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    Thread: A small (success?) story
Post: RE: A small (success?) story

manman2a, I've been following your progress on JALUP and you are an inspiration sir. It's funny that mention a pace of 10-15 cards a day as 'having slowed down' since that's my default pace. You've mo...
kendo99 General discussion 19 5,560 2016-05-07, 3:12 pm
    Thread: Starting to learn again...
Post: RE: Starting to learn again...

(2016-04-26, 7:51 pm)TheVinster Wrote: Can anyone expand on Skritter? Is it worth it if I just have an Android phone, and no tablet? Is pricing only the $15/month? Sounds like Roketzu says other...
kendo99 The Japanese language 18 2,027 2016-04-27, 8:56 am
    Thread: Starting to learn again...
Post: RE: Starting to learn again...

I can second the skritter recommendation. It's an excellent app.
kendo99 The Japanese language 18 2,027 2016-04-25, 8:34 am
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

RawrPk, Read Real Japanese is VASTLY superior to Breaking Into, imo. Read Real Japanese uses contemporary authors, and the way the book is structured is much better, with notes actually explaining thi...
kendo99 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,728 2016-04-23, 1:39 pm
    Thread: Smartphone for Japanese
Post: RE: Smartphone for Japanese

when you input the kana (or romaji) the IME will suggest possible kanji and you select the kanji you want. there's no special kanji based input method.
kendo99 Off topic 20 1,414 2016-04-18, 9:19 am
    Thread: To Tae Kim or not?
Post: RE: To Tae Kim or not?

I did the JALUP beginner deck, which explains a lot of grammar, then mined some of the examples sentences from tae kim and I found it to be super useful to me. I ended up making about 300 cards from t...
kendo99 The Japanese language 22 2,177 2016-04-16, 11:34 am
    Thread: Listening and speaking, I'm still a little lost
Post: RE: Listening and speaking, I'm still a little los...

sholum, there's definitely a range in difficulty as far as the vocabulary goes used in these stories but the medium probably does skew towards simpler vocabulary, although many series are SF or Fantas...
kendo99 General discussion 31 3,217 2016-04-10, 6:28 pm
    Thread: Listening and speaking, I'm still a little lost
Post: RE: Listening and speaking, I'm still a little los...

(2016-04-09, 11:09 pm)RawrPk Wrote: I haven't tried ripping the audio from the dramas I watch raw but it is interesting. Though the problem is that they're like 30+ minutes long @_@ the only audio I...
kendo99 General discussion 31 3,217 2016-04-09, 11:35 pm
    Thread: Kanji tatoo
Post: RE: Kanji tatoo

I'll also add that even if you pick correct kanji, the artist gets it right, etc most native japanese speakers will still find it kind of weird (at least, that's been my experience). The issues around...
kendo99 General discussion 12 919 2016-04-04, 11:50 am
    Thread: Kanji tatoo
Post: RE: Kanji tatoo

Many years ago, I got a kanji tattoo, but, being fully aware of how often this goes wrong, I did much research. I selected 文武両道 because its meaning strongly resonated with me. I selected it from among...
kendo99 General discussion 12 919 2016-04-04, 11:07 am
    Thread: Shadowing resources
Post: RE: Shadowing resources

cophnia61 - your story reminded me of this old AJATT article: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blo...supportive. Well there will always be discouraging and ignorant people in your life, I can t...
kendo99 General discussion 13 1,330 2016-04-02, 12:56 pm
    Thread: Shadowing resources
Post: RE: Shadowing resources

(2016-04-01, 4:37 pm)cophnia61 Wrote: thank you shaydwyrm! that's the kind of answer I needed. what I find confusing about jpod101 is the quantity of lessons. Am I supposed to do all of them? I fea...
kendo99 General discussion 13 1,330 2016-04-01, 10:28 pm
    Thread: Good Place to Start for Consistent Immersion
Post: RE: Good Place to Start for Consistent Immersion

> How effective is daily immersion, even if you don't understand 80-90% of what you listen to? Very effective if you are actively learning new vocabulary via anki or something during the same time...
kendo99 General discussion 27 3,172 2016-03-11, 2:21 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

(2016-03-10, 10:52 am)yukamina Wrote: A mini round? Is there a reason it's not a full month? Initially, they were 3-4 times a year. Some of us wanted more frequent contests, because the contest's e...
kendo99 Group study 361 69,085 2016-03-10, 12:41 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

Get HYPE, itttttttttttttttttttttttt's tadoku time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kendo99 Group study 361 69,085 2016-03-09, 3:26 pm
    Thread: How would you replace the Kanji writing system?
Post: RE: How would you replace the Kanji writing system...

More kanji. Kanji are half the fun of learning japanese.
kendo99 General discussion 25 2,580 2016-03-07, 5:09 pm
    Thread: Choosing always the hard option
Post: RE: Choosing always the hard option

anki has "fail", "hard", "good" and "easy" for good reason. Seems counter-productive to me to work against the way the tool is designed, either by always spamming easy or always spamming hard. I can c...
kendo99 General discussion 12 1,569 2016-03-02, 10:02 am
    Thread: Bi-directional/Bilingual Japanese and English Articles
Post: RE: Bi-directional/Bilingual Japanese and English ...

I've read through "Breaking into Japanese Literature" which has Japanese text on one page, English on the other and can somewhat recommend it, although I think the stories in "Read Real Japanese Ficti...
kendo99 Learning resources 28 2,648 2016-02-13, 3:54 pm
    Thread: I really don't know where to start?
Post: RE: I really don't know where to start?

(2016-02-07, 9:50 pm)Digix Wrote: (2016-02-07, 9:09 pm)CureDolly Wrote: (2016-02-07, 7:24 pm)Digix Wrote: Yes I was using anki. And while it is not that hard to learn clear those 30 symbols, nex...
kendo99 The Japanese language 23 2,339 2016-02-07, 9:58 pm
    Thread: I really don't know where to start?
Post: RE: I really don't know where to start?

(2016-02-07, 6:43 pm)Digix Wrote: (2016-01-31, 9:06 pm)xVENUSx Wrote: In short, I've learned kana but don't know where to go next. I've looked here but everything is confusing me. I just need some...
kendo99 The Japanese language 23 2,339 2016-02-07, 7:08 pm
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

(2016-02-05, 1:38 am)RawrPk Wrote: I just finished doing the J-Cat. Disappointment is an understatement. My scores: listening: 37 vocab: 11 grammar: 0 reading: 26 total: 74 With this score I'm not...
kendo99 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,728 2016-02-05, 10:42 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

I'm reading about 30 minutes a day from books, but I read japanese tweets and other stuff like that all throughout my day. When I was playing 時計仕掛けのレイライン I was racing home from work and reading for ho...
kendo99 Group study 361 69,085 2016-02-03, 10:13 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

Glad everyone had such a good run! I've been doing the contest since the beginning, with a long break of 3 years while I pursued something career related. I've done a few since returning to Japanese s...
kendo99 Group study 361 69,085 2016-02-01, 10:42 pm
    Thread: Shirokuma Cafe japanese subtitles
Post: RE: Shirokuma Cafe japanese subtitles

Looks like the shirokuma cafe subs were done by kamigami, a chinese group that transcribes the japanese subs from the audio. The quality of these varies tremendously. Jsubs ripped from the broadcast o...
kendo99 Learning resources 9 1,164 2016-01-30, 11:17 pm
    Thread: Is it normal for reading to progress faster than listening?
Post: RE: Is it normal for reading to progress faster th...

Audio dramas are pretty awesome for listening. Check out: http://podcast.dojin.com/ranking.php
kendo99 The Japanese language 22 2,780 2016-01-29, 2:26 am
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

(2016-01-26, 12:16 pm)poiprotocol Wrote: Have any of you tried the Level 4 Graded Readers or any Magic Tree House books? I find them good practice. The Magic Tree House books (translations of Ameri...
kendo99 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,728 2016-01-26, 9:56 pm
    Thread: Am I doing the most appropriate things to improve listening ability?
Post: RE: Am I doing the most appropriate things to impr...

What about the good old ajatt headphone immersion stuff? Even just having something playing while you do your reviews would be useful here. An easy way to get hours of listening practice in during tim...
kendo99 The Japanese language 61 9,721 2016-01-10, 8:04 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

(2016-01-08, 2:29 pm)RawrPk Wrote: I said hello but no one was speaking :/ oh well Give it a few minutes. Most of us are in there while at work , while reading, and stuff.
kendo99 Group study 361 69,085 2016-01-08, 2:59 pm
    Thread: FeBe Audiobooks
Post: RE: Audiobooks

Have you tried using this service from outside Japan? Seems like it could be amazing.
kendo99 Learning resources 34 3,534 2016-01-08, 11:15 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

We have an irc channel, #tadoku, on rizon, if anyone who is competing is interested. (Or anyone interested in chatting about extensive reading).
kendo99 Group study 361 69,085 2016-01-08, 9:22 am