Silver Rain

So, today I'd like to direct your attention to something called "Silver Rain".
This is purely interest, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Japanese.

This is a webgame, illustrated by  Koyama Hirokazu from TYPE-MOON.

Link to page here: http://t-walker.jp/sr/
Click on "ゲームを始める" (Start game) to get to the game.

After that, click on , to get to the character creation screen.
You're on your own after that.

This has too many words for my own liking.

Japanese 101 - Time

Telling time in Japanese.

For hours, it is "Number"じ (時)

So 4:00 would be よんじ - (四時)

Use normal numbers,  but for seven use しち instead of なな

Minutes would be "Number"ぷん/ふん

I don't when to use ぷん over ふん, it's some strange rule. But I don't think it will matter, because the Japanese will be able to understand you anyway.

minutes follow hours

So, 4:25 would be よんじにじゅうごぷん - (四時二十五分)

To say half and hour, use はん, ぷん/ふん is not needed after a はん

so 4:30 would be よんじはん - (四時半)

To say approximate times, use ごろ

To say, it's around 4:30, it would be よんじはんごろ - (四時半ごろ)

To say, __ Minutes before use まえ - (前) after the minute

So 4:55 could be said ごじごぷんまえ - (五時五分前)

Listen carefully when using this, because if you miss the まえ, your time will be off

To express PM/AM

use ごご and ごぜん

ごご being PM

ごぜん being AM

These are used before the hour

So 4:30 AM would be 

ごぜんよんじはん - (午前四時半)

Hyakumonogatari (百物語)

I've decided to add Hyakumonogatari onto my planned list.
Page HERE.

This I actually intend to work on, unlike Bakemonogatari.
So, don't have this yet...

This will start after I get over my jetlag from Japan, I hope.
By then I will have it.

Here we go again....

Puella Magi English Stream

The dub is crap anyway, most dubs are inferior to subs.
I'd watch it for the Japanese subtitles, to help with reading.

I might join in, thoughts on this?

Happy Memorial Day America

I just marched in a parade.
I had to wake up early.

Happy Memorial Day...

Go the the beach, have a picnic, but most importantly, if you see a veteran, don't forget to thank them for making all of this possible.

Sunday Music 11

The song to end the day, will be "Anamnesis" by Annabel

The show itself was alright, there were some plot holes, and the ending felt a little off, but it was a good show nevertheless

Song via youtube below (not mine):

Japanese 101 - Using Clothes

This post will be about how to say "I am wearing _____"

The Japanese have 3 words for this
きます - Above the waist clothing
あぶります - Headwear
はきます - Below the waist

Remember, if you are wearing something, put it into the ~ている/~ています (Gerund) form

Use the proper particles, when dictated. Typically the を particle.

I am wearing a red hat
いま、僕は赤い帽子をかぶています

I am wearing a blue shirt
いま、僕は青いシャツをきています

I am wearing a pair of green pants.
いま、僕は緑ズボンをはいています

来週の日本語の授業

来週の日本語の授業は

①ナンバー

②時間 (じかん)

③助数詞 (じょすうし)

Next week we will be focusing on numbers, time, and counters.

Japanese 101 - Clothes

Words for Articles of Clothing.
Yeah... Lots of Katakana in this list

シャツ shirt	セーター sweater	T シャツ T Shirt
ジャケット jacket	ワンピース dress	水着 [みずぎ] bathing suit, swimsuit
朽つ [くつ] shoes, boots	ジンズ jeans	スカート skirt
スニーカー sneakers	ズボン trousers, pants	パジャマ pajamas
ブーツ boots	アクセサリ             accessories	イヤリング                     earrings
ネクタイ tie, necktie	時計 [とけい] watch	眼鏡 [めがね] glasses
サングラス sunglasses	帽子 [ぼうし] hat, cap	row 2, cell 2

Japanese 101 - Inviting Mini-lesson

To invite someone to do something is also very easy in Japanese.

You invite in the negative form.
See here for negative

Examples:
えいがをいきませんか？
Literal: You won't go to the movies with me??
TL: Want to go to the movies with me?

ほんをよみませんか？
Literal: You won't read that book?
TL: Want to read that book?

To answer yes, say
いいえ、VERBましょう

Because, remember, they asked if you will not, so if you will, you have to respond with negative

The  ~しょう ending, though not covered earlier, is a suggestion, so, to use it as an example:

A: えいがをいきませんか？
B: いいえ、いきましょう

A: Want to go to the movies with me?
B: Sure, lets go

Sunday Music 10

The song for the afternoon will be;

"Loup de Debut" sang by the character of Nate Argente Loup Mitotsudaria

who is voiced my Marina Inoue

Oh, and I think that the words were written by the author of the books.

I know I heard something about eating and wolves in this song.

Song via youtube (not my video):

Post scheduler

I'm trying it out today.
I hope it works.

Sorry for anything that might go wrong

Sunday Music 09

Sorry for missing the 9:00...
Anyway....

The morning music today, will be "This is Love" sang by Utada Hikaru

It's an older song, used in the Freedom Project
From the album "Ultra Blue"

I bet most people know Utada through Kingdom Hearts

Song via youtube (not my video)

Japanese 101 - Colors

Colors, I will be away for most of the day, so don't expect that many things posted today.

赤 [あかい] Red	青い [あおい] Blue
黄色い [きいろい] Yellow	黒い [くろい] Black, Dark
白い [しろい] White, Blank	茶色 [ちゃいろ] Light Brown
緑 [みどり] Green	灰色 [はいいろ] Gray
紫 [むらさき] Purple	ピンク [ピンク] Pink
オレンジ [オレンジ] Orange	金髪 [きんぱつ] Blonde (hair)
桃色 [ももいろ] Pink、Peach Colored

10 heads? More? Less?

Toonami, is back

That's right, Toonami is back.
Today,

Midnight - Bleach
12:30 - Deadman Wonderland
1:00 - Casshern Sins
1:30 - FMA:Brotherhood
2:00 - Ghost in the Shell
2:30 - Cowboy Bebop

Watch it, I know I will.

Much better than a cookie.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-05-26/red-cross-to-give-blood-donors-blood-c-posters-in-tokyo

Why don't we do stuff like this in America?

Why can't we have nice things?

In Japan you get movie Memorabilia.
In America, you get a Cookie.

Given the level of advertising done for this, I think the Box Office scores will be interesting.

Production I.G. is animating this.
Guilty Crown.

Japanese 101 - Linking Adjectives (Mini-Lesson)

Linking adjectives are fairly easy.

With い adjectives, take the い off, and add くて.
If no い is present, then add くて directly.
Do not add くて to the last adjective, leave it as it is.

Example:

I want to say "This computer is old and loud"
The words for old is ふるい, and loud is うるさい

so ふるい would become ふるくて, and you would leave うるさい as it is.
このパスコンがふるくてうるさいです


With な adjectives, just add くて afterwards, no changing needed

Example:
I want to say "Yuki is quiet and beautiful isn't she"

Quiet is しずか, which becomes しずかくて, and beautiful, きれい (this is a な adjective), we leave as it is, because it is the last adjective in the list.

ゆきがしずかくてきれいですね。

Japanese 101 - Giving Reasons Mini-lesson

So for today, I will tell you how to give a reason in Japanese.

The format is simple;
Reason から Result.

Among other things, から can mean because.

Examples:

このシャツがあおいから、僕がすきです
Because it is blue, I like this shirt.

あいつがうるさくてめんどくさいから、僕があいつをはなしません
Because he is loud and annoying, I do not talk to him.

In this sentence I use an adjective conjugation not covered in the main list. I will release it as a mini-lesson today as well.

Japanese 101 Update

It's very likely that I will close Japanese 101 within 30 days.
I'd say between 2 weeks, to a month.

It won't be the end of Japanese, Just the basics.
I don't know when 102 will be, or what I will write about in it.

Kanji wont be until later, possibly 102 or 103.
That, and I have not learned all 3000 Kanji yet, only on 1000 ish.

Because as a personal 意見 if you want to visit Japan, speaking should take priority over reading.
You can always ask someone このかんじはなんですか？ if you don't know.

As a side note, I also think that the stroke order is fairly useless.
I took 6 years of Chinese, learned the stroke orders, and no one cared, checked, or graded.

It just makes your writing look more authentic, but nothing much to it anyway.

Japanese 101 - Adjective Conjugations (Finally!)

Here are the long promised adjective conjugations!
These are more informal, because I don't know the formal ones.

Adjectives are split into 2 groups, な, and い adjectives.
These two have different styles of conjugation.

 い always end with い.
With い adjectives;

-To put it into the present negative, replace ~い with ~くない
-To put it into the past, replace ~い with ~かった
-To put it into the past negative, replace ~い with ~くなかった

Example:

He isn't strong ;_;
あいつ が つよくない

He was strong
あいつ が つよかった

He was not strong
あいつ が つよくなかった

Easy isn't it?
There is one exception.
The adjective いい (Good)
It's conjugated as よい

So
よくない - Not good
よかった - Thats good (past)
よくなかった - Was not good


Now for な adjectives.
な adjectives don't always end in な, the only way to learn is to memorize which are which

We will use the word へん (strange) for this.

Lets start with the じゃconjugation
Negative past add ~ じゃありませんでした  to the adjective (as it is, don't add a な to it)
Negative add ~ じゃありません   to the adjective

 ~じゃない  is a more informal negative

Now the では Conjugation
Negative add ~ではありません
Past add ~でした
Negative past, add ~ではありませんでした

Examples:

Not strange
へんじゃありません　へんじゃない

Was Strange
へんじゃありませんでした

Not Strange
へんではありません

Was strange
へんではした

Wasn't strange
へんではありませんでした

Personally, the ~では sounds weird to me, as I am more use to using the ~じゃ

Comments and Questions Appreciated!

Hmm, this is a recent addition...

and I never did make a formal announcement.

On the "Pages" Tab on the sidebar, there is now a "Contact Me"
Click HERE to view it.

I'll try to check it daily.

Remember, your questions and comments are always appreciated!

日本語その一「めだかボックス」

TL'd from HERE
I looked at it, and I TL'd what I saw.
Notes on bottom of post
Start Time: 8:00 PM US Eastern time.
End Time: 8:31 PM US Eastern time

めだかボックスが日本の少年漫画。この漫画が西尾維新が原作物、や暁月あきらが作画。
この漫画の物語は人吉善吉と黒神のこうこう時の冒険.[1]

「めだかボックソ」が週刊少年ジャンプで連載。２００９五月から集英社は「めだかボックス」を発刊。
２０１２四月から集英社が「めだかボックソ」の分断を集まるで十五単行本。「めだかボックス」のアニメ即するがつかった。２０１２四月伍日[2]アニメが始めた








Original English:

Medaka Box (めだかボックス Medaka Bokkusu) is a Japanese shounen manga written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Akira Akatsuki. The series follows the student council, originally Medaka Kurokami and Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, during their various adventures to honor suggestions, presented by academy members, in order to better the academy.

Medaka Box has been serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shounen Jump, published by Shueisha since May 2009. As of April 2012, Shueisha has compiled its chapters into 15 bound volumes. It was adapted into an anime television series that began airing on April 5, 2012.

Not following TTPOV whatsoever. Since this was written with an English sentence structure, I see no need to convert it to Japanese.
I did somewhat re-arrange some of the words, such as names

-Bad (Japanese) Grammer
-Strange word choices (I am limited by my vocabulary)
-Over simplified it.
-Cut out some parts.
-Tried not to use too many resources.

[1] Don't know what words to use for this, skipped. Was going to use 武士道 for honor, but decided against it. See blue highlighted in English text.
[2]Wrong counter. they have special words up til day 14 of a month, I'm just using general days

I was going to TL the entire thing. I looked at it.
Nope.

Japanese 101 - Plain-Past (mini lesson)

Hehe, how shameless of me.
Anyway, this derives off the て form

Plain past is easy, after you get the て form.

To conjugate a verb into the plain-past, but it into the て form, but use た instead of  て to end the verb.

In the interest of time, I till use the Group 2 verb めざめる (目覚める), or to wake up.

Dictionary form めざめる (to wake up)
て form めざめて ("wake up" command)
Gerund - めざめている (waking)
Plain-Past - めざめた (woke)

Obviously, it's used to describe things that have already happened.

I also use it in compare and contrasts with  こと/もの
But that's for another time

What exactly are my qualifications for Japanese?

Some people have raised the point, "What qualifies you to teach Japanese?"
To get to the point, none.

If you want something concrete like a JLPT certificate,
I don't have one.

I speak Chinese, English, and some Japanese
I can write English and some Japanese.
I use to be able to write in Chinese, but that skill is no more.

I've taken about 2 years of Japanese classes.
Keep in mind, that this is a school class. I have it for five out of seven days of a week, and for about 182 days a year.
I also do quite a bit of self study in the summer.

Mild Xenoglossy also is helpful, but that may have just been the Chinese

So, for those doubtful individuals (you know who you are), you do have that right to question where I derive my legitimacy.
I have no concrete proof, that I have a grasp of the language, you can only take my word for it.

I'll take the JLPT, and if I pass, then you can rest easy, knowing that I am someone you can learn from.

Sunday Music 08

The Final song for this week, and my last post for the day.

Nemurihime (Sleeping Beauty)

Sang by Chihaya Kisaragi/CV Asami Imai

7MB JPG. Sorry

Song via youtube (not my video)

Blue Blue Glass Moon Under the Crimson Air

月姫

Japanese 101 - Anatomy

Human Anatomy
Someone is going to ask THAT question eventually. It's only a matter of time with this.

髭 [ひげ] - Beard	鼻 [はな] - Nose
口 [くち] - Mouth	耳 [みみ] - Ears
眼 [め] - Eye	指 [ゆび] - Fingers
肘 [ひじ] - Elbow	膝 [ひざ] - Knee
手 [て] - Hand	背中 [せなか] - (One's) Back
首 [くび] - Neck	枳殻 [からだ] - Body
髪 [かみ] - Hair	肩 [かた] - Shoulder
onaka [おなか] - Stomach	お尻 [おしり] - Bottom, Butt
腕 [うで] - Arm	あたま [あたま] - Head
足 [あし] - Leg, Foot	Enjoy!

Japanese 101 Adjectives 4

Your 6:00 lessons for the day

There are some repeats on this list too.
How to conjugate on Wednesday. I'll definitely post it.

かっこいい [かっこいい] cool	かっこわるい [かっこわるい] uncool
背が高い [せがたかい] tall (human height)	背が低い [せがひくい] short (Human Height)
長い [ながい] long	太っています [ふとっています] fat
細い [ほそい] thin, slender, narrow	短い [みじかい] short, brief
やせています [やせています] skinny	太い [ふとい] thick, fat
ハンサム [ハンサム] handsome	きれい [きれい] beautiful
厳しい [きびしい] strict, severe	怖い [こわい] scary
楽しい [たのしい] fun, enjoyable1	優しい [やさしい] gentle, kind
変 [へん] weird	真面目 [まじめ] serious, earnest
面倒臭い [めんどうくさい] troublesome, tiresome	のんき [のんき] easy-going, laid-back

Japanese 101 - Adjectives 3

List 3/?
There are some repeats.

可愛い [かわいい] cute	大きい [おおきい] Big
広い [ひろい] wide, big	小さい [ちいさい] small
好きな [すきな] favorite	新しい [あたらしい] new
きれいな [きれいな] beautiful, clean	すてきな [すてきな] lovely
古い [ふるい] old	暗い [くらい] dark
明るい [あかるい] bright, cheerful	いい [いい] good
きらい（な） [きらい（な）] dislike strongly	静かな [しずかな] quiet
狭い [せまい] narrow, restricted	汚い [きたない] dirty
悪い [わるい] bad

Sunday Music 07

Afternoon song today is;

The Everlasting Guilty Crown sang by EGOIST
Which is really Supercell and one of their new Vocalists

It's the second OP for Guilty Crown

If anything good The only good thing that came out of Guilty Crown was the soundtrack
Get a good version and play it on a 5.1 system/Good headphones. It sounds amazing.

Song via youtube (not my video)

Japanese 101 - Using Weather words

Missed the 12:00 post, sorry.

It's actually fairly easy.

You need to know two words, ときどき, and のち

ときどき - Means With, little

のち (後) - Means after

Referring back to the weather list.
I see the words あめ (雨) and くもり (曇り)

Using these two words, I will demonstrate how to say weather.

Today's weather will be Cloudy with a little rain
今日の天気が曇りときどき雨

Today's weather will be Cloudy, then rain.
今日の天気が曇りのち雨

It's really that easy.
Go to your local weather and try it out with what you see.

Fate/Zero

That's stupid.

I seriously think that aside from Castor and Lancer, Saber is the next weakest servant.
The master's resulted are.... Well, fast wheels should win for strongest magic, but I guess Kiritsugu should win for killing the most of them.

To get to the point, he isn't really strong, he just uses unconventional methods to catch others by surprise.

And then there's this guy.

Japanese 101 - Vocabulary: Direction Indicators

These lists feel very boring to type. But I don't know any other way to get the message across but through boring lists. Sorry.
Today, is standard Direction Indication words in Japanese

• Left - hidari - ひだり - 左
• Right - migi - みぎ - 右
• In front - mae - まえ - 前
• Behind - ushiro - うしろ - 後ろ
• On top - ue - うえ - 上
• Below - shita - した - 下
• Inside/Middle - (no) naka - (の) なか - (の) 中
• This (object not implied) - kono - この
• That (object not implied) - sono - その
• That over there (object not implied) - ano - あの
• Which (object not implied) - dono - どの
• This - kore - これ
• That - sore - それ
• That over there - are - あれ
• Which - dore - どれ

When using この, その, あの, どの you will have to state the object you are talking about after it.
When using you これ, それ, あれ, どれ you dont.

Ex.
このけいたいでんわがあおいです
This phone is blue

これがあおいです
This (would be an implied object) is blue.



Naturally there are more fancy words, like
Senjou - せんじょう - 線上 - On the line, lined up on
ect. ect.
But lets just stick to the basics for now.

Sunday Music 06

It's that time again!
Today's morning song is the first ending theme from Samurai Champloo

This is the spiritual sequel to Cowboy Bebop

Shiki no Uta (四季の歌) sang by Minmi

This has some pretty serious bass

Song below via youtube (not my video):

Shiki Review

屍鬼
Shiki

Streamed the show, so I don't have any screencaps on hand.
Deal with google images for now.

Aired in 2010

This show starts with a suspenseful mystery feel, but the pacing, and the large cast ruins much potential.

CHARACTERS (2.5/5)

Like Horizon, this show has a very large cast of characters. However, unlike Horizon, the show attempts to split the focus evenly in the beginning.

 That doesn't work too well.

Often, we are unsure of who the main character is, and because of one of the plot mechanics, people don't die when they are killed. A good attempt is made to explain the backstories, and character development also occurs throughout the entire show.

It's safe to assume, that some of the characters never even interact with the others.

Some vanish for long amounts of time, then show up at convenient moments within.

It's confusing and annoying, leaving one cliffhanger to start working on another.

The pacing of the story doesn't help either.

SETTING/ANIMATION  (3/5)

The story is set in a quiet rural, isolated Japanese village by the name of Sotoba. They have some local beliefs unique to them. The picture to the is Kanemasa, a western style house built for some new arrivals to the village.

The animation is.... Well, it is what it is. The characters themselves are a little pointy (chins). But the work on the eyes are very nice, as well as post-affliction characters are very nice. The backgrounds are done well, as is the effect of creating a Japanese village. The animation effects near the end do seem a little cheap though.

STORY (2.5/5)

If anything, the story was good. The pacing and the large cast killed any chance of it being great.

The show starts off looking suspiciously as your slice of life, featuring Megumi (Right), with Natsuno (Blue hair above) as the love interest. FIRST EPISODE SPOILER: She dies.                                                                                                              

Then the story proceeds to introduce us to every character, with names, until everyone has had some screen time. This is over several EPISODES, any by that time you will be bored, and wanting the plot to carry on.                                                            

The cast is diverse in the beginning, it gets more narrow, then gets diverse and narrow again. This style is one that is very annoying to watch.                          .                                                                       Despite that, the overall story line was still a good one, and not bad in it's own accord.

There are several plot holes, and some characters are introduced to do almost nothing whatsoever the entire time. People unfamiliar with the medical terms will also be a little confused.

The ending leaves much to be desired, as it basically screams: "See you next season!"

MUSIC (5/5)

The soundtrack, has some rather tense music, that fit the ups and downs of the show perfectly.
The OP and ED fit the show nicely, and the change in the middle does much to refresh the show.

OP1 via youtube below (not my video):

OVERALL (3.25/5)

The Show can be can be slow, and the ending leaves much to be desired, but it being a manga adaptation, we can expect that much. I would not recommend this as an entry level, as some of the gore may shock viewers. It's still a decent show worth watching.

UPDATE

No use of weather for today.
People at my end are being retarded. Again.

Chances are, I won't be touching a computer for the next few days.

I'll post it with Sunday.
I will also add more lessons to make up for this

Sorry.

Japanese 101 - Weather

Some Weather Related Words
I got lazy.
No more Romaji for you.
I'll post how to use them later today.

季節 [きせつ] season	夏 [なつ] summer	冬 [ふゆ] winter	雨 [あめ] rain
春 [はる] spring	秋 [あき] autumn, fall	雪 [ゆき] snow, snowfall	嵐 [あらし] storm, stomy
風が強い [かぜ が つよい] strong wind, windy	曇り [くもり] cloudy weather	台風 [たいふう] typhoon	晴れ [はれ] sunny
吹雪 [ふぶき] blizzard, snow storm	度 [ど] degree, celcius	あたたかい [あたたかい] warm	暑い [あつい] hot, warm (temperature of the air)
忙しい [いそがしい] busy, occupied	嫌な [いやな] awful	寒い [さむい] cold (temperature of the air)	涼しい [すずしい] cool, refreshing
素晴らしい [すばらしい] wonderful	無死 [むしあつい ] humid	悪い [わるい] bad	良い [いい] good
良い [いい] good	さいてい　きおん [さいてい　きおん] lowest temperature	さいこう　きおん [さいこう　きおん] Highest Temperature	花火 [はなび] firework
ゆきだるま [ゆきだるま] snowman	はなみ [はなみ] flower viewing	祭 [まつり] festival	夜 [よる] Evening
ひる [ひる] afternoon	あさ [あさ] morning

Japanese 101 - Adjectives 2

My gift for you guys today.
Since my adjectives lists are all very small, this will be a mini-lesson.

厳しい - きびしい - Strict, Severe	難しい - むずかしい - Difficult
やさしい - Easy, Simple, Gentle, Kind	静か - しずか - Quiet
伝統的 - でんとうてき - Traditional	とくい - とくい - Good at
便利 - べんり - Convenient	にがて - Poor at, Disliked, Avoided
有名 - ゆうめい - Famous	きれい - Pretty, Beautiful
楽しい - たのしい - Fun, Enjoyable	すてき - Lovely, Nice
うるさい - Noisy, Annoying

General Update

Bakemonogatari - Gone nowhere, less then one page done.

Mahoyo - Not Started

Kara no Kyoukai - Not started

Reviews - Season's not over yet/I have not finished Shiki, no time to watch

Japanese 101 - Expect the amount of lessons to increase. That is, I have more material, so I can spread it out over a longer course of time.

Expect the amount of posts to slow down. I'm trying to cram 2 years of a subject into about 7 months.

Sunday Music 05

KOKIA 'nuff said.

Used as OP in Break Blade

Japanese 101 - Questions Words 1

Second to last lesson for today.

So, in Japanese, the question words that I am aware are of are:

• Where - Doko - どこ
• How - Dou - どう
• Why - Naze - なぜ
• Why - Doshite - どして
• What - Nani - なに - 何
• What - Nan - なん - 何
• Who - Dare - だれ

Some Examples:
(Remember, this is polite Japanese)

Where do you live?
Doko ni Sunde imasu ka?
どこ に すんで います か？

What Country do you live in/are from?
Doko kara kimashita ka?
どこ から きました か？

Where is [BLANK]?
[BLANK] ha doko desu ka?
[BLANK] は どこ です か？

What is This/That/That Over there?
Kore/Sore/Are wa nan desu ka?
これ/それ/あれ はなんですか？

How was it?
Dou desu ka?
どう です か？

When answering, simply replace the question word with the answer. This will suffice most of the time

I'm not going to give you every possible combination, because that would take up a lot of time to type, and frankly, I don't have that much time. Figure out new combinations of questions. I would recommend looking at vocabulary lists for more words to use.

Particles are important for this, learn them.

Japanese 101 - Group 3 Verbs 1

These are irregular.
To be honest, I've never used most of these, so I don't know how to conjugate them. I'll look into it.
For now the standard conjugations still apply to these, but the potential form doesn't apply to any unless stated.

To Come - Kimasu - きます - 来ます	To Do - Shimasu - します
To Be Relieved - Anshinshimasu - あんしんします -　安心します	To Guide - Annaishimasu - あんないします - 案内します
To Drive - Untenshimasu - うんてんします - 運転します	To Eat Out - Kaijokushimasu - かいじょくします
To Be Nervous - Kinchoushimasu - きんちょうします - 　緊張します	To Wear Make up (Lit. To do make up) - Keshoushimasu - けしょうします - 化粧します
To Lie Around - Gorogoroshimasu - ごろごろします	To Give a self introdruction - Jikoushoukaishimasu - じこうしょうかいします - 自こうしょうかいします
To Explain - Setsumeishimasu - せつめいします - 説明します	To Clean - Soujishimasu - そうじします - 掃除します
To Consult - Soudanshimasu - そうだんします - 相談します	To Be Slow at (Beat around the Bush) - Daradarashimasu - だらだらします
To Be Late - Chikokushimasu - ちこくします - 遅刻します	Enjoy!

-Notes-
I think that ごろごろします may be written as ゴロゴロします
also for だらだらします, I think ダラダラします is how it should be written

I believe that the ~します (する in dictionary) may have something to do with putting these words into the potential/past tense. I'll find out on monday unless I forget to ask.

Its really hard to explain words you never use...

Sunday Music 04

Well, this isn't from Anime, but it's something that's worth hearing.

Why wasn't this the theme in the US version?

The Afternoon song is "Eternal Love" sang by Sayuri Sugawara for Final Fantasy XIII

Song Via youtube (not my video):

Japanese 101 - Group 2 Verbs 1

Lists, Lists, Lists.
I know of no other way to get this across.

Learn your Kana
Learn your Verbs

More lists to come.

To Get Up - Okimasu - おきます	To Eat - Tabemasu - たべます - 食べます
To Take a Shower - Abimasu - あびます - 浴びます	To Exist (Nonliving) - Arimasu - あります - 有ります
To get off - Orimasu - おります	To Wear (upper body) - Kimasu - きます - 着ます
To Turn off - Keshimasu - けします	To Be Able To ( Poential)- Dekimasu - できます
To be Attracted to - Akogaremasu - あこがれます -　憧れます	To Insert (Transitive) - いれます
To Teach - Oshiemasu - おしえます - 教えます	To Remember - Obeomasu - おぼえます - 覚えます
To Wear/Put on Glasses - Kakemasu - かけます	To Count - Kazoemasu - かぞえます - 数えます
To Think - Kankaemasu - かんかえます	To Close - Shimemasu - しめます - 閉めます

Japanese 101 - Potential Form

This form of conjugation is used to express potential, or, the ability to do.
It requires form changing similar to the て form, so I split it from the main post.

This is different between the three groups of verbs.

For Group 1, first you need to spell out the word.
Lets use "To Speak" - Hanashimasu - はなします - 話します
and "To Go" - Ikimasu - いきます - 行きます

To express a Group 1 verb in the potential form, we need to change the kana immediately following the verb root from an "I" to an "E".

Confusing?
That is why there are examples.

Hanashimasu, to speak (はなします・話します) becomes Hanasemasu, can speak (はなせます・話せます).

Used in a sentence:

Nihongo wo Hanashimasu -　日本語を話します - I will speak Japanese

Nihongo ga Hanasemasu - 日本語が話せます - I can speak Japanese

Kouen ni Ikimasu -　公園に行きます - I will go to the park

Kouen ga Ikemasu - 公園が行けます - I can go to the park

This is useful for saying allergies in Japanese, should you ever visit.

For Group two verbs, It's a little easier

I will use "To Eat" - Tabemasu - たべます - 食べます

To Express potential in this form, drop the ~ます and switch it with a ~られます (More formal) or ~られる (more informal)

"To Eat" -食べます Becomes　"Can Eat" - 食べられます

Sushi wo Tabemasu - すしを食べます - I will eat sushi

Sushi ga Taberaremasu - すしを食べられます - I can eat sushi

Group 3's are irregular.

Off the top of my head, Shimasu - します (to do) is the only one. I'll post an update if I can find others

It becomes dekimasu - できます (can do)

to use it in a sentence:

Kore ga dekimasu

これができます

I can do this

With the potential form, always use "Ga" (が) as the particle before it.

Conjugating a very in the potential form is the same as any other verb. Just change the ~ます to what you need. Look on "Japanese 101" for standard verb conjugations.

Sunday Music 03

This is now entering week 2.

To Start off the morning, a song called:
"And I'm Home"
Which is the Character Song of Miki Sayaka and Sakura Kyouko

It's from one of the Blu-Ray's for Puella Magi Madoka Magica
It will seem a better song if you have seen it.

Song Via Youtube (not my video):

First time I heard this I was wondering how many voices were in it.

Japanese 101 - Sentence structure (Basic Mini Lesson)

This is important, so you don't sound like a バカ外人, accents aside, if you go to Japan and speak Japanese with an English sentence structure.
To make a proper sentence in Japanese, use this Mnemonic.

TTPOV

It's pronounced exactly as it looks. You'll never forget it.

It Stands for Time/Topic, Place, Object, Verb

Time and Topic can be interchanged depending on the sentence.
So the order of the words in a sentence would be

1. The Time/Topic
2. The Time/Topic
3. The Place
4. The Object
5. The Verb

Take any grammatically correct sentence and look at it. It should follow this pattern.

The same rules apply when you are making a sentence.

Also, if you sentence does not have one of the five, just skip over it and move onto the next one.

Example:

English TL: I'm using the computer right now
Literal TL: Now, I'm computer is using
Romaji: Ima, boku ha pasukon wo tsukatteimasu
いま、ぼくはパスコンをつかっています

In Japanese, and the literal TL, it follows the proper sentence structure

いま (Time)、ぼく (topic) は パスコン (object )を つかっています (Verb)

There was no "place", so I just skipped over it and went to the next one.
This goes for any not used.

Japanese 101 - Particles

Decided to release this early.

A particle chart, as well as usage of these such particles.
Learn your Kana.

か - Question Marker	が - But, Used before います, あります, Verbs in potential form, adjectives
から - Because (used at the end of a phrase to designate that the next statement is the reason for the previous one.)	から - From/Starting at. Used in time, as well as origin, Such as 日本からきました (I came from Japan)
で - At (place of action), by (Transport), In (Using), With everyone/By myself, Because, in total	と - And (Nouns), With (People and Animals) - Listing things
と～とでは - Which one?	に - At (time), going to a place/direction - Going to a place to do an activity - Direction of Movement - for - In - In/At - Direction
には - In/At	ね - Isn't it?/Was it?
の～ - of (possession) - 's to the word before	～の～に - In a position
は - Topic Marker	は～が - Topic/Subject
まだ - To/Until, Also used in time	も - Also/Too
や～など - and, ect.	よ - Emphasis
を - Object Marker - Within - At (Giving Directions) - Saying what you want	な - Isn't it!/It is! (usually male speakers)
よね - Showing Sympathy/Showing Empathy (Usually Female Speakers)	わ - Emphasis, also Uncertainty. Use at the end of a phrase
や - And - An indefinite list (where everything isn't given)	Enjoy!

Soon.

Rebuild of Evangelion, sequal or not?

New Headphones :D

I'm still using a phone camera for this.

 2 New Headphones. The Numark Redwave, and the Electrowave.

Japanese 101 - Vocabulary: Places 1

I've decided to share one more lesson with you all today (well, today in my time zone)
My plans for Sunday are: Particles, some Basics, the Group 2 and Group 3 Verbs, and potential form.

Words for places
Adding Ya (や - 屋) after nouns can designate it as a store that sells that noun. This will work in many cases

Now there are more words then what are on this list

Town - Machi - まち - 町	House - Uchi - うち - 家
Movie Theatre - Eigakan - えいがかん - 映画館	Library - Toshokan - としょかん - 図書館
Art Museum - Bijutsukan - びじつかん - 美実間	Japanese Inn - Ryokan - りょかん - 旅館
Flower Shop - Hanaya - はなや - 花屋	Meat Store - Nikuya - にくや - 肉屋
Book Store - Honya - ほんや - 本屋	Grocery Store - Yaoya - やおや - 八尾や
Drugstore - Kusuriya - くすりや - 薬屋	Shoe Store - Kutsuya - くつや - 靴屋
Park - Kouen  - こうえん - 公園	(Train) Station - Eki - えき - 亦
Bank - Ginkou  -ぎんこう - 銀行	Post Office - Yuubinkyoku - ゆうびんきょく - 郵便局
Buddhist Temple - Otera - おてら - お寺	Shinto Shrine - Jinja - じんじゃ
Subway - Chikatetsu - ちかてつ - 地下鉄	Corner - Kado - かど - 角
Crossing/Intersection - Kousaten - こうさてん - 交差点	Traffic Signal - Jingou - じんごう
Bridge - Hashi - はし - 端	Castle - Shiro - しろ - 城
Hospital - Byouin - びょういん - 病院	Road - Michi - みち - 道

"5 Lessons, in one day"

>>655281515

I've outdone myself.

If you are looking for them, click the "Japanese 101" on the pages tab.

Japanese 101 - Another Use of the て form (Mini Lesson)

Learned this today, shared a few hours after learning.

If a ~みます is added after a verb in て form, it will change the meaning of the verb to "Try to"

This is naturally, formal Japanese

So for example:

I will try to eat this
Kore ga tabetemimasu
これが食べてみます

Japanese 101 - Adjectives List 1 + New Chart System

A list of adjectives here in no particular order
Some of the English translations are a little... tentative...
As I have heard these words used otherwise.

New Table System!
Thanks to the Anon who linked me HERE for the cells

Difficult - Muzukashii - むずかしい - 難しい	Fun/Interesting - Omoshiroi - おもしろい - 面白い
Lovely/Nice - Suteki - すてき - 素敵	Small - Chiisai - ちいさい - 小さい
Mean - Hidoi - ひどい - 酷い	Big - Ookii - おおきい - 大きい
Dangerous - Abunai - あぶない - 危ない	Love - Daisuki - だいすき - 大好き
Safe - Anzen - あんぜん - 安全	Love (I think this is more of a verb) - Ai - あい - 愛
Boring - Tsumaranai - つまらない - 詰まらない	A Netural/Slight Dislike - Amari/Chotto - あまり/ちょっと
Hate - Kirai - きらい - 嫌い1	Hate with a 1000 burning suns (Literally "Big Hate") - Daikirai - だいきらい - 大嫌い

Japanese 101 - People Words 1

(Formal) Words for family. I will post some informal, but that will not be the focus of this lesson
Also, unsure of some English TL, I have seen some used differently
Unsure of some Kanji as well
The honorifics in the end can be switched.

Cousin                                  Father                                        Woman/Girl
itoko                                    Otousan                                      Onna
いとこ　　　　　　　　おとうさん　　　　　　　　　おんな
従兄弟(Male)　　　　　お父さん　　　　　　　　　　女
従姉妹(Female)

Grandfather                          Older Sister                                 Man/Boy
ojiisan                                  Oneesan                                      Otoko
おじいさん　　　　　　　おねえさん　　　　　　　　おとこ
お爺さん　　　　　　　　お姉さん　　　　　　　　　男

Grandmother                        Older Brother                              Aunt
Obaasan                               Oniisan                                       Obasan
おばあさん　　　　　　おにいさん　　　　　　　　　おばさん
お祖母さん　　　　　　お兄さん　　　　　　　　　 伯母さん

Mother                                Masculine I (formal)                     Uncle
Okaasan                              Boku                                           Ojisan
おかあさん　　　　　　ぼく　　　　　　　　　　　おじさん
お母さん　　　　　　　僕　　　　　　　　　　　　叔父さん

Younger Brother                  Masculine I (informal)                  (My) Older Sister
Otouto                                Ore                                              Ane
おとうと　　　　　　　　おれ　　　　　　　　　　　あね
弟　　　　　　　　　　俺　　　　　　　　　　　　姉

He                                       Niece                                          (My) Older Brother
Kare                                    Mei                                             Ani
かれ　　　　　　　　　めい　　　　　　　　　　　あに
彼　　　　　　　　　　姪　　　　　　　　　　　　兄

Her                                      Nephew                                      (My) Mom
Kanojo                                Oi                                                haha
かのじょ　　　　　　　　おい　　　　　　　　　　はは
彼女　　　　　　　　　甥

Youger Sister                       Feminine I                                   (My) Dad
Imouto                                 Watashi                                       chichi
いもうと　　　　　　　　わたし　　　　　　　　　　ちち
妹　　　　　　　　　　私

Friend                                  Mister                                         Us (all male)
Tomodachi                           Ojisan                                         Bokutachi
ともだち　　　　　　　　おじさん　　　　　　　　　ぼくたち
友達　　　　　　　　　叔父さん　　　　　　　　　僕たち

Us (male and female)           Us (informal)                                You (more formal)
Watashitachi                        Bokura                                        Anata
わたしたち　　　　　　ぼくら　　　　　　　　　　　あなた
私たち　　　　　　　　僕ら　　　　　　　　　　　

You (More informal)           You (Informal)
Kimi                                    Omae
きみ                                   おまえ
　　　　　　　　　　　お前

Japanese 101 - Verb Conjugations 1

Here are all the conjugations that I am aware of for the ます form.
Aside from potential (ability), that will be in another post, as it is more lengthy.
Keep in mind this is more polite Japanese.

In Japanese, a verb in the masu (ます) form is a future action.
We will be using the word:
Ikimasu (行きます)
Iku as dictionary form (行く)
It means to go

Also, this kanji: 僕 is Boku (ぼく) which is masculine for I
Females would use Watashi (わたし) when referring to themselves
the kanji for that is: 私

Verb in standard ます form
kouen ni ikimasu
僕は公園に行きます
I will go to the park

To make a verb negative, change the ます to masen (ません)
Kouen ni ikimasen
僕は公園に行きません
I won't go to the park

To make a verb past tense, change ますto mashita (ました)
僕は公園に行きました
I went to the park

To make a verb past-Negative change ますto ませんでした
僕は公園に行きませんでした
I didn't go to the park

To express desire or want to do something with a verb, change ますto たい
僕は公園に行きたい
I want to go to the park

Japanese 101 - Verbs List - Group 1 Verbs

All verbs will be given in the ~Masu (ます) form.
Erm... I'll post how to use Group 1 Verbs later (TL: When this song ends)
As well as the Group 2 Verb List on Sunday.

This took a while to type...
 Enjoy!

These are not all the verbs. Only a short list.

Also, who requested the 13 minute song about Trains on R/a/dio?
Brilliant song. Kudos to you.

To meet           To Write        To Swim             To Speak
Aimasu            Kakimasu       Oyogimasu          Hanashimasu
あいます　　かきます　　およぎます　　はなします
会います　　書きます　　泳ぎます　　　話します

To Wait           To Die             To Play               To Read
Machimasu     Shinimasu        Asobimasu          Yomimasu
まちます　　しにます　　あそびます　　よみます
死にます　　　　　　　　　読みます

To Sit                 To Touch          To Wash            To Sing
Suwarimasu        Sawarimasu       Araimasu           Itaimasu
すわります　　さわります　　あらいます　　うたいます
座ります　　　触ります　　洗います　　　歌います

To Buy             To Commute       To Use               To Receive
Kaimasu           Kayoimasu         Tsukaimasu          Moraimasu
かいます　　かよいます　　つかいます　　もらいます
買います　　通います　　　使います　　　

To Go             To Listen            To Bloom          To Arrive
Ikimasu           Kikimasu             Sakimasu          Tsukimasu
いきます　　ききます　　　さきます　　　つきます
行きます　　聞きます　　　咲きます　　　着きます

To Take off     To Wear             To Work               To Play
(Clothes)         (Below Waist)                                   (Stringed Instruments)
Nugimasu        Hakimasu            Hatarimasu             Hikimasu
ぬぎます　　はきます　　　はたらきます　　ひきます
脱ぎます　　　　　　　　　働きます　　　弾きます

To Roll            To Push             To Lower Down    To Hide
Makimasu        Oshimasu           Oroshimasu           Kakushimasu
まきます　　おします　　　おろします　　　かくします
巻きます　　押します　　　下ろします　　　隠します

To Switch off         To Bring out/      To attempt/           To restore/
                                   To post               Try                       Turn Back
Keshimasu             Deshimasu          Tameshimasu         Modoshimasu
けします　　       でします　　　ためします　　　もどします
消します　　       出します　　　試します　　　　戻します

To Win            To Stand            To Hold/Carry    To Pass (Time)
Kachimasu       Tachimasu         Mochimasu          Tachimasu
かちます　　たちます　　　もちます　　　たちます
勝ちます　　立ちます　　　持ちます　　　経ちます

Anime Expo 2012 - LiSA to attend

Dammit, why don't I live on the west coast?
All the good conventions happen there...

E3....
Anime Expo...

Anyway, take a look: here for source
Anime Expo Site: Here

So LiSA will be at Anime Expo 2012.

She sang the Fate/Zero OP, "Oath Sign"

Because of an ironclad copyright, I cannot find the video on streaming, and I don't want to upload my own.
So here a recorded version of a live performance.
Don't know where it is though. Sorry.

In HD via youtube (not my video by the way)

Is it just me? Because it doesn't feel at full tempo.

She was also the Singing voice of Yui from Angel beats

From Angel Beats! (not my videos):

My Soul, Your Beats via youtube (also not my video):

Personally, I think the focus on her songs will be Oath Sign, and not anything from the Angel Beats! Audio Project

Heh, unlike some artists on this side of the pacific, it seems Japanese artists can actually preform live.

Sorry for lag.
Slowpoke?

Nice things are nice

Source: ANN: Here

August 30th Crypton Future media will release the "Next Hatsune Miku Project DIVA"
On that same day Sony will release a Limited Edition Miku Hatsune Playstation Vita

-Comes with a 4 gigabyte memory card
-And all the usual crap that comes with a PS Vita kit. (charger, screen protector, ect. ect.)
-Also has that picture on the back

Looks nice, but I wonder if it's really worth the extra 12,000 yen (about $150, and that's just for Wi-fi)

Consider that a normal Japanese PS Vita is 22,622 Yen

(Source Here)

Video from PlaystationJp via Youtube

Also, if you are going to import this through EMS, prepare for customs to rape your wallet.

Japanese 101 - てもいい Can I do this? (Mini Lesson)

Short post this time.
Mini lessons can and will be posted at any time.

Will show how to ask if you can do something.
I hope you read the て form before, because this is built entirely on that.

To ask if you can do something, put it in the て form, then add moii desu ka (もいい です か).
Literal translation, "is it good for me to do this?"

If then answer is yes, then it would be hai (はい) or ii desu (いいです) or something along those lines.
If the answer is no, the it will be Verb in て form ha dame (はだめ)

Here is an imaginary conversation

Person A: これは写真がとってもいいですか？
Person B: はいいいです。

Person A: kore ha shashin ga totte mo ii desu ka?
Person B: hai ii desu

Person A: Can I take a picture of this?
Person B: It's fine

Example 2

Person A: すみません、神社のなかがとってもいいですか？
Person B: いいえ、とってはだめ。

Person A: sumimasen, jinja no naka ga totte mo ii desu ka?
Person B: iie, totte ha dame


Person A: Excuse me, can I take a picture of the inside of the shrine?
Person B: No, it is not allowed



Cultural note: In Japan, you are not allowed to take pictures inside of a temple

Japanese 101 Update

So, an update. This may, or may not be a good thing.
Today I found out that this will be my sensei's last year with me, my class, and my school.

My school will continue it's Japanese program, but with a different sensei next year.

This will effect Japanese 101 a little.
I've decided to speed up the rate of the lessons, to one every Sunday and Wednesday.

Don't worry about me running out of material for the time being, as I have dug up my old Japanese 1 notebook, and I will share all the notes contained within given time.

Plan on sharing:
-Asking to do things
-Potential Form
-Question words
-Verb conjugations
-Lots and lots of Vocabulary (this will be the bulk of the lessons)
-Adjectives
-Adjective conjuations

After all that is done and posted, I may do some recordings of me speaking and such to help with listening and comprehension.

-Kanji as we go, but I will have dedicated kanji lessons, eventually...

Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon Review

 境界線上のホライゾン
Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere

This show aired in the Winter 2011-2012 season
It's adapted from a Light Novel of the Same name (Not so light actually)


So this show, from the start appears to be your typical fanservice-y anime. Watching it, it's still has a lot of fanservice, but it is anything but typical and generic.

CHARACTERS (4/5)

In the begining we are introduced to a large and rather eccentric but likable cast

 

Not forgetting the Main Character Aoi Tori, who is a shameless pervert

Also the leading lady, P01-S

Throughout the course of the show, some characters develop. Some don't, but this is a very long series, so I feel like this will be like Monster, where every character will get their part at some point.

SETTING/ANIMATION (3/5)

The setting is also very unique, it is a feudal style setting, but with a futuristic twist. It reminds me of a game. It can get a little confusing at times. But is very interesting to view nevertheless. It's also very original, and I have yet to see another like it. The animation is fine for the TV series, but it is touched up a lot in the BD's.

                                         STORY (3/5)


Though  lighthearted, humorous, and somewhat slow in the beginning, it takes more of a serious tone in the middle, when the story is given direction. Here, we also learn the backstories of several of the characters, adding a sense of depth to the storyline. We also get to see some very nice fight scenes, one in the first episode, and the last few episodes are basically a small war on their own. The ending wraps up nicely, and makes me want to watch season 2.



私が王！


                                          MUSIC (5/5)
A diverse and killer score is definitely one of the high points of this show

OVERALL (3.75/5)

The fanservice may put it off a little, and it is a little slow.

I get the feeling that this is going to take a while (hint multiple seasons) to fully develop, but that is the nature of Light Novel adaptations. With a surprisingly deep storyline, a likable cast, as well as a unique setting, this is a show I would recommend watching. Season 2 to air Summer 2012

Honda Futayo = Best girl of show
Slowpoke.