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    Thread: Translating Kanji directly to English?
Post: Translating Kanji directly to English?

yudantaiteki Wrote:I think one problem is your assumption that translation to English is a necessary part of reading Japanese -- you seem to be asking why we should go kanji->pronunciation->Engl...
TwoMoreCharacters The Japanese language 31 4,006 2014-09-25, 5:12 pm
    Thread: Your favorite Japanese forums/message boards?
Post: Your favorite Japanese forums/message boards?

MelonBerry Wrote:I'm not a 2ch or 4chan user, but on 2ch, is there any certain tags/boards to avoid? I always hear about how theres disgusting and gruesome things on these boards sometimes.. :/ ( Talk...
TwoMoreCharacters General discussion 8 3,738 2014-09-06, 3:17 pm
    Thread: Just created my first story for a 知らない漢字
Post: Just created my first story for a 知らない漢字

That kanji is actually in the book at frame 192, did you miss it? You can use rikai-chan for firefox or rikai-kun for chrome to get quick details about a kanji you see in your browser, including if it...
TwoMoreCharacters Remembering the Kanji 5 1,565 2014-08-24, 6:19 pm
    Thread: Typical problems that can arise...
Post: Typical problems that can arise...

You're supposed to be failing cards. That's what practicing is.
TwoMoreCharacters Remembering the Kanji 25 6,547 2014-07-15, 2:19 pm
    Thread: Where the AJATT method fails (and how I tweaked it to fit my needs)
Post: Where the AJATT method fails (and how I tweaked it...

Fillanzea Wrote:It may be that massive amounts of largely incomprehensible input have some benefits; but it's *not* the same thing as comprehensible input as defined by the researcher who actually cam...
TwoMoreCharacters Learning resources 32 5,458 2014-06-21, 5:42 pm
    Thread: Where the AJATT method fails (and how I tweaked it to fit my needs)
Post: Where the AJATT method fails (and how I tweaked it...

1. Passive Audio Immersion I'm not responding to your entire bit there, but watching all that anime with English subs before making any effort to get a grip on the language meant that the Japanese was...
TwoMoreCharacters Learning resources 32 5,458 2014-06-20, 7:21 pm
    Thread: 実況プレイ - Lets Plays in Japanese Recommendation Thread
Post: 実況プレイ - Lets Plays in Japanese Recommendation Thre...

実況s are awesome, they were my main source of Japanese exposure for quite some time. In response to why you would enjoy them, I say it's because of the context and the community feel. On Nico Nico you ...
TwoMoreCharacters Learning resources 10 2,378 2014-05-31, 7:30 pm
    Thread: Benny v2.0
Post: Benny v2.0

Why are you all bringing the whole AJATT chaos up again? Qwerty you've been around, why waste your time?
TwoMoreCharacters General discussion 83 18,604 2014-04-07, 3:06 pm
    Thread: I think i am doing RTK completely wrong.
Post: I think i am doing RTK completely wrong.

Keyword: Label, or "meaning" of a kanji as a whole. They're marked in bold Primitives: The smaller parts that make up a kanji. They're in italics The story you make for each character should make you...
TwoMoreCharacters Remembering the Kanji 5 2,190 2014-04-05, 10:01 am
    Thread: Question about a rather ambitious project
Post: Question about a rather ambitious project

Heron Wrote:Enjoy the journey to fluency instead. That's the best way to stay motivated and actually get there. I agree with this. I would rather go with an enjoyable process at a comfortable pace, t...
TwoMoreCharacters General discussion 14 2,752 2014-03-31, 11:41 am
    Thread: Benny v2.0
Post: Benny v2.0

I'm just happy he mentions Stephen Krashen
TwoMoreCharacters General discussion 83 18,604 2014-03-19, 5:10 pm
    Thread: I don't use the "spaced repetition" method....
Post: I don't use the "spaced repetition" method....

You should try it and understand what it gives you before you say you "don't bother with it". People I suggest it to almost always seem to dismiss it as being too much of an effort to set up and get...
TwoMoreCharacters Remembering the Kanji 17 4,076 2014-03-19, 11:32 am
    Thread: What if someone learns a vocabulary wrong?
Post: What if someone learns a vocabulary wrong?

He4rtl3ss Wrote:What do you think? Did you have that kind of situation where you noticed, that something with word X isn't correct and relearnd the meaning? All the time. We constantly improve our und...
TwoMoreCharacters The Japanese language 15 4,033 2014-03-07, 4:35 am
    Thread: Android Japanese Games
Post: Android Japanese Games

I second emulators. There's even a good nDS emulator now called Drastic, works almost perfectly on high end devices. I'm playing pokemon Heart Gold just for fun, it doesn't have kanji like (some of?) ...
TwoMoreCharacters General discussion 3 1,052 2014-03-02, 5:16 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

But it's not just about leaving out the subjects and objects like you can just drop them willy nilly. Whether or not they're there can make an important difference in the meaning of a sentence. We ha...
TwoMoreCharacters General discussion 856 195,402 2014-02-24, 2:27 pm
    Thread: Where can one watch anime /without/ subtitles?
Post: Where can one watch anime /without/ subtitles?

Download torrents. Even if you donwload fansubbed series you can simply turn the subs off in players like MPC and VLC because the vast majority of the time they're not hardcoded into the video track.
TwoMoreCharacters Learning resources 17 7,243 2014-02-01, 6:42 am
    Thread: Amount of vocabulary
Post: Amount of vocabulary

egoplant Wrote:Not sure how that is supposed to work if you don't know how to pronounce the word. Have you been going under the notion that it's necessary to look up every single unknown word as you e...
TwoMoreCharacters The Japanese language 85 18,791 2014-01-31, 3:47 am
    Thread: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the same time?
Post: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the...

tokyostyle Wrote:tokyostyle Wrote:In order to learn actually program, or the logic of programming as Aikynaro put it above, you'll want a design patterns book. [...] Head First Design Patterns is a ...
TwoMoreCharacters Off topic 30 5,526 2014-01-27, 8:34 am
    Thread: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the same time?
Post: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the...

I'm looking to get into using the logic to solve problems instead of mostly learning syntax. I did a bunch of exercises on talentbuddy.co, anyone else tried it? Can you recommend something similar?
TwoMoreCharacters Off topic 30 5,526 2014-01-27, 1:36 am
    Thread: Where is uisukii?
Post: Where is uisukii?

It isn't strange that many people grow tired and become less active. The increased amount of hostility doesn't make it more encouraging to stay if you realize the place is a big time sink.
TwoMoreCharacters Off topic 27 4,948 2013-12-19, 3:43 pm
    Thread: Question about complete immersion.
Post: Question about complete immersion.

If you're interested in discussion I'd suggest looking up Stephen Krashen. But if I was asked about it I'd personally suggest to at the very east use Anki or any SRS to do vocabulary.
TwoMoreCharacters The Japanese language 36 9,147 2013-12-11, 1:05 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

TheVinster Wrote:I'm going to agree with dtcamero here, and in the end I find what he does to be very pointless in general. Learn a language so little you probably can't use it ever outside of your du...
TwoMoreCharacters General discussion 856 195,402 2013-11-24, 5:56 pm
    Thread: Doraemon VS Yotsubato! VS Crayon Shin-Chan
Post: Doraemon VS Yotsubato! VS Crayon Shin-Chan

Why... choose... ONLY ONE -gasp- I'm not sure which has the easiest language because I haven't read all three, but I think it's probably not Yotsubato, even if I'd guess it's the most interesting one...
TwoMoreCharacters Learning resources 5 2,820 2013-11-21, 5:29 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

^That's a positive result -- he's showing how possible it actually is to have some functional conversation after very little progress. I'm more in mind with Steve Kaufmann, I'm comfortable spending t...
TwoMoreCharacters General discussion 856 195,402 2013-11-08, 2:54 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

qwertyytrewq Wrote:"through nothing but immersion, an 平凡人 like myself can pass with ease a test that seems to instill so much fear in people." according to my thread: http://forum.koohii.com/showthrea...
TwoMoreCharacters General discussion 856 195,402 2013-10-16, 4:55 am
    Thread: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana coverting method?
Post: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana covertin...

What the hell, you use gossip with personal attacks to invalidate someone's opinion?
TwoMoreCharacters Off topic 49 10,324 2013-10-14, 10:58 am
    Thread: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana coverting method?
Post: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana covertin...

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:I mentioned my personal preference since the op was complaining about kataknaa and the only "retaliation" you can do is to not use it yourself since you can't make them change th...
TwoMoreCharacters Off topic 49 10,324 2013-10-14, 10:03 am
    Thread: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana coverting method?
Post: Why can't Japanese improve their katakana covertin...

SammyB Wrote:Anyone who could work out what ウイルス was supposed to be the first time they heard it deserves a medal. I agree with the OP in the sense that yes there are plenty of examples like this whe...
TwoMoreCharacters Off topic 49 10,324 2013-10-11, 6:10 am
    Thread: "100% Immersion, 0% Textbook/Classroom" Method
Post: "100% Immersion, 0% Textbook/Classroom" Method

qwertyytrewq Wrote:What are the advantages of the 100% immersion method? Potentially, the ability to acquire a language to a natural souning level through an interesting and enjoyable method that the ...
TwoMoreCharacters The Japanese language 15 4,278 2013-10-10, 5:22 pm
    Thread: Non English native speakers studying with English material
Post: Non English native speakers studying with English ...

While it depends on what studying habits you go with, I wouldn't say you're gonna need English to take you all the way through to Japanese fluency, or at least not master level English. I'd like to go...
TwoMoreCharacters Learning resources 14 3,869 2013-08-17, 11:03 am