crazy letters - freeware is pure poetry

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http://homepage3.nifty.com/piazza/tek/index.htm#crazy_head


An inscrupulous Waka/Haiku creator just for fun, which may cool down your
overheated head by generating random thirty-one or seventeen letters,
having resemblance to Japanese Waka and Haiku only with its number of
letters.


For Japanese-language version of Windows only.
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There are some nice programs on the page, but it is unfortunate that a
Japanese language computer is required. Does anyone know of an ultra-quick
freeware Japanese language course? I only know kung-fu, hari-kari and
sayonara.

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Frank Bohan
¶ Willpower is the ability to eat one salted peanut.
 
Japanese language computer is required. Does anyone know of an
ultra-quick freeware Japanese language course? I only know kung-fu,
hari-kari and sayonara.
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Kung-fu is Chinese, not Japanese, so your knowledge of the language has
been reduced by 33.3%

:-)

Ibn
 
Ibn Battuta said:
Kung-fu is Chinese, not Japanese, so your knowledge of the language has
been reduced by 33.3%

:-)

Ibn
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Damn. I meant to put ju-jitsu (or is that also Chinese). How about mikado?

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Frank Bohan
¶ Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.
 
There are some nice programs on the page, but it is unfortunate that a
Japanese language computer is required. Does anyone know of an
ultra-quick freeware Japanese language course? I only know kung-fu,
hari-kari and sayonara.
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Try adding "Arr - sole" to your vocabulary, and repeat it as you look in
the mirror.
 
Try adding "Arr - sole" to your vocabulary, and repeat it as you look in
the mirror.
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Mirror, Mirror on the wall whose the BIGGEST "Arr - sole" of them all?

The Mirror Replied...

Mandy Abbett is the BIGGEST "Arr - sole" of them all!
 
You spelt hara kiri wrong too...
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That really doesn't matter much, since it is just a transliteration from
the kanji script, so it can be spelled differently. The bigger problem is
that hari kiri is more of a misoner for the correct term - sepuku.

Ibn
 
Cousin said:
Mirror, Mirror on the wall whose the BIGGEST "Arr - sole" of them all?

The Mirror Replied...

Mandy Abbett is the BIGGEST "Arr - sole" of them all!
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Maybe, but I got a good laugh out of it!
 
Ibn Battuta said:
That really doesn't matter much, since it is just a transliteration from
the kanji script, so it can be spelled differently. The bigger problem is
that hari kiri is more of a misoner for the correct term - sepuku.

Ibn
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I've just recalled another word -- kamikazi -- which I understand means
"divine wind" and refers to strong winds which arose and thwarted Mongol
invasions attempts. Can anyone suggest a Japanese-English translating
dictionary, freeware of course.

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Frank Bohan
¶ I'll smoke when the pope's wife takes the pill.
 
Frank said:
Can anyone suggest a Japanese-English translating
dictionary, freeware of course.
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perhaps. . .

Program: JWPce
Author: Glenn Rosenthal
Ware: (Freeware) (open source: GNU GPL)
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/jwpce.html

The program is a word processor. . . but. . .

<q>
JWPce Features
A Brief List of Special Features
JWPce has many special features. The main ones are:

* Online Dictionary: JWPce uses Jim Breen's Japanese-English
dictionary. This dictionary allows the user to translate both to and
from Japanese, using either kanji or kana. JWPce's dictionary features
are highly expanded, the program allows searching of Jim Breen's EDICT
(general word dictionary), and ENAMDIC (a name dictionary containing
over 168k Japanese names), as well as a number of other Japanese(English
dictionaries. Additionally, a user dictionary is supported for words
that you cannot find in the online dictionaries.
* Radical Lookup: JWPce has the ability to lookup kanji by stroke
number, and by identifying any number of radicals contained within the
kanji. Thus if you can identify two or more radicals within the kanji,
you can search for all kanji containing all of those radicals.
* Many Different Kanji Lookup Systems: JWPce contains no less than
nine kanji lookup systems.
* Kanji Information: JWPce has the ability to provide a large
amount of information on any kanji character, including meanings,
on-yomi, kun-yomi, etc.
* Auto-detect Clipboard: When importing from the clipboard JWPce
can automatically detect the clipboard format. This makes reading
Japanese web pages much easier.
* Unicode Support: JWPce supports Unicode both in files and on the
clipboard. As Unicode applications become more dominant, this feature
will become even more useful. (Current Unicode applications include
Internet Explorer 4.x/5.x, Word, Netscape 4.x, and all native Windows CE
applications.)
* Color Kanji: JWPce can display kanji in a list you generate in a
different color. This allows you to color either the kanji that you
don't know or the kanji that you do know.
* Advanced Search: JWPce has expanded search capabilities that
allow searching over multiple files.
* Kanji Counting: JWPce can identify the most common kanji in a
file. This list is useful for students who want to identity common kanji
to learn.
* Regular Actions: JWPce has a very regular approach to user
interactions. This allows you to call up the kanji information box from
any location, or call up the radical lookup dialog box from any edit box.
* Multiple Selections: JWPce allows multiple selection to be used
in almost every location. This includes the Open File... dialog box, the
dictionary dialog box, the Character Information dialog box, etc.
Selection of multiple items is supported wherever it makes sense.
* Highly Configurable: Although JWPce is not configurable in all
the ways JWP was, in many ways it is more configurable. Look through the
Utilities/Options... dialog box for the major options. (Note that
dictionary search options cannot be set there, use the
Utilities/Dictionary... dialog box to set these).
* User Conveniences: JWPce has many user conveniences built into
the interface, including remembering where your window is located,
reloading files you were previously working on, etc.
* Network Configuration: JWPce can be installed on a network where,
each user is assigned a location to store his or her personal
configuration.
</q>

Susan
 
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