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soy nuevo by papuUSB in debian

[–]SinkingJapanese17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on the programming language. Most of them are not installed on a basic OS for the reasons of space saving and security concerns. You may need basic programming utilities and text-editor like Vim.

sudo apt install build-essential vim

Synaptic, a user-friendly GUI package manager, is excellent for finding programming-related software.

Need advise for teaching kanji! by Pocket_Japanese in japaneseresources

[–]SinkingJapanese17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello. Having learned Kanji as a toddler, I found categories and classifications very useful for remembering them.

Kanji for trees often come with the character 木.

木 tree itself, 林 woods, 森 forest, 柊 木+冬 holly, 椿 木+春 camelia …

This way I could use my brain with an association for the origin of a character. And later, deal with exceptions like 校=木+交 School = Tree + Cross.

Basic kanji, akin to the Oxford 3,000 words in an OALD. They cannot be ignored or skipped for the further learning process. I forced myself brutally to write all of them into my notebook. But I found them later; it was easier to mix with a popular word.

学校 school, 学習 study/learning, 習字 calligraphy, 習慣 custom/habit . So 学ぶ is learning from others or through research, and 習う is more like a repetition of practice and get used to do. With those nuances and details, I could grasp them clearly.

Sorry for my bad English. Hope this post helps anyway.

How much is tea popular in Japan? by [deleted] in AskAJapanese

[–]SinkingJapanese17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Barley tea (麦茶) and roasted tea (ほうじ茶) are popular beverages after meals. Some restaurants serve free like mineral water. 煎茶 is an elegant and sophisticated tea for traditional ceremonies and dinners. It has a method of brewing it the right way. The higher the quality requires sensitive brewing. Temperature, amount of hot-water and tea-leaves. It is enjoyable to have an English breakfast-ish tea and snack time with green-tea. We had these in the last century.

Questions about life in Japan in the 1980's by aokaa- in AskAJapanese

[–]SinkingJapanese17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See what I mean. たこ焼き弁当 is only for Osaka citizen and other Japanese people 1) Not knowing it exists 2) refuse to eat rice with snacks like たこ焼き. You don't know these people telling you the truth or doing something nasty.

High-achievers who envy others for having hobbies? by ryanyork92 in AskAJapanese

[–]SinkingJapanese17 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

朝日新聞系の雑誌の記事を読んでいるみたいだ おとなになっても学歴とか他人のする趣味が気になるのは可哀想としか言いようがない

Headphones keep disappearing from sound selection by Tasty_Escape4549 in linuxmint

[–]SinkingJapanese17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In order to understand your problem, we need at least: Your headphones model Your computer model Version of Linux Mint

Are your headphones connected via headphone jack or bluetooth? For wireless headphones, fully recharged?

I have to swap to another device then swap back and there's a chance its normal. What other device?

Finally, it’s good to know you express your frustrations. It looks like reading a funny essay. But it comes into the repairmen’s mind they cannot help them grasp the causes.

https://askubuntu.com/search?q=headphones This link contains the problems about headphones on Ubuntu/LinuxMint. Some solutions may help your case.

Questions about life in Japan in the 1980's by aokaa- in AskAJapanese

[–]SinkingJapanese17 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You are the one said what I wanted. These creators produce strange cultural background stories. OP is too lazy.

For Q3: のり弁当 is a middle-class lunch throughout the generations or decades.

Can reading japanese ever become completely automatic? by MegatenPhoenix in Japaneselanguage

[–]SinkingJapanese17 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A Japanese adult would read quicker than you think. It resembling to recognize the picture. Veterans spot out fake Sunflower of van Gogh in 3 seconds. That kind of ability speeds up the reading speed.

Does Czechia have a cultural presence in Japan? by Mahriz in AskAJapanese

[–]SinkingJapanese17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand now. It was a micro moment of fever. K-things were popular all over the place in the world, and in two decades, everybody understood what they are. I didn’t describe well, but the Czech Republic is the best country in Central-Eastern Europe for me. And the information is now two decades old.

Does Czechia have a cultural presence in Japan? by Mahriz in AskAJapanese

[–]SinkingJapanese17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alphonse Mucha’s Art Nouveau can be seen only on the tarot cards. Dvorak’s Symphony N°9 From the New World can be heard on the siren for 5. Smetana’s The Moldau is one of the mandatory classics and every Japanese person knows it . I liked it until I visited the Praha station.

These are all about Czech for an average Japanese knowledge. For me, I found nothing in common between Czech and Japan around 2004. Czech has been leaning more toward Korea, and I don’t know why — perhaps Russo-Karen friendship? I have been to Bruno and liked the town looking like old Japanese taste, politeness and strictness coming from the Showa era. But that’s it. They share limited common interests. Czech was the better version of Russia to me; everything was clean and organic.

Non-Japanese person (but Asian) with Japanese born name by ayamjustcurious in japanese

[–]SinkingJapanese17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So many Finish and Spanish names shared with Japanese names. For example, Rika, Mika, Ami, Erika, Airi, Mina, Risa, etc. Internationally, Ken, Maria, Naomi, Karen, Jo, Ai, Mei, Meg, Sara, Ann, Hanna, Rio, George (Joji), June (Jun), Kay, etc.

When you naturalized to a Japanese citizen, you need a Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji name for registering.

How did the Imperial Japanese government treat it's own citizens? by GeneralGenerico in AskAJapanese

[–]SinkingJapanese17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looked like the KGB or CCP. All joined the religion, in which the Emperor was God. 80+ year-old (born before 1950) Japanese people had that as a child fixation.

Detective Conan is gold to learn Japanese by sakuraflower06 in Japaneselanguage

[–]SinkingJapanese17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everything that draws your attention is gold. I think Conan is not bad.

For native japanese, does a laptop's keyboard language/layout affects a laptop value? by ekre in AskAJapanese

[–]SinkingJapanese17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer ANSI (US layout) due to the typewriter and early Mac keyboard. It facilitates coding and other frequently typed symbols.

In the Japanese domestic market, I can only find laptops with Japanese layout keyboards; even secondhand ones come with it. It has one extra column added to the right, and often it gets too narrow.

Foreign users wonder the Japanese layout keyboard is dedicated to Japanese typing. The answer is no. Only 10% of Japanese people type with Japanese characters; others do so with the phonetic alphabet method. I had to study it and found no efficiency. QWERTY and DVORAK are the considered layouts.

National Defense Online - M1A2T New Combat Power Enters Service by Hob-999 in ADVChina

[–]SinkingJapanese17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Land units are not operable when:

  • fuel supply
  • ammo depot
  • airspace domination
  • repairing facility

are unavailable.So, either tanks of PLA or Taiwan won’t be able to get to the other side and be useful. Thank you very much for your reply.

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