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From: anil@CS.TITECH.AC.jp
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Re: Foreign residents house
Date: 28 Aug 92 12:15:54 GMT
Distribution: fj

>I do not have housing and
>would like some information on either a homestay or an apartment in Tokyo.
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Deepak G. Moorjani
>moorjani@usdcsv.acusd.edu
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There is a nice foreign residents house
9 rooms altogther, about 5 mat each.
The cost is 60,000/mth about 30mins from Shinjuku (central Tokyo).
1 mth deposit required (returnable after 1 year).
No electric, water bills etc. Lounge, shower and bathroom are shared.
Mostly English teachers living there.
The name of the live-in manager is Alex Ward
(she keeps the house clean and collects rent).
Tel: 0422 347828
Location: Musashi Sakai, 10 mins walk from station,
close to ICU University

Highly recommended, but dificult to get in.
Usually long term residents only, so you have to
jump in as soon as a room does become vacant,
and keep your eye open for people moving out.
One bad thing about this place is the noise from the traffic
outside (small but very busy road).
Present MF ratio is 4 women:5 men.

I think they STOPPED advertising a while ago,
but a video tape is/will be available on request, so I heard,
showing the inside of the house.
So the phone number is not given in any magazine
(cuts down on enquiries).

Good luck
Anil
PS If you really need, I can liase between you and Alex.
If you have any urgent questions I can pass them on to her.
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249 Kizukigion Cho, Nakahara Ku, Kawasaki Shi, Japan T211
Fax : 044 411 9210
Tel: 044 411 7133
anil@cs.titech.ac.jp
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From: Lim_Lily.xssc@rxsgp.xerox.com
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: To study Both Japanese and Chinese?
Date: 26 Aug 92 01:33:37 GMT
Distribution: fj

In article <9208241504.AA18743@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> you write:>  Now I have
another question. Is it easy to learn BOTH japanese and
>chinese at the same time ? I was thinking that knowing almost 2,000
>characters would make chinese pretty easy, right ?

From my personal experience, I do find that knowing Chinese makes learning
Japanese easier. Many a time, we can guess the meaning of Kanji easily but of
course the  Kanji pronounciation  differs alot from the Chinese pronounciation.

Every Chinese syllable can be pronounced 4 different ways depending on the
intonation so it may be a bit difficult to learn the pronouncaition even though
you may have the romanized syllables. So most of the time native Englishn
speakers may find difficulty in gettting the correct pronounciation.
Furthermore certain Chinese character when paired with another character is
supposed to be pronounced differently.

Another great difference lies in the grammar of the 2 languages. In Chinese
there is no need to change the root of a verb when you want to talk about
something in the past, Basically you just need to add a word that shows the
past eg. last night, yesterday, etc. So talking about the complexity of
grammar, Chinese is much simpler. The complexity of Japanese grammar can be
rather confusing at times.

Lily
From: CJGALL@RULCRI.LEIDENUNIV.NL
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Re: QUERY: DOS/V
Date: 31 Aug 92 07:40:21 GMT
Distribution: fj

I woulkd also like to know if there are printer drivers for NEC P6(+)
and HP Laserjet III printers.

I have received an advertisement from Word Perfect Japan, WP 5.1
should be available in Japan soon!
If you have a licence to use the western version, you are also entitled
to use the Japanese version also (at least I think you are).

Chris
RUL
From: dr@ite.ota.gov
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: unsubscribe NOONAN
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:26:46 GMT
Distribution: fj

why am I getting this message?
From: Thomas_Dicorcia.ISO-SV@xerox.com
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: SHARP *Action Manager* info?
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:39:10 GMT
Distribution: fj

I have just seen a new product from Sharp, called the Sharp Action Manager.  It
is the latest in Sharp`s line of personal organizers, called "Wizard" in the
U.S.  This latest model has pen input and handwriting recognition.  The pen
input recognizes kanji, kana, roman characters, greek characters, and arabic
numerals.  There plug in cards available from Sharp and from third parties,
including dictionary cards.

If it works as well in all modes as it seemed to in the brief demonstration I
had this would be a fantastic tool for anyone learning Japanese, especially if
they are living in Japan.  Instead of keying in stroke counts when looking up
an unknown kanji, one can draw it in.  Stroke order is important, which might
be considered a negative, but I would consider this a benefit as it forces you
to learn correct stroke order.

Besides using it as a dictionary, you can do all the other neat things you can
do with a personal organizer -- world time, calculator, calendar, datebook, to
do list, personal database.  It has a port on the side and an infra red
interface.

Disadvantages?  It`s larger than a  Word Tank (though sleeker).  The screen
lacks contrast, at least partly due to the technology for stylus input.  The
price might be considered high.  My friend bought it at Shinjuku`s Sakura-ya
for about $800 after much haggling.

That`s all I know about it.  Can anyone else add to this description?
Was $800 a good price?  Do other manufacturers make anything like it?  How well
does the dictionary work?  What can it be interfaced with?

--Tom D
From: davidjr@MUNDIL.CS.MU.OZ.AU
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Re: QUERY: DOS/V
Date: 31 Aug 92 06:36:10 GMT
Distribution: fj

In sci.lang.japan you write:

>In article <9208310352.AA22642@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> you write:
>>In sci.lang.japan you write:
>>
>>>Does anyone know if there are DOS/V programs that let one print out Japanese
>>>text on 9 pin Epson compatible printers?
>>
>>>In a related vein, a more general question: I hear there are dozens of
>>>freeware and shareware programs for DOS/V available on BBSs around Japan.
>>>Are there Internet FTP sites that carry such programs?
>>
>>I'm also very interested in DOS/V and would be very grateful to know
>>what you find out. Perhaps you could post a summary. A list of
>>FTP sites for DOS/V perhaps? :-)

>DOS/V is a commercial software product of IBM and cannot be FTP'd.

I'm sorry if we were misunderstood but I think we were both refering
to FTP sites for shareware programs to run on DOS/V and so on. Not
the actual DOS/V operating system itself.

Any information greatly appreciated.

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"The Golden Rule:  He who has the gold makes the rules."

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From: robert@ahi.pbrc.hawaii.edu
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Proficiency Tests
Date: 28 Aug 92 23:07:50 GMT
Distribution: fj

I know that Eleanor Jorden, the Queen of Japanese Linguistics, has
written a Japanese Profiency test for use through Educational Testing
Service.  I know this because I took the field version here at UH
during my 201 class.

It's done completely with the tape recorder, with multiple choice
responses (of course, being ETS--and bubble boxes-gasp!) to questions
in English regarding the dialogs between a male and female Japanese
person.  If you want to do well on this test, I suggest studying the
Jorden system.  Very biased !

It lasted about 45 mins., as I recall.  I don't know if it is in final
form yet though.  Jorden is either at Cornell or at Ohio State ...

Hope this helps.  Sorry to be so candid but I'm a scientist, not a
diplomat.

Robert Graf
robert@ahi.pbrc.hawaii.edu
From: NOONANC%AC%CSC@csc.isu.edu
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Subject: unsubscribe NOONAN
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:45:02 GMT
Distribution: fj

Please Unsubscribe u me from the Japanses Language Discussion List.
Thank you
CARLA NOONAN
From: melby@DOVE.YK.FUJITSU.CO.jp
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Re: Chinese & Japanese
Date: 26 Aug 92 06:59:08 GMT
Distribution: fj

>  I have run in to several people that have studied Chinese first and
>then moved to Japanese without a lot of trouble, but not the other way
>around.

I might as well mention here that studying Chinese after becoming fluent
in Japanese can also be very advantageous.  When I took Chinese in college,
the class had a good number of people who could speak (but not read or
write) Cantonese, and some of them were having difficulty learning the
characters.

Of course, a person who had only learned Romanized Japanese before starting
Chinese would be in much the same predicament as the other people in the
class....

-----
John B. Melby
Fujitsu Limited, Yokohama
melby%yk.fujitsu.co.jp@fai.com
From: smittie@csulb.edu
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Nihongo
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:17:37 GMT
Distribution: fj

I wish to be UNPLUGGED from this mail list. I have tried all of the methods
explained in various messages I received all to no avail.

WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE ME OFF THIS LIST!!!

smittie
From: 100032.1076@COMPUSERVE.COM
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: NEW ZEALAND WORLD COMMUNICATION LABORATORY
Date: 1 Sep 92 03:19:34 GMT
Distribution: fj

PRESS RELEASE (19 August, 1992)
NEW ZEALAND APPOINTS DIRECTOR OF "WORLD COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY"
(W.C.L.)
The appointment of Mr Jim Higgins as Director of the "World
Communications Laboratory" (W.C.L.) Secretariat was announced today
(19 August, 1992).
Mr Higgins has been a leading figure in New Zealand's computer industry
for the past 22 years in local and central government.
"The World Communications Laboratory seeks to position New Zealand to
become an international centre of excellence in information technologies
and interactive communications, thereby enhancing economic advantage and
international competitiveness.
Mr Higgins says, "The World Communications Laboratory has the potential to
bring very long-term benefits to the country as a whole. New Zealand
has the opportunity, and the initiative, to become a world leader in the
implementation of telecommunication technologies, and this project will
focus direction, stimulate new industries and increase our expertise and
skills base".

For further information contact:
Dr Basil Walker
Chief Executive
Ministry Of Research, Science and Technology
Wellington
New Zealand
Telephone: +64-4-472-6400
Fax:       +64-4-471-1284

Supplied by:
Roger MacKenzie
Director
MacKenzie Information Service
P. O. Box 46
Warkworth
New Zealand
Fax: +64-9-425-8517
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                       END OF PRESS RELEASE
From: ohno@LINGUIST.UMASS.EDU
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: QUERY: DOS/V
Date: 30 Aug 92 15:27:05 GMT
Distribution: fj

Somebody may have already asked these questions; moshi soo dattara gomen nasai.


Does anyone know if there are DOS/V programs that let one print out Japanese
text on 9 pin Epson compatible printers?

In a related vein, a more general question: I hear there are dozens of
freeware and shareware programs for DOS/V available on BBSs around Japan.
Are there Internet FTP sites that carry such programs?


Thanks!


Yutaka Ohno
ohno@linguist.umass.edu
From: tad2@RA.MSSTATE.EDU
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Hi!
Date: 23 Aug 92 22:46:34 GMT
Distribution: fj

Hello there!

Do you have time for another pen pal in the US?
I'm a student at Mississippi State University.
I have one pen pal at Tokyo University, and I would like to have more.
If you're interested please send me some mail.

TAD
tad2@ra.msstate.edu
From: M.Kossa@FREC.BULL.FR
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: mono tari nai (fwd)
Date: 31 Aug 92 05:30:17 GMT
Distribution: fj

I'm looking for literal and non-literal translations for the phrase
"mono tari nai."  I am in a local taiko group that is looking for something
to name one of our original pieces.  We thought this might be the phrase
that would mean something like "it doesn't cut it" or "something is missing"
but also heard that it might mean "frustrating."

Which is it?

p.s.  Any other taiko players out there on the net?  Is there a particular
newsgroup that other taiko players might subscribe to?

Pam Dagoberg
Honeywell, Inc.
Coon Rapids, MN
From: 100032.1076@COMPUSERVE.COM
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: RESEARCH GLOBAL USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Date: 1 Sep 92 03:24:38 GMT
Distribution: fj

26 AUGUST
TO: ALL

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : GLOBAL TRENDS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Recently we have started gathering data Globally on the application and
use of telecommunications for:
* Education and skills training.
* To provide Global business / employment opportunities.
* To add value to small businesses.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The current focus of our research is mainly on telecommunications
providing:
1) Education and reskilling / upskilling people for current and future
  opportunities.

COMMENT:
New Zealanders need to be better educated and to be trained with skills
for the 21st century. Also reskilling and upskilling programmes are
needed for the New Zealand work force.

2) Employment and education opportunities for people in rural and small
     town New Zealand.

COMMENT:
Over the past ten years the economies of rural and small town New Zealand
has suffered badly. Telecommunications seems to be one of the options
available to help provide education to rural New Zealand and to help
revive rural and small town economies.

3) Global business opportunities for New Zealand businesses.

COMMENT:
Telecommunications provides a much needed "Global Link" for businesses
(both small and large) to make the most of "Global Opportunities".

We are members of the "Global University" (electronic), and the "World
Futures Society".

CURRENTLY GATHERING DATA
We are currently gathering "Research and Trend Data"  on the following:
* Finding tomorrow's business opportunity through the use of
       "Telecommunications".
* Reviving rural life through the use of technology.
* Teleworking (telecommuting) from home. "MOVING WORK RATHER THAN
         PEOPLE".
* Telework Centres (technology work centres, neighbour-hood work
    centres). "MOVING WORK RATHER THAN PEOPLE".
* Tele-Learning Centres. "TAKING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO WHERE THE
   PEOPLE ARE". Using video conferencing. "Taking The Distance Out Of
     Education."
* How technology will change peoples  lives.
* Global Electronic Information Centres.
* High speed digital video conferencing.
* Technology in education and the work place in the U.S.A.
* Distance Education in the U.S.A.

VOLUNTEER RESEARCHERS
We are undertaking this research project on a volunteer basis, to assist a
group of planners of courses for unemployed people in New Zealand.

INFORMATION WANTED
As this project is very much in its early stages. We would appreciate
contact from any person / organisation, who can help supply contacts,
data / information to assist us, as we undertake our research.

Thankyou and I look forward to hearing from you.
Roger MacKenzie
(Researcher)
MacKenzie Information Service
P. O. Box 46
Warkworth
New Zealand
Fax : +64-9-425-8517
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From: MOORJANI%USDCSV.ACUSD.EDU%SDSC.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: going to Japan
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:43:15 GMT
Distribution: fj

I'm going to Japan in mid-September to study at Sophia University in Tokyo.
I will be a graduate student in the Department of Comparative Culture
specializing in economics.  At the present time, I do not have housing and
would like some information on either a homestay or an apartment in Tokyo.
Any help would be appreciated.

Deepak G. Moorjani
moorjani@usdcsv.acusd.edu
From: db6j+@andrew.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Hello
Date: 27 Aug 92 18:17:32 GMT
Distribution: fj

hey...what happened to this bboard...no messages for a while...did I
miss something?
DOUG
db6j+@andrew.cmu.edu
From: AECARM@ukcc.uky.edu
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Proficiency Tests
Date: 28 Aug 92 11:24:03 GMT
Distribution: fj

Nihongo List:

Do any of you know if there is a nationwide language proficieny test
for Japanese?  If so, how can I go about taking it?

Thanks,
Doug

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From: DMROARK%TWSUVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Nihongo
Date: 27 Aug 92 01:08:13 GMT
Distribution: fj

I wish to subscribe to listserv-nihongo.
From: melby@DOVE.YK.FUJITSU.CO.jp
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Re: My name in Kanji.
Date: 26 Aug 92 01:36:35 GMT
Distribution: fj

>        $B??(J (on-yomi ma) = `truth'

actually this should be:
on-yomi shin, kun-yomi ma, masa, sana.

The on-yomi can be found in such words as "shinkuu" (vacuum), shinjitsu (truth)
etc.

-----
John B. Melby
Fujitsu Limited, Yokohama
melby%yk.fujitsu.co.jp@fai.com
From: melby@DOVE.YK.FUJITSU.CO.jp
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Re: My name in Kanji.
Date: 24 Aug 92 01:25:36 GMT
Distribution: fj

>Anyways, there are lots of combinations.  I recomend you $B9c:i!!??0!5W(J
>or $B9,:n!!??0!5f(J.

Any transcription of "Mark" that kanjifies the "a" looks quite bizarre
in my opinion.  How about the Chinese transcription $BGO9n(J or possibly
something like $B??5W(J?

>My friend has $B;}L4(J for his first name.  I've been thinking
>his family name in Kanji for his birthday gift.  It's TOUGH!  His
>family name is Gottlieb.

How about a literal translation ($B?@0&(J)?

As far as I'm concerned, I haven't really seriously "Moribe Jun"-ified
my name yet.  Something that reads equally well in Chinese and Japanese
would be nice, but I haven't really thought up anything very clever.

-----
John B. Melby
Fujitsu Limited, Yokohama
melby%yk.fujitsu.co.jp@fai.com
From: dr@ite.ota.gov
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: Nihongo
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:30:59 GMT
Distribution: fj

why am I getting this message #2
From: sun-barr!sh.wide!wnoc-tyo-news!ccut!wsclark!lab!lab!canning@ames.arc.nasa.gov  (John M. Canning)
Subject: BSD named questions
Organization: none
Distribution: fj
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:12:56 GMT
Return-Path: <apollo-list-errors@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>


   I've just enabled the name sever daemon (named) on two of our
Apollo workstations.  I set them up as caching name servers with
pointers to our primary and secondary name servers.  This works well
and we can now translate host names that aren't in our /etc/hosts
file.

   Unfortunately, NTT is such a huge place that the primary and
secondary name servers don't have all the latest info about all the
workstations throughout the company.  Is there a way to enter some
local correction info so that when a translation fails, it can look in
the local file?  Or better yet, check the local file first and if
nothing was found, then query the remote name server?  In reading the
documentation, it seems that the /etc/hosts file system and the remote
name server are mutually exclusive systems.

   Another question: one of the "named" servers correctly appends our
local domain name (.ntt.jp) to the requests that need it, but the
other doesn't.  The configuration files (named.boot, named.ca, and
named.local) are identical on both machines.  What controls the
appending of the local domain name?

  - John Canning

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        NTT Basic Research Laboratories    tel:		(0422)-59-4640
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From: Frank Bonnet <bonnetf@apo.esiee.fr>
Subject: NeXTstep on 700 machines ??? 
Organization: Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba Science City
Distribution: fj
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 08:06:08 GMT
Return-Path: <apollo-list-errors@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>

Hi,

There are more and more persistent rumors here in France about a future 
release of NeXTstep running on the HP700's series ... 

If there are some HP guys reading this, could they please answer if it is 
.true. or .false. ?  

Thanks.                                    

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From: news.univie.ac.at!blekul11!frmop11!barilvm!technion!phr00jg@uunet.uu.net  (Jacques J. Goldberg)
Subject: DN 10k WANTED
Organization: TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technology.
Distribution: fj
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:12:24 GMT
Return-Path: <apollo-list-errors@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>

We (that is, us at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland) would love housing a few more
DN 10000 because ours are overworked.
Please reply to   golws@cernvm.cern.ch  or  phr00jg@technion.technion.ac.il
(that's me at both addresses, if using the latter WATCH the ZEROES in phr00jg)
or FAX to:
David Plane
(41) (22) 782.19.74 where 41 is Switzerland and 22 is the Geneva area code.

We already have acquired once_new and used DN 10k's and control the export
procedure, we will tell you how to handle that if you have something to offer
us.
                                 Jacques Goldberg
                                 OPAL experiment at CERN's LEP.
Or if you love using the phone: (41)(22)767.73.85 (J. Goldberg) or
                                (41)(22)767.64.04 (D.Plane) , GMT+1+Summer hour
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