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    Thread: RhinoSpike: Foreign Language Audio on Demand
Post: RhinoSpike: Foreign Language Audio on Demand

@wccrawford: We have a lot on our plate right now, but I've added your suggestion to our future brainstorm list. Thanks! BTW, have you seen this?: http://www.streetsmartlanguagelearning.c...-your.ht...
tummai Learning resources 47 10,594 2010-03-30, 5:59 pm
    Thread: RhinoSpike: Foreign Language Audio on Demand
Post: RhinoSpike: Foreign Language Audio on Demand

Thanks ts for posting about RhinoSpike here! This thread has brought more people to our site than any other single source according to Google Analytics. And thanks everybody for all the encouraging ...
tummai Learning resources 47 10,594 2010-03-30, 1:37 am
    Thread: Why that kanji for your forum avatar?
Post: Why that kanji for your forum avatar?

I like to eat meat, especially steaks.
tummai General discussion 35 5,485 2008-07-17, 12:26 am
    Thread: JLPT 2008 Sign-Up Thread
Post: JLPT 2008 Sign-Up Thread

I'm taking level 2 this year. I think I have enough time between now and December to practice enough to pass it. I'm going to try to aim for level 1 next July.
tummai JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 153 34,109 2008-07-17, 12:22 am
    Thread: 房 = TASSEL: background information
Post: 房 = TASSEL: background information

Great post. This is much better than the retarded tassle story I came up with. Thanks for the info!
tummai Remembering the Kanji 19 18,311 2008-07-15, 1:02 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Good luck! Watch out for all the plant/vegetable primitives coming up :)
tummai Remembering the Kanji 462 138,106 2008-06-28, 6:11 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

At 10:22 this morning I finished RTK1! I started on March 14th, so I think that makes about 3 and a half months. Here is some random information: Among my most missed kanji were: 暫 temporarily, 刺 ...
tummai Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,428 2008-06-26, 12:49 am
    Thread: So what alternative primitives did you use?
Post: So what alternative primitives did you use?

For "finger" stories, I threw in a lot of "severed fingers". Same thing with "head". I used 固 = medusa because my "harden" story used a medusa. Anytime "eye" appears horizontally, I made a cyclops...
tummai Remembering the Kanji 67 22,091 2008-06-26, 12:31 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

zazen666 Wrote:Looking back, the third way point was probably the hardest part, motivation wise... Now that I've been here for about a week, I have the same experience. I have motivation, but I've go...
tummai Remembering the Kanji 462 138,106 2008-06-10, 7:44 am
    Thread: What is the 々character actually called?
Post: What is the 々character actually called?

It also has katakana and hiragana versions, although you see it very rarely. いすゞ (Isuzu) is one common case.  See here for more information.
tummai The Japanese language 10 6,208 2008-06-10, 7:42 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Wow. That was fast Savara. Seems like just the other day you were in the 3/4 thread. Congratulations!
tummai Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,428 2008-06-10, 7:35 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Good job Shibo! 499 isn't too many. We should cross the finish line before July.
tummai Remembering the Kanji 462 138,106 2008-06-05, 1:15 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

1681! Great! We might graduate in the same class then! I haven't had the anxious "almost there" feeling yet. I kinda feel like I can just turn the engine off and cruise down the hill to the finish...
tummai Remembering the Kanji 462 138,106 2008-06-02, 5:43 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

There are front page threads for hitting 500 frames, the halfway mark, and finishing Heisig so I thought I'd create a new one for the forgotten milestone. I finished Chapter 39 today and now I'm on f...
tummai Remembering the Kanji 462 138,106 2008-06-02, 1:55 am
    Thread: Who is your "Person" (Lesson 27)?
Post: Who is your "Person" (Lesson 27)?

Old thread I know, but I'm reviving it. I use Fedor Emelianenko as my person.
tummai Remembering the Kanji 66 19,492 2008-06-02, 1:25 am
    Thread: Caveman Japanese :)
Post: Caveman Japanese :)

I found it. Started a new game up. 懐かしい! Thanks for the idea snispilbor. And thanks for the help amthomas. Never played the Mother series before. is it good?
tummai General discussion 10 4,546 2008-05-30, 10:17 am
    Thread: Caveman Japanese :)
Post: Caveman Japanese :)

Man, that's a great idea. I haven't played that game in years. I love the Frog's theme song. Are you playing with an emulator? Where did you find a copy of the Japanese version of Chrono Trigger...
tummai General discussion 10 4,546 2008-05-30, 7:56 am
    Thread: List your websites (and blogs)!
Post: List your websites (and blogs)!

http://babelhut.com - language blog. I talk about Japanese a bit. http://nihonhacks.com - Time- and money-saving tips for easy living in Japan.
tummai General discussion 25 5,881 2008-05-20, 11:47 pm
    Thread: Thinking about the keywords while reviewing sentences?
Post: Thinking about the keywords while reviewing senten...

My situation is a little backwards from yours. I didn't do Heisig and I had a lot of sentences in my SRS. I could recognize compounds and words for reading but often I couldn't write them because I'...
tummai General discussion 4 1,191 2008-04-26, 12:26 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Zarxrax Wrote:I hit a slump around 400-500 also, but once I got up to about 600, It feels like things have really started to kick into high gear. Once heisig stopped writing stories for all the kanji,...
tummai Remembering the Kanji 526 167,094 2008-04-25, 10:01 am
    Thread: #696 Or Again
Post: #696 Or Again

Yeah, I always associate 又 with "or". Whenever I go to the ATM here, the robot lady's voice always tells me to insert my "bankbook OR card" (通帳 又は カード).
tummai Remembering the Kanji 3 1,364 2008-04-24, 11:59 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...

Thanks for the comments everyone. It's going pretty smooth so far. Some of the kanji I find that i can skip altogether because the keyword makes me think of the kanji without ever having read the st...
tummai Remembering the Kanji 9 2,749 2008-04-11, 8:08 am
    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...

Hello. I'm new here. I've heard about Heisig's book for some time now, but I hesitated starting it because I felt that I knew a lot of Kanji already. I didn't like the idea of starting from scratch...
tummai Remembering the Kanji 9 2,749 2008-03-14, 7:18 am