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    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

The velar nasal "ŋ" (as in "nga") seems to be "associated with prestige pronunciation or at least with some sense of correctness" [1]. Used in Kabuki, Noh drama and by cultural elites in Tokyo alike. ...
ivantolearnkanji General discussion 1,517 595,143 2008-05-09, 2:14 pm
    Thread: RTK II - Puzzled on what to do
Post: RTK II - Puzzled on what to do

For the past week I've been working through RTK2 "by the book" and am finding it to be very helpful continuation of RTK1. Per the instructions, I'm just going from compound to reading and meaning, u...
ivantolearnkanji Remembering the Kanji 9 3,800 2008-05-07, 2:12 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

おめでとう!
ivantolearnkanji Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,659 2008-05-06, 12:09 am
    Thread: Chatting in Japanese Resources
Post: Chatting in Japanese Resources

I like SharedTalk, very nice interface. http://www.sharedtalk.com/ A quick plug... Here's an article I wrote with some other language-learning suggestions (not just for Japanese) including a brief Rt...
ivantolearnkanji Learning resources 8 1,971 2008-05-02, 9:44 pm
    Thread: Drop direction in "ice" and "shape" primitives
Post: Drop direction in "ice" and "shape" primitives

And the taskmaster helps you to shape up... and so the direction of shape follows the first stroke of the taskmaster.
ivantolearnkanji Remembering the Kanji 2 1,295 2008-05-01, 1:12 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me! August 17, 2007 Found RTK1 on the shelves at Schoenhof's in Harvard Square, and thought it looked interesting. The clerk told me that other customers had...
ivantolearnkanji Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,659 2008-04-27, 6:08 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Halfway there! 1000 in the 4+ column. another 500+ in the hopper ain't nothing but a kanJI thing baby
ivantolearnkanji Remembering the Kanji 616 180,466 2008-03-27, 12:46 am
    Thread: How many kanjis in total?
Post: How many kanjis in total?

You and your pals can go out for hamburgers, but you probably wouldn't go out for sushis. Unless you were all gaijins.
ivantolearnkanji Remembering the Kanji 6 2,255 2008-03-26, 10:02 pm
    Thread: Lack of motivation after finishing RtK1
Post: Lack of motivation after finishing RtK1

Recommended: "A Japanese Reader" by Roy Andrew Miller Graded Lessons for Mastering the Written Language http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=t...tvj4JBIYl0 two books in one - 1 from the back...
ivantolearnkanji Remembering the Kanji 23 7,313 2008-03-18, 11:22 pm
    Thread: I already know a lot of Kanji, but I'm starting Heisig from scratch.
Post: I already know a lot of Kanji, but I'm starting He...

> is there anyone else here who started Heisig from scratch after having learned a lot of kanji (1000+) previously by other methods? Yes, I studied Japanese at an intensive full-year program whe...
ivantolearnkanji Remembering the Kanji 9 2,749 2008-03-14, 4:50 pm
    Thread: Double-checking this sentence
Post: Double-checking this sentence

Yeah that's what I get for winging it. Thanks for the correx.
ivantolearnkanji General discussion 38 9,717 2008-02-28, 12:37 am
    Thread: Double-checking this sentence
Post: Double-checking this sentence

Hi Thora, here's a shot at it, taking some literary liberties. 死んでも even having died 死にきれない It cannot be cut by death. 身の潔白を証明するまでは死んでも死にきれない。 Even if I were dead, death wouldn't stop me until I ...
ivantolearnkanji General discussion 38 9,717 2008-02-26, 2:36 pm
    Thread: Double-checking this sentence
Post: Double-checking this sentence

Here's how I'd translate these (in a style to illustrate the grammatical point): バスが来なかったせいで、待たされた。 Because the bus didn't come, I [implied subject] was made to wait. バスは来なかったせいで、待たされた。 The bus wa...
ivantolearnkanji General discussion 38 9,717 2008-02-26, 2:18 pm