Also, what about “three of this, two of that, and just one issue of this one, please”?

As the link Mark posted says, the counter for magazines is 部 (ぶ), but they probably wouldn’t be too perplexed if you used 冊 or -つ. So this line would be “これを三部、それを二部、これを一部、おねがいします”

Edit: Hah, ninja-posted again. ください would work too, but the sentence order is always “noun を number+counter verb”.

• This reply was modified 12 years, 11 months ago by  Joel.

Yah, I do something similar, Yggbert. Since the radicals can often show how the character is read, then memorizing by radicals is often helpful for me. For example, 怒る means “to get angry” and is read おこる. As radicals, it’s got a woman (女 = おんな) and a heart (心 = こころ), so there’s the reading. And women are kinda stereotyped as getting angry easily over matters of the heart, so there’s the meaning. =)

Even if the radicals aren’t directly helpful, then the character itself might form some picture that helps me. 重い (おもい, heavy) for example, looks like a giant dumbbell. 勉 (べん, as in 勉強, study) kinda looks like a guy sitting at a desk studying. 致す (いたす, the humble way to say “to do”) if you turn your head on your side, the left-hand radical looks like ITA in romaji.

They’re all kinda stupid, I know, but if they can help me to remember the characters until I’ve learnt them well enough to not need the mnemonics any more, then they’ve done their jobs.

力 is one of those words I’ve heard often enough in anime that I never had any trouble remembering the reading for it, once I learnt to recognise the kanji. It was less “what’s that word?” and more “ohhh, THAT’S how you write it!” 甘い is similar. 天才 too. Et cetera.

I discovered when I tried to climb Mount Fuji that being within the “healthy” weight band and being fit are not the same thing, so I thought I’d sign up. I’m thinking about entering the Seven Bridges Walk ( http://www.7bridgeswalk.com.au/ ) for cancer research at the end of October, too, so I’d need to put n some preparation for that.

So I took the invitation and signed up for Fitocracy, but… after looking at the inside of it, I’m not sure I’ll be using it much. It’s all barbell this and weight machine that, or run Lola run!

The rough translation of the ね particle is something like “isn’t it?” anyway, so it’s already implying a sort of question of confirmation. With the right sort of inflection, you can manage anything from “don’t you think?” to “you don’t say.” =)

Nothing wrong with 一番好きな.

I’ve no idea where the mistakes in My Japanese Coach come from, but one of the confusing things is that for a few of the characters, it actually teaches the correct stroke order, but then expects you to use a different order when you write it later. It’s got some issues.

舟

I’m goin’, I’m goin’…