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    Thread: Thinking of on character writing another, how do I fix it
Post: Thinking of on character writing another, how do I...

Nukemarine Wrote:Some useful tips are for keywords that have very similar keywords, change your keyword to have what the answer is not: I (not 僕,俺,自) dedicate (not 捧) masculine (not 男) Etc. Do that...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 9 1,752 2009-12-06, 11:48 am
    Thread: Thinking of on character writing another, how do I fix it
Post: Thinking of on character writing another, how do I...

This happens pretty often too... e.g. the evidence card came up, I distinctively thought words that are correct evidence in court balh blah blah, and I wrote without thinking how the primitives look l...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 9 1,752 2009-12-03, 12:52 pm
    Thread: On why it's important to make your own stories
Post: On why it's important to make your own stories

Things outside of social norm seem to stick with me, like checking a woman's crotch to see if she's really a guy...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 24 4,577 2009-09-23, 11:36 pm
    Thread: On why it's important to make your own stories
Post: On why it's important to make your own stories

I have also found that the first pass on the kanji, I usually fail a lot, but pick them up after the first pass through the study section (which I make a point of doing everyday). What do you all thin...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 24 4,577 2009-09-23, 12:03 am
    Thread: On why it's important to make your own stories
Post: On why it's important to make your own stories

The mind works by association, so when you use someone else's story, unless you've already had their association previously, you're hindering yourself. It is far, far better you use the first thing th...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 24 4,577 2009-09-19, 5:00 pm
    Thread: I have super powers
Post: I have super powers

I've been awake for 19 hours and I still got 85% I last had coffee a few hours ago... Does anyone else ever remember multiple stories you've read on this site for a kanji? It's nice because they're ...
isharabash General discussion 9 1,764 2009-08-22, 5:14 am
    Thread: My own version of the '100 a day'
Post: My own version of the '100 a day'

I didn't read the beginning blurb until after I read 100 kanji in 25 minutes... I almost cried.
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 5 1,588 2009-08-19, 2:47 am
    Thread: Is my RTK learning process correct?
Post: Is my RTK learning process correct?

YogaSpirit Wrote:I guess it'd be a bad idea to have 3 languages mixed in the process of learning kanji. On the contrary, I think it'd be a better method, you'd get closer to the meaning of the kanji, ...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 19 4,983 2009-08-18, 5:54 pm
    Thread: Writing utensils!!! 器
Post: Writing utensils!!! 器

So, While doing this I noticed that the finer the tip of whatever writing utensil I use, the better it looks. Also, if I use a Sanford Micro pen, it looks pretty good (ballpoint tip). But if I use an...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 1 1,637 2009-07-22, 5:54 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

I'm slow at adding new kanji... it makea me cry cry
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 526 167,225 2009-07-21, 10:45 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Finally!
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 526 167,225 2009-07-16, 7:45 pm
    Thread: Things I'm learning while trying to learn (i.e. tips)
Post: Things I'm learning while trying to learn (i.e. ti...

I also found a good way of getting connotation is to do a search for a kanji at yamasa: http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjid...3?OpenForm and then click see words starting with kanji, or containi...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 5 1,182 2009-07-13, 8:09 am
    Thread: The next friend movie is coming!!!
Post: The next friend movie is coming!!!

I just saw a commercial for the next friend movie! If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out 21st century boys and 22nd century boys, and the movies based off of them. Who else is stoked?
isharabash Off topic 2 717 2009-07-12, 12:23 pm
    Thread: Things I'm learning while trying to learn (i.e. tips)
Post: Things I'm learning while trying to learn (i.e. ti...

Oh yeah, Doing reviews when you are not tired and feel good. I've noticed my retention rate is drastically better when I'm not stressing, well rested, etc. I've also noticed that I remember new kanj...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 5 1,182 2009-07-09, 8:18 am
    Thread: Things I'm learning while trying to learn (i.e. tips)
Post: Things I'm learning while trying to learn (i.e. ti...

I made a post sometime earlier about previewing kanji the day before, but I'm not sure if that's necessary anymore... What seems to have worked though: Imagining myself in the image... If I put my s...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 5 1,182 2009-07-09, 8:17 am
    Thread: Prereading lessons
Post: Prereading lessons

Great success! That is all.
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 6 1,595 2009-06-13, 1:02 pm
    Thread: Most failed Kanji
Post: Most failed Kanji

160 均 level 6 117 砂 sand 5 135 願 petition 5 154 垣 hedge 5 175 墨 black ink 5 Since whend did we get an onyomi column? Awesome! Level is... odd. I keep on switching th...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 30 8,565 2009-06-12, 12:54 am
    Thread: Second time around
Post: Second time around

That's tough. I'm not very far along so I can't really relate... I'm assuming you can probably breathe through the first few hundred or so?
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 28 4,348 2009-06-12, 12:48 am
    Thread: Prereading lessons
Post: Prereading lessons

So far so good, first go and 96% remembered (missed 1), of course, the real test comes tomorrow when I wait a day between prereading and learning, and after that when I wait a day between prereading, ...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 6 1,595 2009-06-12, 12:43 am
    Thread: Prereading lessons
Post: Prereading lessons

I'm still a beginner, on the 300s or so, but I keep on running into road blocks with RTK. So I decided to try something new, preread each lesson, write in the book, and then go back and do each kanji....
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 6 1,595 2009-06-11, 5:48 pm
    Thread: Relative primtive size and positioning
Post: Relative primtive size and positioning

For some of the kanji, I'll have the primitives on the correct side, but their relative sizes in relation to one another is off, or a certain stroke that is angled a little is off... Should I be worr...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 5 967 2009-04-15, 4:04 pm
    Thread: Pausing
Post: Pausing

I paused... and right now I still have to do one more lesson to catch up, it has been like that for days... Here's the thing though, Hesig builds off previous kanji, so the more basic ones you know ...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 6 1,220 2009-04-14, 1:56 am
    Thread: Should I pause at Lesson 11?
Post: Should I pause at Lesson 11?

I think I am not spending enough time on each character... I missed nearly every word in lesson 10, so I'm redoing it, little by little. I think the best way for me will be to do about 5 kanji every...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 17 2,254 2009-04-10, 11:37 am
    Thread: Should I pause at Lesson 11?
Post: Should I pause at Lesson 11?

I just did a review which had a bunch of that lesson in it... (previously I had threw all my failed kanji in the learned pile,, to give it one more shot) I think I can say it is a primitive thing, I ...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 17 2,254 2009-04-07, 9:37 pm
    Thread: Should I pause at Lesson 11?
Post: Should I pause at Lesson 11?

I failed the majority of the lesson 10 & 11 (I can't remember exactly but I think it was something like I got around ten and missed somewhere around 40)... Is that okay to keep pushing with, or i...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 17 2,254 2009-04-07, 7:27 am
    Thread: Should I pause at Lesson 11?
Post: Should I pause at Lesson 11?

I haven't mastered all the previous ones yes, so should I pause here and perfect them like he recommends? Or just keep pushing forward?
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 17 2,254 2009-04-06, 10:08 pm
    Thread: How to use the book?
Post: How to use the book?

I'm in a japanese class, and we started Kanji second semester. I started this book a week ago, and it really does help. Before I would look at the kanji, memorize it by stroke order, and forget it af...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 16 2,215 2009-03-30, 4:37 pm
    Thread: Word order
Post: Word order

I know I'm necro-threading... but I'm having this problem BIG TIME... I just did a review, and everything was going good, 9 remembered, 1 or 2 missed, than I started forgetting order and what not an...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 14 2,439 2009-03-30, 1:45 am
    Thread: Alternative for visual memory
Post: Alternative for visual memory

My book is the older edition... I skipped ahead and read the note in front of chapter 11 yesterday, and that worked alright, I *think*. Today however, lesson 8 btw, I missed about half of the kanji......
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 14 1,928 2009-03-28, 10:59 pm
    Thread: Drilling from English to Japanese...
Post: Drilling from English to Japanese...

Well, this is basically for vocabulary, kanji that I don't have primitives for, and small sentences that are examples of grammar... The vocabulary we use is probably useful later on, because it's ver...
isharabash Remembering the Kanji 16 1,905 2009-03-27, 6:46 pm