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    Thread: Dope Japanese Hip-Hop
Post: Dope Japanese Hip-Hop

This is my favorite hip hop song at the moment. [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErEagALVBKA]
Jombo General discussion 762 217,090 2015-11-10, 3:32 am
    Thread: Thoughts & recommendations
Post: Thoughts & recommendations

chamcham Wrote:There is a really good book called "making sense of japanese". It is an attempt to explains the nuances of the language by focusing on what is happening inside the japanese mind. It he...
Jombo Off topic 10 3,595 2015-04-28, 12:18 am
    Thread: "Steam" Games in Japanese
Post: "Steam" Games in Japanese

@Jackdaw Oh oops! My mistake.
Jombo Off topic 84 48,820 2015-03-06, 5:09 pm
    Thread: "Steam" Games in Japanese
Post: "Steam" Games in Japanese

Just letting everyone know, there's a Japanese Humble Bundle this week. You can get 11 Japanese Steam games for 10 dollars. All of the games except one as far as I know are entirely in Japanese. It's ...
Jombo Off topic 84 48,820 2015-03-01, 6:16 pm
    Thread: What tv series are you watching?
Post: What tv series are you watching?

Just starting Game of Thrones. Thankfully I have Japanese subs.
Jombo Off topic 19 3,342 2015-02-17, 9:05 pm
    Thread: More student-centred or communicative Japanese textbooks?
Post: More student-centred or communicative Japanese tex...

Back in my high school the books they used were called "Adventures in Japanese". I think its approach is similar to Genki's.
Jombo General discussion 7 1,384 2015-02-11, 1:01 am
    Thread: Getting started in speaking
Post: Getting started in speaking

I guess it's mostly a matter of practice. I'll look into that japonin site. Thanks for the replies! They really helped.
Jombo General discussion 8 2,188 2015-01-23, 2:25 am
    Thread: Getting started in speaking
Post: Getting started in speaking

Hi guys. I need help with speaking because my current speaking level is a disaster. First I'll describe where I'm at in Japanese. I finished RTK1 in 2012 and I've been studying Japanese since, albeit ...
Jombo General discussion 8 2,188 2015-01-21, 2:44 am
    Thread: Last movie you saw (rate it)
Post: Last movie you saw (rate it)

I saw Kurosawa's "Ran" for the first time. I enjoyed it immensely, but not as much as Seven Samurai or Ikiru. 7/10
Jombo Off topic 67 15,236 2015-01-04, 5:24 pm
    Thread: "Steam" Games in Japanese
Post: "Steam" Games in Japanese

I don't think this has been mentioned yet, but Age of Empires 2 HD Edition as well as The Forgotten Expansion is fully in Japanese (voices & text). It's a great RTS game. Not to mention you can pl...
Jombo Off topic 84 48,820 2014-11-29, 4:41 pm
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

I'd love to try that out Linval. However, when I try to run the download I get this: edit: got it to work, nevermind. By the way, where can i find those jar files? Never mind I found a link in this t...
Jombo General discussion 278 155,990 2014-09-03, 6:48 pm
    Thread: College Degrees for Japan?
Post: College Degrees for Japan?

vix86 Wrote:Stick with a STEM degree or business/finance. As mentioned, CS has some high demand. A lot of businesses view foreign software engineers as better than Japanese ones. I think a lot of this...
Jombo General discussion 14 2,393 2014-08-31, 8:25 pm
    Thread: College Degrees for Japan?
Post: College Degrees for Japan?

dizmox Wrote:Getting /any/ job is easy enough if you're a university student in Japan that speaks Japanese properly, but it'd be best to do something that would give you marketable skills to compensat...
Jombo General discussion 14 2,393 2014-08-29, 11:17 pm
    Thread: College Degrees for Japan?
Post: College Degrees for Japan?

Hi, I'm currently in attending college in the US. Right now I'm just going for a general degree in science at a community college. I don't really know what I want kind of field I want to get into yet....
Jombo General discussion 14 2,393 2014-08-29, 10:14 pm
    Thread: Good Japanese Websites for Wasting Time?
Post: Good Japanese Websites for Wasting Time?

I go to http://hamusoku.com/ when bored.
Jombo General discussion 4 1,365 2014-08-04, 1:34 am
    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

This is kind of out there, but does anyone have an invite for what.cd? I have invites for Asiatorrents and Jpopsuki if you want one.
Jombo Off topic 199 73,060 2014-07-17, 4:52 pm
    Thread: What's your favorite kanji?
Post: What's your favorite kanji?

Hard to choose, but I love 麗. It's just so... 綺麗
Jombo General discussion 28 4,425 2014-05-25, 8:16 pm
    Thread: What Japanese songs do you listen to?
Post: What Japanese songs do you listen to?

I listen to DJ Sharpnel. He's my favorite artist. I listen to a lot of J-Core, remix, and hard electro from Japan, but I understand that a lot of that stuff is really...out there. Here's a song by him...
Jombo General discussion 92 18,863 2013-12-17, 4:02 am
    Thread: Grand Theft Auto 5
Post: Grand Theft Auto 5

The trailer shows GTA5 with just subtitles. I also remember watching a Japanese Let's Play (実況プレイ) of GTA4 and it was all in English with Japanese subtitles/menus/text, so it might be the same for thi...
Jombo Off topic 14 3,640 2013-09-17, 2:16 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

Haha, can't wait to see your weekly videos, Benny. I've read some of your blog posts in the past, and I remember liking the one about 20-something reasons why people quit languages. Maybe your Japanes...
Jombo General discussion 856 195,481 2013-09-16, 3:33 pm
    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

I have around 8000 points so I think that accounts for 16 invites (500 ea.?) so if you want one just email me with that email button and I'll invite you as soon as I can. I'll only do around 12 and le...
Jombo Off topic 199 73,060 2013-09-04, 2:23 pm
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

Oh I see, thanks for the help guys.
Jombo General discussion 278 155,990 2013-07-01, 4:43 pm
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

Looks like http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/space/japan.htm is gone for good. It just redirects to the main page. Anyone know of other ways to stream?
Jombo General discussion 278 155,990 2013-06-30, 5:24 am
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

Age 17 now, 18 in August. Did all of RTK1 when I was 16 from October to June. Kind of guessed a lot of people here were around 20s~30s. I must be a minority. :(
Jombo Off topic 357 73,684 2013-06-07, 4:51 am
    Thread: Avatar of Our Admin
Post: Avatar of Our Admin

@ファブリス I love the signature-less forum. It really cleans the place up. All the forums I've been to people seem to make their signatures really huge and attention-grabby. I usually disable avatars and ...
Jombo Off topic 8 2,865 2013-04-19, 1:38 pm
    Thread: Has there been experiments on SRS vs. flash cards?
Post: Has there been experiments on SRS vs. flash cards?

Hmm...I mean repetition automatically spaced by a computer being more efficient in learning masses of words than regular flash cards (that I guess you space out by yourself?). I'm thinking of such ex...
Jombo Learning resources 3 599 2013-02-28, 9:07 pm
    Thread: Has there been experiments on SRS vs. flash cards?
Post: Has there been experiments on SRS vs. flash cards?

I'm talking about the efficiency of them. It makes sense that SRS is faster than flash cards because it forces you to spend as little amount of time as possible on them. Are there experiments that dir...
Jombo Learning resources 3 599 2013-02-28, 8:40 pm
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

fengyunzhibo's Japanese channels are down at the moment. Has this happened before? I hope it's not permanent.
Jombo General discussion 278 155,990 2013-02-27, 5:34 pm
    Thread: Reading Japanese Newspapers - free ebook
Post: Reading Japanese Newspapers - free ebook

Any way I can get a pdf or something of these pages? I don't have an iPad but I want to study some of this.
Jombo Learning resources 3 1,609 2013-02-22, 12:23 pm
    Thread: studying with video games
Post: studying with video games

That's actually a pretty good deal. Last time I was at YesAsia I was looking in to buying 龍が如く5 which costed around $100. Also I'm seeing that the English version of 二ノ国 is pretty much the same pr...
Jombo Learning resources 18 2,763 2013-02-18, 12:30 pm