With words like chan, san, kun...is the "n" sound at the end silent?? Or just very faint? 

So I never update my journal anymore, sorry about that :/. I just starting looking at some ways to practice Japanese and might start updating my journal in Japanese for practice but we'll see.

Anyways, I feel like some of you probably already use this/are aware of it but it's uber fun and useful and I have been slightly addicted to it lately:

Would anyone mind proofreading an introduction letter for me?

( Cut for sanity )

Thanks!

Hi, I hope you could help me with this one, please:

What is the difference between those two sentences??

車をするなら酒を飲むな。。

車を止めたら、 ライトを消さなければなりません。

When we use "nara" and when "tara" structure?
Also, when we use the "-ba" form?

Thank you a lot!

Hi to all.

How do you say the command "fire!" in Japanese? Can't find it in my dictionary...

Thanx a lot!

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I am startig to read a little book, that it is a sto for children. It is he easier, and it is what i need.
i got in trouble from the begining , the title is: お日様　はだかんぼ！　

i am about はだかんぼ - what does it mean? i can't find the meaning !

thank you!

Hello I'm new studying Japanese in Japan. Just needed a question answered
if I wanted to use

TAME NI (for) how would it be used?

e.g. I am studying for exam?
or I need this for...


and also (if) tense can I use moshi (+tara) for anything? Which other ifs do I need to consider.

Also I find it hard to say something like

i didn't intend to..

e.g. I didn't intend to lie or I didn't intend to say that... etc.

Can anyone please tell me what this means:

しゃしんはあなたですか？

ぼくのタイプです。

Hello,
I was doing some exercise practice for the JLPT 3 exam, and I came across several sentence structures that I have never seen before (this is making me panic, bleh):

１．さんまは秋が旬の魚で、１０月から　１１月に　かけてが　一番おいしい　ころでしょう。
→ I don't quite understand the sentence structure: why is the て-form followed by a particle - in this case, が？ How do you use this sentence structure, and what is it used to express/used for?

２Ａ．また、あなたが家にいない時間に録画をしたいときは　録画の　予約ができ、たいへん便利です。
２Ｂ．それから、コピーの　機械の　ふたをあけ　コピーしたい　げんこうをおきます。
→ I've kind of figured out by guessing that this sentence structure (i.e. using the stem of a verb's ますform) functions somewhat like the て-form of a verb, in the sense that it's used to join sentences. One question that I have though, is this: when is it appropriate to use the stem of a verb's ますform and when to use a verb's て-form to join sentences?

Help will be much appreciated because I am really quite confused! :(

Thanks a million in advance! :)

Hello! Could you please tell me what does this mean:

復旧の目処は立ってない。

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your help. I now have the information I need.

I am currently teaching my puppy to be bi-lingual (both English and Japanese) as I will be studying Japanese language at Uni next year. The thing is though my puppy needs to learn now whilst he is young otherwise it will be difficult to train him when he is older (ever heard the saying you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?). Anyway I have the romaji words for what I want to teach him but I don’t know how to pronounce them so would somebody be willing to make an audio or video file and say the words so I can learn how to pronounce them? These are the words I need to teach my dog:

drop = hanashite

roll over= koregare

crawl = hae

come= koi (or) oide

stay = mate

fetch = mottekoi

I don’t need to know sit = osuwari as I know how to pronounce this one courtesy of watching animes lol and my dog has already learn it in both English and Japanese.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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I am currently making meishi for my mom's employees to present to some japanese people who are visiting her company later this month. since some of the people I am making business cards for are doctors, I obviously want to denote that on their cards. however, I don't know how D:

the word for "M.D."/"doctor of medicine" is 医学博士 (いがくはかせ / いがくはくし)

I don't know whether to put it before, after, or under the person's name on the card. does anyone know? or has anyone seen a meishi from a japanese doctor who could help me out? any help would be greatly appreciated... my japanese professor is taking forever to email me back D: thanks!


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I am currently making meishi for my mom's employees to present to some japanese people who are visiting her company later this month. since some of the people I am making business cards for are doctors, I obviously want to denote that on their cards. however, I don't know how D:

the word for "M.D."/"doctor of medicine" is 医学博士 (いがくはかせ / いがくはくし)

I don't know whether to put it before, after, or under the person's name on the card. does anyone know? or has anyone seen a meishi from a japanese doctor who could help me out? any help would be greatly appreciated... my japanese professor is taking forever to email me back D: thanks!


cross-posted (once!) sorry!

Question inspired by scribblings on the walls of a desk at my university's library...

Somebody had written "もっとよくなるように". Somebody else (not the same handwriting) came along later and crossed out the "る", writing "れる" below it. Which got me wondering what the difference is between "もっとよくなるように" and "もっとよくなれるように" - I mean, I assume that "なれる" is meant in this case as the potential form of "なる", but what are the respective nuances/situations in which they're used? Why did person #2 correct person #1 in the first place?

Hello!
Could anyone tell me what is the difference between the tara Form and temo Form?
For example:
雨が降っても、ピクニックに行きます。

雨が降ったら、 ピクニックニ行きません。

When we use one, when we use the other one?
What means one, what means the other one?
Thank you so much:D
Please help a self study person:)