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Cloned_Sidious
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Oct '04
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2/17/05 7:11am
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I actually live in Finland, believe it or not. 
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lookatitthisway
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3/23/05 7:18pm
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I live in that country with the second tallest building in the world . Stumped , arent you ?
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PrinceEspaaValorum
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Jan '05
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5/1/05 5:36pm
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Hajimemashite!
Right now I live in Honolulu. But I hope to be in Kyoto teaching English this autumn. Just how big and active is the Japan FanForce?
Douzo yorishiku onegaishimasu!
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Tokyo-Bounty-Hunter
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May '05
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5/7/05 8:31am
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First time poster, long time Star Wars fan living in Tokyo.
All you toy fans should take a trip to the shopping centre in Nakano, Tokyo.
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Darth_Eagle
Title: Fanforce CR Singapore
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Jul '01
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5/9/05 10:37am
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> Just how big and active is the Japan FanForce?
Seriously, I found that Japanese seems can get fanatic over big stuffs like SW and LOTR.  I really envy the kind of merchandise exclusively released there and the relatively active fans especially those part of the Japanese Garrison or Rebel Cells.
Heehee...maybe one day with a Japanese-speaking friend in toll, I can pay a visit to Japan.
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Chris_in_Japan
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May '05
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5/9/05 10:12pm
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Ive been living in Japan since 1998...and I love it ! People love Star Wars here
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Yak_Face
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May '05
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6/7/05 4:10pm
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Be afraid be very afraid Yak Face and Whiphid are coming to Japan.
Lock up your wives and daughters
tie down your goats
and grab your most precious Star Wars Figures because we are hear to give them a name!
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hanya
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Mar '05
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6/11/05 3:14am
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I live in Japan,believe it or not.
Is there anyone who live in Tokyo?:-/ Are you guys going to go to see the movie on "sensenkou day"?(July 25th)
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Damacles_Photon
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Jun '05
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6/12/05 6:56am
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The language. I really want to learn it! I love the language! its really quite pretty i think  Is it really as hard as most people make it out to be?
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Sith-I-5
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Aug '02
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8/7/05 3:24am
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The Japanese language, or as much as I've encountered doing judo for two decades, and watching a couple of education programmes on late night BBC (British tv), the language is like linguistic building blocks.
You learn a 'root' work, then you can use it as part of a whole string of related words.
It looks relatively easy to learn.
S-I-5
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Whimper
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May '99
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12/28/05 10:18pm
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Well, I'm not actually living in Japan anymore (BELIEVE IT OR NOT), but I hope that doesn't keep me from posting here once or twice a year.
Regarding the language, it really is like a bunch of building blocks. Think of it like LEGO. The two troubles are:
1. Just because you can put two pieces together, doesn't mean you ought to. Linguistic and social context are everything. Say your red block is the root of a verb. Sure you can just add another block to make it past-tense. But you'll have about 5 different versions of past-tense to choose from, depending on who you are, where you are, who you're speaking to, and what effect you're trying to go for.
2. Kanji. Unless you're lucky enough to have a knack for them, or a very strong study ethic, learning to write and decipher the thousands of Chinese characters used in writing Japanese is a serious challenge. By the time they get to high school, Japanese children have spent 9 years learning the 2000 or so characters necessary for basic literacy. Unless you want to spend nine years on it, you have to work pretty hard.
To go back to the LEGO example, let's say you know that the verb you want is a red block. Then you go to grab it, and you see that it's lying next to 300 other red blocks that look almost identical. Uh oh!
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goodfellas
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Jun '03
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12/29/05 8:43am
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I guess I just have a knack for the kanji. I love those little guys.
And Japanese is really fun to learn, its very different from English grammatically which makes it cooler to me.
I cant wait to go to Japan this summer. Do you miss it there, Whimper?
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ImperialJedi
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12/31/05 1:39am
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Hello everyone! I went to Japan a couple of years ago. In fact, I posted in this thread if you look at the very top. Now I'm studying Film and Television at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. I've started a small Japanese Language study group there, but I haven't personally had any formal Japanese lessons since my exchange. I miss my host family and I wish I knew Japanese better. My time in Japan was awesome though. I'll probably drop in at this forum like Whimper, once or twice a year.
Have a Happy New Year!
-IJedi
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Whimper
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May '99
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12/31/05 4:44pm
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Yup, I miss it sometimes Goodfellas. Mostly, I just miss the friends I made there, and now only hear from through e-mail and the odd picture or letter.
But I'm going to have to save my pennies, if I want to head back for a visit in a few years.
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chumpychewy
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5/19/06 2:33pm
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Trolling makes baby vader cry
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