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Thread: Non-Japanese youtubers who talk about Japan/learning Japanese Post: Non-Japanese youtubers who talk about Japan/learni... I actually quite like tkyosam, he's a bit full on but I've talked to him a few times and he's a chill guy. I applied to the JET programme so Myargonauts is the resident youtube expert on that topic! ... |
Kewickviper | General discussion | 6 | 1,847 | 2013-02-20, 6:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Grammar? Post: Grammar? We learn grammar in school in England too. People forget but in primary school we're taught how all the grammar parts work from the basics of past tense and irregular verbs like go/went to advanced su... |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 77 | 11,216 | 2013-02-13, 5:14 am | ||
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Thread: Grammar? Post: Grammar? Having at least a rudimentary understanding of all the grammar points up to the intermediate level has definitely helped me. Before I finished Tae Kim I tried to read yotsubato and found it literally ... |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 77 | 11,216 | 2013-02-12, 7:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Grammar? Post: Grammar? Just to add one area that I think Tae Kim sucks at explaining is 〜ていく、〜てくる. This comes up absolutely everywhere and to start with I had no idea what it mean't. |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 77 | 11,216 | 2013-02-10, 7:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Close to 2000 kanjis in RTK anki deck, where should I stop ? Post: Close to 2000 kanjis in RTK anki deck, where shoul... Yes I manually un-suspended them. I was looking for an excuse to take a break from RTKing for the day and ended up doing it all then. Didn't actually take too long really probably 10-15 minutes. Addin... |
Kewickviper | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 1,657 | 2013-02-10, 6:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Close to 2000 kanjis in RTK anki deck, where should I stop ? Post: Close to 2000 kanjis in RTK anki deck, where shoul... I suspended all after 2042 and then un-suspended the characters contained in the supplement as well as added the extra ones that aren't in RTK3 using the keywords on this site. I highly recommend doin... |
Kewickviper | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 1,657 | 2013-02-10, 6:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Grammar? Post: Grammar? I haven't done any grammar study outside of Tae Kim (unless you count Genki 1&2 but I don't think they contain anything extra) and I very rarely come across grammar points that I don't understand.... |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 77 | 11,216 | 2013-02-10, 6:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Grammar? Post: Grammar? Yes Tae Kim is definitely the way to go after RTK, in fact I'd recommend starting Tae Kim before you finish RTK (Unless of course you can persevere with not actually learning any real Japanese, then i... |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 77 | 11,216 | 2013-02-10, 4:59 pm | ||
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Thread: The journey to monolingual learning. Post: The journey to monolingual learning. I thought it was a tiger until 雄はたてがみがある。 then it became rather obvious :P. |
Kewickviper | Learning resources | 50 | 10,835 | 2013-02-01, 9:52 am | ||
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Thread: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig. Post: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig. Try using some of the stories on here instead. I basically stopped using Heisig's stores after the first 100 or so characters. |
Kewickviper | Remembering the Kanji | 110 | 21,127 | 2013-01-25, 12:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki? Post: Good Alternatives to Anki? I personally haven't found anything that Anki2 can't do which was in old Anki. I was frustrated at first like most people as I somehow managed to delete my RTK deck and lots of other stuff, since dele... |
Kewickviper | Learning resources | 47 | 19,425 | 2013-01-25, 8:39 am | ||
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Thread: Should I use this site or an Anki deck for reviews? Post: Should I use this site or an Anki deck for reviews... I discovered Anki while at around the 1500/1600 kanji mark on this site. I by far preferred anki because of all the extra options and flexibility, plus the srs timings on anki work better for me than ... |
Kewickviper | Remembering the Kanji | 5 | 1,605 | 2013-01-25, 8:35 am | ||
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Thread: Passive and active listening Post: Passive and active listening I personally found Khatz's blogs entertaining to read and quite enjoyed his tongue in cheek humour. I'd go as far as to say that if it wasn't for reading his blog, I wouldn't still be learning Japanes... |
Kewickviper | Learning resources | 50 | 11,465 | 2013-01-22, 5:04 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Finally finished the supplement as well! Bloody gloom is so difficult! Was on holiday last week so didn't add any new ones since finishing RTK. Pushed through 90 new kanji today to finish early, will ... |
Kewickviper | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,373 | 2013-01-17, 10:33 am | ||
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Thread: I study Nihongo because... Post: I study Nihongo because... qwertyytrewq Wrote:egoplant Wrote:I'm a shut in and haven't left my house in 7 years. I'm learning so I can watch anime, read manga and play visual novels and other games. So you're a NEET? Don't worr... |
Kewickviper | Off topic | 358 | 110,952 | 2013-01-15, 2:43 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... やった！やっとRTKが終わった！！ Finally finished the 4th edition of RTK1!! I originally started RTK a day or so before I signed up to this site so it has been a long road for me. I originally got to ~1650 after th... |
Kewickviper | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,373 | 2013-01-02, 4:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Goals for 2013? Post: Goals for 2013? uisukii Wrote:undead_saif Wrote:uisukii Wrote:*spent less time online doing nothing. With your progress, where does that "time doing nothing" come from?! I'm the one who should spend less time doing u... |
Kewickviper | Off topic | 54 | 10,176 | 2012-12-31, 11:00 am | ||
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Thread: Goals for 2013? Post: Goals for 2013? TheVinster Wrote:Kewickviper Wrote:3. Complete an RPG in Japanese. I just completed my first RPG in Japanese, ニノ国. Every word has furigana and it's very accessible. I highly recommend it as a resource... |
Kewickviper | Off topic | 54 | 10,176 | 2012-12-30, 9:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Goals for 2013? Post: Goals for 2013? 1. Finish RTK if I don't finish it before then (<300 to go!!). 2. Finish Core6k. 3. Complete an RPG in Japanese. 4. Run a marathon. 5. Get a new job. |
Kewickviper | Off topic | 54 | 10,176 | 2012-12-30, 2:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Is it true that even natives Japanese people will struggle on JLPT N1? Post: Is it true that even natives Japanese people will ... For comparison try taking the highest level of TOEIC and see if you can pass it. A few of the questions in my opinion could have had multiple answers and I think I got a few wrong when I took it, but ... |
Kewickviper | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 53 | 28,324 | 2012-12-30, 11:33 am | ||
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Thread: New Silverspoon/Nuetrino bloggers Post: New Silverspoon/Nuetrino bloggers I personally like reading Japanese level up and I think it's got a lot of good tips and ideas and the general ethos of his website is good. I really liked his idea of switching to J-J as early as poss... |
Kewickviper | Learning resources | 34 | 7,348 | 2012-12-30, 9:15 am | ||
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Thread: Need some career advice Post: Need some career advice I'm actively seeking quant jobs at the moment. I have an MSc in Mathematics and have only found very limited junior quant jobs that don't require a PhD with each of these being very competitive and ha... |
Kewickviper | Off topic | 5 | 1,171 | 2012-12-29, 1:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Amount of vocabulary Post: Amount of vocabulary I scored 26k on that test with English being my native language and I consider myself well read and well educated. I fail to see how it can be accurate though as I know many specialised words in areas... |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 85 | 18,791 | 2012-12-27, 7:15 am | ||
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Thread: Is too much time anyone else's problem??? Post: Is too much time anyone else's problem??? My major problem is that due to the nature of my work, some days I have a lot of free time and others I have none. For example last week I had a lot of free time each day, so I did 3-4 days of 70 new ... |
Kewickviper | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 2,318 | 2012-12-19, 5:50 am | ||
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Thread: Guide: Android: Japanese Environment on the go Post: Guide: Android: Japanese Environment on the go Is ankidroid 2.0 actually in a daily useable state and is there any chance of it breaking my decks? I recently got a nexus 10 and I basically use it for everything now except work and Anki. I also hav... |
Kewickviper | General discussion | 83 | 33,858 | 2012-12-17, 11:35 am | ||
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Thread: Short words that are different to literal meaning Post: Short words that are different to literal meaning I listen Japanese postcasts for most of the day and I often hear things I can understand, but either the meaning throws me off or I can't process it fast enough. The main thing that I struggle with ar... |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 2 | 945 | 2012-12-14, 6:26 am | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Artgor Wrote:I began learning kani on 28 Oct 2012, and now I'm at 1615. Though I can't say that I know all these kanji perfectly of course :) The main problem that I sometimes don't know the meaning o... |
Kewickviper | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,043 | 2012-12-12, 7:01 am | ||
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Thread: Focus on only Kanji? Or add other resources. Post: Focus on only Kanji? Or add other resources. Yes with a sentence method you generally learn the words using the sentence to give you some context. The best way is to make sure that there's only one new word per sentence and to make the sentence ... |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 29 | 4,174 | 2012-11-20, 2:43 pm | ||
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Thread: verb + suru Post: verb + suru blackhack Wrote:uisukii Wrote:Those whom speak with a semblance of professional or what is considered "correct" language usage are generally the minority of society "Those who speak" is correct here b... |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 16 | 3,198 | 2012-11-17, 8:24 pm | ||
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Thread: verb + suru Post: verb + suru Thank you for that great insight uisukii! You sure do have a way with words. I think you make interesting points and I agree that over time with the mass amount of information consumption will weed o... |
Kewickviper | The Japanese language | 16 | 3,198 | 2012-11-17, 8:16 pm | ||
