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    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I start studying Japanese again today, after not doing so since sometime in March!
playadom General discussion 1,389 294,373 2009-09-06, 8:32 pm
    Thread: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter
Post: 1691 (Mannerism) is blocked by my school's filter

I wonder how well ketchup would work as a lube. I guess it would cover up any potential bleeding...
playadom General discussion 25 5,892 2009-03-05, 8:43 pm
    Thread: Question about Kanji In Context
Post: Question about Kanji In Context

I don't really see how you'd need an example sentence for 机. If you really want one, you could try google or one of the many dictionaries that are online.
playadom Learning resources 8 1,217 2009-02-28, 11:54 am
    Thread: Coolest japanese TV show
Post: Coolest japanese TV show

bodhisamaya Wrote:Except this one. Do NOT click this link or you will regret it! [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IrdgD6RMcU] What the balls was that? There are interesting things under relat...
playadom Learning resources 25 3,476 2009-02-26, 2:53 pm
    Thread: A tad confused by this...
Post: A tad confused by this...

kazelee Wrote:@everyone Thank you all. This has been most educational @woodwojr That was Japanglish for ASS. やっぱり 尻, didn't quite fit the style I was going for :cool:. The アース is big and round.
playadom General discussion 35 4,980 2009-02-25, 2:21 pm
    Thread: The weirdest clock you'll ever see
Post: The weirdest clock you'll ever see

The madness has returned.
playadom Off topic 59 10,595 2009-02-21, 12:43 pm
    Thread: "Post your sentence" game
Post: "Post your sentence" game

nest0r Wrote:I haven't started doing so yet, but I was speculating in another thread about colour-coding recognition sentences--for vocabulary, this would be highlighting certain words (perhaps with c...
playadom Off topic 41 8,061 2009-02-21, 10:26 am
    Thread: "Post your sentence" game
Post: "Post your sentence" game

nest0r Wrote:Nuriko Wrote:playadom Wrote:It's in there for 漢字 purposes, of course. Yeah, it's a good sentence for repetition of kanji and grammar and stuff. I mean, just knowing the word "店員" is enou...
playadom Off topic 41 8,061 2009-02-21, 10:24 am
    Thread: "Post your sentence" game
Post: "Post your sentence" game

nest0r Wrote:playadom Wrote:店員が突然癇癪を起こした。 When would you ever use this sentence? ;p It's in there for 漢字 purposes, of course.
playadom Off topic 41 8,061 2009-02-20, 3:11 pm
    Thread: "Post your sentence" game
Post: "Post your sentence" game

店員が突然癇癪を起こした。
playadom Off topic 41 8,061 2009-02-20, 12:49 pm
    Thread: Kanji you are least likely to ever actually USE?
Post: Kanji you are least likely to ever actually USE?

uberstuber Wrote:joe_bevis Wrote:i'm pretty sure i'll never use the kanji for decameron You may not use these, but I've seen all of them multiple times (used to indicate a part of the month): 上旬、中旬、下旬...
playadom Off topic 22 4,050 2009-02-18, 10:07 pm
    Thread: Exercises in the Yokohama Dialect
Post: Exercises in the Yokohama Dialect

http://www.atrus.org/yokohama_dialect/ This is the most hilarious thing I have ever seen. I learned how to count in Japanese. For example, nine is Cocoanuts. It also covers the subtle difference bet...
playadom General discussion 20 2,877 2009-02-18, 2:16 pm
    Thread: Heisig and Kanji Learner's Dictionary discrepancies in core meaning
Post: Heisig and Kanji Learner's Dictionary discrepancie...

onafarm Wrote:yukkuri_kame Wrote:In many cases, Heisig's keywords are tangential to the central meaning of the kanji, or in some cases just bizarre and useless. "decameron" is an example of particula...
playadom Remembering the Kanji 23 8,626 2009-02-17, 7:43 am
    Thread: Kanjiroushi?
Post: Kanjiroushi?

Ignoring that, look at these snippets from the website: Welcome on the website Kanjiroushi. The purpose of this website is to help people learning japanese and discover Japan! You can discover this ...
playadom Learning resources 7 1,204 2009-02-15, 7:09 pm
    Thread: Hard to actually learn words
Post: Hard to actually learn words

Rabarber is even more hilariawesome sounding than rhubarb.
playadom Remembering the Kanji 74 15,763 2009-02-10, 7:59 pm
    Thread: Hard to actually learn words
Post: Hard to actually learn words

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
playadom Remembering the Kanji 74 15,763 2009-02-10, 6:50 pm
    Thread: Hard to actually learn words
Post: Hard to actually learn words

woodwojr Wrote:It's all about a good rhubarb fool. ~J If they ever make an RTK4, make sure Heisig uses a rhubarb primitive[unless he already did in RTK3]. Then we can have a kanji with the person pr...
playadom Remembering the Kanji 74 15,763 2009-02-10, 5:10 pm
    Thread: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)
Post: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)

kazelee Wrote:I've been using the script to a series I watch to make a list in iKnow. Lol. It just occurred to me that I could just put the sentences into anki. I think I, initially, I was hesitant t...
playadom Group study 304 90,263 2009-02-09, 10:08 pm
    Thread: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)
Post: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)

If anyone wants to do the ones I'm working on, feel free. I've been so swamped this semester. I haven't even added any new Anki sentences in two days. I haven't learned anything on iKnow in two days.....
playadom Group study 304 90,263 2009-02-09, 10:06 pm
    Thread: Ugliest and most Beutiful kanji?
Post: Ugliest and most Beutiful kanji?

麗 looks like some kind of alligator.
playadom Off topic 65 15,530 2009-02-09, 4:49 pm
    Thread: RTK1 Flashcards
Post: RTK1 Flashcards

You could probably get a primitive Leitner system going on with a couple of boxes and a calendar.
playadom Remembering the Kanji 8 1,527 2009-02-09, 2:09 pm
    Thread: Hard to actually learn words
Post: Hard to actually learn words

kazelee Wrote:theasianpleaser Wrote:Considering the entire English language was composed by 3 blind guys randomly picking words and phrases from a German dictionary and having a 4th blind guy write th...
playadom Remembering the Kanji 74 15,763 2009-02-09, 5:27 am
    Thread: Mogulus (streaming tv)
Post: Mogulus (streaming tv)

wccrawford Wrote:Oh God, I think I'm gonna puke. I don't think I can stand to watch that more than a minute or so at a time! But... It's subtitled... and my level... -cries- I'm so torn. Maybe ...
playadom Learning resources 15 2,475 2009-02-06, 8:18 am
    Thread: Does anybody else end up making up REALLY vulgar stories for RTK
Post: Does anybody else end up making up REALLY vulgar s...

Nukemarine Wrote:Well, when you have the Kanji for Anus 肛 which is Body Part and I-Beam, well, let's just say there's a scene from "Hancock" that comes to mind. Use what works for you. If you think t...
playadom Off topic 23 3,983 2009-02-06, 5:28 am
    Thread: Hard to actually learn words
Post: Hard to actually learn words

This is the most ridiculous stew of quasilinguistics that I have ever seen.
playadom Remembering the Kanji 74 15,763 2009-02-05, 3:51 pm
    Thread: Average RtK review score?
Post: Average RtK review score?

I generally first reviewed new cards 12 hours after studying them, averaging about 70% on these reviews. For reviews in general, I pulled between 85 and 95 percent most of the time.
playadom Remembering the Kanji 14 2,476 2009-02-05, 9:25 am
    Thread: Blogs with funny/stupid things
Post: Blogs with funny/stupid things

I don't know any blogs in Japanese -- but the blog you linked to must be very good -- it posted a strip of PBF, the best webcomic ever.
playadom Learning resources 3 1,073 2009-02-03, 11:32 am
    Thread: OpenCourseWare
Post: OpenCourseWare

I didn't know that OCW had classes in Japanese!
playadom Learning resources 11 3,371 2009-02-01, 5:39 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

kazelee Wrote:Could someone please point me to some other English speakers who have reached what many would consider fluency, please? I speak English fluently. There. I haven't been doing it for that ...
playadom General discussion 1,517 595,121 2009-02-01, 10:47 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

1189 散 -scatter As we all know, *Hitler* was a vegetarian. So when he was enjoying his *salad* and found a bit of *flesh* #scatter#ed in it, he flipped out and #scatter#ed it all over the floor. Afte...
playadom General discussion 1,517 595,121 2009-01-31, 10:57 pm