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Name: Darcinator
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: 12/13/1984
Gender: Female


Interests: music, guitar, piano, trombone, singing, painting, doodling, writing poems and songs, playing card games, telling jokes, buying tacky clothing, Japan, my fabulous bicycle, being extremely optimistic
Expertise: being a clerk, shrinkwrapping things
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Education/Research


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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Decemberunderground
By AFI
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today's 勉強

VERBS

はかる:
計る to measure, infer, surmise, weigh, to time
測る to measure, infer, surmise, weigh, to time
量る to measure, infer, surmise, weigh, to time
図る to plot, plan, attempt, aim for, design, take in, devise, have something in mind, deceive
諮る consult with, confer, discuss
謀る to plot, plan, attempt, aim for, design, take in, devise, have something in mind, discuss, consult

あげる:
上げる to increase, go up, raise, elevate, offer up, praise, give, do for someone else, bear (a child), conduct (ceremony), to summon up
挙げる to increase, go up, raise, elevate, offer up, praise, give, do for someone else, bear (a child), conduct (ceremony), to summon up
揚げる to increase, go up, raise, elevate, offer up, praise, give, do for someone else, bear (a child), conduct (ceremony), to summon up, to fry (foods)

とる:
取る to take, pick up, harvest, earn, choose, steal, eat, have (a meal)
捕る to take, capture, catch
採る to adopt (measure/proposal), pick (fruit), assume (attitude), take on (hire), to engage
撮る to take (photo), to make (film)

きく:
聞く to hear, listen, ask, enquire
聴く to hear, listen, ask, enquire
効く to be effective, show effect, carry out its use, carry out its function well, to be possible to use
利く to be effective, show effect, carry out its use, carry out its function well, to be possible to use

のる:
乗る to get on, ride, board, mount, to spread (paints), to be taken in, to share in, to join, feel like doing, to be mentioned in, be at harmony with, to appear (in print), to be found (in a dictionary), to be recorded
載るto get on, ride, board, mount, to spread (paints), to be taken in, to share in, to join, feel like doing, to be mentioned in, be at harmony with, to appear (in print), to be found (in a dictionary),to be recorded

くむ:
組む to put together, to group
汲む to draw (water), to ladle, dip, scoop, have a drink together, consider, sympathize with
酌む to serve sake

とける:
解ける to loosen, come untied, be solved, be removed (restrictions), be cleared (misunderstandings), be broken (spell/curse), to melt
融ける to melt, thaw, fuse, dissolve
溶ける to melt, thaw, fuse, dissolve

かう:
買う to buy, value, have a high opinion, stir, provoke
飼う to keep (pet), raise, feed

GRAMMAR

~上で・~の上
in addition to ~, after doing ~
~てからでないと・~てからでなければ
unless ~ happens (AてからでないとB = unless A happens, B won't happen)
~て以来
ever since ~
~きり・きりだ
(AきりB = A was happening and was expected to continue but now the situation B is different)
~に先立って・~に先立ち
A is done in special preparation for B
~を限りに
until ~, after one last time (A will no longer occur)
~てからというもの
since A happened there has been a big change
~を契機に・~を契機として
a change occurred (B) because of opportunity (A)


Thursday, July 31, 2008

The new background is a picture of an ant that I drew.

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

words that weren't in my dictionary so i'm using my online dictionary application

おやつ
ざる
はらっぱ
ねっこ
しいくごや
ちょっぴり
なっぱ
やまもり
こづち
バテバテ
ぜんざい
じっくり
よぼよぼ
ぶっけん
うずい
こんもり
みみずく
しし
さそり
せいうち
ひとかげ
ひそめる
ランドセル
どうくつ
まいぞうきん
しきし
せきぞう
めじるし
いきうめ
インギンチャク - 何だ、これは?


Tuesday, June 17, 2008

こうもりはなんだい?


Monday, June 09, 2008



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