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    Thread: I'm Asian and my deck is bigger than yours
Post: I'm Asian and my deck is bigger than yours

Good work man. I've had my deck 'completed' for a fair while now (at least since NY day). With only me adding cards every so often (I put any new words I come across in a sticky note list to cover l...
AKITOD The Japanese language 55 11,657 2014-08-28, 8:22 pm
    Thread: I'm Asian and my deck is bigger than yours
Post: I'm Asian and my deck is bigger than yours

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1024942726 18688 cards. This was my deck/s (i've reformatted it to put on the server).
AKITOD The Japanese language 55 11,657 2014-08-27, 9:10 pm
    Thread: Tanuki Corpus: whats the deal?
Post: Tanuki Corpus: whats the deal?

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1971975259 Here's my tanuki deck which is just the 7128 deck but with full kanji (may be 1 or 2 mistakes).
AKITOD Learning resources 8 2,542 2014-08-27, 9:07 pm
    Thread: Is there a kanjified/corrected version of Tanuki available?
Post: Is there a kanjified/corrected version of Tanuki a...

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1971975259
AKITOD General discussion 3 1,183 2014-08-26, 8:28 pm
    Thread: Paul Nation, Learning vocabulary in another language
Post: Paul Nation, Learning vocabulary in another langua...

Interesting about how translation is the best way to learn a word apparently. I think it's a good exercise to learn words with definition, then hopefully be able to recognise what the definition is d...
AKITOD General discussion 34 10,750 2013-10-30, 8:43 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

NightSky Wrote:1) AKITOD passed quickly, didn't think it mattered much that he is actually half Japanese and was later able to always speak to his mother in Japanese. Both have the same thing in com...
AKITOD General discussion 856 195,551 2013-10-15, 8:14 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

dtcamero Wrote:wow this forum is full of khatzumotos who self-studied to N1 in a year and change... amazing! i didn't say I did it in a year, nor did I say I am currently N1 level. With exception for...
AKITOD General discussion 856 195,551 2013-10-15, 7:41 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

dtcamero Wrote:I think a lot of people here put a lot of effort into their japanese study, so there is an often missed truth floating behind these language forum stories by people who show up and say ...
AKITOD General discussion 856 195,551 2013-10-14, 7:06 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

irishpolyglot Wrote:For anyone saying B2 is impossible (and even B1, which I have indeed reached in 3 months in unrelated languages - remember, I'm aiming for a spoken level, while my reading may just...
AKITOD General discussion 856 195,551 2013-09-20, 10:27 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

irishpolyglot Wrote:We'll have to agree to disagree on the merits of the exam Zgarbas. I have a spoken focus in language learning, and this means of live communication and interactivity simply can't b...
AKITOD General discussion 856 195,551 2013-09-16, 6:16 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

NightSky Wrote:I'm sorry but even in that video he says he wasn't interested in learning to read yet and only cared about speaking. And you think that the best way for him to study with that target in...
AKITOD General discussion 856 195,551 2013-09-16, 6:14 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

His method seems quite flawed for Japanese. The shame of that is you COULD definitely reach at least upper intermediate level if you had 90 days all dedicated to Japanese and you did it the right way...
AKITOD General discussion 856 195,551 2013-09-16, 10:15 am
    Thread: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!
Post: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!

Sounds like you're doing well for a start. Don't worry about deck count, I have 10 decks in total (well actually 12, but 2 are yet to start). But I just lump them in as subdecks within 1 big "日本語"...
AKITOD The Japanese language 19 7,860 2013-09-08, 5:46 am
    Thread: Need a good resource for learning Grammar
Post: Need a good resource for learning Grammar

Tae Kim's is great and in level terms will probably take you up to around N3 (+ a little bit of N1/2) for grammar. After Tae Kim's, just look for grammar at higher levels. So on Anki I use: - "スパー合...
AKITOD The Japanese language 16 8,833 2013-09-06, 8:00 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!
Post: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!

Xanpakuto Wrote:Dude thats awesome man! You don't have to answer this but, whats your motivation? You're losing sleep and all that which I'm cool with, I do as well on some days ^^ Motivation, I have ...
AKITOD The Japanese language 19 7,860 2013-09-06, 7:42 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!
Post: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!

Xanpakuto Wrote:Wow thats really fast. How many cards a day do you add, I have about 500/hr for review, but I add a lot. I add 30/day (it was 40/day for a while). Each day my thing comes up with abou...
AKITOD The Japanese language 19 7,860 2013-09-04, 5:03 am
    Thread: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!
Post: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!

Vempele Wrote:Putting a cap on your reviews while still adding 30 cards per day could start a nasty chain reaction of forgetting. Adding fewer cards per day is a better way of limiting your reviews. D...
AKITOD The Japanese language 19 7,860 2013-09-03, 7:31 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!
Post: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!

Okay I've tried doing it much faster today, on my walk towards uni (24min). I got 231 reviews done in the 24 minutes. So I'm removing my cap and hopefully I can get another 200 or so on the way home...
AKITOD The Japanese language 19 7,860 2013-09-02, 6:14 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!
Post: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!

Vempele Wrote:Putting a cap on your reviews while still adding 30 cards per day could start a nasty chain reaction of forgetting. Adding fewer cards per day is a better way of limiting your reviews. D...
AKITOD The Japanese language 19 7,860 2013-09-02, 5:25 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!
Post: Thoughts on anki review limiting. Please help!!

Okay, i never thought I'd get to this point. I'm considering my options for putting a cap on anki reviews per day. I've done anki by the straight arrowed book for the entire duration I have used it ...
AKITOD The Japanese language 19 7,860 2013-09-02, 10:13 am