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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
