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    Thread: iPhone Apps for Studying Japanese
Post: iPhone Apps for Studying Japanese

Yeah, but jDict is the edict dictionary file only with no possibility of adding more. After doing lookups in the Daijirin, the Kojien, the Green Goddess, I've got absolutely no desire to go back to e...
splice42 Learning resources 210 55,881 2008-09-16, 8:19 am
    Thread: iPhone Apps for Studying Japanese
Post: iPhone Apps for Studying Japanese

The one nice thing about having an old iPod touch (not 2.0 version) is that iDic works on it. iDic is an EPWING Dictionary app, which means I can lookup whatever I like in my dictionaries (currently K...
splice42 Learning resources 210 55,881 2008-09-15, 11:01 am
    Thread: Improving my reading?
Post: Improving my reading?

Transtic Wrote:ジョンはスサンは目がきれいだと言った。 John ha Susan ha eye(s) ga nice da to told Am I the only one thinking this should be 「ジョンはスサンの目がきれいだと言った。」? EDIT: Looking at my Kenkyusha it seems not... 彼は目が充血して...
splice42 General discussion 18 8,814 2008-04-10, 10:38 am
    Thread: What does your writing look like?
Post: What does your writing look like?

@scout, thanks so much for that nice site. I will be studying it for sure. I had the same idea as you for the kanji poster; the one offered isn't to my taste, but since I have a number of nice fonts, ...
splice42 The Japanese language 36 24,248 2008-03-10, 10:52 am
    Thread: What does your writing look like?
Post: What does your writing look like?

Yes, I am considering posting some samples tonight. It's hard to explain how a yawaraka kaisho font differs from gyosho but once you see it it makes sense. You could say that gyosho is a semi-cursive ...
splice42 The Japanese language 36 24,248 2008-03-07, 12:47 pm
    Thread: What does your writing look like?
Post: What does your writing look like?

I recently picked up a few nice books that are sure to help with handwriting for Japanese. ボールペン字書き込み練習帳 (Writing characters with a ball pen Workbook) This book takes you through Hiragana, Katakana,...
splice42 The Japanese language 36 24,248 2008-03-07, 10:47 am
    Thread: The Challenge Elementary School Japanese Dictionary
Post: The Challenge Elementary School Japanese Dictionar...

phauna Wrote:So what is the difference between this one: http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-langua...ge=en%5FJP And this one: http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%81%E3%83%...gy_b_img_b The first one (ye...
splice42 Learning resources 22 8,370 2008-03-04, 11:58 am
    Thread: Fabrice! What works better? Own stories or others' stories?
Post: Fabrice! What works better? Own stories or others'...

Heisig's technique for memorization is nothing new. It is his application of those techniques to a systematic study of kanji which makes the system what it is. The "Ars memoriae", written in 85 BC, d...
splice42 Remembering the Kanji 7 1,584 2008-02-12, 6:26 am