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    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

Yay Courage wolf =P Well, I plowed through all of the cards that were up for review and ended up with this =/ [Image: http://i.imgur.com/hjg0z.png] That's always a discouraging sight!
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 908 186,252 2010-03-06, 5:05 pm
    Thread: How to see stroke order on this site when reviewing...
Post: How to see stroke order on this site when reviewin...

Are there any animated fonts?
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 7 4,639 2010-03-06, 2:56 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

Man, I could really use some encouragement or some help with getting this done. I've been stuck at 950 kanji for the last 2 months now. I did about 150 in 4 days over x-mas break and it really hurt me...
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 908 186,252 2010-03-06, 12:44 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Finally got to 900 Kanji today. My goal was to go from 600 to 2042 over winter break, but I only ended up doing about 300 in a month. Sadly, most of it it was in the first week -- after that I ran in...
sdntx General discussion 1,389 294,933 2010-01-09, 2:46 am
    Thread: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about this the right way..
Post: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about ...

Don't go too fast :]
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 13 2,294 2010-01-09, 12:44 am
    Thread: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about this the right way..
Post: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about ...

Hmmm. How many are you studying at a time? How much time are you spending per card? I've personally found that I can't do more than 30 per day -- if I do, then I'll have recall rates as low as 50-60% ...
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 13 2,294 2010-01-09, 12:37 am
    Thread: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about this the right way..
Post: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about ...

Go with what feels best for you. The book is just a suggestion. Some of the stories from the book are completely out there (he uses some judeo-christian imagery which I don't really understand), or he...
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 13 2,294 2010-01-08, 11:53 pm
    Thread: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about this the right way..
Post: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about ...

It's possible that he doesn't have a book to go along with the site... as the book is kind of hard to find. Anyway, it's only been five days and the way that Heisig does it, is that the kanji aren't ...
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 13 2,294 2010-01-08, 11:40 pm
    Thread: Kanji lookup by radical?
Post: Kanji lookup by radical?

Are there any programs for the PC or itouch that can do kanji lookup by radical like the site http://jisho.org/kanji/radicals/ can? It's a great site, but sometimes there's no internet around :p It w...
sdntx Learning resources 4 3,046 2010-01-08, 6:16 pm
    Thread: Do I want to take 4th Semester Japanese?
Post: Do I want to take 4th Semester Japanese?

Well, I'm taking this japanese course at my local community college and it's the top-most japanese class that they offer. Eh. You know what? I just won't take it. >_<
sdntx General discussion 10 1,410 2010-01-04, 10:33 pm
    Thread: Do I want to take 4th Semester Japanese?
Post: Do I want to take 4th Semester Japanese?

It's time for the new semester and I was thinking of squeezing in a 3 credit japanese course: Intermediate Japanese II (which would be the 4th semester). I took the 2nd and 3rd semester courses (since...
sdntx General discussion 10 1,410 2010-01-04, 9:26 pm
    Thread: AJATT : The dark side
Post: AJATT : The dark side

Piping in about the AJATT site here. I only managed to read a bit of it to find this site and then I just couldn't read anymore :P The guy keeps talking about the same thing over and over and how wond...
sdntx General discussion 55 12,431 2009-12-30, 3:26 am
    Thread: Ugh.
Post: Ugh.

Oh, I've seen plenty of anime, trust me ^^
sdntx General discussion 8 1,264 2009-12-28, 1:18 am
    Thread: Ugh.
Post: Ugh.

Ah sweet. I started on the Core 2000 deck. It's pretty nifty so far -- I'm running over kanji that I've met in RTK :) Thanks! I'll keep doing the two in tandem :D
sdntx General discussion 8 1,264 2009-12-28, 1:14 am
    Thread: Ugh.
Post: Ugh.

I've kind of hit the RTK doldrums. I'm currently at 850 kanji and frankly I'm having a hard time going on. I'm trying to do 30 a day, but then everytime I do a review and fail 25+%, I get discouraged....
sdntx General discussion 8 1,264 2009-12-28, 12:24 am
    Thread: 日本語でFF8をやっていますよ!
Post: 日本語でFF8をやっていますよ!

Ahhh! I want to get my proficiency up to the level where I can play JRPGS :( What kind of things did you guys do before you were at that level? Can I get a rough break down?
sdntx General discussion 124 16,067 2009-12-14, 11:38 pm
    Thread: Lots of cards piled up.
Post: Lots of cards piled up.

Ah, thanks sir ^_^ About the kanji: one of its readings is phonetically my name >_>...
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 4 1,197 2009-12-12, 3:22 am
    Thread: Lots of cards piled up.
Post: Lots of cards piled up.

Hey guys -- I went awol for a month and have about 320 cards due (of ~550). Should I redo them in one sitting or am I setting myself up for 320 cards due in one day down the road somewhere?
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 4 1,197 2009-12-12, 1:51 am
    Thread: Windows 7
Post: Windows 7

I've got 7 on both my desktop and tablet (got the copies through my school's MSDNAA program -- if you're in college, see if your school is participating in it -- you too could get 2 free copies!). I'm...
sdntx Off topic 53 12,070 2009-11-01, 9:23 pm
    Thread: Where to buy manga...
Post: Where to buy manga...

Okay, if you have IRC and know how to use DCC.. #lurk on IRCHighway has about ~5,000 volumes of japanese language manga available. See link: http://gotlurk.net/?do=botlist , click on [UR]Dan to see ...
sdntx General discussion 61 20,833 2009-10-26, 12:26 am
    Thread: Where to buy manga...
Post: Where to buy manga...

What is the policy concerning sharing links to repositories of scanned manga in japanese?
sdntx General discussion 61 20,833 2009-10-25, 8:49 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Woot! 500 for me! Joined Sept 12, it's October 23 now.. so.. About 40 days do to 500 kanji -- that's like 12 a day! Just a bit over 4 months left to finish! But winter break is in just two more mont...
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 526 167,238 2009-10-23, 1:05 am
    Thread: So what committments do you have other than your Japanese study?
Post: So what committments do you have other than your J...

mafried Wrote:Man, get out and socialize sdntx. You're going to regret it when you graduate, get a job, and have even *less* free time (trust me!). Yeah.. but I know of no "socializing" that can be d...
sdntx General discussion 67 9,146 2009-10-19, 11:13 am
    Thread: So what committments do you have other than your Japanese study?
Post: So what committments do you have other than your J...

Taking 14 credits this semester towards my BS in Mechanical Engineering and not working. I've no money so I don't go out anywhere and don't really socialize (other than at school)... so I spend most o...
sdntx General discussion 67 9,146 2009-10-19, 1:09 am
    Thread: Jim Breen's Text translation, Japanese Version
Post: Jim Breen's Text translation, Japanese Version

Get firefox and install this addon -- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7004 Then you can click on the kanji or the kanji compound and get a definition.
sdntx Learning resources 9 2,549 2009-10-14, 2:49 pm
    Thread: PDF Charts with all of the Heisig Kanji
Post: PDF Charts with all of the Heisig Kanji

I got bored and made two versions today -- all of the kanji on one sheet and all of the kanji on two sheets. http://www.twu.net/f4b for the 2 sheet version http://www.twu.net/f4c for the 1 sheet vers...
sdntx Learning resources 1 4,077 2009-10-11, 12:39 am
    Thread: Switch RTK to RTK lite
Post: Switch RTK to RTK lite

What's RTK Lite? >_> Sorry, dumb question, I know.
sdntx Remembering the Kanji 18 5,617 2009-10-10, 1:43 am