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    Thread: RTK2 Paper Flashcards.
Post: RTK2 Paper Flashcards.

When doing RTK1 I found that using printed out paper flashcards very useful, so that each of the groups could be done together until I was comfortable with them. Much easier to go back and review a ce...
AussieTrooper General discussion 2 611 2015-12-23, 11:20 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

sholum Wrote:There are better ways of solving biases in hiring than blatant discrimination. This.
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-10-01, 10:54 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

Zgarbas Wrote:AussieTrooper Wrote:what part of "ALL racism is detestable." was it that confused you? I would assume that the part where yudantaiteki Wrote:You're complaining about racial quotas inst...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-10-01, 9:28 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

yudantaiteki Wrote:AussieTrooper Wrote:As to your cartoon, you do realise that the natural course of that is to pay African Americans for what they endured, and return them to Africa. It's a ridiculou...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-10-01, 8:57 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

yudantaiteki Wrote:The basic idea of affirmative action is that rather than waiting for discrimination to occur and then dealing with it through lawsuits and such, the law should take pre-emptive step...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-10-01, 6:02 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

ryuudou Wrote:AussieTrooper Wrote:Wrong. ALL racism is detestable. ALL of it. Wherever bigotry exists, there's someone trying to justify it. We know this. What you're trying to do is trying to paint a...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-10-01, 5:51 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

Zgarbas Wrote:Did you specifically look for a Japanese wife? Go out of your way with the exact purpose? Have the idea that a Japanese partner would be your ideal before you'd even met one? Was your fi...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-10-01, 5:38 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

ryuudou Wrote:AussieTrooper Wrote:cophnia61 Wrote:I think that girl is the racist one because she treats the japanese language and culture as something "other", and talks about Japanese people and Jap...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-10-01, 5:00 am
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

Zgarbas Wrote:Why do you think so many Westerners come to Japan in hopes of finding a Japanese girlfriend? It is depressing, and that's the point. As someone who is about to marry his Japanese fiancé,...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-10-01, 4:51 am
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

CureDolly Wrote:This was kind of my point too. I think if people's confidence in their own culture was so weak that the antics of some gaijin dressing up might worry them, the culture really would be ...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-10-01, 4:41 am
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

Zgarbas Wrote:Affirmative action is not a different application of the law so much as a compensation for people's lack of opportunities, and is adjusted to ethnicity, income, area, etc. in a manner th...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-09-30, 10:09 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

Zgarbas Wrote:Cultural appropriation of Japan is usually called out when people do sexy kimono modifications or dress up as geishas or mikos... though it should be mentioned that in Japan you can legi...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-09-30, 10:00 pm
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

cophnia61 Wrote:I think that girl is the racist one because she treats the japanese language and culture as something "other", and talks about Japanese people and Japanese culture as "them..." and "th...
AussieTrooper Off topic 168 10,733 2015-09-30, 9:46 pm
    Thread: 376 and it is getting hard
Post: 376 and it is getting hard

Dudeist Wrote:I usually fail one of three ways. 1: Right elements, wrong order. Another one I get wrong is Outside, Evening. Divining rod. No problem remembering the elements but left right or right ...
AussieTrooper Remembering the Kanji 46 5,988 2015-09-30, 9:39 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Finished today. Took about 18 months. I still remember the look on the face of my Japanese teacher when I told her I was going to learn the whole Jouyou set. :)
AussieTrooper Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,659 2015-09-20, 5:41 am
    Thread: Make me fluent, Darling!
Post: Make me fluent, Darling!

My fiancé is Japanese, and I regularly end up using female speech patterns because of it. She much prefers to speak in Japanese than English, despite mine being nowhere near fluent, and her English is...
AussieTrooper General discussion 39 5,593 2015-08-09, 8:22 pm
    Thread: Looking for recommendations for an easy drama to learn with.
Post: Looking for recommendations for an easy drama to l...

Shiro kuma café. It's aimed at both kids and adults, with jokes for both. The voices are all easy to understand, and you don't need to be fluent to watch it.
AussieTrooper General discussion 20 6,800 2015-08-06, 4:42 am
    Thread: Should you delete these Kanji
Post: Should you delete these Kanji

I got to the second kanji on that list, and it's one that I have seen on at least 3 place names, one of which is my fiancé's hometown, and it appears on a sweater I own. Also, Heisig relies on an 'eco...
AussieTrooper Remembering the Kanji 28 5,369 2015-07-15, 6:07 am
    Thread: Why I am Learning Japanese
Post: Why I am Learning Japanese

Getting married to a Japanese girl next year. Her older sister speaks *some* English, but that's it. My girl prefers to speak to me in Japanese than in English.
AussieTrooper General discussion 6 2,502 2015-06-05, 9:29 pm
    Thread: Advanced Vocabulary
Post: Advanced Vocabulary

vtx4848 Wrote:No JLPT is beginner vocabulary. I mean advanced vocabulary, like advanced for natives. I agree with vtx. I'd guess that to pass JLPT1, the average westerner has been studying for 10 year...
AussieTrooper General discussion 29 4,793 2015-06-05, 9:00 pm
    Thread: Cape/Promontory
Post: Cape/Promontory

Robik Wrote:A promontory is like a cape with mountains jutting out instead of just grounds. Interestingly, there is also 碕 which is made of the primitives stone and strange. The three kanjis 碕, 埼 and ...
AussieTrooper Remembering the Kanji 6 1,311 2015-06-04, 3:32 am
    Thread: Cape/Promontory
Post: Cape/Promontory

A while ago someone posted the three kanji that are for cape/promontory or similar. I know two so far, but can't recall the third. The two I know are, 埼 cape 崎 promontory. Does anybody know the third...
AussieTrooper Remembering the Kanji 6 1,311 2015-06-02, 2:21 am
    Thread: Which Anki deck do you use for the most current RTK?
Post: Which Anki deck do you use for the most current RT...

Robik Wrote:I use Heisigs RTK 6th Edition [Stories, Stroke Diagrams, Readings], but it seems it was removed from Anki site. Probably because it contained copyrighted Heisig stories. Funny, because he...
AussieTrooper Learning resources 10 1,828 2015-03-25, 4:18 am
    Thread: Follow on for Japanese for Busy People III
Post: Follow on for Japanese for Busy People III

My sensei brought a copy of Tobira to class today. Looks like that will be the one.
AussieTrooper Learning resources 7 1,217 2015-03-20, 3:12 am
    Thread: Follow on for Japanese for Busy People III
Post: Follow on for Japanese for Busy People III

Thanks everyone, I'll discuss this with my sensei today. :)
AussieTrooper Learning resources 7 1,217 2015-03-19, 3:55 pm
    Thread: Follow on for Japanese for Busy People III
Post: Follow on for Japanese for Busy People III

john555 Wrote:AussieTrooper Wrote:I just finished JBP III. My teacher has asked if there is a textbook I'd like to use next. Any suggestions? How about for extra practice you work through the JBP work...
AussieTrooper Learning resources 7 1,217 2015-03-19, 3:52 pm
    Thread: RTK (3) for Mortals
Post: RTK (3) for Mortals

It was more than a little surprising to find that I had to increase my English vocabulary to do Heisig. Must be much harder for those for whom English is not their mother tongue.
AussieTrooper Remembering the Kanji 15 5,735 2015-03-12, 4:27 am
    Thread: Am I going to get in trouble if I don't learn a full story?
Post: Am I going to get in trouble if I don't learn a fu...

In a word, yes. If you are already having issues at the 500 mark, you may not make it the whole way. Whilst a good image and story isn't possible for every kanji, you need it for at least 80% or you'l...
AussieTrooper Remembering the Kanji 8 2,018 2015-03-12, 4:09 am
    Thread: Follow on for Japanese for Busy People III
Post: Follow on for Japanese for Busy People III

I just finished JBP III. My teacher has asked if there is a textbook I'd like to use next. Any suggestions?
AussieTrooper Learning resources 7 1,217 2015-03-12, 3:55 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

timaki Wrote:I'm adding only 10 cards per day, and I don't feel a smidgen of guilt or unease about it. I've got a full-time job, a family, and side projects outside of Japanese, not to mention Core6K ...
AussieTrooper Remembering the Kanji 462 138,197 2015-03-12, 3:54 am