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Thread: Inputting kanji Post: Inputting kanji Is there any instructions on the forum on how to write the kanji? It tells you how to write the kana script, but I need assistance with inputting the kanji? I've looked around the site, but can't fi... |
lankydan | General discussion | 4 | 1,077 | 2008-02-03, 7:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Where can I get RTK3? Post: Where can I get RTK3? There's the new editions of the 3 RTK books on amazon.com at the moment, but unsure if they're actually available. RTK 1 has a blue cover, RTK 2 has a red cover and RTK 3 has a green cover as far as w... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 19 | 6,771 | 2007-12-15, 5:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Is Tae Kim worth the effort? Post: Is Tae Kim worth the effort? I've worked through Tae Kim's entire guide to Japanese grammar. The grammar that the guide offers can be completed in a month or less (assuming that you've finished RTK 1). It gives you a solid gramma... |
lankydan | Learning resources | 9 | 10,859 | 2007-12-12, 7:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide Post: Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide Is dictionary "a dictionary of basic japanese grammar" authored by Seiichi Makino? It has a yellow cover and the dictionary for intermediate grammar the blue cover written by Seiichi Makino as well ri... |
lankydan | Learning resources | 31 | 10,713 | 2007-12-12, 7:14 pm | ||
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Thread: New Here...Question on Organization/Schedule Post: New Here...Question on Organization/Schedule Spoken Japanese is the hardest aspect of the language. If you can't comprehend spoken Japanese IN ITS WRITTEN FORM and unable to WRITE what you want to say in Japanese, then you'll have no chance of u... |
lankydan | General discussion | 18 | 3,821 | 2007-11-21, 6:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Question on Kanji for "GOOD" Post: Question on Kanji for "GOOD" Thanks for that Mighty_Matt. To kanji-fy the "JLPT was a valuable experience" sentence, the elements for JLPT are "day, book, ability, power, test, and verification", "VALUABLE" is uses the kanji for ... |
lankydan | General discussion | 3 | 1,555 | 2007-11-18, 7:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Question on Kanji for "GOOD" Post: Question on Kanji for "GOOD" Some questions have come up about when to use the kanji instead of Hiragana. The kanji for "GOOD" and "VIRTUOUS" has the kun readings [kana]ii, yoi[/kana]. However, I don't think I have seen them us... |
lankydan | General discussion | 3 | 1,555 | 2007-11-17, 5:20 pm | ||
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Thread: On Yomi dyslexia Post: On Yomi dyslexia Generally On Yomi with readings of similar sounds. For example the kanji for "Yellow" (pure group with "Sideways"), I find myself struggling on the sounds whether to use [kana] KOU OU [/kana] when i... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 3,839 | 2007-11-16, 3:53 pm | ||
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Thread: On Yomi dyslexia Post: On Yomi dyslexia I have been using WAKAN dictionary to learn the readings. I've transcribed compounds to my flash cards to hang onto the readings. I've tried writing stories for each compound in Japanese with a few c... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 3,839 | 2007-11-15, 10:58 pm | ||
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Thread: On Yomi dyslexia Post: On Yomi dyslexia How confusing do these things get? You come across the ambiguous ones such as "Large, pedestal, reign, warrior, poverty, etc" how do you remember which on yomi reading to use? The ones that are curr... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 3,839 | 2007-11-14, 1:08 am | ||
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Thread: Done with RTK1 - what next? Any suggestions? Post: Done with RTK1 - what next? Any suggestions? Yes, I do advise studying RTK3 (don't have any of the books) before proceeding to grammar (I remember about 2300 kanji since more work needs to be done). There are a number of characters that are easy... |
lankydan | General discussion | 15 | 3,459 | 2007-10-23, 10:05 pm | ||
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Thread: Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide Post: Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide I've worked my way thorugh the whole of Tae Kim's guide and it had helped a lot in the development of any beginner of Japanese. The sections are divided with succinct information compared to that of a... |
lankydan | Learning resources | 31 | 10,713 | 2007-10-18, 7:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Done with RTK1 - what next? Any suggestions? Post: Done with RTK1 - what next? Any suggestions? I'm with Megawarty on this one. It's better to tackle the grammar of Japanese after you discipline yourself to learning the Kanji in RTK3. There's no pain, and all gain. I simply made skeletal plots ... |
lankydan | General discussion | 15 | 3,459 | 2007-10-09, 9:45 pm | ||
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Thread: tips for speaking japanese? Post: tips for speaking japanese? Essay writing will definitely improve your skills in language learning and demand yourself to do it. I think that if I were to get onto speaking Japanese, I would want to write my conversation on pa... |
lankydan | General discussion | 11 | 2,188 | 2007-10-09, 9:26 pm | ||
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Thread: Why is Japanese so hard? Post: Why is Japanese so hard? I seem to find the spoken language of any Japanese (or any other) the hardest aspect. I have a hard time comprehending what people say in Japanese and coming up with a response on the spot. If your ... |
lankydan | General discussion | 19 | 3,943 | 2007-10-09, 8:48 pm | ||
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Thread: After RTK I... Post: After RTK I... The road I took, after finishing the 2042 kanji, was to learn the kanji from 2043-3007 (Remember some of it, but gonna do more work to consolidate it some of the stuff, the "tree" section put me in a ... |
lankydan | General discussion | 12 | 4,052 | 2007-10-09, 8:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Your favourite story by someone else Post: Your favourite story by someone else I liked those Crowned Samurai stories for "CEREALS". One about the crowned samurai buying wheaties cereal because you get a free missile. The other was about the Samurai crowning Wheaties as the offic... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 24,721 | 2007-10-04, 11:18 pm | ||
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Thread: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters Post: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters I've tried chains for KANJI with the ON-Yomi of TSUU and TSUI (can't remember third one of this). The keyword is in capitals Toucan was in PAIN from the TRAFFIC since it somehow got ran over by truck... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 42 | 22,523 | 2007-10-04, 10:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Fish Post: Fish Don't forget about these fishes, which are excluded in the RTK series YELLOW TAIL - Primitives "FISH" AND "EXPERT" readings SHI, hamachi. This one I would assume would come up. Mnemonic: "Yellow tail... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 6 | 2,699 | 2007-10-04, 10:35 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK3: easy kanji Post: RTK3: easy kanji Yeah, that's the one. Saw it on T-shirts. That's abalone!? How useful is that? Thanks Jimmyseal and Katsuo. There's a character that I can't forget even I if tried to. NEVER NEVER... Does anyone use ... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 19,282 | 2007-10-04, 7:56 pm | ||
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Thread: What you reading? Post: What you reading? I learn the lyrics of Anime Songs for ones that I like and think sound good. |
lankydan | General discussion | 68 | 17,663 | 2007-10-03, 12:56 am | ||
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Thread: RTK3: easy kanji Post: RTK3: easy kanji Having a look at cjon 56 list for the OTHERS (not in any English language reference I know of) "DRAGON (OLD)" AND "BAMBOO" PRIMITIVES mean "basket" with the kun yomi "kago" The top one is a primiti... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 19,282 | 2007-10-03, 12:44 am | ||
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Thread: Frame 2837 - owl Post: Frame 2837 - owl I believe that "OWL" and "ISLAND" are the only two that vary the "BIRD" character with the fire excluded. Anyway, if you want to remember these variants, here are my stories for it if it helps. "Ow... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 4 | 2,843 | 2007-10-03, 12:33 am | ||
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Thread: How did (do) you go about learning RTK III kanji? Post: How did (do) you go about learning RTK III kanji? synewave Wrote:JimmySeal Wrote:I count two. Here's the article: ブッシュ大統領はホワイトハウスで黙祷 ５年目の去年はニューヨークなど全ての事件現場を訪問したブッシュ大統領は、今年はホワイトハウスで黙祷を捧げました。 また、ハイジャック機が突っ込んだ国防総省では、ゲーツ国防長官らが出席し追悼式典が行われました。さらに、ペンシルバ... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 23 | 6,812 | 2007-09-28, 12:04 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" thread Post: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" threa... I remember some better than others and if you remember in the introduction of RTK1, Heisig says that the best order to learn is no means the best order for remembering. If I don't remember a Kanji, I ... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 93 | 58,967 | 2007-09-27, 11:58 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" thread Post: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" threa... I just finished RTK3 Kanji on the meaning and writing part of it without the book. Thank you very much for the printable flash cards for RTK3 Fabrice. Thank you very much for this site. three cheers k... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 93 | 58,967 | 2007-09-24, 11:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Finished the sample and can't get the book - what now? Post: Finished the sample and can't get the book - what ... I was in this situation before when I myself had finished the sample and didn't have the book. I decided to apply the method acquired from Heisig and worked my way through the general-use characters w... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 1,904 | 2007-09-23, 9:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Not knowing English keywords Post: Not knowing English keywords The English keywords are indeed challenging in RTK1. I've already worked through the cycle of the general use kanji (once only) and learned the other 98 kanji outside the general use. If you think the... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 4,805 | 2007-09-21, 5:59 am | ||
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Thread: RTK vol3 short list Post: RTK vol3 short list Make your frequency list last, that is, you have gone through the kanji from 2043 - 3007. I'm resisting the temptation to skip ahead to other useful/freqency kanji, even though that there are some I c... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 3,841 | 2007-09-11, 11:50 pm | ||
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Thread: How did (do) you go about learning RTK III kanji? Post: How did (do) you go about learning RTK III kanji? I just went to learn the Kanji from RTK3 when finishing with book1 (even though I don't have it) I cut out 965 flash cards (The number of kanji in RTK3) and then transcribe keyword, kanji and frame nu... |
lankydan | Remembering the Kanji | 23 | 6,812 | 2007-09-11, 9:15 pm | ||
