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    Thread: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced learners
Post: RE: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced lear...

(2016-04-05, 3:36 am)Zgarbas Wrote: One can never read too much Dazai :P Love that guy so much. Be careful of Taisho and earlier writers, they might give you a hard time. That being said, if you h...
Bokusenou Learning resources 22 2,324 2016-04-05, 12:25 pm
    Thread: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced learners
Post: RE: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced lear...

(2016-04-05, 12:25 am)kusogaijin Wrote: (2016-04-05, 12:23 am)Bokusenou Wrote: Natsume Soseki (夏目漱石) is good. This site might be useful when reading his work: http://www.sosekiproject.org/ I've al...
Bokusenou Learning resources 22 2,324 2016-04-05, 1:57 am
    Thread: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced learners
Post: RE: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced lear...

Natsume Soseki (夏目漱石) is good. I haven't read his stuff in Japanese yet, but I really loved them in English. This site might be useful when reading his work: http://www.sosekiproject.org/ I've also he...
Bokusenou Learning resources 22 2,324 2016-04-05, 12:23 am
    Thread: Kanji tatoo
Post: RE: Kanji tatoo

Ah, good point...
Bokusenou General discussion 12 919 2016-04-04, 8:20 pm
    Thread: Kanji tatoo
Post: RE: Kanji tatoo

So the OP is going for something like 人生の旅の最初の一歩 ("The first step in the journey of life")? How about something like 人生は旅 ("Life is a journey") instead? It's shorter.
Bokusenou General discussion 12 919 2016-04-04, 6:10 pm
    Thread: Reading towards the N2
Post: RE: Reading towards the N2

The thing which drastically upped my reading skills was finding books which were hard to put down. For a while I thought I was a slow reader in Japanese. Turns out I just needed to find something whic...
Bokusenou General discussion 16 1,618 2016-03-28, 11:37 pm
    Thread: RTK Volume 1 and 2 available on Apple iBooks store
Post: RE: RTK Volume 1 and 2 available on Apple iBooks s...

Great to hear! Looks like they're also available in the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/books/auth...+W.+Heisig
Bokusenou Remembering the Kanji 2 879 2016-03-25, 6:19 pm
    Thread: Input, output, or both?
Post: RE: Input, output, or both?

I did both, because I didn't know anyone I could chat with in Japanese at the time, but if you're already speaking Japanese regularly you might not need to do both. If you're curious, you could always...
Bokusenou The Japanese language 6 727 2016-03-25, 4:14 am
    Thread: Good Place to Start for Consistent Immersion
Post: RE: Good Place to Start for Consistent Immersion

What anime series did you get hooked on? I confess I've never really watched much TV in English, besides some documentaries, because books are generally my preferred way to be entertained, but in Japa...
Bokusenou General discussion 27 3,172 2016-03-24, 7:14 am
    Thread: Media to Listen (and read) in particular topics [Primarily Japanese but also Hanyu].
Post: RE: Media to Listen (and read) in particular topic...

I've got to go soon, so this will have to be brief.... In general: http://rtkwiki.koohii.com/wiki/YouTube_channels Advanced Japanese: https://m.youtube.com/user/freejapaneselessons3 Manga: http://j...
Bokusenou Learning resources 3 622 2016-03-23, 7:35 pm
    Thread: NEW FORUM: General feedback
Post: RE: NEW FORUM: General feedback

Phew! I noticed it recently, and I thought my tablet was acting up or something... Hopefully there's a fix for this kind of thing.
Bokusenou General discussion 122 15,812 2016-03-22, 6:00 pm
    Thread: Typhon: eBook reader with Rikai dictionary lookup for Android
Post: RE: Typhon: eBook reader with Rikai dictionary loo...

Glad that Wordnet is doable! It's not as large as a professional dictionary, but it's probably the best open source monolingual Japanese one. Also, yeah that's the latest version. Thanks for all your ...
Bokusenou Learning resources 39 4,522 2016-03-20, 2:58 pm
    Thread: Typhon: eBook reader with Rikai dictionary lookup for Android
Post: RE: Typhon: eBook reader with Rikai dictionary loo...

Ooh, it would be great if it could use EPWING dics, or connect with EBPocket somehow, so I could use monolingual dics with it. Or even 日本語 Wordnet would be cool. It looks really impressive so far thou...
Bokusenou Learning resources 39 4,522 2016-03-19, 9:15 pm
    Thread: Kobun (Classical Japanese) Resources?
Post: RE: Kobun (Classical Japanese) Resources?

Thanks guys! Those look really helpful! <3 I just made a cheat sheet of all the bases, and made Anki cards for every one. Let me know if anyone thinks of any others! Edit: Found out that there's a...
Bokusenou Learning resources 3 568 2016-03-19, 9:03 pm
    Thread: Kobun (Classical Japanese) Resources?
Post: Kobun (Classical Japanese) Resources?

I recently decided that I wanted to learn kobun, after seeing it pop up surprisingly frequently in novels & various media, so I just got to ordering the kobun book mentioned in the "What are you c...
Bokusenou Learning resources 3 568 2016-03-19, 12:59 am
    Thread: Being a social being & Japanese conversation (motivation)
Post: RE: Being a social being & Japanese conversation (...

If your life is boring, then maybe find a way to make it interesting.^-^ Also, I find that most people have at least one interesting thing which they're really passionate about. Usually the fastest wa...
Bokusenou The Japanese language 3 575 2016-03-18, 1:55 am
    Thread: (Kanji Koohii) Dealing with Joyo variants
Post: RE: (Kanji Koohii) Dealing with Joyo variants

(2016-03-17, 3:18 pm)jmignot Wrote: (2016-03-17, 5:32 am)fuaburisu Wrote: Here is a proof of concept, using the :hover selector to apply the css rules when the element has "mouse over". You can se...
Bokusenou Remembering the Kanji 41 4,183 2016-03-17, 3:25 pm
    Thread: About to finish Genki 1 and feeling a little discouraged...
Post: RE: About to finish Genki 1 and feeling a little d...

(2016-03-14, 6:58 pm)Dudeist Wrote: That is the nature of F"The question you have to ask yourself is, how much do you want/need to know Japanese and is it worth learning say German, French and Itali...
Bokusenou General discussion 27 2,802 2016-03-16, 7:06 pm
    Thread: About to finish Genki 1 and feeling a little discouraged...
Post: RE: About to finish Genki 1 and feeling a little d...

The thing about that Chinese article is that it left me confused. Unless Chinese is much more difficult to read than Japanese (which it might be) then I don't see how someone can study for 10 years wi...
Bokusenou General discussion 27 2,802 2016-03-14, 8:50 pm
    Thread: JLPT Book Advice
Post: RE: JLPT Book Advice

I did the kanzen master 2kyuu books after I finished going through the Core 2k/6k deck & Tae Kim. I had to learn a good deal of the vocab at first, but it was doable. Don't know about Nayr's deck,...
Bokusenou JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 14 1,447 2016-03-13, 7:18 am
    Thread: Is there really such a thing as using "bad listening resources"?
Post: RE: Is there really such a thing as using "bad lis...

Uchuu Kyoudai & Aku no Hana are the most realistic, non-anime-sounding anime I've seen. The former was too laidback for me though, and the latter too...experimental for me I guess. You might like ...
Bokusenou The Japanese language 11 1,285 2016-03-12, 7:42 am
    Thread: Is there really such a thing as using "bad listening resources"?
Post: RE: Is there really such a thing as using "bad lis...

Anime is great when starting out because they often speak more clearly in anime, although some of the voices are kind of unnatural, but it's easier to pick up words in anime usually. I don't know abou...
Bokusenou The Japanese language 11 1,285 2016-03-11, 10:36 pm
    Thread: JLPT Book Advice
Post: RE: JLPT Book Advice

Kanzen Master (never did try the new N2 version) helped me pass N2 on the first try. I browsed through images of the Sou Matome books online, and I remember being surprised by all the furigana. I thin...
Bokusenou JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 14 1,447 2016-03-11, 10:30 pm
    Thread: Good Place to Start for Consistent Immersion
Post: RE: Good Place to Start for Consistent Immersion

I only started immersion after I found AJATT, when I was around high-beginner/low-intermediate level. That said, watching kids programs can be useful. I'd go here: http://www.nhk.or.jp/school/program...
Bokusenou General discussion 27 3,172 2016-03-10, 6:49 pm
    Thread: How would you replace the Kanji writing system?
Post: RE: How would you replace the Kanji writing system...

A mix of Japanese sign language and interpretive dance. In all honesty though, I like kanji. Half the time when I know know a word in English, I can understand the gist of the equivalent Japanese wor...
Bokusenou General discussion 25 2,580 2016-03-07, 10:37 pm
    Thread: Font on Android vs PC (Anki)
Post: RE: Font on Android vs PC (Anki)

Here's a way to change the system language to Japanese if it's not a choice in settings, and your device isn't rooted: http://droider.eu/2013/11/03/how-to-get-...and-above/ I've done it on two differe...
Bokusenou General discussion 10 1,154 2016-03-05, 10:28 pm
    Thread: What are you currently reading?
Post: RE: What are you currently reading?

(2016-02-28, 11:42 pm)RandomQuotes Wrote: (2016-02-28, 11:19 pm)Bokusenou Wrote: Thanks a lot! It's great that it sounds like I can use it without knowing kobun already! One more question, does it...
Bokusenou Off topic 109 48,669 2016-02-28, 11:51 pm
    Thread: What are you currently reading?
Post: RE: What are you currently reading?

Thanks a lot! It's great that it sounds like I can use it without knowing kobun already! One more question, does it say that they changed a lot of things in the edition you have? The previous edition ...
Bokusenou Off topic 109 48,669 2016-02-28, 11:19 pm
    Thread: What are you currently reading?
Post: RE: What are you currently reading?

(2016-02-25, 9:26 am)RandomQuotes Wrote: Recently, I've been reading this high school textbook supplement, 理解しやすい古文.  If anyone is interested in kobun, and is at a decent level, this book lives up t...
Bokusenou Off topic 109 48,669 2016-02-28, 7:06 pm
    Thread: Motivation for learning Japanese
Post: RE: Motivation for learning Japanese

JLPT tests are great motivation for a while, but like Zgarbas I felt kind of aimless after I passed N1, so make sure you have a goal to go for after passing all the JLPT tests.
Bokusenou General discussion 14 1,793 2016-02-27, 6:48 pm