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    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

(2016-05-29, 10:53 pm)Queen of Mars Wrote: Okay, I decided to go with the Assimil method. Going to do 1 and then 2 while doing the rest of RTK and then after that start Core10k and dive into native ...
sremvik General discussion 39 1,672 2016-05-30, 4:33 am
    Thread: ANKI Anime decks
Post: RE: ANKI Anime decks

Thanks NinKenDo!
sremvik Learning resources 24 2,476 2016-03-30, 2:20 am
    Thread: Choosing always the hard option
Post: RE: Choosing always the hard option

I used to do have "hard" as my standard answer. IT wasn't very smart. I now think it is a lot better to press "good" and rather have the risk of failing a few more cards once in a while. By pressing "...
sremvik General discussion 12 1,569 2016-03-01, 4:49 am
    Thread: Best books for self-study
Post: RE: Best books for self-study

I can't really say if it's "the best one", but we used Genki at univeristy when I studied. I was enrolled and took the exam, but I never really followed the classes, so I essentially used it for self-...
sremvik General discussion 3 689 2016-02-24, 7:19 am
    Thread: Any good recommendations for (realistic) martial arts themed manga?
Post: RE: Any good recommendations for (realistic) marti...

Thank you all for your replies. I've seen both manga before, but never read anything. I'll definitely check them out. sholum: actually, I don't necessarily mean 100% realistic. I can enjoy it even if...
sremvik Learning resources 4 661 2016-02-19, 4:10 pm
    Thread: Any good recommendations for (realistic) martial arts themed manga?
Post: Any good recommendations for (realistic) martial a...

I'm looking for manga where the story revolve around martial arts, and as realistic as possible. No magic fireballs shooting from fingers and such. Any good recommendations? I have three myself which...
sremvik Learning resources 4 661 2016-02-18, 9:30 am
    Thread: Great Japanese martial arts movies?
Post: RE: Great Japanese martial arts movies?

Was searching for something else and found this thread. Weird that this movie wasn't mentioned: 黒帯 (Black Belt, 2007) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Belt_(film) To be honest I don't remember mu...
sremvik General discussion 12 2,038 2016-02-18, 9:15 am
    Thread: Olden forms for kanjis
Post: RE: Olden forms for kanjis

I'm pretty sure I've encountered quite a few when reading academic texts. I guess the writers consider themselves cool and smart when using them. Much the same way that they often use unnecessarily di...
sremvik General discussion 5 565 2016-02-18, 9:00 am
    Thread: Foreigners misunderstanding/ disrespecting Japanese culture
Post: RE: Foreigners misunderstanding/ disrespecting Jap...

The thread "Japanese 'politeness levels'" on this forum contains a glorious amount of misunderstandings about Japanese culture
sremvik General discussion 18 2,310 2016-02-11, 4:29 am
    Thread: Can anyone transcribe this calligraphy into kanji?
Post: RE: Can anyone transcribe this calligraphy into ka...

親不如手談. "Parents are no match for a game of go" Thanks to the context given by eslang, this actually makes sense. Good that someone was able to read the name.
sremvik General discussion 9 1,083 2016-02-10, 3:30 am
    Thread: Can anyone transcribe this calligraphy into kanji?
Post: RE: Can anyone transcribe this calligraphy into ka...

Been consulting my kuzushi-ji dictionary, and it can definitely be 言偏 for the last character, and 談 seems to not be a bad suggestion. 祝 is also a solid suggestion. I do not think the third one is 妙, a...
sremvik General discussion 9 1,083 2016-02-09, 3:17 am
    Thread: Can anyone transcribe this calligraphy into kanji?
Post: RE: Can anyone transcribe this calligraphy into ka...

Since nobody has replied, I can offer my suggestions. Might be way off, though, since the characters don't make any sense to me together. I think it says 親 不 如 手 or 年 洗 The last one I'm least sure o...
sremvik General discussion 9 1,083 2016-02-08, 9:55 am
    Thread: Classic Literature available as a Free Download.
Post: RE: Classic Literature available as a Free Downlo...

It's truly amazing that more and more collections are digitized for easy access. Waseda has an amazing collection too: http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/index.html I love reading (or trying to re...
sremvik General discussion 7 1,107 2016-01-28, 8:37 am
    Thread: Hentaigana Android App
Post: Hentaigana Android App

I've been playing around with this a little bit today, and it's pretty nice. It's really great for beginners, but I also hope that they expand functionality for those who have graduated from the begin...
sremvik Learning resources 3 751 2015-10-30, 10:02 am
    Thread: Epwing2Anki - Tool For Automatically Generating Anki Vocabulary Cards
Post: Epwing2Anki - Tool For Automatically Generating An...

First of all, what an amazing piece of software! Saves me a ton of time. I have two requests/comments: 1. Is it possible to get added support for A Dictionary of Buddhist Terms (or something like tha...
sremvik Learning resources 182 70,720 2015-10-07, 8:52 am
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

I was wondering if there's a way to make a filtered deck based on the ratio between lapses and correct answers on cards. I like to once in a while cram a deck with cards that have been difficult, and ...
sremvik Learning resources 448 98,561 2015-09-14, 5:33 am
    Thread: Classical Japanese Reader and Essential Dictionary: Thoughts?
Post: Classical Japanese Reader and Essential Dictionary...

Interesting post. I have made a deck containing cards from sentences from Ise Monogatari, Hojoki and Taketori Monogatari. If anyone is interested I can make a google spreadsheet.
sremvik Learning resources 11 3,595 2009-02-17, 5:26 am
    Thread: Top 100 High School Entrance Exam Kanji Compounds
Post: Top 100 High School Entrance Exam Kanji Compounds

Thanks :)
sremvik General discussion 9 3,219 2009-02-13, 9:19 am
    Thread: Recommended Video Games
Post: Recommended Video Games

洞窟物語!!! (Cave Story) This is an awesome freeware game and you can download it following this link: http://www.cavestory.org/downloads_1.php . I see this game as a mix between mario and zelda, or maybe...
sremvik Learning resources 56 11,572 2008-11-06, 7:44 am
    Thread: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO2001 and others
Post: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO200...

wrightak Wrote:With your authentication process, if it's effective, it could be a sales booster so I reckon you should make your case to the writers. This is definitely true im my case. I ordered the ...
sremvik Learning resources 59 25,606 2008-07-11, 9:28 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Finally! I just finished about an hour ago, and i must say, it feels pretty darn good. And now, i celebrate with my first post! Yay :D Of course, i don't have 100% retention yet, but i'm pretty sure ...
sremvik Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,379 2008-07-01, 12:37 pm