Asian DramaWiki Forum

Sorry for the delay in replying.... my work schedule has been crazy this week. Since I'm gathering you're a beginner, the g55 would probably suit your needs pretty well and be something that you'll be able to get quite a bit of use out of. I found that I didn't need one so much my first year at Uni,...

It really depends on what level you're at and where you want to go with your Japanese study. I just bought the Wordtank G70 a few months ago and I really like it. It has lots of dictionaries and is pretty easy to navigate. The good thing about the Cannon models is that you can switch the menus and t...

1). Last Christmas
2). Love Generation
3). Kimi ha petto

groink wrote:Personal computer comes out as 「パーソナルコンピュータ」 (pa+so+na+lu+ko-n'-pi+yu-ta), and there's about a quarter of a million references via Google.

パソコン is the correct shortened form of that. And it's very widely used.

and just to quickly add... Wikipedia has an article on "gairaigo" and loan words in Japanese:

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

There's a link to a list of common terms in that article as well.

I've also notice beside katakana-ing english words they also sometime mutate it, like for computers I hear them say it as pa-su-con. Short for personal computer? Right. For some reason the Japanese like to shorten things... and it especially seems to be into 4 syllables. Another example could be コン...

I'm a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Majoring in International Business... minors in Japanese, Asian Studies and International Studies. Hoping to have this whole college thing finished up in December 2006... as long as I don't declare any more minors *heh*

21 over here. And loving it. If anyone figures out how to freeze time so I can stay 21 let me know

Turning 21 on Wednesday (Mar. 30). It's about time ;)

'nother n00b here :D Have been lurking around for awhile and not posting... I'm notorious for doing that ^^ But anyway, hello to everyone. My name is Sheena... I'm a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln... majoring in International Business and minoring in Japanese, International Studies an...