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    Thread: SRS programs not made for advanced students?
Post: SRS programs not made for advanced students?

Javizy Wrote:Assuming I scrapped the production, what single format do people think works best? At the moment, I review the word in isolation, which forces me to remember what it means and how to use ...
samesong Learning resources 32 4,942 2010-02-02, 10:11 pm
    Thread: Typing the Kanji--RtK-based IME?
Post: Typing the Kanji--RtK-based IME?

magamo Wrote:IME stuff from article Wrote:検証苑 "腱鞘炎"とどうしても変換入力できないので、検索エンジンでネットにて検索してコピペしました Hah, I actually had this exact problem. It means tendinitis, and I was looking around for some problems rega...
samesong The Japanese language 22 6,527 2009-11-20, 11:38 pm
    Thread: Typing the Kanji--RtK-based IME?
Post: Typing the Kanji--RtK-based IME?

magamo Wrote:Save your time man! Go and do some learning instead, this just sounds like a great way to procrastinate to me :p Don't worry. I'm timeboxing this. You missed his point. The amount of ho...
samesong The Japanese language 22 6,527 2009-11-20, 11:06 pm
    Thread: Can't believe theres a word for it.
Post: Can't believe theres a word for it.

Jarvik7 Wrote:re:topic, It's two words, like the English "whale tail". That's two new words in one day.
samesong The Japanese language 8 2,970 2009-11-20, 10:44 pm
    Thread: Can't believe theres a word for it.
Post: Can't believe theres a word for it.

Quote:スカート、ショートパンツなどのボトムスとニーソックス(サイハイソックス)を着用した際にできるボトムスとソックスの間の太ももの素肌が露出した部分を指すオタクの使う萌え用語。スラングの一種。#萌え用語としての絶対領域の節を参照。 It's a nerd word. If I had not guess most people don't even know what it means.
samesong The Japanese language 8 2,970 2009-11-20, 10:17 pm
    Thread: Complete set of stories for RTK1
Post: Complete set of stories for RTK1

Koos83 Wrote:Why would Heisig make another edition with all the stories? $$$
samesong Remembering the Kanji 23 4,906 2009-11-18, 5:29 am
    Thread: Maintaining high level Japanese knowledge? (JLPT1+)
Post: Maintaining high level Japanese knowledge? (JLPT1+...

pm215 Wrote:So I'd disagree a bit with samesong about "just reading" -- I think at higher levels it's worth thinking about what breadth of material you're reading... It's going to matter what he is re...
samesong General discussion 24 4,171 2009-11-17, 4:10 pm
    Thread: Maintaining high level Japanese knowledge? (JLPT1+)
Post: Maintaining high level Japanese knowledge? (JLPT1+...

raseru Wrote:Doing sentences seems like child's play when you can read books. Should I just stick to that? Like every other day read for 1 hour? Do you think that'd be enough to slightly continue to a...
samesong General discussion 24 4,171 2009-11-17, 3:13 pm
    Thread: Complete set of stories for RTK1
Post: Complete set of stories for RTK1

rednightmare Wrote:samesong, I've got his book and there are only 'complete stories' for the first couple of hundred kanji. From there on out he basically just gives the primitives and you have to ma...
samesong Remembering the Kanji 23 4,906 2009-11-17, 3:04 pm
    Thread: Complete set of stories for RTK1
Post: Complete set of stories for RTK1

wccrawford Wrote:A complete set of Heisig's stories can be found in his book, which is still available for purchase just about anywhere. Someone obviously didn't buy the book =)
samesong Remembering the Kanji 23 4,906 2009-11-17, 8:44 am
    Thread: The KanKen Chronicles
Post: The KanKen Chronicles

1級) (大学・一般程度、○○字)常用漢字を含めて、約6000字の漢字の音・訓を理解し、文章の中で適切に使えるようにする。 I didn't even know there were that many kanji in the Japanese language. I'd like to meet somebody who has passed this. edit -- just read...
samesong General discussion 397 123,332 2009-11-16, 5:38 am
    Thread: はい/いいえ vs うん/ううん
Post: はい/いいえ vs うん/ううん

Jarvik7 Wrote:Errr no. ううん is not indirect, it flatout means no in a colloquial manner (same as うん is a colloquial yes). You are probably thinking of what is pronounced う〜ん or んんん without the pitch ch...
samesong The Japanese language 11 6,672 2009-11-16, 3:44 am
    Thread: Tae Kim Highlights
Post: Tae Kim Highlights

The popup gives you the present tense/dicationary form of the verb. きた is past tense, and くる is present tense. The same goes for 帰らない - that is the negative form of the verb. The dictionary form is ...
samesong The Japanese language 3 1,058 2009-11-15, 7:06 am
    Thread: はい/いいえ vs うん/ううん
Post: はい/いいえ vs うん/ううん

dbh2ppa Wrote:Given that the above were correct (I have nothing telling me it is so, only some observations), is the same correct for うん and ううん? Is answering うん to a negatively-phrased question the s...
samesong The Japanese language 11 6,672 2009-11-15, 1:04 am
    Thread: Where to buy manga...
Post: Where to buy manga...

Quote:現場で回収された臼井さんのデジタルカメラには、登る途中の景色を撮った30枚以上の画像が残され、最後は荒船山の艫岩(ともいわ)の絶壁から下を見下ろす写真だったことを明らかにした。 Raise your hand if you've taken a picture of your own death!
samesong General discussion 61 20,815 2009-11-14, 9:52 am
    Thread: Google Wave Invites
Post: Google Wave Invites

https://wave.google.com/wave/invite?a=pr...Q6cTd7QUww Enjoy.
samesong Off topic 168 22,139 2009-11-14, 6:01 am
    Thread: Question on a Core2000 sentence:
Post: Question on a Core2000 sentence:

You got it. Whatever is being modified will come at the every end. In this case, book is being modified: 赤い本 The red book 昨日読んだ赤い本 The red book I read yesterday But Japanese gets tricky when you ...
samesong The Japanese language 24 3,110 2009-11-14, 3:47 am
    Thread: Dependent upon context?
Post: Dependent upon context?

There is a plugin that will allow you to do just that.
samesong The Japanese language 7 1,388 2009-11-13, 10:33 pm
    Thread: Dependent upon context?
Post: Dependent upon context?

wildweathel Wrote:No. In every language there are words whose meaning depends on context. "Post" means one thing to a soldier, another thing to a fence builder, and another thing on a webforum. So,...
samesong The Japanese language 7 1,388 2009-11-13, 10:00 pm
    Thread: Dependent upon context?
Post: Dependent upon context?

Nyanda Wrote:How do you know how to read it if you can't see the sentence and context. The most obvious thing is to assume in the sentence it would be following の as in の下. but even then is it のした or ...
samesong The Japanese language 7 1,388 2009-11-13, 11:31 am
    Thread: Dependent upon context?
Post: Dependent upon context?

This is in terms of inputting into Anki and "understanding" a word, and I'm still trying to decide what is the best method to "learn" a word (not memorize). If the first side of the card includes all...
samesong The Japanese language 7 1,388 2009-11-13, 10:56 am
    Thread: All of those annoying farfy-darfy words
Post: All of those annoying farfy-darfy words

Katsuo Wrote:For convenience I put them in a spreadsheet. Check out this post, and click the "Mimetic expressions" link (near the end of the post). We have ourselves a superhero!
samesong Learning resources 11 3,935 2009-11-13, 9:46 am
    Thread: All of those annoying farfy-darfy words
Post: All of those annoying farfy-darfy words

Who wants to be a super-hero and mine this? :D Any takers?
samesong Learning resources 11 3,935 2009-11-13, 6:17 am
    Thread: All of those annoying farfy-darfy words
Post: All of those annoying farfy-darfy words

Also known as 擬音語(ぎおんご). I found them listed with example sentences and translations. Me thinks I'll be mining this after JLPT study! http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ct...&char_in=a
samesong Learning resources 11 3,935 2009-11-13, 5:58 am
    Thread: Google Wave Invites
Post: Google Wave Invites

If anyone has an invite, I would VERY MUCH appreciate your generosity if you could send one my way samesongtwice@gmail.com
samesong Off topic 168 22,139 2009-11-07, 9:15 am
    Thread: Amazing Kanji Ability - Strange Grammar Use.
Post: Amazing Kanji Ability - Strange Grammar Use.

IceCream Wrote:mm, how can you distinguish between bad habits and normal ones? People also have regular speaking patterns and language use in their own language i think... This is actually one of the ...
samesong The Japanese language 29 7,340 2009-10-11, 8:06 am
    Thread: Amazing Kanji Ability - Strange Grammar Use.
Post: Amazing Kanji Ability - Strange Grammar Use.

You won't like my answer, but this is my experience in being able to sound somewhat natural (Ive been in Japan for 3 years, and have studied Japanese since 2002) Being able to sound natural just come...
samesong The Japanese language 29 7,340 2009-10-11, 12:27 am
    Thread: Seamless Anki Input
Post: Seamless Anki Input

That method sounds great; the only problem is I paste in entire sentences to get the context. Maybe I could compromise by manually pasting in the whole sentence into the text file once I copy the wor...
samesong The Japanese language 5 1,259 2009-10-09, 12:48 am
    Thread: Move to Japan --> Hair falls out? f(o_O)
Post: Move to Japan --> Hair falls out? f(o_O)

Or you can just do what I do; shave your head. Cheap, fast, and easy.
samesong Off topic 20 5,819 2009-10-09, 12:42 am
    Thread: Seamless Anki Input
Post: Seamless Anki Input

I do most of my reviews via mobile phone and the online web app, so unfortunately this wouldn't work very well.
samesong The Japanese language 5 1,259 2009-10-08, 9:34 pm