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    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Yay, 500 down. Im my opinion the best part of RTK so far is accidentally learning kanji for words I already know how to say in Japanese. For example I knew what diasuki means from song lyrics and su...
briancarper Remembering the Kanji 526 167,266 2010-09-16, 4:43 pm
    Thread: I'm starting today!
Post: I'm starting today!

Pitt has a great Japanese program. Does Takabatake-sensei still teach there? Good luck with your studies. :)
briancarper Remembering the Kanji 26 6,815 2010-08-24, 2:53 pm
    Thread: Useless kanji? (桂, 桐)
Post: Useless kanji? (桂, 桐)

Taking the time to ask about it on a message board where knowledgeable people may have an answer is the opposite of dismissing it. :) While we're passing advice around, allow me to offer some counter...
briancarper Remembering the Kanji 17 7,813 2010-08-24, 1:02 pm
    Thread: Useless kanji? (桂, 桐)
Post: Useless kanji? (桂, 桐)

Thanks to everyone who pointed out where these kanji are used in compounds and names. I think that's a good reason to learn them.
briancarper Remembering the Kanji 17 7,813 2010-08-23, 10:11 pm
    Thread: Useless kanji? (桂, 桐)
Post: Useless kanji? (桂, 桐)

I'm 250 kanji into RTK1, and I'm seeing kanji like 桂 (Japanese Judas-tree) and 桐 (paulonia). My strong urge is to ignore these, because I'm never going to need to read them in real life. Japanese is...
briancarper Remembering the Kanji 17 7,813 2010-08-23, 12:24 pm