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    Thread: Watch out for Japanese Drivers
Post: Watch out for Japanese Drivers

Were you riding with traffic or against it? Here in the states I often see bikers going against traffic which is extremely dangerous. When you're in a car making a right turn you're normally only lo...
stehr Off topic 3 1,738 2013-08-14, 10:57 am
    Thread: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide
Post: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide

I have a rooted nook simple-touch. It runs Android and I read ebooks using the "cool reader" app. It also enables me to read Vietnamese ebooks. It runs Anki which is very cool, but it's a little sl...
stehr Learning resources 57 50,970 2013-08-11, 7:17 pm
    Thread: Japanese blog sites written in English
Post: Japanese blog sites written in English

I like: http://madtokyo.wordpress.com/
stehr Off topic 16 3,537 2013-06-08, 12:01 am
    Thread: A random moan about fonts
Post: A random moan about fonts

Buy the 3rd edition of RTK if you can find it, all the characters and strokes are hand-penned by a Japanese calligrapher.
stehr Remembering the Kanji 17 4,957 2013-03-31, 12:19 pm
    Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.
Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.

mezbup, just curious, but did you set your vocabulary cards to study from E-J, or J-E, or both? I remember you released an E-J sentence deck a year or so back, but I was wondering if you had a similar...
stehr General discussion 249 67,203 2013-02-02, 12:02 pm
    Thread: How to up my handwriting skills fast?
Post: How to up my handwriting skills fast?

It may not be that obvious, but transcription can be one of the best ways to boost your skill at writing. For example, FNN/NHK news; listen, write what you hear, and check your answers against the tr...
stehr The Japanese language 31 9,951 2012-10-11, 9:51 am
    Thread: Sex ratio of this forum?
Post: Sex ratio of this forum?

37:19
stehr Off topic 148 26,496 2012-09-12, 10:10 am
    Thread: iPhone app ideas?
Post: iPhone app ideas?

partner55083777 Wrote:stehr Wrote:Anki on an "e ink" device would be awesome. I remember reading through this thread a while ago. Is this what you are talking about? https://groups.google.com/forum/...
stehr Learning resources 27 7,195 2012-09-05, 10:28 am
    Thread: iPhone app ideas?
Post: iPhone app ideas?

Anki on an "e ink" device would be awesome.
stehr Learning resources 27 7,195 2012-09-03, 9:33 pm
    Thread: The Future of Food - Hope
Post: The Future of Food - Hope

Hasn't anyone here ever heard of the man who saved a billion lives?
stehr Off topic 10 1,520 2012-04-10, 11:04 am
    Thread: Resources for Learning Vietnamese
Post: Resources for Learning Vietnamese

I found a very detailed grammar guide written by the author of Vietnamese for Busy People at http://tinhhoavietnam.net/special/camnang.html ... regarding your search, "tóc" is a Vietnamese word not o...
stehr Off topic 9 3,708 2012-03-19, 11:54 pm
    Thread: Resources for Learning Vietnamese
Post: Resources for Learning Vietnamese

The 漢越字典 (sorry, typo, it's printed backwards on the front cover) is not really J-V. It's a character dictionary for the Sino-Chinese loan words in Vietnamese, with which you can look up a Chinese ch...
stehr Off topic 9 3,708 2012-03-05, 12:34 pm
    Thread: Resources for Learning Vietnamese
Post: Resources for Learning Vietnamese

- The best E-V/V-E Dictionaries: Langenscheidt is the best one I've used and it took me through the beginner stages. Last year I bought a more concise dictionary by Le Kha Ke; "Từ Diển Việt-Anh Hiện...
stehr Off topic 9 3,708 2012-03-03, 12:03 pm
    Thread: Cancer for 3.50$ a Galloon!
Post: Cancer for 3.50$ a Galloon!

kainzero Wrote:i don't think you can look at any food in life and say it's designed by nature to eat though. nature is terrible and awful. some things taste delicious and have terrible toxins in them....
stehr Off topic 80 9,953 2012-02-12, 12:16 pm
    Thread: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com
Post: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com

Would you like a little cheese with your whine?
stehr Learning resources 503 66,719 2011-12-17, 12:11 pm
    Thread: Making review lists in Anki
Post: Making review lists in Anki

Just mark all your failed cards as you're reviewing. When you're done, go to edit→browse items, and filter by "marked," then select all and un-mark them after copying them down.
stehr Learning resources 5 1,809 2011-11-19, 2:33 pm
    Thread: Preparing for My Flight
Post: Preparing for My Flight

As soon as you get past security and into the terminal, buy a couple big bottles of water. It's a long flight, and it's also flu season, and it's easy to catch something when you're dehydrated (and y...
stehr Off topic 77 11,338 2011-11-10, 10:19 pm
    Thread: Fantasy Novels (Japanese)
Post: Fantasy Novels (Japanese)

西遊記 is a classic. It was written in Chinese, and I'm sure you could find a Korean translation as well. Here's a good Japanese one.
stehr General discussion 13 9,735 2011-10-26, 9:30 pm
    Thread: A Career Utilizing Japanese
Post: A Career Utilizing Japanese

thurd Wrote:Nuriko Wrote:Update: After some thinking, I think I've reached somewhat of a decision. I have decided that I want to pursue a career in Library Science by applying for the program at San J...
stehr JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 21 6,806 2011-09-02, 10:14 am
    Thread: Japanese bands a la X JAPAN
Post: Japanese bands a la X JAPAN

L'arc en ciel is a very good band from the X-Japan era, and they've covered nearly every style of rock since then. I also suggest trying HIDE (X-Japan's deceased guitarist). edit - you might also en...
stehr General discussion 9 2,897 2011-07-04, 10:46 pm
    Thread: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to learn...
Post: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to lea...

yudantaiteki Wrote:It would be interesting to know if Korea or Vietnam have seen a decrease in Chinese-derived vocabulary. The Vietnamese have recently been eliminating some Sino-Vietnamese usage in t...
stehr Off topic 186 32,823 2011-05-13, 12:24 pm
    Thread: Somebody punch me
Post: Somebody punch me

Get off the brain rot ! Throw away all your video games, and your TV. Throw away your computer and buy one that has no games on in. I get addicted to games too, so I don't keep them. You'll forge...
stehr Off topic 55 11,194 2010-11-01, 10:55 am
    Thread: Into Africa: Did the Earliest Primates Migrate From Asia?
Post: Into Africa: Did the Earliest Primates Migrate Fro...

IceCream Wrote:It's annoying how little any of my books say about the Asian Anthropoids...!!! It's possible that many of the remains were lost to Chinese traditional medicine. According to my textboo...
stehr Off topic 2 881 2010-10-30, 5:01 pm
    Thread: Pawned Gamification and its Discontents
Post: Pawned Gamification and its Discontents

I'm not a fan of this trend either so hopefully it will die out. It's nice to see such a thought provoking presentation on this issue. I thought these were pretty funny (and somewhat relevant): [Vi...
stehr Off topic 2 1,227 2010-10-21, 2:49 pm
    Thread: SAT-Subject Test-Japanese
Post: SAT-Subject Test-Japanese

I remember seeing the Japanese SAT study book at Barnes and Noble or Books-a-Million once. It was in the SAT section.
stehr JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 9,491 2010-10-11, 11:35 am
    Thread: Japanese IME on Linux
Post: Japanese IME on Linux

You need to get SCIM and ANTHY packages, by far the best IME I've ever used, I'm going to have to try this ibus though.
stehr General discussion 12 5,914 2010-09-29, 6:04 pm
    Thread: SAT advice (Particularly Vocabulary)
Post: SAT advice (Particularly Vocabulary)

Grockit is awesome, pretty addicting too. http://www.grockit.com
stehr Off topic 10 3,370 2010-09-15, 10:00 am
    Thread: RECETTEAR
Post: RECETTEAR

Looks like a mess of words from JLPT levels 3 - 1, all dealing with business and trade, and they're all pretty useful. Just pop them into anki and learn them.
stehr Off topic 7 4,793 2010-08-02, 8:45 pm
    Thread: The "Where's nest0r" thread
Post: The "Where's nest0r" thread

One of nest0r's later posts about ajatt had me laughing to tears, but I dunno, maybe he was serious about all that micro-timeboxing stuff.
stehr Off topic 29 7,022 2010-08-02, 2:23 am
    Thread: Want to get a dog in Japan but...
Post: Want to get a dog in Japan but...

Jarvik7 Wrote:stehr Wrote:Maybe jact29 just needs a dog around to protect his stuff while he's gone. Protect what stuff from what? His rice cooker from dust? He's in Japan. Chances are that any dog ...
stehr Off topic 28 6,683 2010-07-22, 11:22 pm