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    Thread: What's happening with Tofugu?
Post: What's happening with Tofugu?

They haven't posted an article since quite a while! :s  I used to check everyday for new articles, but it's been months and months since they published anything... Anyone has any news from them?
comeauch General discussion 2 767 2016-02-13, 6:48 pm
    Thread: .....
Post: RE: Interesting study on the use of kanji...

How could anyone draw any conclusions on such an horrible paper?! It's 2016, we have computers... 30% of 17 articles... spanning over 17 years?!!! And those graphs are (unsurprisingly) screaming "NO...
comeauch The Japanese language 10 1,244 2016-01-22, 11:37 pm
    Thread: Book Report
Post: RE: Book Report

I'm reading Higashino Keigo's 卒業 right now and it's filled with descriptions of tea ceremony and kendo lol. Well, except for those parts, it's really readable and enjoyable. Maybe crime fiction could ...
comeauch Group study 41 9,791 2016-01-11, 9:49 pm
    Thread: MEXT Research Student Secondary Screening
Post: RE: MEXT Research Student Secondary Screening

WHAT! I had never heard of MEXT before O_O It almost sounds too good to be true... Any Canadians here? I'm a bit puzzled by the Embassy's info for Research Students. They say it's for 18-24 months, bu...
comeauch JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 22 4,476 2015-12-06, 9:49 pm
    Thread: Serious talk shows
Post: Serious talk shows

Does anyone knows any serious Japanese talk show? Ideally on YouTube! I've recently found this channel "SakuraSoTV", but apparently they're from the extreme right and it seems that a lot of their sh...
comeauch Learning resources 2 554 2015-05-17, 10:41 pm
    Thread: J-CAT
Post: J-CAT

Wow, you guys are doing great! The listening section was a breeze... or so I thought lol. Oops. Listening 24 Vocab 62 Grammar 26 Reading 42 Total 154 I've been religiously adding vocab cards in...
comeauch JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 65 37,083 2015-05-17, 9:22 pm
    Thread: My thoughts after 9 years of on/off study with no real progress
Post: My thoughts after 9 years of on/off study with no ...

It's nothing very original, but my 2c is this: stay motivated. This is much more important than anything else on the long run. No matter how good your study method is or how completely immersed you ar...
comeauch Off topic 119 19,200 2015-04-13, 5:31 am
    Thread: This is kind of funny (some reviews by Roy Miller)
Post: This is kind of funny (some reviews by Roy Miller)

It really is! Thanks for sharing :)
comeauch Off topic 8 1,579 2015-03-08, 10:35 am
    Thread: Second Book Club Nomination Thread
Post: Second Book Club Nomination Thread

Anyone else using Goodreads? Maybe we could start a group?
comeauch Group study 23 6,444 2015-02-07, 10:52 pm
    Thread: Studying vocabulary with reading and meaning vs. skipping meaning?
Post: Studying vocabulary with reading and meaning vs. s...

I think you'd be doing a psychological favor by learning direct translations. Of course they'll often require some fine tuning to match the real intended meanings, but you'll be in the ballpark. By go...
comeauch The Japanese language 8 1,529 2015-01-29, 6:48 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

john555 Wrote:Question about a construction in my Japanese reader: Is this particular construction still used today or is it obsolete? I can't find it in the other reference books I have: Eiga e ik...
comeauch The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,981 2014-12-06, 5:05 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

With 好き, the "object" of the affection is the subject (marked by が) while the person who makes the loving is marked by は. So here, this sentence means "young people love Kobe", literally "About the yo...
comeauch The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,981 2014-11-22, 10:38 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

That's exactly what I thought, but I hadn't seen this construction before either...
comeauch The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,981 2014-11-20, 1:15 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I found this: http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/...1118645186 I think that's what it is, with the が omitted.
comeauch The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,981 2014-11-20, 12:08 pm
    Thread: I'm looking for a single reading passage using all 2,136 kanji
Post: I'm looking for a single reading passage using all...

Would you say that learning "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" by heart is useful for the English learner?
comeauch The Japanese language 13 3,879 2014-10-25, 11:02 am
    Thread: Example Sentences (given the word)
Post: Example Sentences (given the word)

http://www.kotonoha.gr.jp/shonagon/search_form :)
comeauch Learning resources 6 956 2014-10-22, 12:19 pm
    Thread: Kindle Paperwhite
Post: Kindle Paperwhite

What? No, there is no J-E dictionary by default. Unless things changed? Also, the parsing is great, but you need to either a. get the book from amazon or b. send it to your kindle through email (and i...
comeauch Learning resources 25 5,230 2014-10-19, 7:11 pm
    Thread: Kindle Paperwhite
Post: Kindle Paperwhite

It works well with Japanese text, including furigana (for ebooks who have it) and JP monolingual dictionary. I had already an address set up with Tenso (a packet forwarding service), so I can buy eboo...
comeauch Learning resources 25 5,230 2014-10-19, 5:11 pm
    Thread: Which is best method to learn kanji's pronounces?
Post: Which is best method to learn kanji's pronounces?

Someone had to say it: "Pronounces" doesn't work, you mean "pronunciations" ;) Moreover, in the context of Japanese, we usually refer to this as the "reading". Hahaha sorry ^^ I also recommend learni...
comeauch General discussion 6 1,469 2014-09-22, 5:21 pm
    Thread: What is the largest number of syllables represented by a single kanji?
Post: What is the largest number of syllables represente...

There's 海鷂魚 「えい」!
comeauch Off topic 13 2,426 2014-09-15, 7:44 am
    Thread: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide
Post: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide

Cyborg Ninja Wrote:This is incredibly frustrating. I have tinkered for hours trying to get things to work right in my Paperwhite. So I went ahead and downloaded the Harry Potter sample. I can easily h...
comeauch Learning resources 57 50,952 2014-09-11, 12:50 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

Maybe as a group on Goodreads?
comeauch Group study 159 27,917 2014-08-17, 11:06 pm
    Thread: Reverse study of kanji-(kanji first and then word)
Post: Reverse study of kanji-(kanji first and then word)

... wtf that guy?! ^ That's what too much kanji will do to you XD I don't think there are anything like that in the Labs section, but you can use Anki instead. There are a few shared RTK decks.
comeauch Remembering the Kanji 9 2,877 2014-08-14, 11:52 pm
    Thread: Word processor that outputs furigana?
Post: Word processor that outputs furigana?

Uhm, OpenOffice is all you need XD Select a word or a block of text containing kanji, go Format>Asian Phonetic Guide... It might require some tweaking to get it to look perfect.
comeauch Learning resources 11 2,148 2014-08-11, 11:49 pm
    Thread: Kindle Paperwhite and its jp dictionary
Post: Kindle Paperwhite and its jp dictionary

GREAT NEWS! It's actually working. I sent a vertical mobi file and received a vertical azw3 file parsing correctly (note: I tried simply converting to azw3 on Calibre before without success). So than...
comeauch General discussion 7 1,984 2014-08-11, 12:41 pm
    Thread: Can someone translate "moon dust" for me?
Post: Can someone translate "moon dust" for me?

月の粉 or....... ムーンダスト! Don't dismiss katakana, especially if you're looking for something in the line of "fairy dust". Writing it in kanji might give the impression that it's something more technical t...
comeauch General discussion 12 1,565 2014-08-11, 11:54 am
    Thread: Kindle Paperwhite and its jp dictionary
Post: Kindle Paperwhite and its jp dictionary

@visualsense Really? Makes no difference for me :( Do you by chance have details like, format/orientation you sent? When the text is horizontal, the dictionary parses correctly, or at least it lets m...
comeauch General discussion 7 1,984 2014-08-11, 10:26 am
    Thread: Kindle Paperwhite and its jp dictionary
Post: Kindle Paperwhite and its jp dictionary

I can't believe how difficult it is to get it to work properly. I finally managed to create a vertical text, with nice furigana from an "innocent" txt file using this method: http://ebookyaro.blogspo...
comeauch General discussion 7 1,984 2014-08-10, 9:52 am
    Thread: My Situation in Learning Japanese
Post: My Situation in Learning Japanese

Lucky you! If you already have a good spoken Japanese, chances are you could pick up easy books right after learning your kanji deck. Are you very good with hiragana/katakana? At this point it's real...
comeauch The Japanese language 4 1,577 2014-08-06, 11:26 pm
    Thread: Input consistency
Post: Input consistency

JKS87 Wrote:actually making it to the end. There is no end, the cake is a lie. But seriously you know yourself the best. For me at least, consistency is not only about studying when you don't want to,...
comeauch Remembering the Kanji 16 3,080 2014-08-03, 12:09 pm