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    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

/unlurk Hey TheVinster, here's a couple of resources that got me started that I really enjoy. The Stock Series. This guy will tell you what to do, if you believe his advice. : http://jlcollinsnh.com...
amillerchip Off topic 42 4,976 2016-01-25, 9:35 am
    Thread: Pissed off, How does this visa thing work
Post: Pissed off, How does this visa thing work

vix86 Wrote:You can apply for a visa on your own w/o a CoE, and hope you get granted one, but that process can take months and if you don't know what things immigration likes to see then you'll probab...
amillerchip JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 22 4,920 2015-04-05, 9:44 am
    Thread: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese
Post: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese

I think I'm overdue for an update. I'm just going to ramble so bear with me if you will. :-) First my advice for anyone considering coming to Japan: Have a base/organisation/group/somebody whose job ...
amillerchip General discussion 28 9,091 2014-12-29, 7:36 am
    Thread: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese
Post: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese

Another update: I got to Japan mid-May, and did about a month of WWOOFing (volunteering on farms in exchange for food and bed). However I found it wasn't really as immersive as I'd hoped because I wa...
amillerchip General discussion 28 9,091 2014-07-13, 1:07 am
    Thread: RTK1(4th edition) + Supplement or Genki 1
Post: RTK1(4th edition) + Supplement or Genki 1

If you're one of those people that gets through RTK quickly, go for that first. If you're like me and after 2 months you haven't got very far, I'd cut back on the kanji and start Genki. I wasted 1 or ...
amillerchip The Japanese language 11 2,528 2014-04-14, 6:29 am
    Thread: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese
Post: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese

Just a quick update. I got a 1-year working holiday visa on Monday. :-) So it's all looking good! I have a lease on my flat until April and I've got to finish up some things with work and get my pers...
amillerchip General discussion 28 9,091 2014-02-12, 6:10 am
    Thread: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese
Post: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese

Wow, thanks again for all the detailed replies. It's been interesting to read your experiences. There seems to be a vague theme: Yes, learning as much as I can before moving to Japan will allow me to...
amillerchip General discussion 28 9,091 2014-01-14, 3:00 pm
    Thread: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese
Post: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese

Thanks for the feedback so far. :-) Zorlee Wrote:At least get your basics down. :) Nice to have one reinforcement to this line of thinking already! ktcgx Wrote:Based on my own experience, you won't ...
amillerchip General discussion 28 9,091 2014-01-12, 7:13 pm
    Thread: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese
Post: Moving to Japan to Learn (not study) Japanese

Hi all. I'm looking for advice from people that have moved to Japan to acquire the language. I'm been studying in my spare time for a few years but still struggle with basic speaking although my com...
amillerchip General discussion 28 9,091 2014-01-12, 4:59 pm
    Thread: Characterizer for Chrome
Post: Characterizer for Chrome

Yeah that's what I did. :-) I used it for a bit now and decided it's not for me though, so I'm not going to spend any time on an import script after all.
amillerchip General discussion 8 2,739 2013-02-11, 9:52 am
    Thread: Characterizer for Chrome
Post: Characterizer for Chrome

Just some feedback. I noticed it's only possible to edit the profiles character by character. I'd like to import my RTK keywords, but I'm not going to scroll through more than 2000 lines, checking eac...
amillerchip General discussion 8 2,739 2013-02-11, 1:31 am
    Thread: Characterizer for Chrome
Post: Characterizer for Chrome

Cool - I'll have a look into this when I find some free time. :) Looks like a great way to practice recognition in context (besides reading Japanese, obviously...). I'd have to customise the RTK prof...
amillerchip General discussion 8 2,739 2013-02-10, 8:39 am
    Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki?
Post: Good Alternatives to Anki?

Hyperborea Wrote:A massive rant... Mmm rageposts. Any piece of software is going to be subject to revisions, so if you make the effort to switch, you're probably just going to be giving yourself a dif...
amillerchip Learning resources 47 19,434 2013-01-25, 8:36 am
    Thread: AFATT -> all french all the time
Post: AFATT -> all french all the time

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu...ranglaises
amillerchip General discussion 19 7,031 2013-01-24, 6:15 pm
    Thread: RtK - 2 Months Later
Post: RtK - 2 Months Later

I don't know how you do it. The most I ever added was 70 a day, and I blew out over that so much that I gave up and started again. :P Nice to hear people have success with the sprinting approach. Too...
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 1 861 2013-01-13, 6:21 am
    Thread: Stroke order 脊
Post: Stroke order 脊

erlog Wrote:A better mnemonic is to just remember that alternating horizontal and vertical strokes is a common stroke order pattern. If you think about the stroke order for 工 and 口, and then work back...
amillerchip The Japanese language 18 3,344 2013-01-13, 6:15 am
    Thread: Stroke order 脊
Post: Stroke order 脊

Heh, I literally added this character today and ran into the same question. But then just thought, meh, I get the first two of 左 and 右 mixed up all the time and I doubt anyone will care. Arguably it m...
amillerchip The Japanese language 18 3,344 2013-01-12, 9:37 am
    Thread: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)
Post: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)

Bump. Same question as PotbellyPig. I tried the anki deck on this wiki page: http://rtkwiki.koohii.com/wiki/2001.Kanji.Odyssey But from the media folder, it looks like that is using the GIFs from th...
amillerchip Group study 304 90,258 2013-01-12, 6:17 am
    Thread: Deleting useless Kanji from SRS
Post: Deleting useless Kanji from SRS

drdunlap Wrote:At least half of the kanji that he lists in that first post are indispensable for understanding normal Japanese. :\\ I guess that's debatable. The article provides 5 pretty strong reaso...
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 42 6,275 2013-01-10, 8:36 am
    Thread: RTK 1 6th ed. deck
Post: RTK 1 6th ed. deck

Those keywords are from the RTK1 supplement, rather than RTK3. The supplement gave some RTK3 characters new keywords. edit: ah I see. I guess the 6th edition uses the supplement keywords, not the RTK...
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 29 18,149 2013-01-10, 5:48 am
    Thread: Deleting useless Kanji from SRS
Post: Deleting useless Kanji from SRS

Here's one approach: http://japaneselevelup.com/2011/08/03/fi...aws-1-500/ Personally I just keep them in. I quite enjoy reviewing them so that's a benefit in itself. If you see it as wasted effort ...
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 42 6,275 2013-01-10, 5:44 am
    Thread: Should I also worry about the stroke order and the writing quality?
Post: Should I also worry about the stroke order and the...

You might also find this post interesting. http://japaneselevelup.com/2011/02/11/wr...forgotten/ PS and this http://japaneselevelup.com/2011/09/11/le...d-skip-it/ (yeah I'm a bit of a JALUP junkie ...
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 10 3,056 2013-01-08, 2:41 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hi. Can anybody tell me what character the second symbol in this restaurant's logo is? I got the rest: 櫻X日本料理 http://www.sakurauk.co.uk/index.html Thanks! Edit: Is it 花?
amillerchip The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,354 2012-12-23, 7:35 am
    Thread: What's the best advice you can give to a beginner?
Post: What's the best advice you can give to a beginner?

Don't spend too long reading endless AJATT debates on the koohii forums. ^_^
amillerchip General discussion 74 11,578 2012-12-18, 7:20 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Zlarp Wrote:amillerchip Wrote:Last year, I was so desperate to hit my target I crammed in 70+ a day towards the end, then proceeded to forget them all in January/February. How can you forget them? Hav...
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,560 2012-12-17, 9:46 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

amillerchip Wrote:2011 December 31, 5:12 pm I also finished up today, after a ridiculously intense push for the past few days to beat the new year. :-) Good work everyone, and good luck to people re...
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,560 2012-12-17, 3:57 am
    Thread: 6 week challenge
Post: 6 week challenge

EasyJapanezy Wrote:I recently found out about and signed up for the 6 week challenge.) <tangent> How's your kanji retention after your crazy RTK stint this time last year? </tangent>
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 14 3,070 2012-12-12, 7:19 am
    Thread: Remembering the Kanji Sample PDF
Post: Remembering the Kanji Sample PDF

Appears not. You could always e-mail him, his address is on the site: http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/staff/jheisig/
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 5 3,600 2012-12-03, 1:18 pm
    Thread: Japanese typing tutor software
Post: Japanese typing tutor software

You could always get one of these. ;-) [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk8ZFAM2N2s]
amillerchip General discussion 6 1,785 2012-11-23, 4:56 am
    Thread: Starting RtK
Post: Starting RtK

As the others said, learning the primitives is important. So learn them and the kanji you don't already know. For the ones you do know, one thing you could try is to just rename their keywords here t...
amillerchip Remembering the Kanji 9 2,950 2012-11-19, 6:32 am