Just wondering, what’s the difference between Premium Subscriber and Subscriber under people’s username?

Just want to add to what Cassandra said and say that the job market in Japan for non native Japanese people is a lot different to what it is in America. Your options will be limited especially at the start which is why a lot of people choose to be ALT’s or apply for programmes like JET. It’s entry level and they want native English speakers to teach English. Depending on what skills you eventually have, your Japanese knowledge and who you know, you could move into other areas like IT.

I recommend reading through the forums here at http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quedisplay.html. It contains a wealth of information. Good luck.

• This reply was modified 12 years, 5 months ago by  kanjiman8.

Nice update Koichi. I especially like the lesson menu. Less clicks and everything is right in front of you. The Kanji section is better organised too. The new fonts and log in page look neater and fresher. Keep up the good work :)

UPDATE:

After doing some research, It seems it’s not correct to conjugate い adjectives at the start of middle of a sentence. So, おいしかったビールをのみました is probably incorrect. It’s better and more natural to add extra detail. Instead of saying “I drank the beer that was tasty/good tasting” it’s better to say “I drank the beer that used to be tasty” or “I drank the beer that is no longer tasty”. I haven’t learnt how to say things like that yet.

Radicals help you to learn and identify Kanji. It’s a much quicker and efficient way than learning Kanji by number of strokes and stroke order. Here on TF, you first learn a set of Radicals and then a set of Kanji that uses those Radicals. Gradually, as you learn more complicated Kanji you should already have learnt the Radicals that make up that particular Kanji, thus you shouldn’t have too many problems identifying it.

Each Kanji usually has a meaning, and two readings: On’yomi (Chinese) and Kun’yomi (Japanese). However, a Kanji might have more than one meaning and more than one On’yomi and Kun’yomi reading or no On’yomi or Kun’yomi.

In the early stages of Kanji learning here on TF, a lot of the Radicals have the same meaning as the Kanji which means they’re easier to remember. I’d just follow the way Koichi tells you to do in the lessons.

• This reply was modified 12 years, 5 months ago by  kanjiman8.

Yes you do. Think of a な adjective + noun combo or い adjective + noun combo as a single entity.

Beer is actually ビール. ビル is building.

Your sentence おいしかったビールをのみました translates to something along the lines of “I drank the beer that was tasty/good tasting”.

If you wanted to say “I drank the beer that is tasty/good tasting” it would be おいしいビールをのみました.

The verb is the action and the adjective+ noun combo is what you’re doing to it.

• This reply was modified 12 years, 5 months ago by  kanjiman8.
• This reply was modified 12 years, 5 months ago by  kanjiman8.

Pretty funny :D

Bbvoncrumb:
You planning on going back bro?

Didn’t Cassandra also edit one of your posts? lol