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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks, Taishi. That makes sense and fits well with the other inscription. |
Corodon | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,226 | 2015-03-13, 9:11 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I have a katana with some kanji as hilt decorations (menuki). I've been trying to figure out exactly what it says, but the wrapping partially obscures the characters, making it difficult. One side i... |
Corodon | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,226 | 2015-03-13, 12:29 am | ||
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Thread: Dictionary of Japanese Grammar Website Post: Dictionary of Japanese Grammar Website All the Japanese characters are garbled when I read it. You should add a <meta charset="UTF-8" /> to your pages to improve the compatibility. |
Corodon | Learning resources | 32 | 8,828 | 2013-12-12, 7:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone have the Genki sentences as a file? Post: Anyone have the Genki sentences as a file? In my first look through, I just saw lots and lots of vocab decks. I checked a bit more, and "Genki Annihilation" looks close enough to what I need to useful. Thanks for the suggestion. |
Corodon | Group study | 2 | 2,544 | 2013-12-05, 6:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone have the Genki sentences as a file? Post: Anyone have the Genki sentences as a file? I've decided to make a grammar SRS deck, and would like to add the things I've learned from Genki to it. If someone has already done something similar, this would save me a lot of typing things in fr... |
Corodon | Group study | 2 | 2,544 | 2013-12-05, 5:18 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON! Post: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON! N5 in Houston. After years of on and off self-study, I figured this year I'd finally take the JLPT to see what I had accomplished. Earlier in the year I had been thinking of trying for the N4, but a... |
Corodon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 156 | 35,090 | 2013-12-01, 11:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Advice on how to Retain my Kana Knowledge Post: Advice on how to Retain my Kana Knowledge I just added kana Anki cards with the kanji ones while I was doing Heisig. So in addition to having to write "legitimate wife" or "raccoon dog", I might also have to write "hiragana sa". I'm not rev... |
Corodon | The Japanese language | 41 | 7,026 | 2013-06-18, 3:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Need a study plan for N4 Post: Need a study plan for N4 Thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate them. |
Corodon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 4 | 1,996 | 2013-06-05, 3:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Need a study plan for N4 Post: Need a study plan for N4 Hi everyone. I've decided to attempt the N4 this December, so I have 6 months to prepare. Any advice or tips on how to best go about this would be really helpful. This will be my first time taking ... |
Corodon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 4 | 1,996 | 2013-06-04, 2:33 pm | ||
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Thread: pimsleur ads Post: pimsleur ads I've done two of the three levels of Pimsleur Japanese. There are much more efficient learning resources for the money, but it's worth doing if you're at the appropriate place in your studies. It's ... |
Corodon | Off topic | 21 | 4,254 | 2012-12-17, 7:18 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I have a quick question... ティッシュを取ってください。 Tissue as direct object and "take" for the verb in polite imperative form. What causes it to mean "Please pass a tissue" instead of "Please take a tissue"? |
Corodon | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,226 | 2012-11-15, 5:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work IceCream Wrote:Yes, overpopulation is one of the most severe problems the world is facing right now, as it has a knock on effect on close to every other critical issue of our times. Remember that if e... |
Corodon | Off topic | 316 | 42,854 | 2012-11-01, 12:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Aijin, You argue against factory farming from the perspective of the deforestation and environmental damage it causes, and also that it is inhumane to the animals. But, wouldn't giving the animals b... |
Corodon | Off topic | 316 | 42,854 | 2012-10-31, 11:03 am | ||
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Thread: Optimal course of study? Post: Optimal course of study? The big decision after you finish RtK is whether to build up your vocabulary by studying individual words, or by reading example sentences. Each way has its advantages and drawbacks, which you can re... |
Corodon | Learning resources | 20 | 3,369 | 2012-10-30, 4:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Core 6000 coverage of Heisig kanji Post: Core 6000 coverage of Heisig kanji I wonder what the history behind the differences is, whether Nukemarine did some editing to make for better cards or the sentences got revised during the smart.fm to iKnow transition or what. |
Corodon | Learning resources | 6 | 2,035 | 2012-10-30, 2:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Core 6000 coverage of Heisig kanji Post: Core 6000 coverage of Heisig kanji Interesting how Cangy's findings are similar to mine but not quite the same. Different versions of the list have slight variations. Non-Joyo kanji in the sentences: 鞄嬉綺綺鹸鞄賑醤碗喧嘩喧嘩馳叩鯉噂噛嘘嘘噌襖噌綺叱髭剃濡姪噂嬉 雀... |
Corodon | Learning resources | 6 | 2,035 | 2012-10-30, 12:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Core 6000 coverage of Heisig kanji Post: Core 6000 coverage of Heisig kanji I'm doing the Core 6000 right now and got to wondering about how the kanji that occur in the sentences line up with the ones learned in RtK. I'm posting my findings here since others studying the sam... |
Corodon | Learning resources | 6 | 2,035 | 2012-10-29, 4:01 pm | ||
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Thread: NHK News Easy Post: NHK News Easy Seamoby Wrote:This question sounded odd to me. You can read the articles now. Can you read Core 6k? What's the difference between learning new words from reading the articles and learning new words... |
Corodon | General discussion | 32 | 20,368 | 2012-10-25, 2:19 pm | ||
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Thread: NHK News Easy Post: NHK News Easy Excellent resource, thanks for sharing. Sadly, my reading skills are still not up to even the Easy level. Is this something I could reasonably expect to be able to read once I'm done with the Core 6... |
Corodon | General discussion | 32 | 20,368 | 2012-10-23, 11:47 am | ||
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Thread: List of primitives that are themselves kanji? Post: List of primitives that are themselves kanji? Thanks. That's very informative. My goal in asking was to figure out what obscure bonus kanji I might have picked up along the course of doing Heisig. I already know how to write things like 圥 so m... |
Corodon | Remembering the Kanji | 2 | 2,022 | 2012-09-26, 11:54 am | ||
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Thread: List of primitives that are themselves kanji? Post: List of primitives that are themselves kanji? Does anyone a list of primitives that are kanji in their own right, but never given a number by Heisig? Things like the long-tailed-monkey 禺, three-legged-crock 鬲, and "rice seedling" mushroom 圥? |
Corodon | Remembering the Kanji | 2 | 2,022 | 2012-09-21, 11:20 am | ||
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Thread: Help please? Post: Help please? Omoishinji Wrote:Hmm what are radicals exactly? Radicals are building blocks that make up kanji. When you look at kanji, you see certain patterns of sub-kanji that show up over and over again. The s... |
Corodon | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 1,309 | 2011-12-29, 12:14 pm | ||
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Thread: The claim: Person + Internet + Anonymity = Douchebag? Post: The claim: Person + Internet + Anonymity = Doucheb... qwertyytrewq Wrote:I'm not particularly a fan of American politics or discussing American politics but in Sarah Palin's case, I think the vitriol against her was well-deserved 100%. Even the Republica... |
Corodon | Off topic | 27 | 5,647 | 2011-12-11, 12:39 pm | ||
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Thread: The claim: Person + Internet + Anonymity = Douchebag? Post: The claim: Person + Internet + Anonymity = Doucheb... dtcamero Wrote:Internet comments sections are a cesspool for uneducated uncultured people who have vile opinions ... I get the feeling that if you're a redneck in the middle of the country who hates h... |
Corodon | Off topic | 27 | 5,647 | 2011-12-10, 2:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Making review lists in Anki Post: Making review lists in Anki I'm trying to build up vocab with Anki, and something I've found that helps a lot is to have a list of the words I'm currently trying to commit to memory on me at all times so I can study them through... |
Corodon | Learning resources | 5 | 1,810 | 2011-11-19, 12:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Jpod's Post: Jpod's While the PDFs are unfortunately encoded in a way that prevents copy and paste, the same info is in the Premium Learning Center (paywalled part of the web site), and cut and paste works fine from ther... |
Corodon | Learning resources | 37 | 5,977 | 2009-08-15, 12:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Interesting device: Open Pandora Post: Interesting device: Open Pandora Tobberoth Wrote:What I'm wondering is, why would anyone buy this instead of a proper netbook? More or less same price, more or less same capabilities, a lot better supported. This sounds like it would... |
Corodon | Learning resources | 47 | 6,085 | 2009-08-14, 6:28 am | ||
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Thread: Studying with music on? Post: Studying with music on? If I'm reviewing kanji, I'll often have music on. The Heisig method uses mostly the visual part of the brain, so it doesn't conflict much. If I'm learning vocabulary though, I have to turn it off, p... |
Corodon | General discussion | 26 | 3,240 | 2009-08-11, 4:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Extremely cheap anime DVDs? Post: Extremely cheap anime DVDs? Let's see, amazingly inexpensive DVDs that ship from somewhere in Southeast Asia, are not carried by any mainstream retailers, are region-free, have both Chinese and English subtitles, mediocre video ... |
Corodon | General discussion | 43 | 6,941 | 2009-08-10, 4:21 pm | ||
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Thread: KO2001 in a month. Post: KO2001 in a month. I wish I could do KO2001 in a month. Sadly, 5 kanji a day seems to be the magic number for me as that's about the rate at which my brain is able to internalize the readings. For those of you who can... |
Corodon | General discussion | 36 | 6,785 | 2009-08-07, 12:02 pm | ||
