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Thread: How to properly pause learning Japanese: preventing skill degeneration Post: RE: How to properly pause learning Japanese: preve... (2016-03-14, 12:42 am)Stansfield123 Wrote: What skills are you looking to preserve, specifically? mainly comprehension\vocabulary skills! I've never been to Japan or had any other occasion to actua... |
z1bbo | General discussion | 6 | 1,152 | 2016-03-14, 3:16 am | ||
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Thread: How to properly pause learning Japanese: preventing skill degeneration Post: How to properly pause learning Japanese: preventin... I plan on traveling Spanish-speaking countries in about a year and though it would be neat to get fluent in Spanish as preparation, which I estimate to take a minimum of 6 to 8 months, but I really wa... |
z1bbo | General discussion | 6 | 1,152 | 2016-03-13, 4:54 am | ||
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Thread: ..... Post: RE: Interesting study on the use of kanji... the idea is interesting but that study feels incredibly shitty from a statistical viewpoint. A total of 17 news texts, and all from 朝日?? No wonder the results they get are worthless. On a side note, ... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 10 | 1,250 | 2016-01-22, 12:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition Post: RE: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition (2015-12-13, 11:06 am)z1bbo Wrote: Hi cb I'm getting back to an older problem of audio not replaying, everything else works fine (even import with audio). the ~rikai_audio.mp3 file is in the temp fo... |
z1bbo | Learning resources | 859 | 244,107 | 2015-12-23, 7:52 am | ||
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Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition Post: RE: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition (2015-02-23, 10:03 pm)cb4960 Wrote: Do you see a file called ~rikai_audio.mp3 in your %temp% folder? Do you see any errors in the Browser Console (Ctrl-Shift-J)?. For reference, I've tested Rikais... |
z1bbo | Learning resources | 859 | 244,107 | 2015-12-13, 11:06 am | ||
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Thread: Am I doing the most appropriate things to improve listening ability? Post: RE: Am I doing the most appropriate things to impr... (2015-11-17, 3:11 am)s0apgun Wrote: 37k words? That's gotta be a typo. Did you mean 3,700 words? If he read 50 LNs and probably tons of other stuff then 37k is a pretty reasonable number! The more ... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 61 | 9,833 | 2015-11-17, 4:01 am | ||
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Thread: Visual novels as study tool Post: Visual novels as study tool vn's are great for practice, but they tend to be way to hard for beginners. I'd recommend doing something like core 6k and reading a few easy light novels and web news first! |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 17 | 5,459 | 2015-11-12, 4:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Strangest word you've come across? Post: Strangest word you've come across? 国際霊柩送還士 :D |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 57 | 9,866 | 2015-10-01, 10:52 am | ||
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Thread: I study Nihongo because... Post: I study Nihongo because... Dudeist Wrote:As a self learner I don't think I have what it takes to handle tones, otherwise I'd probably do Chinese. Tones being too hard seems like a myth to me. I'm sure Chinese is just as easy to... |
z1bbo | Off topic | 358 | 111,121 | 2015-09-14, 3:49 am | ||
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Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition has anyone tested whether Anki Real Time Import still works fine in Windows 10? I'm thinking about upgrading from win7 but windows has a talent to ***** things up so I would be much more confident if ... |
z1bbo | Learning resources | 859 | 244,107 | 2015-09-10, 4:21 am | ||
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Thread: Why you can read but can't listen. Post: Why you can read but can't listen. PotbellyPig Wrote:I find watching with Japanese subtitles not effective because I just read the subtitles with no issues and I don't find that the listening comprehension improves. I'm was having the ... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 54 | 7,417 | 2015-09-07, 1:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Hanzi deck tailored to a Japanese speaker Post: Hanzi deck tailored to a Japanese speaker I'm currently thinking about starting to learn Mandarin and how to best use my existing Kanji knowledge. I suppose that you can save a great amount of time but just not "relearning" characters with a ... |
z1bbo | Learning resources | 3 | 825 | 2015-08-29, 2:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Where's Khatzumoto? Post: Where's Khatzumoto? buonaparte Wrote:yogert909 Wrote:buonaparte Wrote:His ideas were STUPID. IMPOSSIBLE. What exactly were his ideas? He had no ideas. 1. He read Heisig - learn how to write 3000 kanji. (mnemonics in Engl... |
z1bbo | Off topic | 529 | 103,222 | 2015-08-21, 4:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Has Learning Japanese Been Worth it to You? Post: Has Learning Japanese Been Worth it to You? yeah it's totally been worth it (and still is). Learning Japanese is one of the things I've been most enthusiastic about and I'm having tons of fun seeing my skill develop. Kanji are like a fetish to ... |
z1bbo | General discussion | 44 | 7,030 | 2015-08-13, 1:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Has anyone on this forum managed to do this for the primitives? Post: Has anyone on this forum managed to do this for th... this is all the radicals: http://www.efontshop.com/feaddfont/help/busyu_list.htm a lot of the other parts don't have "real" names or are really obscure |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 3 | 1,208 | 2015-07-28, 3:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning to speak Japanese before learning kanji? Post: Learning to speak Japanese before learning kanji? By not learning kanji you wont be able to use any written Japanese resource at all (except stuff for little children) and you will have a very hard time telling homophones apart- there are of thousan... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 45 | 6,201 | 2015-07-16, 1:59 pm | ||
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Thread: jouyou and kanji kentei Post: jouyou and kanji kentei cophnia61 Wrote:Considering you're not using english keywords, do you make stories for new kanji? Except for really obvious 形声文字 like 茉莉 where it's easy to connect shape with reading/meaning I still u... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,256 | 2015-07-08, 9:52 am | ||
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Thread: jouyou and kanji kentei Post: jouyou and kanji kentei cophnia61 Wrote:Thank you z1bbo for the answer! I do the same as you and I think it's the best approach! Could I ask you if you do rtk in production or recognition, and if you add rtk cards for the n... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,256 | 2015-07-08, 8:57 am | ||
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Thread: jouyou and kanji kentei Post: jouyou and kanji kentei the 常用漢字 are (according to their name) all very common and useful, and are covered in RTK1. Kenkan 準1 is "unofficial" and not related to RTK3, though there probably is a big overlap since they both fo... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,256 | 2015-07-08, 8:29 am | ||
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Thread: Kindle Dictionary (Does US or JP version matter?) Post: Kindle Dictionary (Does US or JP version matter?) I tested the Kindle Paperwhite in Germany and I could set the menu to japanese and got a J-J dictionary. But the J-J dictionary actually really sucked- it doesn't select words properly, gives wrong ... |
z1bbo | Learning resources | 6 | 953 | 2015-06-29, 4:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Recording Your Own Spoken Japanese Post: Recording Your Own Spoken Japanese I would be too ashamed of how shitty it sounds and instead read some book... |
z1bbo | General discussion | 6 | 992 | 2015-06-21, 4:09 pm | ||
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Thread: best CSS-style for reading on PC Post: best CSS-style for reading on PC Hi, I'd like to read a lot more Japanese books but it's too much trouble to import physical ones so I end up reading exclusively on my PC (mostly innocent). What sucks is that I can read physical boo... |
z1bbo | Learning resources | 5 | 1,102 | 2015-06-18, 8:52 am | ||
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Thread: For those who completed Tae Kim Post: For those who completed Tae Kim Kanken Wrote:Thank you :) Should I go directly to Kanzen or can I first finish Tae Kim? By the way those books are completely in Japanese, aren't they? A bit hard for a beginner. yeah if you are a be... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,573 | 2015-06-15, 5:29 am | ||
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Thread: For those who completed Tae Kim Post: For those who completed Tae Kim No it's not enough, there is still tons of stuff not covered there. You might want to look at the 完全1級 and 2級 grammar books (there are some decks somewhere) and of course you need a lot of practice if... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,573 | 2015-06-15, 4:45 am | ||
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Thread: Future Self to Past Self: To 10k or not to 10k? Post: Future Self to Past Self: To 10k or not to 10k? Even if you learn all of the words contained in lets say, one anime, it would take you quite some time (probably months if you are low level). And you will end up with lots if rarer words, that in tur... |
z1bbo | General discussion | 38 | 6,409 | 2015-06-11, 2:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Advanced Vocabulary Post: Advanced Vocabulary a thesaurus ( http://thesaurus.weblio.jp/ ) is pretty cool for browsing though words! |
z1bbo | General discussion | 29 | 4,792 | 2015-06-07, 1:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji Self Test - How many do you know? Post: Kanji Self Test - How many do you know? it's actually pretty shit for anyone advanced as far as I can tell since it seems to only test on 常用漢字 |
z1bbo | Learning resources | 28 | 8,403 | 2015-05-31, 3:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Moving to Japan and study preparation Post: Moving to Japan and study preparation at the start do 70 new words/day, when you get to 3k or something gradually slow down to 40/day, read all of Tae Kim/ similar grammar overview, after that get as much practice in the area that you nee... |
z1bbo | General discussion | 5 | 1,036 | 2015-05-22, 4:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Can u mirror a kanji without changing its meaning? Post: Can u mirror a kanji without changing its meaning? No, mirroring does not work. You probably meant 神人 which are 2 characters, literally "god person". I would recommend getting it removed, since any one who could read it would think it to be stupid/ a... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 11 | 1,268 | 2015-05-22, 2:40 pm | ||
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Thread: 1 Month Until Exams, What is most effective study from here onwards? Post: 1 Month Until Exams, What is most effective study ... What kind of exam is it? And if I learned one thing in University it's that the most efficient thing you can do in order to pass an exam is going though all the past exams like a madman! Other than... |
z1bbo | The Japanese language | 1 | 792 | 2015-05-08, 2:11 pm | ||
