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    Thread: Japanese Economic Translation Help Needed!
Post: Japanese Economic Translation Help Needed!

kitakitsune Wrote:I can help but I won't do your homework for you. Which part if that sentence are you having difficulty with? I know I should do my homework by myself, but I was having a hard time w...
Ciaran12 Group study 12 2,396 2011-10-16, 7:39 am
    Thread: Japanese Economic Translation Help Needed!
Post: Japanese Economic Translation Help Needed!

merlin.codex Wrote:At the beginning of June "Kansai Electricity" suddenly raised the estimated demand peak for the summer, which was announced right after the incident at the power plant, by 1,010,000...
Ciaran12 Group study 12 2,396 2011-10-16, 7:35 am
    Thread: Japanese Economic Translation Help Needed!
Post: Japanese Economic Translation Help Needed!

Can anyone help me with this? It's part of a Translation I have to do for homework. 関電は原発事故直後に公表した夏の予想ピーク需要を6月上旬、突如101万キロワット引き上げ、過去10年間で最大の3138万キロワットを 15%節電の前提にした。Thanks in advance!
Ciaran12 Group study 12 2,396 2011-10-16, 5:06 am
    Thread: German from scratch
Post: German from scratch

Michel Thomas. I tried this out of bordom. I was given the first hour of it for free, so I listened, paid attention, and by the time I got home from college I knew everything I had been taught, withou...
Ciaran12 Off topic 3 891 2010-04-29, 6:37 pm
    Thread: That's it, I'm finishing this now!
Post: That's it, I'm finishing this now!

It's only about a month and a half away. I've decided to go for the 2042 RtK kanji in as short a time as I can manage. I am currently on #1160 with a plan of doing 30 a day and trying to review for ab...
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 10 3,569 2010-03-25, 6:04 pm
    Thread: Does 窓 (window) has 穴 (hole) as primitive ... ?
Post: Does 窓 (window) has 穴 (hole) as primitive ... ?

Damn, I went ahead and remembered that "window" character's (House + Human legs) primitive as "Mallet" (mallets are good for smashing windows ect...). Mabey I can have it mean "hole" or "mallet" depen...
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 20 3,505 2010-03-24, 7:32 pm
    Thread: That's it, I'm finishing this now!
Post: That's it, I'm finishing this now!

Ok, so I'm on #1124 now. I've never tried going this quickly before and frankly it's scaring me a little :-0. I'm really glad to be getting through them so quickly, on the other hand I am just itching...
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 10 3,569 2010-03-24, 7:15 pm
    Thread: That's it, I'm finishing this now!
Post: That's it, I'm finishing this now!

Thanks guys, you're right, there is bound to be loads of those 600 I already know. Given the law of averages, since RtK covers the Jouyou kanji and all of the 600 I have to know are from the Jouyou li...
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 10 3,569 2010-03-23, 2:10 pm
    Thread: That's it, I'm finishing this now!
Post: That's it, I'm finishing this now!

Ok, I realise this is a personal problem, but there may be other RtKers that are considering something similar. I have been very cautious about learning new kanji and so it has taken me the guts of a ...
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 10 3,569 2010-03-23, 10:11 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

700. YES! I hope to migrate soon, as I'm sure everyone here does, to the "Half way" thread.
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 526 167,138 2009-11-06, 12:27 am
    Thread: Mistakes in RTK1, 5th edition
Post: Mistakes in RTK1, 5th edition

Has anyone noticed that the primitive for "hood" is also given later as "belt"?
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 14 6,646 2009-11-06, 12:22 am
    Thread: 是 as a Primative
Post: 是 as a Primative

The kanji 是 has been giving me some trouble as a primative. "Just so" doesn't quite seem concreate enough for me. Does anyone else have the same problem, or anysuggestions for a good alternative meani...
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 6 1,391 2009-11-02, 11:11 am
    Thread: Changing elements and Radicals to your advantage
Post: Changing elements and Radicals to your advantage

Katsuo Wrote:Suggestion: For two distinct German-related images how about Marx and Hitler (i.e. lefty and righty). That's a really good way to remember their positions, thanks. I'll definately use tha...
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 14 2,376 2009-10-30, 4:03 pm
    Thread: Changing elements and Radicals to your advantage
Post: Changing elements and Radicals to your advantage

To anyone that speaks German: "Pinnicle" looks like ß :) I haven't gotten anywhere near that primative yet, but I've always thought that it looked like a s-zet. When I get to it I'll probably make it ...
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 14 2,376 2009-10-29, 4:14 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

500 now. Brain hurts a little, but it's still good :)
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 526 167,138 2009-10-22, 7:18 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

All Hail the Shellfish! The most useful primitive of them all!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just got to 450 and now I'm eating them up! I was being wayyyy too cautious before! I should just cram these motherf#kers i...
Ciaran12 Remembering the Kanji 526 167,138 2009-10-21, 9:36 am