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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here About 2 years into my (heavily diluted by full-time university, moving cross-country, repeated illnesses, and career) Japanese by immersion and flashcards effort, I enrolled in 5th semester/Advanced S... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,528 | 2011-09-30, 3:55 pm | ||
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Thread: SRSing for school courses. Post: SRSing for school courses. I ditched all my usual study methods in favor of making cards in Anki for courses in my Biology major two semesters ago. I spend maybe 60-75 minutes per week per course making cards for each class. Ex... |
SimHuman | Off topic | 13 | 3,240 | 2011-08-01, 7:26 pm | ||
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Thread: Are there any dystopian novels in Japanese? Post: Are there any dystopian novels in Japanese? Another vote for キノの旅。 I've read the first 3 volumes and have the rest lined up. Each book is a set of short stories -- the story quality varies a little, but the worst ones are interesting and the be... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 20 | 7,081 | 2011-07-14, 2:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Why being tall sucks.... (rambling) Post: Why being tall sucks.... (rambling) I'm 5'1" / 155 cm and long done growing. I stand on my toes at a lot of sales counters and I can't buy pants off the rack without going to the kid's section, but I don't suffer one bit from leg space ... |
SimHuman | Off topic | 41 | 12,120 | 2011-06-22, 5:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Mubarak stepped down, Egyptians celebrating live now Post: Mubarak stepped down, Egyptians celebrating live n... bodhisamaya Wrote:On a related note, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is now blocking international access to his shows. I suppose he has become the hypocrite he was mocking others for being all these ... |
SimHuman | Off topic | 128 | 18,386 | 2011-02-11, 8:09 pm | ||
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Thread: How many books until fluency in reading? Post: How many books until fluency in reading? I've been reading Aoi Tori's series パセリ伝説 and loving it. If the concept of "an amnesiac 11 year old girl in rural Hokkaido gradually discovers her legendary-something role and unlocks her magic powers... |
SimHuman | Learning resources | 45 | 20,900 | 2011-01-30, 11:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Long-Distance Relationships Post: Long-Distance Relationships Throwing in my experience -- I met my husband online ten years ago and we were in a romantic distance relationship for eight years before I relocated to his end of the US last summer. We were in extr... |
SimHuman | Off topic | 58 | 11,920 | 2011-01-07, 7:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Best YouTube subscriptions Post: Best YouTube subscriptions This guy has been keeping a log of every packaged noodle he's eaten for the last 13 years, and he has about 1000 of his reviews on YouTube. Best of all, the recent ones often have Japanese subtitles. ... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 31 | 20,795 | 2010-12-31, 2:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners This feels like a rude request to make, but due to injury I can't type up the sentences from KM2 myself, so forgive me: The KM2 thread seems to be dead. I bought the book in mid-November, contacted s... |
SimHuman | The Japanese language | 712 | 401,395 | 2010-12-31, 12:26 am | ||
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Thread: 2010 Reflections and 2011 Resolutions Post: 2010 Reflections and 2011 Resolutions I didn't make any goals for last year, but I'm immensely happy with my progress in 2010, especially since this year had a lot of disruptions (cross-US move, marriage...). I still went from midway thro... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 69 | 15,714 | 2010-12-11, 8:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法 Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法 Not to be demanding, but I've noticed that skinnyneo hasn't posted since September. Is there anyone else who could give me access to the spreadsheet? I'll send a picture of my copy of the book, of cou... |
SimHuman | Group study | 253 | 93,882 | 2010-12-02, 1:11 am | ||
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Thread: Yearlyglot on flashcards :) Post: Yearlyglot on flashcards :) I use Anki because, as I found long ago, no feasible amount of exposure will keep me from forgetting the vast majority of what I'd hoped to remember, and paper flash cards are much more frustrating th... |
SimHuman | Off topic | 74 | 10,210 | 2010-11-14, 3:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法 Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法 Request sent to skinnyneo, thanks! Please let me know if I misdirected it. |
SimHuman | Group study | 253 | 93,882 | 2010-11-13, 5:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Finished my first children's novel, スレイヤーズ １ リナとキメラの魔法戦士, and my first light novel, キノの旅 1, a couple of weeks ago. The former, I was able to understand almost everything. The latter involved a fair bi... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,528 | 2010-11-09, 6:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Nukemarine Wrote:Wow, now that is cool. What did the Japanese Club members think of your learning methods (assuming you told them about it)? Until then they had been comparing Japanese experience pure... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,528 | 2010-10-11, 5:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here I just placed out of two years of college Japanese classes thanks to my self-study, saving me 12 units and thousands of dollars of tuition! I also went to the Japanese Club for the first time and was ... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,528 | 2010-10-10, 1:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying? Post: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying? I hope it gets approved quickly... I'll be away from my computer for a couple of weeks next month, and I'd love to bring Anki with me without trying to get iAnki or AnkiMini working. I'll be glad to s... |
SimHuman | Learning resources | 401 | 86,882 | 2010-05-18, 9:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying? Post: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying? If it will let me bring my Core6k deck over with audio, I'll pay $25 gladly. $25 is a bargain, considering I've used Anki for hundreds of hours over eight months and it's become the center of ... |
SimHuman | Learning resources | 401 | 86,882 | 2010-05-18, 3:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Reading RAW Manga on the iPhone Post: Reading RAW Manga on the iPhone I just gave iBunko a try and it's wonderful. Loading text files was easy: 1) Upload your UTF-8 formatted text file to a webspace. I used a Yahoo Small Business account, but your ISP likely offers some... |
SimHuman | Learning resources | 17 | 17,039 | 2010-05-15, 7:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Today I Learned... Thread Post: Today I Learned... Thread Today I learned that organic chemistry is an easy class up until the last quarter of the semester, when reaction mechanisms are introduced and massive amounts of studying are necessary. Unfortunately... |
SimHuman | Off topic | 71 | 9,141 | 2010-05-06, 11:26 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Bands Post: Japanese Bands A day's no good if I don't listen to Bump of Chicken. I liked them before I understood Japanese, but now that I can get the lyrics they're my favorite band. I also love JAM Project for over-the-top b... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 23 | 9,883 | 2010-04-04, 3:56 pm | ||
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Thread: How is suicide different in Japan? Post: How is suicide different in Japan? Any standard program of treatment for depression that includes medication, whether or not there's a genetic component, will also include behavioral treatment including direct counseling, support group... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 59 | 11,961 | 2010-03-12, 10:31 pm | ||
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Thread: How is suicide different in Japan? Post: How is suicide different in Japan? My aunt committed suicide after a decade of struggling with schizophrenia (delusions, hearing voices, loss of reality), periodic institutionalization, and resulting depression, before there were relia... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 59 | 11,961 | 2010-03-12, 9:07 pm | ||
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Thread: KO 2001 Kanji/Word progression Post: KO 2001 Kanji/Word progression After a month and a half of SortedCore2k, with 1524 cards done, I'd strongly recommend it to anyone studying general vocabulary. Seeing a new kanji several times within a few cards, usually with the s... |
SimHuman | Learning resources | 146 | 43,056 | 2010-03-08, 8:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan... Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan... I think the funniest whine was how dumb and repetitive Japanese pop song lyrics are. Nobody's made him listen to an American top hits radio station lately, I take it. |
SimHuman | General discussion | 131 | 24,148 | 2010-03-04, 1:59 am | ||
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Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan... Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan... "Long ago, manga aspired to be like Dragon Ball Z: graphically iconic, with a story more coherent than it probably needed to be. Now there's the ADHD-addled Dragon-Ball-Z-inspired One Piece, a manga f... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 131 | 24,148 | 2010-03-03, 5:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Reading Materials Post: Japanese Reading Materials ta12121 Wrote:i was thinking of getting that haruhi book. Is the kanji level hard in that book? i assume it has no furigana what so ever. I don't own it, but the first Haruhi novel was re-released for... |
SimHuman | Learning resources | 75 | 19,155 | 2010-02-22, 1:02 am | ||
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Thread: KO 2001 Kanji/Word progression Post: KO 2001 Kanji/Word progression I want to thank everyone who helped make and put up the sorted Core2000 file. I started it a few days ago and blew through the first 400 cards, about 90 of which were new words for me. The vocabulary/... |
SimHuman | Learning resources | 146 | 43,056 | 2010-01-26, 11:05 pm | ||
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Thread: Reasons for learning japanese? Post: Reasons for learning japanese? I started 8 years ago because I liked the moon cartoons, but kept giving up because my study methods consisted of paper flashcards, brute-force kanji memorization, and boredom. I picked it back up for... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 36 | 9,212 | 2010-01-16, 4:43 pm | ||
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Thread: 2009 Reflections + 2010 Resolutions Post: 2009 Reflections + 2010 Resolutions 2009: Started seriously studying Japanese again in October. I've studied on and off for the last eight years (ages 15-23) and passively "marinated" in a lot of Japanese music and subtitled TV. Someone... |
SimHuman | General discussion | 76 | 14,413 | 2009-12-14, 2:59 am | ||