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    Thread: Change from "Community" to ”喫茶店 (Koohi Lounge)", Lets extend that.
Post: Change from "Community" to ”喫茶店 (Koohi Lounge)", L...

I was surprised at first when I saw that "Community" had changed to 「喫茶店 (Koohii Lounge)」. As long as it's still clear what each category is, though, I don't see any drawbacks to having all of the cat...
shirokuro Off topic 31 7,449 2010-04-29, 4:50 pm
    Thread: Looking up "加藤茶っぽい感じ"
Post: Looking up "加藤茶っぽい感じ"

gfb345 Wrote:2. It took me a long while to figure out that 加藤茶 was actually a proper name. Are there any tricks to speed this up? You can use the Rikaichan extension along with the ENAMDICT dictionar...
shirokuro The Japanese language 9 1,446 2010-04-08, 8:28 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

I think my Firefox or something is just messed up. I checked my preferences in Firefox and there were two entries for MP3 files. One was set to ask what to do, and the other was set to play using Quic...
shirokuro Learning resources 859 243,507 2010-04-05, 5:56 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

Really cool! Thanks a lot for this, cb4960. I just downloaded it and tried it out. It works for me, but when I hit the key to play the audio, it takes me away from the page I'm on and brings me to th...
shirokuro Learning resources 859 243,507 2010-04-04, 10:04 pm
    Thread: french core 2000?
Post: french core 2000?

nest0r Wrote:I think the unstructured approach [...] Mmhmm. I think you have a good plan worked out and know what methods work well for you based on your experience with Japanese. Anyways, I really ho...
shirokuro Off topic 70 23,053 2010-04-01, 11:30 pm
    Thread: french core 2000?
Post: french core 2000?

Hehe, OK. I still think what IceCream recommends is a lot more enjoyable, though. ;p
shirokuro Off topic 70 23,053 2010-04-01, 11:04 pm
    Thread: french core 2000?
Post: french core 2000?

nest0r Wrote:On the side I'll likely be using a French TTS (I have two that are quite good) with Schaum's Outline of French Grammar. And media isn't a problem, either, but for now I just want to focus...
shirokuro Off topic 70 23,053 2010-04-01, 10:39 pm
    Thread: french core 2000?
Post: french core 2000?

nest0r Wrote:shirokuro Wrote:mezbup Wrote:You can't read it. You have to hear the word to know the 読み方 [...] French spelling is actually mainly phonetic. There are exceptions, of course, like femme, b...
shirokuro Off topic 70 23,053 2010-04-01, 8:32 pm
    Thread: french core 2000?
Post: french core 2000?

mezbup Wrote:You can't read it. You have to hear the word to know the 読み方 [...] French spelling is actually mainly phonetic. There are exceptions, of course, like femme, but for the most part, French ...
shirokuro Off topic 70 23,053 2010-04-01, 8:14 pm
    Thread: Stroke order for rare characters?
Post: Stroke order for rare characters?

LazyNomad Wrote:http://kakijun.main.jp/ EDIT: sorry, this site has no stroke order for this very kanji, but usually is very helpful. You can request that they add stroke orders for kanji that they're...
shirokuro The Japanese language 9 3,046 2010-03-31, 7:04 pm
    Thread: Hanzi frequency tables?
Post: Hanzi frequency tables?

There's also Patrick Zein's frequency list.
shirokuro Chinese and Hanzi 4 3,034 2010-03-29, 12:31 am
    Thread: audio for names of locations
Post: audio for names of locations

WWWJDIC has audio for names of some locations. (Search EDICT, not ENAMDICT.) Apart from that, if you don't mind doing a bit of extra work, I think that you could try to use video clips from news site...
shirokuro Learning resources 9 1,458 2010-03-21, 5:55 am
    Thread: Google Wave Invites
Post: Google Wave Invites

@Asriel, Lindley, Axlen: Invited all of you. :)
shirokuro Off topic 168 22,113 2010-03-14, 3:58 pm
    Thread: How I learn from lang-8?
Post: How I learn from lang-8?

@liosama: Maybe you should correct their original sentence and leave it how they had phrased it, but then also include a note about what would be a more natural way to say it.
shirokuro Learning resources 30 8,021 2010-02-26, 4:33 am
    Thread: EDICT Type English -> Japanese Dictionary?
Post: EDICT Type English -> Japanese Dictionary?

Mmhmm, no problem. :)
shirokuro Learning resources 5 1,072 2010-02-26, 4:31 am
    Thread: EDICT Type English -> Japanese Dictionary?
Post: EDICT Type English -> Japanese Dictionary?

Asriel Wrote:I hoping to find some sort of dictionary that I could easily convert to work with Rikaichan, which...isn't too hard to do, if I can find a dictionary that works well. This came up just re...
shirokuro Learning resources 5 1,072 2010-02-26, 3:09 am
    Thread: scanki: new smart.fm downloader
Post: scanki: new smart.fm downloader

I think they're clever.
shirokuro Learning resources 16 6,701 2010-02-26, 2:46 am
    Thread: retrieving the Bloody Monday script on DramaNote
Post: retrieving the Bloody Monday script on DramaNote

@nest0r: Hehe. I thought something might have happened to them because of DramaNote going down for maintenance recently, but all the scripts I've looked at since then have been fine. ^_^ Update: Oh, ...
shirokuro General discussion 5 1,362 2010-02-26, 12:49 am
    Thread: retrieving the Bloody Monday script on DramaNote
Post: retrieving the Bloody Monday script on DramaNote

I just checked the site, and all of the transcripts work and are showing up for me. I can email them to you if you want, ghinzdra.
shirokuro General discussion 5 1,362 2010-02-26, 12:41 am
    Thread: A new kind of sentence deck?
Post: A new kind of sentence deck?

Maybe you could mine sentences or phrases like normal, but instead of including the word that you want to get into your active vocabulary on the front of the card, include a simple Japanese definition...
shirokuro General discussion 12 1,886 2010-02-24, 3:02 am
    Thread: Anyone Else Stay for the Community?
Post: Anyone Else Stay for the Community?

The community's why I'm here, too, Smackle. :) And I've already come out as a non-RTKer. Did so in my first post. XD
shirokuro Off topic 13 2,008 2010-02-24, 2:05 am
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

Oh yeah, I love some of the stuff Vertical puts out, too.
shirokuro Learning resources 277 117,041 2010-02-22, 1:50 am
    Thread: another output thread... 助けて!!!
Post: another output thread... 助けて!!!

There's also the problem that proper error correction is not really feasible in many classes that advocate production from a very low level. Students will often not detect each other's errors, so they...
shirokuro General discussion 39 7,080 2010-02-22, 1:26 am
    Thread: another output thread... 助けて!!!
Post: another output thread... 助けて!!!

@blackmacros: I agree that it does become less and less. It's just that I think it's harmful to encourage this habit at all, and that it's better to avoid having to reverse the damage it does.
shirokuro General discussion 39 7,080 2010-02-22, 1:09 am
    Thread: another output thread... 助けて!!!
Post: another output thread... 助けて!!!

mezbup Wrote:Then you missed my point. Even if it is a crutch, you wind up discarding it after long anyway. Same as Heisigs "keywords" and the mnemonics in general. I didn't miss your point. My point ...
shirokuro General discussion 39 7,080 2010-02-22, 12:19 am
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

ruiner Wrote:Oh and something I should mention, one of my favourite novels is Kaori Ekuni's 'Twinkle Twinkle': http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/twinkle.html ... I've never read it in Japanese, but it...
shirokuro Learning resources 277 117,041 2010-02-21, 11:35 pm
    Thread: another output thread... 助けて!!!
Post: another output thread... 助けて!!!

It is direct translation, mezbup, even if the sentences were originally Japanese. I understand that the sentences you are studying this way are natural Japanese. What I think is problematic about outp...
shirokuro General discussion 39 7,080 2010-02-21, 11:30 pm
    Thread: another output thread... 助けて!!!
Post: another output thread... 助けて!!!

Really good post, nadiatims. I would also caution against using output decks. I think it's a bad idea to be encouraging yourself to translate from English when you speak or write in Japanese (or in a...
shirokuro General discussion 39 7,080 2010-02-21, 10:54 pm
    Thread: Confused and lost
Post: Confused and lost

Hey there, Ghoro. Definitely don't worry if you're feeling lost or confused, lots of people here will help you. :) Ghoro Wrote:Any tips on how to learn using a drama? If you're into Japanese drama, I...
shirokuro Learning resources 17 5,502 2010-02-21, 9:33 pm
    Thread: Ask Nest0r!
Post: Ask Nest0r!

@ruiner: Oh, OK, I just thought I should clarify what I'd written. And yeah, I'm surprised by how little Wikipedia has on it, too. Actually, when I was looking for information on opposition to the 201...
shirokuro General discussion 25 4,013 2010-02-20, 2:51 pm