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    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: RE: Where's Khatzumoto?

http://thelanguagedojo.com/2016/01/guest...anchanman/ I hope you don't mind me replying to this here? Anyway, thanks for the great post Dan! I’m sorry to hear you had such a rough experience. Your s...
thecite Off topic 529 102,793 2016-01-22, 3:20 am
    Thread: Warning on AnkiMobile 2!!!!!!
Post: Warning on AnkiMobile 2!!!!!!

I was satisfied with Anki 1 and didn't want to upgrade, but was pretty much forced to when AnkiWeb for Anki 1 was shut down. The learning curve for Anki 2 is a pain, and I don't need any of the new fe...
thecite Learning resources 25 15,685 2013-02-27, 12:18 pm
    Thread: Driving in Japan
Post: Driving in Japan

Being an Australian, I can get a licence here merely by presenting my Australian licence and filling out the paperwork. However, the catch is that you need to live in the country for a minimum of thre...
thecite General discussion 23 4,524 2013-02-22, 3:55 am
    Thread: Finding an apartment in Kyoto
Post: Finding an apartment in Kyoto

Tzadeck Wrote:Looks good to me! The one thing I wouldn't like is that there's probably only space for one burner on your stove. Then again, somehow my girlfriend manages to make me big awesome meals...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 32 9,010 2013-02-03, 2:34 am
    Thread: Finding an apartment in Kyoto
Post: Finding an apartment in Kyoto

Went and signed the contract for my new apartment yesterday! Well, it's a 仮契約 for now until I get the final confirmation of my acceptance into Kyodai next month. The place I was looking at got taken ...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 32 9,010 2013-02-02, 11:24 pm
    Thread: Finding an apartment in Kyoto
Post: Finding an apartment in Kyoto

I live in a ryugakusei dorm now and it's good fun; the only problem is the terribly inconvenient location of the campus. All the people from my program live on the same level, so we hang out a lot (ev...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 32 9,010 2013-01-31, 9:49 pm
    Thread: Finding an apartment in Kyoto
Post: Finding an apartment in Kyoto

Thanks everyone for the input! After reading all of the advice here I've decided to get an apartment a short walking distance from Demachiyanagi station, probably near the Hyakumanben intersection. T...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 32 9,010 2013-01-31, 10:23 am
    Thread: Eating cheaply and healthy in Japan
Post: Eating cheaply and healthy in Japan

As long as you eat food it's difficult not to get enough protein.
thecite General discussion 24 5,075 2013-01-31, 10:19 am
    Thread: Finding an apartment in Kyoto
Post: Finding an apartment in Kyoto

Tzadeck Wrote:And so on. I don't know why you would want to live in that area. If I were you I would live near Demachiyanagi or Imadegawa station (and get a bike). Hmm, you make it sound pretty unap...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 32 9,010 2013-01-28, 9:19 am
    Thread: Finding an apartment in Kyoto
Post: Finding an apartment in Kyoto

I've also got into Kyoto Uni and am trying to decide where to live in Kyoto. I'm considering renting an apartment in Shijo-Kawaramachi, Teramachi-dori to be specific. After living in a remote area of ...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 32 9,010 2013-01-27, 12:15 pm
    Thread: Comparing kanji lists
Post: Comparing kanji lists

Thanks Katsuo, that sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. Do the two documents have to be saved to any particular location? Edit: Worked like a charm, thank you.
thecite General discussion 7 1,053 2013-01-03, 1:33 pm
    Thread: Comparing kanji lists
Post: Comparing kanji lists

Thanks for your help! Keep in mind that there's likely 1500+ characters that aren't in list #2, so any manual compilation would be an extreme hassle. Anyway, I've got the UTF8 .txt files, but how do ...
thecite General discussion 7 1,053 2013-01-03, 1:28 pm
    Thread: Comparing kanji lists
Post: Comparing kanji lists

I've got two big lists of kanji in separate word documents, I want to compare the data and see which kanji from list #1 aren't in list #2. Does anyone know how I'd go about doing this? Any help would...
thecite General discussion 7 1,053 2013-01-03, 12:34 pm
    Thread: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni?
Post: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni?

thistime Wrote:Yep, go with Kyoto. Tokyo is cold (as in not friendly), overcrowded, overpriced, cramped. I guess to each his own, but I lived in Shinjuku for a year and there is really very little goo...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 4,398 2012-11-19, 6:17 am
    Thread: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni?
Post: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni?

Thanks for your response, dizmox. I've taken night buses to Tokyo a few times and I think it's more than bearable considering the price. Take a Monday and/or Friday off once in a while and I could sp...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 4,398 2012-11-16, 2:31 pm
    Thread: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni?
Post: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni?

Thanks for the response. It's more about having the freedom to choose what, and how much I study, which it seems I'd have at Kyoto. At Tokyo, it doesn't sound like there'd be much freedom at all, it's...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 4,398 2012-11-16, 10:21 am
    Thread: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni?
Post: Tokyo Uni or Kyoto Uni?

I'm currently undertaking the preparatory year of the MEXT undergraduate scholarship at Osaka University. At the beginning of next month we have to hand up a list of our university preferences for nex...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 4,398 2012-11-16, 5:39 am
    Thread: Hang drum session at Kyoto Uni :)
Post: Hang drum session at Kyoto Uni :)

That's a coincidence. Right when I'm about to start a new thread regarding Kyoto Uni, the newest thread is Kyoto Uni-related. Anyway, nice playing ;)
thecite Off topic 8 1,700 2012-11-16, 5:37 am
    Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work
Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work

vileru Wrote:I didn't make the claim that animals don't feel pain. I explicitly, and quite carefully, stated that only animals capable of self-awareness feel pain (e.g. great apes, dolphins, elephants...
thecite Off topic 316 42,844 2012-11-01, 12:11 pm
    Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work
Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work

vileru Wrote:As for the moral issue of animal suffering, as I have mentioned elsewhere, only self-aware animals suffer in a morally relevant way. An animal that is not self-aware does not suffer when ...
thecite Off topic 316 42,844 2012-11-01, 10:01 am
    Thread: MEXT and changing programs / uni
Post: MEXT and changing programs / uni

Wasn't there a placement test to determine your level? If so, surely there's an advisor you can talk with about moving down to a lower level? There are heaps of people on that program here at Osaka U...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 6 2,712 2012-10-16, 7:32 am
    Thread: Silverspoon Nuetrino
Post: Silverspoon Nuetrino

I personally benefited greatly from Khatz's site; it had great advice right when I needed it and sent me in the right direction. So there you go.
thecite Learning resources 72 18,820 2012-10-03, 4:17 am
    Thread: Move to Japan, Go to College, and get a Job, on low budget?
Post: Move to Japan, Go to College, and get a Job, on lo...

They only select one hundred or so people for the undergraduate scholarship every year, it's tiny. This year, sixteen of the hundred are Korean. This favouritism has been going on as long as anyone kn...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 15 5,668 2012-09-14, 9:58 am
    Thread: Move to Japan, Go to College, and get a Job, on low budget?
Post: Move to Japan, Go to College, and get a Job, on lo...

You can still apply for the MEXT undergrad scholarship next year. You only have to be under 22 years of age at the time of applying. There are two or three people in the program here who turned 22 aft...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 15 5,668 2012-09-14, 3:44 am
    Thread: Education in Japan
Post: Education in Japan

I've been on the MEXT undergrad scholarship since April this year, currently undertaking the preparatory year at Osaka University. I haven't heard anything about the scholarship ending anytime soon. I...
thecite JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 6 2,532 2012-09-08, 8:57 am
    Thread: 本音 rant, critical articles
Post: 本音 rant, critical articles

The nationalists who deny Japan's war crimes are no different from holocaust deniers, and should be treated like the scum they are.
thecite Off topic 18 3,854 2012-08-29, 11:33 am
    Thread: thoughts on tokyo nampa
Post: thoughts on tokyo nampa

Back to the original topic: I'd like to hear everyone's nanpa techniques, experiences etc.
thecite Off topic 69 18,918 2012-05-22, 5:34 am
    Thread: thoughts on tokyo nampa
Post: thoughts on tokyo nampa

dtcamero Wrote:I would take a slightly different route and say that if she is willing to do that then A) the guy must be a loser for being so mushy with this girl who obviously doesn't like him that m...
thecite Off topic 69 18,918 2012-05-22, 4:01 am
    Thread: thoughts on tokyo nampa
Post: thoughts on tokyo nampa

dizmox Wrote:No girl who moves in with a guy then acts like that can be awesome in any sense of the word. I was thinking the same thing (she's a pretty awful girlfriend), but she *is* a joy to be arou...
thecite Off topic 69 18,918 2012-05-21, 6:33 pm
    Thread: thoughts on tokyo nampa
Post: thoughts on tokyo nampa

nadiatims Wrote:she's in an ethical dilemma, not you. She's already made it clear she's willing to cheat (pretty vividly :p), so it's up to me really.
thecite Off topic 69 18,918 2012-05-21, 12:03 pm