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Hi guys; I wonder if I could get WikiProject Japan's take on some redirects I've recently created. As background, the redirect Heisei 20 → 2008 was recently nominated at RfD and ended closed as " keep". Based on that, I initiated a discussion of the similar redirect Meiji 3 → 1870, which ended up closing as " retarget" to Meiji period, in part because Japan didn't adopt the Gregorian year until Meiji 6 (1873).
Based on the fact that both were kept, and my own opinion that redirects for individual Japanese years are useful, I've since created links for most of the individual years from Meiji 6 on (haven't done Shōwa years yet). However, I originally created them as redirects to the individual Gregorian years (my reading of the original Heisei 20 close); since then (a fairly short period of time), several have been retargeted to the period articles, no doubt due to other editors' reading of the Meiji 3 close.
RfD is no good at finding systematic answers to this sort of question, so I thought I'd ask the most interested parties. My question is: Given that there seems to be agreement that these per-year redirects should (or at least may) exist, what do people think is the better target - the year, the period, or something else? I'm not polling, I just want to hear your opinions. Thanks in advance for your time. — Gavia immer ( talk) 22:28, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the input, guys; there seems to be more support for Gregorian year redirects among the comments here and at the previous RfDs, so I've decided to go with that for now. — Gavia immer ( talk) 17:51, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Althought this thread is specifically focused on the Meiji period and later, this may be the most appropriate place to sound a small warning? It appears that there may be an minor error in NengoCalc's data-set for the 11th year of Kan'ei -- in the transition between the 7th month and the 8th month.
Isaac Titsingh's translation of Nipon o daï itsi ran explains that Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu appeared at Court in Kyoto in 1634 -- in the 7th month of Kan'ei. Richard Ponsonby-Fane's Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. reports that the shogun visited ex- Emperor Go-Mizunoo on "August 27."
In that context, NengoCalc's last day of the 7th month of the 11th year of Kan'ei is 22.8.1634 (Tuesday) or 寛永十一年七月二十九日
NengoCalc's first day of the 8th month of the 11th year of Kan'ei is 22.9.1634 (Friday) or 寛永十一年八月一日
I worry that this small mistake may have ramifications in subsequent dates? I did contact the NengoCalc webmaster and the Japanese studies program at the University of Tübingen-- Tenmei ( talk) 16:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
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I thought this WikiProject might be interested. Ping me with any specific queries or leave them on the page linked to above. Thanks! - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 21:58, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
While there is currently an article for hanamachi, chayagai remains a red link. Are the two terms more or less synonymous (i.e should we have one redirect to the other)? Are they different enough to warrant separate articles? I dabble heavily in Edo period entertainment subjects - kabuki, ukiyo-e, etc - but don't actually know that much about the pleasure districts. Is there anyone out there with some expert insights? LordAmeth ( talk) 02:17, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Yokohama seems a surprisingly ragged article.
I've given it a touch-up but this has merely manicured its mediocrity. My problems are (i) that I don't know Yokohama well and -- warning, this is a WP:COAT -- (ii) I'm in deep trouble with a Japanese-specific computer nightmare (
please help!).
Tama1988 (
talk) 11:11, 6 February 2009 (UTC) Computer problem fixed
Tama1988 (
talk) 08:16, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
I think it needs a lot more than a final push. It needs a series of pushes, and I thank you for having already given it one of these pushes.
Perhaps somebody who knows about markup can do something about the disastrous placement of the population table. At least as I view it -- via Firefox on the office's newly buena Vista machine ( Thank you Oda Mari!) -- the table plunges well below its intended section into an unrelated section. Tama1988 ( talk) 08:16, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Would anyone be able to help adding a few things from here ja:宗谷 (船)? I hope it is OK to ask for this kind of help here ( Msrasnw ( talk) 17:27, 6 February 2009 (UTC))
Now the subject of the article is editing it himself. I have tried to wikify, can someone give this a look? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 06:46, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
The child Anime/manga project need people that know enough Japanese to look for RS Japanese reviews or other evidence of notability for manga reviewed for deletion
WP:MANGA/D. While usual & recurrent reviewers of manga Afd can look for sign of notability in English, French, Germain, Spanish and Italian, Japanese is often a blind spot.
Due to the existence of
scanlation, there is a continuous flow of manga reviewed for Afd so the capability to assert manga notability in its most important markets can lessen the repeated outburst of tantrum and drama during those Afd. People willing to hunt for RS reviews or other evidence of notability in languages not covered are also welcome like Chinese or Portuguese.
KrebMarkt 09:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
The Jokanji is the shrine/cemetery associated with the Yoshiwara Pleasure district in Edo (old tokyo), where dead prostitutes bodies were dumped. I am looking for sources of more info anyone can point me to, this place is pretty obscure. Do any of you know of similar places associated with the Shimabara in Kyoto and the Shinmachi in Osaka? Is there one associated with the Hot Springs Geisha? I am working on the Oiran article and discovered the Jokanji isn't listed in Wikipedia. And I am almost certain there must be others like it, to mention along with the article I want to write, if no one else gets to it first. ( PureLandAngel ( talk) 19:14, 12 February 2009 (UTC))
Can someone please take a look at this one? I don't know where to begin to start cleanup. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 01:21, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
I asked a question about a sound recording at Commons:Help desk#Copyright question: sound recording in Japan. If anyone has pertinent information, it would be appreciated. Fg2 ( talk) 11:27, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I just created this article, basically paraphrasing a 1998 obituary of this writer from the Proletarian Literature Movement. Any clean-ups, edits, etc welcome. Would also be interested if people know of Nakano Shigeharu or Taurujiro Kubokawa (the latter is Sata's first husband, but I think the English transliteration may be wrong). There is also an extensive text in Japanese on Sata here. Thanks.-- Goldsztajn ( talk) 05:24, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Please take a look and add your two 円, thanks! Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 07:44, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't know how to get the right macrons on this, help? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 02:08, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Does anybody know the correct English translation of terms like 国/市史跡, 文化財 and 国/市名勝? Are there others? Thanks urashimataro ( talk) 02:28, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. If I find anything definite on the subject, I will post it here. urashimataro ( talk) 04:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
I am nearly finished with a restoration of File:Forces_returning.jpg. I will be nominating it for featured status, and would love to have a translation. I would be willing to share featured credit with the translator. Thanks, — Jake Wartenberg 19:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
I can't read the caligraphy well enough to offer a competent translation, but I can tell you that it's supposed to be a humor piece, and the jist of it is, the Tsar is seeing apparitions of his wrecked ships, canons and telegraph lines coming to haunt him. But you probably already knew that :/ TomorrowTime ( talk) 09:13, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Mantokun, you are right. According to
this page, 骨皮道人 is Sōsōtei koppi (+jin?). The rest of the caligraphy written by
Cursive script (East Asia) is maybe:
使って????、大怪我をした軍艦や大砲や或いハ汽車電信などに???????しく思って本國へ其実際を見せに行って 軍艦「ヘイ私は軍艦で御座います、日本艦隊を打ち破れなく斯様(こん)な姿に成りました 大砲「ヘイ私は大砲で御座います、日本軍の大攻撃を受、斯様(かよう)な生れも附(つか)ぬ不具(かたち)になりまして御座います「ヘイ汽車も「ヘイ電信も何(いづ)れも?帯と撞木杖で見る影もない有様で、半死半生ながらも種々(いろいろ)大負の次第を訴へたので、露國の或る危人(?)も初めて其大敗北を知り「ム、今迄の報告とても、餘(あま)り勝利の方でハ無かったが、併(しか)し夫程(それほど)の大負とハ思ハなかった、とハ云え今となってハ遺憾とも仕方がない、乃公(おれ)も残念だが、貴様達もマア負傷して居て呉れ
I'm sure there are mistakes. Correct me. Thank you.
Oda Mari (
talk) 20:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I was looking with Google for an image for the article Haibutsu kishaku (Meiji era anti-Buddhist violence) when I found this. The pic is cute and would be good, but I want to make sure it's what I am looking for, because I can't understand what's written on it. Neither can my Japanese companion (or so I am told), but I know for a fact that, when it comes to my Wikipedia work, she isn't nearly as enthusiastic as I would like. Can anybody figure out more or less what the Japanese says? Does it indeed show an episode of the Haibutsu kishaku? Reading the page it's in, it sure seems to. Thanks. urashimataro ( talk) 05:33, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
The articles Siege of Edo Castle and Rescue of Mitsunari appear to describe fictional events, but the author has removed references to their being fiction. The former article has a section, Siege of Edo Castle#Fall of The Tokugawa, which concludes with the sentence "Ieyasu was now really alone and he continued the fight,but Yukimura came there and fought against him,Ieyasu was defeated and captured,and after that he was executed in Ueda Castle." This is not in full accord with scholarship on the Edo period.
If they're valid articles about fiction, there's no real point in deleting them, but they should be clearly described as fiction. Any suggestions? Fg2 ( talk) 11:13, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
I first took notice this list when the creator started to link it in "See also" sections of several shrine articles. I don't know what to make of it. It cites no sources and therefore I don't really know how accurate it is and if it is comprehensive at all. Does anyone know much about this? Is this list worth keeping? -- Torsodog Talk 19:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
I just found WikiProject Sumo, which I hadn't realized existed before. I've added it to the WP:JA navbox and added the navbox to the home page of that project. Just FYI. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 03:08, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
What is the reading of 日向大佐 - Is it Hyūga Daichi or Hyūga Taichi? Also what is 川島中佐 (Kawashima-something)? - It's about Shadow Hearts WhisperToMe ( talk) 07:49, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
I have been doing some work on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test article this month, and I'd appreciate any suggestions on what else to do with it. I'm having some trouble finding further reliable sources, although you wouldn't think it would be too hard to find criticisms of the format in print. Dekimasu よ! 12:48, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
ATTN any administrators: Is there any chance someone can introduce the Template:FL-Class into the template so it is recognized and displayed properly? Thanks! -- Torsodog Talk 14:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Can someone give this a look? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 02:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi! I'm trying to figure out if this http://journal.mycom.co.jp/column/ebook/077/ is a personal blog or if it is a review of The Manzai Comics from a respected publication. I can't tell who wrote the article and/or if he/she is a staff member of the website. WhisperToMe ( talk) 07:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Recently, a user removed almost all references to Tokyo being a prefecture in the List of tallest buildings and structures in Tokyo. Is this correct (though its implementation would need some cleaning up), or should I revert? -- Torsodog Talk 15:25, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Just my two sen - Tokyo absolutely is a prefecture, even if it isn't a ken as such... TomorrowTime ( talk) 00:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to promote Kumi Koda to a FA article and I want to expand her musical style section. But I can't read Japanese so I would be grateful it if someone could translate this.
――トラックを受けて、倖田さんが歌詞に込めた想いは?
【倖田】 トラックを受けてパッと思いついたのが同性愛だったんですよ。私は相手が異性であろうと同性であろうと関係ないと思うタイプなんです。相手が誰であろうと“人を愛する気持ち”に変わりはないでしょ?“学校の先生に恋をしている”とか“友達の彼を好きになってしまった ”・・・なんて禁じられた恋をしている男女も同じ。そこで“好き”という気持ちを殺してしまうのは悲しすぎますよね。愛は人間を豊かにしてくれる宝物だから。大事にして欲しいなって思います。
From what I got from Google translator it's something about love not being straight or gay. ~Moon~
月
と
日の出 ~Sunrise~ 05:08, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
(I just know that there is a better translation for “好き”という気持ち, but I can't for the world remember it now. Help me out, please.) TomorrowTime ( talk) 08:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
This too please.
――サウンドはもちろん「TABOO」というタイトルもパンチがありますよね。“禁じられた行為”や“犯してはならない領域”を意味するこの言葉をタイトルに掲げた理由は?
【倖田】 この楽曲は“タブー”を歌っているわけじゃなく、逆に“タブーなんて存在しないんじゃないの?”というメッセージが込められているんですよ。みんなそれぞれ自分のなかに“これはやっちゃいけない”というタブーを持っていると思うんですね。それは、人生を歩み失敗や経験を繰り返すなかで作られてきた自分のルール。そのルールは自分を守るために必要なものであるとは思うんですけど、自分を縛りつけてしまうこともあると思うんですよね。トライしてみなきゃわからないのに、その前からNoサインを出してしまったり、タブーを打ち破り挑戦することで見えてくる新しい世界もきっとあると思うんです。ときには守りに入るのではなく勇気をもって攻めてみてもいいんじゃないか、と。そんな想いがこの曲には込められているんです。
Thanks. ~Moon~ 月 と 日の出 ~Sunrise~ 08:23, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
TomorrowTime ( talk) 08:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for translating. ~Moon~ 月 と 日の出 ~Sunrise~
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Hi guys; I wonder if I could get WikiProject Japan's take on some redirects I've recently created. As background, the redirect Heisei 20 → 2008 was recently nominated at RfD and ended closed as " keep". Based on that, I initiated a discussion of the similar redirect Meiji 3 → 1870, which ended up closing as " retarget" to Meiji period, in part because Japan didn't adopt the Gregorian year until Meiji 6 (1873).
Based on the fact that both were kept, and my own opinion that redirects for individual Japanese years are useful, I've since created links for most of the individual years from Meiji 6 on (haven't done Shōwa years yet). However, I originally created them as redirects to the individual Gregorian years (my reading of the original Heisei 20 close); since then (a fairly short period of time), several have been retargeted to the period articles, no doubt due to other editors' reading of the Meiji 3 close.
RfD is no good at finding systematic answers to this sort of question, so I thought I'd ask the most interested parties. My question is: Given that there seems to be agreement that these per-year redirects should (or at least may) exist, what do people think is the better target - the year, the period, or something else? I'm not polling, I just want to hear your opinions. Thanks in advance for your time. — Gavia immer ( talk) 22:28, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the input, guys; there seems to be more support for Gregorian year redirects among the comments here and at the previous RfDs, so I've decided to go with that for now. — Gavia immer ( talk) 17:51, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Althought this thread is specifically focused on the Meiji period and later, this may be the most appropriate place to sound a small warning? It appears that there may be an minor error in NengoCalc's data-set for the 11th year of Kan'ei -- in the transition between the 7th month and the 8th month.
Isaac Titsingh's translation of Nipon o daï itsi ran explains that Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu appeared at Court in Kyoto in 1634 -- in the 7th month of Kan'ei. Richard Ponsonby-Fane's Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. reports that the shogun visited ex- Emperor Go-Mizunoo on "August 27."
In that context, NengoCalc's last day of the 7th month of the 11th year of Kan'ei is 22.8.1634 (Tuesday) or 寛永十一年七月二十九日
NengoCalc's first day of the 8th month of the 11th year of Kan'ei is 22.9.1634 (Friday) or 寛永十一年八月一日
I worry that this small mistake may have ramifications in subsequent dates? I did contact the NengoCalc webmaster and the Japanese studies program at the University of Tübingen-- Tenmei ( talk) 16:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
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I thought this WikiProject might be interested. Ping me with any specific queries or leave them on the page linked to above. Thanks! - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 21:58, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
While there is currently an article for hanamachi, chayagai remains a red link. Are the two terms more or less synonymous (i.e should we have one redirect to the other)? Are they different enough to warrant separate articles? I dabble heavily in Edo period entertainment subjects - kabuki, ukiyo-e, etc - but don't actually know that much about the pleasure districts. Is there anyone out there with some expert insights? LordAmeth ( talk) 02:17, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Yokohama seems a surprisingly ragged article.
I've given it a touch-up but this has merely manicured its mediocrity. My problems are (i) that I don't know Yokohama well and -- warning, this is a WP:COAT -- (ii) I'm in deep trouble with a Japanese-specific computer nightmare (
please help!).
Tama1988 (
talk) 11:11, 6 February 2009 (UTC) Computer problem fixed
Tama1988 (
talk) 08:16, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
I think it needs a lot more than a final push. It needs a series of pushes, and I thank you for having already given it one of these pushes.
Perhaps somebody who knows about markup can do something about the disastrous placement of the population table. At least as I view it -- via Firefox on the office's newly buena Vista machine ( Thank you Oda Mari!) -- the table plunges well below its intended section into an unrelated section. Tama1988 ( talk) 08:16, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Would anyone be able to help adding a few things from here ja:宗谷 (船)? I hope it is OK to ask for this kind of help here ( Msrasnw ( talk) 17:27, 6 February 2009 (UTC))
Now the subject of the article is editing it himself. I have tried to wikify, can someone give this a look? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 06:46, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
The child Anime/manga project need people that know enough Japanese to look for RS Japanese reviews or other evidence of notability for manga reviewed for deletion
WP:MANGA/D. While usual & recurrent reviewers of manga Afd can look for sign of notability in English, French, Germain, Spanish and Italian, Japanese is often a blind spot.
Due to the existence of
scanlation, there is a continuous flow of manga reviewed for Afd so the capability to assert manga notability in its most important markets can lessen the repeated outburst of tantrum and drama during those Afd. People willing to hunt for RS reviews or other evidence of notability in languages not covered are also welcome like Chinese or Portuguese.
KrebMarkt 09:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
The Jokanji is the shrine/cemetery associated with the Yoshiwara Pleasure district in Edo (old tokyo), where dead prostitutes bodies were dumped. I am looking for sources of more info anyone can point me to, this place is pretty obscure. Do any of you know of similar places associated with the Shimabara in Kyoto and the Shinmachi in Osaka? Is there one associated with the Hot Springs Geisha? I am working on the Oiran article and discovered the Jokanji isn't listed in Wikipedia. And I am almost certain there must be others like it, to mention along with the article I want to write, if no one else gets to it first. ( PureLandAngel ( talk) 19:14, 12 February 2009 (UTC))
Can someone please take a look at this one? I don't know where to begin to start cleanup. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 01:21, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
I asked a question about a sound recording at Commons:Help desk#Copyright question: sound recording in Japan. If anyone has pertinent information, it would be appreciated. Fg2 ( talk) 11:27, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I just created this article, basically paraphrasing a 1998 obituary of this writer from the Proletarian Literature Movement. Any clean-ups, edits, etc welcome. Would also be interested if people know of Nakano Shigeharu or Taurujiro Kubokawa (the latter is Sata's first husband, but I think the English transliteration may be wrong). There is also an extensive text in Japanese on Sata here. Thanks.-- Goldsztajn ( talk) 05:24, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Please take a look and add your two 円, thanks! Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 07:44, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't know how to get the right macrons on this, help? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 02:08, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Does anybody know the correct English translation of terms like 国/市史跡, 文化財 and 国/市名勝? Are there others? Thanks urashimataro ( talk) 02:28, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. If I find anything definite on the subject, I will post it here. urashimataro ( talk) 04:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
I am nearly finished with a restoration of File:Forces_returning.jpg. I will be nominating it for featured status, and would love to have a translation. I would be willing to share featured credit with the translator. Thanks, — Jake Wartenberg 19:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
I can't read the caligraphy well enough to offer a competent translation, but I can tell you that it's supposed to be a humor piece, and the jist of it is, the Tsar is seeing apparitions of his wrecked ships, canons and telegraph lines coming to haunt him. But you probably already knew that :/ TomorrowTime ( talk) 09:13, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Mantokun, you are right. According to
this page, 骨皮道人 is Sōsōtei koppi (+jin?). The rest of the caligraphy written by
Cursive script (East Asia) is maybe:
使って????、大怪我をした軍艦や大砲や或いハ汽車電信などに???????しく思って本國へ其実際を見せに行って 軍艦「ヘイ私は軍艦で御座います、日本艦隊を打ち破れなく斯様(こん)な姿に成りました 大砲「ヘイ私は大砲で御座います、日本軍の大攻撃を受、斯様(かよう)な生れも附(つか)ぬ不具(かたち)になりまして御座います「ヘイ汽車も「ヘイ電信も何(いづ)れも?帯と撞木杖で見る影もない有様で、半死半生ながらも種々(いろいろ)大負の次第を訴へたので、露國の或る危人(?)も初めて其大敗北を知り「ム、今迄の報告とても、餘(あま)り勝利の方でハ無かったが、併(しか)し夫程(それほど)の大負とハ思ハなかった、とハ云え今となってハ遺憾とも仕方がない、乃公(おれ)も残念だが、貴様達もマア負傷して居て呉れ
I'm sure there are mistakes. Correct me. Thank you.
Oda Mari (
talk) 20:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I was looking with Google for an image for the article Haibutsu kishaku (Meiji era anti-Buddhist violence) when I found this. The pic is cute and would be good, but I want to make sure it's what I am looking for, because I can't understand what's written on it. Neither can my Japanese companion (or so I am told), but I know for a fact that, when it comes to my Wikipedia work, she isn't nearly as enthusiastic as I would like. Can anybody figure out more or less what the Japanese says? Does it indeed show an episode of the Haibutsu kishaku? Reading the page it's in, it sure seems to. Thanks. urashimataro ( talk) 05:33, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
The articles Siege of Edo Castle and Rescue of Mitsunari appear to describe fictional events, but the author has removed references to their being fiction. The former article has a section, Siege of Edo Castle#Fall of The Tokugawa, which concludes with the sentence "Ieyasu was now really alone and he continued the fight,but Yukimura came there and fought against him,Ieyasu was defeated and captured,and after that he was executed in Ueda Castle." This is not in full accord with scholarship on the Edo period.
If they're valid articles about fiction, there's no real point in deleting them, but they should be clearly described as fiction. Any suggestions? Fg2 ( talk) 11:13, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
I first took notice this list when the creator started to link it in "See also" sections of several shrine articles. I don't know what to make of it. It cites no sources and therefore I don't really know how accurate it is and if it is comprehensive at all. Does anyone know much about this? Is this list worth keeping? -- Torsodog Talk 19:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
I just found WikiProject Sumo, which I hadn't realized existed before. I've added it to the WP:JA navbox and added the navbox to the home page of that project. Just FYI. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 03:08, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
What is the reading of 日向大佐 - Is it Hyūga Daichi or Hyūga Taichi? Also what is 川島中佐 (Kawashima-something)? - It's about Shadow Hearts WhisperToMe ( talk) 07:49, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
I have been doing some work on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test article this month, and I'd appreciate any suggestions on what else to do with it. I'm having some trouble finding further reliable sources, although you wouldn't think it would be too hard to find criticisms of the format in print. Dekimasu よ! 12:48, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
ATTN any administrators: Is there any chance someone can introduce the Template:FL-Class into the template so it is recognized and displayed properly? Thanks! -- Torsodog Talk 14:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Can someone give this a look? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 02:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi! I'm trying to figure out if this http://journal.mycom.co.jp/column/ebook/077/ is a personal blog or if it is a review of The Manzai Comics from a respected publication. I can't tell who wrote the article and/or if he/she is a staff member of the website. WhisperToMe ( talk) 07:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Recently, a user removed almost all references to Tokyo being a prefecture in the List of tallest buildings and structures in Tokyo. Is this correct (though its implementation would need some cleaning up), or should I revert? -- Torsodog Talk 15:25, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Just my two sen - Tokyo absolutely is a prefecture, even if it isn't a ken as such... TomorrowTime ( talk) 00:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to promote Kumi Koda to a FA article and I want to expand her musical style section. But I can't read Japanese so I would be grateful it if someone could translate this.
――トラックを受けて、倖田さんが歌詞に込めた想いは?
【倖田】 トラックを受けてパッと思いついたのが同性愛だったんですよ。私は相手が異性であろうと同性であろうと関係ないと思うタイプなんです。相手が誰であろうと“人を愛する気持ち”に変わりはないでしょ?“学校の先生に恋をしている”とか“友達の彼を好きになってしまった ”・・・なんて禁じられた恋をしている男女も同じ。そこで“好き”という気持ちを殺してしまうのは悲しすぎますよね。愛は人間を豊かにしてくれる宝物だから。大事にして欲しいなって思います。
From what I got from Google translator it's something about love not being straight or gay. ~Moon~
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日の出 ~Sunrise~ 05:08, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
(I just know that there is a better translation for “好き”という気持ち, but I can't for the world remember it now. Help me out, please.) TomorrowTime ( talk) 08:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
This too please.
――サウンドはもちろん「TABOO」というタイトルもパンチがありますよね。“禁じられた行為”や“犯してはならない領域”を意味するこの言葉をタイトルに掲げた理由は?
【倖田】 この楽曲は“タブー”を歌っているわけじゃなく、逆に“タブーなんて存在しないんじゃないの?”というメッセージが込められているんですよ。みんなそれぞれ自分のなかに“これはやっちゃいけない”というタブーを持っていると思うんですね。それは、人生を歩み失敗や経験を繰り返すなかで作られてきた自分のルール。そのルールは自分を守るために必要なものであるとは思うんですけど、自分を縛りつけてしまうこともあると思うんですよね。トライしてみなきゃわからないのに、その前からNoサインを出してしまったり、タブーを打ち破り挑戦することで見えてくる新しい世界もきっとあると思うんです。ときには守りに入るのではなく勇気をもって攻めてみてもいいんじゃないか、と。そんな想いがこの曲には込められているんです。
Thanks. ~Moon~ 月 と 日の出 ~Sunrise~ 08:23, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
TomorrowTime ( talk) 08:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for translating. ~Moon~ 月 と 日の出 ~Sunrise~
Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.
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