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Thread: 1Q84/Haruki Murakami Post: 1Q84/Haruki Murakami if you're interested in murakami, you should read some of his short stories. he has a few collections... the one about kangaroos is good. shorts stories and "short-shorts" are great introductions to ... |
TGWeaver | Learning resources | 42 | 12,883 | 2009-12-28, 8:30 am | ||
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Thread: Dealing with English Practicers Post: Dealing with English Practicers thistime Wrote:Okay, so I know the title is weird, but here's my question. Anytime I go out with a group of people, there is always at least one person who sees me as their chance to practice English.... |
TGWeaver | Off topic | 74 | 14,764 | 2009-12-27, 11:02 am | ||
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Thread: SRS sucks! Post: SRS sucks! i think that the SRS is good for languages that you don't share an alphabet with. i don't think that i'd ever use one with a european language, but i do find that the SRS really helps with kanji. |
TGWeaver | Learning resources | 111 | 18,162 | 2009-10-18, 10:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Finished Genki I and II, and RtK -- Now? Post: Finished Genki I and II, and RtK -- Now? that book is alright. J301 and J501 are pretty good. i was looking at this one the other day, and it looked alright: http://www.whiterabbitpress.com/catalog/...16551.html and this one is pretty popu... |
TGWeaver | Learning resources | 8 | 8,293 | 2009-09-17, 8:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Yonosa's in Shanghai! Are you!? Post: Yonosa's in Shanghai! Are you!? what are you doing over there? |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 6 | 1,070 | 2009-08-27, 7:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法 Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法 Jarvik7 Wrote:I was just down at the Umeda kinokuniya and I saw that there is a 1/2kyuu kanzen master book specifically for katakana vocab now. It's thick too. What a waste of trees. i'm pretty sure ... |
TGWeaver | Group study | 253 | 93,888 | 2009-08-25, 11:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Help me find Universities / Schools in Japan for fall/spring 2010. Post: Help me find Universities / Schools in Japan for f... Zorlee Wrote:TGWeaver: Thank you for the great answer. You say that you work and do language exchanges over there. Is this a possibility for me, or have you gotten hooked up with a visa/wife/etc? Just... |
TGWeaver | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 21 | 5,448 | 2009-08-21, 6:48 am | ||
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Thread: Help me find Universities / Schools in Japan for fall/spring 2010. Post: Help me find Universities / Schools in Japan for f... haplology Wrote:Hey - slightly off topic. Does anyone know a good *short* intensive program in Japan - preferably Tokyo or maybe Fukuoka, but other places are possible? I'm here for a limited amount... |
TGWeaver | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 21 | 5,448 | 2009-08-21, 6:41 am | ||
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Thread: Do you have an exit strategy? Post: Do you have an exit strategy? leosmith Wrote:leosmith Wrote:Learning kanji is a big hurdle, and makes Japanese different to learn than other languages. After messing around with several techniques, many of us have found that learn... |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 28 | 4,587 | 2009-08-19, 11:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Help me find Universities / Schools in Japan for fall/spring 2010. Post: Help me find Universities / Schools in Japan for f... thermal Wrote:A few things. Generally speaking, all Japanese schools in the world are bad. You can do everything you can do in a language school by yourself for free at a MUCH faster pace. For a lang... |
TGWeaver | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 21 | 5,448 | 2009-08-18, 11:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Help me find Universities / Schools in Japan for fall/spring 2010. Post: Help me find Universities / Schools in Japan for f... i wouldn't worry about hanging out with english speaking people. if you come to japan, it's completely up to you who you hang out with. big city or small city, this will always be the case. regarding... |
TGWeaver | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 21 | 5,448 | 2009-08-18, 6:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Help Cheer me up, Will I ever not need a dictonary? Post: Help Cheer me up, Will I ever not need a dictonary... koyota Wrote:Basically Question on how you choose to memorize vocab when when you are at a very high vocab level. specialize in something. focus on one particular topic and go from there. having "ge... |
TGWeaver | The Japanese language | 7 | 3,177 | 2009-08-07, 9:02 am | ||
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Thread: KO2001 in a month. Post: KO2001 in a month. mezbup Wrote:Thoughts, ideas, tips, encouragements, "why oh why's?", flames, fluency debates, AJATT debates, iKnow vs KO2001 debates, price of fish, Input? nothing right now... but when (if) you finis... |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 36 | 6,785 | 2009-08-07, 6:45 am | ||
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Thread: Hall of heroes Post: Hall of heroes blackmacros Wrote:If I may be so bold as to put myself forward ;) Completed RtK 1 at 100/day Finished the second KO book (555 kanji) in 11 days, and around a month to do both of them Re-examined my S... |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 55 | 7,142 | 2009-08-04, 10:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Love in Japan... Post: Love in Japan... Musashi Wrote:TGWeaver Wrote:one final point: nothing in his post was racist. careful how you use that term. he spoke about culture, but i didn't get the sense that race really entered the picture... ... |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 578 | 67,335 | 2009-07-15, 6:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Love in Japan... Post: Love in Japan... chorismos Wrote:I don’t like generalisations but statistical/empirical patterns can be difficult to ignore; the observations below (aimed at anyone contemplating a longer-term, committed relationship ... |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 578 | 67,335 | 2009-07-15, 11:59 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? ahibba Wrote:In this thread, I'm talking about what is possible and what is not, and why. how about you stop thinking, start doing, and get back to us in 3 months? |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 395 | 64,342 | 2009-06-26, 3:31 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? magamo Wrote:Tobberoth Wrote:one might wonder why such people visit a forum such as this though. (Of course, you're all more than welcome :D ) The reason why I'm here? That's because I stumbled on the... |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 395 | 64,342 | 2009-06-02, 6:27 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? ghinzdra Wrote:Why are you so sarcastic ? before khatzu how many of us would have thought that it was a near to impossible task to speak a fluent japanese in 15 months ? and tim ferris learned chine... |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 395 | 64,342 | 2009-06-01, 8:52 am | ||
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Thread: So I started over Post: So I started over where can one get this deck? atylmo Wrote:Ooh sweet idea Jarvik7 and smithem, didn't think of that.. Will take a look. I checked out wrightak's deck before but it went over my head. @markal: I tried... |
TGWeaver | Remembering the Kanji | 40 | 7,502 | 2009-04-07, 7:04 am | ||
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Thread: new text books Post: new text books note to self: no more sharing. |
TGWeaver | Learning resources | 23 | 4,667 | 2009-04-02, 8:59 pm | ||
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Thread: new text books Post: new text books here is a free (low-mid level) intermediate textbook that yale university uses: http://www.cls.yale.edu:8000/surasura/index.html the grammar is pretty useful. they focus on "conversational" grammar.... |
TGWeaver | Learning resources | 23 | 4,667 | 2009-03-12, 10:04 pm | ||
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Thread: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only) Post: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only) Machine_Gun_Cat Wrote:ここには”ピョン” って言う意味が分かる人がいるの？ 時々、『ビョン』という意味は飛び出す。ある所からある所まで、早く飛び出す。 例文：ぶらんこからビョンした。 その例は適当かどうか分からないけど、ビョンはその意味です。 |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 237 | 101,216 | 2009-02-15, 6:56 am | ||
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Thread: obama teaches japanese Post: obama teaches japanese igordesu Wrote:TGWeaver Wrote:igordesu Wrote:Lol. Even if I wasn't basing what I believe on faith, I still wouldn't give the guy a chance. BABY KILLER. COMMUNIST. I mean, even an atheist could be ... |
TGWeaver | Learning resources | 33 | 4,186 | 2009-01-22, 6:08 am | ||
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Thread: obama teaches japanese Post: obama teaches japanese igordesu Wrote:Lol. Even if I wasn't basing what I believe on faith, I still wouldn't give the guy a chance. BABY KILLER. COMMUNIST. I mean, even an atheist could be against those values? when did... |
TGWeaver | Learning resources | 33 | 4,186 | 2009-01-21, 11:43 pm | ||
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Thread: where to buy audio books? Post: where to buy audio books? i know that there are lots of free audio books online, but none of them really interest me. where can i purchase audio books in japan? and what's the japanese word for "audio book." i would prefer t... |
TGWeaver | Learning resources | 2 | 706 | 2009-01-07, 2:47 am | ||
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Thread: What are your 2009 goals? Post: What are your 2009 goals? - JLPT 2 - take the BJT - since it's my first time around, i'll be happy with anything above 420. i'll give it a shot in june... but more realistically, i'll be ready for it in november. |
TGWeaver | Off topic | 82 | 12,995 | 2009-01-05, 9:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Awesome girl that learned japanese from anime on youtube Post: Awesome girl that learned japanese from anime on y... she didn't "just listen." she also studied hiragana, katakana, kanji and grammar on the side. she wasn't trying to argue that you can successfully learn japanese by watching nothing but anime; instea... |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 120 | 27,250 | 2009-01-01, 10:29 pm | ||
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Thread: "Number 1" method for understanding spoken Japanese? Post: "Number 1" method for understanding spoken Japanes... move to japan. study japanese. work in a bar. make friends. repeat as necessary. |
TGWeaver | General discussion | 127 | 27,798 | 2008-12-30, 10:21 am | ||
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Thread: The Pimsleur Thread Post: The Pimsleur Thread Around 2 years ago I came to japan without ever being exposed to the japanese language. Prior to coming to japan, I didn't know what Japanese sounded like (never mind what it looked like). I came ove... |
TGWeaver | Learning resources | 13 | 3,090 | 2008-12-22, 10:12 pm | ||
