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Ah, that’s the manga author’s name. Arai Keiichi. Think obsolete kanji and kana are still used in names, especially if they’re old distinguished names. Like ゑびす.
Yeah, I found a few images showing the same text, but they’re all similarly blurry. It’s hard to take photos of lights at night.
Pretty much, yeah. There’s only two of them, though, so you may as well learn to at least recognise them.
What anime?
Auryn!
Anyway, what are you doing over there? =)
Didn’t he move on to bigger and better things a few months ago? Or am I thinking of someone else?
Tsutenkaku. It’s in Osaka.
Are you quizzing me? =P
Also, 今日 is more usually pronounced きょう. =)
Compared to the British greeting “good day”, it’s not all that odd.
Otherwise, when counting specific things, it’s Nana.
人, 月 and 時 use しち. Unfortunately, Japanese has exceptions coming out its figurative ears. =P
Not so much “don’t understand” as “can’t read” – can anyone make out (or know from other sources) the top two red kanji in this image?
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Belthazar/media/Teppan013_002_21545_zps21adfa1f.png.html
They’re basically not used any more, ever. Unless you’re trying to be anachronistic (like the old “Ye Olde English Shoppe” style, only in Japanese). Just as “wo” is usually pronounced as “o”, “we” and “wi” are pronounced as “e” and “i”, so they became obsolete. I can’t even figure out how to type them using my IME…
Fun fact: the beer brand Yebisu is technically written as ゑびす (but is pronounced “Ebisu”).
Welcome! I did TextFugu on the side while learning Japanese at uni as well. We studied using the Nakama textbook, where (for some inexplicable reason) the first kanji taught are those for the days of the week…
Welcome!
According to some hasty Googling, logographic orthographies (such as kanji) work well for dyslexics, but not many studies have been done for syllabaric orthographies (like katakana or hiragana). I couldn’t speak personally, though…
Manga is good for practice and vocab learning, and because it’s just plain fun. I wouldn’t rely on it for grammar or learning how to talk like a normal person, though.
No. They’re different. And when you start to learn the potential form, you’ll need to be able to recognise that difference…
I was struggling to breathe a bit, so we decided to stop at the seventh station for the night. Unfortunately, during the night my friend got sick – still not really sure why. In hindsight, I probably would have been fine with a short break and a hot meal, but I’m not sure if that would have resulted in my friend getting sick somewhere on the mountainside instead of in a hut, or if he wouldn’t have gotten sick at all.
Woke up for the sunrise, then headed back down again. Bah.
