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Thread: Trimming down the Kanji Deck... Post: Trimming down the Kanji Deck... I don't think you ever have to worry about the keywords becoming "engrained". If you keep reading in Japanese, you will recognize more and more of the words, and you will not need to think of the keyw... |
brose | General discussion | 10 | 1,761 | 2008-02-15, 5:18 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2007 Results Post: JLPT 2007 Results １級 文字・語彙 68/100 聴解 90/100 読解・文法 185/200 総合点 343/400 合格 |
brose | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 53 | 19,983 | 2008-02-06, 5:14 am | ||
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Thread: RTK2 + RTK3 Available Now from UhPress Post: RTK2 + RTK3 Available Now from UhPress Also available from Amazon.com |
brose | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 5,663 | 2008-01-16, 6:32 am | ||
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Thread: When to say 'No' I don't know this Kanji? Post: When to say 'No' I don't know this Kanji? I'm not that strict when deciding to hit the "no" button. I never have an occasion to write most of the rare kanji, and I don't really care if I make a mistake. I also don't care if I know the kanji b... |
brose | Remembering the Kanji | 21 | 4,427 | 2008-01-14, 4:23 am | ||
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Thread: Manga for teenage boys Post: Manga for teenage boys Hikaru no Go is good if you want something that doesn't involve violence |
brose | Off topic | 9 | 2,758 | 2008-01-02, 1:54 am | ||
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Thread: Is Japanese More Difficult to Learn Than English? Post: Is Japanese More Difficult to Learn Than English? One thing that makes English easier is that most English speakers are non-natives. It's only natural for non-natives to be tolerant of mistakes made by other non-natives, and most native speakers have... |
brose | Off topic | 46 | 9,078 | 2007-12-07, 12:52 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2007 Post: JLPT 2007 Results will be delivered in mid-February and I think we should have a RTK/JLPT get together around the end of the month. People who passed can celebrate and give away their old study material (and ma... |
brose | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 72 | 23,030 | 2007-12-03, 6:08 am | ||
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Thread: Hardback Version? Post: Hardback Version? My 4th edition got heavily rained on. I carried that with me everywhere I went for months. Since I finished, I've used it to lift up my monitor a few inches so I could see it better. The pages are a b... |
brose | Remembering the Kanji | 28 | 5,698 | 2007-11-27, 8:51 am | ||
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Thread: Fingerprinting Post: Fingerprinting If you have a re-entry permit, you will be able to pre-register to use the "automatic gate" which will speed things up . You just fill out a form and they'll take your fingerprint & photo (knowing... |
brose | Off topic | 14 | 3,016 | 2007-11-20, 4:31 am | ||
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Thread: そんなの関係ねぇ Post: そんなの関係ねぇ Reminds me of the 「なんでだろう」 craze a few years back. |
brose | Off topic | 3 | 1,365 | 2007-11-16, 6:45 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2007 Post: JLPT 2007 synewave Wrote:brose Wrote:I'm not sure what you mean about grammar; it doesn't seem to me that it is really tested. I've wondered about this statement for a while but still not sure what you are gett... |
brose | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 72 | 23,030 | 2007-11-14, 3:38 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese keywords Post: Japanese keywords ファブリス Wrote:brose Wrote:I am not interested in trying to learn English equivalents of Japanese words while reviewing the kanji. This is especially a bad idea for the Heisig keywords. I suppose you mea... |
brose | Remembering the Kanji | 410 | 149,035 | 2007-11-12, 6:37 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese keywords Post: Japanese keywords ファブリス Wrote:I see this most fruitful as a kunyomi review for post-RtK1 learners, to keep on reviewing characters AND learn 2000 words at the same time. Hit two birds with one stone. In this context, ... |
brose | Remembering the Kanji | 410 | 149,035 | 2007-11-10, 9:36 am | ||
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Thread: Grammar Hammer Post: Grammar Hammer I am doing the 1kyuu version of that. In my experience, for these sorts of things it's best just to keep taking the practice exams and going through the drill questions, looking up those you get wrong... |
brose | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 3 | 2,076 | 2007-11-09, 4:29 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese keywords Post: Japanese keywords To me, the most important thing is to have an unambiguous keyword, regardless of which language it is. For numbers, "six" or "6" is better than 「ろく」. There's nothing ambiguous about "6", whereas I wou... |
brose | Remembering the Kanji | 410 | 149,035 | 2007-11-09, 3:55 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1級 Post: JLPT 1級 Anyone else taking the exam at Waseda? |
brose | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 26 | 13,481 | 2007-11-03, 9:54 am | ||
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Thread: Books on memory techniques Post: Books on memory techniques There are a few packages on memory costing hundreds of dollars. I don't think there is any need to go that far. If you just look at reviews on Amazon.com you will find any number of good books. |
brose | Learning resources | 6 | 2,755 | 2007-10-28, 5:44 am | ||
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Thread: My impressions/criticisms of RTK Post: My impressions/criticisms of RTK Remembering 2000 kanji is hard. That's why we need Heisig. With Heisig it still isn't easy, but it is MUCH easier than without it. I would claim that a memory expert could go through Heisig in a wee... |
brose | Remembering the Kanji | 43 | 11,616 | 2007-10-27, 9:56 am | ||
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Thread: Beyond RtK 3 Post: Beyond RtK 3 There were discussions about this a year ago, someone started a wiki, and not surprisingly, nothing happened, because it would be a huge amount of work to make a "RTK4" that picks up the 3000+ kanji n... |
brose | The Japanese language | 21 | 13,337 | 2007-10-26, 2:54 am | ||
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Thread: Buying a new car in Japan Post: Buying a new car in Japan You need to take a separate test to get a MT license. Most people only have an AT license. If you are constantly in traffic jams, the last thing you want is an MT. |
brose | Off topic | 35 | 6,809 | 2007-10-26, 1:38 am | ||
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Thread: Recommended Food for the Brain? Post: Recommended Food for the Brain? It all depends on which kanji you are studying. For example, if you are studying kanji with 魚 in them, sushi is good, but if you are studying 禾 kanji then ramen or yakisoba is better.:) Food is an im... |
brose | General discussion | 9 | 1,801 | 2007-10-21, 6:53 am | ||
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Thread: What you studying? Post: What you studying? I've taken those. It was a #"%&$' nightmare. It's considerably harder than passing the US Series 7 IMO. You are taking it in English I suppose? The English study material I had was awful, ve... |
brose | General discussion | 9 | 2,345 | 2007-10-19, 7:36 pm | ||
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Thread: need a couple pointers starting kanji readings Post: need a couple pointers starting kanji readings You can kill two birds with one stone by reading something with yomigana. That way you learn everything in context. |
brose | General discussion | 11 | 2,382 | 2007-10-18, 9:50 am | ||
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Thread: How do you feel about Japanese pronunciation? Post: How do you feel about Japanese pronunciation? If you want to speak well, I think you need to see as well as hear native speakers. The visual clues help you to imitate the sounds. |
brose | General discussion | 51 | 13,936 | 2007-10-16, 9:27 am | ||
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Thread: Buying JLPT Study Books Post: Buying JLPT Study Books It shouldn't cost that much to ship books from Japan by surface mail. I see now that Amazon Japan doesn't offer that anymore. You could try yesasia.com, although I haven't used them myself. |
brose | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 4 | 4,033 | 2007-09-16, 8:27 pm | ||
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Thread: harry potter Post: harry potter The Japanese translation is quite close to the English. You certainly should be able to figure out which sentence is which. |
brose | Learning resources | 45 | 15,123 | 2007-09-14, 9:45 pm | ||
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Thread: How did (do) you go about learning RTK III kanji? Post: How did (do) you go about learning RTK III kanji? You definitely see a lot more non-RTK kanji in novels, which require creative writing, than in newspapers or government publications. It all depends on the author's preference. For example, Harry Pott... |
brose | Remembering the Kanji | 23 | 6,812 | 2007-09-12, 7:23 am | ||
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Thread: harry potter Post: harry potter In my view, instead of spending all of that time cutting/pasting and studying, just spend the extra time reading. If you have read the English a couple of times, you should more or less be able to fol... |
brose | Learning resources | 45 | 15,123 | 2007-09-12, 7:19 am | ||
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Thread: Transferring money to Japan Post: Transferring money to Japan You can search on the internet for ATMs that will let you withdraw yen with your overseas card. There are plenty of them at Narita Airport, of course. It might be a bit inconvenient, but at least in T... |
brose | Off topic | 11 | 2,493 | 2007-09-12, 7:11 am | ||
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Thread: なんてゆうか・・・ Post: なんてゆうか・・・ I saw one poor guy on TV saying 「・・・でございますわ～」. Ouch! If you want to get rid of a habitual phrase, get your friends to point it out every time you use it...they can repeat it themselves, hit you on th... |
brose | General discussion | 17 | 3,254 | 2007-09-07, 9:21 am | ||
