/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

to those who actually are familiar with Japanese, I need your help settling an argument.

My roommate says my ”い” are atrocious and look like こ .
<- see sample.

I would like your opinions.

[Anonymous No.]

Your handwriting in general is awful.
Practice more.

[Anonymous No.]

Your roommate is right.

[Anonymous No.]

WARUKUNAKO "KO" YO.
OOKIKO KOE wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Anonymous No.]

He's right.

I'm worried about my いs looking too much like my りs, personally.

[Anonymous No.]

your handwriting sucks

what's hard about it? just do the strokes. do it like you are a samurai from the 1500s. or like mikami from death note, that is something you guys would know.

[Anonymous No.]

0/10

[Anonymous No.]

I think you lack discipline and order.
Get Minna no Nihongo and practice with the square things. Limit yourself to the given lines and practice, practice as if there was no tomorrow.

Because, look at it. It lacks order and sense.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463559
Why's there earth as top part of voice and not the usual gentleman?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463650
>>2463664

listen to these posters and review

[Anonymous No.]

Your rommate is right.

[Anonymous No.]

Your 声 is plain wrong, too. You put a 土 on top when it's really supposed to be a 士. You won't be able to look stuff up efficiently if you can't tell radicals apart.

[Anonymous No.]

Good to see there's still someone with worse handwriting than me.

[Anonymous No.]

btw you don't need two いs
so its like
悪くないよ
大きい声
unless you were just putting it in there to show which letter you meant

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463789

I 笑’ｄ

[Anonymous No.]

Your handwriting sucks balls. First try writing in a straight line. This looks like the scribblings of a first grader.

Also your い totally looks like こ. The line on the right should not be on top.

[Anonymous No.]

sweet lord

i've seen kindergarteners with better handwriting than you

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463812
it's not that bad
op just needs a little practice with his い and koe
it's impressive enough that he's writing kanji of that level while fucking up his hiragana

[Anonymous No.]

Your い is tilted at a 90 degree angle.
Practice writing. You write worse than a 4 year old.

[Anonymous No.]

The balance is off. Look at your ookii and try to line the first stroke of the i with the ki, then make the second stroke parallel. That's the best advice I can give.

[Anonymous No.]

>>it's impressive enough that he's writing kanji of that level while fucking up his hiragana

i can write more than 1500 kanji pretty well and don't know the kanas all that well

there's no need until I'm done with heisig

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

I hope you're actually planning to live in Japan and aren't just using your Japanese skills to play eroge and read manga

Otherwise this is wasted effort

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463559
http://www.incompetech.com/graphpaper/genkoyoushi/
Now practice until you stop being horrible.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463884
what's wrong with that? i'm learning japanese along with chinese and corean so i can fuck around on a broader spectrum of the internet

i wouldn't live anywhere in asia even if my family was going to be killed in the most painful way possible

not even if i was going to lose my penis if i stayed here

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463927
is it even possible to learn 3 similar languages at the same time without getting them all completely muddled up?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463927
No, I'm not saying don't learn a language if you're not going to "properly use it". I learned Japanese so I can play eroge as well.

I'm saying learning to write is a waste of effort and I can't see much use in it. I can read almost everything I see but I can write less than 100 kanji.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463946
you think Japanese, Chinese and Korean are similar?

[Ayn !ji3CXASUKA No.]

Learn to write in straight lines

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463946

I learned English, French and Latin at the same time in high school.
You're American, right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463978
wat about my american?

[Anonymous No.]

How's this? I was never taught how to write correctly. I hold the pen hooked under the first joint of my thumb, and I hold my arm rigid and move only my fingers. This is extremely painful, and recently I have been investigating better methods as the pain is limiting my Japanese learning progress.

"Correct technique" is using the arm and shoulder muscles to write. I'm not convinced this allows the precision needed to write complicated kanji. I do intend to at least learn correct grip, as this greatly reduces the pain.

[Anonymous No.]

Your ”い” are atrocious and look like こ

[Anonymous No.]

>>I hold the pen hooked under the first joint of my thumb, and I hold my arm rigid and move only my fingers.

I thought this is what everyone does. What is "correct grip"?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2464029
Holding the pen between the pads of the first finger and thumb, resting it on the end section of the middle finger.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2464016
You can see that as the grip/technique improves, the text becomes lighter. The reduction in pain is probably because of a reduction in pressure on the paper. But the legibility also decreases. Which writings do you consider legible?

[Anonymous No.]

your い is shit and your 声 is even fucked up

[Anonymous No.]

>>2463828
>of "that level"
>grade 2

[Anonymous No.]

>>2464016
What if my grip is wrong and my handwriting is bad too? It's alright if I concentrate, but...

At least it's not as horrible as OP's.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2464091
The only reason I care is because I think handwriting Japanese helps me remember it. It doesn't need to be perfect, but it does need to be legible, fast and painless. If your incorrect grip isn't hurting you then I don't think it matters.

[Anonymous No.]

if you don't have lined paper its best to write vertically from the right side. also try graph paper to practice the kanji.