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    Thread: I am not so good at the Remembering part
Post: I am not so good at the Remembering part

Do you use an SRS program like Anki? Really helps with retention, 67% is quite good. http://www.ankisrs.net Read some of the guides before using this program unless you're good at figuring out program...
raz789 Remembering the Kanji 8 3,780 2011-11-03, 12:05 pm
    Thread: Japanese Economic Translation Help Needed!
Post: Japanese Economic Translation Help Needed!

May I ask if you're Leaving Cert? Or University? If you're leaving cert can you tell me if you're using any books apart from Nihongo Kantan?
raz789 Group study 12 2,396 2011-10-17, 12:49 pm
    Thread: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com
Post: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com

I was thinking more "I'm a bee". Pretty good site!
raz789 Learning resources 503 66,738 2011-10-16, 4:53 pm
    Thread: Tori-kun comes to...
Post: Tori-kun comes to...

Tori-kun Wrote:Irish guy :) Gotta love the stereotype.
raz789 Off topic 27 7,080 2011-10-11, 10:27 am
    Thread: Any tips for a beginner???
Post: Any tips for a beginner???

Hello! I too am a beginner..although I have taken a path..I think :P For me, I never focus on the 'till fluency' time frame, but I aim for a goal(My Leaving Certificate test, and the JLPT) and hopeful...
raz789 Remembering the Kanji 16 5,399 2011-10-05, 6:08 pm
    Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread
Post: 2011 JLPT study thread

atreya Wrote:Got my N1 results today. 文字・語彙・文法:40/60 聴解:60/60 読解:6/60 合計:106/180 Even though I got more than 100 which is the 合格ライン. I failed in the reading section (合格ライン:19). Kinda hurts inside (...
raz789 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 506 139,917 2011-09-18, 3:14 pm
    Thread: I'll pay if you'll make a anki deck for me (Budget 50~100 dollars)
Post: I'll pay if you'll make a anki deck for me (Budget...

aphasiac Wrote:Yes technically you'll be infringing, but As long as you don't share the decks (as OP stipulated) how would the publisher ever find out? That's a good point, but you never know.
raz789 General discussion 28 4,395 2011-06-03, 11:25 pm
    Thread: I'll pay if you'll make a anki deck for me (Budget 50~100 dollars)
Post: I'll pay if you'll make a anki deck for me (Budget...

The only thing that would stop you is copyright infringement. A lot of books allow you to copy parts of them under the conditions that they're for free or education. Unless you get everything from fre...
raz789 General discussion 28 4,395 2011-06-03, 10:56 pm
    Thread: How Reading Fiction Can Improve Your Social Skills
Post: How Reading Fiction Can Improve Your Social Skills

Maybe it's the dialogue? Although dialogue in fiction can be 'cheesy' or useless for normal conversation. As for games, they are kinda essentially visual books? Maybe not the multi-player part, but c...
raz789 Off topic 10 4,029 2011-05-10, 6:34 pm
    Thread: Windows - Dual language?
Post: Windows - Dual language?

KMDES Wrote:Most programs you'd have to reinstall on both systems as most are just not OS independant. And sometimes things are one way (Can't really access linux drives from XP without a special prog...
raz789 Group study 18 6,600 2011-05-04, 2:32 pm
    Thread: Windows - Dual language?
Post: Windows - Dual language?

They would be completely different but I believe you can access the files from the other and vice-versa. You can also run programs from the other OS too, no? I did this with Ubuntu and XP, worked pret...
raz789 Group study 18 6,600 2011-05-04, 2:17 pm
    Thread: Windows - Dual language?
Post: Windows - Dual language?

Look up "dual-booting" or "Multi Boot". I have done this before. I don't know if it's possible to do with two Windows XPs. Do some research though it's not for people with very basic knowledge.
raz789 Group study 18 6,600 2011-05-04, 1:50 pm
    Thread: Any advice for someone about to start RtK?
Post: Any advice for someone about to start RtK?

louischa Wrote:Not at all, and you are totally ignoring my point about synonymy. Multiple meanings makes story-smithing much easier, and if you look closely, Dr. Heisig himself encourages polysemic re...
raz789 Remembering the Kanji 21 5,675 2011-04-20, 8:36 pm
    Thread: What Are The JLPT Level Equivalents In English?
Post: What Are The JLPT Level Equivalents In English?

lol, my teacher explained it to me that it's an old form of english so I just refer it as old ;)
raz789 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 11 7,312 2011-03-25, 5:41 pm
    Thread: What Are The JLPT Level Equivalents In English?
Post: What Are The JLPT Level Equivalents In English?

I don't think English should be assessed through any of Shakespeare's work. As it uses old English that isn't used today. Unless JLPT uses Old Japanese. I'd say just hand them a Harry Potter book. Bec...
raz789 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 11 7,312 2011-03-25, 5:15 pm
    Thread: creation of an independent section for progress journal ?
Post: creation of an independent section for progress jo...

This is definitely something I would like to see, it would provide constructive criticism, while guiding those just starting.. Definitely would like to see this.
raz789 General discussion 13 1,907 2010-12-09, 12:41 pm
    Thread: 15-Month Progress Report
Post: 15-Month Progress Report

julianjalapeno Wrote:raz789 Wrote:That's exactly what happened to the last thread, people thought it was impossible, he posted his stats and everything. Do you really think he's not being modest? He d...
raz789 General discussion 80 16,841 2010-12-07, 11:00 pm
    Thread: 15-Month Progress Report
Post: 15-Month Progress Report

julianjalapeno Wrote:ta12121 Wrote:In terms of media, whenever I watch anime,news,movies,read mangas,novels I can understand/read pretty much all of it. Not to pick on you too much, but I would avoid ...
raz789 General discussion 80 16,841 2010-12-07, 10:44 pm
    Thread: 15-Month Progress Report
Post: 15-Month Progress Report

Kinda off topic, but before ta12121, you said something about you're SRS decks not being in English. Can you tell use what your native language is or the language that your decks are in. As for the ...
raz789 General discussion 80 16,841 2010-12-07, 10:41 pm
    Thread: 15-Month Progress Report
Post: 15-Month Progress Report

Stuff like this is what I love to read. Nice progress report. Though I can understand why you haven't posted any stats. They were nice to see aswell. Keep it up ;)
raz789 General discussion 80 16,841 2010-12-06, 12:58 pm
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

LazyNomad Wrote:No, it`s 19 points not percents. Nobody knows how many points each answer brings, but to be absolutely sure that you passed the minimum you have to answer 19 questions correctly, which...
raz789 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,548 2010-12-05, 11:59 am
    Thread: polyglot dream list
Post: polyglot dream list

vonPeterhof Wrote:Yeah, I am in the exact same situation with respect to Kazakh. While Kazakh fares a lot better than Irish (about half of the population speaks it fluently), it still loses to Russian...
raz789 Off topic 73 14,895 2010-12-05, 10:42 am
    Thread: polyglot dream list
Post: polyglot dream list

Hmm for me it would be : Japanese(of course, otherwise why would I be on this site ;) ) Russian(like the looks of this) Korean(Hangul is awesome) Greek(greek mythology is interesting) Not a fan of ...
raz789 Off topic 73 14,895 2010-12-05, 8:50 am
    Thread: Adult (not porn!) Anime Recommandation
Post: Adult (not porn!) Anime Recommandation

Welcome to the NHK(N・H・Kにようこそ!) I like it..funny and has some 'grown up' topics.
raz789 General discussion 33 12,485 2010-12-03, 1:28 pm
    Thread: Real Kanojo - Virtual Japanese girlfriend for PC
Post: Real Kanojo - Virtual Japanese girlfriend for PC

ファブリス Wrote:... and anti-aliased, with tri-linear filtering! You're joking right? Won't run on my comp then xD
raz789 Off topic 11 8,278 2010-12-02, 12:09 pm
    Thread: Jesus ruined christmas
Post: Jesus ruined christmas

Clearly photoshopped D:
raz789 Off topic 19 3,287 2010-12-01, 3:38 pm