Is there a contemporary Japanese artist that you like, /japan/?
explain japanese politics to me
As 8chan might go down soon, if you want come check this little image board about everything anime and Japan related.
samachan.org
You guys have to get rid of your feminists and mudslimes before it's too late, seriously. Learn from our mistakes, do not emulate us.
https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/japans-newest-largest-mosque-opens-doors-105611826.html
Capcom has combined sumo and street fighter to promote the upcoming Japan Cup
Photos thread.
Preferably post your own, but of course feel free to shamelessly steal others work.
Reminder to post multiple images per post to keep the thread bump-able.
Japanese and Austrailian militaries cooperate
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201511230056
SYDNEY–Foreign and defense ministers of Japan and Australia agreed here to swiftly sign a pact to make cooperation between their armed forces easier.
Full agreement will be sought when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visits Japan next month. By signing the treaty, Japan will essentially become a "quasi-ally" with Australia, allowing the Self-Defense Forces to significantly strengthen their ties with the Australian armed forces in various fields, including unit management and equipment. Both Japan and Australia are allied with the United States.
The pact will be Japan's first mutual status of forces agreement, which legally defines how a foreign military force operating in another country is handled. This will determine what local laws the troops will be exempt from, including the handling of accidents and crimes, the movement of military vehicles on public roads and frequencies of radio bandwidths to use during exercises.
Such an agreement will allow for the two armed forces to hold joint exercises and dispatch units for disaster relief purposes. The two nations will be able to conduct joint drills on Japanese territory without the bother of implementing special procedures.
Hey /japan/, the faggots over at /a/ are making a share project against TPP and we would like your help
The fuck's this shit and why should I care?
As you should you the TPP will fuck over pirating and copyright everyfuckingthing.
To counter it we started this, our plan is to hoard shit pre-TPP and then share it around with I2P.
What do I do?
We are still planning shit, so there are four things you can do right now
>hoard shit
To share it afterwards. Manga, japanese series, korean cartoons, anything goes.
>download I2P
Might as well get used to it now
>Suggest shit and help in the board
>spread it around
We need as many anons on this as possible, contact other small boards and chans.
Why I2P?
Because it's TOR on steroids. It's safer than TOR, it has more features(such as torrenting) and it's newer meaning that is isn't called pedo net 2.0 yet.
Why bother, TPP won't do shit
Odds are it will, but even if it doesn't there will be a new TPP. Companies are "losing money" with all these pirates, do you think they won't try to fuck us over each chance they get? We are now doing what we already should have had: preparing for the worst. Even if nothing happens next year, what's to say that it wont happen the year after?
Why /japan/?
Nips are already getting fucked by copyright laws, the TPP will only fuck you further, so we are hoping this will help the nips browsing this board as much as the rest of us. Also pls, bring doujinshis.
>have to write a 2500 words essay on the relation between religon and state in japan in 5 days
Any ideas or good readings?
Japan Gender Inequality
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201511190045
Japan ranked 101st among 145 countries with regard to gender equality in a new survey, up three notches from last year, but still the worst of all Group of Seven industrialized nations.
The Global Gender Gap Report 2015 was released Nov. 19 by the World Economic Forum, known for its Davos meeting in Switzerland.
However, the gender gap worsened in Japanese workplaces. That was because the wage disparity widened, even though a higher ratio of women took part in the work force. Although the number of female workers is increasing, many of them are nonregular employees whose wages are kept low.
PS4 now supports PS2 emulation
If you don't have a decent pc the PS4 is the next best thing for PS2 emulation.
Source?
Hachiko has a faithful feline companion
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201511170003
Hachiko, the faithful Akita dog immortalized in a bronze statue in front of Tokyo's JR Shibuya Station, now has a companion: a live cat
After a while, a man wearing a black T-shirt approached the cat and picked it up in front of puzzled onlookers. He then walked off with it toward a subway entrance at the busy rail hub.
The man, 67, said the cat, a 5-year-old male, is one of about 30 felines he keeps at his home in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. A huge cat lover since childhood, the man said his collection includes some he has taken in from his neighbors.
In June, the retiree from a Tokyo publishing company began traveling to Shibuya about four times a month, taking one of his cats in a carrier with him. He lets the cat stay at the foot of the statue for about an hour.
“I would like my cat to give comfort to people,” he said, explaining his motivation. “If foreign tourists take pictures of my cat with the statue and post them online, then people who see them may feel like visiting Japan.
Although his efforts to console others have apparently achieved the intended effect, the man's unusual behavior has drawn criticism on the Internet.
Some people posted comments expressing concern about the cat spending so much time in a crowded public space, while others called it outright “animal abuse.”
“I am aware of criticism, but it is only expected that there are pros and cons,” he said. “If there are people who find comfort in the presence of my cat, I would like to continue to bring one.”
Chinese Navy ship spotted near Senkaku Islands
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002559849
The Defense Ministry said Thursday that a Chinese Navy ship was found to have sailed near the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
The Dongdiao-class intelligence-gathering ship did not enter Japanese territorial waters around the islands, but repeatedly sailed from east to west and vice versa near Japan’s contiguous zone outside the territorial waters, according to the ministry.
A Chinese ship had never shown such abnormal movements before, it said. The Self-Defense Forces are carefully monitoring the situation, ministry officials said.
The government has informed the Chinese side through diplomatic channels that Tokyo is watching the incident with close attention.
Smash Brothers Cloud
They're just adding anything to the roster now aren't they
Japanese Thread/日本語スレッド #3
日本語や日本の文化、日常生活、旅行などについてマターリと雑談する場所です。アニメや漫画の話題も歓迎。This thread is for the discussion of Japanese language, culture, trip and daily life etc. Of course you are welcome to talk about Anime or Manga.
Let's talk at random in Japanese or English. Take it easy !
#前スレ >>1012
–基本ルール–
荒らし厳禁・スルー推奨。また荒らしに構う人も荒らしです。
—役立ちリンク/Useful Links—
今までのスレ一覧
>https://archive.moe/int/search/text/日本語スレッド/
Real Kana
>http://www.realkana.com/
How to Learn Japanese
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G5C7fCe07CDzYalZYZObzxv_fhw7RUNsLHiMAY-t7FA/mobilebasic?pli=1
100 most common japanese words:
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GK7W2AwWsQr5VvgDYRMKSrhTJhDSkB5_jlaVGJks-Hc/pub
TPPなら、日本は何かしっているんですか。
What is japan doing about TTP?
www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/tpp
Tor5.5a3日本語版
日本語を正式にサポートしたTor Browser 5.5a3が今日公開されました（注：日本語化はα版のみです）。日本語訳に修正が必要だったらバグを提出するか直接責任者に伝えてください。
Tor Browser 5.5a3, which finally supports Japanese language, has been officially released (currently only in alpha version). If there are any translation errors or bugs, please report them to the developer in charge.
don't use it to look at cp you sickfuck pedos
Torダウンロード： https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads-alpha
連絡先： https://twitter.com/yawninglol
またはtrac.torproject.orgでバグ報告してください。
Economy and future.
Greetings /japan/,
I have been watching various videos, and one of them is currently embedded.
I don't know how widespread the knowledge of the subject is but I guess it's better making sure it is than not doing anything.
tl;dw: You should watch it, but the subject is about Japan's change in economy in the last 50 years or so, and how different economical crisis was engineered for those changes to be made.
This is also related to TPP (not the game, the Trans-Pacific "Partnership") where one of the clauses was to allow any asset, land, company, even banks, to be bought by foreign investors. Hopefully you rejected it a few months ago, but they will come back.
With this economy change it's easier to crash it and devalue any assets so that practically all the country can be bought by an external company.
Now I'm not a specialist in economy, I dabble at it, but I've heard about a lot of different events talked in the video and also about the 'finance jackals' buying debts, etc, and since you can more easily read japanese than me, you could check for yourselves about those different points.
Some related subversion tactics can be seen here:
A general presentation of the tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gnpCqsXE8g
The same guy talking a bit more about his life and work, related to said subversion tactics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qkf3bajd4
I know the subject is heavy and all in english, but at least the main video has japanese subtitles.
I hope that you will spread the word, the more people know about it, the more you as a people can vote the right way, and with chances, some higher-up that can influence things in some way could help also.
I don't want Japan to become like Europe, or Sweden, and when/if I ever visit you guys, I hope that I won't be visiting Africa.
No Nuclear Pro Defense JAPAN
Japan must have strong defensive capabilities to defend the people
>“As the only nation in the world to have suffered a war-time nuclear attack, I have renewed my resolve to play a leading role in pursuing a world without nuclear weapons and maintain the three non-nuclear principles,” Abe said during a ceremony at Nagasaki Peace Park.
>The “three non-nuclear principles” are Japan's long-standing policy of not possessing or producing nuclear arms and not letting others bring them into the country.
>Representatives from 75 countries, including U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, were among those gathered at the ceremony, where a representative of Nagasaki bomb survivors told the crowd that security legislation introduced by Abe's government goes against the wishes of the survivors and "will lead to war."
>"We cannot accept this," 86-year-old Sumiteru Taniguchi said, after describing in graphic detail his traumatic injuries and how others died in the Aug. 9, 1945, attack on Nagasaki.
>As a bell tolled, they observed a minute of silence at 11:02 a.m., the time when the a U.S. B-29 plane dropped the atomic bomb, killing more than 70,000 people and helping to prompt Japan's World War II surrender. The first atomic bomb in Hiroshima three days earlier killed an estimated 140,000.
>Japan's defense minister triggered a new disagreement over controversial security legislation on Wednesday when he said the bills under consideration by parliament would not rule out the military transporting the nuclear weapons of foreign forces.
>Abe's cabinet adopted a resolution last year reinterpreting the pacifist constitution, drafted by Americans after World War II, to let Japan exercise collective self-defense, or defend an ally under attack.
>The unpopular bills have already passed the lower house, and Abe's ruling bloc has a majority in the upper house as well. But surveys show a majority of voters are opposed to what would be a significant shift in Japan's defense policy.
>Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, addressing the same ceremony, noted the "widespread unease" about the legislation, which has passed the lower house of parliament and is now before the upper house.
>"I urge the government of Japan to listen to these voices of unease and concern," Taue said.
Abe protects his people while not allowing disarmament to weaken his proud country.
ITT: 四字熟語
>Yojijukugo (四字熟語?) is a Japanese lexeme consisting of four kanji (Chinese characters). English translations of yojijukugo include "four-character compound", "four-character idiom", "four-character idiomatic phrase", and "four-character idiomatic compound". It is equivalent to the Chinese chengyu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yojijukugo
So, care to share your knowledge with us? What are some cool yojijukugo you know?
一期一会 (ichigoichie) works well when you use it with girls.
Board Banner Thread/看板画像スレッド
現在、この/japan/板の看板画像を募集中です！どなたかこの板に合うカッコいい看板画像を作っていただけないでしょうか？
at the present, we are calling for banners for Board /japan/!
I was wondering if anyone could create cool board banners fit in with this board?
Requirements:
Resolution: 300x100
Format: png, gif
Size: less than 500KB
加えて、広告画像に8chanのロゴと/japan/の文字を入れてください。
besides that, you need to put 8chan logo and /japan/ on the banner.
Hey /japan/ I'm curious, sexualized lolis in Japanese media is a thing as we know, but what does the average Japanese person think about that?
Is everyone fine with it?
Do they think less of a person when they enjoy things like this?
yes
>A South Korean man sets himself on fire outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul during a large protest over Japan's forced recruitment of sex slaves to service military brothels during World War II.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wstBmHciko4
Why are Koreans so retarded?
Is this seriously the core 2015 issue in Korea now?
That 70 years ago Japanese may or may not have used Korean women that may or may not have been prostitutes to service their troops?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wstBmHciko4
>A South Korean man sets himself on fire outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul during a large protest over Japan's forced recruitment of sex slaves to service military brothels during World War II.
Why are Koreans so retarded?
Is this seriously the core 2015 issue in Korea now?
That 70 years ago Japanese may or may not have used Korean women that may or may not have been prostitutes to service their troops?
SJW appropriates, make racist attack on Japanese culture
http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/10/boston-kimono-alarms-culture-crusaders/
The kimono replicas were commissioned by Japan's NHK for the purpose of letting foreigners try them on as part of getting them to know Japanese culture. The kimonos were made by Japanese kimono craftsmen. The idea to use kimonos to introduce Japanese culture overseas is is part of the Japanese government's "Cool Japan" project. http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/mono_info_service/mono/creative/
Japanese are not offended. Only non-Japanese Americans are claiming to be offended. Is it not them who are appropriating Japanese culture?
The people who criticise this event do not know that Japanese made the kimonos, they said things like this:
>White institutions make cheap imitations of a kimono to try on for fun to fuel their foreign fetishes
>The "Kimonos" in these pictures are copycats of the original in the picture (which is completely disrespectful to the artist and the original creator of the kimono), and it looks like a cheap fucking quilt made by someone's half blind grandmother.
These non-Japanese insult the kimonos made by Japanese, and appropriate Japan culture to use as a political tool. They are the real racists. They insult Japanese, saying Japanese thoughts does not matter.
>/r/weeaboo is leaking. Japanese Americans and Japanese in Japan live in different racial climates, and what is comfortable in Japan might not be to a Japanese/Asian American. It doesn't matter how it is perceived in Japan, it is the effect it has on Asian Americans here that is the problem. Fuck the NHK for supporting it here
The MOD of /r/asianamerican say I make personal attack because I say persons who appropriate Japanese culture and insult Japanese and Japanese culture are racist. MOD deleted response by Japanese who supports Japanese culture and presents evidence, and does not delete the non-Japanese attacks on Japanese culture. This is obvious prejudice. I say this to /r/asianamerican and MOD BAN me. MOD protects the racist attacks on Japanese, and BAN Japanese who speak for culture and rights of self. They are racist.
All Japanese peoples support the Boston kimono event, and say this people attacking event is not Japanese and is appropriating Japanese cultures.
To appropriate culture is racism, says the people who opposes kimono event. But these people is appropriating Japanese culture. They are the racists. Japanese culture is not their culture. If they attack Japanese culture, they are racists.
KIMONOS IS JAPANESE CULTURES. KIMONOS IS NOT ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURES. ASIAN AMERICAN ATTACKING JAPANESE CULTURES IS RACIST.
Evidence:
http://blog.livedoor.jp/kaigainoomaera/archives/44706843.html
http://hosyusokuhou.jp/archives/44708102.html
http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/8248201.html
http://www.all-nationz.com/archives/1033713937.html
http://nov.2chan.net/35/res/861463.htm
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/07/18/books/underneath-orientalist-kimono/
PLEASE HELP TO TELL ABOUT BOSTON MFA ACCEPTING RACIST ASIAN-AMERICAN THREATS AND ATTACKING JAPANESE CULTURE
/japan/ related boards
Been going through random.php and found some. Post others.https://8ch.net/pantsu/
https://8ch.net/rmn/
Fukushima
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-24/whats-really-going-fukushima
http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/fukureport1b.pdf
どう思いますか？
would /japan/ please translate the text on this image to English?
Ayylmao
かわいいですね？
平成維新
明治維新や昭和維新と同じように、平成維新を
天皇陛下は文字通り、天からの主権を持つ者である
腐敗した政治家を捨て、天皇の法による力を返せ
今こそ立ち上がれ
I came from VIP
VIPから来ますた日本版8chan過疎り過ぎ
食べるの時に、味噌汁の飲み方は？
How do you drink miso soup without being rude? 🍲🍲
Do boys ever get groped on trains in Japan like girls do?
Question about 'quirks' of spoken Japanese, for lack of a better word.
I've recently gotten really into a Japanese singer named Tatsuro Yamashita. Something interesting I've noticed about his songs are that he very often says r-sound characters with a strong L sound. Hitori as Hitoli, Sayonara as Sayonala, etc. This is pretty consistent through many of his songs. I know that there are peculiarities to all spoken word and furthermore that singing follows very different rules from normal speaking, but is there something that would make someone pronounce their r-sounds this way? He's also very capable of singing in English, with a Japanese accent only very seldom affecting his pronunciation, and in English he has no problem with L and R sounds. Is there perhaps a certain dialect or other thing which may affect his pronunciation to cause those L-heavy pronunciations?
ok guys.
I wanna learn japanese, but my main obstacle is lack of vocabulary (kanjis and words).
I tried rossetta stone, anky and memrise, but is so fucking lame and boring.
I would love to see if there's some cool android game for little kids to learn japanese, like a real basic game.
I dunno, maybe a shump where the enemy is a word in kanji and when they explode they showcase a picture.
I guess I should do my own apk in unity, but I was curious if there is anything I can look up on the android store.
"Desu kawaii hiroshima konichiwa"
is thes japnes gais i m havng trubl lerning it :((((((
Where to begin?
Hey guys, I'm a 22 year old NEET who's only dream in life is to work in Japan, doing anything, teaching, gardening, running a shop, working at a shop or fast food, anything. But I know know where to start. The overwhelming feeling that first step is taking is making me hesitate, but I feel like if I wait any longer life will pass me by, and I'll look back with regret at what could have been. Please help me.
So if I'm staying in Japan and someone offers me food how am I supposed to decline it?
I really hate things like rice, soy, and tofu. That crap is full of estrogens and I don't want to eat it under any circumstances, but I don't want to be rude either.
Pushing Nippon to accept Multicult
>"chosen" own outlets put ms. ape as ms. Nippon
>born from Africa American father
>she spends time with him in America
>currently she lives in America
>somehow 100% Nippon (this is how she is being portrayed in the media, as 100% Japanese)
>SJW puppet
I can only imagine how bad things will get once we get to the Olympics.
Can someone make a 2ch/2channel thread regarding this, she needs to be de-crowned based on the fact that she isn't very Japanese.
>pic related, ms. ape VS Japanese cosplayer. Who do you think deserves to represent Japan?
Hi!
Can you guys help me out?
I am trying to find some info about a female singer named Ranko ( ランコ).
She was a singer for Undead Corporation (the guys that make Touhou OSTs) until they swapped her for Merami Pop (the band became shit afterwards tbh).
I cant find squat about her.
Here is one of their songs:
日本に住もうと思ってるんだけど,日本人は日本に住みたい外国人が好きじゃないそうです.真ですか?
I'm thinking of living in Japan, but I've heard that Japanese people don't like foreigners moving there. Is this true?
Feedback on my Japanese is welcome and appreciated.
Gochiusa Memorial Blend
I had to resize some files that were over 8mb (think that's image limit).
Is it true that Japanese people are really impolite according to Western standards when they eat? I've heard that they slurp loudly, chew loudly and sometimes even with their mouths open.
Hey Japan. Maybe you can answer this question I have:
"Why do you insist on using an outdated and obsolete language? Why not just switch to English?"
Thanks
How much does Fukushima cleanup pay?
Being an alien in Japan
So, I want to go to Japan at some point, but I'm afraid of being stared down. I've read a lot online about foreigners being stared at, looked weirdly at, etc.. Is it really that excessive? I heard it's not as bad in Tokyo, but I want to visit some smaller cities as well. I don't like people staring at me though. Anyone got any experience with this? Did you get used to it? ITT post your most bizarre/strange hentai pic
GLORIA LUX BRITANNIA
Hello >>>/japan/>>>/britannia/ here-
Would be interested in a formal alliance between our boards?
If you accept please list >>>/britannia/ in your board announcements and we will do the same for >>>/japan/
ALL HAIL BRITANNIA
hello
i want to get japanese girlfriend online
there are not many japanese girls here , so i want to try my chance online
do you know any websites? language learning websites are also OK!
こんにちは
私はオンラインの日本人のガールフレンドを取得したい
ていない多くの日本の女の子は、私はオンライン私のチャンスを試してみたいので、ここにあります
あなたはどんなウェブサイトを知っていますか？言語学習のウェブサイトはOKです！
I'd like to move in Japan and live there. As I finished high school, I want to go to study in a department of culture studies and oriental languages. I want to do this just to learn properly Japanese and its culture. Do you think am I doing the correct choice, is this useful to find a job in Nihon? What do you think I should do to move there?
How often do people bring omiyage to other people's houses when visiting? I don't see it in anime and manga a lot, but I don't wanna offend anyone if I go to visit by bringing nothing.
You're a big guy
iKnow gets Core10k decks deleted from Anki.
[quote]Just got a notification from Anki host site that they had a copyright infringement complaint against the decks I uploaded over five years ago. Without going into details, I guess that iKnow (formally Cerego) did not renew their creative common license. This creates quite a few issues since many decks have been created based on their content given its high quality. While I argue that existing content is not affected by changing in licensing (only new content has to adhere), I am not the one that hosts the Anki server and has to deal with any and all of the headaches that come about from a litigious corporation that happen to exists in the same country.
Anyway, I posted my response to Anki but I get the feeling that my decks will be pulled permanently since they're created on data I get from the internet.
To be honest, when we first found out about iKnow six years ago most of us were skeptical. This was high quality material being offered for free. Most of us on the board verified about the free use via CC license before posting links to material. I understand their desire to not renew the CC license and even understand their regret to offering it in the first place. However, that they want to remove all material made due to that original license is pretty shady. I doubt they have any legal leg to stand on, but it not something the guy that offers Anki services should have to deal with.
So, if the links to the relevant Anki decks get pulled (specifically common core 2k/6k) you'll know why.
[/quote]
The Core10k (2k + 6k + 10k) deck is gone, The others will follow. If you want them, get them now.
http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=13201&action=new
>being so weaboo that you're actually japanese
What are some popular, simple, Japanese dishes that I can make at home?
So, quick question. I have a job offer that would necessitate moving to Japan.
I have a lot of eroge. Since I'm American, and these eroge were translated and released in America, most if not all of them are uncensored. My understanding is that because of old puritanical American influence all pornography, even drawn, must be censored in Japan. So does that mean I couldn't bring those games with me?
Hello /japan/,
Is there a good way to passively stimulate one's Japanese studies without watching anime or other Japanese media?
Interesting Japanese words
Also, do you think this definition is correct?
Apparently 2ch users are moving to Reddit?
2chのユーザーはRedditに移動してるようだ？
https://www.reddit.com/r/newsokur/
ATTENTION JAPANESE.
We on /gg/ need some help.
So Comcept is making Mighty No. 9, and Dina Karam is the Community Manager. However, she is extremely unprofessional and is treating the community like dirt (pic related).
However, since she is the community manager, none of our emails are getting through (she filters through all of them before they can get to anyone higher up on the totem pole).
But even though she looks through all the e-mail, she may not be looking at the actual mail. The problem is that none of us fluently speak Japanese.
So here's what I'm asking:
Would any of you be willing write a letter about this to Comcept and send it in the mail? If you get through to them, this problem can be dealt with once and for all.
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but I'll ask this anyways since nips are here.
I'm in japan right now and I'm going to Tokyo in a few days, I'm going to buy some manga there, but the ones I want are kind of old, like black cat and he first volumes of yuyushiki, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to find them anywhere. What are some good places to find old manga in Tokyo?
Chong dong wong
ching chong chau chi chong chau chi ching cha ching chong pang lang dong ching chong??? Chi chong Lia chong dong Naruto ching dong long wong??
Okay /japan/, how accurate is this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_minorities_in_Japan
Frankly, it looks like Tumblr got ahold of it with the amount of times they use "Queer".
Why do most japanese dogs I see seem so well behaved? Is it because of the breed? Or do the japanese train them differently?
2chan
I made this thread on /b/ and /jp/, but they didn't seem interested.I've been wondering this for a long time: how does 2chan compare to the English-language chans?
Aside from the occasional image and talk about how 4chan was a 2chan clone, I've heard very little.
台湾人だけど質問ある？
Ask a Taiwanese everything (in Japanese / with translation plox)
Hello /japan, chatting with a girl from Japan over Line.
She hasn't wrote me back about 5 days. Usually she writes 2 times a day.
She already has read my massage and she was often online.
I'm writing with her in japanese, also I didn't wrote anything wrong or wierd.
Is this to test if I worry or something? Like her friends told her "let him wait/worry" or something? Sooo should I reply or wait? What's normal behavior in Japan about it?
Kanji
Alright, So I've been Japanese studying for about a year. Great progress, never enough. Always want more but I'm busy with work and schooling and I have shit for assistance outside of the glorious internet.I've been focusing on grammar and vocabulary. I'm at about 600 words matured and 600 learned in a couple months and I'm consistent. I've been avoiding kanji for these reasons.
-I'm interested in speaking and understanding more than reading and writing
-I'm barely immersed in Japanese period, let alone the kanji
-No where to use it and much easier to forget since I'm an auditory learner
-It's not completely needed unless I'm in Japan or want to read books
Should I really try to invest in Kanji at all? I planned to regardless if I was at some level of fluency and not at an intermediate level. I mean shit, if I DID go to Japan I could just say "呼んでください” ａｎｄ ｔｈａｔ’ｓ ｔｈａｔ．
Ｓｈｏｕｌｄ Ｉ Ｓｔａｒｔ ｅａｒｌｙ ａｎｄ ｔａｋｅ ｉｔ ｓｌｏｗ？ Ｏｒ ｉｎ ｍｙ ｓｉｔｕａｔｉｏｎ ｔｈｅｒｅ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｉｓｎ’ｔ ｔｈａｔ ｃｏｍｐｅｌｌｉｎｇ ｏｆ ａ ｎｅｅｄ ｒｉｇｈｔ ｎｏｗ？
What, no touhou thread?
You stupid? Wanna die?
あけおめ! あけおめ!
今年は羊の年だよ！
They say that the best way to become fluent in a language is to surround yourself with it. Given that I cannot go to Japan, is there a good way to recreate that environment, even if it's just inside of my home? I know that you can watch JP TV on your computer, and that newspapers are available in Japanese online. Are there any other good ideas for how to dive into the language without traveling?
There any Japbros here willing to buy something for me on dlsite maniax since I'm a filthy gaijin that can't into maniax? I'll pay half the product's total price (total being 1080 yen/~10$) up front and the rest when I receive the product with an additional 5$ for the service for a total of 15$.
CRISIS
I find myself losing interest in Japanese things the further I progress with learning the language. My identity is crumbling before my eyes. Help me.
>この無能感じ
私は分かりやすい漫才ビデオを探しています。特に、芸能者の言葉が分かりやすいのやつを探しています。日本語のクローズドキャプションがあったら、もっともいいビデオです。
Soon-to-be International Student
こんにちは、/日本/。So, I just got "nominated" (but basically accepted) for my school's Japan Exchange Program for Yokohama National University, and I thought this place'd be a good place for advice/ideas while over there. I'm in a 2002 class for Japanese, so language isn't the worst issue. Pic unrelated
ヤマトウタ
人の世の儚さについて短歌や長歌のオススメを下さい。見つかった倭歌には恋の話しか何も無かったんだ。
hobbyjapan
anyone have and is willing to scan their old Hobbyjapan and other modeling magazines from around the 1980's? in particular I'm looking for stuff by Kow Yokoyama and Makoto Kobayashi
コニチワ
how does this make you feel /japan/?
https://8chan.co/fem/res/43725.html
"which country has the best men and which has the worst men?
my vote for worst is Japan
and my best vote is UK"
So what'd you guys do while Fullchan was down?
Also, how's 2ch after the DDoS? Has anyone over there figured it out?
What do you think of Chloe Lemaire's voice?
クロエ・ルメールの声についてどう思いか？
Japanese Thread/日本語スレッド #2
日本語や日本の文化、日常生活、旅行などについてマターリと雑談する場所です。アニメや漫画の話題も歓迎。This thread is for the discussion of Japanese language, culture, trip and daily life etc. Of course you are welcome to talk about Anime or Manga.
Let's talk at random in Japanese or English. Take it easy !
#前スレ >>10
–基本ルール–
荒らし厳禁・スルー推奨。また荒らしに構う人も荒らしです。
—役立ちリンク/Useful Links—
今までのスレ一覧
>https://archive.moe/int/search/text/日本語スレッド/
Real Kana
>http://www.realkana.com/
How to Learn Japanese
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G5C7fCe07CDzYalZYZObzxv_fhw7RUNsLHiMAY-t7FA/mobilebasic?pli=1
100 most common japanese words:
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GK7W2AwWsQr5VvgDYRMKSrhTJhDSkB5_jlaVGJks-Hc/pub
次スレを立てる前に必ずスレ立て宣言をして下さい。次スレリンクも忘れずに。
Hello /japan/
I was always interested in Japan and Japanese culture, I want to live in Japan, what's the best way to become a useful member of their society?
I've already been there a few times and I'm able to have basic conversations in Japanese, writing and reading however is still pretty hard for me.
I love Japan so much, I'm going to learn whatever I need to get a job there, do you guys have any idea what kind of jobs they have to offer for foreigners?
I'm from Germany if that matters, means my english is average at best.(if not terrible I don't know)
I'm currently working as power plant operator, but I guess it might be difficult to do that in japan, learning all these technical terms in Japanese would be hard.
I want to do this so bad, and I'll reach this goal how much work it might take I'll get there eventually.
Studying in Japan
I know of the JET program, but I an not too sure if I can meet that criteria for a number of reasons. I have always had an interest in Japanese culture, even taking it as a second language in high school, and recently I have decided that I should study there. Problem is, I am a 22 year old at community college(used to go to private, but suicide attempt then a long break kind of brought me there) and I am aware that scholarships like Monbukagakusho might not work for me when it comes to undergraduate. I'll be getting my associates by spring 2015, and maybe after that, I will get a job in QA(relative will hook me up) so I can raise money and pay for my expenses.But I need a scholarship, and so far, it looks like my only possible route is grad school, most likely as research assistant. My current major is Math/CS but in all honesty, I don't think the degree will matter for the type of work, I just want to be far away from the family and live as a student in Japan. Hopefully find a job, but if not, I have family who can hook me up anyway, so there is no risk.
What are my options looking like? Which areas of study am I more likely to have a chance in landing a scholarship and does there exist more routes aside from grad school research assistant? I am not interested in doctorates or Japanese Culture studies, since that would make my current degree either useless or prolong my studies in America. So far, the grad school route means another 2 years(or 1.5 if I really hate myself) here in the states so I can get my undergrad and then apply to grad schools in Japan.
My grades are above average(currently 3.9 GPA, might drop a bit because this term is hard, and I'm still a sophomore), and I have some understanding of Japanese language, currently getting private lessons. No crime record, and have experience traveling to Asia(family is Asian) but never studied abroad.
So currently, it's Dec 2014, and I get my associates in June 2015. I'm going to see my college adviser soon to discuss all of this, too, but I want your opinion on what it looks like. I want to know if it is possible at all for a soon-to-be 23 year-old with an associates degree to either enter an undergrad school or grad school(after getting the bachelors in the states) with a grant/scholarship in Japan, what my options are to make it easier, and how long this journey would take. I am estimating a minimum of three years, but I am serious about this and willing to give my all for this.
Thanks!
What's the best place to find Japanese friends to chat on a regular basis?
Sorry for creating yet another thread.
Digimon Adventure Tri, Taito
So you know how Digimon Adventure's getting a new season? Some dude/dudette decided to start a petition to show the creators how happy Taito (Tai/Taichi x Matt/Yamato) will make people.Link: https://www.change.org/p/toei-animation-keitaro-motonaga-make-taito-tai-taichi-x-matt-yamato-canon-in-digimon-adventure-tri?just_created=true
Western animation has Korrasami, so why not let anime have Taito? Besides, anything's better than Sorato (Sora x Matt/Yamato), right?
(I'm really sorry if I'm doing something wrong; I'm new to image boards, and I can't read Japanese. Feel free to ignore me.)
I tried to draw Japanese internet user balls
Sorry for my naive english and strange pictureVIPPER
You'll be afraid when you make an enemy of them,
But you'll feel they're pitiful when you make as an ally of them.
ヘロヘロ
アイムエストゥーピドチンク二プナプジプジァプアンドアイヲゥドキルメニメニチャイニーズベービズフォア、グロリアスニッポンですよね～。
囲碁打ちましょう
I'm watching you.
運営スレッド / Board Administration Thread
/japan/板の運営に関して何かご質問、ご提案等がございましたら、こちらにご投稿ください。if you have any questions or suggestions about /japan/ board administration, Please feel free to post here.
With today being December 7th on my side of the Pacific, I thought I'd ask this question: what is the Japanese opinion on WWII?
From what little I know, it seems that you guys aren't like the Germans who apologize at ever mention of the war. Are you proud of what your soldiers did in the war? Do you hate the U.S for using atomic bombs?
Will post pictures of IJN ships and other things related to the Pacific theater.
A small suggestion if this is possible: would there be a way to set flags to differentiate Japanese and Gaijin in Japan?
可能であれば、小さい提案：日本人と日本に住んでいる外人を区別する方法がありますか？
プレイしたい？
Hey guys, what''s the JET program like? worth it? avoid it?
This is a cross post from /jp/, I didn't realize that this board was around as it didn't show up when I clicked the international or Japan tags, so you might want to look into that board owner.
Japan peeps, Nissan lover here, I imported an R32 Skyline to Australia some years ago, can anyone tell me if these Police GT-R Skylines ever existed in the late 80s/early90s ??
i came here for some sort of shitstorm that's happening?
to hard to learn
does anyone have some good tools/programms/apps/websites/videos/ to learn japaneseit feels almost imposibruuu
I'm a female engineer. If I became fluent in Japanese and went to Japan on business trips from time-to-time, would I be treated like any other gaijin? Or would sexism prevail?
プロレスは日本で人気があるのか？プロレスはどう思う？
curious baka gaijin here, is pro-wrestling popular in Japan? what do you think of pro-wrestling?
/jp/
Dear /japan/,>>>/jp/ has been liberated from the long night of mismanagement.
I welcome you and all /jp/sies in exile to help reinvigorate our community.
I apologize if you happen to use other boards that I have posted this on and see it more than once.
縄文文化の彼女がほしい
縄文文化の女の子が一番可愛い！彼女と一緒に熊を狩りたい！どう思いますか？
Hey japs. Gimme your 3DS code.
So i'm an 18 year old highschool student and I want to take next semester in Japan, but most programs cut you off at 17, so i'm wandering if anyone knows of any programs that allow 18 yo. students.
アルミ缶の上にあるミカン
Japs: ever considered moving to america?
non weeaboo americans: ever had a good reason to live in japan?
Japan Travel Thread/日本旅行スレッド
日本観光、旅行、およびそれに関連する話について話し合うスレッドです。This thread is for the discussion about trip, travel, and sightseeing related to Japan.
Do Japanese read western comics at all? Comic books are not as popular as they used to be in America, but the interest seems to be picking up again with the transition to digital format.
So I bit the bullet and just started e-mailing some of the contact addresses for universities in Japan. How much help can I expect from them for applying? Recommended programs/colleges? Study abroad general, I guess.
lol ur weeaboos 8)
バスケをしたいか？
Somebody is organising a basketball competition (on NBA 2k14) between boards and I wanted to see if you wanted to join in.
The board that is organising it is >>>/8cc/
You make a team (15 players - 5v5 matches), the uniform and logo, the home stadium (with sponsors) and pick songs (victory, anthem, goalhorn, etc.) and it's all played automated.
Crazy Japan Thread / 狂気の日本スレッド
衝撃を受ける狂気染みた日本の写真や動画を貼れ。Post crazy Japan pictures and videos which you were extremely shocked at.
What do you think of the day a based japanese killed comunism on japan?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KROpdUkrM
He should be a national hero.
otherwise you will be like china.
Why are you japbros on 8chan instead of 2ch?
Not saying you should leave.
Just wondering
What do you think of the JSDF?
Have you ever thought of joining?
明日は買い物をしますよ！
Japanese Thread/日本語スレッド
日本語や日本の文化、日常生活、旅行などについてマターリと雑談する場所です。アニメや漫画の話題も歓迎。This thread is for discussion for Japanese language, culture, trip and daily life etc. Of course you are welcome to talk about Anime or Manga.
Let's tark at randam in Japanese or English. Take it easy !
#前スレ>>
–基本ルール–
荒らし厳禁・スルー推奨。また荒らしに構う人も荒らしです。
—役立ちリンク/Useful Links—
今までのスレ一覧
>https://archive.moe/int/search/text/日本語スレッド/
Real Kana
>http://www.realkana.com/
How to Learn Japanese
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G5C7fCe07CDzYalZYZObzxv_fhw7RUNsLHiMAY-t7FA/mobilebasic?pli=1
100 most common japanese words:
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GK7W2AwWsQr5VvgDYRMKSrhTJhDSkB5_jlaVGJks-Hc/pub
次スレを立てる前に必ずスレ立て宣言をして下さい。次スレリンクも忘れずに。
I was planing on drawing some original story into a comic in the manga style.
But I wonder what are the chances of getting published in japan?
I know is possible and some editorials contests allow email works.
Sadly, I don't speak japanese.
Any idea, japan bros?
pic related, my shitty skill.
Ona Holes
>>>/ona/Now we can have truly eternal ona hole threads.
If this post breaks rules please just delete. Gonna try to convert some others from the original threads. Wish me luck getting banned form halfy
As a white American, what's the easiest way to get a job and live in Japan?
From 2ch
Hallo 8chan.
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What kind of music is popular in Japan? I only ever heard music from japanese video games, since that is posted often on /v/.
Also, posting Daft Punk, because they are awesome.
This is a Japan welcoming thread
Hallo Japan.
French manga
Hi japan,There is a contest right now on French manga. 5 of 10 manga that will have the most votes will be submitted to Kaoru Mori, Etorouji Shiono and Tetsuya Tsutsui. The winner will be published.
What do you think of their style?
Here the website (peaks related): http://www.tremplinmangaki-oon.com/
If you have trouble reading, try the left / right arrow.
日本人は今どんなゲームをしてますか？
>キターーー(゜∀゜)ーーーー!!!!!
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=>キターーー(゜∀゜)ーーーー!!!!!=
>キターーー(゜∀゜)ーーーー!!!!!
=>キターーー(゜∀゜)ーーーー!!!!!=
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its happening
ニコニコ
気に入るニコニコのチャンネルがある？おすすめのチャンネルを教えてくれない？
完全勝利
Y-you're not gonna nuke us again.
A-are you Japan?
So I intend to travel to Japan sometime in the future to study the language. Pa's not having any of it until me and him travel there once.
So I'm sitting here thinking of where a good vacation place in Japan would be. Would Okinawa be a good place? I hear the beaches there are good.
Hey /japan/. /v/ here!
What kinds of games do you like to play?
愛
強すぎて申し訳ない
Moshi moshi
Board music desu
Is this board still alive? 誰も残っていないみたい。 日本人の友だちにこの掲示板に誘ってと思ったっすけど。FBのほうはマシかな．．．
憂鬱
この儚き世では生きるのは苦し。生きたくはないのだ。娑婆は泡沫の如し。今宵死んでも、あす死んでも構わぬ。誰か我を屠れ。
So what do guys think about manga scanlators?
Where can I learn more about this card game? I've been watching videos of people playing it and it seems really fun. Where can I get cards and start playing?
>>>/fellowship/