Cosmos > I saw a post on social media saying that they want to send 50 million people from China to occupy Japan (10/19 sun 13:58:53 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > Apparently there are brokers who act as intermediaries for people coming to Japan There are too many Chinese people in Japan (10/19 sun 13:55:01 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > I also thought it was difficult to get a visa in Japan, but it seems to have become easier recently (10/19 sun 13:54:00 JST, MEMBER)
Silly > Really? Burqas? in Japan? I thought it was difficult to obtain a visa in Japan? (10/18 sat 19:09:00 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Kimio > Cosmos> Yep. Even out here in Chiba we see people from everywhere in SE Asia. Primarily in my work it is foreigners but we all speak Japanese to varying degrees. (10/15 wed 23:10:53 JST, 211.33.62.130.shared.user.transix.jp)
Cosmos > There are quite a few Arab people in my neighborhood. Women from that country always walk around dressed in all black, so I get surprised when they suddenly appear at night (10/15 wed 17:11:34 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > For example, if I go to a convenience store, I'll see many Chinese, Korean, and Nepalese employees.A few years ago, there were only Japanese employees (10/15 wed 16:40:16 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > Japanese society has changed a lot recently. There are too many Chinese people living here, not just tourists. I also see a lot of other foreigners. (10/15 wed 16:39:43 JST, MEMBER)
Kimio > the population crisis is a whole lot worse than the government will admit. It needs to be fixed asap otherwise Japan will disappear within a couple of generations (10/14 tue 00:53:43 JST, 211.33.62.130.shared.user.transix.jp)
Kimio > The population here is decreasing rapidly and I see it everywhere. It is actually scary how fast thing are changing. Almost 1/3 of the city I am living in is already showing signs of abandonment for v (10/14 tue 00:52:25 JST, 211.33.62.130.shared.user.transix.jp)
Kimio > Cosmos> 1 yen is not a real profit when everything costs more. We are all suffering due to the global instability our 'leaders' caused. (10/14 tue 00:49:09 JST, 211.33.62.130.shared.user.transix.jp)
Cosmos > One dollar is now 152-153 yen. I would have made a profit if I had bought it the day before yesterday (10/10 fri 12:20:24 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > I made a mistake Where I made a mistake is ⇒ it seems USA won't (can't) use nuclear weapons, I wanted to write Russia instead of USA (10/10 fri 12:13:23 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > The Gulf War was horrific USA can kill a lot of people without nuclear weapons (10/10 fri 12:12:39 JST, MEMBER)
SIlly > never underestimate the ability of the USA army to kill people. They can be real bad dudes if they want to be. (10/9 thu 17:47:29 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
SIlly > https://www.youngpioneertours.com/visiting-the-highway-of-death-iraq/ (10/9 thu 17:46:26 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
SIlly > But the The Highway of Death from the gulf war was incredible. THe USA killed a lot of people. (10/9 thu 17:46:23 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
SIlly > BUt another thing the USA can win any battle. It is just that AMericans lack the bloodlust to win an ugly war. (10/9 thu 17:41:20 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
SIlly > Then your Trump Rebuplicians just like money. They can be bought or given a deal. (10/9 thu 17:39:41 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
SIlly > I am sure most of America would fight for a chinese stly of Government. It would be the Elite and the anarchist morons. (10/9 thu 17:38:53 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
SIlly > And the American elite class are drifting towrds Totalitarianism! They like the chinese governent system. (10/9 thu 17:37:20 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
SIlly > The USA is becoming poltically unstable and all the politicians are taking bribes. Most of them from CHina (10/9 thu 17:35:04 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
SIlly > It would probably be a good thing for Japan to start preparing their own military defense. (10/9 thu 17:34:29 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
SIlly > hmmm..... why is she insane? (10/9 thu 17:33:43 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Cosmos > using nuclear weapons (10/7 tue 12:44:27 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > The Korean War lasted some years and the Vietnam War lasted for long periods, but the United States did not win and did not use nuclear weapons It seems that neither the US nor Russia can win without (10/7 tue 12:43:03 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > Looking at the war between Ukraine and Russia, it seems USA won't (can't) use nuclear weapons, and USA haven't used them anywhere since the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan (10/7 tue 12:42:43 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > Japanese civilian aircraft are forced to take a fairly large detour when flying (10/7 tue 12:41:58 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > I have high hopes for the new female prime minister. I want Article 9 of the Constitution to be changed because I want the US military to leave Japan Apparently, because of Yokota Air Base, Japanese c (10/7 tue 12:41:14 JST, MEMBER)
Kimio > Silly> Basically you need to adjust naturally to both spoken and written forms to fully understand the differences. in English, there is no difference mostly. (10/6 mon 21:59:29 JST, 75.36.62.130.shared.user.transix.jp)
Kimio > silly> Yeah new female prime minister and she is more or less insane. I am not a citizen here at the moment so I cannot vote. (10/6 mon 21:58:39 JST, 75.36.62.130.shared.user.transix.jp)
Silly > What else is new? (10/5 sun 22:45:03 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Silly > Nice! (10/5 sun 22:44:15 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Silly > Anyway, you have a female prime minister? (10/5 sun 22:44:03 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Silly > yo can't mix short forms and masu forms? (10/5 sun 22:43:25 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Silly > what confused me was short form of nakerebanarimasen. My teacher says when your write that (10/5 sun 22:43:08 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Silly > Yeah (10/5 sun 22:42:23 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Kimio > Example: この道を通っては行けない - You cannot pass through this road. (Typically won't find that written anywhere, but it is a purposeful example) (10/5 sun 11:55:34 JST, 75.36.62.130.shared.user.transix.jp)
Kimio > Silly> ~てはいけない is for 'cannot do, must not do, not allowed' etc. It is a command basically telling you to not do something (10/5 sun 11:54:06 JST, 75.36.62.130.shared.user.transix.jp)
Martin > Sam (10/4 sat 21:20:23 JST, 90.208.160.114)
Silly > Young people add in new words. Some of the words are discarded, but some stay around. (10/2 thu 08:35:40 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Silly > Yeah, that was the idea behind the homework. Language is not complete and is always developing. (10/2 thu 08:35:03 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
silly > I was thinking they were the same. naranai and tewaikenai. (10/2 thu 06:46:05 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Silly > tehaikenai means can't don't do verb right? (10/2 thu 06:40:13 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Silly > I was thinking that. I want the short form of I have to do verb nakereba narimasen" (なければなりません) means "must do" or "have to do (10/2 thu 06:39:46 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)
Cosmos > 意味不明ww お風呂に入らない人のことみたい つまり近所ではなく人と訳すとわかるlol (10/1 wed 11:32:10 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > For example, the meaning of "neighborhood" is used differently among young people 風呂キャンセル界隈のように使うらしい (10/1 wed 11:28:22 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > I feel like the Japanese language has been changing a lot lately because of young people. The same words have taken on different meanings among young people (10/1 wed 11:21:15 JST, MEMBER)
Cosmos > 使ってはいけない＆ 使ってはならない Both have the same meaning but the latter seems to have a stronger meaning (10/1 wed 11:09:56 JST, MEMBER)
SIlly > 畳まなければなりません in short form = 畳まなければならない (10/1 wed 08:05:26 JST, 207-68-219-130.nctc.net)

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