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    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

CureDolly Wrote:You seemed to be emotionally affected to me since terms like "resent" and "regret" normally imply that, but if you aren't I am glad. One thing first. If only for future reference, plea...
Keyboarder Group study 361 69,410 2015-10-04, 4:44 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

CureDolly Wrote:No I am not unhappy with them and I fully accept their right to use whatever criteria feel best to them. I just put forward my view that in this area the criterion of being advanced do...
Keyboarder Group study 361 69,410 2015-10-04, 8:29 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

CureDolly Wrote:Hmm. If that advanced learner had written the blog along the way, while she was actually involved in the process, would that make any difference? After all if the learner is advanced i...
Keyboarder Group study 361 69,410 2015-10-03, 4:30 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

@CureDolly Thanks. I initially thought your site was about the approach that had made you fluent ("here's how I did it"), but now I see it's more of a normal language-learning blog ("here's what I'm ...
Keyboarder Group study 361 69,410 2015-10-03, 7:54 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

CureDolly Wrote:I'm not really in the "race". My reading speed in general is such that I wouldn't stand a chance against these people who have goals in the thousands even if I was reading English. I'...
Keyboarder Group study 361 69,410 2015-10-01, 3:11 pm
    Thread: N3 listening advice?
Post: N3 listening advice?

PotbellyPig Wrote:Keyboarder Wrote:PotbellyPig Wrote:Too bad the fast version seems very slow also. I'm looking for something like actual news casts with transcripts in Japanese. Try this: http://hea...
Keyboarder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 3,236 2015-09-29, 3:06 am
    Thread: N3 listening advice?
Post: N3 listening advice?

PotbellyPig Wrote:yogert909 Wrote:Adding a link for news in slow japanese. You can listen to the slow version or full speed and there are transcripts. If you're into podcasts like me, you can [url=h...
Keyboarder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 3,236 2015-09-28, 3:58 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

yudantaiteki Wrote:There are words that can modify either with な or の. Thank you, apparently it's not as cut and dried as I thought it was! I found a very good explanation in the Dictionary of Advance...
Keyboarder The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,216 2015-09-26, 10:36 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hi there! I was looking for the definition of 興味本位 and found examples like 興味本位の文学 "popular literature" and 興味本位な取り上げ方 "a light or entertaining treatment (of a topic)". This word can apparently take な...
Keyboarder The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,216 2015-09-26, 7:11 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Ash_S Wrote:just thinking of some other grammar points with と that don't require だ after a noun... ・とはいえ ・といえども ・とはいうものの Thank you, I guess it's just a matter of remembering how each grammar point com...
Keyboarder The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,216 2015-09-20, 4:54 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Just bumping my question in case someone who knows might have missed it. Have a nice Sunday! Keyboarder Wrote:I have a question about a grammar pattern. I'm now studying N2 grammar and I'm seeing th...
Keyboarder The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,216 2015-09-20, 8:52 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I have a question about a grammar pattern. I'm now studying N2 grammar and I'm seeing that many grammar points that begin with という (particle と + verb いう) and even many grammar points that begin with ...
Keyboarder The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,216 2015-09-18, 10:59 am
    Thread: A specific usage of だけ
Post: A specific usage of だけ

Thank you! In a way, and I might be wrong here, it might be easier to understand these four examples as three different structures: 1. verb + 「だけ」 + verb 2. 「~たいだけ」 (= as much as X wanted to...) 3. f...
Keyboarder The Japanese language 5 1,091 2015-09-16, 4:59 am
    Thread: A specific usage of だけ
Post: A specific usage of だけ

Hi there, can someone please help me understand this grammar point? [Image: http://i.imgur.com/X2sMrYm.png] I don't get the meaning/explanation of it. I see it involves the dictionary form of a verb...
Keyboarder The Japanese language 5 1,091 2015-09-15, 1:59 pm