Hi all. I'm reading a pre-war Japanese transcription of an even older (Japanese) text, and while there are a number of symbols that I do understand (old kanji, old kana, and things like 〇 and □ which represent characters the transcriber couldn't read), there are a few I am having trouble with ( Read more... )

Hello all. I am currently reading a Japanese primary source document (the Tsuko Ichiran - an 1853 compilation of Edo period diplomatic documents, published in 1913) concerning relations between Edo period Japan and pre-colonial Vietnam, and I am hoping someone might be able to help clear up a small confusing matter for me ( Read more... )

Hello minna-san. I am currently in a Japanese linguistics course and for the end of the term we have to write a big scary paper on a topic in Japanese linguistics. I am keenly interested in the phenomenon when women use male speech patterns. What I am currently searching for is examples, from manga, novels, any medium, that is as current as ( Read more... )

I have a Nintendo DS. I recently discovered a game that was designed to help Japanese elementary students learn kanji. I would post the name of the video game but unfortunatly I can't type characters on this computer. I want to practice traditional hanzi. I've taken Chinese courses and have a rudimentary understanding of Mandarin. Although I ( Read more... )

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I've been trying to find out the literal meaning of this zenga scroll (meaning, what each individual character means) for some time now. I've read two different translations: "Why is it necessary for a monk to live in the mountains?" and "Why should a hermit live in a great wood?" I tried asking the Hanzismatter guy and posting it on both the ( Read more... )

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I am writing an article about geisha.  I have all the Japanese terms used in the article with their kanji, but I would really appreciate someone with a better understanding of the language to see if I have used the correct characters.
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I am working on a double-major in both the Chinese (Mandarin) and Japanese languages and since I've been working closely with the Japanese exchange student at my university, I couldn't help but notice their Japanese <--> English electronic dictionaries. I remember when I took Spanish in high school and how useful my electronic ( Read more... )