日本語会話: The Japanese Conversation Thread

[GoktimusPrime]

Good luck with those, Firestorm.

Okay, so I think I've worked out how to say Avogadro's number (アボガドロ定数 = 6.0221367 x 10^23) in Japanese:
六千二十二垓千三百六十七京
ろくせんにじゅうにがいせんさんびゃくろくじゅうななけい

And I think in English it might be...
Six hundred and two thousand, two hundred and thirteen trillion, six hundred and seventy thousand billion.

Or in American English it might be...
Six hundred and two sextillion, two hundred and thirteen quintillion, six hundred and seventy quadrillion.

[Raptormesh]

Just want to say I love this thread so much.

I'm currently using Memrise on my phone to learn - it uses memory devices to help with kanji and it's pretty effective so far.

[GoktimusPrime]

Just watched Mizuki Ichiro singing the Combattler V theme song on TV Tokyo!

[GoktimusPrime]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NNyp5iAssU
^This video shows Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" being played by 3 women with a shakuhachi and two koto.

[GoktimusPrime]

Japanese Star Wars VII trailer
Interesting seeing some of the translations that they've come up with and comparing them with the original English dialogue.

e.g.
* "There are stories about what happened." → 「多くの噂を聞いたわ」 ("I've heard many rumours.")
* "It's true. All of it." → 「真実だ。すべては真実だ」("It's true. All of it is true.")
* "This Christmas" → 「目覚めよ」 ("Awaken!")

[GoktimusPrime]

SMAP are going to break up!

Strangely enough, I found out about this through a post by the voice actor for the original Lynn Minmay (Macross), and my daughter was watching Macross on TV at the time... during a scene where she's singing 「私の彼はパイロット」 ("My Boyfriend's A Pilot"). And if that's too 80s for you, here's the Macross Frontier (Ranka Lee) version.

[Skript]

how did i just find this thread now??