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Interesting video.
D’oh, I have a Droid, and I’ve found several dictionaries for the Droid, but all the ones I’ve found require an Internet connection.
I guess the followup question to my fellow Droid users is have you had any better luck than I have? Or is the Droid under performing in the Japanese language market?
Thanks Kanjiman8! I feel like you’re my personal guide to all things Japanese lately! ;)
I feel like I’m starting to take advantage. I wish I could pay back your help somehow.
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hey.
@MomoIro – That was one of the things I was thinking when I made that comment. Again, I wasn’t trying to write a whole thesis on this forum, so I left a ton of details out. Additionally, I wasn’t trying to convince anyone because I wanted to make the statement, and see if it rang true with others before exploring it more deeply.
I’ll hold off on other things till I sort out what my mistake was with my original post. I feel really bad about that.
@マーク・ウェーバー – Sorry to offend. I felt like you said I was wrong in my observations, then you kind of confirmed my observations. I’m a bit confused about that. I’m sure it’s me though.
Anyway, I must confess it wasn’t my intent to go into my whole thesis, I was trying to stay brief on those points. I suspect part of the confusion may be related to that. Sorry.
I will say that you did drill down on things I wasn’t sure about, and I really appreciate your insights.
I’m a bit confused how my questions are off topic though. I read the OP, and it said:
“Anything can be taken up here, and take it more like a sub-forum at a forum, but please try to stay on topic and keep related to idols. If you are not familiar with what Idols are, this is NOT the thread to as that question, and I will encourage you to read”
It sounds like we took those statements to mean two different things. I heard “everything related to idols is on topic. If you don’t know what an idol is then read this link.” I read that link then commented. It sounds like you heard “everything related to idols is on topic expect defining idols.” A subtle difference in the meaning, but I suppose an important one. Again if I read that wrong then I’m sorry.
If I am the one who misread the meaning of that can someone clarify why that is not on topic? It seems like an important concept that would help bring new people into idols. It seems like you’d want to help people new to the idea understand it more.
Additionally, the focus of my post was intended to be my personal experience with the idea of an idol, and trying to gain clarity on what it means. I wasn’t trying to say “Hey what’s this idol thing?”
Again, sorry if my first post or this post is off topic or offends anyone. That’s not the point. I was just curious.
Wow, I’m surprised, and impressed that iKnow is getting positive reviews. I signed up for it when it first went paid, I felt like the free service was worth paying for, and I was glad to give them my money for the service. I was horribly disappointed. I really felt ripped off, and I got nothing from the service. It was a total waste of money. I would have gladly paid for their original service, but their new service didn’t seem worth my time, even if it were free. To each his own, but if you used smart.fm, then don’t expect the same quality and feature set you once had. You’re paying more for less.
I know very little about Japanese Idols. However, when I first heard of AKB48 I became very fascinated by the concept. I guess I viewed it from a sociological perspective, and I’ve casually paid attention to them ever since. If my understanding of the concept is correct then I see them as “everyday stars”. That is famous people that the average joe can have a chance to interact with, and experience in person more than your standard American concept of a star. It seems like something that could only work in Japan, or at least work this well in Japan. That would be both for several reasons, both cultural and geographical. I might be off on all of that, but it’s the impression I’ve had so far.
Anyway, when I was in Akiba last year I saw signs and things for AKB48, but I didn’t know what that meant, so I moved on. After I got back, I found out they were a big Idol group, and that there was such a thing as Idols. (Ha, I know.) Anyway, if I remember what I saw correctly, then AKB48 puts on concerts daily in Akiba? And for some reason I get the impression it’s at Don Quixote?
How accurate does all of this sound? Am I way off base, am I accidentally making things up?
@kanjiman8 & @andrew – Good stuff to know! Thanks. I haven’t followed the PSP in the past, so I didn’t even know there was a Vita.
@missingno15 – haha, fair enough, sounds like they are killer apps then. :) My concern is I don’t know what sort of gotchas might be out there. I know there is a chance it might not work with the US online store, and I can make a choice of whether it’s worth the risk or not to me, so known unknowns I can factor into my choice. The unknown unknowns are what have me concerned. I’d hate to get it, and then later find that it doesn’t support or do something that I assumed was so basic that I never bothered to ask if it could do it or not. Does that make sense?
@missingno15 – I’ve been thinking about what you said regarding getting a PSP. I think it would be fun to get a Japanese PSP while I’m there, but I’m nervous that it might be a bad idea. Do you have any thoughts or experience regarding that?
@MisterM2402 haha, I was wondering which “he” you meant in your original edit. I figured the timing was a bit suspicious. ;)
Can you confirm my understanding of what he said though?
Right I follow thanks.
Also, tangorin.com looks like it’ll be useful
Thanks!
Oh wow. That’s all good to know. Sorry about the delay in my reply. I’ve been out sick for a week.
Anyway, all of this leads me to believe there isn’t one official standard for radicals, correct? Radicals are just a tool teachers sometimes use to help teach kanji then?
This also leads me to wonder. If radicals have exceptions then should those exceptions be considered a new radical? Also, are there lots of exceptions? If so then it seems like learning radicals wouldn’t have much of an advantage?
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Interesting, so you’re suggesting to think of it less like a word that gets modified, and more like basic unit of a word, not unlike a letter.
In other words “上” isn’t that different from “O”, in that it’s just a part of a word. Sometimes it sounds like the “O” in “toe”, and other times like the “O” in “too”.
That makes it seem like there’s more to remember, but it feels more honest, and less confusing.
Am I getting your point correctly though?
Isn’t Ni no Kuni the Ghibli game? I should see if I can find that as well. Good idea.
Holy cow. I understood a surprising amount of that. I think you’re right about it being great practice. Thanks!
Thanks for the tips and the advice missingno15. I really appreciate it.
I think you’re right.
In that case I’ll open up my requests for suggestions to any games. :)
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