Learning Japanese

[mendokusa]

Ｖｅｘｘ
there is about 8000 kanji all.
but not learn the kanji all.all japanese people learn about 2000 kanji in school.
the 2000 kanji is "jyouyou-kanji".
in japan,it is marginal line to understand all jyouyou-kanji.
it isn't absurd to understand all jyouyou-kanji.
It is almost expert like scholar that learn all about 8000 kanji.

iLney
"zetubouteki na kimochi"
"chairo no inu"or "chairoi inu"
word + noun

na adjective:'-da' or '-desu'→"-na "+ noun
"zetuboutekida" or "zetuboutekidesu"→"zetubouteki na kimochi"

i adjective :'-i'→"-i"+ noun
"chairoi"→"chairoi inu"

noun :noun + "no"+ noun
"chairo"→"chairo no inu"

[LiberLibri]

Originally Posted by mendokusa

there is about 8000 kanji all.

康煕字典 (Kangxi_Dictionary) contains more than 40 thousands kanjis.

[Raiga]

Originally Posted by LiberLibri

康煕字典 (Kangxi_Dictionary) contains more than 40 thousands kanjis.

Contains more than 40 thousand Chinese characters, Japanese doesn't contain nearly all of them.

[nikorai]

Raiga

Chinese characters

Basically, 漢字＝Chinese characters.

[LiberLibri]

Originally Posted by Raiga

Contains more than 40 thousand Chinese characters, Japanese doesn't contain nearly all of them.

As nikorai suggests, Japanese kanjis were basically imported from China with some mutation (*). It is pointless to distinguish kanjis from the traditional Chinese characters.

As for modern usage, Japanese government provides more than 20 thousand kanjis for the use in koseki registration. Most of the characters are not employed so often, though.

*) Some kanjis were invented in Japan. For example, animal's name such as 鰯 was "Japanese" kanji. There are also "modern" kanjis invented in Japan to translate western materials. e.g.,

(drachma)
(ounce)

[nikorai]

LiberLibri
Thanks for additional information. 20 thousand kanji for names, that's a lot! I guess the owner of a name with some freaky kanji is encouraged to provide furigana or esle.

And I forgot that there are indeed so-called 国字, kanji created in Japan, like

辻（つじ）－crossroads (pretty much literal interpretation - road+cross (10))
峠（とうげ）－mountain pass (mountain, up and down).

But then the characters seem to be used in Chinese too (the components are still original Chinese). Even the computer encoding is the same. If I come across Chinese text I often use IME 手書き to input words into the dictionary.

[Raiga]

Originally Posted by nikorai

Raiga

Basically, 漢字＝Chinese characters.

Well, yeah, I know, but saying "kanji" instead of "hanzi" implies only the ones used in Japanese.

[mendokusa]

in some case,same kanji,but there is difference of that meaning between japan and china.
床 is floor in japan, and is bed in china.

in china,kanji often have one reading.
in janan,kanji often have many reading.
japanese kanji have reading used in today or old china,too.
if today japanese know 2000 knaji, isn't afraid.
It is almost scholar like expert that learn 8000 kanji,in japan.

how to create kanji is 4 type.
1)create from shape of object
木　日　川
2)create pointing something
上　下 本
3)create matching some kanji from meaning
口＋鳥＝鳴　人＋言＝信　山＋石＝岩
4)create matching kanji of meaning(bushu) and kanji of sound(tukuri)
清・精・晴　板・坂・阪　館・管・菅

[iLney]

答える問題はどうぞありがとう。　
(if that makes any sense to you guys, I make it up , is that how it is said in natural Japanese？）

Next question:

I heard: ごめなさいこまらせることきって。 =>ごめなさい困らせる事きって.

What is "きって" here? Does it come from 切る?

[mendokusa]

答える問題はどうぞありがとう。　
(if that makes any sense to you guys, I make it up , is that how it is said in natural Japanese？）

Next question:

I heard: ごめなさいこまらせることきって。 =>ごめなさい困らせる事きって.

What is "きって" here? Does it come from 切る?

noun を　ありがとう　→問題の答えをありがとう
verb　してくれて　ありがとう　→　問題に答えてくれてありがとう

どうぞ:　express request or invitation for you どうぞよろしく
どうも:　really どうもありがとう

ごめんなさい困らせることきって
きって→聞いて
this is toutihou.
倒置法

困らせること聞いてごめんなさい
this is former sentence,but ”ごめんなさい”is important.
so "ごめんなさい" is first.

[Raiga]

Really random question, but I see this all the time on Nicovideo but I can't find it in the dictionary I'm using or through Google.

What does 倍速 mean?

[iLney]

It means "speed of CD-rom drives"

http://www.mahou.org/Dict/?word=%E5%...E9%80%9F&d=All

@mendokusa:

Thanks

I've only seen "ありがとう" used in things like "昨日はありがとう。”　

So the correct sentence is: 　問題に答えてくれてありがとう.

To emphasize gratitude, it becomes "ありがとう問題に答えてくれて"?

[Raiga]

Huh. Well thanks. Now to figure out what that's supposed to refer to in context of the Nicovids it tends to pop up in...

[Leopard]

Originally Posted by Raiga

Really random question, but I see this all the time on Nicovideo but I can't find it in the dictionary I'm using or through Google.

What does 倍速 mean?

倍速 = double-speed

[Raiga]

Originally Posted by Leopard

倍速 = double-speed

Ahah. That makes sense. Thanks.

[mendokusa]

二倍＝倍
so,”三の二倍は六です。”is"三の二倍は六です。".３×２＝６

To emphasize gratitude, it becomes "ありがとう問題に答えてくれて"?

yeah.
because it is easy to understand meaning,had better　use"、"or"。","！",
ありがとう、問題に答えてくれて

[risingstar3110]

A quick question if any1 can help....

How do i ask (for example Mr A) about what will he do this weekend? Is it...

Doonichi ni, A-san wa nani o shimas ka ?


Do i have to put Kon before donichi to say "this weekend"

Or should i say where is he this weekend instead (Darega imas ka)

[LiberLibri]

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

How do i ask (for example Mr A) about what will he do this weekend? Is it...
Doonichi ni, A-san wa nani o shimas ka ?

Good. You don't have to emphasize THIS because the listener can easily suppose it.
Or if you want to say it manifestly, then "kono donichi wa".

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

Or should i say where is he this weekend instead (Darega imas ka)

It will be also good.
Kono donichi wa doko ni imasu ka?
Kono donichi wa nani o shimasu ka?
Kono shumatsu wa nani wo shimasu ka?]
They all make sense.

[risingstar3110]

Originally Posted by LiberLibri

Good. You don't have to emphasize THIS because the listener can easily suppose it.
Or if you want to say it manifestly, then "kono donichi wa".
It will be also good.
Kono donichi wa doko ni imasu ka?
Kono donichi wa nani o shimasu ka?
Kono shumatsu wa nani wo shimasu ka?]
They all make sense.

Many thanks no cookies through ^^

Is Shumatsu also "weekend"? All of my online dictionaries failed to translate it....

[LiberLibri]

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

Is Shumatsu also "weekend"? All of my online dictionaries failed to translate it....

Exactly. Try by 週末 or しゅうまつ.