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    Thread: RTK without the mnemonics
Post: RTK without the mnemonics

I've met lots of people and lots of skills, so you could be one. But.... if this is the forum by which you validate yourself, you might find something flashier. A friend is working on 1,000 digits of...
kilioopu Remembering the Kanji 72 17,551 2009-10-18, 10:07 pm
    Thread: difficult keywords
Post: difficult keywords

These are hard. "Idea" versus "concept" are both rather abstract and similar, as are "disconcerted" versus "melancholy". I'm not sure my way to sort these out will help you, but I go from the keywor...
kilioopu Remembering the Kanji 7 1,330 2009-09-28, 1:23 pm
    Thread: On why it's important to make your own stories
Post: On why it's important to make your own stories

I think this is such an individual thing that it's very hard to generalize. For me: - I can't predict when an odd story will stick. Heisig's story for "plug" was an immediate lock. Others stick aroun...
kilioopu Remembering the Kanji 24 4,577 2009-09-27, 9:05 pm
    Thread: To remember or not to remember....
Post: To remember or not to remember....

I have several Japanese friends who have lived abroad for a decade or more who have forgotten how to write many kanji. They find Heisig's method intriguing. One has started her pre-teen daughter on Rt...
kilioopu Remembering the Kanji 28 6,438 2009-09-27, 8:42 am
    Thread: Does RtK1 Keep a Similar Pace Throughout
Post: Does RtK1 Keep a Similar Pace Throughout

I've just passed 1,000. To calibrate, I studied Japanese for two years in university 35 years ago, become fluent in a couple of languages since, and am now returning to Japanese. I'm a professor. I st...
kilioopu Remembering the Kanji 14 2,510 2009-09-26, 12:06 pm