日本語 Japanese Ask Questions Thread 7

If you have a question about the language, ask it and fellow 4channers might see it and answer it for you.
日本の方からのご協力も大歓迎です。


■USEFUL TOOLS

Rikaichan
http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/
A pop-up dictionary for Firefox that shows readings and definitions when you hover over words.

Rikaikun
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jipdnfibhldikgcjhfnomkfpcebammhp
Same as above, but for Chrome.

Anki
http://ankisrs.net/
Flash card program mainly useful for vocab and kanji repetition. Can sync decks between computers and your phone.


■WEB-BASED DICTIONARIES

ALC
http://www.alc.co.jp/
Offers a web interface to the Eijirou dictionary, made for use in translation work.

kotobank
http://kotobank.jp/
Pretty good for J-J lookups. J-E/E-J definitions from Progressive.

Tangorin
http://tangorin.com/
The best interface to Jimu Buuriinu-sama's EDICT, which is a mess, so don't use this unless you have to.

weblio 類語辞典
http://thesaurus.weblio.jp/
It's an extensive thesaurus.

(If you want the best J-E/E-J dictionary, get an EPWING copy of Kenkyusha.)


■MEDIA

D-Addicts
http://d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php
It's a horrible community, but it's THE go-to for drama series. Many variety shows turn up there as well.

JPopsuki
http://jpopsuki.eu/
It's a private music tracker with an extensive selection of just about everything.

KeyHoleTV
http://www.v2p.jp/video/english/
An application that lets you stream live TV in shit quality.

Tokyo Toshokan
https://www.tokyotosho.info/
anime anime anime anime anime


■PREVIOUS THREADS

See >>2 for links.

>>189
It would help if we had some kind of context about what you're writing or why, or for whom. What are you trying to say?  "it's easier for clever guys with no emotion than guys with lots of emotion to fulfill their goals by convincing the women they seek that they have strong emotions"? Then it doesn't make sense to use 方. You're not comparing methods, you're comparing guys.

其れ等 looks kind of pretentious but I'll leave that up to you.

I also don't know what you're trying to say with 女の目から無愛想にする力を持っている. 無愛想 means unsociable or rude, it's not really used for romantic emotions (i.e. a guy can be 無愛想 but still love his wife, he's just not very good at being friendly/personable). 女の目から無愛想にする is the part that really weird to me though, I assume you're trying to say "makes them seem unromantic in the eyes of women". You could say something like 女に冷たく感じさせる or something like that, though ideally you'd restructure it a bit so the causative isn't necessary.

If I've misunderstood your intent I apologize, but I found this very difficult to read, at least compared to my usual material.