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    Thread: Making my handwriting prettier?
Post: Making my handwriting prettier?

I recommend you writing on 原稿用紙. Start out slowly, it is very important to concentrate on forming your characters properly at first. I have a vocabulary deck where I practice handwriting (and rememb...
gombost General discussion 29 5,414 2014-05-06, 6:11 am
    Thread: Friends are acting weird about my Japanese.
Post: Friends are acting weird about my Japanese.

Your friends aren't interested in your Japanese studies and that's totally normal. I'm sure it's not that they have a problem with it. I have a friend whose hobby is bodybuilding. He puts in a lot of ...
gombost Off topic 21 6,849 2013-05-06, 6:45 am
    Thread: Anki How do you set days off?
Post: Anki How do you set days off?

sholum Wrote:If you just don't want to add new cards, I don't see how it would be a detriment. Unfortunately, the only way I know to stop new cards from showing is to go into the deck options and set ...
gombost Learning resources 15 11,824 2013-04-10, 5:35 am
    Thread: A random moan about fonts
Post: A random moan about fonts

Search for 手書き in Google and take a look at the images. I'd rather read a handwriting similar to regular script ordinary printed characters than one of those illegible scribbles. EDIT: I want dizmox ...
gombost Remembering the Kanji 17 4,957 2013-03-29, 7:56 am
    Thread: Confused by english multiple meanings
Post: Confused by english multiple meanings

I'd come up with little hints. In your example the keyword could be "alternate (options)" to avoid confusion without giving away too much.
gombost Remembering the Kanji 10 3,022 2013-03-27, 11:03 am
    Thread: Kanji Frequency in Wikipedia
Post: Kanji Frequency in Wikipedia

Sure, it's always good to put the bar slightly higher than comfortable. But the main point here is priority. It's much more useful to learn the first 1200 most frequent Japanese words than adding kanj...
gombost General discussion 78 75,001 2013-03-26, 1:47 pm
    Thread: Kanji Frequency in Wikipedia
Post: Kanji Frequency in Wikipedia

Animosophy Wrote:That makes 4201! They're like Japanese language MP points C: Why don't you make actual words your Japanese language MP points? You can learn many thousands of words with the set of ka...
gombost General discussion 78 75,001 2013-03-26, 5:25 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

In the first picture, 征服 means conquest.
gombost The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,168 2013-03-25, 5:22 pm
    Thread: Magyar (Hungarian)
Post: Magyar (Hungarian)

Hi, Hungarian native here. I think our language and German have quite a few things in common. Not grammatically but certain phrases follow the same logic. Agglutination is rather different from Japa...
gombost Off topic 19 4,924 2013-03-22, 1:58 am
    Thread: How to practice kana reading
Post: How to practice kana reading

There's a boosted version of Rikaichan called Rikaisama. It is developed by our fellow forum member, cb4960. You can check it out here. Rikaisama has tons of magic. For example, if you press F it pla...
gombost The Japanese language 7 2,207 2013-03-22, 1:08 am
    Thread: Is this sentence correct?
Post: Is this sentence correct?

I think both are correct. Vmasu can be used as "and" to connect two states or actions, although it's different from Vte to some extent. Vmasu usually means a less direct relationship and it's more f...
gombost The Japanese language 18 3,500 2013-03-18, 5:42 pm
    Thread: Finding the established loan words
Post: Finding the established loan words

Hi! There's a set of rules in DoIJG starting from page 615, although I find it easier to learn the katakana loan words than memorizing and confidently using those rules.
gombost The Japanese language 7 1,464 2013-03-12, 1:22 pm
    Thread: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarrior 2.0)
Post: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarri...

gogo496 Wrote:i have the same problem, so maybe u can post it? Here you are. Just copy it into the addons folder. In the meantime I've found 2 other bugs. If the main AnkiEmperor window is hidden t...
gombost Learning resources 180 53,084 2013-02-28, 9:47 am
    Thread: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarrior 2.0)
Post: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarri...

I have found another bug. If I grade a card while a view other than the MainView is opened I get the following error: Quote:An error occurred in an add-on. Please contact the add-on author. Traceba...
gombost Learning resources 180 53,084 2013-02-27, 6:39 am
    Thread: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarrior 2.0)
Post: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarri...

bimspramirez Wrote:Btw, what is your OS? Arch Linux.
gombost Learning resources 180 53,084 2013-02-27, 3:21 am
    Thread: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarrior 2.0)
Post: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarri...

bimspramirez Wrote:Btw, what is the name of the file that makes the AnkiEmperor window appear? The AnkiEmperor in my linux laptop does not have any images like in your screenshot. It is just a plain a...
gombost Learning resources 180 53,084 2013-02-26, 8:19 pm
    Thread: NHK News Easy Archive
Post: NHK News Easy Archive

thedoc Wrote:Oh no worries, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't just me. Yes I was already toying with different stream downloaders and that one works great. From now on I'll be saving them on my co...
gombost Learning resources 6 1,516 2013-02-22, 2:47 am
    Thread: NHK News Easy Archive
Post: NHK News Easy Archive

Indeed, it doesn't work. Sorry, I remembered it wrong. Buonaparte had mentioned a software for this somewhere... I've found it, here :) Replay Media Catcher. It might be hard to find though.
gombost Learning resources 6 1,516 2013-02-21, 6:28 pm
    Thread: NHK News Easy Archive
Post: NHK News Easy Archive

In addition, there's an add-on for Firefox which can be used to download the audio and video files from the site.
gombost Learning resources 6 1,516 2013-02-21, 4:45 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

egoplant Wrote:Humility is for failures. This goes to show how little you know.
gombost General discussion 1,389 294,533 2013-02-21, 3:34 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Egoplant, I hope someday you'll learn some humility through your Japanese studies, too. Cheers!
gombost General discussion 1,389 294,533 2013-02-20, 5:07 am
    Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki?
Post: Good Alternatives to Anki?

There is a software similar to Anki and SuperMemo called Mnemosyne. I have never used it though.
gombost Learning resources 47 19,440 2013-02-01, 8:27 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hi! I found this sentence in DoIJG: この問題は時期が来れば自然に解決されるものと見られている。 This problem is expected to solve itself when the time comes. Would somebody please be so kind to explain the meaning and usage of ...
gombost The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,168 2013-01-31, 9:29 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Tzadeck Wrote:That was my first guess, but when I googled this it seems he got it from an example sentence for じょう. Sooo... at least one of these is read じょう, haha. I would guess じょうのじょう just becaus...
gombost The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,168 2013-01-25, 6:24 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hi! I stumbled upon this sentence: このお茶は上の上です。 Does the expression 上の上 read as じょうのじょう? Thank you.
gombost The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,168 2013-01-22, 7:03 am
    Thread: Anki 2 is out!
Post: Anki 2 is out!

RawToast Wrote:awaken Wrote:Anyway, I think that what you want is this: Load Balancer As of 2.0.4/2.0.5 Anki does this for you. Are you sure about that? Because I can't find anything related in the ch...
gombost Learning resources 60 22,297 2013-01-17, 7:41 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hi! In the expression 汗をかく, what is the kanji for the verb かく? My dictionary uses hiragana for it and I didn't find anything with Google either. Thanks.
gombost The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,168 2013-01-10, 4:25 pm
    Thread: Methods and resources on how to activate one’s grammar?
Post: Methods and resources on how to activate one’s gra...

And another thought. I read a lot of comments about being careful because it's easy to use the language in a foreign manner. I always wonder if Japanese is the first foreign language of these people t...
gombost The Japanese language 12 2,654 2013-01-04, 8:18 pm
    Thread: Methods and resources on how to activate one’s grammar?
Post: Methods and resources on how to activate one’s gra...

Well, currently I am between JLPT N3 and N2 so your Japanese skills are far beyond mine but I've been thinking about the same lately. I ended up asking myself: how did I learn to speak English (more o...
gombost The Japanese language 12 2,654 2013-01-04, 7:43 pm
    Thread: A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar - Sentences
Post: A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar - Sentences

301-400 is ready.
gombost Group study 42 17,709 2012-12-14, 9:37 pm