Archive for the ‘Learning Japanese’ Category

Planning a Forest Visit

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Wow, talk about biting off more than I could chew here! If I took a smaller portion, I would have had this complete many months ago Because of the sheer amount of time and effort I put into it, I ended up slacking off most for a few months, so I’m going to post it as-is, even though it’s incomplete. I’ll use much smaller portions from now on. Otherwise, I’ll make no progress in learning new words.

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General Speech Patterns in Cardcaptor Sakura

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

I’ll be (slowly) doing a series of posts on dialogue translation, using Cardcaptor Sakura as the material. Whether or not I can make it through all 70 episodes, I don’t know, but I imagine many things will come up again and again, and I’ll eventually give those their own pages. In the meantime, I’ll be setting this page aside for character mannerisms and repeated speech patterns.

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Catch Me Catch You: Part 5

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Another easy start, with a line mostly in English.

sou Nice To Meet You Good To See You kitto

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Catch You Catch Me: Part 4

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

The next line is an easy one, due to being almost completely in English.

hora Catch You Catch Me matte

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Catch You Catch Me: Part 3

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Onward to line three of Cardcaptor Sakura‘s opening theme song, Catch You Catch Me

datte datte tsubasa hiroge futaride

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