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    Thread: MEXT Research Student Secondary Screening
Post: MEXT Research Student Secondary Screening

if you've passed the initial embassy screening, are able to get tentative acceptance at a Japanese uni, and haven't committed any major felonies then you're good to go. I have no idea what goes on at...
AdmiralKelvinator JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 22 4,508 2015-07-03, 7:17 pm
    Thread: Advanced Vocabulary
Post: Advanced Vocabulary

While the N1 isn't "beginner level" per se, It's true that it is still far below the amount of vocab that real native speakers possess, so I do think that it is good to continue with vocab learning ev...
AdmiralKelvinator General discussion 29 4,793 2015-06-04, 9:21 pm
    Thread: What are your favorite apps that are in the Japanese iOS App Store?
Post: What are your favorite apps that are in the Japane...

One very valuable app I found on the Japanese app store (tho this was several years ago) is a free app called "transkun", which is valuable primarily as a shell for the eijiro online translation corpu...
AdmiralKelvinator General discussion 5 1,367 2015-03-16, 3:34 am
    Thread: From scratch to N1 in 2 and half Years
Post: From scratch to N1 in 2 and half Years

I also started learning Japanese in order to better understand Japanese media. I think it's a good, content-focused goal that will give you a lot of input, which as others have said is very important...
AdmiralKelvinator General discussion 31 7,806 2014-11-17, 3:30 am
    Thread: The KanKen Chronicles
Post: The KanKen Chronicles

Been studying the 2級 Kanken using the DS game for about 3 months now and man it is brutal. A huge leap from 準2級 even if the number of Kanji tested isn't dramatically greater. For 準2級 it seemed suffi...
AdmiralKelvinator General discussion 397 123,332 2013-11-15, 2:26 am
    Thread: Joyo supplement characters: simplified vs. traditional forms
Post: Joyo supplement characters: simplified vs. traditi...

Hey all, I just started learning the 196 characters that were recently added to the Joyo Kanji, but I noticed that several of the characters were added in their traditional, unsimplified forms (eg th...
AdmiralKelvinator The Japanese language 2 902 2012-11-04, 6:23 am
    Thread: How to remember Hiragana-only words
Post: How to remember Hiragana-only words

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:You could try the mcd format. But depending on your level mcd will either be a waste of time or revolutionary. I would just recommend focusing on encountering the word in native...
AdmiralKelvinator The Japanese language 7 2,308 2012-10-21, 1:46 am
    Thread: How to remember Hiragana-only words
Post: How to remember Hiragana-only words

Bouncing off the topic of learning kanji vs. learning vocabulary, how do you all study vocabulary that is written only in Hiragana (onomatopoeia or verbs with obscure, unused kanji etc.) ? Personally...
AdmiralKelvinator The Japanese language 7 2,308 2012-10-20, 9:33 pm
    Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread
Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread

Just got the notice in the mail today; managed to pass the N1 with a little breathing room (118/180), not stellar, but still I feel pretty good about it! I for one love the Dictionaries of Japanese g...
AdmiralKelvinator JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 297 78,499 2012-09-08, 6:16 am