Correct. People always confused about the meaning of this thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku

It has more usage. What you said is true on a part of it.

This post has been edited by Dark Steno: Jan 3 2006, 07:35 PM

Root word for it is, "yameru" which the meaning as like what jayhan said.

Internet.

If you know, why not make the thread?

Hey jhcj, the site not yet up?

http://www.maskawaih.com/japlesson/Japanese%20Flashcard.rar

This one?

Haiya... simple as that mah. I thot what.

You can add "domo" at "sumimasen" to give the most sincerest form of usage.

guudo geemu. i think.

Don't be silly. This is why the thread exist here. Don't give up.

好 = suki (like/love) is a combination of two other kanji which are 女 = onna (girl) and 子 = kodomo (child). so, love is loli.

It's an expression. "ne" will be strengthen the word and depends on situation you used.

"DU".

Just pronounce it as 'sho'. Despite being written as big 'shi' with smaller 'yo', the pronunciation is directly to 'sho'. Look at katakana's 'fu' with smaller 'a','i','u','e' or 'o' for example, ファミリ　and you pronounce it as 'famiri' not as 'fuamiri'.

Just like BM. Actually if you listen carefully, it's more like 'nyia'.

Hey, I learn Japanese, German and Arabic. Each has different set of grammar, ok? Quite a hassle but I think Japanese is the easiest one among the three. Tho, I need to learn more kanji.

You need to brush up your English too.

sumimasen is usually used for formal way. especially for a stranger or someone higher in the class like your senpai or sensei. while gomen nasai for close friends or family members.

if a close friend, just use gomen i guess.

hmm, for second question, that's very subjective. depends on who is your reader i think. i am going gung ho with my learning of japanese actually. because i learn those kana and kanji just for my pleasure of reading manga but i tell you it's the worst way of learning. which is pointing back to your question that i found a lot in japanese manga that they tend to use katakana for even words that have its own kanji initially. so its normal if you see in manga that they used katakana or hiragana instead of proper kanji.

though in light novels, they tend to use proper kanji and formal japanese language (less otaku way of wording i guess).