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Re: anyone have a basic knowledge of japanese kanji?
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:51 pm
by sahara2010
I'd say several hundred, if not above 1,000. My friend is very diligent at studying Kanji; he knows 600 or so. He can read a lot of video game text, and can write those Kanji, as far as I know. When he knows a few hundred more, he'll likely be able to completely read Japanese video games.
Granted, when I say he knows 600, I mean it. He can truly pick them out and provide yomigana for them. You really have to master Kanji at a basic level and then be able to retain about a thousand before seeing major results. Hope this helps!
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Re: anyone have a basic knowledge of japanese kanji?
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:26 am
by The4455
Mudfuzz wrote:Just a thought... are we %100 that it is 本 in Japanese and not 本 in Chinese? I know nothing about Chinese... but still the thought did come to me... searching brings up.... books
It is a chinese character in the Japanese language, I know it sounds stupid but that's just the way it it, it's like the word cafe, it's French but we still use it in English (cafe means coffe in english)
Re: anyone have a basic knowledge of japanese kanji?
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:16 am
by erik
The4455 wrote:Mudfuzz wrote:Just a thought... are we %100 that it is 本 in Japanese and not 本 in Chinese? I know nothing about Chinese... but still the thought did come to me... searching brings up.... books
It is a chinese character in the Japanese language, I know it sounds stupid but that's just the way it it, it's like the word cafe, it's French but we still use it in English (cafe means coffe in english)
well said.
so basically the meaning of 本 in Chinese & Japanese share a lot in common.
i would not believe they are stupid enough to put "book" on a wah pedal, not in any way i can relate it to...
BUT to have the meaning of "main", "true" or "real", you still require to use it with another word to make up the meaning.
so am I the only asian kid that love fuzz?
Re: anyone have a basic knowledge of japanese kanji?
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:54 pm
by warwick.hoy
Do you think it's popular for Japanese kids to get English letters tattooed on them?
/danieltoshjokeripoff
Re: anyone have a basic knowledge of japanese kanji?
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:27 pm
by Achtane
warwick.hoy wrote:Do you think it's popular for Japanese kids to get English letters tattooed on them?
/danieltoshjokeripoff
This would actually not surprise me at all, given how Japanese music has an average of 13.49 random mangled English words per song...
Hmm...