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    Thread: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ
Post: RE: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ

https://youtu.be/cteHJ9xKzKs https://choronghi.wordpress.com/2015/08/...nese-rock/ http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/...ice_newans 【 レジスタンス 】 https://youtu.be/cteHJ9xKzKs 「 安心な僕らは いつでも旅に出ようぜ 」...
howtwosavealif3 General discussion 18 1,490 2016-06-16, 4:37 pm
    Thread: Japanese learning Blogs
Post: RE: Japanese learning Blogs

Here's my blog https://choronghi.wordpress.com I did japanese then I did Korean and so now I'm doing both as in enjoying and learning from interesting media. I do not do any textbooks, rote memorizat...
howtwosavealif3 General discussion 11 1,095 2016-06-10, 11:34 am
    Thread: Systemically deleting vocab cards?
Post: Systemically deleting vocab cards?

Delete cards as you do your deck ( just press delete button ) Making that efforts to search for the cards and assessing which ones are common or easy is waste of time. Another option is start a comple...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 23 3,577 2014-10-20, 2:48 pm
    Thread: What is the largest number of syllables represented by a single kanji?
Post: What is the largest number of syllables represente...

I googled japanese and found this in one of the posts http://blog.livedoor.jp/vipreaction/arch...20663.html 門人 「ものかげからきゅうにとびだしてひ とをおどろかせるときにはっするこえ」 There's also this http://www.eris.ais.ne.jp/~himi...
howtwosavealif3 Off topic 13 2,426 2014-09-15, 5:40 pm
    Thread: Japanese Dub of Game of Thrones?
Post: Japanese Dub of Game of Thrones?

maybe you should watch it in English first (downside it'll be boring but you already read the books so watching it won't be as interesting anyway). when I watch game of thrones I do think about how t...
howtwosavealif3 Learning resources 11 2,463 2014-09-12, 8:50 am
    Thread: Scripts of Japanese Shows
Post: Scripts of Japanese Shows

google this forum for links to subtitles to films, anime, etc or maybe someone will give you the links again on this thread. I wanted to mention this site. It contains transcripts of japanese tv (mos...
howtwosavealif3 Learning resources 3 998 2014-09-09, 11:40 am
    Thread: Funny video thread
Post: Funny video thread

I thought this was pretty funny. watch if you're an akb48 fan. even if you're not you might find it funny [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIdyIdn-1hs]
howtwosavealif3 Off topic 10 2,357 2014-08-31, 10:28 pm
    Thread: Listening practice by using animes and dramas
Post: Listening practice by using animes and dramas

don't watch the whole episode again. it's a waste of time unless your japanese level is REALLY low even then you don't have to make yourself watch something you just watched in its entirety to improve...
howtwosavealif3 General discussion 11 2,299 2014-08-31, 7:06 pm
    Thread: how to type just the radicals
Post: how to type just the radicals

If u have google ime it might have the radicals. Try looking up its name and try to type it I remember typing innyou いんにょう and getting the radical. I only knew that radical was called that because I ...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 8 8,319 2014-08-29, 9:35 pm
    Thread: ''Japanese entertainement''
Post: ''Japanese entertainement''

Well I don't know is what your "good" stuff is with On top of that since my japanese level is not so high yet, restricts you allot, complex and deep storylines/jokes/information is not so accesable y...
howtwosavealif3 General discussion 15 3,168 2014-08-06, 4:51 pm
    Thread: Fluency to be able to read light novels
Post: Fluency to be able to read light novels

So u have to familiarize with the vocab in the light novels and the best way to do that is to actually read them. The core deck sure as hell do not contain the vocabulary useful for you in that case n...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 16 6,837 2014-08-04, 11:18 pm
    Thread: Fluency to be able to read light novels
Post: Fluency to be able to read light novels

Instead of training yourself to read the light novel just read it. Look up stuff and trudge on. If you think that's too difficult, time-consuming, and inefficient based on thr first few pages etc than...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 16 6,837 2014-08-04, 5:01 pm
    Thread: Finding Japanese Subtitles?
Post: Finding Japanese Subtitles?

I found this site. since the person says "my dvds" he might have movie subs that aren't available elsewhere. http://paroissien.com/#mama
howtwosavealif3 General discussion 28 53,265 2014-07-19, 10:34 am
    Thread: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE
Post: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE

SO I wanted suggestions/input on how to translate this into real english. I know exactly what it means in Japanese (I don't need any lengthy explanations) but am kinda unsure how to say it in english....
howtwosavealif3 General discussion 96 30,108 2014-07-19, 10:01 am
    Thread: Should I learn vocab via production or recognition, and at what rate?
Post: Should I learn vocab via production or recognition...

I think 押し付けがましい or 大きなお世話 If anyone has a better idea feel free to chime in Btw recognition all the way IMO. There's way too much fun Japanese media to consume or discover if u have none to consume...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 26 4,864 2014-07-09, 8:19 pm
    Thread: Toktogi: Korean version of Rikaichan/Rikaikun
Post: Toktogi: Korean version of Rikaichan/Rikaikun

Thanks. There's also something like this for chrome. I'm not sure how good it is. I remember installing it and using it a little and then realized how its only good for nouns and whatnot since the wor...
howtwosavealif3 Learning resources 9 4,099 2014-07-07, 8:26 pm
    Thread: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi?
Post: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi?

I already learnd all the common words but it was through reading and listening and all that jazz. i think studying onyomi is worthwhile if you're memorizing kanjis that share the same reading because...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 22 6,232 2014-07-06, 8:03 pm
    Thread: Is it recommended to do RTK1 after you're fluent?
Post: Is it recommended to do RTK1 after you're fluent?

Even if you do rtk or whatever else to Learn the radicals etc you still have to do kakitori
howtwosavealif3 Remembering the Kanji 28 5,011 2014-07-04, 6:26 am
    Thread: Someone check my translation, please?
Post: Someone check my translation, please?

Translation is tricky since you don't want to be too literate ( copy paste dictionary ) but you don't want to lose the essence blahblahblah if you want to translate well. Also you have to interpret t...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 2 943 2014-07-02, 10:29 pm
    Thread: Japanese live-action TV for snobs/discerning people?
Post: Japanese live-action TV for snobs/discerning peopl...

umetani666 Wrote:well, i strongly disagree. i don't think you need to accept bad acting and bad writing in order to enjoy japanese media or culture. of course that's true. you have to find the shows w...
howtwosavealif3 General discussion 53 13,822 2014-06-26, 10:34 am
    Thread: Japanese live-action TV for snobs/discerning people?
Post: Japanese live-action TV for snobs/discerning peopl...

TheViking Wrote:EDIT: These aren't live-action shows. I'm a 19/yo male studying EE. I don't find Japanese dramas worse than American nor British shows. Just different. Maybe I've gotten accustomed af...
howtwosavealif3 General discussion 53 13,822 2014-06-25, 10:57 am
    Thread: Anime with romaji subtitles
Post: Anime with romaji subtitles

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:It's not efficient. You're still gonna learn how to read japanese afterwards and you can only get faster and better at it because you do it a lot so you're just taking away from ...
howtwosavealif3 Learning resources 63 14,711 2014-06-21, 2:58 pm
    Thread: Anime with romaji subtitles
Post: Anime with romaji subtitles

It's not efficient. You're still gonna learn how to read japanese afterwards and you only get faster and better at it because you do it a lot so you're just taking away from that. The whole point of s...
howtwosavealif3 Learning resources 63 14,711 2014-06-21, 2:54 pm
    Thread: Anime with romaji subtitles
Post: Anime with romaji subtitles

No I have no idea why it would exist If you really want to go find a way to convert japanese subtitles to romaji subtitlesor maybe just to through the lines after watching the episode using the japan...
howtwosavealif3 Learning resources 63 14,711 2014-06-21, 5:50 am
    Thread: Well, I finally tried out A n k i....
Post: Well, I finally tried out A n k i....

rokudo Wrote:I've never really thought of anki as a learning tool, it's more like a tool to remember things. If you write down the new vocab and study the words inside and out and then review them in...
howtwosavealif3 Learning resources 23 3,594 2014-06-16, 11:56 am
    Thread: Well, I finally tried out A n k i....
Post: Well, I finally tried out A n k i....

Like others said youre using anki wrong since you're trying to Learn from it. The stuff youre writing is "no duh youre not supposed to useit liket that." So make your judgement of anki after you use t...
howtwosavealif3 Learning resources 23 3,594 2014-06-16, 7:13 am
    Thread: Pronunciation of the R sound
Post: Pronunciation of the R sound

Well can you at least roll them ? I can do the r sounds but I can't roll hem and I struggle when they're continouous like -rareru which comes up frequently. Does practice fix that ? Try out the ...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 42 7,351 2014-06-14, 8:31 pm
    Thread: J Light Novel Recommendations?
Post: J Light Novel Recommendations?

I recommend otsuichi, mori eto, and honda takayoshi, and 朱川湊人. None of these authors are that hard. If Ihad to choose i'd say shugawa is the most challenging but it relal ydepends on the book. defini...
howtwosavealif3 General discussion 5 1,660 2014-06-06, 9:10 am
    Thread: Travelling to Japan in 5 months. Best way to improve my Japanese?
Post: Travelling to Japan in 5 months. Best way to impro...

You have to listen to a lot of japanese to get used to it. i would recommend familiarizing yourself with standard japanese and then move on and listen to oosaka-ben a lot since you're gonna spend mos...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 7 2,057 2014-06-06, 9:08 am
    Thread: Japanese Study Plan Suggestions/Improvements
Post: Japanese Study Plan Suggestions/Improvements

If I were you I would spend time looking for Japanese stuff I like whether it's music, japanese tv, japanese celebrity, etc etc that way it's more fun and there's more meaning in your japanese acquire...
howtwosavealif3 The Japanese language 11 2,469 2014-06-04, 9:16 pm