Sentence:
正しい耳掃除方法を教えて下さい！

Notes:
ただし•い【正しい】〘形〙ただ•し〘シク〙２道理にかなっている。事実に合っている。正確である。「—•い解答のしかた」「—•い内容」「公選法は—•くは公職選挙法という」派生語：ただしさ〘名〙
みみ【耳】１頭部の左右にあり、聴覚および平衡感覚をつかさどる器官。哺乳類では耳殻（じかく）が張り出し、鳥類とともに外耳•中耳•内耳の3部分からなる。爬虫（はちゅう）類•両生類では中耳•内耳があり、鼓膜が露出。魚類では内耳だけで、平衡器としての働きが大きい。「—まで真っ赤になる」
そう‐じ【掃除】〘名〙スル １掃いたり拭いたりして、塵や埃、汚れなどを取り去ること。「庭を—する」「ふき—」
ほう‐ほう【方法】１目標に達するための手段。目的を遂げるためのやり方。てだて。
おし•える【教える】〘動ア下一〙をし•ふ〘ハ下二〙２知っていることを相手に告げ知らせる。「道を—•える」「花の名所を—•える」
ください【下さい】《動詞「くださる」の命令形》（補助動詞）「お」を伴った動詞の連用形、「ご（御）」を伴った漢語、また、動詞の連用形に接続助詞「て」を添えたものなどに付いて、相手に何かを要望•懇願する意を表す。「お座り—」「ご覧—」「止めて—」

Source:
http://r25.jp/magazine/ranking_review/10008000/1112008032716.html

I think it’s usually good to put the source down too. That way if you for some reason don’t understand a sentence due to context or something, you can always go back and see where you got it from.

Cheers!

-kev

o and whats that dot you put between these characters for? どう・ろ

Also, on your sidebar, you have a link to http://www.japanese.carliek.com/. Looks like carliek.com is gone for good.

Apart from that, thanks a lot for this website of infinite motivation.

>Could I skip this part and just include definitions of new words?
Yes, you could. If you still need a translation you could just keep a “natural” translation.

“とう・きょう と おお・さか と どちら の ほう が たくさん あめ が ふりますか

Tokyo [and] Osaka [and which] [the way of] [sub. marker] much rain [sub. marker] falls [question]

Which has more rain, Tokyo or Osaka?”

Doesn’t this fall into the trap of attempting to dissect the language? Could I skip this part and just include definitions of new words? ps. This website is an amazing resource I wish I’d found it months ago. The way I used to learn Japanese was cringe worthy.

and the answer will contain this:
A: どう・ろ　で　あそ・ぶ　のは（のわ）あぶない (PL2)
Street [in] play [business as-for] dangerous
It is dangerous to play in the street

I’m confused about how you’ve suggested avoiding english

PL1 – rude or very colloquial language (use with extreme caution).
PL2 – normal plain speech, often marked by using plain forms of verbs, like “da” instead of “desu”, “aru” instead of “arimasu”, etc.
PL3 – polite speech, the kind foreigners are encouraged to learn first. Often marked by using polite forms like “desu” instead of “da”, etc.
PL4 – very formal/honorific speech, used when addressing superiors and the like. Instead of “desu” you might use “de gozaimasu”, etc.

As an example, I think “doumo” is probably around PL2, “doumo arigatou” is certainly PL3, and “doumo arigatou gozaimasu” is probably around PL4, although I think all three of them are fairly close to PL3. Not having any real command of the language, though, I could be wrong.

It’s used to mark the sentence as a whole, not the words used in the sentence. For instance, using a humble verb in reference to yourself may be PL4, but using the same verb in reference to who you’re talking to could be PL1!

I learned this system from “Learn Japanese Through Comics” and related books. I don’t know where else it might be used.

- Kef

I spent ten minutes trying to figure out what 教えてくれて is before noticing the answer section. Is the くれて supposed to be 呉れて?

what does (PL1), (PL2), etc mean ?