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Welcome to the Japanese General Discussion! This is where we discuss everything related to the Japanese language, including, but not limited to:

-asking specific questions about Japanese vocabulary and grammar (people who can speak Japanese fluently can help answer others' questions)
-recommendations for Japnese dictionaries, websites, etc
-and everything else about the beautiful langauge of Japan! 3nodding

Please note that although speaking in Japanese is allowed here, it is not mandatory.

Let's start off with a few facts about the Japanese language:

Spoken in: Japan

Total number of speakers: roughly 130 million worldwide (if you count 2nd language speakers)

Language Family: unknown

Regulated by: Japanese Government

eek So we added it afterall. In Japan, I had take of daily classes for hours because I couldn't pronounce the language. xd

Here is the online dictionary I will recommend: http://dict.pspinc.com/. You can find about every word of Japan in there.

And http://japanese.about.com/

聲 = 声
氣 = 気
koemo denai kuraini...sonna imani hitorito kiduku.
"Voice do not come out...such the person with does aware"
Thankies! heart *gives shaped cookies*

japanese-online.com is a good website

isn't 1 in japanese "ichi" i thought it was ichi....some guy came into our class doing a harrassment presentation and he was going to perform a skit so he wanted us to go "1,2,3 ACTION" in Japanese....so he decided to teach us but he said "1" was ich, like as in "itch", he sure is crazy xp

Ooooh, so a Japanese discussion has been added after all. Very well, I've been learning some japanese (not much), and this discussion might be useful hehehe. I'll keep an eye on it...