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    Thread: Nihongo Chuukyuu J301 - where is the answer key?
Post: Nihongo Chuukyuu J301 - where is the answer key?

Hello, I just bought this book, but strangely, there seem to be no answers to the excercises there, even though the introduction recommends to take the ためしてみよう test at the end of the book to determin...
stupiddog The Japanese language 1 2,382 2011-09-04, 9:51 am
    Thread: Spoken vocabulary apart from WWWJDIC?
Post: Spoken vocabulary apart from WWWJDIC?

Hello together, I love the WWWJDIC service where you can download a small MP3 of most words in the general EDICT dictionary. However, some words are not available as MP3s, and there are no spoken per...
stupiddog Learning resources 0 874 2011-05-21, 3:49 pm
    Thread: きちんとする vs. 整理する vs. 掃除する
Post: きちんとする vs. 整理する vs. 掃除する

GreenAirth Wrote:Does that help? That's great! Thank you very much!
stupiddog The Japanese language 3 752 2011-02-27, 10:22 am
    Thread: きちんとする vs. 整理する vs. 掃除する
Post: きちんとする vs. 整理する vs. 掃除する

Hello, even after trying several dictionaries, I am still puzzled about the difference between these three nouns/verbs. All of them seem to carry the meaning of "clean up" or "tidy up", but if there ...
stupiddog The Japanese language 3 752 2011-02-27, 9:55 am
    Thread: Spoken family names (audio)?
Post: Spoken family names (audio)?

I love the WWWJDIC addition where you can listen to MP3s of the words you look up there. I use them to make my personal Anki deck more "vivid", and I think I learn faster if I hear the words as I dril...
stupiddog Learning resources 5 1,014 2010-02-27, 7:38 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

On December, 31st 2:08am GMT+1, I finished adding 巳 to Anki. It took me about 11 months. I cannot tell exactly because I registered on this site some time after I started RTK1, but I think that 11 mo...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,660 2009-12-30, 8:24 pm
    Thread: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?
Post: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?

enerccio Wrote:I still find a small flaw with RTK (I). That is, now in text, I often seen Kanji and be like "What the *****? Did I forget it? How could that be?" and then I find out that it was not co...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 96 103,404 2009-12-27, 6:14 pm
    Thread: Is it just me or is lesson 47 really f&$%ing hard?
Post: Is it just me or is lesson 47 really f&$%ing hard?

Thanks for your suggestions, I think the problem is that combining the three different strokes for row into a single meaning wasn't a very good idea from Heisig to begin with, I think I'll just assign...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 8 1,893 2009-12-26, 3:31 pm
    Thread: Is it just me or is lesson 47 really f&$%ing hard?
Post: Is it just me or is lesson 47 really f&$%ing hard?

Seriously, I just spent five hours finding the best stories for 30 kanji (6 kanji an hour) - that "row" primitive drives me nuts, and the primitives often have absolutely no logic connection to the me...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 8 1,893 2009-12-26, 2:56 pm
    Thread: Final Fantasy XIII
Post: Final Fantasy XIII

Thanks to all for your responses (and sorry about the flamewar I unintentionally started :( ) About getting the game: I pre-ordered at yesasia.com and got it very fast (package left Hong Kong on Sat...
stupiddog General discussion 186 31,578 2009-12-24, 9:55 pm
    Thread: Final Fantasy XIII
Post: Final Fantasy XIII

Ryuujin27 Wrote:I have a question here. Why do you think you need to understand where everything in that sentence comes from? The feeling you got from it "Look at that" or "Look over there" is right. ...
stupiddog General discussion 186 31,578 2009-12-23, 6:25 am
    Thread: Final Fantasy XIII
Post: Final Fantasy XIII

I have started playing, but I crashed and burned very early, I just have too few words in my portfolio to understand it yet :~-(. Well, it was worth a try. When facing the very first enemy, Lightning...
stupiddog General discussion 186 31,578 2009-12-22, 5:45 pm
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Just hit #1531 after a brutal weekend (50 in two days). Gosh, it is getting harder and harder, my reviews are killing me and I am in great doubt that I can survive till the end :( But hey, I made it t...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 462 138,197 2009-11-15, 3:09 pm
    Thread: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)
Post: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)

This is great! I am using the Anki smart.fm importer. I can import the list just fine except this one: 811 - 900 : http://smart.fm/lists/114630 The importer just says that it cannot fetch at least o...
stupiddog Group study 304 90,276 2009-10-31, 8:58 am
    Thread: Readings that cannot be explained by either kun- or on-yomi
Post: Readings that cannot be explained by either kun- o...

Katsuo Wrote:Here is the official Joyo exception list (but there are lots of others too). Oh, I did not know that such exceptions existed. This is very helpful, thanks!
stupiddog The Japanese language 5 1,256 2009-10-16, 8:32 am
    Thread: Readings that cannot be explained by either kun- or on-yomi
Post: Readings that cannot be explained by either kun- o...

Hello, I am just getting started with Japanese readings, and I stumbled across some words like this: 何時 (question word: when?). It is read as いつ, but that cannot be explained by the readings of neith...
stupiddog The Japanese language 5 1,256 2009-10-16, 8:02 am
    Thread: Why does Japanese TV use so much subtitles?
Post: Why does Japanese TV use so much subtitles?

Thanks for the answers, that was very informative! Of course, subtitles are a great help for me, and will be even more when I am going to start with RTK2 in a few months. I used closed captions when I...
stupiddog General discussion 45 19,563 2009-09-12, 7:48 am
    Thread: Why does Japanese TV use so much subtitles?
Post: Why does Japanese TV use so much subtitles?

Hi, I recently started to watch the news video clips on the NHK website and some other stuff on Youtube that seems to be recorded directly from Japanese TV. It seems like they use subtitles everywher...
stupiddog General discussion 45 19,563 2009-09-10, 5:09 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Finally, after 6 months and four days, I arrived at the half :-) Boy, this was hard work... especially that crazy "person" lesson took forever... But my review score is about 80% every day, and I have...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 616 180,467 2009-08-30, 8:25 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

bladethecoder Wrote:Today I added 11 kanji up to the end of Part 2 =) The site says I registered on April 11, so that's nearly 4 months and about 5 kanji per day... oh well ;) That's ok! I am now at ...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 526 167,141 2009-08-02, 3:01 pm
    Thread: Ritalin
Post: Ritalin

Wally Wrote:Sorry to read that you have a genuine affliction it seems. Great choice of a kanji avatar, in that case, however. :) (Doubtful you chose at random.) Yupp, I almost always succeed on thi...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 39 6,591 2009-07-01, 1:32 am
    Thread: Ritalin
Post: Ritalin

I take Ritalin as an adult, but not for ADHS, but for narcolepsy because Provigil does not work for me. I found myself awakening more than one time over RTK1, and it was not because of a boring chapte...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 39 6,591 2009-06-30, 1:49 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Took me three months to get to 508, but now I am there... wooooo-hooooo! Well, at this rate, it will mean nine more months (already starting to feel pregnant...) but I feel euphoric, and I can already...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 526 167,141 2009-06-01, 2:08 pm
    Thread: How to see stroke order on this site when reviewing...
Post: How to see stroke order on this site when reviewin...

Works fine, although for the strokes itself, I liked the older font better, the new one looks a bit thin, but apart from that, great and very helpful!
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 7 4,638 2009-05-28, 10:12 am
    Thread: Deadlocks?
Post: Deadlocks?

I am bit of a slow one (full time job + part time college + learning Japanese = hard time) so I plan to work over a year on RTK1. Personally, when I suck at a review (<70% correct), it really gets ...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 42 8,063 2009-05-26, 2:47 am
    Thread: Meaning of "float" (primitive between 366 and 367)?
Post: Meaning of "float" (primitive between 366 and 367)...

sethg Wrote:And yeah... I'm a native English speaker and I'll admit... I've had to look up several keywords and even a couple of primitives (silage?) throughout the book. You can tell Heisig is a big ...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 16 7,142 2009-05-24, 3:09 pm
    Thread: Meaning of "float" (primitive between 366 and 367)?
Post: Meaning of "float" (primitive between 366 and 367)...

Silly me, I had better taken a look at a picture of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Root_Beer_Float.jpg
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 16 7,142 2009-05-24, 1:20 pm
    Thread: Meaning of "float" (primitive between 366 and 367)?
Post: Meaning of "float" (primitive between 366 and 367)...

Hello, I am no native English speaker and a bit clueless about what "float" means here. Regarding the use in a party context, wiktionary.org says it is a softdrink with a scoop of vanilla ice in it, ...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 16 7,142 2009-05-24, 1:18 pm
    Thread: "plane" vs. "level"
Post: "plane" vs. "level"

Thanks for the comments, I think I got it now. Time will tell...
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 8 1,369 2009-05-19, 6:40 am
    Thread: "plane" vs. "level"
Post: "plane" vs. "level"

Hello, I am still confusing these two kanji, it's driving me insane... do you have any tips on how to keep them apart? Greetings, Andreas
stupiddog Remembering the Kanji 8 1,369 2009-05-19, 1:30 am