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    Thread: Starting again after several years
Post: Starting again after several years

Sigh... 6600 cards to review (after suspending all the cards from DOIJG, through which I had gotten maybe one eighth). I have some serious thinking to do... perhaps such thinking should wait for 3 wee...
vinniram General discussion 10 2,918 2013-05-26, 8:14 pm
    Thread: Starting again after several years
Post: Starting again after several years

This will be a bit scattered, because my thoughts are that way at the moment. So in advance, to those who read it, sumimasen! I finished RTK about 3 years ago, and then finished going through Japanes...
vinniram General discussion 10 2,918 2013-05-26, 2:43 am
    Thread: Why didn't he open the gift?
Post: Why didn't he open the gift?

I think if you're a foreigner and go to another country wherever it may be (not necessarily Japan), you have to make every effort to follow the customs there. If you don't, and are one of those brats ...
vinniram General discussion 15 6,154 2011-06-26, 9:02 pm
    Thread: The Discouragement Thread
Post: The Discouragement Thread

SendaiDan Wrote:Anki is so 面倒くさい Especially when you go away for a week or so and your reviews build up to ~800... i went away for a few weeks and my reviews built up to 2000 :(
vinniram Off topic 311 69,113 2011-06-22, 12:05 am
    Thread: China's Ghost Cities and Malls
Post: China's Ghost Cities and Malls

ropsta Wrote:vinniram Wrote:So much anti-Chinese sentiment. I frankly thing it is disturbing. Virtually all governments have a sh!tload of problems, it's just they have a way of masking it all up in p...
vinniram Chinese and Hanzi 23 6,702 2011-04-06, 3:20 am
    Thread: China's Ghost Cities and Malls
Post: China's Ghost Cities and Malls

So much anti-Chinese sentiment. I frankly thing it is disturbing. The US government has a sh!tload of problems, it's just they have a way of masking it all up in propaganda where you don't think it's ...
vinniram Chinese and Hanzi 23 6,702 2011-04-05, 5:13 am
    Thread: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to learn...
Post: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to lea...

I think 漢字 are beautiful and I'm glad all those "let's get rid of kanji" people before and after WWII quickly shut up. I'm glad they're increasing the 常用漢字 list as well, about time.
vinniram Off topic 186 32,829 2011-04-05, 1:18 am
    Thread: Do you know any Suicide Pamphlets in Japanese
Post: Do you know any Suicide Pamphlets in Japanese

thurd Wrote:But having said that I don't view suicide as something horrible, if a person is not fit to make rational decisions it benefits society if he/she excludes his/her genes from the gene pool. ...
vinniram Off topic 39 7,426 2011-03-29, 4:44 am
    Thread: Do you know any Suicide Pamphlets in Japanese
Post: Do you know any Suicide Pamphlets in Japanese

bodhisamaya Wrote:gyuujuice Wrote:WTF? That was so uncalled for! Less so than this Forget a couple of books, you should send the whole damn lot...
vinniram Off topic 39 7,426 2011-03-28, 5:50 pm
    Thread: iPad 2 thoughts
Post: iPad 2 thoughts

I was so excited to realize that there's an app where you can listen to any radio station from around the world hehe. apparently it's been around for ages, but I didn't know until just yesterday. Now ...
vinniram General discussion 28 8,562 2011-03-26, 8:24 pm
    Thread: How do you guys review?
Post: How do you guys review?

my reviews seem to be taking longer lately, and I haven't been able to add new cards like I'd like to... feeling pretty down about it tbh, like I'm losing my pace. I guess it's because uni started aga...
vinniram Remembering the Kanji 25 7,801 2011-03-26, 8:13 pm
    Thread: Kanji for mindfulness
Post: Kanji for mindfulness

if you want to say mindfulness as in "right mindfulness", part of the noble eight-fold path, you can say 正念【しょうねん】.
vinniram The Japanese language 14 8,106 2011-03-16, 7:30 am
    Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011
Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011

I think I'm gonna take some good advice and start tuning into Al Jazeera from now on :)
vinniram Off topic 690 113,306 2011-03-16, 7:22 am
    Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011
Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011

Just saw a piece on CNN a little while ago, comparing recent events with the atomic genocide in 1945. It's amazing, they managed to present the whole piece as though the bombs has simply dropped out o...
vinniram Off topic 690 113,306 2011-03-16, 6:49 am
    Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011
Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011

zigmonty Wrote:GE are offering 1000 engineers apparently. I know i'd feel more comfortable with american nuclear engineers in there. The mistakes that are being made are worrying, as is the sense that...
vinniram Off topic 690 113,306 2011-03-16, 5:34 am
    Thread: Grammar questions from IAIJ book 「の」「かな」「て。」
Post: Grammar questions from IAIJ book 「の」「かな」「て。」

人[の]住んでいない島。 In relative clauses, subject marker が can optionally be replaced by の, as long as the following element is not a noun. A:じゃ僕も入ろうかな。 B:そうしたら? I interpreted it as A: Well then, I sup...
vinniram The Japanese language 4 933 2011-03-16, 4:52 am
    Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011
Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011

zachandhobbes Wrote:This is true though. I have several Japanese friends on facebook. Of course recently their statuses have been panicked and worrisome however one stood out at me. "In convenience ...
vinniram Off topic 690 113,306 2011-03-14, 6:26 pm
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

kaiten1 Wrote:Hello, I was wondering if this project is still active and if someone can invite me to the KIC spreadsheet. I am happy to send along a pic of the book. Also as an extension of this pro...
vinniram Group study 109 61,163 2011-03-14, 4:34 am
    Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011
Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011

先ず、Christchurchでたくさんの日本人の学生がお亡くなりになりまして、今、仙台にはとても強く地震と津波があります。これを聞くを悲しんでいます。仙台の日本人、気を付けて下さい。
vinniram Off topic 690 113,306 2011-03-11, 4:36 am
    Thread: How to do reps fast
Post: How to do reps fast

500 reps to get through tomorrow, after slacking off the last few days... looks like I won't be attending my 8am biol lecture, or I will but I will just do anki instead of listening :)
vinniram The Japanese language 101 28,863 2011-03-06, 5:58 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I remember these sentences :) It just means something like: Using で: Spring term goes until May 10. Using に: Spring terms ends on May 10. Although I'm not sure using で is so strong as to warrant tra...
vinniram The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,815 2011-03-06, 5:49 am
    Thread: Love that opening! Post your favourites.
Post: Love that opening! Post your favourites.

nest0r Wrote:Obviously you missed this or you would've realized the futility of creating this thread, as you only need this one opening: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...#pid120812 Meh, I do...
vinniram Off topic 15 3,437 2011-03-05, 7:44 pm
    Thread: Love that opening! Post your favourites.
Post: Love that opening! Post your favourites.

あまり好きじゃないけど・・・。僕は「ヒカルの碁」の音楽を褒めています。「GET OVER」がとてもいい歌と存じます。そして「瞳の力」も聴き易い。日本の音楽のなかでOPが一番好きなタイプなあと思います。
vinniram Off topic 15 3,437 2011-03-05, 5:21 am
    Thread: Confessions of a Japanese Learner
Post: Confessions of a Japanese Learner

誰かがそちらに日本国に住むように頼みましたか。なぜでしたか。せっかくですから残念ですね・・・。
vinniram General discussion 26 5,854 2011-03-04, 10:41 pm
    Thread: Merits and Priorities of Written Production via Lang8
Post: Merits and Priorities of Written Production via La...

I've finished going through Japanese for Everyone, including listening to the audio tapes associated with that textbook quite often, as well as finishing dictionary of basic japanese grammar. I have o...
vinniram The Japanese language 17 4,245 2011-03-01, 12:14 am
    Thread: Post your daily achievements and goals
Post: Post your daily achievements and goals

I just spent the weekend adding the last sentences from DOBJG, and then I went through the dictionary from ageru to zutsu to make sure I hadn't skipped over any entries, and making sure I had sentence...
vinniram General discussion 42 5,659 2011-02-27, 6:23 am
    Thread: volitionality and transitivity
Post: volitionality and transitivity

what's this word/phrase thread. I asked a question, got a response, and then this issue popped up totally tangentially from that question and response.
vinniram The Japanese language 57 14,558 2011-02-26, 5:43 am
    Thread: How are your new year's resolutions going (Japanese study)
Post: How are your new year's resolutions going (Japanes...

you're right, "that was fast" isn't grammatically correct, but you could justify it saying he put his viewpoint at the end of the 2 months or whatever it was. bah, I just spent the last 5 hours typing...
vinniram General discussion 28 3,642 2011-02-25, 12:18 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I know things like this pop up sometimes, but I just noticed for the first time that "髪", the "hair" primitive doesn't have the 'hairpin' primitive at the bottom, but rather the 'elbow' primitive. I'v...
vinniram The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,815 2011-02-24, 6:36 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I should probably start taking those fish oil tablets again :P
vinniram The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,815 2011-02-24, 3:07 am