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    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

(2016-04-28, 7:10 pm)yogert909 Wrote: Totally off topic, but the kanzen master books have the best cover design of pretty much any textbook I've ever seen.  Maybe reason enough to buy the books...? ...
riogray JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 40,706 2016-05-02, 10:06 am
    Thread: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE
Post: RE: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE

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riogray General discussion 96 30,411 2016-04-20, 8:43 am
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

Hey everyone, I will be joining you guys in this thread. I took a break of almost a year on all my SRS stuff and thought it might be good to have a goal to get going again. So I signed up for the upco...
riogray JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 40,706 2016-04-18, 4:45 pm
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: RE: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

(2016-04-04, 5:36 am)dorban Wrote: Reached 1531 today on my third attempt. Horray! Well, please, cross fingers for me to finish this... Congrats! I am about to start again myself, so I can relate ...
riogray Remembering the Kanji 462 138,194 2016-04-04, 10:20 am
    Thread: RTK and Tae Kim
Post: RE: RTK and Tae Kim

As far as I know, Tae Kim teaches you mostly grammar, so there should be almost no overlap. As a matter of fact, I would recommend you learn the language while doing RTK. Kanji study is not a substitu...
riogray Remembering the Kanji 22 2,393 2015-11-23, 10:21 am
    Thread: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...
Post: Cultural Appropriation...Buckle Up, Folks...

Imagining the conversation you had with this girl really made my day :).
riogray Off topic 168 10,729 2015-09-30, 4:25 am
    Thread: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media
Post: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media

Roketzu Wrote:I apologize for not having much to say on this topic personally, however I do think this video serves as an important companion piece to the above article: [Video: https://www.youtube.c...
riogray Off topic 28 3,956 2015-09-15, 2:03 pm
    Thread: Can u mirror a kanji without changing its meaning?
Post: Can u mirror a kanji without changing its meaning?

I am not sure what the original kanji means, I can't find it. Are you sure it's not Chinese? However, I sincerely doubt that you can exchange the parts. Sorry. I reckon people will be able to guess th...
riogray The Japanese language 11 1,268 2015-05-22, 2:39 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

I wasn't able to read it in Japanese, but "In Praise of Shadows" (陰翳礼讃) was a great. It is a wonderful essay on Japanese aesthetics. I read it two weeks ago and I am suprised how much of it is also ap...
riogray Learning resources 277 117,274 2015-05-19, 4:30 pm
    Thread: Time for a new donation run for Fabrice!
Post: Time for a new donation run for Fabrice!

10€
riogray Off topic 42 9,480 2015-03-14, 9:20 am
    Thread: So who's playing Hearthstone ? :)
Post: So who's playing Hearthstone ? :)

I was at rank 13 this last season, also not my best. I seem to have problems getting there again this time, I wonder whether some decks "get better" once you progress in ranks. Maybe its also just tha...
riogray Off topic 103 28,736 2015-02-05, 12:45 pm
    Thread: So who's playing Hearthstone ? :)
Post: So who's playing Hearthstone ? :)

Well, that does sound like a fun game! What cards do you have in your warrior aggro deck? I feel like I should put in more effort to become better, but I only manage one or two games at the moment and...
riogray Off topic 103 28,736 2015-01-30, 5:02 am
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

That really is complicated. I will try to follow your directions tomorrow. Thank you for writing this up!
riogray Learning resources 448 98,939 2014-11-18, 6:45 pm
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

Thanks for the reply! I do have over a hundred words (though some might not be in the core6) and was looking for a way without manually unsuspending every word. So about that convoluted way :)?
riogray Learning resources 448 98,939 2014-11-18, 6:00 pm
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

Is there any way to unsuspend a number of cards? I have a csv list from my dictionary and want to unsuspend them in my core6 deck, if they are in there. Thank you :)!
riogray Learning resources 448 98,939 2014-11-18, 5:30 pm
    Thread: How does this plan sound to you?
Post: How does this plan sound to you?

I know you said you want to focus on speaking and listening, but personally I would add some writing. Unless you have a speaking partner, who is able to correct you, producing sentences yourself reall...
riogray The Japanese language 8 1,868 2014-10-17, 4:48 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Vempele Wrote:You're misspelling 注意. I didn't even know 汪 was a kanji! Oh god that was rather stupid of me. Thank you!
riogray The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,060 2014-10-13, 9:38 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hey everyone, I am currently playing a game and I can't seem to find a word. The word I am looking for looks almost like 汪意する, but with the first kanji slightly different (the second part looks more l...
riogray The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,060 2014-10-13, 9:03 am
    Thread: Let's say i finished 2k, 6k, and 10k, what then?
Post: Let's say i finished 2k, 6k, and 10k, what then?

You can start much earlier with reading. Also have a look at the search function, there have been threads about this topic for example this is pretty close to your question.
riogray The Japanese language 3 989 2014-07-07, 5:30 am
    Thread: Is it recommended to do RTK1 after you're fluent?
Post: Is it recommended to do RTK1 after you're fluent?

Stansfield123 Wrote:I would imagine that amount is quite a lot, btw., for thousands of characters. Personally, I haven't used a pen to write, in any language, for years. Most people haven't. Wut. Don'...
riogray Remembering the Kanji 28 5,011 2014-07-04, 4:29 am
    Thread: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k)
Post: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k...

A lemma is the form of a word, which you will find in the dictionary. So you will find "house" in the dictionary and not "houses" and "find" instead of "found".
riogray The Japanese language 79 14,736 2014-06-30, 6:12 pm
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

Vempele Wrote:{{kanji:Sentence-Clozed}} (same question was asked a month ago in Nukemarine's thread). Thank you! @ Termy I don't see how that could screw up your deck.
riogray Learning resources 448 98,939 2014-06-29, 3:14 am
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

How do I get rid of the reading of the kanji in the example sentence? For some reason it tells the reading in brackits, I can't really figure out why. This is the code (from core6k): <span style="...
riogray Learning resources 448 98,939 2014-06-28, 10:41 am
    Thread: Looking for tips for my japan trip
Post: Looking for tips for my japan trip

Haha this is actually quite accurate. Everything is very clean (much more so than here in Germany, though this will depend on where in Germany you are) and you hardly see any trash on the floor despit...
riogray Off topic 24 5,685 2014-06-20, 11:35 am
    Thread: Looking for tips for my japan trip
Post: Looking for tips for my japan trip

Great! Thank you for asking. I didn't have time to do everything, but it was a wonderful experience! Thank you all for the great tips! I walked a lot in Tokyo and it really is a fantastic city. The di...
riogray Off topic 24 5,685 2014-06-19, 7:57 am
    Thread: What is most essential to your studying?
Post: What is most essential to your studying?

Thank you!
riogray Learning resources 23 4,344 2014-06-17, 3:44 pm
    Thread: What is most essential to your studying?
Post: What is most essential to your studying?

I take lessons once a week, I really enjoy that. You get to talk about culture and other fascinating aspects, which are connected to Japanese. Plus someone explains everything you don't understand to ...
riogray Learning resources 23 4,344 2014-06-17, 2:57 pm
    Thread: Waking up with a headache...
Post: Waking up with a headache...

ファブリス Wrote:The doctor looked at my nose and immediately noticed it is quite thin, and there is some kind of deviation of the nasal cartilage, which requires surgery. How nice that it is something, wh...
riogray Off topic 23 5,131 2014-05-22, 11:13 am
    Thread: Looking for tips for my japan trip
Post: Looking for tips for my japan trip

andikaze Wrote:Congrats, you planned your trip in the middle of the rainy season. Haha yeah I know, but wasn't able to change the timing Sebastian Wrote:If you will take a tablet or smartphone with yo...
riogray Off topic 24 5,685 2014-05-16, 6:28 am
    Thread: Looking for tips for my japan trip
Post: Looking for tips for my japan trip

Thank you all for the replies, I was really looking forward to them! JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote:take a short trip outside of Tokyo to Kamakura [...] Also, go to Mount Takao [...] Kyoto: [...] take taxis. ...
riogray Off topic 24 5,685 2014-05-15, 10:47 am