Beginner japanese language game.
 

I heard about something from a podcast (its a game to build vocabulary, one person says a word in japanese then the other takes the last letter and says a word beginning with that letter.)
I am going to try something different. One person says a word or phrase. (i think we should use japanese spoken in tokyo, just so we dont get mixed up) then the next person translates it and says another word/phrase.

i have checked back threads and cannot find anything like this so i hope the mods dont kill this one.

i'll start, its simple but...: Inu

dog

neko

um..bird?

Ryuu

Also you dont have to be a beginner in japanese to play.

only problem is there are a lot of common sounding words in japanese and without the kanji it will be hard to tell the difference sometimes? :D


continuing with the game:

Dragon



tanuki

Haha yeah, I'd think so too.

Uhm...
Raccoon Dog thing?
Haha

Hito

person

ogenki desu ka

excuse me... then...lol i dont know :)

haikettesai!

I believe you meant "sumimasen, eigo ga wakarimasu ka?"

In which case it would be, "Sorry, do you understand English?". At least that's what you meant; using the "ga" instead of "wa" (or maybe even "wo") here would probably convey the feeling of "Sorry, does English understand?"

If we're moving on to sentences, how about "Kaze no koe wo kikeru?"

-_- i feel bad starting phrases/sentences now >.< single words are easier :P

Yes it does ^^

can you hear the voice of the wind




unko


XD

Fecal matter :)

koto

does that mean... "things?"

um... ikimasu

cho? is it chou? coz there is a lot of japanese words begins with that word.. if I may guess, is it butterfly? sorry if I'm wrong..
let the game goes on..

okama :D

このかいわはおかしいですね。。

いいえ、とても退屈です。。。

I would see it useful if it was done in kanji or at least in kana...but romaji is really useless. I really can't understand people who want to learn Japanese, but can't seem to be wanting to spend sometime to learn kana.

I agree... but people learn in different ways and at different paces.
The fact that they're willing to practice at all is a good thing.

Gomen, ne?
 

While I think it is a good point that chryuop made about kana and kanji in the game, not everyone is able to display Japanese characters in their browsers, for one thing.

I don't know what characters were displayed (I get "????????") but is the game still going?

はい、これは実もない、でもみなは何でものスレを始ま ることができます。

I think its OK since the thread's directed at beginners, it's good vocabulary practice for them. Even if they're just using romaji and can be saying more than 1 word with the romanization of the kanji. ;)

I have never said to quit it and never said they couldn't start a thread if they wanted to. I was saying that they should make it more useful and as far as I know you can get to see Japanese character easy through Windows or external IME. If you are serious about learning Japanese you should get the right tools to do it. Let's be honest...romaji is not Japanese and it shouldn't be considered as learning tool at all (and mind, I am a beginner too with just a couple of months study on my back).
Here's a way they could play it...much more challenging and teaching. I give a word as example to show the way I see such a game as useful.

ＨＡＮＡ　はな　花　= Flower.

that seems cool...:D

Never meant to be confrontational; sorry if I made a grievous mistake in my Japanese which conveyed that feeling. I pretty much agree with you 100% :)

It annoys me to see so many people ask questions about Japanese, and then tack on "in romaji plz" at the end. Sure, some of the people here aren't serious about studying the language to fluency, and only want to learn some casual phrases, but I'd wager that just as many are serious, and they're laziness with regards to the writing system will only hamper their progress.

hi
 

hi can i join this seems to be good practice.?Thank you

Koibito is my word.. sorry cant type in japanese from work

Well, if we're continuing the game, how about とぶ?

ぶつ
打つ
To hit

kk
 

how about
tsuki=moon

i think you need to say the translation of previous poster and then post a japanese word yourself wich the next poster must translate

切手
kitte - stamp