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Thread: Need Advice with Direction of Study for the year Post: Need Advice with Direction of Study for the year Speaking of YouTube clips... found this person on YouTube recently that posted a funny short program called きょうのおむすび (Omusubi of the Day)... Every day making another type of rice ball with a panel of ... |
elktapestry | General discussion | 31 | 8,287 | 2007-04-04, 3:47 pm | ||
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Thread: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Post: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Agh!! Thanks for pointing it out to me. Heisig Heisig Heisig... with two i's not one... damn! Perhaps I should figgure out some kind of mnemonic story to keep that straight in my head. Also, I do hav... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 10 | 5,928 | 2007-04-04, 2:16 am | ||
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Thread: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Post: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Ah, thanks much. I'll definitely keep posting stories through the course of my Kanji studies. Sorry, to anyone, if I grumble a tad too much about Heisig and his choices of keywords or omissions. I ge... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 10 | 5,928 | 2007-04-03, 11:35 pm | ||
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Thread: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Post: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Ah, I just came across the study section for Kanji #226 寛. Seems like there already has been some discussion of the Flower/Grass use of this radical there. |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 10 | 5,928 | 2007-04-01, 4:57 am | ||
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Thread: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Post: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Hmmn... is it just the "healing" angle of "herbs" that would confuse things? I'm not really much of a man for alternative medicines and healing-hoo-haw... so for me, when I think of herbs as use in pr... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 10 | 5,928 | 2007-03-31, 7:55 pm | ||
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Thread: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Post: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Sure, but to me flower is so specific and ill suited for some of the Kanji containing that radical/primitive that I can't think up a story that sticks well enough with it. Whereas, in many of them I f... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 10 | 5,928 | 2007-03-31, 4:52 pm | ||
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Thread: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Post: 花 - flower primitive/radical... So the primitive atop the Kanji for flower 花 that Hesig denotes as the flower primitive... I've found it somewhat easier for me to construct stories which contain this primitive/radical if I think of ... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 10 | 5,928 | 2007-03-31, 4:21 am | ||
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Thread: Your favourite story by someone else Post: Your favourite story by someone else I just now got to stefanot's posting about Kanji #216 未: "the Baron in the trees (I.Calvino)" lived one (FRAME 1) level above the tree (FRAME 195). Everytime they asked if he would come down, he alway... |
elktapestry | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 24,721 | 2007-03-30, 4:39 am | ||
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Thread: EeKanji Post: EeKanji Revolution. the 命 is the "tion" of it. |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 4 | 2,007 | 2007-03-29, 1:11 pm | ||
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Thread: whale Post: whale Why would anyone use Internet Explorer anyways? Haven't used Opera... perhaps it has it's advantages, I'm happy enough using Firefox though. |
elktapestry | Learning resources | 10 | 2,372 | 2007-03-28, 9:30 pm | ||
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Thread: On/Kun Reading.... Post: On/Kun Reading.... From my experience of using Rikaichan (and yeah, I use Rikaichan.. I use it everyday and it's a very useful plugin indeed!) to mouse over kanji... in some cases it seems to present a pretty comprehens... |
elktapestry | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 1,789 | 2007-03-28, 9:23 pm | ||
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Thread: On/Kun Reading.... Post: On/Kun Reading.... Jimmy, there's no way to see it? Umm... I just told him... copy paste the kanji from the study section into Mahou.org's Kanji lookup system and viola! Also, Although Rikaichan is something good to us... |
elktapestry | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 1,789 | 2007-03-28, 11:57 am | ||
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Thread: 河 and 川... what's the difference? Post: 河 and 川... what's the difference? 河川 that's an easy and fun compound to know. |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 15 | 6,770 | 2007-03-28, 9:50 am | ||
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Thread: On/Kun Reading.... Post: On/Kun Reading.... Some Kanji have several readings depending on when and where they are used. Although I agree with Hesig that the method of learning a basic english meaning of Kanji is good before you start tackling ... |
elktapestry | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 1,789 | 2007-03-28, 9:44 am | ||
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Thread: 宀(primitive) ｳ冠・・・ウ-crown・・・家crown!!! Post: 宀(primitive) ｳ冠・・・ウ-crown・・・家crown!!! hmmn... good to know. |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 4 | 2,203 | 2007-03-27, 11:46 pm | ||
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Thread: 宀(primitive) ｳ冠・・・ウ-crown・・・家crown!!! Post: 宀(primitive) ｳ冠・・・ウ-crown・・・家crown!!! I know it's not directly related... but for memorization's sake concerning the "real" name of the 宀 radical... it's a fun coincidence isn't it? I was less showing it as a way to remember 家's pronoun... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 4 | 2,203 | 2007-03-27, 11:56 am | ||
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Thread: 宀(primitive) ｳ冠・・・ウ-crown・・・家crown!!! Post: 宀(primitive) ｳ冠・・・ウ-crown・・・家crown!!! My mind always gets rolling over things when I go through the Hesig book... as I'm rounding up to 190 Kanji here I passed over the primitive right before #185 字 that Hesig calls "House" 宀. I'm not co... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 4 | 2,203 | 2007-03-27, 6:48 am | ||
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Thread: whale Post: whale Definate agreement with RoboTact of this one!! Rikaichan is ESSENTIAL for my daily use of the internet in conjunction with Japanese sites. I use it here I use it there, I use it everywhere. Also, Fire... |
elktapestry | Learning resources | 10 | 2,372 | 2007-03-26, 5:41 pm | ||
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Thread: 河 and 川... what's the difference? Post: 河 and 川... what's the difference? So 川 and 河... not only do they share similar meaning but also the same reading of かわ... does anyone know exactly what the differences between these are. Hesig assigns 川 the meaning of "stream" and 河 t... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 15 | 6,770 | 2007-03-26, 5:37 pm | ||
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Thread: 灰 = Puckery Juice?? Post: 灰 = Puckery Juice?? あぁ！I wasn't aware of the compound yet with 灰 and 汁 together. Also, didn't know about the process of making lye before... looked into it abit more as a result of this thread. Actually, it's funny how ... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 2 | 7,003 | 2007-03-25, 9:24 pm | ||
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Thread: 灰 = Puckery Juice?? Post: 灰 = Puckery Juice?? I know Hesig has this one as Ashes and rightfully so. Found out online it also means "creamation" which falls in step well with "Ashes"... then I came across the meaning of "Puckery Juice"... wait... ... |
elktapestry | The Japanese language | 2 | 7,003 | 2007-03-24, 11:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Not knowing English keywords Post: Not knowing English keywords I did have to look up Decameron, even though Hesig gave a little blurb about it... but in a slightly related "having to look something up" moment... I had to watch several videos on Cricket from YouT... |
elktapestry | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 4,805 | 2007-03-17, 10:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Everybody Learns Differently Post: Everybody Learns Differently From what I've seen and experienced myself. We learn by connecting what we're learning to what we already know, incorporating the knowledge into the whole of what rests in our heads. This would be why... |
elktapestry | General discussion | 15 | 3,582 | 2007-03-16, 6:21 pm | ||
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Thread: web furigana translators Post: web furigana translators I've been reccomending Rikaichan right and left, myself. If you're learning Japanese and need some help in reading it... It's an essential tool to have installed on your Firefox browser!! |
elktapestry | Remembering the Kanji | 3 | 1,140 | 2007-03-16, 6:10 am | ||
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Thread: Reviewing the Kanji Oekaki? Post: Reviewing the Kanji Oekaki? I love the way this sites is bringing some interactivity and sharing to my goals of practicing and remembering the Kanji. I'm curious if anyone else here thinks it would be a good idea to have an Oeka... |
elktapestry | Remembering the Kanji | 0 | 746 | 2007-03-16, 6:05 am | ||