Japanese FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Japanese language.
This FAQ about Japanese language was compiled and written by TANAKA Tomoyuki tanaka@cs.indiana.edu and Olaf Meeuwissen olaf@IMSL.shinshu-u.ac.jp with numerous contributions by others.
01 Japanese is one of the world's top-10 languages.- in terms of number of speakers, 20 years ago ...
- 02 Is < sci.lang.japan> a good way to learn Japanese?
- ANSWER: no....
- 03 Japanese phonology: mora, rhythm, tones, ...
- --- mora, mora-...
- 04 Gairaigo origins (Japanese)
- i've always been interested in the various ...
- 06 Japanese slang: charinko, kattarui, uzattai, ...
- http://www.asahi-jc.com/slang....
- 07 Japanese wordplay: palindromes, ...
- (see BB's AFAQ http://www.hayamasa.demon.co.uk/afaq/afaq.html)...
- 08 How do I say "I love you" in Japanese?
- There have been two traditional answers for this....
- 10 akai is a (canonical) keiyoushi / shizuka is a (canonical) keiyoudoushi (Japanese)
- (canonical means archetypical in Hackerspeak.)...
- 11 this "akai desu" is (to a small extent) a matter of taste (Japanese)
- question: what other topics do Japanese linguistic purists talk about?...
- 12 Notation of Japanese names
- [mention SWET's style book here]...
- 13 How many years does it take to learn Japanese?
- Americans often ask me such a question, expecting ...
- 14 Japanese learn English faster than Americans learn Japanese.
- > Hi there. I have a thought for you regarding one ...
- 15 Racist "transcription" of Japanese loanwords: "sararii man", "besuboru", ...
- narrow-minded white Americans (journalists and others)...
- 16 American misconception about `L's and `R's in Japanese.
- white American authors (Reischauer, Taylor, etc) make ...
- 17 Am. misconception of "uniquely Japanese concepts": amae, honne/tatemae ... keiretu, ... (wabi, sabi, koku, mattari?)
- the most racist of the white ...
- 18 Am. expressions about the Japanese (Asians) with racist overtones
- note that smart-aleck Americans who like to use ...
- 19 Asiaphiles who love to talk about Jap-lish
- Reischauer, Jared Taylor, Nicholas ...
- 20 Americans ridiculing Japanese's English: examples
- example 1:...
- 21 white American teachers of English (conversation) in Japan
- the most important work on the topic has been Charles ...
- 22 Trivia and other topics (loose ends) (sci.lang.japan (TT topics) FAQ)
- --- trivia: the name Jedi in Star Wars is ...
- 23 The group and its FAQ (news:sci.lang.japan)
- This chapter answers frequently and not so frequently asked ques-...
- 24 Say, how about some introduction? (news:sci.lang.japan)
- Ok, here goes! This is the FAQ of
- 25 How can I help? (news:sci.lang.japan)
- Of course, answers to as-of-yet unanswered FAQs are very welcome....
- 26 Things to look out for (news:sci.lang.japan)
- I haven't quite found the time to get around to these, but ...
- 27 Newsgroups and the fj. hierarchy (news:sci.lang.japan)
- The fj.* hierarchy can be thought of as the Japanese version ...
- 28 Mailing lists (news:sci.lang.japan)
- Besides
- 29 Where can I find out more? (news:sci.lang.japan)
- While this FAQ is going through its rebirth and growing pains,...
- 30 The language (news:sci.lang.japan)
- Recognizing the fact that there is, currently, not a lot of con-...
- 31 How do I say ...? (news:sci.lang.japan)
- Let's be clear on this. There is no one single best answer ...
- 32 How do I say `I love you'? (Japanese)
- You don't! At least, according to common lore. Most people sug-...
- 33 How do I say `Congratulations'? (Japanese)
- omedetou gozaimasu is the standard polite form for `Congratula-...
- 34 How do I say `Happy birthday'? (Japanese)
- otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu. Situation permitting, ...
- 35 How do I write ...? (Japanese)
- This FAQ uses ASCII characters exclusively, so it's a bit ...
- 36 How many kanji are there? (Japanese)
- Apart from the obvious too many, you mean? Approximately 50,000....
- 37 Why is everyone using different romanisation schemes? (Japanese)
- Romanisation schemes are a reading aid, just like furigana. ...
- 38 What is the correct way to write something in romaji? (Japanese)
- There is no one correct way to write anything in romaji (...
- 39 How do I send/read e-mail in Japanese?
- Before anything else, remember that there is e-mail software ...
- 40 How can I see Japanese characters while surfing the Web?
- Even if your computer does not have any Japanese capability ...
- 41 Is "gaijin" a derogatory word? (news:sci.lang.japan)
- In and of itself gaijin can hardly be said to be a ...
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