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    Thread: Starting RTK1, need help with Heisig method and Anki
Post: Starting RTK1, need help with Heisig method and An...

For an Anki kanji deck I'd reccomend https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/3397828991 Most of the stories are pretty bad, but it has built in links to dictionaries with stroke order and revTK as well as mu...
stratzvyda Remembering the Kanji 16 5,919 2013-08-08, 10:31 pm
    Thread: How to search for kanji/word I don't know?
Post: How to search for kanji/word I don't know?

For kanji learning SKIP codes are really useful, mathy way of classifying kanji. Really helpful when you havent seen most of the primitives. http://www.basic-japanese.com/Hilfsdatei...pCode.html
stratzvyda General discussion 12 3,513 2013-08-03, 7:11 pm
    Thread: "Steam" Games in Japanese
Post: "Steam" Games in Japanese

SomeCallMeChris Wrote:Ok, I updated the top post. Are you sure? Only Magic 2014 is listed in the store as supporting Japanese, 2013 and earlier have no such note. I added 2014, but I'll wait for speci...
stratzvyda Off topic 84 48,826 2013-07-31, 7:25 pm
    Thread: "Steam" Games in Japanese
Post: "Steam" Games in Japanese

All the Duels of the planeswalker games(MTG) are completely text localized.
stratzvyda Off topic 84 48,826 2013-07-29, 12:42 pm
    Thread: Maintaining Interest in Japanese (or anything)
Post: Maintaining Interest in Japanese (or anything)

Doctorate Wrote:I'm almost in the same situation. I've just done 200 kanji in RTK (at around 50 per day), and I would like these questions answered! :) Personally I'd argue against worrying too much a...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 23 3,685 2013-06-16, 3:55 pm
    Thread: Getting to the good stuff
Post: Getting to the good stuff

Stansfield123 Wrote:So the claim is that a person who never heard German or Arabic in his life, will learn German faster than Arabic, because German is related to his own language, English? How on Ear...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 71 11,173 2013-06-11, 10:01 pm
    Thread: Getting to the good stuff
Post: Getting to the good stuff

Tzadeck Wrote:Err, not really. I find that with Germanic or Romance languages if you basically know what the major pronouns look like, and what the to be verb looks like, after that there are so many...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 71 11,173 2013-06-11, 9:32 pm
    Thread: Getting to the good stuff
Post: Getting to the good stuff

Except in the case of reading tzadeck, then your comprehensions probably higher than that of similar languages. That's the reason for RTK, on top of it making the kanji old friends, you can at least ...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 71 11,173 2013-06-11, 8:46 pm
    Thread: Getting to the good stuff
Post: Getting to the good stuff

yudantaiteki Wrote:I've seen this claim for years, never seen anyone who actually did it. People claim they did, but then it turns out that they say "I didn't study grammar" but they don't literally ...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 71 11,173 2013-06-11, 3:01 pm
    Thread: Question about visual memorization
Post: Question about visual memorization

SomeCallMeChris Wrote:stratzvyda Wrote:I'm curious what the purpose of that is. I don't believe that people who learn by simple recognition flashcards are going to be able to distinguish characters th...
stratzvyda Remembering the Kanji 9 1,740 2013-03-07, 9:29 pm
    Thread: Question about visual memorization
Post: Question about visual memorization

Cerberus_Red Wrote:I'm totally down for using a flashcard program. Just is there a way I can make it so that the kanji appears and then I hit the spacebar or s button to make the meaning appear? Basic...
stratzvyda Remembering the Kanji 9 1,740 2013-03-07, 8:13 pm
    Thread: Question about visual memorization
Post: Question about visual memorization

oefirouz Wrote:The simplest explanation I would give is that you should put the most important information on the back of the flashcard. The kanji is the most important, not the keyword, so put that ...
stratzvyda Remembering the Kanji 9 1,740 2013-03-07, 8:03 pm
    Thread: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k
Post: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k

I didn't do core 2k/6k and instead did AJATT but at around 2000 clozes I was able to understand enough to read through a manga or visual novel and get what was going on though there were still frequen...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 66 13,891 2013-03-07, 7:51 pm
    Thread: Question about visual memorization
Post: Question about visual memorization

Not at all, that is far and away the most important aspect and the rest will come over time naturally as you drill more and definitely once you start learning the language. Being able to go from conc...
stratzvyda Remembering the Kanji 9 1,740 2013-03-07, 7:44 pm
    Thread: I think I may have a problem
Post: I think I may have a problem

That's just impressive, I wonder what the cutoff for ankfinity is.
stratzvyda Off topic 60 7,947 2013-03-04, 10:38 pm
    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

That's really weird, guess they're just glitching out because it wont let us make new invites. http://i.imgur.com/zIPRCEm.png In a few days once it's closed and not this really weird open/closed stat...
stratzvyda Off topic 199 73,063 2013-03-04, 5:09 pm
    Thread: Finding sentences for words
Post: Finding sentences for words

When i was starting out i used http://45web.net/1pctop.htm a lot. Lots of simple sentences next to pictures of various games. Now i mostly use the japanese weekly world news, because I enjoy weird t...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 11 3,568 2013-03-03, 4:46 pm
    Thread: Please assess my study method...
Post: Please assess my study method...

Yes stories make a ridiculous difference, though adding will be slower at first and take you a while to get used to it you will save significant time on reviews. Especially in the beginning you'll ne...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 19 3,817 2013-03-02, 2:17 am
    Thread: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT
Post: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT

JunePin Wrote:How do you know every member of Ajatt+ has abandoned the method? That sounds a bit out there to me, and every follower of PORAB no longer uses it? How do you know this, can you show your...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 93 21,667 2013-02-17, 7:47 am
    Thread: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT
Post: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT

Most of the objections still seem to be focused on 10k sentences which hasn't been used in AJATT+ since 2010, and ajatt public since early 2012. http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blo...-live-mcds ...
stratzvyda The Japanese language 93 21,667 2013-02-16, 11:45 pm