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    Thread: Reccomended Manga?
Post: Reccomended Manga?

thorstenu Wrote:Ok, thanks for your answers... so I just have to read. I am not exactly shure how to learn without understanding but I give it a try. Perhaps I was a little missguided because some peo...
kumadondon General discussion 56 26,477 2009-07-21, 11:40 am
    Thread: Reccomended Manga?
Post: Reccomended Manga?

Codexus Wrote:1) Simply read it. 3) Ask questions on forums, I'm not saying you should post every sentence you don't understand but when you start noticing some repeating pattern that bothers you, it...
kumadondon General discussion 56 26,477 2009-07-19, 11:22 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Taking a test made for Japanese students (Business, Apparel Science, and Garment Creation) I was a bit nervous during the tests but I didn't realize I was reading the thing normally. What the hell?
kumadondon General discussion 1,389 294,531 2009-07-19, 9:12 am
    Thread: Reccomended Manga?
Post: Reccomended Manga?

こちら亀有公園派出所 (kochira kameari kouen hashutsujo) Funny manga about a cop and his workmates, dude gets into ridiculous situations and the text is good to read. The earlier volumes didn't have furigana, bu...
kumadondon General discussion 56 26,477 2009-07-19, 8:40 am
    Thread: General Study with Anki
Post: General Study with Anki

I recently backed up my Japanese sentences anki deck to my external hard drive, and made 5 sets of flash cards for my different classes (not sure if I'm setting them up correctly, but I just put impor...
kumadondon General discussion 3 1,204 2009-07-11, 11:41 pm
    Thread: 文化服装学院などに就いて
Post: 文化服装学院などに就いて

Hey all, I posted a topic back quite some time ago about help for writing an essay in Japanese for Bunka Fashion Institute, and passed with the help from people here (most of all to Fabrice for this s...
kumadondon Off topic 1 501 2009-05-16, 11:01 pm
    Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法
Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法

Went up to 126.
kumadondon Group study 253 93,882 2009-05-04, 9:46 pm
    Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法
Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法

captal Wrote:did some checking- changed 117B (2) to an uppercase A since that is what is in the book 119 (1)- changed す to ず 123-143 still need checking Strange, I thought I corrected the upperca...
kumadondon Group study 253 93,882 2009-05-04, 9:28 pm
    Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法
Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法

I only went up to 115. No mistakes! 116-121 お願いしますぅぅぅぅ!
kumadondon Group study 253 93,882 2009-05-04, 10:20 am
    Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法
Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法

ikemasen, I didn't read your post completely, I jumped the gun and corrected 50-60. 243 - は is now が 271 - added a missing sentence (今度こそ試合に勝ちたい。) moved down the sheet one row. Currently going thro...
kumadondon Group study 253 93,882 2009-05-04, 10:07 am
    Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法
Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法

I sent an e-mail, ikemasen. If you can, let a bro in on the stuff!
kumadondon Group study 253 93,882 2009-05-03, 4:50 am
    Thread: Posting stuff from Dictionary of Advanced Grammar on iKnow
Post: Posting stuff from Dictionary of Advanced Grammar ...

Hey guys, I want to upload most of the stuff from Dictionary of Advanced Grammar on iKnow, but I fear that this might be in violation of some copyright law. Can anyone shed some light?
kumadondon Learning resources 1 761 2009-04-24, 6:52 pm
    Thread: 外国人の日本語「いい間違い」
Post: 外国人の日本語「いい間違い」

http://www.ibcpub.co.jp/taiyaku/4896846788.html For all of you out there who are looking for a natural Japanese/English text, this is one you should pick up. There are other books like this out there...
kumadondon Learning resources 3 863 2009-03-19, 11:18 pm
    Thread: Color Study Suggests Red Aids Recall, Blue Boosts Creativity
Post: Color Study Suggests Red Aids Recall, Blue Boosts ...

When I was fretting over Japanese, my girlfriend told me she used to write in blue. Maybe makes it stick out more and is more vivid, thus catching your brain's attention more.
kumadondon General discussion 22 5,015 2009-02-21, 12:57 am
    Thread: New 常用漢字 (jouyou kanji) added recently
Post: New 常用漢字 (jouyou kanji) added recently

こりゃおもしれぇな! Might as well learn these now!!
kumadondon The Japanese language 35 13,481 2009-02-20, 9:33 am
    Thread: 日本語で小論文を書かなくちゃけどどうすればいい?
Post: 日本語で小論文を書かなくちゃけどどうすればいい?

Hey guys, I passed the exams with flying colors :D Thanks, Fabrice and Heisig! ::puts on shades::
kumadondon General discussion 21 3,857 2009-02-10, 11:19 am
    Thread: HELP! 3-4 Minute Speech in Japanese
Post: HELP! 3-4 Minute Speech in Japanese

theasianpleaser Wrote:私の経験では文法を覚えることや実勢的な日本語を使わないでことなどをつまらないんですから、どうしようかなと思っています。私が漫画や日本語である映画を大好きなので・・・ 私の経験では、文法を覚えることや実勢的な日本語を使うなどはつまらないのですから、どうすればいいかなぁと思っていました。漫画や日本語である映画が大好きなので。。。 正しく書いたと思うんだけど...
kumadondon General discussion 36 21,135 2009-02-10, 11:13 am
    Thread: Many (younger) Japanese people have really bad kanji and keigo..?
Post: Many (younger) Japanese people have really bad kan...

Too lazy to check, but one thing I'd like to just put out there: 申し訳ございません is not correct, it's 申し訳ありません。 The former sounds more polite, but it's grammatically incorrect. So I hear from a 店員。
kumadondon General discussion 53 13,714 2009-02-10, 11:02 am
    Thread: Many (younger) Japanese people have really bad kanji and keigo..?
Post: Many (younger) Japanese people have really bad kan...

nac_est Wrote:そして「お前」は駄目!!!とても厳しい(汚い)呼び方で、不快感を与えると 思います。ただし、地域や家族の中では使う人もいますが、 私は「お前」と呼ばれたら、とても嫌です(~д~) My girlfriend says the same thing :-\ I'm used to saying 君
kumadondon General discussion 53 13,714 2009-02-10, 10:59 am
    Thread: 親父 ギャグ - Old man jokes - Puns
Post: 親父 ギャグ - Old man jokes - Puns

奥:まったく、いったいうちの子どこから親父ギャグ習ったかしら 親父:尻ません(知りません)
kumadondon General discussion 7 3,629 2009-01-10, 3:41 pm
    Thread: Getting addicted to reading
Post: Getting addicted to reading

クレヨンしんちゃん This is the only funny Japanese show/manga for me, and it helped me a lot on the grammar and listening part of the JLPT.
kumadondon General discussion 11 1,520 2008-12-07, 4:47 am
    Thread: JLPT 2008 Cream Puffed?
Post: JLPT 2008 Cream Puffed?

Listening was all right, there were 4 questions I had my doubts with. 文字・語彙was pretty easy (thanks to RTK, Heisig, and this site!!!) 文法と読解 was kinda tricky, the ol' go back later and recheck the inc...
kumadondon JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 96 21,480 2008-12-07, 4:10 am
    Thread: Post JLPT meet?
Post: Post JLPT meet?

Where exactly? There's like 30 testing sites in Tokyo alone.
kumadondon Off topic 3 942 2008-12-03, 12:53 am
    Thread: JLPT 2008 Sign-Up Thread
Post: JLPT 2008 Sign-Up Thread

Anyone testing at Tokyo Keizai Daigaku (東京経済大学) ? I'll see you there! I'm taking 2kyu
kumadondon JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 153 34,116 2008-11-27, 2:33 am
    Thread: Sexy Japanese example sentences
Post: Sexy Japanese example sentences

here you go! ?感じてるぅぅぅぅぅ~うお!?
kumadondon General discussion 10 5,261 2008-11-25, 2:11 am
    Thread: Your name in Japanese Game
Post: Your name in Japanese Game

禰人 史朗弐案 デビド シロウニアン 当て字なんてかっこ悪っ。 漢字のかっこいい当て字与えてくれたまえ! 【笑】
kumadondon Off topic 43 12,692 2008-11-25, 2:09 am
    Thread: Online Magazines
Post: Online Magazines

Tokyo here, works for me 100%.
kumadondon Learning resources 18 2,908 2008-10-06, 1:44 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

2042....done................finally :D
kumadondon Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,638 2008-09-06, 7:34 am
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

Mcjon01 Wrote:I added what I had already done of chapter 14, but someone else should probably finish it. No problem finishing it. As soon as I get access to it, I'll hand it over!
kumadondon Learning resources 134 30,015 2008-08-28, 9:35 am
    Thread: Dirty Japanese
Post: Dirty Japanese

So I have this book called Dirty Japanese. It's really useful and seems more common than the stuff I've read in Making Out in Japanes (although to be honest, stuff from both books pop up from time to ...
kumadondon Learning resources 0 728 2008-08-24, 11:53 pm