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    Thread: Convert kindle books to txt
Post: Convert kindle books to txt

If you use calibre to convert it from mobi, epub, etc. to zip, you will find the chapters as HTML documents (or all in a single document). If the book had furigana, that would be the better option, be...
Stian Learning resources 19 2,318 2015-08-24, 7:02 pm
    Thread: Time for a new donation run for Fabrice!
Post: Time for a new donation run for Fabrice!

I thought Fabrice would post a list again... so I didn't mention the amount... I donated €25 back on 18th March
Stian Off topic 42 9,426 2015-03-23, 3:32 pm
    Thread: Time for a new donation run for Fabrice!
Post: Time for a new donation run for Fabrice!

Made a modest donation too. Thank you for providing such a brilliant service, as well as keeping the forum going, Fabrice! (It's been a two years since I used the main site, but I still remember quit...
Stian Off topic 42 9,426 2015-03-17, 6:30 pm
    Thread: Core 10k? J-J? Subs2srs? Advanced learning questions (二級合格)
Post: Core 10k? J-J? Subs2srs? Advanced learning ques...

But 25 US dollars is way too much for 250 cards. That side was good back when he was only selling personalised learning advice, but then came the AJATT attitude of selling virtual tat. If you really ...
Stian Learning resources 13 2,749 2015-02-10, 12:34 pm
    Thread: Japanese Harry Potter - Study Group
Post: Japanese Harry Potter - Study Group

Zero's familiar seems like a bad Harry Potter fan fic gone wrong. You should look into that one as well. :p (I did kinda enjoy it though...)
Stian Group study 50 25,161 2014-12-09, 6:03 am
    Thread: How many new cards do you add a day?
Post: How many new cards do you add a day?

For Japanese (before quitting Anki) *How many new cards do you add a day, and how long does it take? On average about 20 *How many reviews do you have daily, and how long do they take? 120-150, 20-25 ...
Stian General discussion 8 3,077 2014-12-03, 2:52 pm
    Thread: How exactly /does/ one buy ebooks from Amazon.jp...
Post: How exactly /does/ one buy ebooks from Amazon.jp.....

I used my gmail for jp and hotmail for co.uk, and a Tenso postal address and phone number on my credit card and on my "my kindle" page. It's been working out well so far, although I haven't read much...
Stian Learning resources 36 14,583 2014-09-06, 1:51 pm
    Thread: Any advice to your past self learning Japanese?
Post: Any advice to your past self learning Japanese?

- Less meta, more studying - Listen, a lot (my listening is still sorta awful...) - Don't take online learning advice for Gospel: ajatt, Japaneselevelup, Nuke's thread, etc. may have a lot of useful i...
Stian The Japanese language 23 4,101 2014-09-06, 1:45 pm
    Thread: [CLOSED] Is anyone else studying another language in addition ...
Post: [CLOSED] Is anyone else studying another language ...

I started studying German two months after starting Japanese, and it soon became my main language of study, and I hardly study Japanese anymore. This year, I've only watched about 10-20 hours of Jikky...
Stian Off topic 53 6,121 2014-08-31, 9:20 am
    Thread: What was your lowest retention rate percent?
Post: What was your lowest retention rate percent?

45%, I think. That was round the 1000-kanji mark. It got a lot better towards the end though. :D ...Thinking about it, I can't believe it is been almost two years since adding Kanji #2042.
Stian Remembering the Kanji 7 1,499 2014-08-29, 5:22 pm
    Thread: Anki Vocabulary Deck Recommendations
Post: Anki Vocabulary Deck Recommendations

You don't really need the English subs. If the sentences are i+1, just find the definition of the "+1". It doesn't take much time: a daily batch of 20-ish cards could easily be prepared in 15-20 minut...
Stian Learning resources 24 6,017 2014-07-17, 6:11 am
    Thread: Do You thing learning Chinese or learning Japanese is harder?
Post: Do You thing learning Chinese or learning Japanese...

Personally I'm no big fan of laddering, but I'm sure there are benifits to learning Chinese with Japanese grammar explanations and a more relaxed approach to the characters, since the Japanese already...
Stian General discussion 225 39,084 2014-07-16, 4:15 am
    Thread: Long-term burnout leaving me unable to read?
Post: Long-term burnout leaving me unable to read?

I tend to get really sleepy when reading in Japanese... something I don't experience in German or English (3rd and 2nd langs) unless I'm really sleepy. Maybe it's because I read jp on my tablet or ph...
Stian Off topic 19 3,921 2014-07-15, 10:24 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

I can't say I'm unhappy with finishing 8th; I knew it from the start that I couldn't compete with the video gamers. :p
Stian Group study 361 69,128 2014-07-01, 3:16 am
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

Remove the fields from the card layout, and disable media syncing. After that you can freely delete the media without losing the references to them (the image field). Edit: ^what he (or she) said
Stian Learning resources 448 98,561 2014-06-29, 9:00 am
    Thread: What's inside your Anki deck?
Post: What's inside your Anki deck?

Before deleting my deck about a year ago, I had: ~1000 sentences mined from the Genki books + some extra example sentences from dictioanries ~4000 sentences from media such as books, games, etc. ~100...
Stian Learning resources 9 2,434 2014-06-18, 8:19 am
    Thread: x new cards per day = typically y reviews per day total
Post: x new cards per day = typically y reviews per day ...

I did 25 a day, and it never increased beyond 200, even before I changed the interval modifier to 200%. I think there are other factors here as well, for instance how you managed failed cards (back to...
Stian General discussion 12 3,087 2014-06-12, 9:18 am
    Thread: Cutting Back on SRS: Leech Removal vs Daily Rep Cap
Post: Cutting Back on SRS: Leech Removal vs Daily Rep Ca...

^That example reminds me of my constant struggling with the word 動物園 without knowing 動物 when starting out. :p My solution, however, was deleting my decks and uninstalling Anki, because I felt that it...
Stian Learning resources 13 1,906 2014-06-12, 6:34 am
    Thread: Why do you want to move to Japan?
Post: Why do you want to move to Japan?

Stansfield123 Wrote:qwertyytrewq, you want to leave the US because you hate it, but you want to move to a country who's political structure and economy are modeled after the US, and who's territorial ...
Stian General discussion 72 10,243 2014-06-08, 10:57 am
    Thread: Kanji forms for particles
Post: Kanji forms for particles

Isn't 之 used in quite a few names as well? 井之上 for instance.
Stian The Japanese language 9 1,502 2014-06-07, 4:24 pm
    Thread: How exactly /does/ one buy ebooks from Amazon.jp...
Post: How exactly /does/ one buy ebooks from Amazon.jp.....

I'm considering buying a Kindle solely for Japanese stuff now... because I use my UK account for German ebooks as well... and having to switch between accounts seems like too much of a hassle.
Stian Learning resources 36 14,583 2014-06-07, 2:21 pm
    Thread: How exactly /does/ one buy ebooks from Amazon.jp...
Post: How exactly /does/ one buy ebooks from Amazon.jp.....

Yes. I just tried the same without a VPN a few minutes ago and it actually worked! :)
Stian Learning resources 36 14,583 2014-06-07, 12:33 pm
    Thread: What do people on this forum think of "Japanese For Busy People"?
Post: What do people on this forum think of "Japanese Fo...

^I think you are comparing apples and oranges right now. There is a lot that the deck wont teach you and Anki isn't limited to that particular deck. Remember that the English translations may be insuf...
Stian The Japanese language 20 4,741 2014-06-06, 8:10 pm
    Thread: How exactly /does/ one buy ebooks from Amazon.jp...
Post: How exactly /does/ one buy ebooks from Amazon.jp.....

MelonBerry Wrote:Did you look at the kindle thread? forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?pid=219912 In the OP it was implied that the TS did read that thread, and I agree with TS: it is a bit confusing... ...
Stian Learning resources 36 14,583 2014-06-06, 8:02 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

Hmm. that sounds interesting actually, I might consider trying that, although it caused me to read some English word completely wrong for years before finding out what it actually is: "suspective", "i...
Stian Group study 361 69,128 2014-06-04, 11:04 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

I'm slowly approaching the top 20 now! :D This stuff is actually pretty motivating, and for once, Tadoku isn't in the middle of a cluster of coursework or exams. sholum Wrote:I think the maximum numb...
Stian Group study 361 69,128 2014-06-04, 3:30 am
    Thread: If you could go back in time, what would you tell yourself
Post: If you could go back in time, what would you tell ...

I wish I bothered with German at 13. I coasted through five years of classes and didn't really learn anything at all. Then at 20, I started learning it by myself, following most of the key concepts be...
Stian General discussion 53 11,156 2014-06-03, 7:09 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

Done, and I registered the pages I read yesterday -- I don't really trust the page count of it though, because I'm only able to read about 100 positions (out of about 6000) in an hour, and that's abou...
Stian Group study 361 69,128 2014-06-02, 5:29 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

Is it too late to sign up?
Stian Group study 361 69,128 2014-06-01, 3:32 pm
    Thread: 実況プレイ - Lets Plays in Japanese Recommendation Thread
Post: 実況プレイ - Lets Plays in Japanese Recommendation Thre...

Adding to what apirx said: - It's a widely available source of natural, unscripted and "modern" language - Some commenters are really entertaining - A lot of trivia, fan theories and background infor...
Stian Learning resources 10 2,378 2014-05-31, 6:48 pm