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    Thread: Can anyone transcribe this calligraphy into kanji?
Post: RE: Can anyone transcribe this calligraphy into ka...

Ok I'll give it a shot. Not that this makes sense to me, but I see: 祝不妙手渓. I don't think the last kanji has 言偏 (gonben), it looks much more like a stereotypical 三水 (sanzui) to me. The third kanji is...
REH94 General discussion 9 1,083 2016-02-08, 7:58 pm
    Thread: New to Japanese and needed help
Post: RE: New to Japanese and needed help

I'l just add that there is an alternative to anki built into this site that I found to be great. I think you can import your cards from this site into anki as well if you find that you like anki bette...
REH94 General discussion 19 1,804 2016-01-31, 8:13 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

Roketzu Wrote:You should have told her not to worry about diluting the sacred Japanese culture for others because you were stealing it and keeping it all for yourself, locked deep inside your true sam...
REH94 Off topic 168 10,707 2015-09-29, 11:41 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

sholum Wrote:Remember that guy who landed a space craft on a comet and was reduced to tears from the hate he received over a shirt his friend made him? Yep, these people. Not just any friend, a female...
REH94 Off topic 168 10,707 2015-09-29, 10:14 pm
    Thread: Vsauce - The Zipf Mystery
Post: Vsauce - The Zipf Mystery

Very cool find! ...and oddly inspiring. Makes me want to pick up one of my "advanced" books for a good slog to find some hapax legomenon.
REH94 Off topic 13 2,483 2015-09-16, 12:43 pm
    Thread: RTK1 (-and?) Which app's best? NihongoShark's m.o.? Memrise? Skritter?
Post: RTK1 (-and?) Which app's best? NihongoShark's m.o....

porukkusu Wrote:...including the ability to sketch the kanji on the device. No way! That is awesome! Even the mobile-friendly update to the site ktcgx mentioned is great. I wish these kinds of things ...
REH94 Remembering the Kanji 8 2,127 2015-08-16, 12:42 am
    Thread: RTK1 (-and?) Which app's best? NihongoShark's m.o.? Memrise? Skritter?
Post: RTK1 (-and?) Which app's best? NihongoShark's m.o....

I may not totally understand what you are looking for but it seems the gist of what you said is that you want to learn the kanji once and for all. Well, you are probably in the right place. I'm assumi...
REH94 Remembering the Kanji 8 2,127 2015-08-14, 9:29 pm
    Thread: Make me fluent, Darling!
Post: Make me fluent, Darling!

I'd have to agree with what the majority is saying. I went to Japan with beginner-intermediate level Japanese and met my future wife. She didn't speak any English so Japanese became our default langua...
REH94 General discussion 39 5,590 2015-08-07, 9:10 am
    Thread: Would anybody be willing to fill out a survey about Anki?
Post: Would anybody be willing to fill out a survey abou...

Submitted. Good luck on your project!
REH94 Learning resources 9 1,704 2015-03-24, 12:49 am
    Thread: Sleeping in Capsule or Internet Cafe
Post: Sleeping in Capsule or Internet Cafe

My experiences with mangakissa are a bit different from BrianT's. I've stayed at mangakissa a few times when I've had no other options. They did dim all the lights (where I've stayed) at night and if ...
REH94 Off topic 9 1,650 2015-02-20, 1:45 am
    Thread: RadioLab on the meaning of words
Post: RadioLab on the meaning of words

Do you know any other good radio shows yogert909? I also love radiolab but am always looking for more. I've found New Tech City (also by WNYC) and Quirks & Quarks (CBC) but any other suggestions w...
REH94 General discussion 12 2,243 2014-10-23, 8:42 pm
    Thread: Japan A Story of Love and Hate (2008)
Post: Japan A Story of Love and Hate (2008)

sholum Wrote:While it's true that capitalism, in the purest form we can put into practice, has some problems; namely, the eventuality that one or more companies will become so powerful that they can w...
REH94 Off topic 14 2,064 2014-10-23, 8:36 pm
    Thread: Japan A Story of Love and Hate (2008)
Post: Japan A Story of Love and Hate (2008)

Stansfield123 Wrote:REH94 Wrote:we've forgotten our common humanity and the (potential) community around us. Just based on this one post, I don't like you, and I refuse to be a part of any community y...
REH94 Off topic 14 2,064 2014-10-23, 10:02 am
    Thread: Japan A Story of Love and Hate (2008)
Post: Japan A Story of Love and Hate (2008)

Thank you for the link Fabrice. One of the many reason I love the forums here. As for the conversation going on, while I agree that it wouldn't be good to have the government just take over the post...
REH94 Off topic 14 2,064 2014-10-22, 6:14 pm
    Thread: Japanese Acquisition and Role Language
Post: Japanese Acquisition and Role Language

Done! Not going to lie though, I feel like my decisions were almost totally arbitrary for the most part, hahaha. Good luck with your paper, hope my responses help.
REH94 Group study 7 2,102 2014-06-25, 12:35 am
    Thread: Anime with romaji subtitles
Post: Anime with romaji subtitles

john555 Wrote:Plus, how do people speak Japanese orally if there's "too many homophones"? Context, and even then sometimes I need to get clarification. For example, if someone said "あめが好き" out of the ...
REH94 Learning resources 63 14,712 2014-06-25, 12:11 am
    Thread: Anime with romaji subtitles
Post: Anime with romaji subtitles

john555 Wrote:I want to...master the romaji...[to] make it far easier to later mentally map on and kun readings to particular kanji. I want to have a working vocabulary of a few thousand words (phone...
REH94 Learning resources 63 14,712 2014-06-24, 8:03 pm
    Thread: Anime with romaji subtitles
Post: Anime with romaji subtitles

EratiK Wrote:john555 Wrote:Thank you! This is what my position has always been. Using kana won't make you pronounce Japanese any "better" than using romaji. I mean, "ma" is "ma" whether written in ...
REH94 Learning resources 63 14,712 2014-06-22, 10:11 am
    Thread: Anime with romaji subtitles
Post: Anime with romaji subtitles

john555 Wrote:Besides, romaji is better than kana because real Japanese isn't written all in kana anyway. This is painful. By this logic, your own logic, romaji would be the worst choice! Japanese isn...
REH94 Learning resources 63 14,712 2014-06-22, 1:15 am
    Thread: The General Debate Thread
Post: The General Debate Thread

john555 Wrote:...climate change is more politics than science @John555, or really anyone else who feels like responding: 5>15? (from [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg] or, if you ...
REH94 Off topic 67 18,930 2014-06-06, 11:09 pm
    Thread: What do people on this forum think of "Japanese For Busy People"?
Post: What do people on this forum think of "Japanese Fo...

@john555: I've replied to you in the debate thread if you are interested. (see: http://forum.koohii.com/post.php?tid=11379) On topic, I tried using Japanese For Busy People but personally found Genki...
REH94 The Japanese language 20 4,741 2014-06-06, 11:07 pm
    Thread: What is the point of 12,800 kanji?
Post: What is the point of 12,800 kanji?

qwertyytrewq Wrote:Japan should get rid of not only Kanji but katakana and hiragana as well and replace it with our Western letters. Who cares that Kanji have existed in Japan for centuries, they need...
REH94 General discussion 48 7,006 2014-04-30, 1:39 pm
    Thread: Zaitokukai - racist japanese far right group
Post: Zaitokukai - racist japanese far right group

You may hear their loudspeakers occasionally but that is about it...unless you are like me and take classes at university where you regularly go to demonstrations. Even then though, the police have ev...
REH94 Off topic 16 3,753 2014-02-26, 8:37 pm
    Thread: Best way to sort through "Japanese corePlus" Anki deck?
Post: Best way to sort through "Japanese corePlus" Anki ...

I'm sure someone else will have a much better answer but I would just search for all the tags above the level you want to study and then suspend them. Once you finish the cards at the N4/N3 level you ...
REH94 Learning resources 4 1,352 2014-02-16, 2:59 pm
    Thread: Studying Japanese history (and Anki)
Post: Studying Japanese history (and Anki)

@PotbellyPig: I personally read them in the order I gave them. It may be be better to read "Japan to 1600 A Social and Economic History" and "Japanese Culture (4th ed.)" together (they complement each...
REH94 General discussion 9 1,665 2014-02-16, 2:54 pm
    Thread: Studying Japanese history (and Anki)
Post: Studying Japanese history (and Anki)

I've taken a bunch of Japanese history courses at university. Some of the better 'textbooks' I've used are: (for studying up to 1600) "Japan to 1600 A Social and Economic History" by William wayne Far...
REH94 General discussion 9 1,665 2014-02-15, 11:17 am
    Thread: Inappropriate stories
Post: Inappropriate stories

I, personally, don't think 'inappropriate' stories should be removed (with the exception of those with incorrect primitives or reprehensible content [i.e. that magnet story]). I also agree however, th...
REH94 Off topic 121 18,931 2014-01-15, 9:04 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

raharney Wrote:This is second to third year stuff for university learners. Genki II is first year, second semester Japanese (at both my 'home' university and the equivalent at my Japanese university)....
REH94 General discussion 856 195,399 2013-12-02, 12:37 am
    Thread: Writing Kanji faster
Post: Writing Kanji faster

Personally I use: http://www.yamasa.org/ocjs/kanjijiten/english/ and it has helped increase my speed and, more importantly, readability. I would love to hear the communities opinion on other resources...
REH94 The Japanese language 12 3,605 2013-11-29, 6:55 pm
    Thread: Help me graduate by taking this survey!
Post: Help me graduate by taking this survey!

I would be happy to take a survey but I can't get the links to work… Any suggestions?
REH94 Off topic 4 897 2013-11-18, 2:09 am