What are Yudansha?

[ScottUK]

Now, now - before you go jumping for the reply button...

http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showgroups.php

Mods, admin, supermods, yudansha... what makes someone a yudansha?

[Genya]

Is yudansha person who holds a dan grade?
And mudan is someone with kyu grade.
I´m not sure but this is what I think it is. In some competition there was mudan series and yudansha series.

[ScottUK]

Did you read my post or just the title?

[Genya]

Oh, I couldn´t see the whole list last time. My browser loaded half of that. Now I saw it completely. I have no idea about that...

[tattooedasshole]

It seems to be for the more active members of the board. After a quick look at the page, all the names i saw post fairly often.

[Nokori 3byo]

Eh? I'm a yuudansha. No love for me.

Incidentally, when using this term, it's not a bad idea to emphaisze the long "u" sound:

有段者　(yuudansha) Literally: "Person with a dan rank"

油断者 (yudansha) "carelss person."

Of course, it's okay to transliterate it into roman characters as "yudansha," as there is no universal standard for Enlgish spelling of Japanese words, but if you're speaking to a Japanese person, it's good to know the difference.

[Nokori 3byo]

Curses. There I go shooting my mouth off again. I am listed under "yudansha."

[ScottUK]

I don't know why I bother. I warn people to read first and post second but I may as well have been showing my dog a card trick... :rolleyes:

[Ignatz]

I don't know why I bother. I warn people to read first and post second but I may as well have been showing my dog a card trick... :rolleyes:
. . . . . . . . . .Woof?

[Nokori 3byo]

I don't know why I bother. I warn people to read first and post second but I may as well have been showing my dog a card trick... :rolleyes:

Don't roll your eyes at me, Sunny Jim. I was making a perfectly valid observation. Perhaps not 100% relevant, but valid, nonetheless.

[ne0r]

Err.. There does exist a universal spelling of japanese words in english/ romaji (is this spelled right? ;D)

It's called Hepburn/hebon shiki. It's like that:

ou means long o, uu (like in yuudansha) means a long u.
ei (like in rei) is often (but I don't know/think if/that always) read as a long e.
Something like this. (That's not everything, but it's the most important)
I don't really know if this is perfectly right, but it should be ok.

[Nokori 3byo]

Err.. There does exist a universal spelling of japanese words in english/ romaji (is this spelled right? ;D)

It's called Hepburn/hebon shiki. It's like that:

ou means long o, uu (like in yuudansha) means a long u.
ei (like in rei) is often (but I don't know/think if/that always) read as a long e.
Something like this. (That's not everything, but it's the most important)
I don't really know if this is perfectly right, but it should be ok.

Hepburn is just one system. If it were truly "universal," it would be used universally.

It's not though . Some people use phonetic symbols to indicate long vowels. Others write longs vowels the same way you would short vowels (see the title of this post). Moreover, the romaji spellings Japanese kids learn in grade school do not accurately represent foreing pronuciations--eg., 松本　becomes "Matumoto", despite the fact that Japanese has not "tu" sound.

[ScottUK]

Who gives a toss? Your comment was 0% relevant. Iggy's remark was more appropriate than yours.

[Nokori 3byo]

Zero percent schmeero percent. Inquiring minds want to know.

[ScottUK]

Yeah, I asked a question but you couldn't aswer that...

[Nokori 3byo]

この空しさやめたほうがいいじゃない？

貴様！！

The farther this thread gets away from the topic the better.

[ScottUK]

Hehe goodnight sweet prince... :D

[Nokori 3byo]

A hit, a very palpable hit.

(zzzzzzzzzz)

[Paikea]

Hehe goodnight sweet prince... :DAll this valuable holiday weekend time wasted, when you should've been measuring the damn shinais for tsubas...

[ScottUK]

Done, just forgot to PM ya. 37mm dia... :D Now, what are Yudansha?

[Nokori 3byo]

Hmmm. Tatooedasshole offered a palusible explanation way back in post number five. As far as the designation of "yudansha" representing dan-holders, it seems unlikely as many of the people listed do not, in fact, have ranks (though I've had a hard time confirming this, as every time I click on someone's profile, my computer gives me a "not responding" message).

I take it you're waiting for something more authoritative, like a response from one of the mods. Last time I saw them, they were riding their Vespas down to the Marquee to catch some rocksteady and chanting, "We are the Mods!"

[Ignatz]

. . . .woof!!!

[ScottUK]

(though I've had a hard time confirming this, as every time I click on someone's profile, my computer gives me a "not responding" message)Maybe an IT shinza is in order?

[Nokori 3byo]

Everybody's a comedian.

[ScottUK]

Everyone's a yudansha.

[h2o]

I second the opinion of "yudansha" being a group for people with a high postcount. It's absolutely clear it has nothing to do with what grades the person is holding. I am listed as a "yudansha" but I hold no dan-grade, yet.

[Paikea]

Done, just forgot to PM ya. 37mm dia... :D Now, what are Yudansha?Gotcha. PM me your mailing address, and wait a bit...Yudansha are those busty German Girls with chrome doh on horseback bearing beers for those of us who die a couple times a week at keiko.

[Ignatz]

Yudansha are those busty German Girls with chrome doh on horseback bearing beers for those of us who die a couple times a week at keiko.
Woof. As Odd-ball once said, tht's my other dog immitation.:ditsy:

[ScottUK]

He also said: "To a New Yorker like you a hero is some kind of weird sandwich"... hehe I love that film.

Cheers Perry, will do...

[Saitama Steve]

Fookin' 'ell, I'm a Yudansha!

[Omnis]

After looking through the some of the various member profiles of each group, I think it's safe to say that people in the Yudansha group are the ones who are allowed to use their own custom avatar; that is, they have a certain number of posts, etc.

[Julian D]

After looking through the some of the various member profiles of each group, I think it's safe to say that people in the Yudansha group are the ones who are allowed to use their own custom avatar; that is, they have a certain number of posts, etc.

Quoted for agreement!

[ScottUK]

Thanks for bumping this rather surreal thread.

[Julian D]

The recent forum outage must be compensated somehow!

Surreal indeed, it is...

[Andoru]

This thread has entertainment value!

[dragonfly]

Now, now - before you go jumping for the reply button...

http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showgroups.php

Mods, admin, supermods, yudansha... what makes someone a yudansha?

I am a yuudansha as you well know Scotty

[ScottUK]

The wheel is still turning but the hamster is dead.

[dragonfly]

The wheel is still turning but the hamster is dead.

No it aint dead it was just sleeping i checked on it this morning

[Ignatz]

The wheel is still turning but the hamster is dead.
Let us pray that the rabbit never dies.

[cesarekim]

.. uh ... woof?

Sorry couldn't resist....