yildiray's past comments

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    yildiray

    China is not going to support their crazy neighbor.. it would be bad for business and world opinion now that they are a commercial power

    But on the flip side, they won't like the idea of potential US bases directly on their border.

    Posted in: N Korea can't hit America, but South Korea and Japan in range

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    yildiray

    Quick, get Dennis Rodman back!

    Posted in: N Korea can't hit America, but South Korea and Japan in range

  • -2

    yildiray

    After Junji Ogura screwed England for his world cup vote after promising otherwise, I wouldn't be surprised if certain football-related groups press for a similar act on this side

    Posted in: Tokyo opens 2020 Olympic bid campaign in London

  • 1

    yildiray

    I talked with my g/f about this and she said her volleyball coach had kicked and slapped her, and her teamm mates, numerous times for making small errors when she was in high school... it's absolutely disgraceful!

    Posted in: Student commits suicide after being beaten by school basketball coach

  • -1

    yildiray

    while two did not give valid answers

    Not valid as in "Not until my check clears" or as in they simply broke down and sobbed at the very thought?

    Posted in: 54% of cities hosting nuclear plants OK restart: survey

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    yildiray

    Why not just map the cups 9mm larger if they are honestly standing by that excuse?

    Posted in: Starbucks Japan reduces amount of brew in some offerings

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    yildiray

    I made this comment after Japan beat France, got a load of negative votes but guess this backed up what I said:

    yildirayOCT. 13, 2012 - 01:56PM JST Lets not get too carried away... Japan is improving as a team, but they are still going to struggle to get past quarter-final stages of a major tournament when they cannot avoid one of the stronger teams.

    Posted in: Brazil thumps Japan 4-0 in friendly

  • -1

    yildiray

    Which movies is George Lazenby in?

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service.... the nail in his coffin was the screenwriter deciding that Bond should get married hahaha

    Posted in: Marking the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond movie, we ask which actor's portrayal of 007 is your favorite?

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    yildiray

    This Japanese side has the ability to go deep in the World Cup tournament in 2014.

    Lets not get too carried away... Japan is improving as a team, but they are still going to struggle to get past quarter-final stages of a major tournament when they cannot avoid one of the stronger teams.

    France have been poor for a while now - this result shouldn't really be considered an upset/shock as the article seems to point towards.

    Posted in: Japan beats France 1-0

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    yildiray

    It says "In any commercial place" - wouldn't that mean all the dance schools are illegal?

    Posted in: No fun

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    yildiray

    The homonym problem can be solved by differentiating use of hiragana and katakana, so that nose is ハナ　and flower is　はな for example

    Works with 2, what about the other words pronounced "hana" though? Japanese simply doesn't have enough syllables to cut kanji without making reading near-impossible.

    Or even more so, what about words pronounced "Shou" - my jisho shows 34 results, each with different kanji and meanings, for that word.

    Posted in: Declining kanji-writing skill of Japanese blamed on cell phones, computers

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    yildiray

    The Koreans and the Vietnamese both got rid of kanji and replaced them with hangul and romaji respectively, and they don't have any trouble understanding the written word.

    While I can't comment on the Vietnamese language, hangul's arrangement is not the same as romaji since the individual characters are grouped in a way that give a direct meaning like kanji. It avoids similar sound confusion from that way.

    And when people speak, you don't see the kanji appearing in a speech bubble above their heads, but nobody has any trouble here either.

    Try using Japanese in a technical sense, you will often need to explain words based on the kanji (or paraphrase yourself). Japanese has an incredible amount of homonyms so the kanji WILL be more and more important once you start getting away from daily conversation.

    It's similar to reading English though - why are "here" and "hear" pronounced the same yet spelt differently? We spell them differently to avoid confusion, and that is the same reason kanji is important for Japanese. You don't see that words appearing in speech bubbles over heads either, yet we still need to spell them in their individual form.

    Posted in: Declining kanji-writing skill of Japanese blamed on cell phones, computers

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    yildiray

    IMO, kanjis should turned into a sort of art, like ikebana, and Latin alphabet should be taught more and more

    I'm guessing you don't use much Japanese, but the problem with that suggestion is that (although it would be easier to read) the meaning would be very difficult to understand in many situations if written solely in hiragana/romaji.

    Posted in: Declining kanji-writing skill of Japanese blamed on cell phones, computers

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    yildiray

    Can you guys please stop using the word "foreigners"? It's offensive.

    Would you prefer "Those person not fortunates enough to have been borned in utmost gloriously nation of Japan" instead?

    Posted in: Cool Japan? With new resident system for foreigners, 'Cold Japan' fits better

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    yildiray

    “I am very happy that the immigration system is being revised. Foreign residents struggle with being viewed as ‘others,’ so even doing away with the Alien Registration Cards is a positive stem, and is warmly welcomed by us.”—- Cage Morgan

    An alien registration card under a different name is still an alien registration card... what on earth is that guy talking about?

    Posted in: Cool Japan? With new resident system for foreigners, 'Cold Japan' fits better

  • 3

    yildiray

    Javelins and arrows are far more dangerous than firearms

    You realise they are not talking about javelin missles, right?

    Posted in: Schoolgirl speared in head by javelin at Hiroshima university

  • 1

    yildiray

    Has linkedin bumped up their security? I can't imagine the stories of being hacked, or transmitting data without permission, last month has made your job of enticing Japanese users any easier...

    Posted in: Japanese are not LinkedIn enough

  • -2

    yildiray

    Pasmo / Suica are anonymous in that no owner information is embedded

    They ask for your name/gender/dob/phone number when you buy one.

    Posted in: New registration system for foreigners starts in Japan

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    yildiray

    Has anyone applied for this new card yet?

    I was under the impression that it will automatically be created and sent to us if we are already residents. I received a letter about 2-3 months ago asking me to check the information which will be included on the card.

    Posted in: New registration system for foreigners starts in Japan

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    yildiray

    I lent that man my parking space and in return he walked my dog.

    Best. Euphemism. Ever.

    Posted in: Caiya denies reports of extramarital affair

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