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    Thread: Manga Study/Translation Group
Post: Manga Study/Translation Group

Count me in. I read a couple of Conan issues when I was studying for the 2kyuu and just needed a break from the grammar books. I really enjoyed them and a few of the words I picked up from Conan act...
takoman Group study 65 18,912 2009-04-29, 8:26 pm
    Thread: Research on Sebastian Leitner and Spaced Repetition Systems
Post: Research on Sebastian Leitner and Spaced Repetitio...

After describing what I'm doing with RTK at my school, I've somehow ended up being strongly encouraged to give a 30 minute presentation to other teachers about it. While I kind of stuck my foot in my...
takoman General discussion 5 1,782 2008-09-05, 4:10 am
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

Zarxrax, I really like how you made it one spreadsheet with multiple pages. Very easy to navigate. Well done! And thank you for taking a leading role in this project. We all really appreciate it!
takoman Learning resources 134 30,017 2008-08-13, 11:51 pm
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

atreya Wrote:The link for the google doc has been posted by Zarxrax. Are you invited for sharing it ? If so, then you can just paste the contents in the sheet with the name "Chapter 3". Well, I am a m...
takoman Learning resources 134 30,017 2008-08-13, 7:22 am
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

Well, I've finished chapter 3 but I'm not really sure what the plan is for sharing the files. There doesn't seem to be a send attachments feature on the RTK email. Any ideas? :/
takoman Learning resources 134 30,017 2008-08-13, 3:15 am
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

I'm starting the 3rd chapter.
takoman Learning resources 134 30,017 2008-08-12, 9:33 am
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

I've got the book too and would like to help put it into a spreadsheet. :)
takoman Learning resources 134 30,017 2008-08-10, 8:26 pm
    Thread: Soma Bringer (ソーマブリンガー) Script Project
Post: Soma Bringer (ソーマブリンガー) Script Project

I don't have the game but I do have a DS and studying via games seems like a fun way to go. If this starts, let me know and I'll search for the game and pitch in some. -Andy
takoman General discussion 6 1,716 2008-04-27, 5:39 am
    Thread: Japanese language school
Post: Japanese language school

I went to this school last summer for a 4 week intensive course: http://www.silnihongo.com/homeeng.html You had 4 hours of instruction a day plus homework (which was about as much as your brain could...
takoman General discussion 6 2,555 2008-03-09, 10:07 pm
    Thread: The best news websites?
Post: The best news websites?

I've also used this one: http://www.fnn-news.com/ I believe I found this one somewhere on the AJATT site. It's similar to NHK and TBS in that there are short articles. There are also real player mo...
takoman General discussion 3 1,353 2007-09-10, 10:52 pm
    Thread: What you studying?
Post: What you studying?

I'm also shooting for the 2級 this year and have amassed a collection of study books (more than I can realistically get through I'm afraid). My current favorite for vocabulary is "The Japanese Languag...
takoman General discussion 9 2,348 2007-09-09, 7:08 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Yahoo! I did it :) I added my final cards today for RTK vol 1, have no expired cards and no failed cards left! Although I'm ecstatic right now I'm also feeling like I've still a long way to go. Ju...
takoman Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,740 2007-09-09, 1:53 am
    Thread: Japanese TV torrent
Post: Japanese TV torrent

Thanks for the info, synewave. I'll look for it next time I'm at the Apple store. Actually one opened up here in Sapporo within the past year and I still haven't been to it. Guess now I have a reas...
takoman Remembering the Kanji 23 6,244 2007-09-08, 4:46 am
    Thread: Japanese TV torrent
Post: Japanese TV torrent

synewave Wrote:takoman Wrote:BTW, how did you get that? I use EyeTV so I can record normal TV to my hard disk. I just googled EyeTV and it looks really interesting. http://www.elgato.com/index.php?f...
takoman Remembering the Kanji 23 6,244 2007-09-08, 3:35 am
    Thread: Japanese TV torrent
Post: Japanese TV torrent

Thanks synewave :) BTW, how did you get that? I've been going to the NHK site recently and trying to watch the news videos. It's great because they are accompanied by a little text blurb giving a s...
takoman Remembering the Kanji 23 6,244 2007-09-08, 3:01 am
    Thread: LastFm for getting into japanese music
Post: LastFm for getting into japanese music

thegeezer3 Wrote:well i was about 10 when his album "into the dragon" came out which was late 80s or early 90s. Really? It came out that long ago? A friend introduced it to me just 5 years ago or so...
takoman General discussion 40 7,461 2007-09-07, 5:47 pm
    Thread: LastFm for getting into japanese music
Post: LastFm for getting into japanese music

thegeezer3 Wrote:Yo synewave i just looked at your chart and saw "Bomb the Bass" - that was "dope" when i was a kid. Wow, now I feel old. I thought it was "dope" when I was in my early 30s (and I sti...
takoman General discussion 40 7,461 2007-09-07, 7:09 am
    Thread: Funny Compounds / First Real-Life Heisig Compounds
Post: Funny Compounds / First Real-Life Heisig Compounds

Because those are some interesting examples, I thought I'd pop in some of the Heisig translations: Zactacular Wrote:黙認 - This arose from a discussion about pachinko and how people get money for the ba...
takoman General discussion 7 3,314 2007-09-05, 8:04 am
    Thread: JLPT 2007
Post: JLPT 2007

pricca Wrote:LOL! That's cool all the same :) How long did you take to get to where you are now? And what discipline have you used? 30 mins everyday? On the train to work? Cram-School Style? It's actu...
takoman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 72 23,035 2007-09-05, 7:38 am
    Thread: JLPT 2007
Post: JLPT 2007

Since the recent conversation is getting a little off the JLPT 2007 topic, I started a new thread http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=769 :)
takoman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 72 23,035 2007-09-05, 6:40 am
    Thread: Funny Compounds / First Real-Life Heisig Compounds
Post: Funny Compounds / First Real-Life Heisig Compounds

Here is a conversation started in the JLPT 2007 forum thread but it was getting off topic so I thought I'd give it a new thread. The gist was how just knowing RTK1, some of the compounds we see can s...
takoman General discussion 7 3,314 2007-09-05, 6:37 am
    Thread: JLPT 2007
Post: JLPT 2007

Ooops! I meant to say that "Its cool that I can get the meaning but its frustrating that I CAN'T say things. "
takoman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 72 23,035 2007-09-04, 11:16 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2007
Post: JLPT 2007

pricca: I wish i could say the RTK 2, but only on the 1st. I feel a native american walking when I read kanji. For example, this morning in the bathroom I was reading the label from the can of bath...
takoman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 72 23,035 2007-09-04, 11:14 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2007
Post: JLPT 2007

Got my application off for the 2kyuu! It's hard to balance what to study. I'm so close to finishing RTK (around 1800 now) but it's taking all my time that I've little left for grammar and listening....
takoman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 72 23,035 2007-09-03, 7:58 pm
    Thread: LastFm for getting into japanese music
Post: LastFm for getting into japanese music

I'm in now. Hadn't heard about LastFM before but the concept seems really cool. Looking forward to exploring some more. Cheers!
takoman General discussion 40 7,461 2007-09-03, 5:47 pm