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    Thread: How do I keep myself entertained while learning the Kanji?
Post: How do I keep myself entertained while learning th...

PensukeD Wrote:ta12121 Wrote:LadyMissie Wrote:So things like こんにちは and さようなら actually have a kanji for them? Huh.. I had no idea. yea they do wow me and LM have an almost opposite perspective of the l...
chamois Learning resources 27 6,074 2011-03-24, 8:42 pm
    Thread: Having problems with kanji readings while SRSing sentences
Post: Having problems with kanji readings while SRSing s...

When i started sentences i too found it very difficult and could see a new card 5 or more times before i remembered any of it. after a little while i started cheating by making duplicates of the regul...
chamois The Japanese language 15 4,929 2011-03-21, 9:03 pm
    Thread: Stopped for 2 weeks, forgot everything...
Post: Stopped for 2 weeks, forgot everything...

While I do subscribe to the theory "don't do boring study" and I exercise it every day by deleting sentences and grammar, rtk is the exception. sorry buonaparte, I get what you're saying, but the op r...
chamois Remembering the Kanji 28 5,493 2010-12-31, 8:55 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

my sister bought a copy of "saints young men" on her way through narita the other day and i managed to get through the first few pages :D
chamois General discussion 1,389 294,563 2010-12-26, 6:15 am
    Thread: Japanese electronica and it's soundwaves of beauty
Post: Japanese electronica and it's soundwaves of beauty

Lullatone and shugo tokumaru are awesome (though the latter is definitely not electronica) Google"japshare" on wordpress for more cool, alternative japanese music
chamois Off topic 55 19,300 2010-12-02, 11:52 pm
    Thread: Is it common to miss a lot your first time reviewing?
Post: Is it common to miss a lot your first time reviewi...

2 things: 1) there's nothing wrong with failing. iy's just another opportunity to see that card again. if you stress over every fail on your way to 2000 kanji in 20,000 reviews at 80% you're going to...
chamois Remembering the Kanji 23 8,133 2010-10-02, 10:43 pm
    Thread: Writing online in Japanese, especially emails and blogs
Post: Writing online in Japanese, especially emails and ...

Asriel Wrote:Javizy Wrote:... and the other is adults unable to speak more eloquently than teenagers, i.e. idiots. Well that's just, like, you're opinion, man. Asriel, you win.
chamois General discussion 15 2,708 2010-10-01, 12:35 am
    Thread: Question: When you see Kanji, does the Keyword come to mind?
Post: Question: When you see Kanji, does the Keyword com...

yeah, i always used to think that i must be doing it wrong because it was sort of hard to go kanji -> keyword. then i realised that it served no real purpose except to glean some quasi-meaning out ...
chamois Remembering the Kanji 15 4,282 2010-09-02, 12:08 pm
    Thread: What is the right error rate when reviewing?
Post: What is the right error rate when reviewing?

As others have said, don't get too hung up on it. I had long stretches off days with pass rates as low as 50% when I was time poor but still trying to keep my rate up nice and high. also, don't forge...
chamois Remembering the Kanji 9 2,088 2010-08-24, 5:04 pm
    Thread: The wondrous effects of audio only
Post: The wondrous effects of audio only

I do massive amounts of passive japanese- japanese movies and news on tv, my phone has about 10 gig of various genres of japanese music and several japanese dubs (fight club, the matrix, etc). On an a...
chamois General discussion 24 7,963 2010-08-01, 11:15 pm
    Thread: Subtitles for Dummies
Post: Subtitles for Dummies

on the topic, i'm yet to find a western movie where the japanese dub and the japanese subs are at all similar. seems that the dubbing and subbing processes are more often than not done completely inde...
chamois General discussion 34 7,120 2010-07-11, 5:01 pm
    Thread: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010
Post: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

chamcham Wrote:The pic for Kobe is awesome (and maybe a little scary for some people)..... [Image: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/10/06/...--kobe.jpg] yes, no, yes, twice, yes and yes if i've been...
chamois Off topic 115 33,088 2010-06-29, 6:55 am
    Thread: 10-month progress-(Constructive Criticism Welcome)
Post: 10-month progress-(Constructive Criticism Welcome)

aphasiac Wrote:Not sure where the OP is from (American / Canada), or why he does it, but it really jars with my 'English-ness'. In the UK it's the cultural norm to be humble and play down your achieve...
chamois The Japanese language 175 34,983 2010-06-18, 4:48 am
    Thread: Android apps
Post: Android apps

Jeromin Wrote:CarolinaCG Wrote:None of you mentioned anki droid. Are you already aware of it? I bought an HTC with Android recently, after I lost my ipod touch in a trip. I've installed ankidroid but ...
chamois Learning resources 157 85,757 2010-06-11, 6:37 am
    Thread: What am I missing?
Post: What am I missing?

speaking as someone who has recently finished rtk and done almost nothing else (slowly starting grammar/sentences), if i had a do-over i would have done rtkana (it takes like 3hrs a book, if that) fir...
chamois Remembering the Kanji 59 10,536 2010-06-07, 11:17 pm
    Thread: What failure rate to aim for in SRS?
Post: What failure rate to aim for in SRS?

It's also very dependant on where you are in your studies, how you use anki and how you grade yourself. example: I'm towards the end of my high intensity RTK (about 4.5 months) at the moment a typical...
chamois General discussion 16 4,445 2010-06-07, 5:43 pm
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

chamois Wrote:1) *sad face* I guess i'm going looking for a windows machine this afternoon. sorry i didn't realise it was a known issue, i saw it on asriel's post a page or 2 back, but thought it was ...
chamois Learning resources 1,039 387,703 2010-06-06, 5:36 am
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

1) *sad face* I guess i'm going looking for a windows machine this afternoon. sorry i didn't realise it was a known issue, i saw it on asriel's post a page or 2 back, but thought it was a 1 off. EDIT:...
chamois Learning resources 1,039 387,703 2010-06-05, 6:56 pm
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

ok, running on ubuntu 10.04 ffmpeg = 0.5.2 mono looks like this: Mono JIT compiler version 2.4.4 (Debian 2.4.4~svn151842-1ubuntu4) Copyright © 2002-2010 Novell, Inc and Contributors. http://www....
chamois Learning resources 1,039 387,703 2010-06-05, 6:29 am
    Thread: swanki: suspend words in anki
Post: swanki: suspend words in anki

your sig: my stroke order has been wrong for ages...
chamois Learning resources 18 9,805 2010-06-03, 9:28 pm
    Thread: swanki: suspend words in anki
Post: swanki: suspend words in anki

omg cangy, i'd never noticed it before, but all this time i've been doing it 123578946.
chamois Learning resources 18 9,805 2010-05-26, 9:15 pm
    Thread: food, menus and restaurants
Post: food, menus and restaurants

does anyone have a deck of japanese foods? I'll be visiting japan again in a few months and I'd really like to be better able to comprehend menus in traditional restaurants. Last trip i could read ラーメ...
chamois Learning resources 10 1,904 2010-05-11, 10:21 pm
    Thread: Basic English that I learned today.
Post: Basic English that I learned today.

blackmacros Wrote:captal Wrote:In Australia they say "unpack the dishwasher" instead of unload. Creepy. Where abouts? Not where I'm from (Perth and Melbourne). I always unload my dishwasher. we unstac...
chamois Off topic 45 7,039 2010-03-15, 9:03 am
    Thread: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCAKE)
Post: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCA...

ok, so i've been thinking on this on my holidays and i thinking in a few different directions: 1) ankimini works no problems as soon as i boot. if i use taskiller to kill applications it won't work a...
chamois Learning resources 17 7,727 2010-02-27, 3:18 pm
    Thread: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCAKE)
Post: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCA...

i'm japan at the moment with horribly expensive roaming charges so i've had data switched off and i've managed to re-create the "this application requires network access" fault intermittently. weird, ...
chamois Learning resources 17 7,727 2010-02-15, 7:25 pm
    Thread: Lesson 18 *headdesk*
Post: Lesson 18 *headdesk*

eh, don't get hung up on learning stuff. that's not your job, that's the srs's job. write a stupid story fail it, try harder tomorrow. as an example, zoo will stick, you'll use it later on for doubt ...
chamois Remembering the Kanji 15 2,456 2010-01-26, 4:35 am
    Thread: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCAKE)
Post: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCA...

thanks jamie, but got my sync working via other means - main.py was trying to use a python command which doesn't seem to work on android/ase (sys.getfilesystemencoding()) so i removed it and manually ...
chamois Learning resources 17 7,727 2010-01-20, 3:07 pm
    Thread: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCAKE)
Post: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCA...

weird, I'm not seeing the issue at all. I'm running a hero rom though which uses a different browser. a little drastic, but perhaps you could try rooting and flashing a hero rom to see if the issue is...
chamois Learning resources 17 7,727 2010-01-20, 6:44 am
    Thread: You are now all my friends.
Post: You are now all my friends.

damn, i swear i would've enjoyed RTK if only heisig had made an "adults only" version of his book. or atleast if i'd figured out that there was nothing wrong with using my own primitives :|
chamois Remembering the Kanji 34 6,647 2010-01-20, 1:21 am
    Thread: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCAKE)
Post: How to get Ankimini working on Android (1.5, CUPCA...

win! structure of files in sdcard/ase/ was critical, perhaps there have been changes since the newer versions of ase and anki have come out such that brian's guide doesn't work, or perhaps there are f...
chamois Learning resources 17 7,727 2010-01-20, 1:03 am