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Thread: How well do Japanese themselves write in web forums? Post: How well do Japanese themselves write in web forum... Smackle Wrote:Some of the Japanese used on the internet and 2ch is not understandable even to native Japanese speakers. Yes, they do purposely bend the rules of Japanese to create comedic effect. Yes ... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 10 | 2,092 | 2008-04-13, 7:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Why have different keywords for primitives than for the kanji? Post: Why have different keywords for primitives than fo... NightSky Wrote:I'd also say its intellectually dishonest to teach people "If you complete RTK, you will be able to read 3000 kanji". And if you could actually find someone who's argued for Heisig by m... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 2,469 | 2008-04-13, 1:55 am | ||
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Thread: Is 2042 not enough? Post: Is 2042 not enough? vosmiura Wrote:dukelexon Wrote:I'd recommend that anyone that's absolutely serious about being literate in Japanese not stop at RTK1. I don't see much point to going through all of RTK3 until you've m... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 9,751 | 2008-04-10, 8:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Why have different keywords for primitives than for the kanji? Post: Why have different keywords for primitives than fo... Nukemarine Wrote:In fact, a rather interesting thread developed when the poster proferred that RTK was above criticism: [http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=1020]where I and others posted well... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 2,469 | 2008-04-10, 7:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Is 2042 not enough? Post: Is 2042 not enough? The 常用 list is in the process of being rennovated, if my memory serves me -- I've read that a hundred or so more characters are being added. If this is the case, RTKI should be similarly updated. Un... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 9,751 | 2008-04-06, 5:25 am | ||
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Thread: Why have different keywords for primitives than for the kanji? Post: Why have different keywords for primitives than fo... Beyond the fact that certain images are easier to build into concrete imagery ... some of the primitives that look identical in the modern writings of the characters REALLY DO have various origins tha... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 2,469 | 2008-04-06, 5:15 am | ||
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Thread: How do you pronounce "Heisig?" Post: How do you pronounce "Heisig?" I recognized it immediately for a German name, and thought of it as "High-sig." I wasn't in a Japanese-enough mindset to get it wrong, I guess. :/ |
dukelexon | General discussion | 9 | 3,663 | 2008-04-05, 2:37 am | ||
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Thread: Potential form conjugation of 入る？ Post: Potential form conjugation of 入る？ Sorry about the delay in replying -- I've barely had enough time to log in and review the last couple of days. Thanks to JimmySeal for clearing up the confusion, and thanks to anyone who participated... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 11 | 5,163 | 2008-03-30, 9:35 pm | ||
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Thread: How often do you look at a kanji before you test yourself? Post: How often do you look at a kanji before you test y... I stay well above 85%-95% retention, and I've only ever looked at a kanji once. At the end of each session, I'll do a "mock" test on my own, with what I've written (my one and only "backwards" review... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 2,387 | 2008-03-30, 7:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Potential form conjugation of 入る？ Post: Potential form conjugation of 入る？ I was keying in some late-night sentences for later review, when a sudden "uncertainty" about the verb in one of them started to worry me. The source of my confusion, in a nutshell: 入る ＝ はいる， intr... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 11 | 5,163 | 2008-03-27, 5:30 am | ||
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Thread: Curious - Why No Hiragana on the Cards? Post: Curious - Why No Hiragana on the Cards? Katsuo Wrote:The site is based on James Heisig's books, which recommend a divide-and-conquer approach to learning Japanese. The fact that this is often not understood by newer members is (in a nutshel... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 7 | 1,705 | 2008-03-25, 8:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji Poster and RtK font variants Post: Kanji Poster and RtK font variants The issue here has little to do with "incorrect" or "missing" strokes or primitives. The poster merely uses some alternate FORMS of the kanji, forms that are a little different from what was presente... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 49 | 16,910 | 2008-03-15, 9:31 pm | ||
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Thread: which one to use...? Post: which one to use...? cactus Wrote:I used to review the same stuff even twice a day,now i am reviewing less frequently following revtk schedule,with constant fear to forget something! When I was first starting out, I worri... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 9 | 2,401 | 2008-03-12, 7:22 pm | ||
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Thread: About to finish RTK1, is it worth it to also do RTK2+RTK3?? Post: About to finish RTK1, is it worth it to also do RT... If you're interested in doing things like reading novels, or functioning at least almost as well in Japanese as you do in English, the benefit of the extra 1000-odd kanji in the third book is almost n... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 8 | 1,826 | 2008-03-11, 7:01 pm | ||
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Thread: inputting kana directly? Post: inputting kana directly? I've always used the standard Windows IME, meaning I type in romaji, it's converted to kana, and from there, converted to kanji. I can now read kana almost as quickly as I can read Roman letters, and... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 27 | 9,784 | 2008-03-11, 6:55 pm | ||
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Thread: which one to use...? Post: which one to use...? cactus Wrote:For some reason i think that using 2 SRS would be counterproductive..dunno why! :) Well, you're quite right in that, so it's a good instinct to have. The whole point of an SRS is to mini... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 9 | 2,401 | 2008-03-09, 3:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Explaining Easter to Japanese children Post: Explaining Easter to Japanese children I think it would be wise to include a bit about the Pagan origins of Easter (i.e., it was originally a celebration of Spring, renewal, fertility, and rebirth). The esoteric nuances of what the Roman ... |
dukelexon | Off topic | 12 | 6,523 | 2008-03-08, 5:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Getting Kanji Out of the Failed Stack Post: Getting Kanji Out of the Failed Stack Hmmm... I'm a little curious, Plarin ... were you using this site while you studied from RTK, or did you come here to start the SRS program after you were already done? If the latter is the case, I'... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 2,163 | 2008-02-26, 12:03 am | ||
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Thread: Why so many political stories? Post: Why so many political stories? DrJones Wrote:Caution. It's not "forgetting", it is "becoming obsolete". Also, as far as I know, Iraqi are happy to be liberated from Saddam. Iraqi are also unhappy that they are being killed by fell... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 23 | 4,498 | 2008-02-20, 5:35 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... YES! At 11:30 PM (my local time), February 18, 2008 ... I finished. I started on December 2, 2007, after reading a post that Codexus made in another forum. That makes 78 days in total. I started o... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,670 | 2008-02-19, 1:36 am | ||
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Thread: Most starred story? Is it "favor of oz"? Post: Most starred story? Is it "favor of oz"? Well, I do see what you're saying, Nac. It's a valid point. I believe it's a mistake, however, to assume that the slight variations present in the definitions of the English keywords necessarily app... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 3,030 | 2008-02-18, 6:18 pm | ||
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Thread: List of easily confused keywords Post: List of easily confused keywords Some that get me: -- consolation condolences -- hear listen -- -- sayeth speaketh -- As far as I'm concerned, those three pairs of words are virtually identical in meaning; it's gotten to the poi... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 21 | 6,968 | 2008-02-17, 10:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Most starred story? Is it "favor of oz"? Post: Most starred story? Is it "favor of oz"? Heh, I was one of the many people that starred the "Oz" story. I loved it; I don't see how anyone could resist using it. But, yeah ... unless it's beyond RTK1, I don't believe I've ever seen another... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 3,030 | 2008-02-17, 7:05 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Codexus Wrote:I'm also finally there! Congratulations, Codexus! Your post on YesJapan was what convinced me to try it out. If you hadn't made that post, I don't know if I would have ever completed t... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,670 | 2008-02-12, 5:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Many Alaskan Members!!! Post: Many Alaskan Members!!! Huh ... they all joined within a couple days of each other, too. I'll bet you anything that you're right, Meolox -- it's a class, working together. It's kind of nice to see a few "official" educator... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 37 | 12,351 | 2008-01-31, 11:22 pm | ||
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Thread: HOW TO SPEAK? Post: HOW TO SPEAK? I've got to say, TGWeaver, that your severe overreaction to Transtic's post was quite a bit worse than any condescension that Transtic may have been guilty of. Say what you will about the VERY SLIGHT... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 11 | 2,082 | 2008-01-28, 11:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Difference Between Japanese and English Post: Difference Between Japanese and English All the more reason for me to get to Japan ASAP. |
dukelexon | General discussion | 6 | 1,961 | 2008-01-14, 7:31 pm | ||
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Thread: When to say 'No' I don't know this Kanji? Post: When to say 'No' I don't know this Kanji? For me, if I forget so much as the fact that a certain horizontal stroke has to be angled slightly upward when on the left (take the 金 primitive as a good example of when this happens), then I fail th... |
dukelexon | Remembering the Kanji | 21 | 4,428 | 2008-01-13, 11:15 pm | ||
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Thread: anyone else sick of perverted stories? Post: anyone else sick of perverted stories? I'll assume by the word "perverted" you're simply referring to sexually suggestive stories. To be honest ... I don't think there are ENOUGH of them, considering how powerful a tool they are. I have ... |
dukelexon | General discussion | 138 | 45,399 | 2008-01-03, 7:54 am | ||
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Thread: Anyone know good Japanese Forums? Post: Anyone know good Japanese Forums? I was under the impression that the vast majority of Japanese forums were modeled after the Nichan style, or vice-versa. I have a Japanese friend that I play a certain MMO with, and when I tried to g... |
dukelexon | Learning resources | 11 | 3,388 | 2008-01-02, 5:34 am | ||
