silvermaple

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I spent my Junior year of university in Yamaguchi, Japan, and am currently studying for N1 to get into a post-grad program to become an interpreter.

Apr
24
comment What does 正宗で大根を切る。 言い出しっぺ。 mean?
@summea: I did sort of debate with myself as the phrases do seem to be idiomatic which is a bit more than a standard dictionary look-up. I don't think it will be closed at this point, especially with you're very good answer :) @ gekkostate, next time if you can just tell us what Google translated it to, and/or why that doesn't sit right/what you don't understand, I think it would be perfectly fine >^.^<
Apr
22
comment What does 正宗で大根を切る。 言い出しっぺ。 mean?
It would help of you could be specific about what you don't understand, or what you've translated so far. As it is I'm afraid I'm going to vote to close as this is too close to a pure translation question.
Apr
17
accepted Why is the meaning of人一倍 opposite of what it seems to say?
Apr
15
accepted Why does どれだけ seem to mean the opposite of どれ + だけ?
Apr
12
asked Why does どれだけ seem to mean the opposite of どれ + だけ?
Apr
12
accepted How do you read 遅ランチ?
Apr
11
revised How to separate words in a Japanese sentence?
edited body; edited title
Apr
10
awarded Notable Question
Apr
5
comment What is the よっか in はじめよっか?
I second your guess :) It seems like just a shortened form to me :)
Apr
4
asked Why is the meaning of人一倍 opposite of what it seems to say?
Mar
30
comment What does "僕が来る前からこーだったんですが?" mean?
Hello there :) We generally frown on pure translation questions, so this may be closed. If you can break down the sentence and find what specifically you don't understand (for example "my dictionary says X means A, but in this context I still don't understand what it means"), that's more within the scope of JLU. Another option is coming to the chat-room with translation questions, we're always happy to help if we can!
Mar
29
revised What does 手になる mean?
formating
Mar
29
asked How do you break down "かといって"?
Mar
28
comment How do you read 遅ランチ?
@Chocolate 「はやい」っても「い」がなくなるんですか~知らなかった =^。^=
Mar
28
asked How do you read 遅ランチ?
Mar
26
comment How long would it take on average to learn japanese
Is there a way for this to be migrated to Meta?
Mar
26
answered How long would it take on average to learn japanese
Mar
19
awarded Scholar
Mar
19
accepted How can I get regional students?
Mar
18
awarded Popular Question
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