Topic: Japanese (language) discussion thread

Haha, they're all equally important, since they're used in tandem in writing and in daily conversation usage. Its impossible to use Japanese and not use all three.

Where did you learn Yami (闇) from. That's pretty obscure, and I don't get to see that word so often. It does appear in games sometimes, but I don't remember the last time I heard it in casual speech.

I tried to research a good name for a Japanese character. Before it occured to me to to look up Japanese names, I decided I was gonna invent my own. I came upon that word several times, and it was destict enough for me to actually memorize it by the time I was done. I almost forgot it was called yami, though. Thanks.

Also, yami...does that refer to Darkness as a proper noun, an entity, if you will? or just a regular noun? I can't remember.

What were you making a Japanese character for?

Hmm, the word Yami has such a negative connotation to it. Must be someone not good I'm guessing. Other than just being literal darkness, it can mean bleak or gloomy.

I wanted to make an avatar of a random Ninja I had into an actual character, and the avatar looked really dark and mysterious and stuff, so I decided to give him a fitting name. I didn't mean for him to have a really dark name, though. Yami just happened to come up, and I took notice to it every time. I ended up settling with something more normal. I may not use him in any of my stories or comics, anyways, since I prefer to do comedies with occasional drama, and he seems more fitting for some kind of action-y story. Not that I couldn't work it in...

@John_Talbain What do you write? Short stories? Comics?

I just "write" comics from time to time, and I hope to do that more often once I get better at drawing. I don't post them anywhere, if you're wondering. Not yet, at least. I do come up with stories all the time, though, but I rarely write them down, since they're usually "for my entertainment only" - filled with cliches, lots of in-jokes, crazy stuff that only I'd get. I save the stuff I think would be worth at least showing my friends for my comics. I haven't had something like that for some time now, though. Hope I get some inspiration soon, especially now that I'm getting serious about improving my drawing abilities.

Haha, no I wasn't wondering that. I understand when a creation is private.

Anyway, if you have any questions about Japanese, let me know.

Thanks, I'm still studying Japanese off and on, so I'll be sure to drop by from time to time.

Well, the threads pretty much dead otherwise, so anytime you have questions.

hey what u guys talking about?

there's already a japan thread...

And this is a Japanese language thread. The other thread is for Japanese culture and I guess geography. Basically everything else involving Japan. This thread is specifically pertaining to learning the Japanese language.

Am at 79 kanjis doods. Thought it'd be good time to post before thread go die again

Yes, I know. I specifically made this thread with a no Politics/Economics policy. The other thread talks sometimes about all that, but I wanted to just focus on language topics, though since culture and history can tie in with it, I've allowed that to come in at times when its relevant. Also, this thread has been up for months already, so I think the admins see my intentions with it.

I did make a French language thread as well with the same purpose, though since there's no French culture thread, I'm guessing that one will have a more wide discussion, though the people there are focusing more on language stuff anyway.

Oh yeah, and you deserve encouragement. You're studying independently aren't you? 79 is quite a nice start, keep it up!

Which ones are your favorites?

My favourite is the one for "kiku" and "you" for like day of the week b/c it's crayzee

? Could you type which ones you mean? I'm totally not sure. You? Do you mean 曜? Why is it crazy?

Probably because of how many strokes are in there.
He'd better not get to words such as 薔薇...

I know, that's what I'm saying! 曜 isn't even that difficult. Usually that's one of the first kanji that people learn. There are so many much more difficult ones.

So I've been thinking about learning the language independently (for now)... What's the best way to start? It seems like studying the pronunciation of the hiragana and katakana seems to be what people on the internet recommend but I just wanted to see what you guys would recommend. Hope the thread isn't too dead for discussion D: