08/09/06 01:14:44 +NFx7Cli0
Because Japan is becoming "car society", many of local malls have much less customers.
It's very tough time for those small shopping mall.
On the other hand, the number of big shopping center like strip mall is becoming larger.
The wal-mart owns one big chain of super market in Japan.
Well, it is 1:13 at mid night in Japan now.
I'm going to bed.
See you later!
100:maji
08/09/06 09:02:15 +NFx7Cli0
Hi! I got up.
Another photo.
URLﾘﾝｸ(imepita.jp)
Differnt shop at the same mall.
I felt the way in which broiled fish are displayed is nice.
Unfortunately, I have never been to Akihabara.
I was anime fan when I was a kid. Anime at that time was "Youkai ningen Bem" ,"Devil Man", "Uchu Senkan Yamato", etc.
I am still reading shonen-jump every Monday. Naruto is very intersting. But I have never saw anime Naruto.
101:maji
08/09/06 13:42:34 nCt/vKP70
>>99
I thought cars were popular in the country, but everyone prefers public transportation in the city?
Where I live, you need a car to go anywhere. There is no public transportation for miles, and the only way out is via highway.
>>100
I don't follow Naruto. I prefer slice of life anime, like Hidamari Sketch, which is one of my favorites.
102:maji
08/09/06 13:47:36 nCt/vKP70
Could you please tell me some more about 2ch?
What are the buttons in the top right corner of a thread? 2BP, BRZ, PLT... it looks like they all do the same thing.
Why do some people have buttons after their IDs?
What is a VIP?
103:maji
08/09/06 22:47:30 2SX53+280
What do Japanese people think of English textboards like URLﾘﾝｸ(www.secretareaofvipquality.net)
104:maji
08/09/07 00:36:59 DfdF0yk/0
>>102
I usually use a browser which specialize to see 2-chan. Its name is "Jane Doe style".
That is why I don't see those buttuns. Today, I checked them using IE. But I can't tell what are those.
Maybe I can ask someone else. Please wait without expectation.
VIP
URLﾘﾝｸ(yutori.2ch.net)
is one of the most crowded board including various people. I mean rude, childish, assertive people.
VIP is also called garbage can of 2-chan.
I guess there are a lot of NEET, or temp staffer who can't find something intersting in their real life but in 2-chan.
>>103
I've just taken a look at that board.
I need a lot of effort to read. I don't want to try and spend time to understand what is written.
Most Japanese people don't care, because they can't read English or at least difficult to understand.
105:maji
08/09/07 01:10:18 oz9097m00
>>104
Ah, lol, VIP is probably the equivalent of /b/tards on 4chan then.
106:maji
08/09/07 08:41:11 kxQ/vSt30
Or you could say that VIP is like the equivalent of DQN on 4-ch.net...
BUT ISN'T THAT THE WRONG WAY AROUND? I MEAN... 2-CHANNEL WAS HERE FIRST.
107:maji
08/09/07 11:13:17 oz9097m00
>>107
Nope. Equivalencies have nothing to do with who came first.
108:maji
08/09/07 11:23:01 kxQ/vSt30
Sure they do.
109:maji
08/09/07 12:44:29 DfdF0yk/0
Do you use the word DQN as well ?
I understand the word means people who are a bit crazy like bastards or cheap gangsters in Japan.
110:maji
08/09/07 15:21:43 oz9097m00
>>109
DQN was borrowed by 4-ch. It's rarely used on 4chan or other imageboards, maybe once in a while in /jp/.
111:maji
08/09/08 01:26:00 THlYREZF0
Hi, I would like to join this thread.
112:maji
08/09/08 03:58:37 0biKCfoF0
nullpo
113:maji
08/09/08 09:03:59 MVBDTVYM0
>>111
Welcome!
It seems that I am only a Japanese so far.
>>102
>What are the buttons in the top right corner of a thread? 2BP, BRZ, PLT... it looks like they all do the same thing.
>Why do some people have buttons after their IDs?
BRZ is an abbreviation of bronze. PLT for platinum and DIA? for diamond.
There is a point system in 2-chan. It is called "be-point".
You cannot buy Be-point. You can get the point from someone else who felt that your article was interesting.
There is another point called "MORITAPO", which you can buy or you can earn by other measure such as answering questionair.
You can give someone Be-point by consuming MORITAPO.
Members are classified by their Be-point into Bronze, Platinum, etc.
When you press the butoon BRZ, you can hide the respons written by people whose point don't reach Bronze.
The buttun 2BP is for all the res.
I think 2BP stands for "2-chan Be-point".
114:113
08/09/08 11:47:49 MVBDTVYM0
Sorry, I was wrong.
False: It seems that I am only a Japanese so far.
True: It seems that I am only a Japanese recently.
115:maji
08/09/08 12:03:46 iBzADPzB0
>>113
Ah. Thanks. I've seen systems like this in other Internet communities.
>>114
It should be: It seems that I am the only recent Japanese.
116:maji
08/09/08 15:59:12 MVBDTVYM0
>>115
Thanks for your correction.
I am learning English. I am always glad when you correct my English.
I think my English may be understandable, but not natural.
In order to reach next step, I am trying write or speak natural English.
117:maji
08/09/08 23:41:51 MVBDTVYM0
Intersting!
This is life.
URLﾘﾝｸ(jp.youtube.com)
118:maji
08/09/09 07:21:52 JO8DDb7p0
>>116
You're welcome. I'm happy to help. I can understand you fine.
I would like to learn Japanese, but I hear it takes a lot of dedication. Kanji look daunting to learn!
I don't know how Japanese are able to memorize thousands of kanji, their strokes, their meanings, pronunciation... What a language!
I know that learning kanji is divided into different grades at school. Does this mean a 2nd grader is unable to understand 3rd grade Japanese?
Are 5th graders unable to read a newspaper? Doesn't it make communication difficult having to remember all the kanji?
I know very few kanji, and it appears that Japanese is easy if you know it all.
What do Japanese people find difficult about English?
>>117
lol, that video is both amusing and depressing at the same time.
119:maji
08/09/09 10:18:24 JM9rkl0D0
>>118
> I know that learning kanji is divided into different grades at school. Does this mean a 2nd grader is unable to understand 3rd grade Japanese?
> Are 5th graders unable to read a newspaper? Doesn't it make communication difficult having to remember all the kanji?
Actually, 2nd grader can't understand kanji which is supposed to be learnt in 3rd grade unless they do extra study.
I don't think that the 5th graders can't read a news paper. They don't use difficult kanji in passages for kids.
And they frequently put small hiragana alongside with the kanji in order to make kids being able to read.
> I know very few kanji, and it appears that Japanese is easy if you know it all.
Japanese don't necessarily know all kanji. It is said that you need to know 2000 kanjis to read a newspaper.
Construction of sentences is very difficult. Tense as well. We don't have the tense; present perfect, and past pafect.
Article. We often forget to add a, an, the. And one of the most difficult thing is different ideas of choosing words and frases.
I can't tell everything.
The other day, I watched CNN news. It's difficult for me to understand.
A reporter asked a question to a state soldier when the hurricane gustav was hitting.
I was not able to catch even a word from the soldier. orz.