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Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge ^ Now that's dedication. It's been a while since I've had to struggle to stay in the top 15, which is good; last tadoku was not really competitive so light reading was enough to stay in the top 5. ... |
Zgarbas | Group study | 361 | 68,990 | 2016-06-17, 2:22 am | ||
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Thread: Help in writing the word "ippai" Post: RE: Help in writing the word "ippai" You accidentally made 2 threads so I deleted the other one. Here is pm215's answer from that thread. pm215[/quote Wrote:That is a "small tsu", which is a half-size tsu used to indicate what in romaj... |
Zgarbas | General discussion | 3 | 344 | 2016-06-17, 2:17 am | ||
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Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig? Post: RE: Why are some people in the Japanese self learn... Yeah, i dropped out of rtk early but whenever I remember how to write kanjis it's thanks to the stories I made 3 years ago. Then again, it's the only method I seriously kept to learning how to write s... |
Zgarbas | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 3,888 | 2016-06-14, 11:16 am | ||
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Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig? Post: RE: Why are some people in the Japanese self learn... Well, this is a forum and no one really offers their credentials to begin with. All we have is anecdotes, many of them from people who are not proficient themselves, which lessens their legitimacy eve... |
Zgarbas | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 3,888 | 2016-06-13, 8:39 am | ||
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Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge Looking up words is not a tadoku sin at all, I used the dictionary quite extensively when I first started out (and am using it a lot for my Spanish book now). It slows you down, so if anything it's ta... |
Zgarbas | Group study | 361 | 68,990 | 2016-06-12, 7:23 am | ||
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Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig? Post: RE: Why are some people in the Japanese self learn... (2016-06-06, 10:39 am)anotherjohn Wrote: So Heisig arrived in Japan in Sep 1978 without knowing a word of Japanese. Heisig doesn't name any of the books he referenced while devising RTK. Was it a k... |
Zgarbas | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 3,888 | 2016-06-06, 10:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig? Post: RE: Why are some people in the Japanese self learn... Ken, even if Heisig had used a translator for his academic papers, he specialises in kyoto school philosophy, very little of which is translated into other languages, and most of the academic papers a... |
Zgarbas | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 3,888 | 2016-06-06, 7:25 am | ||
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Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig? Post: RE: Why are some people in the Japanese self learn... JI feel a bit sorry for Heisig. He's one of the few foreigners who made a name for themselves in Japanese academia, but foreigners only know him as the dude with the kanji book. I love Ken's blog but... |
Zgarbas | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 3,888 | 2016-06-05, 10:07 am | ||
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Thread: Growing Pains, Listening & Mindset Post: RE: Growing Pains, Listening & Mindset When I was in the Japanese la guage course I realised that everyone there was a Japanese language major (at the highest level, at least). Most of them had received formal Japanese training for far lon... |
Zgarbas | General discussion | 14 | 768 | 2016-06-03, 3:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just as busy. What do I do?! Post: RE: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just ... I for one embraced my imminent transformation into a sloth |
Zgarbas | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 1,316 | 2016-06-03, 3:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Hope the mods are ok with this - Quit learning Japanese selling my learning materials Post: RE: Hope the mods are ok with this - Quit learning... Sorry, but buying&selling stuff goes against forum rules. |
Zgarbas | Learning resources | 3 | 689 | 2016-06-02, 5:56 am | ||
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Thread: 2016 JLPT N2/N1 Thread: A New Hope Post: RE: 2016 JLPT N2/N1 Thread: A New Hope N1 is not academic-level papers, really, and I find that N2 usually requires basic newspaper-reading skills to pass. Editorials or pop-sci is about as high as it goes. It's also not enough to function... |
Zgarbas | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 60 | 4,298 | 2016-05-21, 10:24 am | ||
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Thread: help buying manga Post: RE: help buying manga I used to buy stuff off http://www.yesasia.com/global/en/home.html and they had some very decent prices&shipping rates. |
Zgarbas | General discussion | 10 | 998 | 2016-05-21, 10:04 am | ||
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Thread: Starting to learn again... Post: RE: Starting to learn again... Just a small update since I got lots of amazing responses but I didn't want to reply until I got a better image of what to do :) I ended up installing the kanken app for now. It's not Srs but it's def... |
Zgarbas | The Japanese language | 18 | 2,017 | 2016-05-15, 2:05 am | ||
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Thread: Starting to learn again... Post: Starting to learn again... Welp. This is embarassing. Due to some circumstances, I'm thinking of switching Unis, and it seems that all the Ph.D programmes I want to go to have written examinations in Japanese. This is a proble... |
Zgarbas | The Japanese language | 18 | 2,017 | 2016-04-25, 1:54 am | ||
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Thread: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ Post: RE: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ For many years I did not care at all for Japanese music, but I keep discovering good stuff, one by one =). [Video: http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIlZCmETvsY]This is my go-to feel good song. ... |
Zgarbas | General discussion | 18 | 1,493 | 2016-04-24, 11:27 am | ||
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Thread: University of Tokyo - International Program in Economics (UTIPE) - Master's Program Post: RE: University of Tokyo - International Program in... Do you want to go there with mext or on private funding? So long as you explain things the way you did here, i don't think it will be a problem. You'll have to take the same exam as everyone else, tho... |
Zgarbas | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 4 | 739 | 2016-04-19, 1:09 am | ||
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Thread: Smartphone for Japanese Post: RE: Smartphone for Japanese A screenshot is worth 1000 words. The IME guesses the kanji based on your frequent usage,common terms, etc. Just like on the computer. I also attached a screenshot of the other keyboard style, though ... |
Zgarbas | Off topic | 20 | 1,410 | 2016-04-18, 11:46 am | ||
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Thread: MEXT - Math, Science, Tech Post: RE: MEXT - Math, Science, Tech The one you're talking about is MEXT for undergrad, which you can't sign up for if you already have a BS. Mext for research students+ doesn't really care about what field you choose to pursue. You ... |
Zgarbas | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 1 | 453 | 2016-04-10, 5:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced learners Post: RE: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced lear... (2016-04-05, 12:25 pm)Bokusenou Wrote: Ooh, lots of great-looking recommendations! I also didn't know there were feminist writings in Aozora Bunko! Seems really interesting. Big thanks for posting t... |
Zgarbas | Learning resources | 22 | 2,286 | 2016-04-05, 10:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced learners Post: RE: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced lear... One can never read too much Dazai :P Love that guy so much. Be careful of Taisho and earlier writers, they might give you a hard time. That being said, if you have patience and a good kanji dictiona... |
Zgarbas | Learning resources | 22 | 2,286 | 2016-04-05, 3:36 am | ||
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Thread: Reading towards the N2 Post: RE: Reading towards the N2 That's weird; it works fine for me =/ |
Zgarbas | General discussion | 16 | 1,617 | 2016-04-01, 3:39 am | ||
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Thread: Reading towards the N2 Post: RE: Reading towards the N2 It's a free online resource whose domain has expired, right? Go for it. |
Zgarbas | General discussion | 16 | 1,617 | 2016-03-30, 1:51 pm | ||
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Thread: App for NHK Easy News with links to original articles Post: RE: App for NHK Easy News with links to original a... Did NHK Easy change its format? I found it quite useful to just go to the site directly, open up a tab/article (and another one with the original article), and just take the time to read all 10 tabs, ... |
Zgarbas | Learning resources | 5 | 650 | 2016-03-30, 12:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel Post: RE: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel It sounds about as natural as a dictionary reading that tries way too hard to sound 'proper'. No one says it like that. |
Zgarbas | General discussion | 14 | 1,220 | 2016-03-30, 10:48 am | ||
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Thread: Reading towards the N2 Post: RE: Reading towards the N2 For the record, when I passed the n2 I had only read a few NHK east articles + their serious equivalents, and one light novel. I was about where you are now, fresh out of core6k. You can do this! If ... |
Zgarbas | General discussion | 16 | 1,617 | 2016-03-29, 5:11 am | ||
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Thread: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel Post: RE: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel http://forvo.com/word/%E9%9B%B0%E5%9B%B2%E6%B0%97/ Try saying every syllable separately; note that the tongue never touches the roof of your mouth. Then practice uniting the sounds. It should come nat... |
Zgarbas | General discussion | 14 | 1,220 | 2016-03-26, 9:26 am | ||
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Thread: Calcium X Japan Height Enhancer Post: RE: Calcium X Japan Height Enhancer *shrug* if it is, then it's poorly done enough to not really count as one. |
Zgarbas | Off topic | 6 | 906 | 2016-03-25, 10:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Self study method for Math Post: RE: Self study method for Math Seconding khan academy, it's a really cool resource and it's done with love :) |
Zgarbas | Off topic | 11 | 955 | 2016-03-24, 2:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Kobun (Classical Japanese) Resources? Post: RE: Kobun (Classical Japanese) Resources? Imabi actually had some really amazing explanations for kobun grammar! Top notch, though not very useful if you don't know bases (get to know the bases!) Thanks to yudantaiteki's thread and chihaya f... |
Zgarbas | Learning resources | 3 | 566 | 2016-03-19, 6:35 am | ||
