reply 155

username42053

Hi! Can I join please?

Just finished reading throught the thread, although couldn't understand half of it as it was in Japanese...

I plan on taking Japanese at uni next year. Hope I get in.

Nearly had a heart attack when you all spoke in Japanese..wondering how the hell I'd be able to learn that. But it's OKAY I have faith in myself..*cough*

Ok..just realised the last post was 3 weeks ago..what happened? Where's everyone gone? Nooo

Reply 156

Excalibur

franpgb

Hey and ようこそ！Don't feel so intimidated - a lot of the members are university level students. Have you studied Japanese before? What makes you like it? Hope your uni applications etc are going well :smile:

Reply 157

Jim-ie

I've missed so many classes this term for Japanese I'm actually worried. Going tomorrow to it then need to start revising like crazy and speaking it as much as possible.

No, I never studied it before, I took it because I had no interst in learning French.

Reply 158

frogout

今晩は. 私も今から日本語の学生です!! Well, um, sorta. I actually managed to find some Japanese evening classes :smile:

みんなさんは元気ですか?

(Btw, If anyone's got time, can you tell me what mistakes I made? :smile:

)

Reply 159

gaijin

Kanji.....kanji....カンジ。。。。かんじ。。。。漢字

Well I can write 火山岩 and read it as kazangan - volcanic rock.

200 before Christmas. :frown:

Jesus.

Okay, definitely going to try and speak Japanese with my friends today, but will fail miserably again. Still better than most first years on my course though.