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Thread: Drivers license test. How hard is it? Post: Drivers license test. How hard is it? Tzadeck Wrote:you can fail for almost anything (i.e., a very common reason for failure is not making left turns quite sharp enough, even though throughout the test you made turns way sharper than anyo... |
Wally | General discussion | 16 | 6,827 | 2009-10-28, 9:23 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! mastermx Wrote:alright 1551! only 491 left to go... please tell me it gets easier. the reviews are starting to get bigger. They get bigger, but the last 1/4 is somehow easier (meaning reviews don't p... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,195 | 2009-10-25, 3:23 am | ||
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Thread: default language of thought Post: default language of thought blackmacros Wrote:Wow, that's really interesting! I wonder what it is about maths that short-circuits us? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that maths is kind of like a language in and of its... |
Wally | General discussion | 22 | 2,700 | 2009-09-09, 2:33 am | ||
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Thread: default language of thought Post: default language of thought blackmacros Wrote:I find it interesting how you both mentioned maths/numbers. I learned Indonesian for 5 years and personally found numbers to be *the* hardest thing to handle. It probably doesn't hel... |
Wally | General discussion | 22 | 2,700 | 2009-09-09, 2:13 am | ||
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Thread: Problems recognizing kanjis Post: Problems recognizing kanjis Koos83 Wrote:In the book, Heisig says that Kanji -> keyword comes with time and practice. I agree on this; of the Kanji I learnt earlier, that I've reviewed more, I can recognise the keyword very e... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 1,907 | 2009-09-04, 4:10 am | ||
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Thread: Historic Election in Japan! Post: Historic Election in Japan! LazyNomad Wrote:I have mixed feelings about last elections in Japan. DPJ came to power as a result of the negative reaction of society to market reform attempt made by Koizumi. This attempt stalled ha... |
Wally | General discussion | 9 | 2,688 | 2009-09-02, 4:14 am | ||
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Thread: Historic Election in Japan! Post: Historic Election in Japan! About the election: "Small earthquake; no tsunami". Seriously, this was mostly a rebuke of the LDP rather than an embrace of the DJP -- an embrace which would be difficult in any case because the DJ... |
Wally | General discussion | 9 | 2,688 | 2009-09-02, 4:04 am | ||
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Thread: Best translation? Post: Best translation? mezbup Wrote:English and Japanese are two different languages to state the obvious, but something that might not be immediately obvious is that people who grow up speaking english and people who grow ... |
Wally | General discussion | 11 | 1,315 | 2009-08-31, 9:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Best translation? Post: Best translation? mezbup Wrote:how about "in order to support the family I love I work every day from morning until late at night" Makes perfect sense to me. It does make pretty good sense (although I'd probably cut "... |
Wally | General discussion | 11 | 1,315 | 2009-08-31, 8:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Best translation? Post: Best translation? The Japanese sentence '愛する家族のために、私は毎日、朝から夜遅くまで働いています' obviously contains a main clause that is pretty straightforward to me: I work everyday from morning until late night. But the subordinate clause... |
Wally | General discussion | 11 | 1,315 | 2009-08-31, 7:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Funniest Sentence In KO. Post: Funniest Sentence In KO. Wally Wrote:aphasiac Wrote:vosmiura Wrote:How about 地球から月の裏側を見ることはできない。 It is impossble to see the back of the moon from the Earth. Duh. That's actually an interesting and little known fact - the m... |
Wally | General discussion | 148 | 35,168 | 2009-08-27, 5:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Funniest Sentence In KO. Post: Funniest Sentence In KO. aphasiac Wrote:vosmiura Wrote:How about 地球から月の裏側を見ることはできない。 It is impossble to see the back of the moon from the Earth. Duh. That's actually an interesting and little known fact - the moon rotates ... |
Wally | General discussion | 148 | 35,168 | 2009-08-27, 5:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Anybody working on RtK full-time, hoping to finish in 4 or 5 weeks? Post: Anybody working on RtK full-time, hoping to finish... zoletype Wrote:nebusoku Wrote:I've also been studying Japanese for many years and have already passed ikkyuu, so I'm familiar with almost all of the kanji even though I couldn't write them to save my ... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,720 | 2009-08-17, 2:14 am | ||
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Thread: Deadlocks? Post: Deadlocks? Tzadeck Wrote:Wally Wrote:Tzadeck, I been watchin' ya on the members' list. You really move when you move, but then you stop moving for a while. ^_^ But without any question you're done, whether th... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 42 | 8,060 | 2009-08-17, 2:08 am | ||
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Thread: Deadlocks? Post: Deadlocks? Slow, but steady. No motivational humps at all, just one speed bump last month when we went flew over to Canada to spend some time in Banff National Park in July. (Worth the speed bump, let me tell ... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 42 | 8,060 | 2009-08-16, 10:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Memorizing 東京 Post: Memorizing 東京 Umikuma Wrote:What Katsuo said. Addresses are different in Japan. Yes, much more logical to go from the general to the specific, as they do in Japan, than from the specific to the general, as in the U... |
Wally | General discussion | 13 | 3,634 | 2009-08-14, 8:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Greasemonkey & Firefox 3.5 Post: Greasemonkey & Firefox 3.5 Has anyone tried this with RTK yet? I really would like to upgrade FF, but I don't want to lose my custom keywords. |
Wally | General discussion | 2 | 552 | 2009-08-13, 10:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Love in Japan... Post: Love in Japan... chorismos Wrote:I don’t like generalisations but "but ..." I guess you are eager to indulge in making almost countless numbers of them, anti-dis-ir-regardless of your alleged dislike. That post had ... |
Wally | General discussion | 578 | 67,333 | 2009-07-15, 7:14 pm | ||
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Thread: How many reviews before completion? (on this site) Post: How many reviews before completion? (on this site) 1638 cards as of this moment; around 9000 reviews. |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 1,612 | 2009-07-09, 6:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Japanese Name & 印鑑(seal) Post: Your Japanese Name & 印鑑(seal) aaronvanvalen Wrote:@Musashi, why would I not use 論 in my name? Especially since the pronunciation is spot on. No, sorry, it is most definitely *not* spot on. It's in the ballpark, but it's not the s... |
Wally | General discussion | 79 | 15,253 | 2009-07-07, 4:57 am | ||
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Thread: Struggling with the method Post: Struggling with the method vrtgo Wrote:But suddenly, for some reason, remembering just got difficult. I have discovered (rather belatedly) that running a couple of weeks ahead with story creation (versus flash card addition) se... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 65 | 10,387 | 2009-07-02, 3:06 am | ||
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Thread: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... Post: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... bodhisamaya Wrote:His Genius is just playing off the letter オ in a dramatic way. As far as the reports, who knows. Someone may have hit report by accident and others piled on for what ever reason. ... |
Wally | General discussion | 23 | 2,402 | 2009-07-01, 1:40 am | ||
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Thread: Suggested Pace Post: Suggested Pace Dustin_Calgary Wrote:Is 40 a day too ambitious? I'm one of those CRAZY guys that do way more, 40 is a bad day ^^ What can I say, 40 is certainly attainable given the results many people here have se... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 1,989 | 2009-06-30, 11:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... Post: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... liosama Wrote:yukamina Wrote:liosama Wrote:Pfft, What about "Crumble" 774, i got 8 reports for that now that i advertise it again (yes i always try advertise it wherever i can :)) It will jump maybe ... |
Wally | General discussion | 23 | 2,402 | 2009-06-30, 11:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Suggested Pace Post: Suggested Pace alphie Wrote:I've just started RTK after a long time of avoiding it. Its been really fun! I've been in Japan for 10 months and can read/write JLPT3 level but Ive decided to step up my kanji as I'm exp... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 1,989 | 2009-06-30, 9:36 pm | ||
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Thread: pup tent???? Post: pup tent???? Can anyone verify or debunk LazyNomad's bit on this below? === Trivia: The right primitive is kagaribi - 尞 - fuel used for sacrifices. I would use sacred bonfire as a primitive . (Mnemonic: Top is a ... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 3,336 | 2009-06-30, 7:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... Post: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... Ha ha ha ha! Some clown dinged 'em both again. :) Ding away, dingbats. It helps *ME* absolutely *CEMENT* them into my memory as I check to see if there is any conceivable reason for your dingy din... |
Wally | General discussion | 23 | 2,402 | 2009-06-30, 5:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Ritalin Post: Ritalin stupiddog Wrote:I take Ritalin as an adult, but not for ADHS, but for narcolepsy because Provigil does not work for me. I found myself awakening more than one time over RTK1, and it was not because of... |
Wally | Remembering the Kanji | 39 | 6,591 | 2009-06-30, 4:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... Post: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... yukamina Wrote:liosama Wrote:Pfft, What about "Crumble" 774, i got 8 reports for that now that i advertise it again (yes i always try advertise it wherever i can :)) It will jump maybe 20 stars and 1... |
Wally | General discussion | 23 | 2,402 | 2009-06-30, 4:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... Post: Hard to know what rings some folk's bell ... bombpersons Wrote:Wally Wrote:Some bells go off pretty easy. :) Look who's talking =D I think there is a several orders of magnitude difference between objecting to projectX's stories, which were mad... |
Wally | General discussion | 23 | 2,402 | 2009-06-30, 4:15 pm | ||
