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Comment on Moving along by amake

amake — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:29:49 +0000

@Ogard Hey, thanks! I never did much with the CIR Homepage, and as you can see I don’t blog much anymore. I don’t have any other blogs besides this; I guess lately I just don’t have much to say that requires more than 140 characters

Enjoy Ikata! Say hi to everyone there for me.

Comment on Moving along by Ogard

Ogard — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:00:56 +0000

Sir,

You are quite the internet guru. Admin of CIR Homepage, Blog here, tweet there. Are you still in Yokohama and why did you stop updating your blog? Do you have a new one?

Peace from Ikata!

Comment on On translating place names by Marie-Aude

Marie-Aude — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:38:55 +0000

Hi, I stumbled upon this post when I was looking for something else. I have the same problem with Arabic names. I suppose it’s linked also to the fact that the foreigners who don’t speak the language are unable to recognize the redundancies. In the family of European languages, some of the prefixes are common, and that helps reducing these kind of bad translations.
I see your blog in sleeping… pity, I like it ! Maybe one day…

Comment on Attack of the native Engrish speaker by CakeCake » Blog Archive » the sun is a jerk

CakeCake » Blog Archive » the sun is a jerk — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:28:34 +0000

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Comment on I hate Keio more than ever by Dan

Dan — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:49:25 +0000

I have studied at 4 different world-renown universities, including Toronto University and Soul National University; Keio is by far the worst school. Extremely unhelpful, so disorganized, nobody ever knows what the heck is going on (students and staff).

After studying there for the Japanese language program (JLP) for an academic year, and having received 5 As, 9 Bs and 1 D for my final yearly grades, I am told I have not successfully completed the program, because I was supposed to receive MORE than a C in all courses to get a Certificate of Completion. I have received NO certificate of completion despite having taken all those courses.

1 D, which was not even a class pertaining to the core courses, deprived me of a certificate of completion.

Their answer?
“It’s clearly stated on the program handbook”
Uhmm….apparently it’s not very clear to anyone, since neither I nor any of my friends had ever heard about this.

If anyone is reading this message, spare yourself a lot of pain and go someplace else. Keio is not a deserving institution.

Comment on Romanizing Japanese addresses by Japanese Translation

Japanese Translation — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:33:49 +0000

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Comment on Mii Contest Channel by Ondskan Vardøgr

Ondskan Vardøgr — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:21:19 +0000

Uh… Maniac Mansion?

Comment on Penny Arcade Remix: The Revenge by Rocking in Hakata » Creative Comic Conversations

Rocking in Hakata » Creative Comic Conversations — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:01:46 +0000

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Comment on Electronic dictionary recommendations by Martin Walker

Martin Walker — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:53:40 +0000

Re. kanji lookup in e-dictionaries, most modern ones (certianly my five-year-old Casio) allow searches via any reading of the component /s (部品) rather that the actual radical (部首). Once I’d worked this out, I found that I could find almost any character very easily.「部品読み検索」 gives it away really.
Maybe not for everyone, but these dictionaries are fantastic tools for learners of Japanese.
Thanks for the blog.

Comment on Sunrise Tode by Daniele

Daniele — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:39:58 +0000

Oh, and I forgot to mention that contrary to what you wrote in your blog post, the internet connection is excruciatingly slow here!!